Chapter 909: Snacks
At 11:30 pm, the number of tourists on Manga Island was already very scarce, and in Meng Huo's apartment, the lights were still bright.
His eyes focused on the computer, and he turned his gaze away until the ringtone of his cell phone rang.
"Alice, is there anything wrong?" Meng Huo asked with his phone.
"I knew that you were not asleep yet." Alice breathed a sigh of relief when she heard his clear voice: "I thought you would have had a break early just back to Comic Island today. It seems that I didn't disturb you, right?"
Meng Huo clamped his phone with his shoulders, reached out and continued to press the ctrl key on the computer, and said, "It's not disturbing, but I'm checking the game."
"game?"
"Well, it's that new text adventure game." Meng Huo copied the unfinished game from He Qian before getting off work. Although there was no sound, it could be run. He had been checking for several hours and had not found any problem yet.
Alice suddenly realized: "Oh, it's the game that's going to be released on Carnival, right? What's the name? I remember what it seems to be... Falling in love with my sister?"
"The girl falls in love with her sister." Meng Huo smiled: "This is a gentleman's game."
"Gentleman, a ghost!" Alice laughed: "A text adventure game about the male protagonist's life in girls' college in women's clothing. I really don't know if you want to give it to boys or girls - I'm wondering, why don't you continue to make your four-season game concept?"
When I first heard about making a text adventure game, the management of Phoenix Company thought it was necessary to make a four-season work, but Meng Huo suddenly gave a laughable and stunned women's clothing game.
The world has not yet had a pseudo-girl culture. Therefore, everyone is not optimistic about the audience of this game. However, because Phoenix's business is progressing very smoothly, no one cares about this niche game.
"Anyway, it's just a text adventure game. If he wants to play it, let him play it!" They thought that the influence of text adventure games is still not great after all, so it doesn't matter if He Xi is willful.
But Meng Huo did not make this work with the mentality of playing games.
"This game is not as simple as you think. Maybe it will bring about a trend!" He smiled and said to Alice: "Besides, the previous "air" was a summer theme, four seasons theme game, and it can still be done in the second half of the year."
He actually had already booked the release of "Kanon" this winter in his mind. If nothing special causes him to change his mind, this winter-themed text adventure game will definitely be released before next year.
Before that, when thinking about Carnival, Meng Huo felt that he should make a relaxed and cheerful game. After thinking about it, he finally chose "Girl Falling in Love with Sister". In fact, he was also curious about what impact this game will have after its release.
"Okay... How is the progress of "Girl Falling in Love with Sister"? Can you get to the carnival?" Alice asked curiously: "I heard that the game production department often works overtime recently. Is there something wrong?"
Meng Huo was surprised by Alice's well-informed knowledge, and the situation in the entire company was really not out of her control.
"No." He replied: "I see the current completion situation. "Girl Falling in Love with Sister" will be released successfully before the carnival."
The progress of this game was a bit beyond Meng Hu's expectations. He Qian's words in the afternoon once made him feel that "Girl Falling in Love with Sister" was very slow. But in fact, this game is not far from the finished product. It seems that it is not for the game department to work overtime. It is not for it, but for the further development of "World of Warcraft".
Meng Huo was very happy that those employees had such morale, but they put their morale on a long and huge work, which made Meng Huo a little worried - if they didn't see the finished product for a year and a half, can the morale of these employees still be maintained?
In Meng Huo's judgment, it is obviously difficult to keep enthusiastic.
"Do you need to give them some motivation?" Meng Huo couldn't help but think of this. However, when he thought of "World of Warcraft", he temporarily gave up this idea. Obviously, the game has not yet been officially produced.
He asked Alice, "By the way, call me tonight for what?"
"This, you'll have to stay in Suhua for a long time this time, right?" Alice asked. After getting Meng Huo's confirmation, she continued: "There are still some things at the headquarters that need your help, including the Carnival documents, and if you have time, can you come back during the holiday."
Meng Huo was a little embarrassed. He had already arranged his time because he had not come back for several weeks and the holiday was arranged tightly, so it was difficult to take time to go back to Ninghai.
"Wouldn't you just send all the files to me on the Internet?" Meng Huo said: "If you have any meetings, just use video meetings."
"Video conferencing is OK, but some files cannot be transmitted." Alice was a little embarrassed. Some important documents and contracts cannot be transmitted online, and the original documents must be handed over to Meng Huo for him to sign.
"Then it happens. This Saturday, I'll send someone to send you all the documents."
She chose to compromise and the problem was solved. Meng Huo was relieved. Just as he was about to hang up the phone, he suddenly remembered what Qin Ya said about setting up a new animation studio, and he also told this.
"I know this." However, Alice already knew about it: "Qin Ya called me in the evening, and I had promised her."
Meng Huo was shocked: "What kind of ** soup did she stuff you? Did you agree to her so simply?"
"It's nothing..." Qin Ya said a little perfunctorily: "Besides, setting up a new animation studio will not cause much burden on us. Even if she doesn't propose, we will have to do this sooner or later."
This is the truth. In Meng Huo’s plan, there must be at least six animation studios under Phoenix Company in the future.
The next year will be an important period for Phoenix Company's transformation and a critical stage for Meng Huo to train directors - he plans to start producing animations on a larger scale after he matures these directors.
Now Meng Huo's number of comics is far higher than the number of animations. As time goes by, his comics accumulate more and more. Increasing animation studios can relieve the pressure of animation. In Meng Huo's mind, six studios are the most perfect combination in a few years.
There are six animation studios, three of which are long animations, "Detective Conan" and "Chong Elf" already account for two, and there is no need for Meng Huo to manage. The remaining one can be "One Piece" or other future works.
