Chapter 1392 The Short and Powerful "Academy of Agents"

A few minutes later, Wu Chuan knocked on the door and entered.

"Mr. Pei, this is the first episode of the anime "Academy of Agents" made according to your previous instructions."

Wu Chuan handed over the tablet while talking.

Pei Qian reached out and took it, and clicked play directly.

After less than a quarter of an hour, Pei Qian fell into silence while watching the finished video.

Good guy, this length!

If you are not careful, it will disappear, which is really unexpected.

When Pei Qian watched "The Successor" before, one episode was one hour. After going to work in the afternoon, he watched three episodes of "The Successor" in the conference room, and he could leave work immediately.

As a result, this "Academy of Agents" is quite good. The first episode counts the beginning and end of the film, and it takes 14 minutes in total!

In other words, cut off the opening and closing credits, this episode will only be 10 minutes.

Although I had expected the shortness of "Academy of Agents" before, I never expected it to be so short!

Of course, this can't be blamed on Wu Chuan, after all, Pei Qian asked for it from the very beginning.

At the beginning, Wu Chuan took a long time to inspect all the animation studios in China, but Pei Qian was not satisfied. He felt that the possibility of handing over to these animation studios to make money was too great, so he patted his head and decided to use it for the game The way to do it, use the real-time calculation method to do animation.

Of course, Wu Chuan also put forward a lot of opinions. The main idea is to say that these models may have to be redone for real-time calculation, and special motion capture actors must be found. It is not easy to control the cost, and the difficulty is too high.

So Pei Qian was happy, that's what he wanted!

In the end, "Academy of Agents" was forced to use the method of real-time calculation. Wu Chuan pulled a group of people inside Feihuang Studio, and then dug a group of people from outside to start production.

Of course, Pei Qian must also give the greatest financial support. With such a good thing that can burn money, how can he stand idly by?

At the beginning, Pei Qian's request was that fifteen to twenty minutes would be enough for an episode, which was quite suitable.

As long as one phase is made before the settlement, it is considered to be the completion of the task. At least this project is considered to be online, and the system cannot pick this reason.

Now it seems that Wu Chuan has completed the task ahead of schedule, but his completion of this task is a bit discounted.

What about fifteen to twenty minutes? It's obviously only ten minutes!

Short and weak!

Pei Qian said: "It seems to be... a little shorter than I thought."

Wu Chuan hurriedly explained: "Actually, I originally planned to make it more than 15 minutes, but in the actual production process, I found that the original work of "Academy of Agents" itself is a relatively fragmented plot, and it is more appropriate to make it in ten minutes. Fifteen minutes, it's hard to break in a particularly perfect place."

"And, after all, this is a new way of doing animation, which is full of risks. The first episode is a bit shorter, and the finished product will be produced first to see the effect. If you find any problems, you can correct them in time."

"Of course, if Mr. Pei thinks that the time is too short and the audience may not be able to accept it, then I can go back and cut it again, and cut some of the content planned for the second episode in for fifteen minutes, or just two Twenty minutes into one."

Pei Qian raised his hand: "Forget it, in fact, looking at it this way, ten minutes is okay."

He suddenly reacted, the shorter and out of context, the less the audience liked to watch it, didn't he?

There's nothing wrong with being short.

The quality of the first episode is, in all fairness, ok.

Not particularly good, nor particularly bad.

Although GOG's games have ready-made hero modeling, and the modeling is also very detailed, it is still not enough to use it directly for animation. After all, GOG's perspective determines that there is no need to achieve the level of sophistication of stand-alone games, which will take up more resources, and run on some low-end computers will cause lag, reducing the number of players.

Therefore, although the production team of "Academy of Agents" can directly use the hero models and some scene materials from GOG, they still need to make some refinements and adjustments.

Judging from the finished product, "Academy of Agents" is definitely a qualitative improvement compared to some folk-made animations and short dramas.

After all, the entire animation production team was recruited from Feihuang Studio, and some professionals were dug from outside. This kind of regular army is by no means comparable to ordinary amateurs.

But on the other hand, there is still a big gap between the production level of the first episode of "Academy of Agents" compared with some foreign dramas and the works of domestic first-class animation production companies.

Considering the large amount of resources that Tenda Group has invested in "Academy of Agents" and the speed of content output...

This project seems to be ok? Can you lose?

Pei Qian pointed and calculated that the last time Wu Chuan came to him to officially finalize the "Academy of Agents" was at the end of October last year, so the official start of production should be at the beginning of November, and it has been almost two months now.

One episode in two months? ten minutes?

