Hong Kong Island Comic Master

Chapter 283 Transformers
"Zhuangzi Shuo", as well as comics such as "Laozi Shuo" and "Liezi Shuo" that have not yet appeared in the world, are Cai Zhizhong's classic comic series.

You can say that Cai Zhizhong is a late bloomer, or you can say that he is a genius. There is no contradiction between the two.

The reason why I say this is because Cai Zhizhong did not start creating four-frame comics until 1983, when he was 35 years old. Before that, although Cai Zhizhong also drew comics, his main focus was on making cartoon animations.

Therefore, before this, he had never created any famous comics.

Now, Cai Zhizhong wants to draw comics, but from the company's perspective, Li Wannian is unwilling. After all, this will make him lose an excellent manager.

But from a cartoonist's point of view, Li Wannian really admires Cai Zhizhong's ability to pursue his true heart and give up glory and wealth.

After all, Cai Zhizhong is not like himself!
After stabilizing Cai Zhizhong, Li Wannian left Shenlong Company and went to DreamWorks Company.

As mentioned before, today's DreamWorks Company is already overcrowded, and there simply aren't enough offices.

DreamWorks' animation department is relatively better. Although there are many people, the space it occupies is not small and is slightly more spacious.

After Li Wannian came to DreamWorks, he immediately came to the animation department.

Walking into it, I was still shocked by the crowded environment inside, which was even more crowded than the class in class.

"There are currently more than 200 people in the animation department. They are currently divided into four project teams, which are responsible for producing four animations: "Transformers", "Rogue Teacher", "Oolong Academy" and "Pokémon", so the manpower is still somewhat insufficient! "

After Li Wannian arrived, the head of the animation department came to him immediately to explain to him.

The head of the animation department is named Lu Ziying, who was the president of the "Firebird Film Club". After graduating from college, he joined the animation department of DreamWorks Company, and a few years later he became the director of the animation department of DreamWorks.

In addition, he also has a sister named Lu Yuying, who is the deputy director of the department.

"It is impossible to increase manpower. The company currently does not have the budget. It will be difficult at least within two years!"

"Okay boss, we will find a way to overcome it!"

Li Wannian rejected Lu Ziying's request without mercy.

To be honest, Li Wannian is not suitable to be the boss of a company. If this was applied to an ordinary boss, he would first stabilize him and then start to make a big deal!

But it's a pity that Li Wannian's painting ability was really worrying, so he just told the truth.

If it were applied to ordinary subordinates, they would definitely feel depressed, but Lu Ziying would not. He is a technical person with a relatively single-minded mind. When Li Wannian said such things, he would only think that Li Wannian was sincere.

"Well, how is the animation of "Transformers" currently going?"

"The difficulty is still a bit high at the moment. Even with the help of the production staff of "Gundam", it is still difficult to make it look like Mi Man!"

"What are the main difficulties?"

Lu Ziying frowned, and then he shouted to his sister Lu Yuying who was not far away: "Yuying, come here!"

I saw a woman wearing glasses and a ponytail walking over with a frown on her face, looking angry.

"what's up?"

"Mr. Li wants to know about the current difficulties in "Transformers", please tell me!"

After Lu Yuying heard this, she quickly turned to look at Li Wannian and said eloquently: "Mr. Li, the current difficulty in animation is mainly in character design. It is difficult to control the thickness of the lines. The lines of the comics we produced before were too subtle... …”

For the "Transformers" animated version project, Li Wannian did not give it to Shenlong Animation, but to DreamWorks.

After producing many animations over the years, the technology of DreamWorks Animation has improved rapidly. This is why Li Wannian dared to hand over "Transformers" to them with confidence.

However, because "Transformers" is an animation work that Li Wannian wants to bring into the North American market, it needs to meet the tastes of North American audiences. However, this is very difficult for the DreamWorks project department, which has never been exposed to the North American market. It’s hard to grasp this degree!
"Well, I understand! Let's do this. We will complete the formal acquisition of Marvel in the near future. At that time, I will invite people from the comic company to assist you in production!" "That would be great, there are people who know the business. With assistance, we can also reduce fumbling and complete it as quickly as possible!”

"The company wants to acquire Marvel? This... this..."

When Lu Ziying and Lu Yuying heard the news, their jaws almost dropped!
Compared to being obsessed with neon culture, Hong Kong people are more influenced by British and American products. They have always believed that British and American products are better.

But now, Marvel Comics, one of the two major comic companies in the United States, is going to be acquired by their own company. This kind of snake-eating-elephant behavior seems to them like a dream!
"Oh, by the way, this matter is still confidential for now, so don't say it out yet!"

Li Wannian suddenly came to his senses and quickly put his finger to his mouth to warn.

"Uh... Mr. Li, don't worry, we will keep it strictly confidential!"

"That's right, we have the strictest mouths!"

Seeing that the brother and sister kept the secret, Li Wannian felt relieved.

"Okay, you continue your work, I'm going back to the office first!"

When he arrived at his office, Li Wannian found someone waiting for him at the door.

"Ten thousand years!"

After the man saw Li Wannian, he quickly stepped forward.

"Brother Guangrong? Why are you here? Are you back from Neon?"

The visitor's name was Zhao Guangrong, who was the younger brother of Li Wannian's sister-in-law Zhao Yazhi. He had previously attended college in Neon.

"Hey, I came back yesterday. I heard that you would come to the company to work today, so I came over!"

"Call me in advance. You must have been waiting for a long time, right? Come on, come in!"

Li Wannian opened the office and invited Zhao Guangrong in.

"Wannian, this is the information Miss Zhong asked me to bring you!"

As soon as he came in, Zhao Guangrong handed the document bag in his hand to Li Wannian.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Brother Guangrong!"

Li Wannian took the document bag and opened it. Inside was some information about Capcom, including the development progress of the "Street Fighter" game that he had been thinking about.

"That...ten thousand years!"

Li Wannian, who was reading the documents, suddenly realized that Zhao Guangrong hadn't left yet, and asked him with a troubled expression.

"What's the matter, is there anything else?"

"Um...can I come to your company to work?"

"Haha, you Mr. Zhao won't go home to inherit the family business, why do you think of coming to me?"

Hearing Zhao Guangrong's words, Li Wannian almost laughed out loud.

Zhao Guangrong looked embarrassed after hearing this.

Next, after his narration, Li Wannian found out that it turned out that he and his father had differences in the company's development direction, and Zhao Guangrong was so angry that he wanted to stop working in his father's company!
"I understand the differences you just mentioned, but I also have an idea here. You can try it!"

(End of this chapter)