The Creator of the Second Dimension

Stepping into July, Ningjiang is getting hotter and hotter.

The air conditioner on the second floor of Magic Animation has been turned on to the maximum, but it still can’t withstand the heat wave outside the window. In the conference room, Xu Rui took a planning book, glanced at the employees of Magic Electric, and then looked at the "Monthly Magazine" sitting in the back. Li Ruoxuan, editor of Youth Frontline.

"Everyone, we are going to undertake a manga adaptation animation project. The original work is "Soul Eater" which is being serialized on "Monthly Teenage Frontline". I have already purchased this manga and put it on the bookshelf in the lounge. Everyone must be serious. Read the original."

After a pause, Xu Rui continued.

"It's just that this adaptation is not a copy of the original, but a prequel animation produced with the consent of the original author. The specific plot outline is in the planning book in everyone's hands. I only have one request."

Glancing at Li Ruoxuan, who was clenched into fists and eager to try, Xu Rui spoke.

"That is, everyone must keep the plot of this animation absolutely secret."

"Huh?" "Secret. Isn't this manga?" "What do you mean?"

Those who haven't read the script are a little confused, and only Cheng Ke, who has read the complete script like Cheng Ke, nodded thoughtfully.

"The first episode of this animation is cut from an official organization that uses high-tech means to eliminate spirits. The long-haired girl riding a motorcycle and the teenager who seems to have a cruel background using double guns, they and other members easily solved the problem. The evil spirit, which the army could not defeat, encountered a new crisis, and just after the difficult solution, a woman in a school uniform in a short skirt appeared and killed everyone cleanly."

Cheng Ke roughly summarized the plot of the first episode. It can be seen that the beginning is actually quite clichéd, but the reversal at the end of the first episode is surprising, because no one would have thought that the person who looks the most like the protagonist would directly lead the plot. convenient.

"Wait, if you look at it this way, the second episode is also the same routine. Another group of exorcism organizations appeared to eliminate the crisis. In the end, they also met the girl in school uniform and almost wiped out. Who is the protagonist of this comic?"

Tao Ran flipped through the script in the planning book and murmured.

He has never read the original work of "Soul Eater", but judging from the script in his hand, this manga is quite playable. The ending of the death is also quite shocking. As a senior dead house, he should have seen it a long time ago and was deeply impressed, right?

"If you watch the third episode later, you will find that the first two episodes are the later plots. The real story starts from the third episode. While slaying demons after school, the fresh daily life of two girls is on the other side, but the plot at the beginning is still circling. In the hearts of the audience, people wonder what caused the originally beautiful daily life to turn into such a cruel ending."

Although Guo Weiren is the oldest among them, he has been working in an animation company anyway, and has a good understanding of the emerging animation themes in recent years. However, this way of expression still makes him a little excited, and he is looking forward to the reaction of the audience. .

"Because of this, in order to control the emotions of the audience in the first three episodes, we need to disguise from the beginning of the promotion."

Seeing that everyone has basically read the beginning of the plot, Xu Rui said.

"From the official website to all kinds of publicity, we have to tell everyone from the very beginning that the story of the high-tech extermination organization we tell will deceive the audience as much as possible."

Hearing Xu Rui's words, everyone was silent for a while, as if they were imagining what would happen when the animation was broadcast according to Xu Rui's plan.

"In this case, the topic level may be very high. After all, after watching animation for so many years, it is unprecedented for an animation that dares to let all the protagonists in the previous promotion receive lunch."

Cheng Ke said that although many animations use flashbacks, the first episode shows the audience the scene of the final battle to create a sense of anticipation, but it is really unprecedented to draw the main character to death and change the whole group in the second episode.

As a producer, he is the hub connecting all links. Naturally, the reaction of investors and audiences must also be considered. There is no doubt that if the animation of "Soul Eater" is really played in this way, the degree of topic it will trigger will be huge. It's unprecedented, and it's an excellent way to mobilize the audience's emotions.

"What's the opinion from the magazine?"

Yan Zhe glanced at the little girl behind him, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that the editor-in-charge seemed to be only the age of a college student, and he seemed unreliable.

"The editor-in-chief agreed to this proposal. He said that anyway, it's a, uh, a blockbuster work, and it won't be worse no matter how you play it."

Li Ruoxuan smiled helplessly, and then added.

"As for the production committee, they thought their investment was wasted. Now that someone is willing to take over and pay back the money, they naturally have no objections and will not interfere with the creation here."

The production committee is a production form developed by the industry several years ago to share investment risks. Generally, the main planner seeks investment, and multiple companies jointly invest in a work, and the benefits obtained by the work are also shared by each company according to the investment ratio. On the one hand, it reduces the cost of the planner's failure, and on the other hand, it also introduces more funds into the industry, which is a commonly used production form.

Of course, with the development of the Internet, there are also some companies that choose a self-financed production model to avoid investors’ interference in the production site. All of them are wholly invested by Tomato Video Network, and broadcast exclusively on Tomato Video Network, earning a lot of money.

This time, the animation of "Soul Eater: Zero" was also invested by Magic Electric, accounting for about 21% of it. Although it was not much, it was still out of the ranks of pure part-time jobs.

"Soul Eater: Zero" is tentatively scheduled to be played on the Internet at present, and a website called Chengkong Video Network in the production committee will get the priority broadcast right. This video network is a website controlled by New Frontier Media, so it will join the production Committee, as to whether it will log on to other websites, it depends on the discussions between the parties after the announcement is made.

The quotation for the right to play a twelve-episode animation season ranges from one million to several million. "King of Thieves" is exclusively broadcast on Tomato Video Network. The original works like ": Zero" are unknown, and the production company is also an animation of a new company, and the price can only reach the million level.

"If there are no problems, we will start the creation of "Soul Eater: Zero" from tomorrow, and the goal is to broadcast it in January next year. This will be the first animation after the reconstruction of Fantastic Animation. I hope everyone can take it seriously. "

Xu Rui looked at everyone and said.

A few hours later in the evening, a Weibo was simultaneously updated on the Weibo of Ningjiang City Fantastic Animation, "Monthly Youth Frontline", and Chengkong Video Network.

——"The animation production of the popular comic "Soul Eater" has been confirmed, and the production company is Ningjiang Fantastic Animation Production Company."