There are three short animation studios, but it will take several years to consume Meng Huo’s past existing comics. Even if all of them are digested, Meng Huo has enough ability to maintain this number of works.
Therefore, it will not be harmful to establish the fourth independent animation studio now. Maybe in a few years, after the completion of "The Legend of the Galaxy Song" you can take it over and adapt Meng Huo's comics directly.
In fact, Alice does not think that "The Legend of the Galaxy Song" can repeat the experiences of "Detective Conan" and "The Elf". The key to the latter two animations being able to become long animations is the unique structure of the animation. One is the endless development cases, and the other is the endless creation of new elfs.
But "The Legend of the Galaxy Song" is story-oriented. No matter how long a story is, it will still be a day of coldness and unsustainability. After a few years of animation, this animation will most likely be completed - in fact, "The Boy of the Flame" of the same structure cannot last for two years.
Meng Huo nodded: "That's it. The new studio must be arranged in Su Hua, and Qin Ya will definitely participate in the animation production."
As the creator of "The Legend of the Galaxy Song" and I am also a veteran animator, Meng Huo does not think Qin Ya will give up the intervention of animation - see the reactions of the three assistants in the afternoon. They must also want to get involved.
In this way, the new animation studio arrangement in Su Hua would be better.
"I'll arrange it on Comic Island." Alice thought more thoughtfully: "And there are those songs you left in the office before, and what can be handed over to "The Legend of the Galaxy Songs". You'd better give me a playlist first."
"This is no problem." Meng Huo nodded. He had already placed many songs that he would definitely not use in his lifetime in the voice actor's office. These songs were mainly some minor or ancient animations and fan songs. If Qin Ya wanted them, you could use them at any time.
Afterwards, Meng Huo and Alice ended the phone.
The next day, when he arrived at the animation department, he was surprised to see his table full of snacks and drinks.
"These are all for you in the teacher." Qin Ya said excitedly: "I have received news from Miss Alice. The company will recruit artists from the outside in a few days and set up a new animation studio on Comic Island."
Meng Huo pointed to the snacks on the table: "So, is this your thank you?"
This is too casual. He is not a snack lover. No matter what, treating a meal is more sincere than these snacks!
"Teacher, don't underestimate these snacks." Qin Ya waved her hand and said proudly: "These are the best items I picked out after eating all over China's snacks. Although the price is not very expensive, it is definitely delicious - look at this!"
She picked up a pack of potato chips and tore them open them, handed them to Meng Huo, and said, "This is a special potato chip from a place in the Far East. The annual output is very small, and I can't even buy it online. I asked someone to buy it back. I haven't been willing to eat it for a long time!"
Meng Huo half-believed and half-doubted, reached out to take a piece of potato chip, put it in his mouth and bit it. It was indeed a taste that he had never tasted before.
"It's delicious... are all these?" He looked at the snacks on the table again, his eyes changed a little. If they were all like this pack of potato chips, then these things would be the most unique gift for Qin Ya.
"Yes...k...k..." Qin Ya said while chewing potato chips: "Let's finish them all today!"
Meng Huo looked at her taking out potato chips with her hands, and the touch just now disappeared instantly. It turned out that these snacks could not be brought back to the apartment and had to be finished in the office - isn't Qin Ya just looking for a food companion?
Even so, he still stretched out his hand and took out some potato chips: "It's really delicious."
However, afterwards, the rumors began to spread that "Teacher He Xi and Princess Qin Ya had a snack openly in the office" by Phoenix Company, and it had a very bad impact, causing a snack storm on Manga Island.
Some employees began to imitate the two people to eat snacks. The snacks on Manga Island were out of stock for several days. In addition, merchants with a keen sense of smell on Manga Island also learned about the snacks recommended by Qin Ya to Meng Huo through various channels, and began to recommend them to tourists with the help of the two people's signboard effect.
This behavior had an amazing effect during the carnival, but this was a funeral. Meng Huo did not expect that his casual actions would cause the company to flood snacks, and there were signs of spreading to Ninghai and Tokyo.
It took him several days to suppress these influences, and Xu Jing was joked about it in the middle.
"Be careful in the future..." After finally putting things down, Meng Huo breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, the recruitment of Phoenix's new animation studio began, and the artists who submitted their resumes were much more unexpected.
In fact, after experiencing the recruitment at the beginning of the year, Meng Huo thought it would take some time for the studio to be established this time.
But the recruitment in the middle of the year that he did not expect was more convenient. Comics students who were about to graduate from all over the country submitted their resumes to Phoenix Company as soon as possible. While the box office influence of "The Magician of the Early Century" has not yet disappeared, some artists from other companies have also become interested in changing jobs.
As one of the overlords of the animation industry, Phoenix, with a promising future, has attracted the attention of talents from all over the world like a magnet.
Manga Island is no longer an unpopular place. After years of operation, it has become more and more like a Chinese animation center. The comic atmosphere is strong and it is the best choice for every painter with a comic dream - and the treatment is also quite good.
"It'll probably be established in two weeks..."
When Alice reported to Meng Huo the establishment of the new animation studio, Meng Huo was very upset and founded in two weeks. After a period of running-in and training, it seems that "The Legend of the Galaxy Song" can be started after the carnival.
"I'm not in a hurry." But Qin Ya was not in a hurry to start construction: "It would be great that the animation could be broadcast in October."
After the news of the animation was confirmed, she recovered from her excitement, but instead was not impatient, but considered how to do the animation seriously - she did not need to prepare longer than Meng Huo.
"Teacher, I want another stage, I want to announce the animation news at Carnival."
Chapter completed!