Chapter 617

"He must be surprised now..."

At the same time, Alice attended a meeting in Yokohama's animation company. The representatives of the animation company were speaking, but she secretly left. Alice knew that Meng Huo was almost at the right time to arrive at the apartment. Suddenly she saw another residence. Meng Huo would be very surprised. Thinking of this, Alice couldn't help but smile.

In fact, this trip to Tokyo was premeditated. The animation company that wanted to cooperate with the office for a long time was called "Matsumoto", a small company that has not been established for half a year, and even just started animation business. In short, it is a trivial company, and it is the same whether it comes or not.

Alice just wants to get closer to Meng Huo for this reason. She realizes that if she doesn't take the initiative, there will be no hope. In the future, she must strengthen her contact with Meng Huo, especially outside the comic island. Even in the ordinary way, Alice knows that it's easier to get stuck in a strange place.

But she can't directly tell Meng Huo, "I'm going to Tokyo with you," which is sure to be rejected.

So she chose this Matsumoto company as a springboard, and first came to Jidong. Her original idea was to take a walk in Yokohama, then go back to Tokyo to buy an apartment, find a reason to meet friends or visit Phoenix company, and stay for a few days to find a way to live with Meng Huo.

It's not difficult to do this. Alice has investigated the apartment before. The apartment is big enough for her, Meng Huo and his bodyguard. Although there is a bodyguard in the way, it is also very convenient. Without him, Meng Huo may not agree to avoid suspicion.

But with bodyguards present and enough rooms in the apartment, Meng Huo had no reason to refuse Alice. If Chenggong and Meng Huo stay under the same roof, Alice will have more chances. She is not in a hurry. This is only her first step. Step by step, she will release Meng Huo's vigilance and shorten his distance, and then

"Miss Alice? Miss Alice A voice suddenly interrupted Alice's thoughts. Alice looked up and saw that the people of the loose door animation looked at her expectantly: "what's your opinion?"

Alice's conversation immediately appeared in her mind. Because Matsumoto animation is still a new company that hasn't launched any formal works, Alice came over to have a look at it and refused their invitation. She went to Tokyo and bought her apartment. But just as she was about to wait for Meng Huo to arrive, Matsumoto animation suddenly sent someone to find her and provided a new animation manuscript.

Alice was surprised by the quality of this manuscript. After several years in the cartoon industry, her vision has also been honed. The new animation prepared by Matsumoto is called "the land of ice and fire". It tells the story of a completely overhead world, the war between the land of extreme cold and the land of fire. The title material doesn't look very good, but the manuscript is excellent.

In fact, there are a lot of cartoons describing the overhead world, but they are not very good. In Alice's eyes, the land of ice and fire can be regarded as a masterpiece. At the first sight of the manuscript, she felt like she had found a treasure. Although the story and various settings of "the land of ice and fire" are not perfect, they have reached the level of Li Xin and Qin ya.

If you launch comics, it will be popular, animation, the effect is not bad.

So Alice came back, and she wanted to see what Matsumoto was going to do, and that's the meeting. Matsumoto animation showed their ideas in the conference room, and also broadcast an animation. This company was founded after getting the manuscript of "the land of ice and fire". Members are very optimistic about the potential of this animation, and want to become famous at one stroke.

However, they underestimated the difficulty of animation production, and encountered difficulties in the process of making "land of ice and fire": they wanted to invite excellent voice actors for dubbing, but they didn't have enough funds. For this reason, they put their hopes on Phoenix company, trying to solve the problem of sound quality cheaply.

"Our company is taking a small and refined development route," the country of ice and fire "is our first animation works, after each is also a masterpiece The president of Matsumoto animation said confidently: "the original author of" the land of ice and fire "has signed an exclusive agreement with us, and will provide a work every year in the future. If Miss Alice cooperates with us, you will not regret it!"

Alice is a little excited to hear that "land of ice and fire" has great potential. It's a win-win thing for Phoenix's voice actors to dub it. If the quality of Matsumoto's animation works in the future is equal to that of "land of ice and fire", even if it's almost OK, this cooperation will be very cost-effective.

"Other investors and Zhongxia company will certainly agree..."

