Chapter 999: Episode 1
"Teacher He Xi, this... everyone has filled in it."
A few days later, Meng Huo received a form in the studio.
He looked at the form, which was a survey form. After he left in a few months, the island studio would be temporarily closed. He would first investigate what department the painters would go to during that time, or just enjoy the holiday.
The painters' choices are clearly visible in the table. They choose to go to Tokyo and Ninghai, and have many people who have helped "Chong Elf", "Detective Conan" and Bai Ya's lower animation respectively.
In addition to these departments, more artists have become accustomed to Su Hua's work and do not want to leave the comic island. Therefore, they plan to go to Qinglong Studio to help adapt text adventure game animations.
Meng Huo asked Jiang Tianshi, and they welcomed the artists from the Island Studio to work.
Now all the data has been counted. Two-thirds of the painters who chose to work part-time during the holidays also chose to take vacations. There was no salary for this vacation, and one-third of the number surprised Meng Huo.
"Why are so many people willing to take a vacation?"
He asked.
"We want to take a break, too."
"I don't want to waste this rare long holiday."
"The salary is very high, and it's no big deal to have a few months off. I can't find time to rest. I don't want to miss such a good opportunity."
Meng Huo was relieved by the painters' statements. The island studio's salary and conditions are very good. Many of them have small vaults and do not mind the losses for several months. This is also true.
Qin Ya, a second-ranked figure other than Meng Huo, did not choose any place this time, perhaps this is why some painters plan to take a vacation.
"...Okay." Meng Huo put away the form and said, "I will hand it over to the Human Resources Department. When I decide to leave, the company will arrange a new job for you soon... If someone changes his mind in the past few months, then go to the Human Resources Department to make changes. Isn't that a problem?"
"no problem!"
The painters answered one after another.
"But teacher..." At this time, a man asked, "If you left before the end of "Gate of Stone of Destiny", what should I do with this animation?"
Others are also interested in watching it. "The Gate of the Stone of Destiny" has a total of 25 episodes, and it is likely that Meng Huo will not be finished when he leaves.
"Then you keep doing it." Meng Huo replied: "I promise that when I leave, there will be no more than five episodes of "Gate of Destiny" left. You will complete the last few episodes by yourself. Don't tell me that I can't do this."
The painters immediately shook their heads: "No, of course not!"
"Don't worry, teacher, we will definitely do it!"
"If the script is detailed, four or five episodes are fine."
"A child who is already stable, we won't let it go wrong!"
The painters are confident in this. They are also senior employees for several years and can completely keep up with Meng Huo's request.
If a new animation is not guided by Meng Huo, the studio will naturally go wrong. However, "Gate of Destiny" has been aired for several months by then, and the details of the production have been standard. As long as each artist continues to finish it in a stable mode, it is still not a big problem.
Meng Huo was relieved that the artist at Island Studio had made arrangements, so after he left, there was no need to worry about animation. Other departments such as "Detective Conan" and "Chong Elf" could run normally, and the next movie of DreamWorks is not a big problem.
In terms of the game, "Pokemon" will release a new version of the time when he left, and Meng Huo did not arrange tasks after that, but He Qian and her staff also have "World of Warcraft" in hand, so there is no need to worry about work issues.
The business department and the firm are now running independently, and Meng Huo doesn't need to worry about it. Therefore, before setting off for a trip, Meng Huo only has the problem of comics - this time he wants to have a good rest, and he shouldn't spend much effort on comics during the few months of travel.
Meng Huo has serialized a lot of comics in the weekly magazine. He decided to cut half of the comics and let them temporarily close the publication, and the remaining half will be kept as many manuscripts as possible in the past few months. He first cut off "The Soul of Chess" - for this reason Qin Ya even started a fight with him.
"Why is "Soul of Chess"? Its popularity is not inferior to other comics!" Another reason why Qin Ya feels unhappy: "How is it fair to cut "Soul of Chess" but keep the serialization of "Sarena with the Eyes"?"
