Chapter 36: Set up an animation department

the next day.

After Zhuke got up, his face didn't look good, and he was really disgusted!

The overseas box office of hundreds of millions of dollars!

Gone!

As soon as he entered the door of Wald Pictures, Zhuke rushed to CEO Victor's office.

"Victor, how is the formation of our distribution network now?" Zhu Ke said straight to the point.

Hearing this, Victor took out a stack of materials from the cabinet behind his desk and said: "Boss, recently, we acquired a small film distribution company in Utah, and added manpower to improve the distribution network in California. Now we can do general-scale distribution in these two states."

Zhuke nodded.

Victor's ability to develop a distribution network in two states with only $3 million in such a short period of time is already the ultimate.

It is too costly to set up a distribution network.

Zhuke continued: "Victor, you took 10 million dollars from the company's books and continued to build a distribution network. Be sure to establish a distribution network in three more states before the release of "Fruit Candies". Is there any problem?"

"No problem, I can do it." Victor affirmed.

Without its own distribution network, it is too frustrated!

For overseas distribution networks, Zhu Ke does not have that much capital for the time being, and it is not considered at this time. However, in North America, Zhu Ke has set himself a goal. Within three years, he must complete the establishment of the distribution network in North America.

"Also, you inform the Personnel Department to recruit more than a dozen people in the near future, oh no, it's still 20 people, um, mainly in the field of computer painting."

After Zhuke finished speaking, he added: "If you can, you can dig people directly from Pixar. Anyway, they have a lot of talent."

That's right, Zhu Ke wants to set up his own animation studio.

Zhuke has a good relationship with John Lasseter, but can't he dig someone? It's not that Zhuke doesn't want to hire people from other companies. It's that Pixar's internal pressure is too much and it's too greedy. As long as one or two talents can be dug up, the animation studio of his own will be able to develop rapidly.

Two more days passed.

Zhu Ke and the company's sister Martha took a flight to New York.

This time when he went to New York, Zhu Ke came not to invest in stocks, but to come here specifically for a talent, he is the "Father of SpongeBob SquarePants".

——Steven Heilenberg!

Stephen Heilenberg, 35, is a marine biologist and part-time teacher, but just last week, he just left the institute because he plans to pursue a career in animation. To this end, he also spent several years studying experimental animation at the California Institute of the Arts and obtained a master's degree.

This time he was full of doubts about Zhuke and Martha's visit.

Even a few days ago, Sister Martha contacted him first.

It's really the reason, it's incredible!

"Mr. Wald, Miss Hopkins, you let me be the head of your company's animation department?"

"Sorry, I was a little too excited and surprised."

"After all, I haven't formally worked in the animation industry."

For a while, Stephen Heilenberg was a bit incoherent. You must know that although he graduated with a master's degree in experimental animation, he did not formally start his work after all.

Zhuke's visit really surprised him.

What's more, I still serve as the head of an animation department!

Zhuke immediately smiled and said: "Steven, oh, please allow me to call you. A few years ago, I had the privilege to watch your short animated short film of marine life created for the Oceanographic Museum. It was really great, not only easy to understand, but also It is full of fun and makes people laugh while learning about marine life. I thought at the beginning that I must find the creator of this animated short film and create a great animated series with him. So, I am here today~!"

Little sponge? !

Steven took over the planning plan for "SpongeBob SquarePants" from Sister Martha.

As he watched, he kept exclaiming.

"Oh~!"

"That's it, what I want is this effect!"

"My God, wearing a white shirt, a small sponge with a red tie, and a pink star, a bald octopus, a crab boss who regards money as life, a one-eyed villain boss... .."

"It's great, it's simply great!"

"This is the animation I want~!"

.......

There is no doubt that Stephen Heilenberg has been conquered by "SpongeBob SquarePants"!

"Mr. Wald, I'm sorry I was a little gaffe." Stephen blushed.

"It's okay. I was just as excited when I watched your animated short film." Zhu Ke lied without blinking.

Stephen continued: "I feel great today, "SpongeBob SquarePants" undoubtedly gave me a huge surprise, I am very willing to create it. Sorry, I can't wait!"

For a whole day today, Zhu Ke and the three were chatting about "SpongeBob SquarePants", and finally Zhu Ke got his wish for the company's animation department!

For this reason, Zhu Ke decided to allocate a fee of 2 million US dollars to the animation department in the early stage, and then make additional follow-ups depending on the situation.

Don't look at the money a little bit, but it's definitely enough.

After all, "SpongeBob SquarePants" is not "Toy Story", it does not require much animation technology and picture effects. It mainly looks at the plot, but it looks at the laughter.

With the addition of Stephen, Zhuke has reason to believe that "SpongeBob SquarePants" will be successful.

Zhu Ke has the relevant information provided by the system, but he does not understand animation creation, especially in the details. Stephen's role ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ is absolutely indispensable, after all, he is the real "SpongeBob SquarePants" father.

........

Within a few days.

The animation department of Wald Pictures has been formally established.

All the 20 animation creators recruited have also been put in place.

To this end, Zhu Ke arranged them in Silicon Valley. This is to separate the animation studio in the future, after all, Zhu Ke wants more than just a "SpongeBob SquarePants". With "SpongeBob SquarePants", Zhu Ke can fully launch "Finding Nemo". In addition to the image quality and animation technology, the two have a lot in common in terms of fun.

When creating "Finding Nemo", the Pixar gang said that they had borrowed some of the settings and creativity of "SpongeBob SquarePants" and got inspiration because of it.

Man, that's "Finding Nemo"!

Not to mention its second "Where is Dolly", it is just the first "Finding Nemo". With a production cost of more than 63 million US dollars, it has harvested nearly 900 million US dollars in the global box office in one fell swoop. Its DVD Sales are the highest in the Pixar animation field.

"what?"

"David Messer, talent dug from Pixar?"

"Fuck, it might not be him."

Zhuke looked at the list of people in the animation studio, saw the name David Messer, and immediately moved in his heart.

There is no doubt that David Messer is indeed a talent!

He is not only one of the screenwriters of "Toy Story", but also the producer of "Angry Birds".

At the same time, the idea of ​​the Marvel universe came from him.

To be precise, without David Messer, there would be no series of crazy performances in late Marvel.