My Animation Era

Ma Kui came to ask for money.

It is fake to send green pepper and shredded pork rice bowl, but it is real to ask for funds with a note.

He first went to Gu Miao's office, but couldn't find anyone. After asking, he learned that Mr. Gu was inspecting the "Super Beast Arms" project at Dimension Studio, so he came with a rice bowl.

Gu Miao first took a look at the budget allocation application form brought by Ma Kui.

Then he fell silent.

"Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf", a major movie project with the theme of the Year of the Sheep in the Chinese zodiac series, he has already instructed the finance department to allocate more than 37 million yuan in advance.

I thought this money was enough.

Maybe after the movie is finished, there will be millions or even more than 10 million left.

But in the end, Ma Kui not only burned all the money, but even asked for a second additional investment with the approval slip. This time the amount even reached an astonishing 50 million yuan.

"You want to go to heaven?"

Gu Miao was so angry that she threw the document at Ma Kui, and black lines appeared on her forehead: "That's 37 million, not 3,700 yuan. You burned it all so quickly?"

He doesn't understand.

Although under normal circumstances, animated movies are indeed very expensive, at least more expensive than most live-action movies.

But this kind of "burning money" is more due to the money burning caused by the long "production cycle". A live-action movie can be shot in a few months at most.

For a well-made animated film with outstanding visual expression, the preparation period and even the production period are usually measured in "years".

With such a long production cycle, the labor wages alone are not a small amount.

Based on this production cycle, there is a saying that animated movies are more expensive than ordinary live-action movies.

But what's going on with Ma Kui?

It only took a few months from preparation to project approval for the Year of the Sheep movie. Where did he spend all his money?

"Expensive!"

"The Pleasant Goat alone has more than 17,000 hair details, not to mention other..."

"Seventeen thousand hairs?"

Gu Miao didn't realize it at first. What the hell was Ma Kui talking about with seventeen thousand hairs?

But when he came back to his senses and understood the meaning of Ma Kui's words, he suddenly said in shock: "You...you are doing 3D?"

"yes!"

Ma Kui said confidently: "Dimension Studio has no time to take orders, so I have to find other teams to do it. The quotations of external teams are definitely more expensive than our internal teams."

Fake oil!

Gu Miao wished she could give Ma Kui a slap in the face and let him know what it means to transcend the fear of death.

Wanbao has its own 3D studio and even a ready-made motion capture CG team, but he actually went to find an outsider? Is the fat and water flowing out of other people's fields?

"I have to hurry!"

Ma Kui spread his hands and said: "The Year of the Sheep movie is going to be released on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and with the review and pre-editing and distribution, the time is very tight, right?"

"Dimension Studio is busy working on "Super Beast Arms", and your "Bear Infestation" will follow, so how can it possibly help?"

This is understandable.

Since it was to meet the schedule in a hurry, it is understandable that Ma Kui would do this.

However, the price is really expensive! Ordinary 3D animation doesn’t seem to cost so much money, right?

"You have thought about it!"

Gu Miao wasn't reluctant to give up money, he was just worried about Ma Kui.

37 million + 50 million, that is a production budget of close to 100 million. Including the post-publication costs, the box office will not be able to make up the money if it does not have 600-700 million yuan.

Even if the movie becomes a hit and can earn a fortune through peripheral toys and derivatives, the box office cannot be less than 500 million, right?

This is too much pressure.

Although Gu Miao wanted to see Ma Kui get into trouble, and even wanted to take this opportunity to take back the death-free gold medal, he couldn't accept such a huge loss.

"Don't worry, Mr. Gu!"

Ma Kui said confidently: "'Sheep Eyebrows' will definitely not disappoint you. Recovering the production cost is nothing. My goal is to break the record!"

"What the hell? Feeling proud?"

"It's not that Yang, it's the sheep of Pleasant Goat, which is homophonic to sheep's eyebrows and puffs of air!"

Seeing that Mr. Gu was a little confused and puzzled, Ma Kui immediately explained to him the origin of the name of the movie and the outline of the story.

simply put.

This year coincides with the Year of the Sheep, and Pleasant Goat is a sheep, so it can be said to be the year of the animal.

Making a big movie about Pleasant Goat's "birth year" will naturally contain many "sheep" elements. So which theme has the most sheep elements?

Ma Kui was once the director of the "Sheep and Sheep Games". He naturally thought of the Sheep Games in which many sheep tribes participated and the screen was filled with "sheep".

Only this time, it's not a Sheep Games, but a Grassland Games, and all animals will participate...

"So what you're saying is that this movie is actually an enhanced version of "Sheep and Sheep Games"? Or is it the model of a sports meeting?"

Gu Miao asked curiously: "Because the lambs won the final championship, so the movie is called Sheep Eyebrows Exhausted?"

"No no no!"

Ma Kui raised a finger, shook it left and right twice, and then said slowly: "The story of the movie about sheep brows and sighing is not as simple as you think..."

Year XXXX in the sheep calendar.

Before the 126th Sheep Games is about to open, the lambs living in Qingqing Grassland are also preparing for the next Sheep Games and exercising actively.

However, at this moment, Qingqing Prairie ushered in a group of mysterious alien real estate developers.

Alien businessmen want to expropriate the entire grassland land and build luxurious holiday villas on it. The animals on the grassland naturally refused to agree.

Aliens like sports.

So they proposed to use a competition to determine the winner, and the loser would move away from the grassland unconditionally.

Big Big Wolf once again went undercover.

He was bribed by the aliens because the aliens promised to build him a big wolf castle and an entire living planet with endless little fat sheep after everything came true.

So he made all sorts of trouble.

With the help of his various conspiracies and the aliens' powerful physical and technological capabilities, the grassland animals have been defeated repeatedly.

At the critical moment, it was Pleasant Goat who turned the tide, not only relying on "sprinting" to regain the score, but also made Big Wolf wake up.

So, in the last volleyball doubles match, Big Wolf, who had planned to act as a mole and let the aliens win, turned around and played a perfect match with Pleasant Goat.

The alien was K.O...

The angry aliens tore off their disguises, used high technology to forcibly capture the animals, and planned to exile them to alien planets.

Big Big Wolf and Pleasant Goat once again embarked on a journey to save their wives, children, and fellow village chiefs, and worked together to defeat the aliens.

"All I can say is, it's very cliche..."

Gu Miao curled her lips and said, "But you are right, this kind of story is very suitable for children, and it is also in line with the family atmosphere of the Spring Festival."

"What about the second budget?"

Ma Kui rubbed his hands and looked at Mr. Gu expectantly.

Gu Miao did not answer him, but took out a gel pen from the table and signed her name in the "Leadership Opinion" column of the application form.

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