New Century Anime Warrior

Chapter 100 He's in a mountain of debt

My trip to Seoul was as rushed as eating instant noodles and then forgetting about them.

It looks lively and bustling, but in reality, it's just a lot of noise and excitement.

The leaders didn't come to any conclusions, and the industry representatives didn't finalize any cooperation projects.

After waiting for three days in Seoul, cultural representatives from China and Japan only got to see a concert filled with images of bare legs and Korean dance music.

The most artistically valuable part, besides the abundance of bare legs on stage, was actually the medley of classic Chinese, Japanese, and Korean film and television songs performed by veteran artists from the three countries before the curtain call.

Also no one.

"I was so stupid, really, I shouldn't have participated in this event in Seoul."

On the night the concert ended, Si Hua and Lin Lin rushed back to Beijing by plane overnight; they didn't want to stay in Seoul for even a second longer.

"At least you saw a group of girl groups jumping around in front of you," Zhou Zhe said with great envy.

Recently, he hooked up with a senior who studies Korean and has said more than once that he wants to take this beautiful senior to South Korea to see a girl group performance.

So, how many "white moonlight" has Zhou Pangzi had?

"Ugh, there's nothing much to see, just the same old long legs." Si Hua's expression was incredibly irritating.

Zhou Zhe was even more excited. He really hoped that he would be the one to go to the live performance this time—that way he could have more late-night conversations with his senior.

"I haven't seen Chen Yu much lately. Where is he?"

When Si Hua asked about Chen Yu, Zhou Zhe rolled his eyes dramatically.

"You would never guess, this guy is actually preparing for the postgraduate entrance exam."

Upon hearing this, Si Hua's pupils dilated in shock.

"Huh? No, aren't we just freshmen?" Si Hua asked incredulously.

"How did he start preparing for the postgraduate entrance exam? Others start preparing a year in advance at most, how come he started three years in advance?"

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"Who knows what triggered him? He won't tell us anything, he's so secretive."

Okay, I don't understand it, but I'm shocked.

Then Zhou Zhe asked a question that he was even more curious about.

"I heard from Xia Jie that everyone in the studio has been working on animation lately?"

"What about the game? Have you abandoned the vast number of gamers?"

"Oh dear, is it that serious? What are you saying?" Si Hua waved his hand.

"How can it not be serious? From last year's National Day until now, we haven't seen a single word about that ridiculous game that exposes stereotypes about Japanese island nations."

"Your fans have come to my and Chen Yu's Weibo pages to leave messages urging us to update our progress."

"You didn't even create a folder, did you?"

Si Hua immediately jumped up and down.

"Nonsense, how could there not be a folder?!"

But he changed the subject: "However, I have indeed discussed it a few times with the game development team."

"The theme itself isn't the problem; it's the gameplay that's causing the most arguments."

"If we make it into a turn-based RPG, people will think the pace is too slow."

"Making it into a third-person shooter like Resident Evil, which is like an over-the-shoulder shooter, doesn't feel quite right for portraying this kind of fun."

"So what? We have to give the players an explanation, right?"

I get it now. Zhou Zhe really did come here today specifically to spy on the game's intelligence.

"So I thought, since this project hasn't been officially announced yet, and I just mentioned it casually in an interview, why not just leave it at that?"

"Being a fan of your game is the worst thing that can happen to you," Zhou Zhe complained.

"Then... how about we just make a small indie game to tide us over for now?"

"Are you serious? You're just going to get rid of them like that?"

"Then I'll make a lot more, plenty to fill you up, you can't say anything more, can you?"

Anyway, during this period, the indie game market also started to heat up, influenced by my own "The Edge Walker".

However, the development of indie games is still limited to the rigid paths of Galgame or AVG visual novels, and the diverse and vibrant landscape of the past is nowhere to be seen.

There's no sign of pigeon games yet, resource management games remain weak, and survival sandbox games are completely nonexistent.

"Why don't I, this humble Taoist priest, give this market a little more fuel?"

Si Hua poked his chin, thinking slyly.

"What are you thinking about? Are you wondering where you saved your games?"

"What I believe is that the global indie game industry will soon have its king."

"ha?"

Although it's fun to talk about making games, Si Hua knows that the studio has more important things to do right now.

