Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 395: Going to be hollowed out

Tewei's animation works adhere to the path of nationalization and are keen on creating and adapting traditional Chinese folk myths and stories.

So he couldn't understand why Yang Ye wanted to adapt a Western story, even though it was a classic work known to the world.

Yang Ye explained: "Hong Kong is different from the mainland. Our film companies are all privately owned and are responsible for their own profits and losses. There is no national finance to protect us.

Therefore, when we create a work, we must first consider its commercial value and cannot follow our own preferences.

When American Film Studio produces a cartoon, it often only considers its artistic value. For us, this is not advisable.

For example, American Film Studio produces a large number of animated short films without considering the length of the film or how to make a profit.

But we need to make animated feature films that can go to theaters because we have to rely on the box office to recoup our costs.

Moreover, Hong Kong's market is too small to support the production of action movies. If you want to make a profit, you must expand overseas.

This is the first production of our animation studio, so I tend to choose stories that are familiar to global audiences.

Stripped of its light-hearted comedy elements and stripped of its hilarious veneer of a musical, at its core is an old and serious main story.

So Yang Ye decided to choose a more serious work.

In fact, Yang Ye put a lot of thought into choosing the subject matter.

Why not?

Normally, Yang Ye should choose works that are in line with his own characteristics and that are highly successful around the world.

In fact, the field of cartoons is very large. We can look around the world and draw nourishment from everywhere, instead of being limited to China. "

Many children cry when they watch this movie for the first time.

Disney searched for inspiration around the world and produced countless classics, which were both commercial and artistic successes.

Because Yang Ye is accommodating the talents of Tewei and Meiying Studio. They have just come from the mainland. From a conceptual point of view, it is difficult for them to accept the kind of nonsensical comedy that has no bottom line.

There are endless Chinese cartoons like Journey to the West: The Legend of the White Snake, various folk legends, and so on.

"The Lion King" released in 1994 can be said to be the most serious work in Disney's history.

As for "Kung Fu Panda", I definitely have to wait until these people adapt to the Hong Kong environment.

The decade from 1989 to 1999 was Disney's "Renaissance" period. During this period, Disney not only got out of the previous box office haze, but more importantly, it revived Disney's own understanding of animated feature films:

In any case, "The Lion King" is an insurmountable monument in the history of animated films, and its concept and style are more suitable for these people who just came out of the American Film Studio.

That is... "Kung Fu Panda".

Animated movies are not just for children, but should also be suitable for adults to enjoy.

Yang Ye's last words can be regarded as setting the tone for the future Jade Bird animation.

Reviews at the time also pointed out that the film... was too cruel and not suitable for children.

And Yang Ye's script is indeed very good, and every character is very vivid.

Of course, what Yang Ye means is: It’s boring to visit China all the time, I want to visit all over the world!

Yang Ye's words were sincere, and Tewei expressed his understanding after hearing it.

……

Now that you've decided, let's get started.

The first step is to form a team, and the director is naturally Te Wei himself.

Then, with the young talents from Meiying Studio as the backbone, we began to recruit painters.

As an animator, any talent from Hong Kong's comic industry can be employed. In addition, art graduates can also be recruited.

Focus on one word: dig.

Dig it from "Yulang International"!

Then draw the outline of the story and make a simple story drawing board to allow all the artists to have a deep understanding of the story.
Then the work is divided, each artist is responsible for a part of the characters and scenes, and production begins.

There are no shortcuts to hand-drawn animation, just one word: endure!

Frame by frame, day after day, painstakingly drawn, the whole cycle lasts for several years.

In order to get closer to reality, Yang Ye asked them to go to the African savannah and Mount Kilimanjaro for field trips to experience life.

We also arranged for them to go to the zoo to see zebras and giraffes, so that the animals they drew could be both spiritual and physical.

Yang Ye said: "If necessary, we will even invite a few real lions to the studio to facilitate everyone's observation."

Yang Ye's courage impressed Te Wei and others, and they were all full of energy.

When they came to Hong Kong, they originally wanted to show off their talents, and the boss was so supportive, so naturally...

Give it a try!
……

Huang Yulang is ready to give it a try!
As long as Yulang International can be successfully listed, it will leap into the sky and officially join the capital circle of Hong Kong.

Unexpectedly, big trouble arose. At this juncture, the company's employees suddenly left their jobs one after another.

When Huang Yulang inquired about it, he found out that it was Shangguan Xiaobao who did it.

The comic circle in Hong Kong is so big. Apart from his "Yulin Army", there is also the "Shangguan Family". Both sides know each other's details very well. Shangguan Xiaobao is very ruthless when poaching people. He goes all out to catch key talents and poach them.

Nowadays, Hong Kong movies are in full swing, and everyone is jealous. After Huang Yulang got rich, he also opened Yulang Pictures and jumped into the wave of Hong Kong movies.

