“Writing scripts is tiring. You can’t always rely on me. You need to find a way to gather more screenwriters and write more diverse stories. As for me, I think…”

“I want to start an animation company for fun!”

Zhou Chen expressed his thoughts.

Short dramas are fast-moving consumer goods, and they are basically finalized, but in today’s world, animation is still a blue ocean. Most animation companies produce animations that are basically ten minutes long. If you throw in the previous plot and the next episode preview, it is estimated that they are only seven or eight minutes long.

This experience is not very good.

Moreover, after a year and a half of creation, the series “Battle Through the Heavens” is about to be completed. Zhou Chen thought that although the TV series could not be filmed, the animation could be filmed!

Instead of letting others operate it, it is better to take charge of the animation business yourself!

In the area of ​​online novels, compared to the embarrassing TV series, animation is more suitable for adaptation! After all, there is no need to consider those expressionless actors. Yes, in this day and age, it is really not easy to find an actor who can act.

“Oh boy, anime?”

As soon as Zhou Chen said this, many people exclaimed.

You know, the members of this short drama club are a mixed bunch, and there are many people from the animation club among them. When they heard that Zhou Chen was going to make animation, they all became excited.

“Our domestic animation is so rubbish. Apart from anything else, the running time is not even enough!”

“Also, the frame rate is really, really bad.”

“Boss Zhou Chen, the animation industry is very expensive. Is this possible?”

Animation has always been China’s weak point. Many people naturally want to watch wonderful domestic animation, but unfortunately there is none that can compare.

When they heard that Zhou Chen was going to make animation, these fans became worried one by one.

“I know all that.”

Zhou Chen shrugged, spread his hands, and said lightly,

“But everything depends on human effort. By the way, if you are interested, you can also consider cooperating with me, or introducing some animation talents. I am always here for you!”

Chapter 238: Bad News

In the following period, although the script competition had ended, because several scripts written by Zhou Chen were successively found with suitable directors and actors by investors and started filming, the discussion about Zhou Chen remained high.

However, many people suddenly discovered that Zhou Chen seemed to have disappeared recently, and there was no other news about him.

Yes, although there are many people in the short drama club of Qingbei University who are continuing to shoot short dramas, only Fang Yifan, Lin Miaomiao and others are managing them. As for Zhou Chen, there is no trace of him at all.

“Where is Mr. Zhou Chen? I’m a little uncomfortable with this!”

“Strange, the updates of Doupo novels are still so slow recently, and there’s nothing going on in school.”

“Be content. Fights Break Sphere and Ever Night are updated one volume at a time, which is already quite good.”

Many fans who like Zhou Chen were also discussing it in various groups, but they did not receive any response.

Zhou Chen was not idle during this month. He first went to the local government hall and re-registered an animation company named Xuantian Animation.

Immediately afterwards, with Qingbei University as the center, we began to recruit talents in animation production on a large scale.

And as someone exposed this news, Zhou Chen was once again pushed to the forefront.

“Have you heard? Zhou Chen is going to start making animation!”

“What? Is this true? He dares to do anime?”

“Of course, I have checked on Qichacha and found that there is indeed a Xuantian Animation registered!”

“Good guy, you are so brave. I never watch Chinese cartoons, I only watch Japanese cartoons!”

“Although…but, um, Zhou Chen is quite idealistic!”

When people learned that Zhou Chen was going to make animation, there was a sensation on the Internet.

It’s not that netizens don’t like watching anime. The key is that Chinese animation is too short and the production level is too poor. It is not as good as foreign animation. This is also what many netizens complain about.

In their opinion, Zhou Chen’s involvement in animation is purely a waste of money.

Even many well-known animation companies jumped out to complain after hearing the news.

“Zhou Chen has good intentions in making animation, but this business is too complicated. Really, don’t we want to make it like Japanese animation? But it’s too difficult, and the cost is extremely high!” The CEO of Douhua Animation Company couldn’t help but stand up and speak.

