Chapter 822

"Boss Lin, what exactly do you want to film?"

"Recently in our industry, historical animation is very popular. Besides the 'Qin Shi Ming Yue' we filmed before, 'Da Tang' and 'Da Ming' are currently quite popular."

"That's right, we can film Li Er's Xuanwu Gate Incident! Or we can film the poetic lives of Li Bai, Du Fu, and Bai Juyi, or even the moving 'Song of Everlasting Regret'. There are so many subjects."

"Or why don't we film 'Da Ming'? Film Zhu Yuanzhang from a cowherd boy step by step becoming the founding emperor, starting with a bowl, and then conquering the world. Otherwise, film Zhu Di forcing Zhu Yunwen to abdicate, or Zheng He's voyages to the West, which are also very good subjects."

"Or filming modern times is also fine. There are many strange people and talented scholars in the Republic of China period."

Hearing the artists' analysis of the subjects,

Lin Yu agreed quite a bit.

However, the current return on investment is the most important thing.

"I plan to film a mythological story this time."

Lin Yu smiled gently and said leisurely.

After hearing this,

everyone's passion was instantly suppressed, as if a basin of cold water had been poured on them.

It's not that their peers haven't filmed mythological stories before, but they basically all ended in failure.

Whether it's remaking 'Journey to the West' or remaking 'Ji Gong' and 'Liaozhai', there is basically no market to speak of.

Everyone has absolutely no enthusiasm for remaking mythological stories into animation and holds a resistant attitude.

"Uh... then Boss Lin, what mythological story do you plan to film?"

Chen Jie scratched his head and asked suspiciously.

"Ne Zha!"

Huh?

Hearing the subject Lin Yu mentioned,

the group of artists in the studio all frowned.

Are you kidding?

Who would watch this stuff?

We recommended filming 'Da Qin', 'Da Tang', 'Da Ming'.

Good guy!

You reached all the way back to the Shang and Zhou periods.

"This doesn't seem very appropriate!"

"Children probably won't be interested."

Chen Jie also voiced the doubts in the hearts of the artists.

Everyone has watched 'Ne Zha Nao Hai' since they were children.

For this story, from three-year-old children to seventy or eighty-year-old elders, it is basically known to every household. What else can be filmed from this stuff?

"This is also what I am about to talk about."

"Why has domestic animation always been lukewarm before?"

"First of all, the positioning was wrong."

After Lin Yu finished this sentence,

he paused intentionally.

Positioning was wrong? What does that mean?

Isn't animation for teenagers?

What's wrong with this market positioning?

Everyone blinked, feeling even more confused.

"The mistake lies in this point."

"Who says animation can only be for children and can only be geared towards younger audiences?"

"This definition, on the contrary, will lower the quality of animation."

"So the animation movie I plan to film is aimed at a universal audience. Specifically, our target audience should be adults with consumption power."

"The story plot must be full, the character relationships must be complex, and it's best to explore human nature."

Lin Yu expressed his understanding of the future development of domestic animation in his mind.

After hearing this,

the artists all widened their eyes.

Adult animation!

Damn!

This line of thinking has completely opened up.

"I agree with Boss Lin's point of view. That's right, our domestic animation shouldn't only have 'Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf' and 'Boonie Bears'."

"Yeah, we all have one head and two arms, we aren't worse than those foreign artists. I draw manuscripts for young children every day, I feel like I'm becoming mentally disabled."

"Isn't that so! My son feels ashamed when talking about my profession now, insisting that I'm just drawing comic strips and can't get on the stage."

"Hahahaha!"

Although the artists laughed, one could hear the bitterness in it.

In China,

many artistic professions are not valued, nor are they given the respect they deserve.

"Alright, then let's talk about the plot!"

Lin Yu took out his laptop, opened a Word document, and said leisurely.

"Boss, does the plot need to be discussed? Any child can tell you about 'Ne Zha Nao Hai'."

"Isn't it just beating up the Long Wang's third son, skinning him, returning to Chen Tangguan, cutting flesh to return to his mother, removing bones to return to his father, the Long Wang getting angry, and flooding Chen Tangguan?"

"That's right! What else could there be?"

"........."

Everyone thought about it,

it really is just that stuff.

Chinese mythological stories are basically easy to understand, and can be explained in a few words.

"My idea is that we can change the character relationships! Add some features."