Chapter 336 Animation Company

It’s no wonder that Zhou Cong didn’t understand. Hong Kong didn’t have this at the time. In mainland China, the Shanghai Film Studio had produced “Havoc in Heaven” in the early 60s, so Liu Heqing knew about it.

So he explained it to Zhou Cong right away.

Zhou Cong finally understood:

"Now that you put it that way, I think I understand.

With hundreds of thousands of paintings, the cost of paying the painters alone would be millions!

The boss’s investment…”

Zhou Cong originally wanted to say that such a large investment would be very risky, but his boss's past achievements flashed through his mind, and what he said became:
"We must not hold the boss back!"

Liu Heqing smiled bitterly and said:

“It’s a pity that it’s in Hong Kong.

If it were in the mainland, it would be easy to find such talents.

Let’s finalize the content of the ad first, and then we can both start the recruitment campaign at the same time.”

Zhou Cong said:
"With such a large scale, where are the interviews and training locations?"

Liu Heqing said:

"I'll talk to my wife about this. Doesn't their film studio have a training class?
The place is big and has all the equipment, and not all the new actors receive training and classes there.

But I don’t know much about interviewers and training teachers, so we still have to hurry up and visit schools and some art institutions, right?”

Zhou Cong originally wanted to say that the radio station also had a host training class, but after thinking about it, the scale was a bit small, so he nodded:

“As it should be.

Should we put up a job advertisement first and directly recruit some animation talents?
There are many people from the mainland coming to Hong Kong, especially Songhu. Maybe there are animation talents there?
If we have such talents and recruit some professional teachers from schools, the training will be much better.”

Liu Heqing thought about it and realized that this was how his family came to Hong Kong. Others might do the same. He nodded and said,

"Okay, your radio station will go first today, and my newspaper will have to rush to finish it tomorrow."

The two discussed some details, then divided the work and took action separately.
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"Old Zhan, I heard the radio station is recruiting experienced cartoonists. The salary is generous. Should we give it a try?"

A middle-aged man in his 30s wearing a white shirt said to another middle-aged man in a blue shirt.

"Then we don't care about our own animation company?"

The man in blue shirt didn't even raise his head and continued to write and draw on the table.

The white shirt said excitedly:

“You don’t know how generous their treatment is!

20 yuan for an original painting!
You know, a one-minute cartoon would cost at least 1 frames, so you can make yuan!

If they want to make a cartoon and advertise on the radio, they need a lot of manpower, and the more work, the more pay. It should take at least half an hour to shoot, right?

You know how many animation talents there are in Hong Kong.

When the UPA company from the United States came to the China Paint Factory, they trained 15 of us, and now we are still distributed in three animation companies.

Even if we take apprentices, there are only seven or eight people in our company.

Even if we have three companies and all those who have left to change careers, each person can get 300 to 500 tickets, right? That's 80,000 yuan!
Isn’t it like us who have no food to eat and have to go out to paint or draw posters for others to make money?

"

The man in blue shirt had already stopped what he was doing and listened to what the man in white shirt said patiently before he said:
"Really?"

The man in the white shirt slapped his thigh and said:
"Why would I lie to you about this? They are still looking for a group of experienced mentors to help with the training. I think the half-hour estimate is conservative!"

The man in the blue shirt asked in confusion:

"Maybe they don't know about us. Otherwise, why don't they just come to us directly? Why spend that much money on advertising?"

The man in white shirt was stunned. Yes, these animation talents didn't make a name for themselves at the beginning. If you are not a particularly relevant industry insider, you really don't know about the existence of this group of people.

But the man in white shirt did not give up and said:

"We are here to make money. Why do you care whether others know us or not? If they knew us, would they raise the price?"

The man in blue shirt frowned, it seemed so. They were not Zhuge Kongming. Would others have to visit them three times to invite them?

So he laughed at himself:
"It's my fault. Let's go check it out?"

……

In the evening, Liu Heqing returned home and talked to his wife about the telegram Wang Yuanchao sent from the United States. After all, they still had to discuss with Starlight Pictures about finding a training classroom. Starlight Pictures had training classes, so naturally there was a training venue.

Wang Danfeng was curious about her husband's newspaper business expansion and asked:

“You’re looking for animation talent?”

Liu Heqing understood what his wife meant and waved his hand quickly:
"It's your son-in-law who's looking for it. Director Zhou and I are here to help him find it."

When Wang Danfeng heard what was going on, she smiled and said:
"Then why didn't you tell me earlier? Our Starlight Pictures has cooperated with the animation studio."

Why do you have such an attitude towards the expansion of newspaper business?

The truth is that Starlight Pictures itself is not strong enough.

She is in charge of finance, and her son-in-law Wang Yuanchao's operations are not hidden from her. She is basically too clear about it. As the second in command of Starlight Pictures and a career-oriented woman, she also hopes that Starlight Pictures can produce some good films that are both popular at the box office.

Liu Heqing was shocked when he heard this:
“There is an animation studio in Hong Kong?

Why have you never heard of it?