“Yes, it’s already quite impressive for Chinese cartoons to be able to be made into twelve minutes. But to do it well, even if it’s twelve minutes, is extremely difficult. But netizens don’t accept twelve minutes!” The person in charge of another animation company, Lei Ting Animation, couldn’t help but complain.

In terms of animation, Japanese animation has always been the best in the world. Many people also hold the ideal of making Chinese animation better. Unfortunately, after so many years, there has not been any effect.

The greatest achievement is that children’s cartoons have made some progress, but this is completely different from animation.

There is still a big gap between truly adult anime and Japanese anime.

Faced with such pessimistic comments from the outside world, Zhou Chen was too lazy to pay attention.

He naturally knew the difficulty of animation, but all things are difficult at the beginning. As long as he did everything he should do and polished every detail, he didn’t believe that he couldn’t make a 20-minute animation.

“We at Xuantian Animation don’t seek speed, we only seek to do a good job. I don’t ask for much, but each episode must be 20 minutes long, not including the synopsis and trailers. And every frame must be perfect. As long as I can do this, I am willing to spend any amount of time and money.”

Zhou Chen, who was only nineteen years old, spoke very seriously to the company’s newly recruited employees.

The first animation he is going to make now is Doupo, his first work in this world, so it must be polished well.

As long as you build a good reputation, it will be much easier to continue investing in the future.

“Don’t worry, boss!”

Hearing this, the young faces in the company nodded solemnly.

These employees were carefully selected by Zhou Chen from major universities and talent markets.

Some of them are talented in animation design, and some are experienced employees from other animation companies. They were all poached by Zhou Chen at high prices. The reason why Zhou Chen chose them is because they have great enthusiasm and very strong skills.

With these two things, and Zhou Chen’s investment, he didn’t believe that he couldn’t make an animation!

However, it is indeed difficult at the beginning.

It took a full month before the appearance of each character in Doupo and their matching items were finally decided.

After completing the basic settings, Zhou Chen directly asked the company’s team to produce an extraordinary PV trailer.

As soon as this trailer came out, it immediately attracted a lot of netizens.

“Oh my god, I thought Zhou Chen was just joking, but you’re serious?”

“This scene is so exciting, I love it, I’m suddenly looking forward to the Battle Through the Heavens anime!”

“I’m a fan of the original novel, and although it’s a little different from what I imagined, it’s still quite helpful. I hope all future anime will be of the same standard!”

“My goodness, I still underestimated Mr. Zhou Chen’s love for this novel.”

During the past month, many people have been badmouthing Zhou Chen’s animation company. Even many Doupo readers have left messages asking Zhou Chen to give up, fearing that the animation will ruin the Doupo in their minds.

For more than a month, Zhou Chen didn’t say a word, and many people thought that Zhou Chen had given up and was just playing around.

But no one expected that more than a month later, Zhou Chen’s Xuantian Animation actually released the trailer for Fights Break Sphere!

Although it is only two minutes long, the portrayal of each character is full of details.

You know, Fights Break Sphere is a fantasy novel, and the fighting between characters is very intensive, which places extremely high demands on animation. This is why many people are not optimistic about Zhou Chen.

But in this two-minute video, the fighting between the characters is very exciting and smooth! The production level directly crushes other domestic animations!

unexpected.

Absolutely unexpected!

Many people clicked the reservation button directly on iKuxun!

Now, they are suddenly looking forward to the completion of Doupo.

However, after watching this trailer, other animation companies are still predicting a pessimistic outlook.

“Haha, it’s just a trailer. We can do a two-minute animation!”

“That’s right, this is no different from a game. The difficulty isn’t these two minutes, but that every episode can be done to this level. This is extremely difficult!”

“Everyone, don’t be fooled by Zhou Chen’s tricks. Have you forgotten the Thunder Company before? You thought the trailer was just the beginning, but in fact, it is already the peak of the entire animation!”

Obviously, they think that Zhou Chen is just using the trailer to create hype, and when the real feature film starts, he will probably release a lot of water like other animation companies.

Chapter 239: Two episodes online, minutes

Anime fans originally had great expectations for domestic animation.

