You said you were going to make games, how did you become the richest man without doing anything?

Chapter 103: Just Right for Adults (Please Order)

After checking the information, Lu Yu shook his head.

The domestic animation industry today is not only in a state of widespread misery, but can also be said to be full of dead graves.

A thought flashed through his mind, and he wondered whether his colleagues in the island country were living a comfortable life.

It wouldn't matter if I didn't check it, but it would be even more heartbreaking if I did.

Domestic animation companies generally lack international vision and capabilities, but this is different for island companies.

With its stable ability to produce popular IPs and highly specialized division of labor in writing, many of the island country's animation works have caused enough of a sensation internationally.

As a pillar industry of two-dimensional culture, most of the international market share is taken up by island companies.

Many well-known animation companies were born there, such as Ghibli, GAINAX, Kyoto Animation, Trigger, MAD HOUSE, A1-PICTURE, UFO, Sunrise, WIT (Wit), Bones, JC, etc.

After checking these, Lu Yu's restlessness instantly subsided.

Well, since this industry is so chaotic and inward-looking, you have to be careful when entering it.

He was not worried about losing money, he was worried about losing all the points he had worked so hard to accumulate.

In order to be on the safe side, Lu Yu decided to outsource the animation of "Cat Girl Paradise Adventure".

In this way, even if the outsourcing company falls into an uncontrolled internal situation, it will not affect him.

Lu Yu opened the Youyi Workshop platform.

In order to make a living, most domestic animation companies now outsource work to creator platforms such as Youyi Workshop.

Lu Yu looked through the list of outsourcing suppliers for a long time.

I was dazzled by what I saw, but still gained nothing.

The reason is very simple, Cat Girl Paradise Adventure is an IP with a strong two-dimensional flavor.

The core of the charming otaku is the sexy white silk cat girl.

But almost all the suppliers he has seen so far offer either the realistic style of Europe and the United States or the greasy senior sister style of Korea.

This is because, in order to improve their ability to take on game outsourcing, many animation teams have turned their main focus to realistic CG style.

Don’t these outsourcing companies have their own feelings and preferences?

Don’t you want to challenge the status of island country animation?
Lu Yu thinks not, but if he doesn’t adapt to the changes in market trends, he will starve.

After all, heroes are made by the times.

Lu Yu continued to flip through the pages patiently, and was about to reach the end of the list.
Just when he was about to be completely disappointed, he suddenly saw a two-dimensional illustration with a strong otaku flavor from the manuscript display pictures.

This is an illustration of a little loli with white silk and twin ponytails.

The reason why Lu Yu thinks this illustration is professional is that every detail of it really hits the XP of LSPs.

Smooth double ponytails.

The face is round and very childish.

Her big eyes are so delicate, she is reluctant but reluctant.

The body movements are also very particular, with the hands folded across the chest but the legs stretched out.

We are indeed on guard, but not completely on guard.

Naturally, her figure is also that of a baby face with big breasts, which is totally impossible to find in reality.

The finishing touch is the small tender legs shown to the audience.

The slightly translucent white silk looks like ice cream in midsummer.

Just by looking at it, you can tell the professionalism of the painter.

This is especially true when compared with its peers.

It should be said that in this parallel world, most game and animation manufacturers in the domestic industry do not understand the two-dimensional world.

To give a very simple example, many manufacturers have a superficial understanding of tsundere, and still think that tsundere means "saying one thing but doing another".

But there is a proper ratio between the "arrogant" and "coquettish" in tsundere.
Three parts pride and seven parts coquettishness is just right.

Precisely because they don't understand this, many manufacturers who don't understand the two-dimensional world always copycats when designing tsundere female characters. As a result, the proportions are improperly allocated, and the female characters are portrayed as troublemakers who are hated by everyone.

It was rare to find a satisfactory draft, so Lu Yu quickly clicked on the homepage of this outsourcing company.

The name of the company is "Dark Horse Animation".

On the right side of the company's homepage, there are reviews from other clients that the company has worked with.

What surprised Lu Yu was that these reviews could be described as a flood of negative comments. He casually clicked on a few of them:

"As the client, you should draw whatever I ask you to draw. Why are you talking to me about art? I'm in a hurry to launch the next version. Can art be used to make a living? Let me ask you this."

Here is the official response from the company:

"Hello, our employees are dedicated to artistic enjoyment. These overly rigged and chaotic storyboarding requests are an insult to us."

The angry Party A continued to reply:
"You still dare to fight back? Your company shouldn't be called Dark Horse Animation anymore, just call it Pegasus Animation. I will never work with you again!"

