Is this cartoonist mentally ill?.

Chapter 381 Copyright Negotiation
Trigger Animation Production Company.

"In terms of dubbing... Which of these voice actors do you think is more suitable for the role of Kamishiro Rize?"

Lin Qingshan and a group of main creative team members were outside the dubbing studio watching five voice actors from the industry who came to apply for the new anime "Mato Ghoul" and were deciding who would voice the role of Kamishiro Rize.

The original painting work is almost done, and in this parallel world's Republic animation production process is generally that the dubbing work is generally carried out in the mid-term of animation production. The concept of mid-term is that after the work of drawing the original painting of the storyboard is completed, it is the mid-term of animation production.

After the original drawings are completed and the dialogue lines are decided, the voice actors will do their best to match the lip movements.

This is also a relatively cost-effective dubbing method, which can slightly reduce the animation production costs of the entire industry.

It is true that voice actors have a harder time.

"Ah... Miss Coriander."

After seeing the voice actor, Lin Qingshan made the decision immediately.

This parallel world also has Hanazawa Kana, the famous voice actor in his previous life, and in this world, Hanazawa Kana is also quite famous in the industry.

In this case, he naturally chose the original voice actor.

Currently, "Matou Ghoul" and "Akame ga Kill!" are still in production, but the early and middle stages of the work have been almost completed, and the only thing left is the work of the post-production staff and voice actors.

Lin Qingshan could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

But...he has actually never been very busy.

Although in the eyes of others, Lin Qingshan is serializing his new work "Dao Guiyixian", rushing to draw every week, and is in charge of the animation production of "Madou Ghoul" and "Kill! Akame ga Mitsukoshi".

This is almost equivalent to being busy with the serialization of three comics at the same time. He is even more hardworking than a model worker!
Compared with a certain four-character cartoonist, Lin Qingshan is even more of a model worker and god in the comics industry!
Well... Lin Qingshan is indeed a hard worker, but he is busy...

Not really.

Because his drawing speed is different from that of ordinary cartoonists, his two abilities, [Drawing Kaleidoscope (Master)] and [Speed ​​Star (Diamond)], make his drawing speed almost five to six times faster than that of ordinary people.

Moreover, he invited two digital life forms, Chiji Kitsune and Nuwa, to help him draw the original drawings of "Madu Ghoul" and "Kill! Akame ga Mikoto". He is actually not that busy...

Even though he is a bit busy, he is enjoying it.

After all, it is a happy thing to move the works that he once liked from another world and "preach" them in this parallel world.

The three major hobbies of ACG enthusiasts are preaching, recommending, and pushing people into the game.

Well, it seems like it's the same hobby.

Anyway, Lin Qingshan enjoys it and doesn't feel busy or unhappy.

"Ah, well, after all, he's a voice actor from Japan, so he's quite suitable."

The animation production staff also took the opportunity to flatter Lin Qingshan subtly and spoke with admiration.

Just then, Lin Qingshan's cell phone rang.

"Ah... sorry, I have to answer a phone call."

Lin Qingshan picked up his phone and walked to an empty corner at the back.

Then he answered the phone and greeted, "Hi! Brother Dahai!"

"Brother Dahai?"

Yang Dahai on the other side was confused by Lin Qingshan, but he still said, "Um... Teacher Qingshan, I'm sorry to bother you."

"It's okay! I wasn't disturbed!"

Lin Qingshan chuckled and said, "Brother Dahai, is there something wrong? Why did you call me suddenly?"

Yang Dahai had a strange expression on the other end of the phone, mainly because... he was not used to Lin Qingshan's sudden affectionate address.

Generally speaking...doesn't Lin Qingshan call him editor-in-chief?

Why are you calling me brother directly now?

All I can say is... mentally ill people are happier. Lin Qingshan suddenly remembered that he had known Yang Dahai for a while, and their names were a bit compatible, one means mountain and the other means sea.

So I just shouted that in a fit of excitement.

Yang Dahai was still a little confused, but he continued to talk about business in a very formal manner.

