My Animation Era

"Gu Sanshui!"

"I'm warning you, don't go too far! Since when did I owe you twelve houses? Please tell me clearly!"

Mr. Bear's roar came from the phone receiver. Gu Miao quickly put the phone away to avoid having her eardrums shattered.

"Mr. Bear, have you forgotten?"

"When you cooperated with our Wanbao to build a Pokémon gym, didn't you promise me that you would give me a house?"

"What are you talking about?"

Mr. Bear was so angry that he laughed and said, "You were talking about a store, OK! I gave you the store, and the Pokémon Gym has also opened, and you asked me for twelve sets of commercial housing?"

"Why are you so embarrassed?"

"Did you say a shop last time? Oh, I seem to have remembered it wrong."

Gu Miao scratched her head and said: "Forget it, I don't care about that. Anyway, you prepare twelve sets of commercial housing for me. The area of ​​​​a community with a better location in Jiangchuan should not be too small."

"That's it, I'm dead!"

"Gu San...dududu!"

After hanging up the phone, Gu Miao turned to look at Liang Xiaodong, who had just joined the job today, and couldn't help but ask: "What's that look in your eyes? Do you not want the house anymore?"

"No, I...I..."

Liang Xiaodong hesitated for a long time, but he didn't understand. Is this where Mr. Gu's so-called house came from?

Isn't this robbery?

All right!

As for the "friendship" between bosses, he, as an employee, will not mess with it. What if I say something wrong and the house is lost?

"Mr. Gu, the entry procedures are completed."

Liang Xiaodonghui reported: "According to your instructions, the puppet studio has been established. Do you have any new instructions for the next work plan?"

""Peacock Princess" is quite good. Go and communicate with Wanbao Video. After the premiere, send it to the video website."

Gu Miao knocked on the table and thought: "If you have time, go and talk to Mr. Nan from Wanbao Comics. They have many comics and light novels. You can choose a few to adapt."

"Oh yes!"

Speaking of adaptation, Gu Miao suddenly remembered his original intention of recruiting Liang Xiaodong's team, and couldn't help but ask: "You should know about "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", right?"

"some!"

Liang Xiaodong nodded.

To say that he doesn't know about such a famous work as Liaozhai and that he hasn't seen it is really looking down on people.

But he didn't understand what Mr. Gu meant when he suddenly said this. What about Liao Zhai and Puppet Animation...huh? It seems to be a bit confusing!

Seeing Liang Xiaodong's thoughtful expression, Gu Miao said with a smile: "As long as you understand, puppet animation is suitable for adapting folk legends. It would be good to read more of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" and pick a few stories to adapt."

"I see."

Liang Xiaodong nodded and decided to go to the bookstore later and get a copy of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" to seriously study the feasibility of adapting Chinese stories from a Chinese studio.

This is indeed a clear path.

Puppet animation is a form of artistic expression that is truly a natural fit for folklore stories.

In the past, the stories of "puppet shows" were also folklore, mostly classical mythology.

Don't ask why!

The question is, puppets are so lifelike when used to represent "mythical characters" and "legendary and bizarre characters".

Think about it from another angle...

What would happen if we used the art form of puppet animation to create an animation like "The Moon Is Beautiful"?

Does the feeling of disobedience suddenly fill you up?

It can be said that the most suitable stories for puppet animation must be more "old-fashioned" plots such as folk legends and classical myths.

"For folklore..."

Gu Miao hesitated for a moment and then said: "I wonder if you have heard of a story spread in the Western Regions?"

"Western Region?"

Liang Xiaodong thought about it seriously, and finally asked hesitantly: "Afanti?"

"Yes! It's Afanti!"

Gu Miao snapped her fingers and said, "How about it? Do you think there can be any sparks between Afanti and puppet animation?"

"Afanti...puppet..."

After muttering for a moment, Liang Xiaodong finally nodded and said: "It can be done. I feel that this story should be more popular than "The Peacock Princess"."

nonsense!

Gu Miao couldn't help but roll her eyes.

The storyline of Afanti can only be described in four words: vivid and interesting!

The Peacock Princess is a "love" story!

Children definitely prefer "lively and interesting" stories like Afanti, rather than "The Peacock Princess", which talks about love and love.

"Then let's do this."

Liang Xiaodong is also a cheerful person. When he heard what Mr. Gu said, he nodded without thinking and said: "I will go back right now and let the juniors make preparations to get "Afanti" out first."

"Wait a moment!"

Gu Miao raised her hand to signal Liang Xiaodong not to worry. After he sat down again, he asked: "As far as I know, when you start puppet animation, you should first make a humanoid movable wooden doll, right?"

"Yes!"

Liang Xiaodong nodded and said: "Puppets are the soul of puppet animation and the most important thing. We must do this first!"

"Hmm! I have an idea..."

When Gu Miao heard this, she suddenly looked forward to it and said, "Does a humanoid movable wooden doll have to be made of wood?"

ah?

Liang Xiaodong wondered: "What do you mean? This doesn't seem to be important! I remember there were also cotton wadding and paper figures."

"yes!"

"What I'm saying is, it doesn't really matter whether the doll is made of wood or not, right? Would it be equally feasible to replace it with plastic or metal?"

Gu Miao knelt down and rummaged in the drawer under the desk for a moment. Finally, he took out the treasure he had treasured for a long time and handed it to Liang Xiaodong.

[Super Platinum Limited] Dragon King!

The Dragon King from "Dragon Fighter" has many movable joints throughout the body. It is made of plastic and is an assembled movable toy model.

Gu Miao asked expectantly: "If, I mean if... if it is this kind of doll, can you use it to make animations?"

"It might work!"

Playing with Mr. Gu's collector's edition toy, Liang Xiaodong said uncertainly: "Change it into a human form and make some modifications to the details. There should be no problem."

"That would be great!"

Gu Miao clapped her hands excitedly and said excitedly: "You go and get Afanti first. After you finish Afanti, I will discuss a plan to make money with you."

A money-making plan? !

Liang Xiaodong looked at the [Dragon King] toy model in his hand, wondering what kind of medicine Mr. Gu was selling in this gourd?

Can this thing make money?

It looks interesting. If it were made into a puppet animation, would anyone really buy it?

Although Liang Xiaodong was very confused, he felt that this idea was very unreliable. But since Mr. Gu said this could make money, he had no choice but to believe Mr. Gu.

Regarding the origin of the Afanti story, there seem to be many versions. I am not sure. Does anyone know?