After Anno Hideaki failed the interview at Ghibli, he found a small 1LDK suite in Nakano District and rented it temporarily.

When he came to Tokyo from Osaka, he brought nearly 500,000 yuan of old capital he had saved for many years. He saved a little more frugality and could still live a few months. If it really didn't work, he had to go to work.

After dropping out of college, Hideaki Anno came to Tokyo with a stubborn mentality. If he didn't do anything, he wouldn't go back to his hometown.

While I was still rich, Hideaki Anno searched on major job search websites and the official websites of animation companies every day to see if there was any recruitment information.

Perhaps geniuses are favored by God in any era. Although Hideaki Anno missed the opportunity to go to Ghibli, he soon discovered that there was an animation company he liked, and in the past two days he started recruiting.

"SHAFT actually made a recruitment announcement. Those two Chinese students did not lie to me!" Hideaki Anno stared at the computer screen, feeling excited.

He had been mentally prepared for several months of silence, but he didn't expect the opportunity to come so quickly.

Hideaki Anno looked carefully at the recruitment instructions.

Of course, he would not consider the position of 3D production. He was targeting the positions of animator or original artist.

"Submit your resume first for a preliminary review. After passing, you will be interviewed and written test. The content of the written test is also very simple, just drawing..." Hideaki Anno carefully reads the recruitment instructions.

"The salary is very good. Even an animator is considered to be a regular employee, and there are also a lot of benefits and benefits. And there is a guaranteed salary?" Anno Hideaki was shocked.

For commercial secrets, SHAFT's job advertisement did not state the specific salary of 10,000 yuan per month. However, just looking at the description, it still makes people feel excited.

As the most basic position in the animation industry, animators have the most jobs and the most tiring, but the worst salary, and they don’t even have a basic salary. Generally speaking, they are piece-based.

In the era when Osamu Tezuka’s Bug Production Company brought animation to the TV media, animators drew a drawing and paid 100 yen.

Now, the price is 300 yen.

It seems that the unit price has tripled, but the animator's income has not only not tripled, but has also stagnated or even regressed.

Because the animation production technology back then was relatively simple, the lines of the drawing were not that complicated. Animators could draw one in more than half an hour. A day was calculated based on ten hours. They could draw about 600 pictures a month, and the monthly income was 60,000 yen. According to the prices of that era, this income level could support themselves. If they accumulated work experience, promoted to original painter, and then obtained senior positions such as art supervision and painting supervision, their salary could also reach a good level. It can satisfy their interests and hobbies and support their families. It is really the best choice for many amateurs.

But now, due to the increase in the complexity of animation, the time it takes for an animator to draw a drawing has increased exponentially. Although the single copy has increased, if calculated, the monthly income of a new animator is still only about 60,000 to 70,000 yen. At the current price level in Japan, this cannot support himself no matter what.

In addition, this is not the income obtained from eating, playing, and playing, but the reward that can only be obtained by working hard for more than ten hours a day and working hard for a year.

The income is extremely inconsistent with the labor intensity, and such a job is absolutely impossible to support it entirely by love. Therefore, in the animation industry, the turnover rate of animators is the highest, and many people can't hold on for a few months.

The industry is getting less and less fresh blood, and the talent loss is extremely serious. Most of the money is taken away by the production committee, and animation companies are reduced to workers who pick up leftovers.

In the Qin and Han Dynasties, many knowledgeable people shouted the slogan of "industry pills" when they saw such a severe reality in the animation industry.

However, in this world, a big shot in the industry who shouted the loudest slogans may not have the chance to experience the hardships of the underlying animation practitioners.

SHAFT paid a good treatment to animators, which was the first step for Qin Han to slowly change the industry. Hideaki Anno was also deeply attracted.

Although formal animators in large companies such as Ghibli, Toei, and Risheng are also well treated, and will not encounter the dilemma of being tired from work and not being able to support themselves by making money, but SHAFT's conditions are better. Moreover, as the producer of "Magic Girl Koyuan", Hideaki Anno also yearns for this company.

So, in his small rental house, he made the most important decision in his life: to apply for a job at SHAFT!

Hideaki Anno immediately sent his resume to SHAFT. The next day, he received an email reply notifying him of the interview time.

After passing the first level, Hideaki Anno was very excited.

On the day of the interview, he learned from his previous lessons when he went to Ghibli, got up at five o'clock in the morning, took the first tram to Kurai, Suginai District, where SHAFT is located.

The main body of SHAFT is not large, it is just a five-story building with a grayish-white appearance, which is not conspicuous compared to the surrounding buildings. Compared with the shiny all-glass appearance of Toei animation and the conspicuous style that prints the logo of the representative work "Cat in Boots" on the building, this animation company looks very simple.

Following the instructions to the conference room for the interview, Hideaki Anno found that there were already many people waiting.

He stood quietly aside. After a while, someone asked him and said, "Hey, I heard that this interview will be painted on the spot. Are you ready?"

Hideaki Anno nodded.

He is not unfamiliar with the on-site painting exam. He passed the painting exam by imitating Miyazaki's works and successfully entered the Osaka University of the Arts.

Seeing that Anno Hideaki remained silent, the man said again: "It's so envious to you when you seem to be confident. I heard that those who passed the interview this time will become an animator. However, if you perform well, you can be hired as an original artist."

Hearing these words, Anno Hideaki's heart moved.

"The interview judges include Akiyuki, Wakao Hiroshi, Qin Han and others, who are all the main creators of "Magic Girl Koyuan". So I think our paintings may be more likely to gain favor if the subject matter is related to Magic Girl."

The two of them chatted for a while, and it was Anno Hideaki's turn.

He walked into the conference room and went to the chair prepared for the job seeker in the middle.

After sitting down, Hideaki Anno found that there seemed to be a gaze aiming at him.

"It's probably an illusion, or concentrate and stop thinking about it, so as not to make mistakes and make jokes." He thought to himself.
Chapter completed!