How did this star become more popular after his scandal?

Chapter 253 Why are they all here?

Not only are many netizens not optimistic about Jiang Yu's plan to create original animation, but even many people in the industry are not optimistic.

Everyone assumed Jiang Yu had too much money and was going into original animation. Even though domestic animation had been growing steadily over the past two years, it still couldn't compare to film and television. Animation was often considered the last of the film and television industries, and many of the resulting productions were thankless. Domestic animation couldn't even compare to Japanese animation.

And speaking of anime from the past two years, there have been some popular and hit anime. But for every ten anime released, achieving success with just one or two is considered quite impressive. Even with the recent craze for IP adaptations, many popular anime are adaptations of novels with large fan bases, bringing their own traffic and fans. These types of anime are the ones that achieve the most success.

If you, Jiang Yu, are working on animation, and you're adapting IPs and turning classic and popular novels into animations, then people might be more optimistic. But creating original animation is too difficult.

Even if you're a songwriter like Jiang Yu, but you're involved in animation and writing scripts, no one would be optimistic about you. Everyone understands celebrities switching careers. Many artists in the industry have done so, such as singers becoming actors, or acting in plays. Some have even gone behind the scenes and become directors.

But so far, it seems that no artist has switched to animation, let alone become a screenwriter for original animation.

This was what surprised everyone. Jiang Yu had made such a big leap across industries. Some even wondered if Jiang Yu had too much money and didn't know where to burn it.
……

At this moment, at Fengtian Entertainment, Jiang Yu’s former company.

Mr. Liu just visited the animation department to check on the progress of the anime "Battle of the Heavens." So far, things are looking pretty good. The first season only has twelve episodes, and with the adequate team and equipment, production is proceeding at a reasonable pace.

With the original novel as a reference, the script can be adapted quickly, and there is no need to worry about modeling because we have good equipment and professional talents.

But just now, when Mr. Liu returned to his office, he saw the news online that Jiang Yu was cooperating with Penguin Video to develop animation, and that Jiang Yu was going to serve as the original animation screenwriter.

When Mr. Liu saw the news, he was also stunned at first. His thoughts were similar to those of people on the Internet and in the circle. He was shocked at first and then disdainful.

"Is this guy really joking? Why not make an original anime?"

Although Mr. Liu personally believes the animation industry has great prospects, which is why he entered the industry, original animation is a bottomless pit, with uncertainties and a high probability of failure. In recent years, many animation production companies have been focusing on IP adaptations, and the few that have taken the original route have not fared well.

Just like Daman Studio, it has always been following the original route. It was okay before, but its screenwriters have not been so good in recent years. Coupled with the squeeze from IP-adapted animations, Daman Studio has completely failed to get back on its feet.

After seeing this news, Mr. Liu couldn't help but smile and shook his head while sitting in his office chair.

"Haha, this guy has reached the top in music. I guess no one dares to challenge him in music, but this anime..."

Mr. Liu also shook his head. If you, Jiang Yu, were to follow the same path of IP adaptation as him in making animation, Mr. Liu felt that he would seriously examine it and would still be a little worried in his heart.

But as for original animation, Mr. Liu is not optimistic at all, and he doesn't even feel any pressure at all.

At this moment, Mr. Liu felt much more relaxed, as if he was about to see Jiang Yu fail in the animation. Ever since Jiang Yu left the company, seeing Jiang Yu's development getting better and better, and always going smoothly, Mr. Liu was furious.

But now, this guy, instead of being a good singer, wants to change his career and do something else. But he has to make original animation. Isn't this just courting death?

Moreover, if Jiang Yu and his team also start working on a season of animation during this period, Mr. Liu feels that when his animation goes online, it may clash with Jiang Yu's.

If we were to clash with Jiang Yu in the field of music, Mr. Liu would definitely be worried for a while, and there would be no hope of winning at all.

But when it comes to animation, Mr. Liu is not worried at all.