Because the schedule for Frozen was very tight, he only had less than two weeks to return to China to handle other matters.

This includes the trip to Seoul a couple of days ago, as well as the animations that the studio is currently working on.

"Xia-jie, let's talk about the current progress of our animation projects."

Si Hua sat in the middle of the conference room, looking at all the members who were eating snacks and drinking cola, and said to Honorary Executive Secretary-General Lin Xiaoxia.

Seeing everyone's lazy state, Si Hua couldn't help but wonder if he should put his capitalist nature into play.

How about we tidy up the art style?

"OK."

Lin Xiaxia took out her thick notebook and spoke methodically.

"First up is 'Perfect Blue,' which is our studio's most pressing project right now."

"Pause for now. Take note: the domestic version of this project is called 'Perfect Blue'."

"OK."

"Because you had already prepared the script, storyboards, and character design materials, including some keyframes, our production cycle was significantly shortened."

"Due to the high requirements of the original artwork, although we found several trustworthy outsourcing companies, the objective laws cannot be overcome. We still need to honestly fill the workload with a lot of time and manpower."

Si Hua nodded. This work was originally intended to win awards, so there was no room for compromise on quality.

"What's the fastest you can expect?"

"It will take at least half a year, maybe four months."

Will the results be released in August again?

"continue."

"Next up is '0079'." Lin Xiaoxia turned to the next page of her notebook.

"Higurashi Publishing has already finalized the script and storyboards for the first season. The first season will have thirteen episodes, starting from Side 7."

The story begins with Jabro's escape.

"We're also working on perfecting the design drafts you provided, boss, and the BGM team is also preparing them."

"Now we just need your approval, boss, before we can start production."

"They decided to start with the most compact approach to grab the audience's attention as quickly as possible. Given the other party's current production capacity, the first season is expected to be completed in six to seven months."

"Also—" Lin Xiaxia suddenly hesitated for a moment.

"What's wrong?"

"Higurashi-sha conveyed Takashi Sasaki's suggestion; they want to produce it while broadcasting—"

"Huh? Wasn't this production method already decided before?"

Si Hua was a little confused: "Weren't the second and third seasons produced while they were being broadcast?"

"Based on the assets and experience accumulated in the first season, we expect to be able to broadcast all three seasons within the next year and a half."

"But what they mean by 'production while broadcasting' is the first season," Lin Xiaoxia explained.

"We'll produce the first few episodes first, and then start airing them in July. The three-month broadcast period will just cover the rest of the production period."

"—This is way too extreme!"

Si Hua frowned. Did they not want to wait even a second longer?

And even after all these years, these little lives still can't let go of their time-squeezing.

They've even used the production method of filming and broadcasting Japanese dramas simultaneously, but the problem is that animation production isn't like shooting a morning drama.

"Forget it, it's the Higurashi-sha people who are exhausted anyway, what does it have to do with us?"

Si Hua agreed in principle.

"Bring over all the materials that I need to review for '0079' later, and then reply to Higurashi Publishing as soon as possible."

"OK."

After recording Si Hua's instructions, Lin Xiaoxia turned to another page.

"Finally, there's 'Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone.'"

Then Lin Xiaxia paused, looking at him with an expression that said she didn't know how to start the conversation.

"What happened? Is there something wrong with this project?"

Si Hua was full of questions. Hadn't the script, storyboard, character design, and mecha design for this project been provided along with the project?

What other problems could possibly arise?

"This isn't really anything unusual."

Seeing the increasing number of question marks above Si Hua's head, Lin Xiaxia quickly explained.

"Higurashi Publishing said that their writing team couldn't understand the script."

"what?"

"Not only Kentaro Saegusa, the executive director, but even Chairman Matsutani had his secretary send a letter—they really didn't understand the script."

"besides----"

"Anything else? Let's tell you all at once."

"They were confused, why is it called a new theatrical version? What about the old theatrical version?"

That's it?

These days are so rigid, they have no sense of humor at all, and all they do is fuss over these trivial matters.

Without even realizing it, the groundbreaking first Star Wars movie of the 1970s was actually the fourth installment in the original series.

It will still be a topic that can be repeatedly hyped up in the future.

Ultimately, it became an unsolved mystery in the animation industry.

perfect.

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