Chapter 94 Spy Li Yiyi(1/3)
Zhangjiajie in western Hunan has beautiful mountains and clear waters.
In 347 AD, the leader of the Demon Cult, Black Heart Tiger, attempted to increase his power and dominate the martial arts world by drinking the blood of unicorns.
Hongmao's father, the previous generation Changhong Sword Master, combined with the other six swords, used the combined force of seven swords, and finally defeated the Black Heart Tiger.
Fifty years later, the Black-Hearted Tiger led the Demon Cult troops to make a comeback, and the forest fell into turmoil again. The only way to eliminate the Demon Cult was to recreate the scene of the Seven Swords.
In order to once again smash the conspiracy of the demon sect and protect the holy beast Qilin, Hongmao, as the successor of the Changhong Sword, was entrusted by his father before his death to go down the mountain to find the other successors of the Six Swords.
After watching the first episode, Wen Yan was relieved, it was still the same as before.
The abilities of the technical geeks under him are quite good. With him providing plot content and script storyboards, Hongqi was restored to over 90% accuracy.
The remaining 10% difference was also slightly adapted by Wen Yan in order to make Hongqi more suitable for Blue Star's current market conditions.
For example, in the post-production of Hongqi, he endured the pain and spent a huge commission to hire Blue Star's top special effects team.
As for the voice actors, Wen Yan carefully selected the voice actors who were more suitable for the characters in the plot.
After all, this is also his childhood memory, and he doesn't want Hongqi's sign to fall into his hands.
Well, this is one of the few qualities he has as a copycat.
Seeing Wen Yan finish watching the anime, Li Yiyi asked, "Did it meet your expectations?"
"Roughly the same."
Wen Yan said with a smile: "If nothing else happens, our animation will not only make a lot of money, but also create a good reputation for Shenji."
"I think it's good if we can protect our capital." Because the two of them are not ordinary superiors and subordinates, Li Yiyi doesn't have so many taboos.
She was really worried that if Wen Yan set his expectations too high, he would be hit hard by the gap in performance.
She always feels that this animation is a bit strange. It is obviously for children, but there are some plots, but it is not from a child's perspective.
In other words, from the perspective of a child, it is impossible to understand everything.
Since she had to manage an animation studio, Li Yiyi also gained a lot of professional knowledge during this period and made a thorough analysis of the current animation market.
From a professional perspective, Li Yiyi found that Wen Yan’s original animation, with its many plot dialogues and the overall core of the story, was obviously not in line with the current animation market.
Just like the conversation between the young master of the Demon Cult, Hei Xiaohu, and the master of the Ice Soul Sword, Blue Rabbit.
Black Tiger healed the comatose Blue Rabbit. When Blue Rabbit was in coma, she still kept thinking about her "Little Hero of the Rainbow Cat".
Hei Xiaohu endured his sadness and continued to treat Blue Rabbit's injuries. However, after Blue Rabbit's injury improved, he did not appreciate it and said decisively:
"Even if I die, I will die with Hongmao."
Blue Rabbit's words stung Black Little Tiger's sensitive nerves.
In terms of martial arts, Hei Xiaohu spent ten years in seclusion. After coming out of seclusion, he defeated all the masters of his generation. One person can even defeat the combined efforts of six sword masters.
Therefore, Black Little Tiger was naturally very dissatisfied with what Blue Rabbit said.
Therefore, he asked:
"Am I, Hei Xiaohu, not as good as Hongmao?"
"This is not a matter of comparison."
Blue Rabbit answered righteously: "Since ancient times, good and evil have always been incompatible!"
"What is good and what is evil? I, Hei Xiaohu, only want to save my father. Is this wrong?"
Can children understand such a debate between good and evil?
And when Hei Xiaohu was killed by a landmine, the emotion she wanted to express in the sentence "I'm not willing to accept it" was something that even she, as an adult, had to carefully consider.
And the sentence "You don't owe me anything, these are all of my own free will" impressed Li Yiyi even more.
This is obviously a good quote about dog licking.
Will children really like this kind of profound animation? Li Yiyi is skeptical about this.
This guy doesn't think that every kid is as naughty as him.
