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Chapter 205 Inside

Chapter 205 Inside
"This is?"

Zhou Kuang looked slightly puzzled, but still took the note.

Niu Tieming smacked his lips and said.

"Here, this is the phone number of the person who connected me with him."

"This person used to work at Heying Vision and was quite familiar with their senior management."

“But he left a long time ago.” Niu Tieming chuckled twice. “Now he’s one of our people in Antarctica.”

After listening, Zhou Kuang suddenly realized why.

However, to some extent, this was within his expectations.

The Antarctic Group wields too much influence in China, with employees in almost every industry either directly affiliated with them or connected to them.

Niu Tieming's network of connections is almost entirely composed of people from the Antarctic system.

However, this is for the best. Since they are all from the Antarctic Group, they have no connection with other companies or this Crane Shadow Vision.

This way, Zhou Kuang can feel more at ease when seeking advice.

……

"Hey, hello!" A man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, speaking with a Beijing accent, warmly shook Zhou Kuang's hand. "You must be Mr. Zhou from Kuangshi Games, right?"

"Yes, it's me."

Zhou Kuang also shook hands with the other party with a smile on his face.

The two pulled out chairs and sat down.

"Old Niu told me that the company behind 'The Mysterious Mountains and Seas' wanted to adapt it into a movie, and I thought he was just showing off to me! Hahaha!"

The other person's laughter was very hearty.

Putting everything else aside...

Old Niu...

Zhou Kuang's eyebrows twitched slightly.

Is this person very familiar with Niu Tieming?
"Wow, I never expected that 'The Mysterious Mountains and Seas' would actually be adapted into a movie."

"There are very few game companies willing to adapt their games into movies. They're either in it for the money, or they'd just be doing a terrible job."

This person has exceptionally expressive facial features, and appears extremely lively and very outgoing.

"Oh right, I forgot to introduce myself." He clapped his hands and said with a smile, "I'm Ge Ou, the creative director of Antarctic New Voices."

Geo... Geo...

Zhou Kuang silently repeated the name in his heart.

go?

Still going!

"Hello, Mr. Ge."

Zhou Kuang tensed up immediately and said with a slightly serious expression.

"Then I won't waste my time."

Ge Ou nodded and took his laptop out of his bag.

"I heard you're quite interested in Crane Shadow Vision?"

Now, let's get to the main point!

Zhou Kuang's eyes lit up as he answered.

"Yes, Mr. Niu has given me the general information, but I would like to learn more about the company from you."

"Okay."

Ge Ou was extremely relaxed, with his legs crossed and his body completely at ease.

Zhou Kuang was somewhat surprised that he didn't seem nervous at all about sitting across from the boss of a large company.

After all, ever since "The Mysterious Mountains and Seas" was released and became a milestone in the Chinese game market, people who met him for the first time were basically very respectful.

Most of them are just trying to curry favor and curry favor. Apart from that, even partners of the same level will at least show a bit of seriousness and restraint.

I've never seen Ge Ou so relaxed, like he's on his own sofa at home.

But that’s fine.

Seeing how relaxed the other person was, Zhou Kuang was also able to briefly detach himself from the shopping mall environment and relax for a while.

"Mr. Zhou, we may have to talk for a while. Would you mind if I had some water first?"

"Tap tap tap!"

Zhou Kuang didn't stand on ceremony and urged him on.

The other person's face lit up with even more joy upon hearing this, and he turned around and shouted.

"waiter!"

After the waiter came over, Ge Ou asked, "Do you have barley tea?"

"Have."

"Give me a pot!"

He turned to look at Zhou Kuang.

What would you like to order?

"I'll have some tea too."

"Would you like some barley tea?"

"Okay."

Zhou Kuang nodded.

Ge Ou said to the waiter after hearing this.

"Then bring a big pot of barley tea."

"Take a few more cups!"

After the waiter left, he said with a grin.

"This barley tea is a really good thing."

"It cleanses the stomach and removes excess oil. For those of us who often eat out, drinking a pot of this will cleanse our intestines completely."

Before Zhou Kuang could even interrupt, the person on the other end continued speaking to themselves.

“Last time, I had a friend who went out drinking for half a month straight and got sick from it. He also ate a lot of meat and fish every day and his stomach was upset.”

