Chapter 73 The Significance of Talent Academy and Paradise
"This... must be Yongan College."
Outside the gate of Yongan College, a girl wearing a navy blue sportswear and looking very dignified instinctively shielded her eyes from the glaring sunlight with her hands.
However, before she could take the luggage out of the trunk of the car, her attention was attracted by the college sign in the distance.
"Xian'an Mental Hospital..."
"They really didn't change the sign for this mental hospital?"
Assistant: "Yes, Sister Dong, I heard that the school thought that we would move out in a few years, so they didn't ask anyone to make any major changes."
"And I heard that the reason they did this was to tell the students that they would be moving to a formal school soon."
"I understand that, but the name of a mental hospital is after all..."
The girl called Sister Dong still couldn't believe what she saw.
As the host of CCTV Science and Education Channel.
Dong Lele, who has been hosting historical and cultural programs for many years, has naturally done a lot of homework on Yongan College, a "technical college" that has dominated the hot search topics many times in less than three months of operation.
However, due to his relationship with CCTV, Dong Lele, who is from another place, always assumes that the so-called school being run in a "mental hospital" is just a joke made by netizens after they learned that the former site of Yong'an College was a mental hospital.
She really had never thought that Yong'an College would have such an overly conspicuous sign in front of its gate.
Although now no one would really associate the prejudice against the words "mental hospital" with Yong'an College.
But the existence of these four words is obviously not so pleasant. Since the mental hospital has moved away, even if Yong'an College does not plan to rectify the external environment, there is no need to keep this "facade" that is easy to cause misunderstanding.
What's more, the current Yong'an College... should be the unit in the entire Xian'an City that is least short of craftsmen and tools.
With the teachers at Yongan College, if they want to, even those students who have just enrolled should be able to handle this problem easily.
And if the information she had collected was correct, Yong'an College should have recently introduced and upgraded sound insulation materials and process equipment.
Normally, they should have had plenty of opportunities to get rid of the sign.
Or are they really just trying to gain popularity by using the "mental hospital" meme?
Dong Lele really couldn't understand the idea behind Yong'an College's operations.
However, not long after she entered Yong'an College by showing her work ID, she was immediately attracted by the noisy discussions in the building.
"This shouldn't be the case here. We designed a golden toad, not a □□!"
"So its design must look noble and rich."
"Your idea won't work either. We require that the monster's human form should show characteristics similar to its animal form, but our first reaction when we see it must be that of a human."
"We will show the beastly nature of the monsters in subsequent battles through the battles between the protagonists and their beast-formed original bodies."
"So for the human form, we just need to make the audience aware of the connection between it and the beast form."
"Don't really design it to be half human, half demon. That would be a sign that the demons haven't cultivated themselves to the highest level yet."
"I understand, Dean."
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Jia Wenyan: "Sorry, I just discussed the design points with the students majoring in Chinese painting."
Dong Lele: "It's okay. The interview was originally scheduled for tomorrow. We disturbed you in advance because we wanted to make more preparations."
"Dean Jia is discussing the design of characters for Journey to the West with students."
"Yes, because we hope to surpass the classics of that year in the form of animation, so many details need to be adjusted."
Dong Lele: "Like the human form and animal form you just mentioned?"
"Yes, I think everyone who has seen Journey to the West should be able to understand that, as a "special effects film", Journey to the West back then actually had many technical regrets."
"For example, in the design of monsters, due to the low level of special effects production, people could only use people wearing masks and real animals to express the characteristics of monsters."
"Although this technique is very effective in letting the audience know what kind of monster the other party is, I have always believed that since the monster has cultivated into a human form, it should be closer to humans rather than a hybrid of animals and humans."
"For this reason, I also specially communicated with the original creators of Journey to the West, and their response was roughly the same as what I guessed."
"So I wanted to perfectly solve this technical gap in the production of this animated version."
Dong Lele: "I understand. Then may I ask what is the current progress of your work?"
"As for the progress of the work, it can only be said that it is quite chaotic. Our Yongan College is currently operating on a dual track."
"In order to buy time, our teaching team is focusing on the characters that appeared in the first few episodes of Journey to the West."
"After the image design of these characters is completed, they will be handed over to Zhenxin Animation in turn. At the same time, we will also start the corresponding theme design for these confirmed characters."
