Chapter 995: Gate of Destiny Stone
The movie craze continues. After the school season comes, the university town becomes lively again. The theaters on Manga Island are crowded with college students coming to watch "[New Chapter] The Story of Rebellion".
On the other hand, "Blue Love Opera Edition" received an unexpectedly high box office, with two consecutive animated films succeeding. Zhongxia Company immediately announced the production news of the new movie - almost at the same time as Phoenix Company.
The next movie of Zhongxia Company is unexpectedly the theatrical version of the hit animation "Fate", while the next movie of Phoenix Company is the theatrical version of "Detective Conan". Meng Huo has handed over the script and planning to DreamWorks when "[New Chapter] The Story of Rebellion".
According to Phoenix's future plan, DreamWorks will produce a theatrical version of "Detective Conan" and "Chong Elf" every year, and there will be no new movie studios added within two years - so when Meng Huo wants to create other theatrical animations, DreamWorks will have to reschedule the time.
DreamWorks, which was established last year, has produced three animations in a row, but these three animations are animations that are completed by all employees working overtime and working very hard. It is impossible to maintain this speed for a long time in the future. In order to increase the quality of animation, DreamWorks' annual factory speed must also be controlled between 2 and 2.5.
This means that Meng Huo may not release a movie other than "Detective Conan" and "Chong Elf" in two years - of course this is based on DreamWorks no longer expanding, and Meng Huo does not intend to expand it at least this year.
He has been working for several years and has planned a trip that he can go after graduation this year. At least until he comes back, he will not add any extra burden to himself. And no one in Phoenix can force him to do this.
The income from two movies a year is already very satisfactory. Now the entire Phoenix Company has a consensus that their greatest wealth is not movies or animations, but He Xi.
He Xi's health and inspiration are the only thing to ensure the company's future development. Therefore, after the Spring Festival, when Meng Huo officially stated in a senior meeting that he would go on a trip during the summer vacation, everyone chose to support him.
Meng Huo expects his trip to last between several months and six months this time. He will arrange his main business before the trip, and of course he may stop the serialization of one or two comics. This is not a good thing for Phoenix, and they will usher in a cold period.
However, even so, everyone still passed his plan. It was a loss for He Xi to leave, but it was a rare blessing that he could choose to relax himself. You should know that for many years, what everyone is most worried about is that He Xi will not relax.
Meng Huo's travel time was determined between June and September, and there was no specific date for the time being. Because each department had to discuss and prepare for work after leaving, he made a relatively generous choice.
"If it's fast, June, if it's slow, August." Sitting in the island studio, Meng Huo said to Qin Ya: "You may have to take responsibility for the work here when I left."
Qin Ya suddenly felt extremely stressed: "I said to me, just leave for vacation... a few months off!"
She doesn't think she can maintain the operation of the Island Studio. Of course, daily management is fine. The problem is that she can't ensure that the animation quality has been maintained for several consecutive months - this is He Xi's job.
"How many months are there for a while..." Meng Huo thought about it. Island Animation Studio has always been diligent. Not launching new works in a few months has little impact on their brand. The problem is to give artists a few months of vacation, which is unprecedented.
"I'll give you a suggestion to the teacher." Qin Ya looked at Meng Huo's thoughts and said, "You arrange new jobs for those who want holidays, and those who don't want holidays - transfer them to other animation departments to work."
Meng Huo's eyes lit up, which was a really good idea. The artists at Island Studio are the strongest in Phoenix. If you arrange these artists to work in several other studios, those studios will obviously be very welcome - and in this way, he doesn't have to worry too much about the animation quality of other animation studios when he leaves.
"It makes sense, well... your suggestions are very good!" Meng Huo thought about it more and more, and nodded, "I'll ask them what they think after a while. There is enough time before I leave to make them make a choice. Qin Ya, do you have any places you want to go? I'll give you priority."
Qin Ya immediately shook her hand: "No need, teacher, you should give me a vacation!"
