Chapter 312: Ink Wash Painting Style, It's Amazing

The Hua Ge Award ceremony will be held this Sunday.

All staff at Luo Mo Studio received invitations, including Li Junyi.

"Damn it, risk of exposure +1+1+1..." Luo Mo said in his heart.

After learning of this, the General Director of Masked Singer, Ke Ming, was also extremely nervous, feeling that it might affect the subsequent progress of the program, but this was not something he could control.

Since the program began airing, the biggest suspense has been around the Superstar and Earth; most of the other singers were dug up long ago. Every time the audience watches the guests on stage feign ignorance, pretending they can't guess who the masked singers are, they feel like vomiting.

In the process of communicating with Ke Ming, this dog of a director also extended an invitation to Luo Mo, saying: "Do you want to come to the Semi-finals to act as a guest?"

"Hah, you have quite a lot of devious ideas," Luo Mo couldn't help but say.

Ke Ming laughed loudly: "Who would have thought that Teacher Earth is actually sitting on the stage?"

The dog director is worthy of being a dog director; it's not without reason that he is constantly being blasted by netizens.

Ke Ming actually has an extremely high level of skill as a variety show General Director, but he always loves to pull some flashy stunts, always managing to do things that make the audience both love and hate him.

Therefore, it leads to everyone watching the program non-stop while simultaneously blasting him non-stop.

"Tell me, are you coming to be a guest for an episode?" Ke Ming said.

Luo Mo thought for a moment and said with a smile: "I'll confirm the time later. I've been too busy lately, but if I'm free, I'll come."

He wasn't making excuses; he was truly too busy.

There are a ton of things to do for Immortal Sword: Jingtian Arc, and he also has to be responsible for the recording of the songs in this drama.

At the same time, he occasionally has to produce songs for the singers at Xinyu; after all, he still serves as the Music Director of Xinyu.

Besides that, he also has to participate in stage play tours to polish his acting skills, and then there is Tongguang Studio, which has also produced results recently.

Spirit Cage and Fog Hill of the Five Elements, these two very time-consuming projects, have already been underway for some time.

Because Tongguang Studio is not short of money at all and has Luo Mo's guidance, the overall progress is much faster than it was on Earth.

There's no helping it; who told them to be crossing the river by feeling the stones, and as poor people crossing the river, tattered and shivering halfway through?

Luo Mo has money and the image of the film in his heart; he paid the bridge toll directly and walked across the bridge.

Luo Mo watched the first episodes of both anime and participated in the editing.

In his view, there were no major problems, only some small places that needed modification.

The overall effect reached expectations, and it just had a "burning money" vibe!

He Yuanguang felt that both of these anime would definitely trigger a huge response after airing, and for a moment, he didn't know which one to air first.

In the end, he naturally chose to ask for Luo Mo's opinion.

"Let's put out Fog Hill of the Five Elements first," Luo Mo said without even thinking.

"Hmm? Why Fog Hill of the Five Elements first?" He Yuanguang asked.

"Because it's short!" Luo Mo said.

What is wanted is the feeling of wanting more.

Still that same saying—short and small, I'm serious!

………

………

Fog Hill of the Five Elements is still a collaboration with Penguin Video, but it is being aired jointly on Penguin Video and Little Rotten Station.

Regarding this, Penguin had no objections, because Penguin itself is a shareholder of Little Rotten Station.

Both sides can drive traffic and build momentum for each other.

The most important thing, actually, is still respecting Luo Mo's personal opinion.

The more troublesome part is, can this anime be broadcast on satellite TV?

Logically speaking, this anime is excessively short; it's one thing that the duration of each episode is very short, but there are only 3 episodes in total, so television stations are not very willing to buy it.

If they buy it, how do they air it? How do they adjust the time slot?

Year Hare Affair might be short, but at least it has many episodes.

People are relatively sensitive to numbers. Once a number exceeds 10, it feels okay, catching up to the average. But you, this 3... aren't these numbers just used for personal attacks?

Of course, everyone doesn't really care much about whether it can be broadcast on places like the Children's Channel.

Luo Mo and He Yuanguang were just holding a "let's try it" attitude and contacted the Children's Channel.

The head of acquisitions for the Children's Channel is named Liu Hong, and he has dealt with He Yuanguang many times; they have a very good personal relationship.

As soon as he heard that He Yuanguang wanted to pitch him a show, and that it was an anime co-produced with Luo Mo, he naturally attached extreme importance to it.

Honestly, he had great expectations in his heart.

The two seasons of Year Hare Affair they collaborated on previously, whether in terms of ratings or word-of-mouth, the station was very satisfied.

His year-end bonus as head of acquisitions at the end of last year was even quite a bit more than in previous years!

As soon as He Yuanguang called Liu Hong, Liu Hong said: "Yuanguang, just send it to me now; I'm on my way home. I won't wait until tomorrow at work to watch it; I'll specifically work overtime tonight to watch it for you, how about that? That's loyal enough, right!"

Upon hearing this, He Yuanguang said with a smile: "That's fine, this anime is actually... uh, it looks quite convenient."

He was truly too embarrassed to tell the truth.

Liu Hong didn't quite understand; what could be convenient or inconvenient about watching an anime?

Although the scale of some anime is indeed slightly large, here in our Huaxia, no matter how large it is, it's limited.

