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Chapter 328 Not short of money

Well, this is the normal form.

626 also has another combat form, with two insect-like antennae and six arms.

After finishing the painting, Huang Ze took out the spare watercolor and colored Stitch according to his memory. He nodded with satisfaction and found Gong Xing, "Let's take a look. How do you like this image?"

"Big ears, big eyes, pretty cute." Gong Xi smacked his lips, "Maybe we can make a doll. I think this doll is cuter than your Teletubbies."

"I don't know what's going on. It might be my problem. I'm a little scared when I see your Teletubbies eyes. Especially when they blink, it scares me even more."

"That kind of doll is just like that, all of them are the same."

"By the way, what is the story of your cartoon character?" Gong Xing asked curiously.

"It's a long story. It starts from the distant universe..."

Huang Ze recounted the origin of "Lilo & Stitch".

After listening to this, Gong Xing nodded slightly and said, "We can make many sequels by catching other experimental subjects in the future!"

"But I always feel that if we make a movie about capturing other experimental subjects, wouldn't the content be substantial enough?"

"So my plan is to make a movie first, and then expand the rest of the content through animation. Each episode will be 10 to 20 minutes long. I will take a test subject and shoot dozens of episodes with him. I will try to promote the animation through the movie and make this image popular."

"By then, just selling dolls will also be a considerable income."

"I knew you must have had cartoons in mind a long time ago." Gong Xing smiled, "I knew you were very strong in the film and television field. Without these creative ideas, you wouldn't have said you wanted to poach employees from the Shanghai Animation Film Studio."

"That's true. I'm also strong in other areas."

Huang Ze performed a classic move of Michael Jackson.

"No formality."

"Hey, you have to pay attention to your image outside, but what else do you have to pay attention to when you get home? How tiring is life? I live for myself."

After sharing the image of Stitch with Gong Xing, Huang Ze went back to painting.

The little girl Lilo, Dr. Qiangba, the hamster flywheel, and several main characters Huang Ze were all drawn quickly.

I also called my father.

After all, he is now the deputy director of the Shanghai Film Studio, and one of the higher ranking ones, so it is natural that he will be given the responsibility to inquire about the affairs of the Shanghai Animation Film Studio.

Find out which ones are the pillars and which ones are the mainstays, so that Huang Ze can start poaching them.

As for whether poaching can be successful.

Huang Ze felt that except for some people, there would not be any big problems.

As the factory is getting worse and worse, and wages and benefits cannot be guaranteed, I suddenly give them more than ten times the salary, which means that in one month they earn more than in the past year. Who can bear this?

Even if it's not for more money, you still have to consider your family, your future marriage, etc., right?

Also, do you really want to abandon your craft?

At worst, you can give yourself more vacation time, like a month-long vacation during the New Year period, and you don’t have to adjust the day off. That should be enough, right?
Others may worry that they may be kicked out by their boss after working for just a few months, and may even lose their jobs in state-owned enterprises. However, their reputation in Shanghai is guaranteed and trustworthy.

Moreover, so many people are taking unpaid leave. The trend of going into business is rolling forward. Those who are afraid of losing their stable jobs can also take unpaid leave.

They are all choices and they all have ways out, which is better than waiting to die.

Of course, no matter whether it is a state-owned enterprise or a private enterprise, every company will have those people who have little ability and basically rely on connections. When Huang Ze asked his father to help select people, he also paid attention to screening.

As soon as he was done with the selection, he would immediately start recruiting people. As the idea of ​​making an animated film had grown into a towering tree, Huang Ze immediately established a new company, Xinghai Animation, under Xinghai Films.

Let the headhunters recruit people everywhere and prepare to set up the management team first.

Having devoted half of his energy to this new company, Huang Ze basically focused the rest of his energy on two things.

One is the crew set up for Rush Hour.

There are not as many scenes this time as in "Speed".

In addition to the experience of "Speed", most of the people this time used their own team.

The action design and other aspects were packaged and handed over to Jackie Chan's Stunt Team.

Another thing, of course, was drawing the storyboards for Farewell My Concubine.

There is divine will in the dark.

Huang Ze was painting that day when the phone rang.

Pick up the phone, "Hello, who's that?"

"I, did you hear it?"

"I didn't hear it." Huang Ze really didn't hear it. The voice on the phone is different from that in the real world. Huang Ze knows so many people, how can he distinguish each one's voice?
And Huang Ze was too lazy to distinguish.

You just need to know that it’s not those important people. As for the others, you can love whoever you want.

Still keeping us in suspense, who do you think you are?
"Have you forgotten your old classmates so quickly? We just met this year, and it hasn't even been half a year." The voice came from the receiver again.

Old classmate, met half a year ago.

As soon as the two conditions appeared, Huang Ze understood.

It turned out to be Xiao Chen!
"Brother Kai!" Huang Ze greeted him, "Haha, it's so rare for me to receive a call from you! You gave me a surprise today."

"Is there a problem?"

"Can't you just go chat with old classmates when you have nothing to do?" It was a normal sentence, but Huang Ze heard an indescribable arrogance in Brother Chen Kai's voice, although Huang Ze couldn't figure out how he could be so arrogant with him.

Perhaps this is the real Beijing gentleman and son.

Huang Ze shook his head slightly and didn't take it to heart.

You said it's okay, so don't blame me for not asking anymore. Let's see who can't hold on first. Then, Huang Ze started chatting about family matters with Brother Chen Kai.

As they chatted, it was finally Brother Chen Kai who couldn't help himself and said, "Old classmate, this is it, do you have any good scripts? I don't want any money, I will shoot a movie for you for free."

However, in response to the other party's words, Huang Ze still chose to chat about family matters.

After chatting for a few more sentences, when Brother Chen Kai mentioned it again, he said, "It's what it should be. It can't be free! Don't worry, I can still afford the hundreds of thousands of dollars in salary."

"Do you think my brother is the one who is short of money?"

"I'm not short of money!" Huang Ze smacked his lips. "I'm not short of money either, how about this? I'll still pay you your director's fee, but I have a movie I'm going to shoot in Beijing, so you can be my assistant director first. That way, no one of us owes anyone a favor, and we're even."

"Well, about this matter." Brother Chen Kai's facial muscles on the other side of the phone began to tremble slightly because of anger.

Assistant director!
I have been a director for eight years since the release of Yellow Earth. For whom have I been an assistant director?

(End of this chapter)