Meng Huo smiled: "That's right, you have comics to draw, and there is also an animation of "The Legend of the Galaxy Songs". After I leave, I'm not afraid of having nothing to do!"
"It's not the reason..." Qin Ya muttered. She looked at Meng Huo and smiled. Then she took out a notepad from her side and handed it over: "Teacher, I won't talk about what will happen a few months later. Do you mind helping me draw some paintings?"
"What painting?"
Meng Huo took over the notebook.
"Simple, it's the character's comic..."
Qin Ya pointed at Meng Huo and opened the notepad. It had recorded the characters' appearances and their respective temperaments and characteristics. Qin Ya believed that Meng Huo could draw them into comics by relying solely on textual expression.
"Where are these characters?"
Drawing is not a difficult task for Meng Huo. He just paints the prototype in his head and draws these paintings in a few minutes - but what he wonders is why Qin Ya doesn't draw, and these characters don't look like the characters in "The Legend of the Galaxy Song Girl".
"I can't tell you where they are now." Qin Ya said with a smile: "Teacher, please draw quickly, don't forget that I have to help you with work today! If you don't help me draw, I'll be perfunctory."
Meng Huo was stunned and then shook his head. Although he didn't think Qin Ya would really do whatever he wanted to do in front of him, it was just a few paintings, and he had nothing to refuse.
After drawing the painting, Qin Ya took it over and saw it, and almost couldn't help but kiss them: "So beautiful, teacher, you are indeed better than me. I'm not as elegant as you painted!"
"You've also drawn it?" Meng Huo noticed the point.
Qin Ya nodded. The reason why she didn't bring her drawings was just because she was worried that she would give Meng Huo a preconceived feeling about the character. And simply relying on the original text description, Meng Huo could draw the character in his mind.
As a result, Qin Ya believes that this teacher may not be able to adapt the novel into a comic, and he can well describe the image in the text.
"What are you going to do with these paintings?" Meng Huo asked curiously. Qin Ya carefully put them away, and then said, "This is a secret, but teacher, can I use these paintings freely, right?"
Meng Huo nodded. Since he was drawing it for her, it was naturally her business if he used it. The character prototype was not conceived by him.
Qin Ya finally didn't tell him what to do, because in fact, she was just entrusted by someone - after get off work, she hurried back to her apartment and found the person sitting in the living room playing games.
"..." Seeing her, Qin Ya was angry and didn't make a fuss out: "I said... Miss Fei Meng, is this my house or yours?"
The whole living room was messy at this moment, with snacks thrown everywhere. Ye Feimeng sat on the ground, holding the handle in both hands, and was having fun playing on the TV. Hearing Qin Ya's voice, he didn't stop his movements and said, "You have so many snacks here, you'll waste it if you don't eat them..."
"If I take pictures of you like this and post it online, your fans will be shattered." Qin Ya sat down angrily and threw the bag on the table: "I asked Teacher He Xi to draw the painting you want!"
"What?"
With a "bang", a car on the TV hit the railing, and the word "challenge failed" appeared on the screen - Ye Feimeng didn't care either. She threw the handle, quickly got up, ran to the table, and opened Qin Ya's bag.
"Wow! Wow!!" After taking out the drawing paper inside, Ye Feimeng shouted in surprise: "This picture is so beautiful, this one is too! Teacher He Xi is so great, the image of the male protagonist is the same as I imagined!"
She glanced at Qin Ya: "It's much better than someone's paintings."
"What did you say!" Qin Ya jumped up and reached out to the drawing paper: "I won't give it to you anymore. This was drawn by Teacher He Xi for me. I have the right to deal with it!"
"You think beautifully!" Ye Feimeng hid away, took the painting, and ran to the study quickly: "You can't regret what has been announced in advance. I'll borrow the machine in your study and I'll pass them to the editors!"
With a 'bang', the door of Qin Ya's study was closed.
Qin Ya sat down with a headache, and she was indeed not in opposition to Ye Feimeng. In fact, those paintings were painted for Ye Feimeng, and the characters in the paintings were also characters in Ye Feimeng's new work. Ye Feimeng promised to help Qin Ya adapt "The Legend of the Galaxy Song" and Qin Ya of course had to give back.
