Chapter 77 Finding Another Path, Changing Hong Kong Style Comics
Chapter 77 Find a new way to change Hong Kong style comics
Author: Yamata Earthworm
Chapter 77 Find a new way to change Hong Kong style comics
Russell's eyes were shining.
Years of experience told him that only Shen Lang could save their company.
However, Shen Lang is still confused.
"What exactly happened to you? Could it be that there was something wrong with the production of "Young and Dangerous"?"
He just said it unintentionally, who knew he hit the nail on the head.
Russell smiled bitterly when he heard this: "You guessed it too accurately, we just had a production problem.
The directors of our company are all foreigners and do not have a deep understanding of Chinese animation.
We still used the same old style, and the theme of "Young and Dangerous" was so new that when we were making comic changes, we couldn't figure out what style was right for the time being.
Neither the hot-blooded anime style nor the mature social realism seems to match the taste.
The result was quite unsatisfactory.
This is not to mention that China’s animation review is too strict. Even if our theme is produced, there is a high possibility that it will not pass the review.
If that's the case, all the previous efforts are likely to be in vain, plus we have invested in several other projects.
If "Young and Dangerous" fails completely, I'm afraid it will be on the verge of bankruptcy. I cannot bear this responsibility.
So I can only ask you, the original creator, to come forward."
When Shen Lang first sold the rights to "Young and Dangerous", he felt that Russell looked arrogant.
I guess they had something to rely on, but I didn't expect that they were a little too arrogant and were so careless in their investigation.
He deserved his current fate.
It's definitely no problem to help them, but they will definitely not be able to come up with the most suitable style of painting for "Young and Dangerous" even if they think about it.
Because traditional hot-blooded comics are not suitable at all, because they will appear childish, too realistic and boring.
It requires a special Hong Kong style of painting, which perfectly combines passion and realism.
This world does not have this style of painting, so no matter how they draw it, it feels very inconsistent.
At that time, Russell dismissed himself so impatiently that he has never forgotten it until now.
If we had a good talk beforehand, maybe I could tell him the trick for free, or take it away at a very cheap price.
But don't cherish the opportunity given to him. It's his turn now, so naturally it can't be so cheap.
So Shen Lang pretended to be embarrassed: "I do have a way, and it will definitely work, because I have come up with it before. It is an original style, specially adapted to young and Dangerous people, but okay."
Russell heard that there was indeed hope, but when he heard the word "but", he knew it was not simple.
I know that the other party is going to take action, but I have no choice but to ask for help from others now.
At that time, I never imagined that a person I despised would actually make him beg, and even look at his face.
He smiled helplessly and said, "Please make a price."
Shen Lang smiled slightly: "You are such a cheerful person, but actually this is not about money, I am looking at the relationship between the two of us.
Let’s do this, I’ll add an additional 15% dividend, plus the previous total of 25%, it’s a good deal.”
Russell is about to vomit blood, 25%.
He could obviously rob directly, but he only wanted 25% of their dividends.
What a shame, this is not about money? This is about money, or a lot of money.
If you make 100 million, you have to pay out 25 million. If you see a loan shark, you have to call an expert.
If you know that Young and Dangerous can be made into a series, it is not just a question of 100 million, it may be one billion or even billions.
He held back and said: "Twenty percent, this is my limit. I am not the chairman, this is my highest authority."
Shen Lang saw that it was almost the same, so he couldn't push too hard. In fact, the ideal price in his mind was a 20% dividend.
After agreeing on the price, I followed him to the Conch Company.
They opened the company directly in the same city as Shen Lang, but they had not heard any news before, so they kept a low profile.
The decoration of their company is very casual, not as grand as theirs.
But it was completely different once inside. It turned out that they had focused on interior decoration.
At first glance, I don’t understand the culture of China. It doesn’t pay attention to the decoration of the facade, but pays more attention to practicality and cost-effectiveness.
Not even basic common sense, let alone other things.
Many companies nowadays rely on people to decide what to do, and this behavior can easily leave a bad impression on others.
Following Russell in, even the front desk was filled with blond and blue-eyed foreigners.
This was something Shen Lang didn't expect. The employees inside were of all kinds of races. No more than one-tenth of them were from Shenzhou. It was a purely foreign-funded enterprise.
No wonder, using their experience, who will die if they don’t die?
China’s animation culture can be said to be unique in the world and very special.
Seeing that the person coming was from China, the two animation directors immediately looked like they were laughing.
One of them is an animation director from Inazuma Country, and the other is an animation director from Aquila Country.
Both of them have directed very excellent works, and this time they also spent a lot of money to invite them to guide.
But they encountered unprecedented difficulties.
The director of Inazuma Country wanted to use their characteristic Yakuza expression method, but it was too rough, PASS.
The director of Tianying Country wanted to express his character with thicker and more angular lines, but the racial differences were too great and he was not accustomed to the local environment, so he was not as good as the director of Inazuma Country.
Russell asked Shen Lang to take a look at the manuscripts of the two directors and the short films they produced.
Shen Lang picked it up, glanced at it briefly, and threw it directly on the table.
"They are all useless drafts and are of no use at all. The design was wrong from the very beginning."
The director of Inazuma Country directly drew it in the way of the campus yakuza, and the crow became the school bully, so it tastes right.
What does Laotan pickled cabbage noodles taste like with seafood soup?
This person from the Sky Eagle Kingdom is a heavyweight who designed Chen Haonan to be an orphan and followed the mafia route.
Not only has the film been changed beyond recognition, but the entire film is filled with blood, gun battles, sensuality, etc.
The most important thing is the brotherhood and the charlatanism. They are just trying to sell dog meat.
At this time, the two directors heard that someone was so dismissive of their work, and they were very angry.
I want to see what Shen Lang is capable of.
So he said in very poor Chinese dialect: "What skills you have, show them.
Everyone will say it, so what do you do?"
Shen Lang looked at these things and shook his head: "Let alone publishing what you have done, you can't even publish it."
Russell said nervously: "Yes, how should we solve it? How should we tear it down and start over?"
Shen Lang shook his head: "There's no need to work so hard. Wouldn't it be nice if I didn't do it? It's already easy."
When Russell heard this, he almost spit out a mouthful of old blood. This method is so effective that you think, I spent 10% of the dividends in exchange for this?
The two directors laughed even more arrogantly.
"Is this the reinforcement you found? Are you sure you're not here to make a joke?"
However, Shen Lang ignored them and said: "Animation is definitely not going to work anymore, we can make comics!"
Chapter completed!