ALL NOVEL Chapter 62
Chapter 62 .The end of the year
February 3, the twenty-ninth lunar new year.
Today is the last day of work for most companies, and of course it is also the last day of Phantom’s work before the Spring Festival.
At the same time, the final VTR editing of the twelfth episode of “Soul Eater: Zero” was completed. At this point, the work of the animation production team has been basically completed.
coincides with New Year’s Eve, so Xu Rui decided to invite those who were still on the job and did not go home early to have a good meal.
At four o’clock that day, the magic power finished work. Xu Rui locked the door, called a few cars, drove to a nearby restaurant with good reviews, and booked a big box with four big round tables.
I was full of wine and food, Xu Rui didn’t make it too late, and let everyone go home before ten o’clock.
He and Yi Qianqian took a taxi back to their home complex. Most of the houses here were still lit, except that the university became quiet and there was no sound.
“Come with me to school around.”
When he walked to the gate of the community, I Asa said suddenly.
“right now?”
Xu Rui looked at the school where only the guard room had lights on. She was a little puzzled, but she nodded.
The two sneaked into the school while the guard was not paying attention, and found that there were even a few lights on in the laboratory building.
“It’s hard work.”
Xu Rui sighed, and saw Yi Qianqian walk to the side of Wutong Avenue.
The trees beside the road had already fallen out of leaves, and the bare branches were empty. Only the moonlight dropped a piece of **** frost, which was reflected by the snow left over from the day.
The moonlight is clear, even without street lights, you can see the road clearly.
Yi Qianqian walked in front, Xu Rui walked behind, the two of them were speechless, just walking like this.
“Finally finished.”
Walking to the end of Wutong Avenue, Xu Rui glanced at the quiet stadium and said with emotion.
“Yup.”
Yiqian nodded slightly.
“I thought it would be a little harder.”
She refers to the entire production process. Due to Xu Rui’s high degree of completion of the storyboard and performance, the problem of jams in most animation productions did not appear on the phantom. A large number of outsourcing slightly reduced the quality. But it also saves the company’s original painting time, and can achieve the best results in the frequent episodes of battle performances.
“Yes, I just finished the production of an animation, and I feel like I’ve been drained.”
Xu Rui smiled. The Spring Festival can be regarded as his easiest day. Since most of the animation will be off for a week during the Spring Festival, he can wait until after the festival to complete the final finishing work. This holiday is very leisurely.
“But after the Spring Festival is over, I have to get busy again.”
“Any new ideas?”
Iqianqian heard what Xu Rui meant. The average animation company will not wait until all the work is broadcast before starting the planning of a new work, but will find the next job before the end.
“It’s still undecided. There seems to be a single-episode official project on Cheng Ge. I have an idea, but it’s a bit troublesome to sponsor the original animation.”
Xu Rui scratched the back of his head. After the animation of “Soul Eater: Zero” started, Phantom Telecom received many large and small orders, but they could only complete the same in the short term, so the selection became very careful.
Phantom Electric has only one debut animation that is very popular, but it is also highly praised. If the second animation is brutally defeated by Waterloo, or even mediocre, then people’s evaluation of the Phantom will plummet.
Xu Rui plans to start a large-scale expansion of enrollment in the next year. At least the next animation should be completed by Phantom TV independently. After all, in Xu Rui’s view, outsourcing is not a long-term solution.
“Ah, the fifth episode will be broadcast soon.”
Look at the watch, it’s almost eleven o’clock. The fifth episode of “Soul Eater: Zero” will be broadcast soon. This episode is a daily episode. The basic focus is on portraying the image of the characters. It is also an outsourced episode.
The DVD pre-order list for the January animation has been announced. “Soul Eater: Zero” overwhelmed the works of other major companies and won the top spot. According to experience, the sales volume of the first volume should be around 7,000, compared with “Steel Mage.” 》The average sales volume of CD-ROMs sold now is 15 thousand, the gap is very wide.
This is not beyond Xu Rui’s expectation. On the one hand, in terms of hard production strength, “Steel Mage” is indeed two or three times better than “Soul Eater: Zero”.
Due to reasons such as funding, construction period, and outsourcing, the parts of “Soul Eater: Zero”, except for a few important fights, often have a slight collapse, and the vision is to save materials from time to time.
In contrast, “Iron Sorcerer” almost did not collapse in the whole process. Even the crowd in the big scene has detailed descriptions, which amazes the audience and impresses the producers.
Xu Rui knows that if it weren’t for the fraudulent and explosive start, “Soul Eater: Zero” would not be able to compete with “Iron Sorcerer’s” in terms of production. Now that there is such a popularity, passers-by’s attention is indispensable, but these people are the most. Even if you are a member of Chengkong Video Network, you can watch it in advance, and you don’t expect to buy a CD.
Relying on the copyright fees of the website, Xu Rui can earn about three million yuan. Of course, most of this money will be used to offset the previous advances of the production committee. It is estimated that only a little bit will be left after the deduction.
Xu Rui still hopes that the CD can sell more.
According to the price of 500 for a volume of Blu-ray Disc, if the average volume of the four volumes of “Soul Eater: Zero” is 5,000, it will be tens of millions of income. After deducting the cost and dividing it with the production committee, there will be a net income of close to 2 million. , Enough phantom power to cope with a few months of window period and the initial investment of the next animation, if you can successfully pull in the investment, you don’t need to be stretched out in funding like now.
It can be said that after the production of the animation “Soul Eater: Zero”, the phantom movie has been fully operational The two did not go to watch the fifth episode, but continued to walk in the quiet campus. .
At this moment, a little light appeared in front of him.
Xu Rui looked and found that it was a few students who had not returned home, wearing heavy down jackets, playing with fireworks on the side of the road.
During the Spring Festival in Ningjiang City, the display of fireworks is completely prohibited in the inner ring, but the campus of Ningjiang University is in the outer ring. However, these college students did not dare to be presumptuous. Just run out and relax, and laughter, adding a bit of aliveness to the campus.
Iqianqian didn’t speak, just staring at the quietly burning fireworks in their hands.
“Want to play?”
Xu Rui asked, and before Yi Qianqian could answer, he trot over.
The group of college students thought it was a security guard who came to catch and set off the fireworks. They almost broke up, but after seeing that Xu Rui was not a security guard, they relaxed a little.
Xu Rui wanted to spend money to buy a few sticks, but the students didn’t ask for his money, so they directly gave some, and also gave a lighter.
came back with fireworks in his hand, Xu Rui saw Yi Qianqian biting her lower lip, a little expectant, and embarrassed to speak.
“give.”
Xu Rui stuffed the two into Yi Qianqian’s hand, and lighted the one in his hand.
The bright fireworks bloomed in the dark, illuminating the sides of the two of them.
Yi Qian Qian hesitated for a moment, and lit his own fireworks.
The two of them are on a quiet campus, beside the road where the snow has not melted, looking small and sure, working hard to burn their own fireworks, the atmosphere is silent but harmonious, like a bright moonlight.
Xu Rui looked at the fireworks and gradually decided on the next direction.
That is a story about miracles and magic.