Working in the same studio, He Xi's assistant, but the treatment of "Soul of Chess" is actually worse than "Soul of Chess", which makes Qin Ya feel that she has lost to Bai Han. What she is not convinced is that "Soul of Chess" is obviously much more popular than "Soul of Chess".
Meng Huo had no choice but to invite Qin Ya to dinner and spent a lot of time explaining to her why she did this.
"Soul of Chess" has achieved good results. It is second only to "Detective Conan" and "One Piece" in Phoenix's magazine. The reason why Meng Huo chose to suspend its serialization is actually because its foundation is that it has a solid foundation and stopping serialization will not have a very big impact.
"The readers of "Chess Soul" are very loyal. After the publication is suspended for a few months, the popularity will come back soon after the publication is resumed." Meng Huo said: "But "Shana with the Eyes" is different. Once the publication is suspended for a few months, the loss will be huge."
Because of its special serialization experience, "Shana with the Eyes" is not as good as Meng Huo's other comics in weekly magazines. The animation hit effect of "Shana with the Eyes" will last for a long time and will also be helpful to the sales of comics. It is the time to continue working hard.
If you stop it in a few months, the effect of the supplement will be hard to say.
Of course, Meng Huo chose to stop publishing because of the basic foundation of the comic itself, but also because of the ability of assistants. Just like "Detective Conan", Meng Huo is basically not responsible for its serialization, and the design and publication of each case is subject to Xi Wenlin and Tomato. In this case, it naturally has no need to stop publishing.
But Qin Ya couldn't draw "Soul of Chess" well by herself. Although she had learned some Go knowledge, her chess skills were still not as good as she could create chess games by herself.
"And you can take a little rest, okay?" Meng Huo also considered Qin Ya's hard work in the past few years, and he also wanted to take this opportunity to loosen her. This woman does not have his physical background, and she works very hard every day. Meng Huo is actually a little worried.
Qin Ya gave up when she heard this.
"Forget it, if you don't draw, don't draw... Anyway, it's not me who is troubled." She muttered. When the news of the discontinuation of "Chess Soul" was spread, the chess players had to be nervous. By then, Meng Huo would know how much trouble he had caused.
However, Meng Huo didn't know if he hadn't foreseeed this situation or didn't care about the players' ideas at all, and he had no idea of changing his mind at all.
On Sunday, the day before the broadcast of "The Stone of Destiny" was broadcast, Liu Yi and the other four who had been busy at school suddenly sent a text message to Meng Huo, asking if they could go to his house to play - Meng Huo immediately agreed.
This was the first time that Liu Yi and the others took the initiative to send text messages to Meng Huo, which not only surprised Meng Huo, but also surprised Chen Jie.
"What kind of wind is blowing today? You will actually come to the door on your own initiative." When I went to pick them upstairs in the evening, Chen Jie smiled and said, "Let me guess who's the idea - Liu Yun, it must be yours, right?"
Liu Yun raised her eyebrows: "Does it still need to guess? The three next to her are cowards."
If you want to say who is most likely to launch an active attack, there is no doubt that it is her. Unless Han Xuan and the other two encounter a very important thing, they usually dare not disturb Meng Huo.
"Is there anything wrong today?" Chen Jie asked curiously. Even Liu Yun, she didn't think she would be so proactive.
"Isn't "Gate of Destiny" going to be broadcast tomorrow? It's the ugly animation of the male protagonist..." Liu Yun said: "Many of us spoofed the male protagonist online and made him into various expressions and pictures, so we were a little curious and wanted to ask why Meng Huo designed him so ugly."
"It's actually not ugly." Chen Jie shook her head: "It's just that compared to his other animations, the setting this time is indeed very alternative."
She saw that Liu Yun was hiding it, and these four people had never come for an animation. But just hide it, and Chen Jie didn't think they could have anything big, at most it was just some small requests - this could be heard at dinner.
However, what surprised Chen Jie was that Liu Yun and the others might have retreated on the spot, but they didn't tell the matter, so they talked to Meng Huo about "The Gate of the Stone of Destiny".
They asked about the content of the first episode, but Meng Huo didn't know how to spoil it. The plot of "Gate of Stone Destiny" is very slow, and for many viewers, the first few episodes should be boring and jumping plots.