Originally, Ye Feimeng wanted to meet Meng Huo, but Qin Ya was not happy that she had something to do with him. If she and Meng Huo became an acquaintance, wouldn’t Qin Ya have no confidence to speak in front of her?
She wants to maintain her confidence, and the only card in Qin Ya’s hand is ‘He Xi card’.
More than ten minutes later, when Qin Ya cleaned up the living room again, Ye Feimeng also walked out of the study and said happily: "I've done it. With Teacher He Xi's paintings, my novel will definitely be very popular."
"Ah, yes...but don't forget "The Legend of the Galaxy Song Girls"." Qin Ya snorted coldly.
"Safe, what I promised will not change." Ye Feimeng smiled at Mimi, and then mocked her belly: "I'm a little hungry, take me out for dinner. The dessert shop I went to yesterday is good, but I want to go to other places today."
Could this guy treat me as a nanny?—Qin Ya thought so, but she was hungry, so she waved her hand and said, "Wait, I'll go to the room to get the camera first, and then take you out."
Ye Feimeng looked at her curiously. After Qin Ya came out with the camera, she asked, "What are you doing with the camera? Take a selfie?"
"Just use your phone to take selfies, and do you think we need to take selfies?" Qin Ya gave Ye Feimeng a blank look, and didn't think about who they were. Selfies are usually shared with others online, and their identities are not suitable for doing such things.
Ye Feimeng was even more curious: "Then what are you going to do?"
Qin Ya took her into the elevator and said, "Take a photo, after dinner, we will take a look around on Manga Island and take photos by the way."
"Don't you have a lot of photos of Manga Island?" Qin Ya has a special room to store photos. Ye Feimeng went in and looked at it. There were various travel photos inside, and there were also many scenery on Manga Island.
"Those photos are not good." Qin Ya shook her head and said, "Teacher He Xi has prepared a new animation, and the animation stage is arranged on Manga Island and Su Hua. I want to shoot more professional photos according to the needs of that animation, and then use it as a reference."
"New animation?" Ye Feimeng blinked: "The next work of Island Studio?"
The new work of Island Studio is about to start. This is Meng Huo's last animation work before his trip. Phoenix Company attaches great importance to it - because its main stage is on Comic Island, it may have a huge effect on the promotion of Comic Island.
"What's the name of that animation?" Ye Feimeng asked.
"I can tell you, you can't tell others." Qin Ya said to Ye Feimeng. After seeing her nodding, she put her head in her ear and whispered: ""Gate of Destiny Stone."
"Ha?" Ye Feimeng thought she was tired of her ears. When Qin Ya confirmed it again, she was shocked: "What is this name? You can't guess the content from the name at all. Is it the same thing to keep it confidential?"
"Gate of Stone of Destiny", if you can guess the content and theme of the animation from this name alone, that person is definitely not normal - Ye Feimeng thinks this way.
Qin Ya thought it seemed to be the same. She wouldn't guess what this animation was about just by listening to the name. In fact, this name has no meaning and has nothing to do with anyone, event or object, it is just a keyword in the animation.
However, keeping confidentiality was a rule set by He Xi. The movements of the Island Studio were so eye-catching. Qin Ya habitually abide by this rule.
"It won't be related to "Fate", right?" Ye Feimeng continued to ask: "It's the "Fate" of Zhongxia Company, the one who is going to make a movie recently... I have also heard of it."
Qin Ya shook her head: "It doesn't matter, the stories told in the two animations are different... But if you insist on getting them together, "The Gate of Destiny" does mean to tell fate. Teacher He Xi said that the subject matter is imaginary science... imaginary science, but I don't really understand the meaning of this word..."
"It's just fictional science, right?" Ye Feimeng understood it literally, and it's not difficult to understand.
"Maybe!" Qin Ya shrugged: "Anyway, I read the script and think it's no different from real science."
Chapter completed!