Do they have any works?"

Wang Danfeng was stumped by her husband's rapid-fire questions. After recalling for a moment, she said:
“I’m not sure about the details.

I see that in terms of financial relationship there are 'Hong Kong Animation Company' and 'United Cartoon Animation Company', both are animation companies, so they should be the same thing, right?
Well, wait a minute, I'll call and ask."

……

Soon, Wang Danfeng called and found out the result.

There are three animation companies in Hong Kong, and there is also an "Oriental Cartoon Animation Company". They were all created by the former owner of the China Paint Factory, who hired beautiful Chinese people for training because of his interest.

Later, the animation department was disbanded, and everyone found their own way out. They founded three animation companies to help film studios produce some opening logo animations, draw some promotional posters and the like.

The opening credits of Starlight Pictures were produced by the animation company.

But the scale is generally not large, with about ten people.

Liu Heqing was disappointed after hearing this. He thought it was a large-scale group, but there were only about 30 people, which was a huge gap from the number Wang Yuanchao wanted.

We still have to continue recruiting.

But it's also a good thing. At least, he has received special training in the United States. It should be okay for him to be a tutor and train other painting talents, right?

"Then you arrange for someone to contact them tomorrow and have them all come to Xingguang. Director Zhou and I will also visit Mr. Zou tomorrow to meet them and discuss the training venue."

There are too many beautiful girls at Starlight Pictures, so it’s better for my husband to go there less often.

At least because of Wang Danfeng's existence, the atmosphere of Starlight Pictures seems to be very decent.

Wang Danfeng said angrily:
"Why do you need to visit Mr. Zou? I'll take care of it for you.

Besides, it’s the boss’s business, so Xingguang should also do his part, right?

If you think it's not possible, I'll bring Jin'er over tomorrow. She will definitely be able to represent the meaning of aiding North Korea, right?"

Liu Heqing thought this made sense and nodded:
“You’re right about that.

It stands to reason that with so many industries supporting North Korea, there should be a group company to coordinate the operations of various companies.

It’s actually a bit against the rules for me to communicate business with you in this way.

But since he didn't do so, we shouldn't remind him too much. We should let Jin'er show up more often, and we should help her more and help her establish her prestige.

"

Wang Danfeng thought of some things, but she didn't expect so many. As a result, her husband made up so many things in his mind. He immediately laughed and said:
“Maybe this is the opportunity that Yuan Chao gave Jin Er, the boss lady?
Anyway, whenever he goes on a long trip, he always authorizes Jin'er to be on duty.

If Jin'er can help him with this matter, maybe he will be impressed. Our Jin'er is not only beautiful and kind-hearted, but also smart and capable. "

Liu Heqing couldn't help but sigh:
"Alas, the cause of aiding North Korea is too big, bigger than we imagined.

Now, we are the only ones who can help him."

……

Under the guidance of his biological parents, Liu Qijin worked hard, and his young assistant Li Minyi ran around for him.

Guolian Wufeng naturally also met this legendary young, beautiful and intelligent proprietress.

It’s hard to tell whether he’s smart or not, but he’s studying in the preparatory course at Hong Kong University, so I think he’s smarter than those of them who haven’t even gone to university.

But she's pretty, that's all.

If they were in that position, they would also be graceful and elegant.

The key is the boss lady's assistant. Although she is dressed very simply, you can still see that she is naturally beautiful. But she can follow the boss lady and be carefully accompanied by a group of senior leaders of the company.

And what about them?

Not to mention the most beautiful Wang Ling and the youngest Zhen Zhen, just from the beauty point of view, Jiang Duqing can also compete with the boss's lady assistant.

They don't even have the qualifications to talk to the boss lady, let alone hang around her. What's worse is that they still have to work hard to film later!
They gathered here only because the general manager wanted everyone to line up to welcome the boss lady, that's all!

The destinies of different people vary so greatly.

But no one dared to whisper to each other at this moment. We were all workers, so we did have some workplace wisdom.

After the boss lady greeted everyone, each crew, led by the project leader, went to the set and had to hurry to work.

Every day they have to race against time. If they are efficient, they may be able to shoot one or two more movies a year than other crews. And some actors have to run to several film sets, sometimes wearing ancient costumes, sometimes modern costumes, and overlapping roles!

Seeing Zou Wenhuai making such a big fuss, Liu Qijin didn't know what to say. After all, they came to welcome her, and she came on behalf of Wang Yuanchao.

But Wang Yuanchao didn't like this kind of situation. She had been with Wang Yuanchao for quite some time and knew that he always liked to keep a low profile.

But how could she know that the reason why Zou Wenhuai arranged this formation was entirely due to her mother Wang Danfeng.

Wang Danfeng had greeted Zou Wenhuai the night before, saying that her boss, who was far away in the United States, had sent a telegram back, requiring everyone to urgently coordinate some matters.

It just so happens that some of our new colleagues have not attended the opening ribbon-cutting ceremony of Starlight Pictures. Should we let the boss’s wife meet everyone at that time?
(End of this chapter)