"I advised him, 'Why don't you drink some barley tea?'"

"Two pots a day, one in the morning and one in the evening. Just drink them like water."

"Guess what?"

He lowered his voice, trying to sound mysterious, and even his eyes narrowed into slits with laughter.

"After drinking it for less than a week, my stomach stopped acting up, and I have a better appetite!"

"All right!"

Isn't that amazing?!

Zhou Kuang quickly interrupted Ge Ou while he was boasting.

He was afraid that if he didn't speak, the other person would start talking about other things.

"Cough cough!"

"I love drinking too, but let's talk about this company, Heying Vision."

Hearing Zhou Kuang say this, Ge Ou was not annoyed and nodded in agreement.

"Okay, let's talk about Crane Shadow Vision then."

He pulled his laptop over, opened a file with the touchpad, and then turned the screen so Zhou Kuang could see it.

These are screenshots from several movies.

"You can see for yourself by drawing it."

"I used to work in creative roles at Heying Vision, but I switched jobs later."

Ge Ou began to explain.

Zhou Kuang looked at the screenshots on the screen while listening to what the other person was saying.

"This company is actually only a few years old, less than ten years since it was founded."

"It was started by several art school graduates pooling their money to open it together."

"These small companies basically just take on animation outsourcing."

"We mainly do outsourcing for European and American animation and Japanese 2D animation."

"Neon animation has done the most outsourcing work."

Zhou Kuang looked at the names of the works they had participated in and nodded subconsciously.

Indeed, the animations that this company initially outsourced mostly came from Japan.

Because Japan's 2D animation market is very large, it also needs a lot of outsourcing personnel.

So it's not surprising that a small startup like this in China could receive similar business.

Especially with the decline in the number of 2D artists working in Japan, such outsourcing business is becoming increasingly common.

The main problem is that the Japanese industry exploits these people too much, leading to fewer and fewer people being willing to do it.

In recent years, the names of Chinese people, and even those from the Korean Peninsula and South Asia, have been appearing more and more frequently in the credits of Japanese anime.

The most outrageous thing is that there are even people from the north side of the peninsula.

I guess they're here to earn foreign exchange for the sun.

Just then, the waiter brought over a teapot, and Ge Ou's eyes lit up, and he immediately shut his mouth.

Once the waiter got a little closer, he simply stood up. "Alright, I'll do it."

Without saying a word, Ge Ou quickly took the teapot, placed it on the table, and then turned around to pick up the teacup.

He poured barley tea for Zhou Kuang as he spoke.

"Later they made a three-minute fight animation for 'The Fallen Sky'."

"It was only after this short video was edited into a viral video that Heying Vision gained a little fame."

"But to be honest, apart from the part we did back then, the rest of 'Falling Heaven' has neither a plot nor good artwork."

"Hey! They just happened to run into us!"

He poured himself a cup of barley tea, sat down, and showed no modesty whatsoever.

Zhou Kuang had done some research on "The Fallen Sky" before coming here, and it seemed to be just an ordinary domestic animation.

Each episode was less than ten minutes long, and after the first season was completed, there was no further news.

It's probably due to poor business performance.

He wasn't quite clear about what Ge Ou was talking about.

However, Zhou Kuang noticed that he kept saying "we," even though he had already left Heying Vision.

It seems that Ge Ou still has feelings for his former employer.

Zhou Kuang thought to himself.

Seeing Ge Ou blowing on the still-steaming barley tea, Zhou Kuang spoke up.

"and after?"

Ge Ou picked up the teacup, about to drink it, but then hesitated and put it down again.

"It gradually grew bigger and bigger!"

"They're so busy with work offers right now."

"Heying Vision basically only hires top talents; the whole company is full of stubborn people who are obsessed with technology!"

"It's not just 2D animation; we basically do 3D and CG animation as well."

"Don't they have a company called 'Big Buffalo Animation'?"

Ge Ou subconsciously shook his head and continued.

"Now, all the 2D animation-related businesses have been transferred to this company."

Zhou Kuang touched the teacup, feeling the warmth emanating from it, and pondered.

"I heard from Mr. Niu that Heying Vision has always had plans to work on purely 2D animated film projects?"

Ge Ou took a big gulp of barley tea, a look of happiness in his eyes, before answering.

