The Creator of the Second Dimension

Of course Xu Rui didn't know about these internal entanglements in Wenhu, and now his main energy is on how to rebuild an animation company.

Fortunately, his father left him at least one studio, so Xu Rui didn't have to worry about the most troublesome workplace issues.

But people are still a big problem.

Let’s not talk about big animation companies like Rainbow Media, which are the most basic. A studio that can independently produce an animation must at least have a dedicated original artist, animator, photographer and producer, even if Xu Rui has Memories from Earth can independently direct scripts and perform, but completing an animation is far more than that simple.

Xu Rui typed a series of positions in the document, and then crossed out several positions, including sound director, 3D production, producer, performance, etc. Some of these positions can be outsourced, and there is no need for special recruitment for the time being. Part of it is that Xu Rui himself can do it concurrently.

His expectation for the new fantasy animation is very simple. Xu Rui plans to build it into a small personal studio, starting with short animation films, and can take over commercials, game titles, promotional videos and other short works, and then Expand slowly.

Xu Rui is actually not too worried about the money issue. In fact, it is very simple for him to attract investment due to the current popularity of the Voice of Stars. In addition to asking questions, Xu Rui went to Weibo to register a verification account. The number of fans has reached 100,000, relying on these traffic alone is a lot of money.

In this era, the means of monetizing traffic is still relatively rudimentary, but it is enough for Xu Rui.

Xu Rui had planned this at the beginning of his travels. The graduation show is a rare opportunity that attracts the attention of outsiders. If Xu Rui handles it perfunctorily, it will be difficult for him to rely on his own production after graduation. .

Xu Rui has no classes, and has finished his graduation. Now he is waiting for the final defense. Yi Qianqian is going to work, and he is the only one at home.

After thinking about it, Xu Rui changed his clothes, picked up the key and went out, and soon took the subway to Ningjiang High-tech Development Zone, and came to the front of the animation animation building.

He opened the iron gate, went upstairs, opened the file folder, and counted the assets in the studio.

This is the old fantasy animation. In the hand-painted era when celluloid was still needed to make animations, the most in the studio were not computers, but writing desks, and shelves full of art boards and celluloid. There is an old-fashioned video camera on the table, which was used to make celluloid plates into film at that time. In that era, computers were not yet popular, and animation production was often like old movies, which were cut out of film. .

The paint had already dried. Xu Rui pulled out a file bag from the shelf and opened it. Inside was a faded celluloid version. He still remembered that when he was on earth, he was very interested in this kind of things when he was a child, but after he grew up and entered the industry, The entire animation production industry has entered digitalization, and he has basically never been exposed to these things.

Looking at it, he realized that it was one of the famous works of fantasy animation, "Chucky the Deer".

This 15-year-old animation is the first independently created animation of Fantastic Animation. It uses animal anthropomorphism that seems a bit naive now, and advances the plot through the daily life between Chuck the deer and other animals in the forest. When Rui was a child, he would wait in front of the TV every Friday after school to watch this animation.

Familiar memories also happened on the earth. Xu Rui first watched animations with the help of dubbed films broadcasted by TV stations every night. It is these works that lead Xu Rui to devote himself to the animation industry after he grows up, hoping to create dreams for people.

Xu Rui put the celluloid board back into the file bag, and soon found a roll of film in a white box, with the words "Little Deer Chucky, Master Tape of Episode 35" written on it. Traces, this is the original film, and all the copies sent to the TV station are copies of this roll.

"I remember episode thirty-five."

He muttered to himself, some memories surfaced, and Xu Rui came up with a bold idea. He came to the projection room and blew off the dust on the old projector. .

It took him a while to load the film into the projector, and with the ticking sound of the gears turning, the animation from fifteen years ago was re-projected onto the already yellowed screen.

The thirty-fifth episode of "Little Deer Chucky" is an episode in which Little Deer Chucky and his friends were trapped in the mountains during a snowstorm. After going through some adventures, they successfully got out of the predicament. Due to the depiction of the snowstorm and the plot full of metaphors And it was praised as one of the few episodes of the entire animation that left a deep impression on people.

Since the audio was damaged, the animation was silent, but seeing the blizzard that was completely hand-painted bit by bit, Xu Rui still felt the touch that the animation had brought to him.

At this moment, there was a sound from the door of the projection room, Xu Rui immediately became alert, picked up a support stick and moved over.

Few people pass by the old park, maybe it's a thief.

He raised his stick and quickly poked his head out, only to find a middle-aged man with a beard standing outside the projection room.

He looks about forty or fifty years old, with gray sideburns and black on the top of his head. He has a strong build and big palms. He wears a khaki coat, wrinkled shirt, corduroy trousers, and old leather shoes. He looks like those on the street. Laid-off workers with nothing to do.

"Who are you?"

Xu Rui asked vigilantly, clenched the stick in his hand.

"There has been no one here for more than ten years, who are you?"

The uncle spoke, his voice was low, but he was not in a hurry.

"Legally, I own the place."

Xu Rui pointed out his key, and said that he was a little surprised when he saw the uncle saw the key, and probably confirmed that he was probably not a thief.

"Is this place finally sold?"

The uncle was a little emotional, looked around, and then spoke.

"I'm the manager of that warehouse over there. I've been here for more than ten years. Today I saw the door of this building was opened, so I came here out of curiosity."

He pointed to a building in the distance, and when he turned around, he happened to see the clip played in the projection room.

"Are you still playing animation?"

"Oh yes."

It was only then that Xu Rui remembered the creaking projector. He returned to the projection room, pressed the pause button, and the picture just stopped at the scene of the snowstorm.

"This animation is Chuck the Deer, my son used to like to watch it."

The uncle said with nostalgia, looking at the mottled projection screen in a daze.

"Uncle, do you know this?"

Xu Rui also followed his gaze and said to himself.

"The most commendable thing about this episode is the scene of the blizzard. It is said that the original artist had a blast for a week and drew more than 800 original paintings for this short two-minute clip. All the snowflakes were painted stroke by stroke. , the position of the same snowflake in different original paintings is different, which makes the whole picture have an amazing sense of oppression, and even has become a perennial nightmare for some children.”

As he said that, Xu Rui smiled again, realizing that the security guard couldn't understand what he said.

"It seems that you know animation well."

The uncle said, a flash of admiration flashed in his eyes, but it quickly dimmed.

"Yes, I'm going to rebuild the animation company here, and I'm taking inventory of the equipment."

Hearing Xu Rui's words, the uncle was quite surprised, looked up and down at this young man who looked very young, and hesitated to speak.

"Since there is no problem, I should go back to duty, little brother, see you again when I have a chance."

"Okay, uncle, go slowly."

Xu Rui watched the other party go downstairs and tidy up the projection room. Then he thought of a problem. He picked up his mobile phone and checked it online, only to suddenly find that the building that the warehouse manager was pointing at just now was five years ago. The building has been empty before, and there is no warehouse at all.