"For example, we have already completed the peripheral designs for Bodhi Patriarch, the Monkey King, and the Dragon King of the East China Sea, which are important characters in the early stage."
Dong Lele: "Can I ask what kind of peripherals they are?"
Jia Wenyan: "It's mainly determined by the profession that has contributed the most to the character's image."
"For example, the Taoist robes of Bodhi Patriarch, our impression of Taoist robes should be the kind that are very common and plain in TV dramas."
"But our embroidery teachers combined the Taoist image of Bodhi Patriarch and the elements of the Bodhi tree to design a very exquisite embroidered Taoist robe."
"Other similar items include Yang Jian's armor and Guanyin Bodhisattva's jade bottle."
"These are all works that will be displayed in the exhibition hall of Yongan Theme Park in the future. In addition, we are also preparing to design a special surprise for the subsequent opening of the park."
Dong Lele: "What surprise?"
"That's what you are looking at now. You are now in the Chinese painting department of our Yongan College."
"Like the ancient architecture research major currently working on the construction site, our Chinese painting major will not be responsible for any project alone. Their position is to serve as the hub for linkage with other craft majors."
"Just like our teachers from various majors will work with the teachers from the Chinese painting major to determine the design, our students from various majors will also take the initiative to form teams with the students from the Chinese painting major."
"So recently, the discussion on the Chinese painting major has been a little noisy."
"Although most of the students admitted to my college have some basic knowledge of fine arts, compared with the elites we carefully selected in the field of traditional Chinese painting, ordinary students really have no way to show their design image well."
"That's why I asked our teachers to take the lead in this kind of linkage. However, this does not mean that the Chinese painting major is only responsible for design. Our goal is to prepare a Journey to the West painting comparable to A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains for the Journey to the West theme park when Yongan Theme Park is completed."
Dong Lele: "And then combined with the cultural background of Xian'an City as the starting point of the Journey to the West?"
"Yes, Xian'an is the starting point of the journey from Tang Sanzang in Journey to the West. We hope to build this Journey to the West theme park in this way and sequence."
"I think this is probably because the leaders above specifically asked us to use Journey to the West as the initial IP."
"Our current expectation is to complete the production and launch of the first 20 episodes one month before the Asian Games."
Jia Wenyan pointed to the students who were discussing in the classroom behind her and said, "Due to time constraints, our students are currently mainly involved in roles that appear relatively late in the order of appearance."
"With the assistance of professional tutors, they will spend a relatively longer time to perfect the design. Journey to the West can be said to be the largest mythological IP of our Donghuang. For this reason, I also hope that when the animation goes online, there will be more and more excellent designs led by students."
"I understand. I also believe that Yongan College and Yongan Theme Park will create a miracle. However, Dean Jia, I came here today. In addition to wanting to interview about the Journey to the West theme, there is another very important reason. I want to consult about the future arrangements of Yongan Museum."
Dong Lele immediately put on a more formal and serious expression when he said this:
"Before I came here, I had already mentioned in the planning application for the program interview that my original responsibility at the station was to explain antiques and cultural relics, as well as treasure appraisal programs."
"For this reason, I have always paid close attention to the restoration of cultural relics and the theme of reproduction emphasized by the Yong'an Museum."
"But recently, with the launch of Yongan College and Yongan Theme Park project, you not only suspended the update of relevant cultural relics, but also temporarily closed the Yongan Museum to the public."
"So I want to know whether the college's theme park plan will have an impact on your original museum plan."
"Of course there is an impact, but the projects of the academy and the park will not conflict with the museum."
When Jia Wenyan said this, she immediately opened the live broadcast of the park construction site on her phone and said:
"The reason why we chose to suspend the museum is that in addition to the planning of the new road and the frequent in and out of the construction site, which will affect the surrounding traffic, the noise from the construction will also have a great impact on the tourists' sightseeing experience."
"This is why we chose to suspend business. As for the restoration of cultural relics and the reproduction of the theme you mentioned, this has always been what I insist on. As for the construction of the academy and theme park..."
Jia Wenyan paused for a moment and said, "Don't you realize that... the students in my college are all selecting and reserving talents for future cultural relic restorers?"
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