my animation era

Chapter 295 Cooking Instruction (for Subscription)

Is the weekly animation good?
Gu Miao felt that this question should not only be based on one work, but also to make the most accurate judgment based on the different effects of different works.

"Sailor Moon R" may really not be suitable for domestic use, what kind of weekly broadcast mode.

What if I change a work?

Well!
Maybe... there is a high probability that it will be sent again?
Full of malice, Gu Miao gave up struggling. The ratings in the country are lukewarm, so let's be lukewarm.

Anyway, "Sailor Moon R" focuses on the neon, European and American markets, and foreigners can watch it if they like it. As for domestic audiences, he can only say that everything depends on fate!
It's mid-May.

Except that "A Happy Year of Sheep and Goat" was broadcast in the middle and later stages, the plot line changed significantly, which caused dissatisfaction among many old "Pleasant Goat" viewers, and the word-of-mouth evaluation declined.

"Sailor Moon R" was cold in China due to the change of the broadcast mode, the ratings were tepid, and the discussion and popularity were not high. In addition to these two things, another thing happened.

The dispute over the animation adaptation rights of "The Chef Liu Maoxing" has finally come to an end.

Under the beating of Wanbao's legal department, the original author of the comic chose to admit defeat, continue to fulfill the original contract, and entrusted Wanbao Animation to adapt the comic "The Chef Liu Maoxing".

Ghost hand animation is very dissatisfied.

It is said that some people say that they are still in contact with the original author, hoping that he can accept the conditions of Ghost Hand Animation and bravely stand up to break the wrist with Wanbao.

Regarding this, Gu Miao did not panic at all.

He had already issued an "ultimatum" to the original author of the manga over the phone.

In a word.

"If you still want to hang out in the circle and don't want to ruin your reputation, then you should honestly fulfill the contract and don't think about what you have and what you don't. Wanbao will not treat you badly in the future, and Beep Comics will also praise you."

"If you only look at the immediate interests and insist on making things difficult for us, then I have to say sorry!"

"The Magical Chef Liu Maoxing" is a contracted work of Beep Comics, and its original author is also a contracted author of Beep Comics.

In addition, he agreed to the conditions proposed by Beep Comics and Wanbao Animation at the very beginning, and signed an animation adaptation authorization contract.

If you regret it later, you will lose your reputation.

Perhaps considering his future career prospects, including the influence of "Wanbao Group", this poor foreigner cartoonist finally gave up.

The dispute was satisfactorily resolved.

Gu Miao was worried that the night would be long and dreamy, so she simply allocated 30 million yuan to set up the animation production team of "China's Little Master" in advance.

Oh yes... almost forgot!
Because his apprentice Xiao Guo was not interested in so-called "food themed" animations, and he didn't know much about Chinese food, Gu Miao didn't assign him as the animation director.

This job was handed over to a candidate who may be considered "unbelievable" by others.

Director Wang!

The director who worked in Feiyang Animation, joined Wanbao after being introduced by Mr. Xiaoxiong, and has produced many animation works such as "Haiwa".

"Why him?"

After learning about Mr. Gu's arrangement, Ma Kui asked suspiciously: "I know this person is capable, but he hasn't made any achievements in the past few years, right?"

"There's really nothing."

Gu Miao thought about it carefully, and found that what Ma Kui said made sense.Since Director Wang left Feiyang Animation, in the past few years, he has indeed been a bit "out of sight" and has not had any outstanding achievements.

But he also has his own considerations in choosing Director Wang.

There are two main reasons. The first reason is the "manpower" problem.

There are only a few directors in Wanbao Animation. Excluding some directors who have projects or are about to have new projects, there are not many people he can choose.

Since Director Wang has experience, he can't let him stay in the office, drink tea and read newspapers, and enter retirement early to mix wages, right?
As a qualified boss, Gu Miao doesn't want to see someone in her company doing nothing all day long, and the salary of white-collar workers is so high.

The second reason is that he knows that Director Wang has learned to be a chef before...

"What? He has studied cooking?"

Ma Kui was dumbfounded, and stammered: "Isn't he an animation producer? How could he have anything to do with the profession of a chef?"

"This is also an inside story."

As Director Wang's former subordinate, and had worked with him for a while, Gu Miao knew quite well about Director Wang's affairs.

Dao Wang is a "half-way monk".

He used to be an art student, but it was difficult to support himself by painting after graduation, so he came up with the idea of ​​learning to cook from his relatives.

After studying for more than half a year, I realized that I am not a chef either.

Just when I wanted to go back and continue to draw illustrations of "Cabbage Price" for others, I suddenly received a call from my old classmate, asking if he would be interested in joining an animation production team...

That's right!

This is the story that Director Wang took the initiative to tell everyone when he was in Feiyang Animation and produced the animation "Haiwa".

It was precisely because of his experience as a "cook" that Gu Miao thought of him.

After studying as a chef for more than half a year, no matter whether it is cooking or not, at least one thing can be guaranteed, that is, he has a good understanding of the "kitchen".

It's not like Guo Hongwei and Huang Kun, who can only eat but can't cook, can't even tell the red case from the white case.

not to mention……

This is an animation, and it's not really asking the director to do the cooking!Even if this director's cooking skills are actually very average, as long as he has a wealth of theoretical knowledge, wouldn't that be enough?
Take ten thousand steps back!

Even if Director Wang's "cook career" lasted half a year, in fact, he was just doing errands for others, and he didn't learn any skills, so it doesn't matter.

Gu Miao had already considered this point.

The project of the animation "China's Little Master" involves a lot of food introductions, including the production process, so the degree of professionalism is relatively high.

Therefore, Gu Miao decided to set up a "cooking instructor" position within the animation production team, and hired a professional "state banquet level" chef to serve as this cooking instructor.

Now, the theory and practice are all full.

Let’s take a look at the plot of the original manga again. If you can’t do this, the animation effect is satisfactory...

Director Wang, don't sleep too much tonight!

After Gu Miao explained her plan, including the role of the special position of "Cooking Instructor", Ma Kui nodded.

"That's almost there!"

"However, I still have a doubt, like Master Chef Liu...how do you pronounce that word?"

"Subaru! Mao! Liu Subaru!"

"Oh yes! Liu Xing!"

Ma Kui slapped his forehead and said, "Aren't animation works with gourmet themes like Master Chef Liu Xing too niche? Can the production cost be recovered?"

Don't say anything else.

In the field of domestic animation, he has never seen a few animations that focus on "food themes".This theme, no matter how you look at it, belongs to the category of "unpopular"!

Unpopular topics, because there are too few competing products, it is easy to achieve results, but the upper limit is also very low, making it almost impossible to make a lot of money.

This is still looking for the best.

Thinking of the worst?
To put it bluntly, it’s fine if your subject matter is unpopular, and you don’t even have to sell peripheral derivatives for cooking animations, so you’re still playing around!

(End of this chapter)