The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 163 Tianhe Anime
Tianhe animation.

The general manager Wang Shiyong avoided the staff and called Wu Han, the animation director, into the office.

Wu Han was tall and thin, with a fair face. He observed Wang Shiyong's face carefully, and felt a sense of foreboding in his heart.

Although Wang Shiyong's face was calm and he couldn't see joy or sorrow, this in itself represented a very bad signal.

Because this time, Tianhe Animation brought its own sub-supplied animation "Magic Cat" to CCTV for the second review. This review can basically determine whether CCTV still wants the animation "Magic Cat".

Although CCTV has its own animation production department, in recent years, more and more animation projects have been jointly produced by other animation companies, or purchased animation works from the market.

And "Magic Cat" is an animation series produced by Tianhe Animation. It has been broadcast on CCTV for two seasons, and the third season has produced 6 episodes, which has met the standards of the second trial. CCTV asked Tianhe Animation to provide the first 6 episodes and subsequent episodes. After the story outline, decide whether to purchase or not.

And if CCTV decides to purchase, Wang Shiyong will not look like this, at least he will have a smile on his face, not to mention ecstatic.

Probably because this animation work is already the lifeline of Tianhe Animation, or it is a life-saving medicine. If it can still get the procurement from CCTV, the company can continue to survive. If it cannot continue to be broadcast on the CCTV platform, the company will also face difficulties. A matter of life and death.

And this is the reason why Wu Han was uneasy. If it was the bad news, Wang Shiyong might not be able to hide his emotions no matter how deep the city was.

Wang Shiyong just came back from CCTV, brewed two cups of tea, pushed one of them in front of Wu Han, collected himself, looked at the young man in front of him who was summoned by him from the United States and shook his head, suddenly turned pale in Wu Han Said with a complexion: "CCTV will not broadcast the third season."

This news seemed like a bolt from the blue to Wu Han, who was familiar with the current situation of the company.

"Brother Yong, I'm sorry...it's my problem, my stubbornness and arrogance ruined the company..." The last boot fell to the ground, causing Wu Han's long-standing guilt and uneasiness to burst out.

Because he knows that "Magic Cat" is too important to the company.

Although the procurement cost of CCTV is not high, to be precise it is not low, it is quite shabby.

The traditional domestic animation procurement standards are calculated in minutes.

If converted into the price of a single episode, it is probably between 5 and 10—this is the result of a surge in TV animation procurement prices in the past two years due to state support and the rise of online media.

The first two seasons of this animation were aired in No. 10 Animation Paradise, which is equivalent to an animation broadcast during prime time, so the purchase price is relatively high, and each episode can get a price of [-].

The third season of "Magic Cat" has 26 episodes. If CCTV decides to continue purchasing, the purchase price will be 260 million.

Although this is the salary price of a third- and fourth-tier star in the current film and television industry, it is already relatively high in the purchase price of TV stations in the animation industry.

Of course, if Tianhe Animation can only rely on the 260 million Northwest Wind, the real benefit will depend on the wide spread brought by CCTV.

Tianhe Animation can also earn 2000 million a year by authorizing the sale of dolls, toys, and animation books related to "Magic Cat". In addition, it can also receive state subsidies. A subsidy of 4000 yuan per minute and 250 million yuan per season.

This is why there are still so many animation companies rushing to compete for CCTV's animation procurement every year.

And Tianhe Animation barely got out of the brink of bankruptcy by relying on the project of "Magic Cat", and maintained the entire team. If CCTV no longer purchases, the company's future may not be so good.

The reason why Wu Han is very guilty about this is because the problem of "Magic Cat" was indeed caused by him.

At the end of the second season of "Magic Cat", Wang Shiyong, the general manager, has already noticed that something is wrong, because the follow-up plot of the animation is getting darker and darker, which is a bit beyond the scope of children's understanding and deviates from the direction of the child. animation positioning.

Judging from the first 6 episodes produced in the third season of "Magic Cat", this problem has not been reversed, and Wang Shiyong has lost his temper for this.

Wu Han is aware of this problem, but he and his animation team just can’t control themselves. They have never done sub-supply animation before "Magic Cat", and of course he also has his own fluke and stubbornness.

Regarding Wu Han’s guilt, Wang Shiyong waved his hands helplessly and said: “It has nothing to do with you. CCTV itself does not want to purchase this animation. There are too many animation companies staring at the CCTV platform. The pool itself is very deep. I also relied on my old classmates to get the purchase of the first season, I have already prepared, it's not your fault, don't blame yourself."

Speaking of this, he couldn't control the volume and raised it: "Although it is a low-cost [-]D animation, the modeling and production of "Magic Cat" is the best among all animation companies in China. The same production Fee, can CCTV find a second animation of this quality? Hmph, the road of TV animation has long been a dead end, alas, I have wronged you, but in the future, you can no longer do such projects.”

In Wang Shiyong's heart, he actually felt guilty about this Wu Han who he had fooled from the United States, and it was a shame to ask him to do this kind of low-cost [-]D TV animation.

Tianhe Animation has actually been brilliant in the past. At the beginning of the company's establishment, under the team formed by Wuhan, it produced an animation work "Xing Shen Ji", which many netizens called the conscience of Guoman, but no TV station was willing to purchase it, or Talk about purchasing.

At that time, Tianhe Animation was all based on passion and did not really consider the reality of the domestic animation industry. The production cost far exceeded that of ordinary domestic TV animation. In the end, only the newly established Huanshi.com bought it at a price that barely covered the cost.

This animation work surprised the domestic animation audience at that time by far surpassing the level of ordinary Chinese comics.

Therefore, the first sentence "The Rise of Guoman!" was born, which is still remembered by many netizens.

"Xing Shen Ji" has achieved great success in terms of word of mouth, but it has not brought real benefits to Tianhe Animation, it just covered the cost. Afterwards, under the expectation of obtaining huge benefits, it was also among the many people who shouted for the rise of Guoman Under the urging of netizens, Tianhe Animation produced a movie theater version of "Xing Shen Ji" through loans and some netizens' crowdfunding.

Then it rushed to grandma’s house, and gave a heavy blow to the capital of all parties who were ready to move under the slogan of the rise of Guoman at that time. As a result, until now, few domestic companies have produced animated films, and the capital has also lacked interest in it.

If it hadn't been for the timely switch to the production of sub-supplied animations and the sale to CCTV, Tianhe Animation would have gone bankrupt at that time, and it is still burdened with huge debts that have not been repaid.

Wu Han regarded Wang Shiyong's words as just comforting himself, with a bitter expression on his face: "Why don't I ask the team to work overtime and re-edit it, and let CCTV take a look after it's done?"

Wang Shiyong showed a relieved smile on his face: "I didn't comfort you, this Lao Shizi's "Magic Cat" has nothing to do with me or you, a company wants to buy us."

"Acquisition? Who?" Wu Han was a little dazed.

"Dreamworks!"

　I don’t have time to write today, so I can only save the manuscript on the top, there are only two chapters, and three chapters will be resumed tomorrow

　　
　
(End of this chapter)