"Yes, at least before I left, there was such a plan in the company."

"As for whether it still exists now, I don't know."

"But I suspect that the plan is most likely unchanged."

"Oh?"

Zhou Kuang's tone revealed a hint of doubt.

Upon hearing this, Ge Ou immediately offered an explanation.

"Because the owner of Heying Vision is still Lan Changping. He likes to make 2D animation and has always wanted to make an international-level animated feature film."

"Unless the boss is replaced or kicks the bucket, this plan will not change."

Zhou Kuang understood the boss's intention.

Not surprising then.

He patiently listened to Ge Ou recount the story of Crane Shadow Vision.

Ge Ou had no inhibitions whatsoever; he answered whatever Zhou Kuang asked.

Speak freely about anything you know.

Zhou Kuang even had a feeling that Ge Ou wasn't just doing this to get by like most people, but that he genuinely had an excessive desire for self-expression.

Because as long as Zhou Kuang doesn't interrupt him, he can really talk nonstop without even drinking water.

This impressed him; someone with such expressive ability was truly a talent.

As long as it's placed in the right place.

In fact, Zhou Kuang had already made up his mind. He just wanted to see if this person was really as Niu Tieming said, very familiar with the senior management of Heying Vision and knowledgeable about their business.

Having listened for so long, the other party's information seems to be genuine.

There is a lot of information that only those in the middle to senior management positions within the company would know.

Even if it were simply made up, it would be difficult to achieve such logical self-consistency.

Zhou Kuang touched his teacup, gently swirling it, and suddenly spoke.

"So do you think that if 'The Netherworld Mountains and Seas' is to be adapted into a movie, it should be handled by Heying Vision?"

Ge Ou didn't hesitate for even half a second when he heard the question.

"of course."

"There are only a handful of companies in all of China that are capable of making purely 2D animated films right now!"

"Heying Vision is definitely the strongest in 2D hand-drawing among these companies."

"Moreover, they themselves are interested in this."

Zhou Kuang looked at him and smiled.

"Does Mr. Zhou think I went too far in praising my former employer?"

Ge Ou squinted, his expression unreadable.

"No, I was just wondering, since Crane Shadow Vision is so capable, why did you switch jobs?"

After hearing this, Ge Ou remained silent for a moment before resuming his original smile.

"Hey, it's nothing."

"It's just that their group is too boring."

“Especially Lan Changping, if the work doesn’t meet his expectations, it has to be scrapped and redone.”

"It doesn't matter whether you meet the client's requirements or not."

"So tiring!"

Zhou Kuang nodded. The company boss's style of doing things sounded a bit "old-fashioned".

"understood."

"I would like to meet with the people from Heying Vision."

"It would be even better if it were their boss."

As if he had anticipated this statement, Ge Ou raised an eyebrow and said smugly.

"Okay, add me on WeChat and I'll go talk to them about this."

"Don't worry, I'll let you know as soon as I have any news. This matter..."

"It's guaranteed to succeed!"

Zhou Kuang scratched his head as he listened to the playful tone of the person in front of him.

Although this person spoke with a strong Beijing accent and was a chatterbox, which sounded somewhat comical, he did indeed resolve all of his doubts.

After that, all you have to do is wait for their message.

"Okay, thank you!"

Zhou Kuang stood up and shook hands with the other party.

"Hey! No need to thank me, we're buddies!"

The two chatted for several more minutes before reluctantly saying goodbye.

The reason it's dozens of sentences, not just a few, is because Ge Ou kept talking non-stop!
If Zhou Kuang hadn't interrupted him, he almost thought he wouldn't be able to leave today.

Finally, after playing his cards that said "I have something to do later" and "I have a meeting later," Zhou Kuang was able to escape.

Once inside the car, Zhou Kuang took out his phone.

"Let me make a call first, can you buy me a bottle of water?"

Zhou Kuang said to Wang Fu in the front seat.

The other party naturally had no objection, and tactfully took the car keys, opened the car door, and left.

"Old Niu, the person you found is way too long-winded!"

As soon as the call connected, Zhou Kuang complained.

"Hahahahahaha!!"

Niu Tieming laughed wildly.

"Laughing fart!"

“I know, that’s why I didn’t remind you.”

"I had the same feeling about Ge Ou when I first met him as you."