My Animation Era

Jiangchuan, Wanbao headquarters.

In the "Wolf Castle" studio located on the seventh floor of the headquarters building, next to the Demon God Studio, Guo Hongwei, who had not slept all night again, was answering the phone.

The call was from his mother.

In the past half month, because the animation production of the third season of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" is coming to an end, he has been staying at the company for almost all his food and accommodation.

I haven't been home for almost a week.

His parents were very worried, so they took the time to make a phone call to ask about his situation.

"Mom, I'm fine!"

"It's just normal overtime work, I haven't lost any weight! The company food is so good. I've gained weight. Where have I lost weight?"

"OK OK……"

Hearing someone knocking on the door, Guo Hongwei quickly said to his mother on the other end of the phone: "Mom, I have something to do here, so hang up now! When I'm done with this period of time, I will listen to you and have a good rest."

"Please come in!"

"Director Guo, we just received a call from the group president's office. President Gu and Vice President Ma are coming to inspect our project team."

"okay, I get it."

Nodding, Guo Hongwei immediately arranged: "Go and inform everyone. If you have just woken up and haven't washed your face, go to the bathroom and clean up. Don't let Mr. Gu see the joke..."

After making arrangements for the reception and making sure that nothing was missed, Guo Hongwei took time to rest on the back of his chair.

This period of time has exhausted him.

Don't look at what he said to his mother on the phone that he wasn't tired. In fact, it was just a white lie.

He is a human being, not a machine.

After working intensively for more than ten hours a day, who dares to say that he is not tired? If he could, he would have wanted to go home and lie in bed and sleep in happily.

But this is not realistic.

As a fresh graduate who has just graduated less than a year ago, he can be regarded as his mentor by Mr. Gu, and can direct a masterpiece such as the third season of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" after his debut. It seems that he has unlimited success.

But it also means pressure.

Everyone envied him and envied him for being Mr. Gu's apprentice. Under the premise that Mr. Gu was "unmarried", he was truly the "Prince of Ten Thousand Treasures".

I envied him even more. Right after graduation, he was promoted by Mr. Gu to be the deputy director of the "Happy Baby" project. Then he rose through the ranks and directly became the chief director of the third season of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf".

But few people know how much pressure Guo Hongwei feels inside.

All eyes are focused on him, not only colleagues and friends, but also countless Wanbao fans, all staring at him and the third season of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf".

He is Gu Sanshui's apprentice, and the work he directed is the "national-level" animation IP sequel "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf".

It's strange that everyone doesn't pay attention to him.

But this kind of attention, this kind of expectant look, put so much pressure on him that he could hardly breathe.

"You can only succeed, not fail."

Whether it is for the reputation of his master, to continue the glory of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf", or for himself, he cannot make mistakes.

Because the price is too heavy.

If the third season of Pleasant Goat ends up disappointing, not only will he be scolded by the audience, but the master who appointed him as his "successor" will also be scolded.

At the same time, the once brilliant "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" series will also decline in his hands.

Just thinking about it...

Guo Hongwei couldn't accept it.

If he could turn back time, when his master appointed him as the director of the third season of the "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" series, Guo Hongwei felt that he would rather be a "coward" than take on this torturous task.

Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in the world.

No matter how hard and tiring the task you take on is, you have to grit your teeth and persevere. You can't live up to your master's high expectations, and you can't live up to your own efforts either.

After thinking about it, a strong feeling of sleepiness came over him, and Guo Hongwei suddenly lay on the table and fell asleep.

…

"Is he asleep?"

Gu Miao came to inspect the work and see how his apprentice Xiao Guo was doing recently. As soon as he took Ma Kui and others into the office, he immediately saw Xiao Guo sleeping on the table.

"Yeah! Asleep!"

Poking Guo Hongwei's arm with his finger and probing his nostrils, Ma Kui analyzed seriously: "There are also breathing and physiological reactions. It shouldn't be sudden death."

"What are you talking about!"

Gu Miao kicked Ma Kui hard and blamed him for unlucky words. She rolled her eyes and said, "Let's go out first and let him have a good sleep."

Everyone exited the office.

Because the silly apprentice was too tired and fell asleep, the task of introducing the project progress fell to an assistant director who had just joined Wanbao.

The assistant director's name was Chen Wei. He used to work abroad. Because he was not used to foreign food, he simply returned to China and joined Wanbao.

Currently serving as the animation deputy director of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: Sheep's Happy Year", working under Guo Hongwei.

"The animation post-production is basically finished."

"Except for part of the dubbing, which needs to be re-recorded, the rest of the work is basically finished. Now we are preparing to submit it for review and wording, and then arrange a schedule for broadcast." Chen Wei introduced.

"Can you tell me the plot?"

Gu Miao asked curiously: "I heard that you have made drastic changes to the script. Is this true?"

"This is real!"

Chen Wei took out a revised script and handed it to Gu Miao and said: "Director Guo believed that we should reflect the transformation process of wolves and sheep from enemies to friends in the plot, so we made fine adjustments to the plot."

"A Happy Year of Sheep" is essentially the same unit plot as the first season, but this time, a new "main line" has been added to the unit drama.

This main line is very obscure.

It is connected by three characters: Xiao Huihui, Jiao Tailang, and Nuan Yangyang. It mainly tells the transformation of the relationship between Hui Tailang's family and the sheep in Yangcun.

Big Big Wolf and Pleasant Goat are still happy enemies.

But this time, the reason for the confrontation between the two was not the conflict caused by Big Big Wolf wanting to eat or catch the sheep.

"In the first season of the animation, the confrontation between Big Big Wolf and Pleasant Goat basically revolved around [catching sheep]."

Chen Wei smiled and explained: "But in the third season, the confrontation between Big Big Wolf and Pleasant Goat is more due to other reasons."

for example.

Lazy Sheep accidentally got the lucky doll in the lucky can from the mysterious forest elf. When Big Big Wolf found out, he also went to blackmail him, but what he got was an unlucky baby.

Therefore, the story revolves around luck and "unlucky".

There are many similar examples, but they can be summed up in one sentence: Big Big Wolf doesn't want to catch the sheep, but various things always happen, causing him to form a confrontation with the lambs.

This also runs through the third season of the anime.

The audience can clearly see that in this season, the Big Big Wolf couple's thoughts on "catching sheep" have become much less important. They want to live a good life and take good care of Little Huihui.

But accidents always happen...

There are more than 20 TV animations in the Pleasant Goat series, with thousands of episodes. How many viewers have watched them all?