Liu Hong just thought He Yuanguang had a slip of the tongue, so while driving home, he said with a chuckle: "Wait for my reply later tonight; I know you guys love to stay up late."

"Speaking of which, we aren't young anymore, stay up less. Look at me, do I have more hair than you?"

"By the way, didn't you tell me before that you wanted to have a second child?"

The two began to chat further and further away.

Yes, He Yuanguang's second-child plan still hasn't succeeded...

By the time Liu Hong drove all the way to the garage, the two old men ended the call.

Liu Hong went upstairs, and seeing that the meal wasn't ready yet, he opened his mailbox to check if the anime had been received.

"Huh! Why are there only three videos?" Liu Hong was slightly stunned.

But soon, a smile appeared on his face.

"Lao He, Lao He, are you going through menopause? Are you becoming forgetful? Are you starting to get sloppy with your work? Hahahaha!" Liu Hong laughed loudly.

In his impression, He Yuanguang was a person who handled matters with great Strictness.

This time, when sending the anime to the head of acquisitions, he actually didn't even know to check it, failing to notice that he had only sent the first three episodes.

You have to know, many people these days love to "throw their weight around"; if you have any oversights in your work, they will feel you don't respect them, and then they will make things difficult for you.

Liu Hong naturally wouldn't go out of his way to make things hard for He Yuanguang; he just smiled and sent a voice message to He Yuanguang's WeChat: "Haha! Lao He! Have you noticed any problems with the anime you sent me?"

On the other end, He Yuanguang couldn't help but feel a bit nervous upon hearing this.

"Did something go wrong?" He Yuanguang asked immediately.

He thought there might be some content that couldn't be broadcast.

Liu Hong continued to laugh and said: "Lao He, oh Lao He! You, oh you! You're getting old, and you're getting sloppy with your work too. I even reminded you, and you actually still haven't noticed that you only sent me the first three episodes?"

He Yuanguang couldn't help but be stunned upon hearing this.

He said awkwardly: "Well, this anime only has three episodes."

Liu Hong: "???"

After a while, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he said: "Lao He, is it that kind of story plot divided into three stages, where you produced it as 3 episodes, but each episode's duration is comparable to a movie, and we at the TV station just need to edit and split the duration ourselves?"

I, the head of acquisitions for the Children's Channel, know my stuff!

If one episode is 90-120 minutes, then three episodes added together isn't actually short.

"Ahem." He Yuanguang gave a light cough and said: "It's... well, each episode is twenty-something minutes."

Liu Hong: "???"

This is truly a rare sight in a lifetime.

It made him feel a bit dazed, as if he had returned to ten or twenty years ago.

Back then, anime were all very short.

Those anime in everyone's childhood memories that could be watched for a long time and could accompany us through the entire vacation might actually only have a few episodes, and each episode might only be a few minutes to a dozen minutes long.

Many people think "Black Cat Detective" is quite long, but in reality, if you say the number of episodes out loud, it will leave you stunned, making you doubt if something went wrong with your childhood.

"Lao Liu, just watch it first anyway," He Yuanguang said.

Out of consideration for their friendship, Liu Hong didn't say much more.

But his mood was still a bit complicated; at the very least, the initial joy had already been swept away.

"It's impossible for the station to buy this kind of anime; Lao He should be clear about that too," Liu Hong thought to himself.

It's very troublesome to operate.

It would be better to just buy it out and then keep rebroadcasting it.

But only true high-quality works are worth rebroadcasting and worth buying out.

What's more, this was jointly produced by Luo Mo and He Yuanguang, which means—it will be very expensive!

At this moment, his wife started calling Liu Hong to eat dinner.

After his interest greatly diminished, he couldn't be bothered to take a sneak peek first, choosing to go fill his hungry stomach instead, and he would just watch it whenever he was free in the evening.

After the meal, Liu Hong went to the study, opened his laptop, secretly lit a cigarette, and after taking a deep puff, he squinted his eyes and clicked on the first episode of "Fog Hill of the Five Elements".

This episode is titled—【Huanli Divine Fire】.

"Five Elements: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth. Judging by the name, is it going to talk about fire?" Liu Hong guessed.

As a result, as soon as the actual content began, his eyes, which were squinting after taking a puff of that heavenly cigarette while hiding from his wife, suddenly widened!

"This art style! This art style!"

"Can ink-wash painting style actually be drawn to this extent?"

Once the fight scenes appeared, Liu Hong was simply awestruck!

Yes, the most prominent parts of this anime are the art style and the fight choreography.

"Amazing! Simply amazing!"

"Hiss—that shot just now was comfortable!"

"Impressive! These few movements are impressive!"

Time passed second by second, and Liu Hong didn't take another puff of the secretly lit cigarette; he was completely captivated by this anime.

"Plop." A long string of cigarette ash fell down, nearly burning him.

Mesmerized, Liu Hong was completely mesmerized.

He stood up with a start, but the study door was opened by his wife holding a fruit platter.

"Liu Hong! You're hiding in the study smoking again!" his wife said in great Anger.

The couple looked at each other in dismay.

Liu Hong looked at the cigarette, then looked at his wife, and said a truth that anyone would think was a lie: "I only took one puff!"

(PS: Second update, asking for monthly tickets!)

(End of this chapter)