While he was busy filming a movie, his boss, Guan Xiaobao, started digging with his hoe until Yulang International almost stopped functioning.

Fortunately, Huang Yulang responded in time and spent a lot of effort to stabilize the situation.

If the company's main business sales decline before it goes public, the impact cannot be underestimated.

"Where did Shangguan Xiaobao get the money?"

Huang Yulang made some inquiries and found out that Shangguan Xiaobao had climbed onto Yang Ye.

Yang Ye wanted to enter the comics industry and opened a Jade Bird Comics Company.

Huang Yulang sighed. Yang Ye had contacted him some time ago and wanted to acquire his Yulang International.

Huang Yulang naturally declined. I am about to go public. You come to pick peaches. Do you want to eat them?

Unexpectedly, Yang Ye hooked up with Shangguan Xiaobao right away, and relied on his wealth to keep poaching people from his company.

Damn, that’s too much!
Huang Yulang was depressed when his assistant ran in.

"Boss, watch TV!"

"What's wrong?" Huang Yulang said, turning on the TV in the office, and then he was dumbfounded.

ATV is playing an advertisement: "Blue Bird Pictorial" will be launched next Monday, and its three major titles will be exposed in advance.

Main feature one:

Popular star Zhou Huimin spent eight years creating a fantasy comic based on the members of the super popular idol group Girls' Generation?
Sailor Moon Chow Hye-min? Sailor Mars King Tsukyun? Sailor Jupiter Xiao Qiang? Sailor Mercury Choi Jin-sil? Sailor Venus Nakamori's famous dish? …

Will they gather together to form Sailor Moon and defend the earth? What the hell is this horse riding?

On the TV screen, every time a character is introduced, an original painting and a real-life photo of the prototype will be shown for comparison.

Each of those original paintings is beautiful, showing the solid skills of the comic author.

The real ones are even more amazing. They actually wear the same sailor uniforms as in the comics, pose with the same POSs as in the comics, and have a great time cosplaying!

Cosplay is a Japanese language.

1984 World Science Fiction Annual Conference held in Los Angeles, USA. The Japanese cartoonist Nobuyuki Takahashi who attended the meeting officially expressed the performance art act of self-interpretation of characters as "Cosplay", hence the name Cosplay.

However, the United States has had imitation shows of film and television characters as early as the 1978s, and Japan has held annual Cosplay competitions since .

Therefore, "Girls' Generation" playing cosplay is not a shocking thing in this era.

They are girl idols, and their fans are all boys and girls. They just think their outfits are... so cute!

……

Huang Yulang immediately realized that something was wrong. The idol market and the comic book market overlapped, and the consumers were all teenagers.

Vivian Chow is a girl idol herself. She actually draws herself into a caricature, and she seems to have very deep skills.

Once this comic is released online, as long as the content is not outrageous, it will definitely sell like crazy!
Huang Yulang comforted himself: "It shouldn't be a big problem. This comic is mainly targeted at the girl market, while our martial arts comics are mainly targeted at the male market. Even if "Sailor Moon" is very powerful, it doesn't have a great impact on us. "

Featured two:
The popular cartoon "Transformers" will be adapted into a comic and serialized in "Blue Bird Pictorial".

Damn it, if "Sailor Moon" is mainly marketed to girls, then "Transformers" is mainly marketed to boys.

This cartoon is being broadcast on ATV at the rate of one episode per week. If the comics are released every day, the progress will obviously be much faster than the TV version. Students who can't wait to watch TV will read the comics.

"Sailor Moon" focuses on the market of girls, "Transformers" focuses on the market of boys, this "Blue Bird Illustrated"... is for both men and women!
This is not over yet, there is another more important one.

Main three:
It's not a comic, it's a novel.

Yang Ye's new novel "Xiaoyaoyou", which he has been honing his sword for five years, will be serialized in "Blue Bird Pictorial".

"Yang Ye is actually still writing novels. Why does it take five years to write a novel?"

"This novel comes from an evil source!"

Huang Yulang sighed and was thinking about how to deal with it. His assistant took out another copy of "Ming Pao", pointed to an advertisement on it and said: "There is also this, a recruitment advertisement for Jade Bird Animation Studio."

Huang Yulang took a look and saw that it read:

Jade Bird Animation Studio is the animation department of Baiyang Pictures. It specializes in the production of animated films and TV series. It is currently recruiting a large number of animators and offers favorable treatment.

Since Baiyang Pictures itself has a large number of film talents, Bluebird Studio only needs to recruit painters.

And where do these painters come from?
The easiest way is to dig from "Yulang International".

Huang Yulang finally understood why Yang Ye was so desperate to poach people when he was just running a doll newspaper.

It turned out to be a cartoon!

"If we want to make a cartoon, the number of people we have recruited before will not be enough!"

Huang Yulang's heart skipped a beat, suddenly feeling that his company was going to be hollowed out by Yang Ye.

(End of this chapter)