The Creator of the Second Dimension

February 3rd, the twenty-ninth day of the Lunar New Year.

Today is the last day for most companies to go to work, and of course it is also the last day for Magic Electric to work before the Spring Festival.

At the same time, the final VTR editing work of the twelfth episode of "Soul Eater: Zero" was also completed. At this point, the work of the animation production team has basically been completed.

It happened to be New Year's Eve, so Xu Rui decided to treat those who were still on the job and didn't go home early to have a good meal.

At four o'clock that day, Huandian finished work. Xu Rui locked the door, hailed a few cars, drove to a nearby restaurant with good reviews, and booked a large box with four large round tables.

Having enough food and drink, 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 community, but most of the houses here were still lit, only the university became quiet and there was no sound at all.

"Accompany me around the school."

When he walked to the gate of the community, Yi Qianqian suddenly said.

"Now?"

Xu Rui looked at the school where only the light was on in the guard room, he was a little puzzled, but he still nodded.

The two slipped into the school while the guard was not paying attention, and found that there were even some lights on in the laboratory building.

"It's hard work."

Xu Rui sighed, and saw Yi Qianqian walking to the side of Wutong Avenue.

The trees beside the road have already shed their leaves, and the bare branches are empty, only a piece of hoarfrost from the moonlight, which is set off by the snow left over from the day.

The moonlight is so clear that even without street lights, you can see the road clearly.

Yi Qianqian walked in front, Xu Rui walked behind, the two of them walked in silence.

"Finally finished."

Walking to the end of Wutong Avenue, Xu Rui glanced at the quiet stadium aside, and said with emotion.

"yes."

Yi Qianqian nodded slightly.

"I thought it would be a little harder."

She refers to the entire production process. Because Xu Rui's storyboards and performance drafts are highly completed, the problem of getting stuck in most animation productions does not appear in Phantom. Although a large number of outsourcing slightly reduces the quality, But it also saves the company's original painting time, and can achieve the best effect in the few episodes with frequent battle performances.

"Yeah, I just finished the production of an animation, and I feel that the whole person is drained."

Xu Rui smiled. The Spring Festival is the most relaxing day for him. Since most animations will be suspended for a week during the Spring Festival, he can wait until the festival to complete the last finishing touches. This holiday is very leisurely.

"But after the Spring Festival, I have to get busy again."

"Do you have any new ideas?"

Yi Qianqian understood Xu Rui's meaning, and the average animation company would not wait until all the work was broadcast before starting the planning of a new work, but would have to find the next job before the end was near.

"It's not confirmed yet. Brother Cheng seems to be talking about a single-episode official project. I have an idea, but it's a bit troublesome to get sponsors for original animation."

Xu Rui scratched the back of his head. After the animation of "Soul Eater: Zero" started, Magic Electric received many large and small orders, but they could only complete one in a short period of time, so the selection became very cautious.

Currently, there is only one debut animation of Phantom that is very popular, but it is highly praised and falls high. If the second animation suffers from Waterloo, or even just mediocre, then people's evaluation of Phantom will plummet.

Xu Rui plans to start a large-scale expansion of recruitment in the next year. At least the next animation will be completed by Magic Electric as much as possible. After all, in Xu Rui's view, outsourcing is not a long-term solution.

"Ah, the fifth episode is about to air."

Look at the watch, it's almost eleven o'clock, the fifth episode of "Soul Eater: Zero" is about to be played, this episode is a daily episode, the basic focus is on portraying the characters, and it is also an outsourced episode.

The CD-ROM pre-order list for the January animation has been announced. "Soul Eater: Zero" won the top spot on the list, beating the works of other big companies. According to empirical calculations, the sales volume of the first volume should be around 7,000. "The average sales volume of the CD volumes that have been released now is 15,000, and the gap is very wide.

This was not beyond Xu Rui's expectation. On the one hand, in terms of production strength, "Steel Magician" 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 fight scenes often have slight collapses, and the vision often saves materials.

In contrast, "Steel Magician" has almost no collapse throughout the whole process. Even the crowd in the big scene is described in detail, which amazes the audience and convinces the producer.

Xu Rui knew that if it weren't for the fraudulent promotion and explosive start, "Soul Eater: Zero" would be completely unable to match "Steel Magician's" in terms of production. Now that there is such a popularity, the attention of passers-by is indispensable, but these people are the most Just be a member of Chengkong Video Network to watch it in advance, and buying a CD is not expected.

Relying on the copyright fee of the website, Xu Rui can earn about 3 million yuan. Of course, most of this money will be used to cover the funds advanced by the production committee.

Xu Rui still hopes that the CD can sell more.

According to the price of 500 for a Blu-ray disc, if the four volumes of "Soul Eater: Zero" have an average volume of 5,000, the income will be tens of millions. After deducting the cost and sharing with the production committee, there will be a net income of close to 2 million , Enough for Phantom to deal with the window period of several months and the initial investment of the next animation. If it can successfully attract investment, it will not have to be stretched in funds like it is now.

It can be said that after the production of the animation "Soul Eater: Zero", it has completely operated normally.

The two did not watch the fifth episode, but continued to walk in the quiet campus.

At this time, a little light appeared ahead.

Xu Rui looked over and found that a few students who hadn't come home were playing with fireworks by the side of the road in heavy down jackets.

Fireworks are completely prohibited in the inner ring of Ningjiang City during the Spring Festival, but the campus of Ningjiang University is in the outer ring. However, these college students did not dare to presumptuously. They set off the kind of hand-held fireworks. Then I ran out to relax, and the laughter added a bit of vitality to the campus.

Yi Qianqian didn't speak, just stared at the quietly burning fireworks in their hands.

"Want to play?"

Xu Rui then asked, and before Yi Qianqian could answer, he trotted over.

The group of college students thought it was the security guards who came to catch the fireworks, and they almost ran away, 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, but the students didn't ask for his money, so they gave some and a lighter as a gift.

Returning with fireworks in his hand, Xu Rui saw Yi Qianqian bit her lower lip, looking forward to it, but embarrassed to speak.

"Give."

Xu Rui stuffed two sticks into Yi Qianqian's hands, and lit one himself.

Bright fireworks bloomed in the darkness, illuminating the profiles of the two of them.

Yi Qianqian hesitated for a moment, then lit her own fireworks.

The two were on the quiet campus, beside the road where the snow had not yet melted, looking small and sure, trying to burn their own fireworks, the atmosphere was silent but harmonious, just like the bright moonlight.

Xu Rui looked at the fireworks and gradually decided on the next direction.

It was a story about miracles and magic.

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