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Chapter 1314: Chapter 1096: Fast Forward to Mid-Late Production

“Cough.”

Jin Mu coughed, breaking the silence in the room: “I hope everyone doesn’t overthink it, actually Teacher Shadow doesn’t intentionally want to communicate with everyone while wearing a mask, the main reason is that he has been allergic to sunlight since childhood, please don’t reveal this.”

“Sunlight allergy?”

One of the female leaders suddenly exclaimed excitedly: “It seems there are people allergic to sunlight, I didn’t expect Teacher Shadow to be the same, is this the reason why he uses Shadow as his pen name?”

“There’s no sunlight in the room!”

“Maybe he’s just used to wearing the mask?”

“Anyway, this is not the main point of the issue!”

“We can completely understand Teacher Shadow.”

“We will absolutely not reveal this matter!”

Although they couldn’t see Shadow’s real face, everyone seemed to accept Jin Mu’s explanation, and surely no one would unthoughtfully ask Shadow to take off that beautiful black mask.

In fact.

More than the reason of a sunlight allergy, deep down everyone probably wishes to believe that Shadow is actually a patient with a severe case of adolescent delusion (Chunibyo).

Because someone noticed Jin Mu’s guilt.

After carefully thinking about it, that makes sense.

For hot-blooded mangas like One Piece and Naruto, what attracts people the most are the chunibyo elements and passion, right?

And then there’s Shadow’s iconic “Saint Seiya”.

The protagonist often shouts “Pegasus Meteor Fist”, directly maxing out the chunibyo meter, right?

Considering Shadow is the author of these mangas, it’s not hard to understand if he himself is someone deeply affected by chunibyo.

Moreover:

Once everyone accepted this setting, they actually began to feel a friendly connection to Shadow wearing a mask.

Yes.

Perhaps it’s because of that chunibyo trait that Shadow is able to gain the love of countless young readers, right?

Understanding.

Respect.

Everyone speculated variously, smiles appearing at the corners of their mouths.

Jin Mu coughed again: “Everyone, if you have any questions, just ask!”

The expressions of the crowd immediately became serious, no longer dwelling on whether the mask symbolized that Shadow was a chunibyo.

The female leader who had just spoken said:

“I have already read Teacher Shadow’s screenplay, and honestly, I feel this screenplay is amazing!”

“Exactly!”

“The script is too good!”

“I truly didn’t expect that Teacher Shadow, who writes animation movie scripts, could write them so well, you must know this is completely different from the creative thought process of comics!”

“Comics are long-form.”

“Long-form allows for gradual unveiling of the plot.”

“This kind of animation movie needs to narrate the entire story calmly within a fixed duration, including development, continuation, turning points, and conclusion—all must be completed within a certain length, which is quite astonishing!”

“I read it all last night.”

“I was halfway through when I started crying.”

The crowd flattered not entirely out of brown-nosing, the screenplay for WALL-E is indeed outstanding!

If only Shadow focused on being a screenwriter!

After the flattery, the female leader continued: “Our department mainly handles character design, and we currently have two general directions, does Teacher Shadow see any issues?”

While speaking.

The female leader brought out the character design sheets, which are the designs for some important characters in the animation movie.

“No.”

Lin Yuan is now Shadow.

Shadow took one look and immediately shook his head.

The female leader was taken aback: “Then we’ll redesign it.”

Shadow spoke: “I have already designed them, including the robots’ movements.”

During the conversation.

Lin Yuan pushed a draft across the table.

The female leader smiled slightly and said: “Teacher Shadow might not be very familiar with the production of our animation movies, this kind of character design, it’s impossible to finalize in the beginning, it requires repeated experimentation to find the most…”

She didn’t finish her sentence.

The voice of the female leader suddenly stopped.

She stared intensely at the character design made by Shadow, her eyes growing brighter:

“Wally!”

“Eve!”

This Wally figure was dirty, muddy all over, looking uncultivated, like someone unfamiliar with the world.

Speaking of the robot’s design, its build is so outdated and complicated, and the exterior design is utterly coarse, filled with old-fashioned robot aesthetic characteristics, but those eyes were lively, as if it possessed its own thinking and emotional expression!

What shocked the female leader even more was Eve!

The female leader had been contemplating Eve’s appearance.

The script described Eve as vigilant and agile, bold and resolute, acting swiftly and decisively.

Using a robot’s appearance to express Eve’s traits was an extremely difficult task, and many in the department were worried.

However, at this moment, Shadow presented the design of Eve:

A sleek, streamlined design entirely in white, that advanced look created a stark contrast with Wally!

Those high-tech electronic eyes were not cold.

When showing a mocking expression, Eve’s eyes would turn into downward-bent crescents, when crying the crescents would turn upwards, in resignation they became straight lines, and there was even a hand-over-mouth laughing gesture, instantly captivating anyone who saw it!

Besides.

Including the captain, the microorganism cleaner, and the Spaceship of Truth, and so forth, everything was designed so completely!