After these thoughts flashed through his mind, Li Yiyi continued to ask:
"Don't you think this work is a bit over-the-top and completely inconsistent with the current animation market?"
"Chaogang? Sister Yiyi, I think your ideas are a bit narrow-minded."
Wen Yan shook his head and said with a smile: "A good animation does not necessarily have to completely position the content from a child's perspective."
"Middle school students, high school students, college students, and even working parties, these are the market areas we can consider."
Finally, he concluded: "Only when a work is suitable for all ages can it have the potential to become a phenomenal work."
“Suitable for all ages?”
Li Yiyi looked suspicious: "Can such a work be called animation?"
"Then what kind of work does Sister Yiyi think can be called animation?" Wen Yan crossed his hands under his chin and looked at the short-haired sister opposite with interest.
Li Yiyi said without hesitation: "This is a work for children."
"That's why I said you are narrow-minded."
"You have been interfered with your independent judgment by the current animation market and have fallen into a vicious circle of inertial thinking."
Wen Yan handed the document to Li Yiyi again and summed up what he had said before:
"The current mainstream concept may not be correct. If animation like ours can account for more market share than current animation."
"Then will we become the mainstream concept and even redefine animation?"
"Redefine animation?" Li Yiyi was stunned for a moment.
She felt that she seemed to have underestimated Wen Yan's ambition.
After getting along with each other for these years, Li Yiyi also understood some of Wen Yan's abnormalities. She knew that although he usually looked carefree, his mental maturity was far beyond that of his peers.
Therefore, she has never looked down upon Wen Yan because she was young.
But what Wen Yan just said was still beyond her scope of understanding.
Shenji is just a start-up team that has just entered the animation industry. Does this guy think of things so far in the future?
If you want to reach the level he mentioned, what scale does Shenji need to reach? Will it be the industry leader?
At this moment, Li Yiyi seemed to see the shadow of Wang Luoqi in Wen Yan, who was so strong.
As expected of a son raised by the CEO, Li Yiyi, the royal sister, secretly commented on Wen Yan in her heart.
"Sister Yiyi, you go and do your work first."
Seeing Sister Yu in a daze, Wen Yan did not forget to tell her: "We have just completed the first animation. Sister Yiyi can find a place for us to celebrate."
"Okay." Li Yiyi nodded and walked out of the office on her high heels.
Looking at Li Yiyi's tall back, Wen Yan curled up his lips. This royal sister's receptive ability is quite strong.
If an ordinary professional manager heard the outrageous remarks he made just now, he would probably think he was crazy.
But Li Yiyi was just stunned for a moment before accepting his new concept.
Perhaps, this is why Wang Luoqi chose to ask Li Yiyi to come and help him.
If anyone in the world knows him best, it must be Wang Luoqi.
Clicking on the play window of the second episode, Wen Yan continued to watch the rest of the plot.
There are 108 episodes in Hongqi, and his mission these two days is to finish it.
Wen Yan has a habit of watching dramas, which is "2x speed + barrage".
But now Hongqi has not been officially released, so naturally we cannot see the wonderful comments from netizens.
Moreover, he did not watch Hongqi for leisure or to recall his childhood. He watched it for work, to find flaws.
Originally, binge-watching TV series was a very happy thing, but now I watch it with a critical mind, and it always feels a little less pleasurable. [To put it bluntly, the same goes for reading books.]
When Wen Yan finished watching the 11th episode "Battle of the Bamboo Forest", he also wrote down three small flaws in the notebook at hand.
This is the meaning of watching the show——
In order to increase the workload for the technical geeks under my command, I cannot let them live too comfortably.
Ahem, joke, joke.
He wants to ensure the quality of his work!
“Tuk tuk tuk”
Just when Wen Yan was about to click on the 12th episode "Wedding Night", there was a knock on the door outside the office. He looked at the time:
Eleven fifty.
"Boss, I've booked a place to eat. Let's set off at twelve o'clock." Li Yiyi's voice came from outside.
Does the time for binge-watching go by so fast? It’s time to get off work in a blink of an eye.
Wen Yan reluctantly turned off the computer. What a tempting plot title. This knock on the door came at the wrong time.
To be continued...