"It's like this, WB Films wants to cooperate with the teacher."

He said directly, "This time, WB Films wants to buy the film and television adaptation rights of your comic book that just finished... Parasyte."

Since the movie "EdgeWalker" became a huge hit, Lin Qingshan and his other comic works have also received a lot of attention.

Yang Dahai is also very clear about this.

There is actually a rule in the film and television industry, that is, once an author's work is adapted into a film or television series and becomes a huge success, their other works will definitely be adapted into film and television series one after another.

For example, there was a novelist named Yi Shu in the previous life. After her work was successfully adapted into a movie for the first time, her other works have been continuously adapted into film and television dramas until now.

So after the huge success of the movie of the same name adapted from one of Lin Qingshan’s original works "Edge Walker", his other works will inevitably attract attention and be adapted into film and television dramas.

But Yang Dahai couldn't understand it. In his opinion, the popularity and popularity of "Parasyte" were very low among all Lin Qingshan's works, although the quality of the work was well-received.

But with such low popularity and heat, and a relatively bland plot, why would you choose to purchase the rights to film and television adaptation of "Parasyte"?
And logically speaking, as a North American film company, WB Films should prefer to adapt works like "Edgewalker" whose story background is more inclined towards the Western world.

In this case, wouldn't "Flame Fist" or "Chainsaw Man" be more suitable?

Especially in "Flame Fist", most of the characters have European and American names, and the background is the end of the world after the ice age, which is simply not more suitable.

The story of "Parasyte" is set in the Republic of China. Coupled with the bland plot and low popularity, Yang Dahai couldn't understand why WB Films chose to adapt "Parasyte".

But since WB Films has made such a decision, what else can he say?

Anyway, selling the copyright of "Flame Fist" is the same as selling the copyright of "Parasyte", so what's the difference?

After hearing what Yang Dahai said, Lin Qingshan suddenly understood and said, "Oh... So that's how it is. Then we can have a face-to-face meeting like last time."

"Okay then... I think around next Friday, we'll make an appointment with the other party at the company to discuss this together."

Yang Dahai said, "I hope the teacher will come here in person by then."

"Haha, it's okay. I don't have anything to do recently anyway." Lin Qingshan said indifferently.

Then the two parties hung up the phone, and Lin Qingshan devoted himself to the production of two new animations, "Mato Ghoul" and "Akame ga Kill".

After finishing his work, he went home to cook so that Gu Qianli could enjoy a sumptuous dinner when he returned.

Although they have recently confirmed their relationship, Lin Qingshan feels that the way he and Gu Qianli get along is similar to the past when they were not in a relationship.

It's just that occasionally, when the two of them are alone, they will have a conversation that makes both of their faces blush and their bodies mix with each other's.

Apart from that, the two of them usually behaved as they should in front of everyone, neither too distant nor too intimate.

But everyone also knew the change in their relationship and began to tease the two of them even more wantonly.

……

Soon, Friday arrived.

When the agreed time arrived, a senior executive of WB Films and a professional negotiation team flew to the Republic again.

But this time Nolan was not accompanying him, but another director in charge of the TV series who was cooperating with WB Films.

Kevin looked at the familiar scenery of skyscrapers in the most prosperous city of the Republic called Magic City. He felt a little emotional. The prosperity of Magic City was indeed not inferior to their XX City in Amei.

Similarly, this bustling city is also home to top creators who are no less talented than Amei’s top screenwriters and authors.

After the huge success of the movie "EdgeWalker" which broke the historical box office record, there was singing and dancing and a joyous atmosphere inside WB Films.

In fact, the investment in the movie "EdgeWalker" is not "particularly high", at least compared to "Avatar", the production investment of "EdgeWalker" is really not particularly high.

Although the production cost of prosthetic special effects is not small, it is still not as high as the extremely luxurious special effects production cost of "Avatar", which almost creates all the alien scenes with special effects.

However, the final total box office of the movie "Edgewalker" directly surpassed "Avatar".

This was something WB Films had not expected, and there is no doubt that the unprecedented success of the movie "Edgewalker" is first and foremost due to the vision and directing ability of the famous director Chris Nolan.

