Rebirth of the Internet Overlord

{Time: February 20, 2004}

{Location: Flower Planting-Magic City}

The weather in the Magic City has been a bit cold recently, but Wu Yujun saw that Yan Yufeng was sweating slightly on his face. He knew that it was definitely not heat but nervousness. Because they didn't know how to find a young voice actor this time.

Martin insisted on finding a voice that was so naive that it also had a childish voice. Not only the English version of Peppa Pig was like this, but also the Mandarin version of Planting Flowers. Wu Yujun knew that Martin wanted to fit in with the artistic conception of "imperfect childhood".

That is not perfect

It's not about imperfect childhood, but the idea that children will make mistakes. In this way, we can convey the imperfect nature of children to parents all over the world. Because, "Peppa Pig" is not only

For children to see.

But they traveled to many places separately for more than a month, and auditioned hundreds of different voices. However, the voices of the young actors who can dub are almost all "smart". And the voices of the older dubbing actors are almost all "smart".

, but they couldn't produce the effect they wanted.

So much so that they even turned their young boss into the richest man in flower farming. Only two days ago, they finally received a call from someone from the Magic City Art Film Studio to find two suitable children for them. So he and Yan Yufeng

They hurriedly gathered from other places to the magic city, just to solve this trouble as soon as possible.

Deng Deng Deng

When the sound of the door opening and footsteps sounded together, Yan Yufeng quickly raised his head and saw Lu Weiguo, who had received them last time, walking over.

"Mr. Yan, Mr. Wu. The two kids who voiced Peppa Pig and George are here. I'll take you to see them together."

"Hey, okay, Brother Lu"

Before Yan Yufeng could react, Wu Yujun had already stood up and pulled him to stand up with him.

Wu Yujun knew Yan Yufeng's character. Although he could speak fluent Mandarin due to his family background, he had grown up abroad since he was a child and was still not used to the domestic sophistication. In addition, the last time they came to Momei, [Panda

Movies] is still a little-known "small" company, and they have been somewhat neglected.

But this time when Lu Weiguo contacted them again, because the sudden generosity of his boss and the gradually exposed information had made [Panda Pictures] famous, so even the title was changed. Therefore, Yan Yufeng did not react for a while.

, then he, a native flower grower, would naturally have to mediate.

"Brother Lu, we have traveled to many places this month. So we rushed here as soon as we received your call. I really hope this time can go smoothly."

"Mr. Wu, Mr. Yan, don't worry. Although these two children are not professional actors this time, we thought they would be quite suitable when we met by chance."

Wu Yujun was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly there was a murmur in his heart.

I happened to meet him, how can I fit in?

But seeing that Yan Yufeng didn't care about this detail, he didn't even think about it.

After all, "Peppa Pig" has set a simultaneous release date of May 1. No matter what the domestic situation is, they will try their best to cooperate with Martin to complete this impossible task. Even if it is a coincidence, it is all

It's such a critical moment, why don't we try our best to make the final effort?

…

"Sister...Sister Ouyang...let's go play football later?"

"You know I can't play football..."

"My brother and I are playing together. We will definitely be football superstars in the future, so we can teach you..."

"I don't want it, I'm going to eat your football with my dinosaur."

"Wow...dinosaur!"

Before Wu Yujun entered the room, he heard a brief conversation in the room. It was the voice of a little boy with a milky voice and a little girl's voice that was clear and melodious but had just the right sense of "power" in her agility. When the two voices came together,

Wu Yujun subconsciously looked at Yan Yufeng, only to find that his eyes were filled with surprise just like his own.

These two voices just now are among the children's voices they have heard hundreds of times, and they think they are the most suitable for Peppa Pig and George!

This is the sound they are most looking for, and this feeling is unmistakable.

The two of them quickly quickened their pace, and after turning around the door, they saw what was going on in the house at a glance.

There are three children surrounded by two men and one woman. It seems that they should be the children's family members?

The youngest boy was grabbing the little girl's clothes, his big and smart eyes full of curiosity. The little girl who looked obviously a few years older by his clothes was holding a dinosaur toy beside them.

There was also a little boy who was a few years older than him, holding a football in his arms.

Seeing them suddenly appearing at the door, the three little guys looked over curiously.

Before Wu Yujun could say anything, the little boy holding the football suddenly asked, "Uncle, are you the one you want to find us as the voice actor?"

"Yes," Yan Yufeng nodded decisively.

Although there were three children opposite him, Yan Yufeng's expression was very serious.

"You are the ones we are looking for!"

***+***

"I heard it purring."

"George, let's put on our clothes and pretend to be Mom and Dad."

"I didn't lose my temper!"

"Daddy Pig can't see anything without his glasses. This makes him very grumpy."

"Dinosaur……"

Listening to the graceful children's voice being spoken by the two [Panda Pictures] directors in the dubbing studio, the sound engineer couldn't help turning his head and smiling at Lu Weiguo, "Brother Lu, it's great to have money.

Without blinking an eye, we negotiated for two child workers in less than 5 minutes. Xiaoxue and Luo Qi are so young, and they can get an hourly wage of 50 yuan per hour. In total, this is more than what we all earn."

"Hey, why else is this an animation company owned by the richest man?" Lu Weiguo looked at the contract in his hand, shook his head and smiled, "This is also a good thing, the financial situation of the Ouyang family and the Gao family is not very good.

Such a relatively easy child labor job can be regarded as a great relief for the family's finances."

The sound engineer nodded, then sighed and said, "I didn't expect that in less than a month, our unit leaders didn't pay much attention to [Panda Pictures], but in an instant, it became a company owned by our richest flower grower."

"This is not a good thing. On the one hand, it will show those people who are making sarcastic remarks about our industry that we still have important people paying attention. On the other hand, it will also allow our industry, which has been depressed for such a long time, to use the power of capital.

