Chapter 245: Creed Creed Creed
With those snippets of interaction being done... the rest of the day ensued.
Talking amongst themselves was just a way to pass time and the true work is what followed.
For Alexander, Courteney, and all the other hired voice actors... it was another standard day of recording... then, re-recording if something didn't fit right with the technicians and the animators.
It was an act of repetition and timings... and hardly was it ever a straightforward thing.
For Milla, who was just setting off on her voice acting role, it was a learning process... but it also wasn't since she had been a learning overseer throughout this summer.
Also... she had already sung and recorded songs in said recording room as well... so it was just a matter of shifting stuff up.
Eventually, everyone got into the groove and VA'd and recorded as they can.
Still... this was just the ongoings of the 'sound compartment' of the Creed Animations building.
The rest of the building was dedicated to animation work as hundreds of still figures are drawn... then inked... then colored... then overlayed against one another to form a moving animated picture.
They had already processed a huge bunch of episodes already for both Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Dragonball... so it became a bit intuitive but also explorative the further they worked on the projects.
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Still, those were just the processes of the animation building as CREED HQ's main building had a lot going on there.
The relaxing first floor and its cafeteria aside... everything upwards had distinctive roles and its own progressive processes.
Creed Comics, Creed Merchandise ranging from Toys... to Costumes... to Clothes... and onwards.
Then, there was the currently highlighted Creed Pictures that are balancing and ensuring the success of the currently dominating Back to the Future... whilst also handling the continued production of Back to the Future's part II and part III.
Of course, among the tippy-top floors are the true business workforce that ensures all those departments and fields below get the maximum and best commercial accommodation they could have.
All in all... the things that are happening and the manpower that are making it happen is a pretty synergistic combination that ensures the growth of one brand.
Creed Entertainment... and ultimately... the Creed brand!
Of course, to grow a depleted Creed legacy and fuel the extreme methods that the Creed bosses had.
All of these things may just be confined to a single and relatively small headquarters around the edges of San Fernando Valley... but it was already a force to be reckoned with.
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Internally... Creed Entertainment was a synergistic and progressive company that functions impressively given its relatively fresh start.
Of course, their internal strength manifests externally as well...
Their many fields of business became relatively successful endeavors... and also happen to enforce each other to reflect the synergy that the brand wanted to embody.
Creed Comics is considered to be the greatest foundation that introduced everyone to what Creed Entertainment could offer.
Each comic book title and "chapter-ic" comic book issued had been sought after and had been quite a refreshing dominator of the previously stagnant comic book industry.
Now... the comic book industry was flourishing from what it had been... and such development is largely attributed to what Creed Comics had brought to the table!
Granted, their fresh title issuance had taken a dip these days due to controversies... but it still maintained its stable and progressive stance.
Of course... Creed Comics' "great foundation" can be found from this... as a lot of other synergistic Creed businesses grew from that.
Creed Costumes was a considerable bust... but Creed Toys was a. totally different matter!
Creed Toys' stylized and comprehensive toy selection completely matched what Creed Comics had shown... and that in turn made the Comics and Toys a somewhat inseparable duo that served to reinforce one another.
With Creed Comics raking in audiences and forming a pretty considerable fandom... the fans in turn would branch out their interest from the immersive comic books...
Designated toys of their favorite characters and stories became their next target of affection... and in turn, bolster their appreciation of the designated stories and characters.
Of course... the other way around would happen as well...
With one being introduced to the innovative toys first... the toy-lover would inadvertently turn their attention to the comic books as well.
T'was a two-way process that hook people in... and expertly make Creed Entertainment come out on top.
It works so well... that Creed Comics became a truly huge force in its industry from all the traction that Creed Toys was supplementing!
Without a doubt, Creed Toys was being boosted as well!
It had to be noted, that Creed Toys were now being displayed in supermarkets and major retail stores outside the nerd-specific comic book stores... so the growth in the respective businesses is bound to continue.
Not straying far from this Comics and Toys mutual enforcement... is a little comic strip!
'Calvin and Hobbes' also fall in this Creed Entertainment external development!
It may seem like the most low-earning, unimpressive endeavor, and can easily be taken for granted... however... it is by far the most invasive and impressively far-reaching.
Only the name of 'Alexander Creed' could be associated with the Creed brand of businesses though... but that is more than enough for people to be dragged into what Creed had to offer!
The mysterious but extremely renowned 'Alexander Creed' is a pretty central figure in all of this Creed stuff, after all!
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Well... everything was good and all...
Creed this... Creed that... Creed everywhere... and Creed winning out in the end...
It was a silly simplification of things... but everything was essentially about this!
Still... another Creed-related thing was about to be added to all of this.
Creed Pictures finally had its grand debut... and it has Creed in it... but it still hasn't truly been tied in into the synergistic and enforcing ideology that Creed Entertainment was all about.
All in all... Creed Pictures and the phenomenal Back to the Future was still a stand-alone endeavor.
However... it wouldn't stay that way for long!
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"Is everything ready, grandpa?" Alexander asked at the end of the busy Monday he just had. "I hope that our operations hadn't been derailed by all the "smile" stuff you've been storming on about."
"Relax and smile, Alex." Old Sullivan appeased his grandson. "Haven't you seen Mary and Alan handing me the needed papers? I've also talked with your Comics department's Chief Editor for you and he said that the things should be in line with the schedule."
Although the Old Creed's Monday agenda may seem to be just about making his grandson's rare smile into something important... his true intentions were much more serious within all of it.
Miss Marker's compiled data about Back to the Future... Mr. Advertiser's publicity plans... and his meeting with Mr. Chief Editor 1 was not all about silliness at all.
Well, Alexander had little doubts about his grandpa when it comes to the serious business stuff... it's just that his propensity to pull off weird things masked his true savvy and capabilities.
"I've re-checked and correlated the data and projected publicity proposals..." Old Sullivan contemplated a bit and continued. "... and from what I've gathered... the expected results should be achieved. Personally, I'd rather not depend on such theoretical models though."
"It's not like we're even wasting resources on this one, grandpa." Alexander reasoned. "This phenomenon keeps happening to our endeavors a lot of times now... and I want to find out if I can replicate or control the process."
Old Sullivan noticed this trend as well, so he was just as curious as his grandson.
The synergistic inter-field business model that Creed Entertainment is practicing is by Old Sullivan's design... however... he hadn't really factored in the extent of the demographic's influence on it all.
"I guess we're about to find out whether we'll be able to influence our established customers to fit our needs or not." Old Sullivan was really quite interested in this. "It's a pipe dream to do so... but we can at least try."
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Anyways, the words of these two people were a bit vague without full context and it just makes one wonder what they were discussing on about...