That efficiency is really impressive.

Of course, Pei Qian didn't mean to blame at all, but felt that Wu Chuan did a good job.

You have to have more employees like this in order to lose money!

Even if the process is proficient later and the production speed is accelerated, the efficiency will be doubled at most, right?

One episode a month, no more.

As a result, an episode is only ten minutes long. Even if the number of broadcasts is heaven, how much money can it have?

Since "Academy of Agents" is a short-drama anime, it must be the same as "The Successor". It can only negotiate cooperation with video websites, either buy it out at one price, or calculate the share based on the amount of playback and popularity.

But "Deputy Academy" is not as good as "Successor"!

No matter how scolded "Successor" is now, it is still a high-standard production, and it also has cameos from film stars like Lu Zhiyao, which can scare the Elli Island website.

And "Academy of Agents" He De He Neng? At most, it is the same treatment as other national comics.

At that time, whether it is a buyout or a share, it will not make much money.

Considering this production cycle, this quality...

stable!

Of course, there is another point that must be considered, that is, the plot of "Academy of Agents".

Pei Qian feels that this plot is okay, and it is a good reproduction of the original work. In short, it uses the hero characters in GOG as the background to talk about the funny daily life of a group of agents (that is, players), many of which are spread in reality. The more extensive stalks have also created some jokes, which are more than enough to make a meal video when eating.

But do you want to say special special?

That's it.

In short, this is an anime with a good plot and quality, but factors such as time, investment, and update frequency determine that it will definitely not be a big hit.

That's reassuring.

"Okay, I think it's pretty good, let's broadcast it directly!" Pei Qian handed back the tablet.

Wu Chuan was stunned for a moment: "Is this broadcast? President Pei, don't you make any more comments and change it?"

Pei Qian shook his head: "What's the point of commenting on this, I don't know much about this. You are all professionals, and you must do better than me."

"Besides, from the point of view of a senior Elliot viewer, the filming is very good, and there is no problem with it as a meal video. Since the quality has reached this point, there is absolutely no need to go further."

"Hurry up, fast is the last word!"

Pei Qian worked hard to instill in Wu Chuan the concept of "it's almost enough", and hoped that the quality of "Academy of Agents" would stop there, and don't raise it any further.

Even if there is any small problem, don't change it again, it's almost done.

Wu Chuan nodded: "Okay, Mr. Pei, then do as you said. I'll contact the video website now."

"So... what kind of charging model does this "Academy of Agents" adopt? If the buyout system is used, I am afraid that it is our first time to do animation, and the price will not be very high..."

Pei Qian waved his hand: "This is easy to handle, you can go to Huang Sibo and then talk to the Elli Island website, or just like "The Successor", you will be divided according to the number of views, ratings and other factors."

"But it is still a little different from "The Successor". The influencing factors of the score should be as low as possible, and the influencing factors of the total number of broadcasts and the total viewing time should be higher."

Pei Qian pondered that the production level of "Academy of Agents" itself is acceptable. Although it is not comparable to some of the top animation films in China, it can be regarded as excellent in the domestic animation section of the Elli Island website.

Taking into account the preference of GOG players for this theme, and the fact that funny short dramas may be naturally smeared, this score is likely to be not low, and it is completely incomparable with the situation faced by "The Successor".

In this case, tilt the focus of the division to the total playback volume, especially the total viewing time.

Just according to the fast update frequency of "Academy of Agents", it is as short and powerful as an embroidery needle. How much playback can a 10-minute feature film a month get?

Even if the playback volume is good, there will be no problem with the total duration, right?

Wu Chuan was stunned for a moment, but he didn't say anything, and nodded: "Okay, Mr. Pei, I'll make arrangements now."

Seeing Wu Chuan leave, Pei Qian couldn't help but feel a little happy.

Double happiness!

"The Successor" aired two more episodes last weekend, and Meng Chang's publicity resources have been pouring into it, but the situation is still not profitable, and the ratings fluctuate, but overall it is still very sluggish.

Now strike while the iron is hot, and "Academy of Agents" is on again. Even if the reputation is good, as long as you can't make money, everything is easy to say.

In this way, the inspiration class of Endpoint Chinese.com has three copyright adaptation projects, two lose money, and one makes money.

Only "Eternal Fallen Reincarnation" can make money, which is completely acceptable.

After all, the popularity of "Going Back to the Shore" was first, and it was developed by Tenda's game department. It is excusable to make money.

What's more, I also gained Yu Fei as the main designer, arranged Hu Xianbin, and it was not a loss.

If you think about it, it's pretty optimistic!