"Haha, Jiang Yu, ah Jiang Yu, I actually hope you'll run into me this time, you'll be in trouble then."

Mr. Liu leaned back in his chair, and seemed to have seen the scene of Jiang Yu falling to the ground, and the scene of the animation on his side stepping on Jiang Yu under his feet.

Haha, if you want to go the original route, originality is more advanced, but you also have to do it well.

……

At this moment, in Warner Entertainment, in Chu Shaoyang's office.

Looking at the trending news on his phone, Chu Shaoyang was slightly stunned.

Jiang Yu is actually going to create original domestic animation?
At first, Chu Shaoyang thought he had misread it, that it was just a joint development between Jiangyu Company and Penguin. But after carefully reading it several times, he was sure that it was not a mistake, but the truth.

Jiang Yu not only cooperates with Penguin to develop animation, but also serves as a screenwriter to create original domestic animation.

This news made Chu Shaoyang stunned, and then he couldn't help laughing.

"Original animation? If it were that easy to develop, Chinese animation would have taken off in recent years."

Chu Shaoyang wasn't too optimistic about Jiang Yu's original animation project. He was more optimistic about Jiang Yu's plan to adapt his own novel, "Grave Robbers' Chronicles," into an animated series. After all, although Jiang Yu had written "Grave Robbers' Chronicles," Chu Shaoyang admitted it was indeed well-written. Even though he disliked Jiang Yu, he could still be fair to the novel, which was of very high quality.

In addition, the novel "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" is a hit novel on the entire Internet and has the support of a large number of original fans. If it is adapted into an animation, the results should not be too bad.

But, this guy Jiang Yu insisted on making some original animation, instead of using his own ready-made IP "Grave Robbers' Chronicles". He was looking for trouble instead of pursuing something far away.

"I want to see if you can actually do it. Don't rush in and pounce on me."

……

Jiang Yu had also seen all the news and comments online. Many people didn't believe they could succeed, didn't believe they could write scripts, and even create original animation.

Jiang Yu wasn't sure. He had confidence, but it wasn't entirely certain. After all, the two worlds were different. The anime "Choice Beast Armor" was a huge hit and a classic on Earth, but he wasn't sure if it would be a hit in this world. Just like when he wrote the novel "Grave Robbers' Chronicles," Jiang Yu was releasing it with a test-the-water mentality. He had no idea if it would be a hit.

Fortunately, this novel did become popular afterwards, and it became a huge hit all over the Internet.

Jiang Yu chose this anime because of the popularity of "Grave Robbers' Chronicles". He thought that if the novel "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" was a hit, the anime "Super Beast Armor" would also be a hit.

Of course, this is just a high probability, not a certainty that it will be popular. We will have to wait until the anime is released to know whether it will be successful.

For now, Jiang Yu was merely observing the online comments and questions. Shortly after the news was announced, many friends messaged him, asking if it was true. People like Director Chen and Teacher Wang Qiang expressed their concern and inquired about the matter. Of these, the ones who showed the most concern for Jiang Yu were, naturally, his close female friends.

Needless to say, Xu Ya called right after the announcement. After Jiang Yu finished calling Xu Ya, he saw messages from Su Muwan, Yang Xue, and Song Yuqing, all asking him about the same thing.

Song Yuqing: "Brother, are you really going to make anime? Is there anything I can help you with? Do you need investment?"

Our sister Yuqing’s message was the most direct. She directly asked Jiang Yu if he needed any help.

Of course, there is no need for help. The funds from him and Penguin are more than enough.

"Well, I want to try. I don't need any help right now, but if I need anything later, I will definitely not be polite to our sister Yuqing."

When Jiang Yu opened Su Muwan's chat interface, the messages from her, Yang Xue, and Song Yuqing were similar. They also first confirmed with him whether the message was true, and then asked if he needed any help.

Jiang Yu was chatting with them when Su Muwan sent a message asking, "Are you in Hangzhou now?"

Jiang Yu didn't think much about it. He just thought that Su Muwan asked this because she cared about him, so he replied directly.

