Artists under the Rebirth of the Coal Boss

Chapter 49: An incompetent general exhausts the entire army
Ding Ye poured a glass of Chivas, carved a solid ice ball into it, and added two slices of roasted orange peel. He said, "We hired more than 400 people."

"The company has newly established an animation production department, with Ding Liang as the director."

"I told him about next year's subsidy policy, and he spent two days making a new plan."

"The latest plan uses Maya 3D modeling, with 250 episodes. With the 3D animation subsidy doubled, the subsidy per minute is 8000 yuan. It's like a money-printing machine!"

"Of course, we have to ensure quality and meet deadlines, so we have no choice but to recruit a large number of people."

Lin Xingzhuo was eating grapes from the fruit bowl. The DJ mix was so noisy that he couldn't hear clearly. He said, "No, how many animation graduates did you sign?"

Ding Ye took a big sip of wine and said, "More than four hundred."

Cough cough cough...

Lin Xingzhuo choked on the grapes.

Ding Ye said, "I took Xu Lu to visit all the three colleges in the imperial capital."

"There are more than a dozen colleges and universities, including the Fashion College, Printing College, Industrial Vocational Technical College, Science and Technology Vocational College, Labor and Social Security Vocational College, Electronic Technology Vocational College, and Urban College."

"Signing a three-party counselor is 200 yuan, and the school teachers are very cooperative."

"The principal also said at the dinner table that recruiting third-year students is more cost-effective. They can do two years of internship for free and then get paid after graduation."

Lin Xingzhuo was stunned and asked, "Does this person agree?"

Ding Ye put down his glass and said, "The principal said that if you don't participate in the internship, your diploma will be withheld."

"However, my eldest sister-in-law said that this method might result in a son without an anus, so she didn't agree."

"Ding Liang also opposed it, saying it wouldn't retain real talent."

Lin Xingzhuo asked, "Besides Boonie Bears, has the company discussed other animation IPs?"

Ding Ye put down his wine glass, looked at Lin Xingzhuo and said, "How did you know?"

"Xingzhuo, stop being a useless actor and come back to help run the company!"

Lin Xingzhuo took a thick French fry, dipped it in ketchup, and explained:
"The Maya animation production line team consists of five to six lead animators, 20 to 30 in-between animators, and a dozen riggers and retouchers, which is about 50 people."

"The company has hired so many animation professionals that we can now run eight production lines simultaneously. Our production capacity has been maximized."

“Even if Boonie Bears produced 250 episodes, it wouldn’t be enough to meet this production capacity…”

Ding Ye said: "Last month, I took Xu Lu to Guangzhou and acquired the "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" series IP from Original Power."

Lin Xingzhuo asked, "What about their original production team?"

Ding Ye laughed contemptuously and said, "They are already useless."

"The creative team has long since stopped doing the work themselves. They've been collaborating with local schools to withhold graduation certificates, and have recruited a bunch of interns from Guangzhou to create Flash animations..."

"After we acquired the company, we paid those guys three months' salary in arrears."

"According to the animation division's plan, all future animations and films in the Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf series will abandon Flash technology and instead use Maya 3D modeling."

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Just now, Lin Xingzhuo heard about the scale of Ding Ye’s recruitment of animators.

The whole person was shocked.

Although the film and television industry is a typical industry that requires heavy capital investment.

It's either a great success or a great failure.

But those who dare to go all-in and take advantage of policy can only be said to have amazing courage.

It is indeed coal-based capital!!
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This time, Lin Xingzhuo really had the feeling of a reborn person changing history.

The first season of Boonie Bears was broadcast in 2012, with a total of 125 episodes. The first 104 episodes used Flash technology, and Maya 3D modeling was used starting from episode 105.

Now, due to its own butterfly effect, this cartoon was born three years earlier, the number of episodes increased to 250, and Maya 3D modeling technology was used in advance.

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As for the "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" series.

The first generation of Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf had the potential to be a masterpiece, and was once the pinnacle of children's entertainment.

Unfortunately, not everyone is a dumpling.

After the subsidy policy of "Several Opinions on Promoting the Development of my country's Animation Industry" was released.

The creative team of Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf completely gave up on story polishing and technical upgrades and instead became obsessed with capital operations.

First, Hong Kong capital acquired the company to boost its stock price, and then the industry's underdog Aofei took over and sold toys. On the one hand, they frantically used Flash technology to produce shoddy products, and on the other hand, they overdrew the potential of their IP and sold low-quality toys.

In just a few years, this IP was left with only its skeleton, with a lot of weird plots and terrible reputation. It was completely over...

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In fact, the overall domestic animation industry environment in 2009 was quite bad.

The entire industry is undergoing a wave of technological downgrades, which is also an important reason why the country has introduced subsidy policies...

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A few years ago, the first full 3D animation in China using Maya 3D modeling, "Mobius Strip", was released.
This film is recognized as a turning point in the transition of Chinese-language animation from traditional 2D to 3D. It took five years to complete, with an investment of more than 130 million yuan and the mobilization of more than 400 animators to participate in the project.

But the box office was only 340 million, making it a laughing stock in the industry.

The producer flew into a rage, writing a lengthy blog post lambasting the audience for their lack of basic dramatic literacy and for ruining the starting point of the Chinese comic industry.

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When Lin Xingzhuo was submitting his paper "From "Wan's Iron Fan" to "Ne Zha" (Nezha Boy and the Devil Boy) to an SSCI journal.

I have seen the behind-the-scenes production materials of this movie...

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In 2000, with the endorsement of the Pengcheng State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, it raised 1.3 million yuan in funds and established a technical team that was known as the best in Asia.

At that time, there were three directions for choosing topics.

A. Classic of Mountains and Seas, B. Investiture of the Gods, C. Journey to the West.

No matter how you look at it, it's a sure win!

Finally, the Red Boy producer who returned from the British water master.

Selected D.

Shakespeare's The Revenge of the Prince???

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Thus, an animation industrial film known as the "Light of Chinese Comics" was produced.

The protagonist is Jack, the scene is a planet called Rafica, the narrative is a space opera with medieval British castles and knights, and the core of the story is the framework of a Western prince's revenge story.

I can only say that it was the wrong approach. The more knowledge you have, the worse you lose...

If a general is incompetent, the whole army will be exhausted.

This epic defeat has also plunged the animation industry into an unprecedented low in the capital market.

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In 2009, the animation industry around the world began to eliminate Flash animation technology.

Cheap and crude Flash has become the core production tool for mainstream animation in China.

At this time, the Tiger Film Star Animation Division completely stopped using the two-dimensional production line and switched to Maya three-dimensional digital animation technology.

This is a breath of fresh air for the Chinese comic industry, which is about to enter its darkest and most chaotic period...

This gave Lin Xingzhuo a small sense of accomplishment and emotional satisfaction.

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Ding Ye and Lin Xingzhuo talked about the animation division, and mentioned that his sister-in-law was so worried about Lin Xingzhuo's poor acting skills that she specially acquired an overseas team.

Lin Xingzhuo's face was full of questions, and he was about to ask in detail what the overseas team meant.

dong dong dong...

A dozen beautiful girls knocked on the door and came in.

Xiao Ma put down the mysterious deep sea cocktail in his hand and said, "Brother Zhuo, these are the fruit plates given by the store. You can choose first."

Okay, okay, this is the fruit plate, right?

Lin Xingzhuo saw one of the girls and she looked familiar.

She wore cosmetic contact lenses, thick eyeliner and false eyelashes.

Fox eyes look very charming...

(End of this chapter)