The animation should be viewed as a whole. The first episode of the animation is the beginning and the ending, and it needs to be watched to fully understand. If Meng Huo tells them what the first episode said, it is actually a spoiler of the entire animation.
"There is no content in this episode tomorrow, it just makes the protagonists look like a suspense. You don't need to expect too much." Meng Huo said, the content of the first episode of "The Stone of Destiny" is actually all kinds of big pits, and the plot behind it is slowly filling in the pit.
Liu Yun was disappointed: "Doesn't this mean that you can't slap your classmates in the face?"
"Slap in the face?"
"Yes, my classmates say the male lead is too ugly. I said "The Gate of Destiny" will definitely be good!" Liu Yun said with annoyed look: "It's great now. If the first episode comes out and cannot change your opinion, I can only wait a few more episodes."
Chen Jie smiled: "Then you have to wait for a few months. I can't understand the first episode, and I can only understand it after more than ten episodes."
She also heard from others and had never seen the script with her own eyes. Before it was made into an animation, the scripts of each episode of the animation looked boring, especially rigorous animations like "Gate of Destiny".
Liu Yun understood a little: "Is "The Gate of Destiny" like "The Wine of Eternal Life"?"
"The puzzle solving process is a bit similar, but it feels different." Meng Huo shook his head. In his opinion, these are two animations with different styles, and there is only a small similarity in techniques - but the audience has to watch many episodes before they can slowly understand the content.
This is a very slow-tempered animation. Meng Huo doesn't expect much of the response it can cause at the beginning, let alone the male protagonist has too many complaints. After the first few episodes of the animation were broadcast, there were definitely all criticisms in the media.
However, this criticism will not have much impact on Meng Huo and Phoenix. Not only that, Meng Huo also believes that a considerable audience will continue to watch it patiently - this kind of difficult-to-understand animation has not appeared for the first time.
After dinner, Meng Huo and Shen Jie sent away four young people.
"It seems they have something to ask you for something." Chen Jie said.
Meng Huo felt it, but they still waited for them to say it. All four of them couldn't speak, but if it was really something important, as long as they were willing to say it, Meng Huo would naturally help.
If they didn't say it, Meng Huo would choose to ignore it. He wouldn't have taken the initiative to help them every time.
The next day, "The Gate of the Stone of Destiny" premiered on Suhua TV. The ratings of the first episode were not very good, and the number of viewers during the broadcast was declining, just like last year's "The Wine of Immortality".
After finally reading it, the reviews on the Internet were not very good, and many viewers were confused. Some people asked about the content on He Xizhi Home Forum and Weibo, and some people spoke sarcastic, which looked messy.
"Have you finished the first episode? I watched it a bit messy. Who can analyze it for me? What will the theme of the whole animation be? "
"By the way, why did that woman die and live again? Is this a bug?"
"Damn it, the male protagonist is worse than we thought! It's okay if he looks ugly, but he didn't expect to be talking nonsense. The more he looks, the more he looks nervous... What's wrong with Teacher He Xi? Is there really no problem with such a protagonist?"
"The plot of the first episode is a bit jumpy. Although it doesn't make people fall into complete chaos like "Wine of Life", it still feels familiar - it feels so uncomfortable. I'd better wait until the animation is over before buying Bd."
But in addition to the negative reviews, there is a little difference between "Gate of Destiny" and "Wine of Immortality", that is, there are also quite a few viewers who have positive reviews and expectations for it - even if this episode of the animation does not even appear in op and ed.
"I feel relieved when I see so many people complaining. "Gate of Destiny" will definitely be a masterpiece!"
"If you look at Teacher He Xi's animation carefully, you will find that there are very few useless things in his works. Everything must have its own principles when it appears in it. A small detail may be a big foreshadowing. The plot of this episode actually made the opening and ending songs disappear - the song is Teacher He Xi's signature. If you give up the sign and replace it with the plot, this information is very large!"
"By the way, the details of this episode are not simple, the specific answers will be unfolded in the future. I am looking forward to it as another masterpiece!"
Chapter completed!