Alice thought to herself that the reason why Songmen animation wanted to cooperate with Phoenix company is not only the reason of sound excellence. What's more, Phoenix has incomparable influence in the Far East and has a good relationship with Tokyo TV station. These factors make Matsumoto the first choice of Phoenix.

But Alice believes that if she refuses, the company will immediately look for a replacement."I can promise you first, but can I meet the author of the land of ice and fire?"

She made a decision to cooperate, but she was also interested in the original author of the land of ice and fire. The pseudonym of the original author is very strange, and the painting style is also very strange. Alice has never seen it in comic magazines - she has an impression of all powerful cartoonists in China, but there is no such person.

This author is likely to be a talented cartoonist who has not been discovered!

"..." the others in the meeting room looked at each other, and they hesitated a little: "Miss Alice, we writers don't like to see people..."

"But since you've agreed, we'll fight for it for you. Just a moment, please."

After someone said a word, she left the conference room and made a phone call. Alice was even more surprised.

"You have great respect for the author?"

How can she feel that the relationship between Songmen animation and the original author of "the land of ice and fire" is not like that between the company and the cartoonist?

"He is our major shareholder." The president of Matsumoto animation made some awkward explanations, which made Alice even more surprised. But because she agreed to cooperate, the mysterious author agreed to meet Alice at his home.

In the evening, led by others, Alice and several subordinates drove to the author's house. At this moment, it was completely dark. Lights were on on both sides of the street in Yokohama, but the scenery of the street was very strange. Alice closed her eyes in the car for a moment and got to her destination before she knew it.

This is a luxurious villa with the architectural style of the eastern district. By the open door, there are already several maids waiting.

“……”

Alice was silent when she got out of the car. Her mind was a little confused.

Yokohama is not a first tier city in China, but it is also a good city in the Far East District. This villa covers an area larger than her home and is worth tens of millions of Chinese dollars. And there are maids to serve. The owners here are all rich and well-off!

"The author of the land of ice and fire lives here?" She asked suspiciously.

"That's right." The president of Matsumoto animation nodded and said awkwardly: "we call him Mr. Matsumoto. He used to be a rich man in a certain European country. It seems that he was in some trouble. He changed his name and moved here last year. He is the owner of this villa and the original author of the land of ice and fire."

"European..." Alice was even more surprised. What European would come to Tokyo to buy this villa in order to seek refuge? And if you have money to buy this villa, how can you not even have the money to hire a voice actor? What's wrong with this? Alice's total investment in watching Songmen animation is only a few million Chinese dollars at most. How can it be difficult to overthrow the owner of this villa?

"Not enough money?"

This suspicion flashed through Alice's mind. Did the rich man come here to buy a villa and spend too much money, and then have no money to invest?

"Mr. Matsumoto's character is relatively conservative..." the president of Matsumoto animation seemed to see Alice's doubts and explained: "his works are very good, but he doesn't have much self-confidence. In fact, he only gave the first draft of" the land of ice and fire "and didn't pay much attention to it after he founded the company."

"Members of our company spent more than half a year enriching this animation bit by bit, and then they got the results you saw, Miss Alice. But Mr. Matsumoto said that this is a waste manuscript, and he promised that as long as we use this animation to play an effective role, he would give us more manuscripts and inject more funds. "

"In fact, I read two of his manuscripts." The president of Matsumoto animation said in a low voice: "they are excellent manuscripts, and they have not been published. It's incredible... Mr. Matsumoto is in his fifties this year. He said that he has been in touch with comics for less than four years, and there is no doubt that he is a genius."

Whether it is Chinese or world cartoons, their history is not long. The age of cartoonists tends to be younger. The first generation of cartoonists are between 30 and 40 years old. There are almost no cartoonists over the age of 50, and Matsumoto has been in touch with comics for less than four years. Matsumoto is really a genius who can draw "the land of ice and fire" at such an age.

Alice once met the youngest cartoonist, He Xi, who was 14 years old. Now his name of genius is known all over the world: "is it difficult for me to meet the oldest cartoonist now?"

She suddenly burst out of interest and was very curious about this Matsumoto - if a cartoonist in his fifties could work in Phoenix company, it would be a good story! But when she came into the villa and saw the loose door, Alice's face became very cold.

She knew him

Maybe he knows her as well... he also knows he