The superstar starts from the creation camp

Chapter 187 The highest achievement of Guoman.

With the popular broadcast of interviews with hundreds of schools, the controversy in the society has become more and more serious, Li Mu's reputation has also risen, and the public's impression of him has gradually changed from an entertainment star to an academic star, and even businessmen. Invite him to some academic lectures.

Of course, the academic circle still does not recognize him, and every day, some experts and scholars can be seen criticizing his understanding of Journey to the West.

The only one among the major universities who did not spray Li Mu is probably the Chinese University. As Li Mu’s alma mater, the Chinese University can be regarded as a supporter of Li Mu. Many professors have liked the interviews of hundreds of schools on Weibo. It is obvious that they are supporting Li Mu.

For He Chunxiang and Li Ping, all of this is like a dream. During the Spring Festival, his son was on CCTV Three, and now he has suddenly landed on CCTV Ten. Not very good, but the meaning is unusual, Science and Education Channel!Was that just kidding?
Those who can give lectures on the Science and Education Channel are either university professors or senior lecturers of famous universities, and Baijia interviews are the best among them.

Li Ping is proud of going to work every day now, even if Li Mu won the title of King of Songs before, Li Ping has never been so excited.

In his opinion, this is what his son should do, and he even called Li Mu on a rare occasion to ask him to do more serious work and lessen those useless things.

It made Li Mu full of question marks.

He Chunxiang is like soaking in honey these days. When he goes out to buy vegetables, he often stops at the place where they sell them in the supermarket for a while, because at that time every day, the big screen in front of the book counter will play the video of Li Mu talking about Journey to the West. It has won a lot of people, and I even heard that the sales of Journey to the West have increased a lot.

On the other hand, the three-month negotiation was finally completed. Muzi Studio spent a huge sum of 8.6 million yuan to obtain 80.00% of the animation workshop's shares and became a well-deserved major shareholder.

At this time, Wang Ziwen suddenly realized that the mysterious person who has been buying the animation workshop is actually Li Mu?
The colleague asked curiously: "What's the matter with you? We lost our minds this day. The company's acquisition has nothing to do with us. Where are our small employees not going to work? This company is so generous, maybe our benefits will be better. "

"Really~~~" Wang Ziwen smiled absent-mindedly, and dealt with her colleagues.

After returning home at night, Li Mu found that Wang Ziwen's state was not right, and it was funny to know her worry only after asking.

"Where are you thinking about this? This is a purely commercial act. If a company wants to develop and expand its business, acquiring a company is the most time-saving."

It took a long time to persuade her to dispel her worries.

A few days later, Li Mu thought about it and planned to meet with the management team of the animation workshop.

Shi Ran said: "Alright, if you don't show up, these people are really a little nervous."

The appointment was a Chinese restaurant with local dishes, but for both parties, it didn't matter what they ate. All the senior management who owned the shares of the animation workshop were present, and they waited anxiously for the attendance of the legendary big boss.

The appearance of Li Mu and Shi Ran made all the executives present tense up.

"Come on, sit down, don't be nervous, today I just invite everyone to have a casual meal." Li Mu greeted.

Of course, he himself didn't believe this. How could these executives take it seriously? With smiles on their faces, they even breathed carefully. This was their first meeting, and people are actually superstitious about their first impressions. The more confident a person is, the more he values ​​first impressions.

Although they already knew that the big boss behind the acquisition of the animation studio was Li Mu, when this young man appeared in front of them, the executives couldn't help feeling in their hearts that he was too young.

"Let's serve the food first, let's chat while eating." The dishes were pre-ordered, and Li Mu took advantage of the time to serve the dishes and began to look at everyone.

There are not many people, only six people, and they are not too old, they are all in their early thirties.

"I see from the information that you are all alumni, right?"

"Yes, the Animation Workshop was founded by us after graduating from university, but, hey, Guoman is not easy to do!"

Speaking of these six people, they all look depressed. It stands to reason that they can start from scratch and make the animation workshop where it is today in just a few years. Their ability is absolutely beyond doubt.

It's just that the longer I stay in this industry, the more helpless I feel about being a Chinese manga.

When the dishes came, Li Mu called everyone to start eating, and he also took the lead to start without any hesitation.

It wasn't until the dessert was served that Li Mu said again: "I've seen the works of the animation workshop since its establishment ten years ago. In the early stage, there were indeed some high-quality Chinese comics. But why has the style of painting been moving closer to the style of Japanese manga in recent years?"

"Mr. Li, the whole market of Chinese comics is like this now. A large number of domestic animation fans are brought up by Japanese comics. In the eyes of many anime fans, Japanese comics are the standard. In the past ten years, there have been many Chinese comics in the circle. They all died one after another, and we had no choice but to try to integrate the style of Japanese comics and tell our own stories."

