Hollywood Starts with Animation

Wald Pictures Animation Studios.

The first person in charge, Stephen Hillenburg, and the second person in charge, David Messer, the chief screenwriter of the department, were already waiting downstairs when Zucker came here.

As soon as they met, Zucker gave the two of them a hug.

"Stephen, and David, you are too boring."

"I was talking about things at the icq company downstairs a few days ago. Instead of telling me the news at that time, you only called me now."

I have to say that Zhu Ke's aggrieved expression really stunned the two of them.

(The location of the animation studio, not in the Burbank area, but in Silicon Valley, now shares a building with icq.)

Stephen said aggrieved: "Boss, we didn't know you came a few days ago?"

David Messer followed closely and said, "That's it, we've been up for several nights for the post-production work on "SpongeBob SquarePants" these days, and Stephen hasn't had much rest for almost two days."

"Blame me, blame me~!"

I heard that they stayed up for several nights.

What else does Zucker have to say?

In fact, for the animated series of "SpongeBob SquarePants", Zhu Ke did not come here at all in the later stages, except for a little help at the beginning.

It's not that I don't want to come, it's that I don't understand!

Besides, Zucker also believes that with their ability, they can absolutely complete it perfectly.

After all, of the two of them, one of them is the "Father of SpongeBob SquarePants"; the other is also a hero who later created the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Talent is in place, funding is in place, perfect data, what else prevents "SpongeBob SquarePants" from running successfully?

At the moment, looking at Stephen, and the dark circles under the eyes of everyone in the animation department, the sloppy look, and the superior working environment of Pixar, Zucker couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

"Zhao Wushuang, Sun Lei, go buy some milk tea and hamburgers right away, remember to buy more."

After speaking to his two bodyguards, Zuke said again: "Stephen, David, no matter how busy you are at work, you can't go hungry. I'll remember it in the future."

"Thank you boss."

Everyone in the animation studio immediately cheered.

The boss can have such a good behavior, which means the affirmation of their work.

It has to be said that Zu Ke has already handled Xiao En Xiaohui's gesture of goodwill. Of course, if you want to quell these talents, the most important thing is that "the dollar is in place". We all have to eat, man! This year, no matter how well you speak, no matter how good you speak, it can't beat the salary.

No money to talk shit!

"SpongeBob SquarePants" completed 40 episodes in less than 4 months, and to be honest, it far exceeded Zucker's expectations.

Of course, this is also because of its slag picture quality!

After all, "SpongeBob SquarePants" is just a rough 2D animation.

Otherwise, if it is done according to the standards of "Toy Story", let alone 4 months, it will not be completed in 4 years. Of course, even if it is a 2D animation, if it is an animation that requires high-quality image quality, it will take a long time to complete.

In the following time, Zucker and the entire animation studio watched several of the 40 episodes of "SpongeBob SquarePants" together.

result?

The result is of course quite satisfying!

funny little sponge;

The lazy and unloving Patty star;

The bald snobby octopus brother;

......

"SpongeBob SquarePants" is full of fun, and contains popular science, but also the mystery of marine life. The anthropomorphic setting makes the whole film extremely exciting. Undoubtedly, they have done a pretty good job, completely exceeding Zucker's original expectations!

"Everyone, after watching the film, I have to say, you did a great job!" Zucker said on the spot.

The voice fell, and everyone cheered again.

Stephen said: "Boss, you are satisfied."

David Messer said with a smile: "Guys, this is only the 40 episodes of the first season, and we will be making nearly 200 episodes in the future~!"

The other people present, while cheering, also loudly discussed the future after the release of "SpongeBob SquarePants".

"Dolly, Wes, guys, we've made a masterpiece together!"

"Pooh, you're right."

"Being able to get the boss's affirmation shows that our nearly 4 months of work has not been in vain."

"Guys, where's this going? We're going to keep finishing one animation masterpiece after another!"

......

While everyone was frantically discussing the future, Zucker did not wait quietly, but expressed on the spot that he would give them a raise.

Zuke said loudly: "Guys, you heard it right, I just want to give you a raise, starting from next month, whether it is the management or the designer, as long as you are a member of the perfect animation studio, you will Every month's salary will increase by 20%!"

Pay raise!

The crowd was boiling on the spot.

"Everyone, please be quiet, okay?"

Zucker continued to laugh and said, "Are you satisfied with the salary increase? Soldiers who don't want to be generals are not good soldiers. After "SpongeBob SquarePants" is officially broadcast, I will give you a generous bonus!"

"Not only that, in my plan, our animation studio is not just a division of Wald Pictures, I think it will be a potential animation subsidiary."

"Moreover, the animation we will do in the future is not just "SpongeBob SquarePants", guys, don't forget "Finding Nemo", 3D computer animation is the main direction of our future, and cinema movies are what we should Places to go."

"Guys, our target is Pixar!"

Studio becoming an independent subsidiary?

"Finding Nemo";

Cinema 3D animation movies;

The target is Pixar;

I have to say that after these remarks, not to mention the employees of the studio, even the first person in charge Stephen and the second person in charge Messer were also very excited on the spot.

They are all talents~!

Moreover, they all have their own pursuit of talent!

A company with no vitality and no development potential, even if they give them more money, they are not necessarily willing to stay and eat and die.

"Stephen, David, tomorrow I will continue to invest 5 million US dollars in the animation studio to purchase computers and other related 3D animation equipment, and of course, to expand the number of people, not to mention 400 people like Pixar, we can't be less. 100 people. After all, in addition to continuing to plan "SpongeBob SquarePants", we also have "Finding Nemo" to complete."

Zucker said.

Hearing this, Stephen and Messer nodded in agreement.

Although "SpongeBob SquarePants" is excellent, and its peripheral products involve tens of billions of dollars, it has not yet been released and has an unknown future; even Stephen, the father of SpongeBob SquarePants, doesn't know about "SpongeBob SquarePants". "The future will be amazing.

"Finding Nemo", a 3D computer animation feature film, this is their pursuit!

"Boss, don't worry, leave the purchase of equipment to me." Stephen smiled.

Messer said directly: "Guys, I came from Pixar. This time I am recruiting, I will definitely dig a few talents from there."

Hearing this, Zu Ke's eyes also lit up.

There are so many talented people in Pixar!

Bringing just a few talents here will greatly facilitate the completion of Finding Nemo.

The work of Stephen et al. is now very clear.

And in the next time, Zucker will start to be busy again. After all, "SpongeBob SquarePants" needs a broadcast platform.

《》The second one is delivered! ! !