MTL - My Animation Era-Chapter 50 Pigman

  Chapter 50 Pig Man

  Wanbao Animation moved again.

  From the humble houses when it was first established, to the popularity of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf", Gu Miao moved the company to an office building in the center of Jiangchuan after earning a small amount of money.

   This is the second time I have moved.

   If it is the first time to move, it is to improve the "working environment" and enhance everyone's sense of belonging to the company. Then this time the move was purely because the place was "too small" to accommodate.

   Two consecutive rounds of enrollment expansion...

The current Wanbao Animation mainly consists of six major departments: Production Department, Planning Department, Editing and Creation Department, Post-production Department, Marketing Department and IP Management Department. Among them, the Production Department is under the "Lightning Studio" and "Wolf Castle Studio", with a total staff of nearly 350 people.

  Among them, there are about 200 full-time animation producers.

   This number is quite a lot.

   You must know that many domestic animation companies may appear to have a large "scale", but in fact there are not many production teams.

  For example, it is mainly engaged in 3D animation, which represents the virtual impression studio of "Super Seminary" and "Heroes Company", which actually only has about 40-60 people.

  A larger studio, or an animation company, such as the mystery of the "Qin Shi Mingyue" series, only has four or five hundred people.

   Original motivation?

  It is true that there are many people who get rich in the later stage, but before the rise of Pleasant Goat in the early stage, the number of employees is estimated to be only two or three big cats and small cats.

  From this perspective, although Wanbao Animation was established relatively late, its overall scale is no less than that of top domestic animation companies.

   Of course, the numbers just caught up.

  The quality is not far off...

  After all, the company now has many people who only know Flash and Photoshop. It’s embarrassing to say it. They are also engaged in animation. Why are you so inferior?

  Gu Miao felt embarrassed.

  It has more than 300 troops under its banner. At first glance, it looks like a strong army and a strong horse, and it has the appearance of "dominating the world". But when others take a closer look, why are the soldiers under his hands all sallow and emaciated like starved ghosts reincarnated?

   Anyway.

  At least the number of employees is here. The one-story office building leased before can no longer accommodate so many people.

  Gu Miao wanted to rent more floors.

  However, the office building has been fully rented out, and there are no vacant floors to rent to him. After a lot of running around, it was finally decided to move to the 12th-15th floors of Fuding Building.

   Rented four floors in one go!

  The 12th-13th floor is for Wanbao Animation, the 14th floor is for Wanbao Comics, and the 15th floor is shared equally by other companies.

   "This place is really good."

  The management who moved to the new home gathered in the conference hall on the 15th floor to discuss the surrounding environment and supporting facilities of Fuding Building.

  Ma Kui said with a look of longing: "It's a pity that no matter how good it is, it belongs to others. We are just tenants. It would be great if we, Wanbao, could build a building of our own someday."

   "There is a chance."

   "Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, don't bully the poor!" Gu Miao said with high spirits, "One day, I will build the most magnificent spectacle in this city!"

   Spectacle? !

  Everyone has black lines on their heads.

Before they brought up the idea of ​​'a spectacle that harms the country', Gu Miao waved her hand and said, "Although it is good to have a dream, the road has to be taken step by step. Now let me talk about our next work arrangement Bar."

"I think…"

  Ma Kui, representing the interests of the animation company, took the lead in speaking: "The project of "Sheep and Sheep Games" can be put into production."

"no."

   "The first season of Pleasant Goat has just ended, and the replay ratings are still so high. There is no need to rush to make the second season."

  Gu Miao explained: "What's more, the Yangyang Games needs a suitable opportunity, such as the Olympic Games. In my opinion, starting production in the second half of next year and broadcasting in the first half of the year after is the best choice."

   "Then...you can't be idle, right?"

   Ma Kui said at a loss: "There are so many people in the Wolf Castle Studio, it's too much to be idle for half a year."

   Idle is impossible!

  Gu Miao pays them wages, and it's fine if they don't work hard to repay Mr. Gu, but they still want to "take a paid vacation" for half a year? How could Gu Miao allow such a thing?

   Temporarily not doing "Yang Yang Games", does not mean that you can not do other animations!

but…

  Considering the abilities of this group of people, it is estimated that animation projects that are too "excellent" in quality will not be able to do well if they are handed over to them. And the poor-quality animations are basically not popular, and no one watches them when they are made.

  Gu Miao thought about it, and finally came up with a "production level" similar to the first generation of Pleasant Goat. Although the performance was a bit worse than Pleasant Goat, it was still considered a blockbuster.

   "Pig Man"!

   Oh no, Pigman is an animated "series". To be precise, it should be "Pigman: The Magical Pig", also known as "Pigman 1" or "Pigman I-Magic Environmental Protection".

   Isn't this a coincidence!

  The era is not too different from that of Pleasant Goat. Although it is a 3D animation, the level of 3D modeling is really... A dog would shake his head after seeing it.

  Give this work to them, and Gu Miao doesn't have to worry about them messing it up. Anyway, the modeling and performance of the original version are already good enough, and it can't be worse than the original version, right?

   As for saying…

  Why didn't you start with "Havoc in the Palace", the 0th work in the true sense of the Pigman animation series, but chose "Magic Pigs"?

  Of course it's because Gu Miao doesn't like the blatant plagiarism of "Havoc in the Palace".

   It is not surprising that domestic animation plagiarism.

   But the one who copied so blatantly and used "tribute" as a shield must have been seen for a long time.

  Magic Piggy Age is more appropriate.

   Gu Miao would not give up the entire Pigman animation series for a "Havoc in the Palace", after all, this series is quite good.

  Especially the first 4 TV animations.

Putting aside the disgusting riots in the palace, from "Magic Pigs" to "Martial Arts 2008", and then to "Brave into the Future City" and "Pigman", the animations of Pigman are not bad. Wonderful.

  The first 4 films can even compete with "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" for ratings share. Although they can't compete, at least they can pass two tricks!

  But starting from the fifth part of the animation "Fairy Tales in the Building Blocks World", the entire Pigman series has begun to go downhill, and one is more hip than the other.

   Later, no one watched it at all.

  The main reason for this situation is actually that the "Blue Arc" ran away. The decline of the Pigman series without Blue Arc's participation in the production is also reasonable.

   Cursing is cursing, spraying is spraying.

  Blue Arc was able to break through the siege from the crowd and finally become one of the leaders in the domestic animation industry.

   Can't quite say it doesn't work.

  Leaving aside these "thunder points" in the composition of the mirror, at least in terms of plot and melodrama, Blue Arc does have a hand.

  The plot of the first season of Pigman "Magic Pig", no matter from which angle you analyze it, the level is above the passing line.

  This is quite rare.

  (end of this chapter)