The second is naturally Lin Qingshan, the original author of "Edgewalker", the originator of the cyberpunk comic!

"EdgeWalker", the pioneering cyberpunk comic, has a setting and plot that are simply amazing.

It’s really hard to imagine how someone could come up with such a crazy setting and plot.

The person who can come up with such an unexpected and wonderful setting and plot is truly a genius!
Originally, WB Films might not have believed what Nolan said about how amazing Lin Qingshan's talent was and how wonderful his works were.

But now, after seeing the box office performance and huge profits of the movie "Edgewalker", they have all changed their tune -

Mr. Aoyama, who created "Edgewalker", is such a genius!
His debut work "Edge Walker" is so amazing, so how bad can his other works be?

So the top executives asked people to study Lin Qingshan’s other works, including "Flame Fist", "Chainsaw Man", "Uzumaki", "Parasyte", and even "Goodbye Eri". Well... they are indeed excellent works.

But they were also in a dilemma. Other comic works were too long. The plots and settings of "Flame Fist" and "Chainsaw Man" were indeed quite suitable for their European and American worldview, but they were too long!
"Chainsaw Man" is a worldview set within the Republic, so even if it has a setting related to demons, it is not very suitable.

"Goodbye Eri" is short, but the story and plot are like an art film, and it is more suitable for the style of art films in the Republic region.

"Uzumaki"... This comic can only be used to make a horror movie. Well... it's not impossible, but let's not consider it for now.

So... they turned to "Parasyte", a work that was not very long and whose environmental theme was very much in line with the recent public opinion trend in their area.

However, they do not plan to make a movie directly based on the original work, but instead plan to adapt it into a TV series that suits their aesthetics and worldview!
This is something that has already been decided internally. If the results are good, we can adapt and create a commercial science fiction blockbuster based on the same setting.

I believe that with the success of the last cooperation, Manjie Comics Company will choose to cooperate with them this time.

Kevin was so confident that he got off the plane and came to Manjie Company with the company's professional negotiation elites.

They followed the receptionist that Manjie Company had arranged at the door and came to the conference room of Manjie Company's office building.

"The editor-in-chief, Mr. Qingshan, and the people from WB Pictures are here."

A staff member walked in and spoke to Yang Dahai and Lin Qingshan who had been waiting in the conference room for a long time.

"Oh! We're finally here!"

Lin Qingshan said excitedly.

"Teacher, let's go greet them."

Yang Dahai stood up and said with a smile.

"Go, go, go!"

Lin Qingshan stood up and walked out with Yang Dahai.

"Oh, my friend, welcome to the Manjie."

Yang Dahai was the first to step forward and opened his arms to hug the man in the lead.

Although he was a little confused, as it seemed that the senior executive who came to negotiate this time was not the white-haired foreigner Miles from last time, he still maintained his good quality.

Kevin also greeted him in a friendly manner, then he looked at Lin Qingshan and said with a smile, "Mr. Qingshan, long time no see, you are still as charming as ever."

The last time he met Lin Qingshan, he was actually accompanying Nolan, but he was not the head of the negotiation team. This time, due to the success of the "Edgewalker" movie project, he was promoted and became the top person in charge of this negotiation project.

"Haha, thank you very much."

Although Lin Qingshan didn't remember Kevin very well, he still responded politely with a laugh.

Suddenly, a group of people walked into the conference room.

"It was a pleasure to work with your company last time. Mr. Aoyama's work is excellent."

After Kevin came into the meeting room and sat down, he smiled and spoke first.

"Yes, the last cooperation was quite pleasant, so is your company the same this time?"

Yang Dahai asked with a smile, "The copyright and cooperation plan for Parasyte will be the same as last time?"

"No, no, no, my friend, I am not saying..."

Kevin said with a troubled look on his face, "Parasyte is not comparable to Edgewalker, and this time we are mainly acquiring the copyright for the TV adaptation of Parasyte, so the cooperation plan is of course different from last time."

(End of this chapter)