Take advantage of the momentum and develop vigorously.”

"Brother Lu, it's not that big of a deal. No matter what, it's just "Peppa Pig" now, and it's still at the age of a toddler."

Lu Weiguo shook his head and said, "Actually, I learned a little about the last time they came here. The young boss behind [Panda Pictures] invested at least 5 million in the project a year. And they cooperated with a British animation company, and now they have

An animation called "Finding Nemo" has already begun production. The team currently has more than 40 people and is preparing to expand to 60 people, and the hardware investment has already cost 3 million.

Listening to what they mean, "Peppa Pig" and "Finding Nemo" are both full-length animations. One cartoon a year can basically cover children under the age of 6 or 7 for a few years. In the future, they may want to

The development of people in a higher age group. The young richest man is so rich, he may develop into animated movies."

"8 million a year is a team of 60 people. This amount of money is probably only enough to make a fuss in our animation industry. How can we even talk about movies?"

"That's US dollars!"

Before the sound engineer could take back his breath, Lu Weiguo curled his lips and said, "Mr. Wu was in a good mood just now and revealed something new. He said that the young boss was ready to set up an animation base in the special zone.

, not only are we preparing to do it ourselves, but we are also opening up our office space and hardware to other practitioners and companies for support. From the looks of it, we are really preparing to make a name for ourselves in this industry.”

The tuner's eyes widened and he didn't say a word for a long time.

Lu Weiguo watched Yan Yufeng in the recording studio pick up the phone and walk out. He sighed casually and said, "After the news about the richest man came out, our senior leader finally spoke, asking us to try our best to cooperate with [Panda Pictures] and do more things.

Be prepared to include

The person in charge of the children's channel of Nanjing, which was just launched this year, also introduced it to them. It seems that the leaders of our factory now also attach great importance to [Panda Pictures]. They probably feel that our industry has not had such an aggressive team for a long time."

"You also need to be strong. Even if you spend 5 million US dollars a year, you will have to invest 40 million yuan. If you persist for a few years regardless of the investment, it is really possible to make some noise." The tuner sighed again.

At this moment, the door was pushed open.

A young man wearing glasses opened the door and walked in. Before the two of them could speak, the man threw a newspaper in front of the two of them with a smile on his face:

"Look, Brother Lu, Brother Peng. Our richest flower grower is really a kid."

Seeing that man, Lu Weiguo immediately stopped laughing and picked up the newspaper casually without even looking at it, "What's wrong?"

The young man ignored his indifference and said with a smile, "This guy just made 5.6 billion, and in the blink of an eye he threw away 900 million to buy glass slag."

Although Lu Weiguo disliked seeing that person, he was very curious about the news, "Glass shards? What is so valuable?"

"A very famous game company in the United States." The young man raised his chin and nodded toward the recording studio. "Look, it's a game and it's animation. Does this young richest man still think he is a child?"

"Look, you, a member of our industry, are saying such sarcastic things, so how good can our animation industry be?" Lu Weiguo sneered.

As soon as he finished speaking, footsteps came from the other side of the door. Lu Weiguo turned around and saw Mr. Yan from [Panda Pictures] walking in. But unlike usual, Yan Yufeng, who was holding the phone in his hand, was filled with the joy of victory.

.

"Brother Lu, you just said that Moying can introduce us to a few more people in charge of children's channels who grow flowers?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Lu Weiguo asked curiously.

"I just received two calls. One is that our "Peppa Pig" has signed the premiere rights with the British Channel 5 and the NickJr Channel, and has negotiated preliminary intentions with the American CartoonWork. The three parties of these two countries have

Each channel is preparing to introduce "Peppa Pig" on May 1 this year."

"How much does one episode cost?"

The man with the eyes asked casually, but saw Lu Weiguo glare at him. He still looked at Yan Yufeng who had just walked in the door indifferently, but he did not expect that Yan Yufeng smiled without any concealment and said:

"The three channels all charge 50,000 pounds per episode, totaling 7.8 million pounds. We can recover the cost and make a very high profit by distributing overseas." Yan Yufeng smiled happily, turned to Lu Weiguo and said, "And just now we were also affected by

The news is that the SAR Children’s Channel and the Guangdong Children’s Channel came to us and were willing to cooperate with us.

So I want to ask Brother Lu, you said that the leaders of your company will introduce us to the persons in charge of several children's channels, if they can help us introduce them as soon as possible. In this way, we can invest as much as possible for "Peppa Pig" at one time.

channel. Moreover, our boss has said that since the overseas distribution has recovered the costs and made profits, we do not need to pursue profits in the domestic part, but only pursue rapid launch."

After a pause, Yan Yufeng said with a smile, "Moreover, our boss also arranged to obtain the patent authorization for Lego toys and hired Lego designers to design corresponding toys for "Peppa Pig". Therefore, our "Peppa Pig"

"Peppa Pig" toys will also be released at the same time as possible."

Lu Weiguo didn't bother to laugh at the man with glasses anymore. He just opened his mouth, but felt that too much information was gathered in his mind at once, leaving him at a loss what to say.

"Good...good...good"

It took a long time before Lu Weiguo, who had been applauded by the winning streak, reacted, "I will take you to see our leader right now to discuss the follow-up matters."

"Okay"

The two of them walked out the door while they were talking, the pace of which clearly showed their excitement.

When the footsteps got further and further away until they could no longer be heard, the tuner turned back and raised his eyebrows at the young man wearing glasses and said, "Look, this is the richest man you call a 'kid'."

After teasing the sound engineer, he turned to look at the recording studio, but a faint voice floated into the ears of the man with glasses.

"Maybe, he is an icebreaker in our animation industry."