This conversation made Lu Yu laugh. They say Party A is the father, this animation company has some personality!
With this conversation as an example, we can imagine what kind of evaluation this dark horse animation will receive in the future.

"Dark Horse Animation, stop being so arrogant. Do you think the customer's needs are a joke? Why are you acting so arrogant?"

"I cooperated with you because you offered cheap prices, but it turns out you really can't get good products at a cheap price. You have no sincerity at all. I want the feeling of a passionate battle of thousands of people on the top of the purple gold peak.

Isn't your style too childish? And why are there only white stockings of all kinds? Does your company have an obsession with stockings?

The animation company responded: "Hello, this may be a bit childish for children, but for us adults, it's just right."

"The above poster, their style is childish, that's fine, but can they please stop being so lame? I sent a message at 11pm asking for requirements, and their animator actually scolded me and blocked me."

The animation company responded: "Good point! Is 11pm the right time to communicate needs? Why didn't you, such a smart person, do it at 4am? If you want to die suddenly, don't take others with you."

"How dare you, a small, shabby company, talk about art? It's ridiculous. I just want you to draw according to my requirements, but your director is talking nonsense to me. If you don't have the ability, don't talk to me."

The animation company responded, "Ah, right, right, right. They didn't understand their own requirements, yet they kept interfering and interrupted the production multiple times. This is what happens when an amateur instructs an expert. Sweating soybeans.jpg."

……

Lu Yu turned over, his eyes shining.

What the hell? They have their own artistic pursuits, value their employees’ artistic enjoyment and rights, and are determined not to engage in introversion during their breaks. Isn’t this a top-notch team?
Lu Yu felt that the company's aesthetics and corporate culture were very much to his liking, so he could outsource the animation of Cat Girl Paradise to this company to test the waters before making subsequent plans.

Moreover, he was not the kind of person who would spend money recklessly, so to be on the safe side, he decided to go to the company for an on-site inspection first.

He quickly dialed Dark Horse Animation's number and a man named Manager Gong answered the phone.

Lu Yu and he agreed to visit the company on Wednesday to discuss cooperation.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Yu called Liu Mengyuan over:

"I need to focus on other business lines over the next few days, so I'll leave game development to you."

"Well, don't worry."

Liu Mengyuan nodded and was about to leave, but then he remembered something and turned back.

"By the way, you can go home for dinner tonight. I'll go to the market to buy some vegetables."

"Oh? What to eat?"

"Clear-boiled soft-shelled turtle soup." Liu Mengyuan said shyly.

"Turtle...turtle?" Lu Yu was stunned.

"Yes, Teacher Fan Jing gave us a new recipe. According to the teacher, this is a turtle soup with an exclusive secret recipe, which nourishes qi and replenishes blood."

Liu Mengyuan thought to himself: Of course, I can also supplement some other things.

"I've been eating pretty well at the company recently, so I don't think it's necessary to eat so much." Lu Yu was at a loss.

"It never hurts to have a little extra."

Liu Mengyuan insisted.

Although the previous incident in the kitchen was a misunderstanding, it completely opened up this girl's thinking and perspective.

That’s right, future battle scenes don’t have to be confined to the bedroom!

Kitchen, living room, balcony, bathtub...even the company's underground hot spring, conference room, storage room, toy cabinet...

As long as the love is deep, an encounter may happen anytime and anywhere.

Although the matter between the two of them has not been brought up publicly yet, it is always right to let Lu Yu make strategic preparations in advance.

As long as there is food in the warehouse, you will not be worried.

After saying that, Liu Mengyuan walked away with the clatter of his little leather shoes.

Lu Yu looked at her back.

Today, Liu Mengyuan is wearing a mature and sexy OL makeup, and the white lace shirt and black hip skirt complement each other.

I don’t know if it was his illusion, but this girl was becoming more and more feminine.

Besides, how should I put it, he felt that after that birthday, the relationship between the two of them had undergone subtle changes.

Before, after all, we were a single man and a single woman sharing a house, so we had to avoid many things.

But recently, this girl seems to be getting more and more relaxed.

The specific manifestation is that in the past, she would always go to the bathroom to take a shower at a different time from Lu Yu, but now she often wanders around the house in a bathrobe.

The washed pantyhose and underwear were piled up on the sofa without any hesitation.

Every morning, the two of them do housework, make breakfast, and chat about family matters.
When I come back in the evening, I occasionally go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables and cook a small meal. Everything is so harmonious and natural.

Although he didn't know what happened on his birthday that caused the other person to change, it was still a good thing.

Moreover, speaking of birthdays, Lu Yu suddenly remembered.

Yup!

It seems that there is still a video in the system storage that has not been watched.

(End of this chapter)