"Well, I came back today. Tomorrow I will participate in the recording of the tenth elimination round of Tomorrow's Star."

"Oh, okay."

Jiang Yu was confused. Is that it?

Meanwhile, Yang Xue was also texting him, "Are you there? Are you at the hotel?"

Jiang Yu was also confused. He had told Yang Xue before leaving the crew that he was coming to Hangzhou to record the elimination round of the tenth episode of "Star of Tomorrow". Why did she come to ask?
"Yeah, we're here, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, just asking."

"Hmm? Just asking, Xuexue, are you hiding something from me?"

Jiang Yu seemed to sense something was amiss. These past few days, while filming with Yang Xue on set, he'd felt something was off about her, as if she were hiding something from him. When he asked her about it, she wouldn't say anything. This morning, when he was at the airport to catch his flight, Yang Xue also seemed a bit strange. She usually got up and packed before him, but this morning, when he did, she got up too.

A little weird.

A man's sixth sense told him that Yang Xue seemed to be hiding something from him, and it seemed that Su Muwan was also a little strange. After asking, there was no further follow-up. In the past, when Su Muwan asked these questions in a chat with him, she would ask Jiang Yu about other things, or pester Jiang Yu to chat for a while, make a video call, or something like that.

After asking this question today, it seemed like he was offline.

It's abnormal, everything is a little abnormal.

Yang Xue had just checked into the hotel and was sitting on the sofa texting Jiang Yu.

"You'll find out tomorrow."

I'll know tomorrow?
Jiang Yu was confused. What did Xuexue mean by this?
What surprises do you have for yourself tomorrow?
Did you send out red envelopes or prepare some gifts for yourself?
Jiang Yu was a little curious and tried to ask questions in various ways, but he didn't get any useful information.

Forget it, we’ll know tomorrow.

Jiang Yu was thinking about this and felt sleepy as he chatted.

……

The next day, the tenth episode of "Star of Tomorrow" was recorded.

The audience has already started to come in one after another. The live broadcast at 8 o'clock still has half an hour to go.

At this moment, backstage, Jiang Yu and several other mentors were putting on makeup. They had rehearsed in the afternoon and were familiar with the process. Now they were putting on makeup and waiting for the time to start the live broadcast recording.

For big stars like Jiang Yu, their dressing rooms are all separate cubicles, not the large rooms where smaller actors gather together. When you reach a certain level of fame, the treatment in various occasions is different. For big stars, separate dressing rooms like this are basically standard.

Director Hu also walked into Jiang Yu's dressing room at this time. The two had a very good relationship. Every time Jiang Yu came to record the show, Director Hu would find Jiang Yu to chat.

Jiang Yu originally thought that Director Hu came to chat with him and brag today.

As a result, Director Hu walked in with a smile on his face, looked at Jiang Yu with a somewhat ambiguous expression on his face, walked over, patted Jiang Yu on the shoulder, and said with a smile.

"Xiao Jiang, this episode will have four flying guests. These four flying guests also have voting rights, so this episode's votes will be calculated based on the combined votes of you mentors, the flying guest mentors, and the audience..."

Director Hu came to inform everyone of the news. As for who the guest star is, Director Hu did not say. Anyway, everyone has arrived now and is in their respective dressing rooms touching up their makeup and styling, preparing for the live broadcast at 8 o'clock.

Jiang Yu was also stunned. Are there any guest stars in this episode?
He looked at Director Hu and asked curiously, "Director Hu, who are the flying guests?"

After such a long time, this is the first time that their program has had flying guests. Jiang Yu is also a little curious, who will these four flying guests be?

Director Hu smiled mysteriously and replied, "You know two of them too. You're quite familiar with them. They're old acquaintances."

Do I know them all?

Or an old acquaintance?
Jiang Yu became even more curious, and the next moment, the door of the dressing room was pushed open. The moment he saw the person coming, Jiang Yu's expression trembled.

"Mu Wan!"

(End of this chapter)