The battle had begun!
At this moment, the animation industry had entered the stage where a storm was brewing!
This was the first time in history that someone had issued a direct challenge to the Japanese comics industry. Whether or not everyone was optimistic about it, it did not stop everyone from continuing to pay attention to it!
Who would lose?
Who would win?
Everyone was waiting for the outcome!
…
Preparations for the production of several Japanese cartoons had already begun.
"Have the source clips been sent out?"
"Yes."
"Hurry up and get it done. The only problem right now is the dubbing."
"We've already hired the best voice actors in the China industry."
"Alright, we still have to spend a lot of money on the promotions."
"Understood."
…
Miracle Animation Studios.
The preparations were also in full swing.
One proposal after another was brought out.
Sun Xiaobei said, "Teacher Zhang, have a look."
Zhang Ye said, "This won't do."
Sun Xiaobei said, "What about this one?"
Zhang Ye said, "This won't do either."
All of the proposals were rejected by Zhang Ye.
In the end, Zhang Ye came up with a proposal himself and presented it to them. "Let's go with this one. Follow this standard and I'll make up for the shortfall."
The people of Miracle Animation Studios were dumbfounded.
Chen Xiang said in surprise, "This is too big of an investment!"
Sun Xiaobei was also a little frightened. "An investment of 150 million RMB?"
Zhang Ye added, "This is just the preliminary amount. If it's not enough, we can make up for more. The promotional fees will be calculated separately."
Sun Xiaobei gasped and said, "If we do this, the production budget will likely reach 200 million RMB?"
"Yes." Zhang Ye smiled and said, "Since we're going to compete with the Japanese comics industry, we definitely have to come up with something big. If we're going to do it, then we'll do it with the best in the industry. I've already said it before, I'm not going to do it on a small scale. If we're going to do it on a big scale."
The people of Miracle Animation Studios were sweating profusely!
But this was too big of an investment!
Forget it, since it's already come to this, then let's just do it!
If we die, so be it! Who cares!
At the moment when the plan was finalized, many people had the mentality of dying a martyr. They were really betting everything on it!
The animation production began!
Miracle Animation Studios was recruiting!
Zhang Ye also began writing his storyboard!
Zhang Ye had directed variety shows and even directed the Spring Festival Gala before, but this was the first time he was coming into contact with animation, especially when it was a 3D animation. This was clearly a brand new field and Zhang Ye was crossing over again. Every decision he made had to be carefully considered. Of course, he also needed some help.
For example, dubbing.
Voice actors were a major feature of Japanese animation. Many of them were even more famous than some D-list or D-list celebrities. Today, voice actors were an indispensable part of Japanese animation. Since they wanted to compete with Japanese comics, they had to make up for this!
How?
China did not have such a perfect voice actor system.
But of course, Zhang Ye had his own methods. Hence, he brought out his next trump card!
He made several phone calls.
…
Fan Wenli:
"Hello, Zhang 'er?"
"Old Fan, I need to talk to you about something."
"Hehe, if you have something to say, just say it."
"I'm going to make a domestic animation."
"I know, it's all over the news. But I can't help you with this. Your animation is made up of dummies, so I can't make a guest appearance."
"But you can do voice acting."
"Ah? Voice acting? "
"You have a nice voice and you're a professional musician. What do you think?"
"Can I do it?"
"Of course you can."
…
Xu Meilan:
"Sister Lan, it's me."
"Teacher Zhang?"
"I need a favor from you."
"What is it?"
"I need you to do some voice acting for me in my new animation. I'll make a guest appearance."
"Me?"
"Yes, please support your little bro."
"When?"
"In half a month. It depends on your schedule."
"Alright, since Teacher Zhang has requested it, of course it's not a problem. I still owe you a favor for what happened at the SARFT."
…
Dong Shanshan:
"Shanshan, I need to make an appointment with you first."
"What is it?"
"I'm going to do some voice acting for my animation. I'll reserve a good role for you."
"How would I know how to do voice acting?"
"How many of us broadcast hosts haven't learned how to do voice acting?"
"Alright then."
"Thank you."
…
He made one call after another.
Zhang Xia.
Yao Jiancai.
Yu Yingyi.
Xiaodong.
And so on and so forth. He made all the appointments that he could.
Other than some of his friends who were too busy to make an appointment, Zhang Ye basically settled all of them with just a phone call. Everyone gave him a lot of face.
This was another one of his trump cards!
Not enough voice actors?
Celebrities joining in!
A similar model did not exist in this world yet, but it had already existed in Zhang Ye's previous world. There were countless cases of celebrities making guest appearances in animations, so Zhang Ye was no stranger to it. But others did not know about it. To the people of this world, this was still a novelty that no one had ever seen before!
When Zhang Ye showed the list of voice actors to the Miracle Animation Company staff, Sun Xiaobei, Chen Xiang, and the others were all dumbfounded!
Chen Xiang was stunned. "Fuck!"
Li Zhi exclaimed, "Heavens!"
Han Bin said, "This lineup is too awesome!"
Hu Kebang said in shock, "They're all A- or B-list celebrities? And there's even a Heavenly Queen? "
Zhao Chengfei said, "Oh my god!"
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "In the past, the voice acting has always been a shortcoming in the domestic animation industry. I might not be able to make up for it in a short period of time, but I still have a few friends. Don't worry, it won't cost a lot of money. They're all doing guest appearances out of friendship, and there's no need to doubt their professionalism either. They're definitely at the professional level and won't lose out to anyone else."
Everyone looked at one another and felt a little more confident for the first time.
This dubbing lineup was simply terrifying. It was simply unprecedented in history!
Xu Meilan!
Fan Wenli!
Dong Shanshan!
How many people could invite these big shots to do voice acting?
None of them! He couldn't even invite anyone! Even if you took the money to invite them to act in a movie, they would still have to look at the script to see what the characters were like. What's more, this was a "role" that wouldn't even show their faces? With their statuses, how could they possibly go behind the scenes to do voice acting! Teacher Zhang actually managed to invite all of them?
In Zhang Ye's previous world, The Legend of Qin did not have such a big lineup, nor did it have so many investments. But in this world, Zhang Ye had a lot of resources. Since he could make it bigger, he would definitely make it bigger. He had never been afraid of making it big!
Funding?
Dubbing?
Production?
Promotions?
He was going to use the best!
He was going to use the biggest!
What he wanted to do was to make The Legend of Qin a great hit!
Didn't they not think highly of the domestic animation industry?
Didn't they all feel that 3D animation wasn't feasible?
Alright then, I'll let you all see that our own style of animation can also amaze Asia and sweep away all obstacles!
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