"As long as I have enough money, I can finish the first ten episodes in a year!" Teacher Dai Tielang said while stroking his beard.
"A year?" Jia Yapeng smiled bitterly. "Teacher Dai, I'm afraid that's a bit too long. You have to speed up!"
"Speed up …" Dai Tielang pondered for a moment and said, "Well, I'll bring some people to work overtime for you. You should be able to finish it in half a year!"
"No, it's still too slow!" Jia Yapeng shook his head and said, "Three months, we only have three months. I've already contacted CCTV. It can be broadcast in three months!"
"Three months? Little guy, even if you cut me in half, it's impossible to finish 10 episodes in three months. Each episode is 20 minutes long. It's impossible … It's impossible! "Teacher Dai shook his head like a rattle-drum.
"I see …" Jia Yapeng knew that Teacher Dai was not lying. After all, it took the Shanghai Art Film Studio nearly two years to complete the five episodes of Black Cat Sheriff. It was indeed Teacher Dai's limit to finish 10 episodes in half a year.
"Little Jia, don't think that half a year is too short. You have to know that each character in your animation has a lot of details. It's not something that Black Cat Sheriff can compare with. The drawing requirements per second are four or five times more than Black Cat Sheriff."
"So, in this half a year, you have to give me enough artists. When we made Black Cat Sheriff, we only had five artists. This time, you have to give me at least 20 artists!" Teacher Dai touched his forehead and said, "Actually, I don't know where to find 20 artists. Now that all the artists in the studio have left, I have to put aside my pride and not help you find people!"
Dai Tielang's words were a complaint, but when they fell into Jia Yapeng's ears, it made Jia Yapeng frown. He immediately smiled and said, "Teacher, 20 artists can save you half a year. If I give you 40 artists, can you finish the task in three months?"
"Clang!" The teacup in Dai Tielang's hand fell onto the coffee table. Fortunately, the water in the teacup had been finished. Otherwise, it would be a mess.
"40 artists? Where are you going to find 40 painters to paint for this old man? Now, there are only so many artists in Film School! "Teacher Dai exclaimed.
"We'll talk about this later. Just tell me if 40 artists are enough!" Jia Yapeng said.
"If it's 40 skilled painters, that might just be enough! However, if we can have 50 skilled painters, that will definitely be enough! "Elder Dai calculated and said.
"Is that so …" Jia Yapeng stood up and walked around the living room a few times. "Old Dai, what if it's someone who is not skilled, or even someone who has never touched animation?"
"Then even if you give me 100, I won't be able to make it in three months!" Elder Dai Tielang rolled his eyes and said, "I know what you're thinking. You want to get some cheap students, right? That's impossible. Even if you find 100 students for me, these inexperienced students who can only copy the drawings won't be able to carry the load."
"100 may not be enough. What if I create 200 students for you?" Jia Yapeng asked with a smile.
"Clang!" Teacher Dai lost his grip on the teacup in his hand again and smashed it.
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In the next few months, the workers in the Daqian Food Factory in Yuzhang City rarely saw their factory director. Occasionally, he would come back, but he would only show his face and explain the factory's affairs. Then, he would arrange the release of the new issue of the Water Margin Card and leave in a hurry.
Adding up the three months, he didn't even spend three days in the factory.
Where did Jia Yapeng stay in these three months?
Of course, he stayed in Shanghai. In order to finish the animation in three months, Jia Yapeng basically ate and lived in Shanghai.
There was no other way. Jia Yapeng couldn't find a competent person in Shanghai, and Dai Tielang was responsible for the entire animation production process. Therefore, all the other things and tasks were taken care of by Jia Yapeng alone.
After the negotiation with Dai Tielang, the two of them divided the work. Teacher Dai was responsible for contacting his former friends and students and gathering them together to become the backbone of the new team.
At this time, Teacher Dai's value was shown. In the 90s, China could not be said to be a desert for animation. However, the total number of people working in the animation industry did not even add up to four digits. As for the artists who could really draw, the total number of them did not even add up to three digits.
However, once Teacher Dai's network was spread out, more than 40 professional artists and more than 20 other people, such as cameramen, producers, and post-production people, were all in place.
Of course, other than Teacher Dai's face, the more important thing was that Jia Yapeng gave them enough cash. Not only was their monthly salary as high as 300 yuan, which was three times their previous salary at the Shanghai Film Studio, but more importantly, as long as they signed a contract with Jia Yapeng and promised not to resign within three years, Jia Yapeng would immediately give them 500 yuan for signing a contract.
Who could resist such a huge amount of money? When they saw the animation script and overall design, they didn't even have a trace of reluctance in their hearts.
Once the "Water Margin Legend of Heroes" was produced, it would definitely be the longest and most well-made animation in Hua Xia's history. It would be the only one in the animation industry. It would be a historical glory!
Therefore, in less than a week, all the staff members were in position, and the one who led them to work was naturally the chief director, Dai Tielang, Dai Tielang.
When Teacher Dai saw so many people, he was about to cry. One had to know that when he was at the peak of the Shanghai Film Studio, there weren't so many professionals under his command!
Teacher Dai said that with so many professionals, they could definitely produce 10 episodes in half a year. However, if they wanted three months … No, after a week of poaching, they only had a little more than two and a half months left.
At this time, it was Jia Yapeng's turn to work hard.
Jia Yapeng let Teacher Dai lead the team to work immediately. He only led the team to do the most important work that the newcomers couldn't do. As for the rest, they would all be left to the students.
In the process of producing an animation, the real technical content only accounted for about 30% of the entire animation, such as the original art design, scene design, color specification, shot separation, script, and so on. These were all things that could only be done by professional animators.
Of the remaining 70%, 40% of the work required students with drawing ability but didn't need professional animation production experience to complete. For example, if a professional artist decided on a storyboard draft and line drawing, the rest only needed to be drawn according to the line drawing and character design.
These could be completely left to the students to complete. After all, it was just copying.
As for the remaining 30%, it was something that even housewives could complete.
This part of the content was very simple. It was just coloring the draft. This job only needed to be done according to the template given and then evenly spread the colors in the draft. There was no difficulty at all.
This wasn't a joke. One had to know that Fusang was one of the most famous animation production companies. At the same time, it was also known as the animation company Jingdu Animation, which was also known as Jingani by some fans, started with this.
When this company started, it was a couple who specialized in animation. They recruited a large number of housewives in the community who had nothing to do and took jobs from the animation company. Then, they would color piles of animation drafts.
Because the efficiency and quality of the work done by this group of housewives was quite high, they received unanimous praise from the industry and received a large number of coloring jobs. The company developed rapidly and finally evolved into the familiar Jingdu Animation that everyone was familiar with.
Now, Hua Xia's Jingdu Animation had also started.
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