But before that, many animation companies, in order to attract traffic, always made trailers very advanced. When people opened the main film with great expectations, they found that except for the first episode which was 20 minutes long, the rest were shortened to more than ten minutes. Even these ten minutes included a synopsis of the previous plot and a trailer for the sequel. Such repeated operations greatly consumed netizens’ expectations for the animation.

Originally, the trailer released by Zhou Chen’s Xuantian Animation attracted quite a bit of attention, but when people thought about what had happened before, they calmed down for a while, and many people even felt that Xuantian Animation was no different from other animation companies.

However, Zhou Chen was too lazy to pay attention to these discussions.

He knew that as the saying goes, listen to what a person says and watch what he does. Before a product is made, no matter how many good words he said, they would all be false and might even backfire.

If you are going to do it, do it well.

Zhou Chen has never lacked traffic. As long as he does his work well and exquisitely, he will naturally have a lot of likes.

So, with Zhou Chen’s encouragement, a group of employees in the animation company became excited again and worked overtime to produce the film.

In the recording studio next door, Bian Xiaoxiao was also in charge of dubbing.

Yes, a successful anime not only depends on the strong skills of the anime crew, but also on the secondary interpretation of the voice actors.

Don’t underestimate these voice actors; they can bring a character to life with their voices alone!

They give anime characters unique flexibility!

As the voice actor of the heroine Xiao Xun’er in the novel and the audiobook, Bian Xiaoxiao will naturally continue to play this role. There is no other way, book lovers have become accustomed to Bian Xiaoxiao’s voice!

“Huh… I finally finished recording! Zhou Chen, you have to treat me to a delicious meal!”

Late at night, Bian Xiaoxiao walked out of the recording studio and looked at Zhou Chen with a pout.

Bian Xiaoxiao has been very busy recently. Not only is she responsible for the work on the short drama, but she also has to find time to come to Zhou Chen’s company for recording.

However, Bian Xiaoxiao was still very happy.

She likes dubbing.

It was because of dubbing that her life underwent major changes.

Moreover, being able to help Zhou Chen with her actions is what Bian Xiaoxiao cares about most.

“What a feast…”

Zhou Chen touched his nose.

“Barbecue or something like that is not possible. You are the core of our company now, and you must protect your throat. So, let’s have the health meal!”

Zhou Chen smiled teasingly and called Cheng Yushan directly to come over. The three of them ordered a healthy mushroom soup meal at a nearby restaurant.

“Abuse of employees, Yushan, look at your Zhou Chen, this is abuse and exploitation!”

While eating the delicious mushroom soup hotpot, Bian Xiaoxiao complained to Cheng Yushan.

“It’s not abuse, it’s clearly a company benefit!”

Cheng Yushan smiled gently and did not forget to pick up a piece of meat for Zhou Chen.

Bian Xiaoxiao shook her head helplessly after watching this scene. What she was eating was not mushroom soup hotpot, but dog food.

“Zhou Chen, the first two episodes should be online next week, right? Do you think we can do it?”

After eating for a while, Bian Xiaoxiao finally expressed her concerns.

In the past two months, there have been quite a few comments about the Doupo anime online. Of course, most of them are pessimistic.

There is nothing that can be done about this, because in the current animation industry, there is not a single domestically produced film that can compete.

“When will anything I, Zhou Chen, make fail? It must work!”

Zhou Chen smiled confidently, and naturally reflected the worries of the two.

“Don’t worry. Battle Through the Heavens is my first novel, so I won’t make it a mess. Moreover, with such a long length, the benefits are long-term. We must not only make the first season good, but also the second and third seasons in the future will be exciting!”

In order to produce the animation, Zhou Chen has invested a lot during this period of time. It can be said that he spent money like water.

Zhou Chen is still very confident in the company’s talents.

“That’s right. I’ve known you for so long, but I’ve never seen you fail!” Bian Xiaoxiao and Cheng Yushan thought to themselves, they have known Zhou Chen for two years, and they have to say that Zhou Chen is indeed a very capable guy.