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Modu Animation Film Studio is a state-owned animation studio. It is the largest animation film studio in China and one of the oldest animation studios in China. Countless classic domestic animation films have been born here. Including animation, puppets, clay puppets, paper-cutting, ink painting and other forms, even foreigners are amazed by those wonderful imaginations. The short-term glory of Chinese animation was created by Shanghai Magic Art Studio. The cradle and birthplace of film.

We saw "Three Monks", "Little Tadpole Looking for Mom", "Havoc in Heaven", "Lotus Lantern", "Calabash Brothers", "Rubik's Cube Mansion", "Shu Ke and Beta" and so on. Classic cartoons were all born here. These cartoons and animated images accompanied He Mu and Li Wenhua through their respective childhoods. At that time, domestic animation was still very strong, and Japanese comics were not so popular. Apart from "The Lion King", there is nothing Hollywood animation can do in China.

However, the Chinese animation that has not advanced or retreated these years has been left far behind by the world. A successful Hollywood animation film can sell for seven to eight billion U.S. dollars or more at the box office, plus various derivatives, It is no exaggeration to say that a successful animation film can create an industry worth more than 20 billion US dollars, while Chinese films plus Chinese animation and even the comics industry are not so much.

We have fallen behind a lot, even if we try our best to catch up, we may not be able to catch up, not to mention catching up in small steps without haste, domestic animation, especially those state-owned animation studios are like this now, even though the outside world has changed color.They are still the same, so the once glorious and invincible Shanghai Art Film Studio has completely declined, and can only rely on the production of some two-dimensional naive animations that even children are too lazy to watch to maintain their livelihood and superficial scenery.

Although the Shanghai Magic Film Studio has declined.But the background is still there. They still have hundreds of classic animations that have left a deep impression on generations of people and the copyrights of these animations. He Mu invited Li Wenhua over because he wanted him to check for him and choose some from which there is a lot of room for manipulation. cartoon.

"It turns out that you wanted to buy the copyright of the animation from Shanghai Magic Film Studio, and then transform it into a CG animation."

"That's right, I hope that the cartoons transformed by the new technology can remind our generation of fond memories of the classic animations of that era. So as to achieve the goal of reviving domestic animation!" He Mu said with great ambition.

Li Wenhua poured cold water on it at the right time, "Don't blame me for spoiling your interest, does your newly established animation studio have the level of Pixar DreamWorks?"

"Of course not. What do you think?"

"I think so, if there is no such technology that can shock and make people speechless as soon as you take it out, then there is only one result of remaking classics, and that is to be scolded. At least no one will praise you. Leave you alone Whether the filming is real or fake, this is the attitude of most people towards classics. These animations have formed a very tenacious memory in their minds. When you suddenly want to create something similar but completely different, they accept it. No, at least I can’t treat your work with a normal heart, so there will be many biased evaluations.”

Li Wenhua took a breath and said again. "To be honest, we used to watch cartoons very exciting. But now we have watched so many Japanese animations and Hollywood animations, and looking back at those classic old domestic cartoons, I am afraid that we don't have the patience anymore. Look at it more than ten years ago when cultural resources were scarce. That is to say, even if your animation company’s technology is not so advanced, the things you shoot will definitely not be worse than before, but the evaluation will definitely be far inferior to the previous work. This is purely a A thankless thing."

He Mu put forward a different opinion, "I also had this idea before, our dear viewers are too superstitious about classics, they always feel that the old ones are good, including me, and sometimes say that remakes are not as comfortable as the old ones, But Ye Xuan and his team changed "Three Monks" into a [-]D animation, the effect is very good, much better than those [-]D animation series broadcast on TV today, and there are more laughs, I think this version is better Better and more classic."

Out of confidence in Ye Xuan's team, He Mu insisted on his own idea, "I didn't want to make a feature-length animated film from the very beginning. That's what I thought. There are many excellent animated short films in Magic City Film Studio, and they are basically in 10. Within minutes, but many people in their 30s and [-]s have watched it. These animations are of great significance to them. I want to recreate these animations into cg animations. We are not about to get Tudou.com in our pocket, and then we will use Tudou.com As a platform to promote these transformed classic animations, I don't even intend to make a profit on these animations, just to show off the technology, to enhance the confidence of animation lovers in domestic cg animation technology, and to make my animation studio famous, so Then they will go to the cinema to support."

Li Wenhua thought for a while, finally nodded, and agreed to accompany He Mu to the former Chinese animation kingdom. In fact, he had a better idea, but he wanted to see the situation of the trip to the art studio before talking to him. He Mu said.

He Mu used Wang Mingfei's father in the Bayi Film Studio to get the phone number of Chen Guozhen, the deputy director of the Fine Arts Film Studio. These state-owned film studios are all brother factories, and they are closely related.He Mu had already communicated with this Deputy Director Chen in private, and revealed his identity as the person in charge of a film company and an actor. He hoped to have another chance to chat with Director Chen about cooperation. They made an appointment Well, I went to the studio for an interview the next afternoon.

Deputy Factory Director Chen is in his fifties and very enthusiastic. He said that he has seen He Mu's movies and Li Wenhua's books, and he likes them all.He even knew Li Wenhua, he was indeed a knowledgeable elder.

Before talking about the business, he took He Mu and Li Wenhua to visit the art film studio. There is a small museum in the factory, which stores all the works of the art studio. The most prominent place is "Havoc in Heaven" Occupied with "Lotus Lantern", "Havoc in Heaven" has won many awards and reputations overseas, winning glory for domestic animation. Top grossing for years.

In the small museum, He Mu and Li Wenhua seem to have returned to their childhood, where they have their best childhood memories.

"Look, this ink painting is from "Little Tadpole Looking for Mom"!"

"This is the puppet from "Avanti", and the old landlord Cai, what's his name?"

""Ginseng Doll" is so cute!"

"Shu Ke, Shu Ke, Shu Ke who drives the tank!"

"Beta, beta, beta who flies the plane!"

"Ahem," Chen Guozhen reminded, "It's the other way around."

He Mu immediately complained to Fatty Li, "It's all your fault. If you don't talk about Shuke who drives a tank, how can I talk about Beta who drives a plane? You got me in."

"Isn't it right?" Li Wenhua still didn't understand.

"Of course it's wrong. It's Shuke who drives the plane and Beta who drives the tank." He Mu corrected.

"Oh, that's right, that's right, I've read "The Complete Works of Zheng Yuanjie"." Fatty Li said angrily.

At this time, Factory Manager Chen interjected again, "The two of you are almost ready, can we talk about cooperation? I wonder how much you two plan to invest in our factory?"

"Investment, Director Chen, are you kidding me? I never said I want to invest?" He Mu became vigilant, and Li Wenhua glanced at the smiling Deputy Director Chen. He had long since lost his old image... (To be continued..)

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