So complete that the female leader felt strongly:

These designs needed no modifications, they were already finished products, ready to be used directly in the movie, and the spaceship matched the script’s description!

“I have no objections.”

After reviewing the designs, the female leader took a deep breath and then sincerely exclaimed: “The chief director is incredible!”

Previously she addressed her boss as Teacher Shadow.

Now she finally changed her address, acknowledging his status as the chief director.

At the same time.

The other leaders also saw the design sheets, and their expressions changed!

Shadow’s design was too intense, it essentially completed all the work of the design department, the design department didn’t need to do anything, the movie could directly use these characters as they are!

The man beside hurriedly said, “I am from the music department…”

Shadow interrupted, “Leave all the music to Xian Yu. You guys don’t need to worry.”

“I am from the production department. Our animation needs to be in 3D. We can model it according to the design you provided, but the cost might…”

“Ten billion investment.”

Shadow cut to the chase, “Is that enough?”

The head of the production department almost fainted from happiness, nodding so much that his head spun, “It’s enough, enough, enough!”

At this time.

Someone from the voice acting department stood up, “I find that our script is great, but there are too few lines. We need to find some top-tier stars for voice acting…”

“I’ll handle it.”

Shadow said, “The voice simulation for the robots can be handled by Xian Yu, and for other parts, I’ll get help from the people of Yu Dynasty.”

“Okay, okay, okay!”

Xian Yu handling the music and voice acting, with champions from Blue Songlympics of Yu Dynasty boosting it!

This is even better than hiring professional voice actors because there are few lines, and the technical difficulty is not high. The star effect is very useful!

Other than Shadow, who else could muster so many big shots!?

“Our department is responsible for the visuals…”

“Are you satisfied with the design?”

“Very satisfied, but we need more than just character images, we also need scenes…”

“Here.”

Lin Yuan opened his laptop, turning the screen to everyone.

Everyone was stupefied as they saw it. The visuals needed for the movie, described in the script, were all prepared by Shadow!

Even the colors were all matched!

The designs felt like finished products!

Every image was exquisitely beautiful, the kind that could be used as wallpapers!

The only problem was that these images were completely static and could not be animated.

But that’s not the director’s job. The technical department can handle it, and even if these can’t be used directly, they can still create models based on them!

Just like that.

Issues continued to arise.

And these issues were continuously resolved.

Departments that might take a year to find the best solution, Shadow almost handled it alone by half!

This feeling was too marvelous!

It was as if Shadow had already seen the movie!

What was even more amazing was that after meeting with Shadow today, all departments suddenly felt like they had nothing left to do!

Isn’t it just a matter of following the given examples?

Perhaps only the technical department still had some work to do.

But with Blue Star’s level of technology, as long as the funding is in place, even the most difficult technology can be developed!

Is this salary almost too easy to earn?

Does Shadow have some misunderstanding about the role of ‘chief director’?

Many jobs, you just need to provide advice, nobody asked you to solve everything alone!

What’s the point of our existence then?

The remaining work difficulty, in this industry, anyone could handle it!

And Jin Mu was completely dumbfounded by the side.

The scene before him was something he had been imagining all of last night.

For instance, the heads of major departments would probe Shadow’s capability as a chief director, even deliberately make things difficult for him, hoping to make Shadow give up the unrealistic idea of being the chief director.

There might even be arguments.

He had even thought about how to mediate between Shadow and these people.

However.

These people hadn’t even raised a real challenge, and Shadow had already provided all the answers in advance!

Could it be that Shadow’s greatest strength isn’t his ability to draw comics?

Shadow’s most terrifying aspect is clearly his capability in making animated movies!

What?

Assistant director?

Does Shadow even need an assistant director?

Wouldn’t the money saved be better spent on some ribs to enjoy?

Lastly, nobody knew how they had walked out of Shadow’s Office.

It all felt incredibly unreal.

Walking out far distance, someone finally came to their senses and said:

“We mortals really shouldn’t use our narrow understanding of the world to speculate about the upper limits of a genius’s abilities.”

“Is this a genius?”

“Tell me, which genius out there has these abilities?”

“This is a freak of nature!”

“He almost single-handedly completed eighty percent of the work across all departments, except for the technical department. Other departments only need to operate in a foolproof manner to complete the remaining work.”

“Skip the early stages directly.”

“We seem to be almost ready to enter the post-production stage now.”

“Not quite post-production yet.”

“But it’s already advancing into the mid-to-late stages.”

“How long do you think it will take us to produce this work?”

“Three months?”

“Two months are enough because our investment is too high. We can directly buy some core technologies from Wei Continent or Zhong Continent, or even invite some talents to help us, to make the progress faster.”

In saying this, everyone fell silent for a moment.

Even for the top five animation films of Blue Star, any company investing ten billion in a production would need at least a year to produce the finished product.

And the animated movie Shadow worked on seemed to be completable in two months?

Who says Shadow is the God of Comics?

This is clearly the God of Animation of Blue Star!

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