Speaking of the helplessness on everyone's face, Li Mu could understand the pain of making compromises for the survival of the animation workshop.

"Then have you ever thought about making a Chinese manga in the true sense, whether it's the painting style or the core?" Li Mu said.

Everyone was shocked: "Mr. Li, of course we have this idea, but the market doesn't allow it. You can go and read the comments of those Chinese comics on the market, hey"

However, Li Mu waved his hand and said: "You don't need to think about the market. We have a professional publicity department. We have ways to deal with some malicious bad reviews. You just need to tell me whether you want to do it or not, and whether you have the confidence to make it. A big national comic movie similar to Havoc in Heaven."

Everyone's eyes brightened when they heard the words "National Manga Movie". At first, they thought that Li Mu just wanted to make a national manga animation, but they didn't expect his ambition to be so big.

The word "havoc in heaven" shocked everyone's eyes.

"Havoc in Heaven" is a monument in the history of Chinese animation. The most frightening thing is that in 1961, when there were no computers and only hand-painted, the Magic City Art Film Studio made a film that was enough to circulate countless times. A classic of the decade.

Among them, the image of Monkey King with a heart-shaped face, the strong ink and landscape painting style, and even the Beijing opera soundtrack are enough to make people intoxicated.

It can be said that "Havoc in Heaven" is not only a childhood memory of several generations, but also a mountain that Chinese animation practitioners will always look up to.

It is no exaggeration to say that China's animation level at that time was not inferior to that of the United States and Japan, and it was even leading the trend of the United States and Japan.

In the 40s, the Wan Brothers produced Asia's first full-length animation "Princess Iron Fan". Even Osamu Tezuka, the originator of Japanese animation and manga, gave up studying medicine after watching this animation and decided to engage in animation creation of.He later visited China and specially drew cartoons of Astro Boy and Monkey King getting together.

"Havoc in Heaven" is the pride of Chinese animation practitioners on the one hand, and on the other hand it has become their eternal pain, because since then, there has never been a masterpiece in China that can compete with American and Japanese animation up.

When Li Mu said "havoc in heaven", it was more like a severe whip in their hearts.

"Yes, why not, as long as you give us time and funds, we will definitely be able to produce high-quality goods that can compete with Riman!"

Everyone felt that their blood was surging, and they issued military orders one after another.

Li Mu nodded. Fortunately, they did not become numb after kneeling for too long. As long as there is shame in their hearts and blood, there is still hope for them to stand up again.

"It's not enough just to have blood. Have you thought about where to start?"

Everyone looked at each other and nodded heavily: "Mr. Li, we actually got inspiration when we watched your Westward Journey, originally we wanted to make an animation, since you trust us, why don't we use this as the theme? It can also be regarded as the incense of inheriting the havoc in the Heavenly Palace."

Li Mu scratched his face in embarrassment: "You didn't say that just to cater to me, did you?"

"No, Mr. Li, this is absolutely true. We have already approved this project, and the animation workshop had not been acquired at that time."

"Okay, as long as you know it in your heart." Li Mu nodded.

Everyone enjoyed the meal, and Li Mu saw the attitude of the management team of the animation workshop, and they also gained enough trust from Li Mu.

Almost half a month later, Li Mu received a detailed script and character sketches, which were a bit like the monkeys in The Return of the Great Sage in his impression.

The script is quite good, basically inheriting the tone of the Westward Journey, Sun Wukong reincarnated as a little ruffian, idle around all day, causing trouble, while Tang Seng is still a monk, but he is a wine and meat monk, and Zhu Bajie has become a butcher, Sha Monk Carrying the burden to sell straw sandals.

After that, there is a relatively clichéd story of the self-salvation of the four masters and apprentices. Overall, the rhythm of the script is quite good, but in the end, the animation still depends on whether the style of the drawing can control the story. Just like the acting skills of the actors, a good actor can Save a bad movie, like Anthony Wong, and bad actors can ruin everything, like
"This script is good, and the project can be established. If the funds are not enough, you can inject capital." Li Mu handed the document back to Shi Ran.

Shi Ran asked: "Do you need to send a producer to follow up?"

Li Mu thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Forget it, we are all amateurs in animation, and professional things should be left to professional people."

The boss had already expressed his opinion, but Shi Ran didn't insist.

Li Mu thought for a while and asked, "Did the filming go well in those years?"

"It's pretty smooth. Director Yang praised the two girls very much, and praised them for their spirituality." Shi Ran laughed.

"That's good." Li Mu showed a comforting smile like an old father. He spent a lot of energy on these three girls.

"By the way, the song promised to Liu Qinmei hasn't been given to her yet."

(End of this chapter)