Best wishes for animation production

"abnormal?"

Gu Xue glanced at the production director Mu Shang strangely, not understanding what he meant.

If he said...

"The supervision is not good, our animation was criticized again!"

"The supervision is not good, our colleagues are mocking us again!"

Something like that... Gu Xue understood instantly.

But the word he used was abnormal.

I noticed that Gu Xue had some doubts in his eyes.

Production Director Mu Shang also knew that Gu Xue did not understand what he meant. He thought for a moment, scratched his head, and said sheepishly: "Director Gu Xue, to be honest with you, I am more concerned about the reputation and evaluation of the work on the Internet. , after the second episode of "Embracing a Better Tomorrow" was aired, word-of-mouth suffered a setback, which was the first thing I discovered..."

"so what?"

Gu Xue was speechless, "Is this something to be proud of..."

"That's not to say whether it's worth being proud of." Mu Shang scratched his head again, "I just want to tell you that I care more about online reviews. When I have nothing to do, I also like to go there and take a look..."

Gu Xue was stunned for a moment, then blurted out: "...What kind of bad hobby is this?"

Mu Shang: "..."

Seeing Mu Shang's constipated expression, Gu Xue realized that she had spoken too directly. She pursed her lips, barely suppressed her laughter, and said, "Keep talking, keep talking."

Mu Shang: "..."

If I hadn't seen you cute, I would have cut you long ago...

Mu Shang looked at Gu Xue and said something cruel in his heart.

But even if he said harsh words, he had a smile on his face...

He laughed and explained:

"An hour ago, didn't I have nothing to do? I took a look at the animation rating website that is relatively well-known and recognized by the public in China. I didn't have any other ideas. I just wanted to check out our "Embracing the Beautiful" Will the ratings of "Tomorrow" continue to improve?"

"When I looked at it yesterday, the situation was not bad. Although there was no significant increase, there was still a small increase in ratings..."

"You are so free."

Gu Xue couldn't help it and interrupted him, "That thing can't mean anything, can it? If you want, you can even spend money to increase the rating, but what's the use? Today's audience is not fools, and neither are we It’s not a movie that can earn you just one ticket. We are a serialized animation. Do you need to watch it every day..."

"I understand everything you said."

Mu Shang smiled bitterly, "But Supervisor Gu Xue, have you ever thought about the people who have never paid attention to the animation "Embrace a Better Tomorrow"? For those who are still watching our animation, of course we know that they are dissatisfied and scolded. Damn it, people still watch animations. But others don’t know, especially those who have never paid attention to animation before. They don’t have sharp eyes. When they look for animations, their selection criteria is to look at the rankings of video websites and refer to what you say. Comments from those trolling netizens.”

"Right now, the playback ranking of our animation is quite high in the animation category, and it can beat the animations ranked behind. But the ratings of our animations... To be honest, people who haven't watched it probably won't want to click on it once they see the ratings. Go in, especially when there are some trolls in the first episode who are blaming the animation for the second episode, no one will watch it.”

"Let me be blunt, if we can't reverse the ratings, it's going to be hard to attract new viewers."

"..."

Gu Xue glanced at him, hesitated for a moment, and nodded, agreeing with his statement.

but……

"What you say makes sense, but what does this have to do with you keeping an eye on the ratings? Will the ratings go up if you keep an eye on them? Can you let others watch our animations?"

Gu Xue hit the nail on the head.

Mu Shang: "..."

"Let me get to the point, what is the abnormality?"

Gu Xue glanced at the storybook on the table and urged.

Mu Shang smiled bitterly, stopped beating around the bush, and said directly: "When I was looking at the rating website just now, I refreshed it subconsciously. For some reason, our "Embrace a Better Tomorrow" instantly dropped by 0.4 from 5:1. The score came directly to 4.7 points..."

"ha……?"

Before Mu Shang finished speaking, Gu Xue's eyes suddenly widened and her voice rose, interrupting him again.

"You went through such a big circle just for this matter? What kind of anomaly is this?"

Gu Xue said angrily.

After all, this is her first time as a TV animation supervisor.

Still... too young.

"This is really strange." Mu Shang realized that Gu Xue didn't take it seriously and smiled bitterly, "Logically speaking, the score shouldn't be so abnormal. Our animation isn't that bad either."

"It's not that bad, but it's not like you don't know that before the second episode of our animation airs, it's still around nine o'clock... It's like riding a roller coaster, so go ahead."

Gu Xue made a gesture.

"At its lowest point, the animation was only around four points, and now it suddenly drops to a few tenths. What kind of abnormality is this?"

Mu Shang: "..."

"We have all been on the roller coaster, do we really need to care about such small things?" Gu Xue sighed, "Although it is important to attract new audiences as you just said, in the end we are the producers and we should stand on the side of the work. We should consider it from a perspective and not pay too much attention to factors other than these works. Shouldn’t we just do it if the evaluation is low? This is impossible.”

After hearing Gu Xue's words, Mu Shang was silent for a moment and then asked: "Then... we don't care?"

"We can't control it even if we want to."

Gu Xue moved her chair, turned around, and reopened the storyboard of the final episode of "Embracing a Better Tomorrow". While checking it, she explained softly: "No matter whether the evaluation is good or bad, we should finish telling a story, no matter what the final result is. We should all only believe in the truth that 'let your works speak for you'."

It’s all about this.

Kisami: "...I understand."

"Yeah." Gu Xue responded, then focused all her attention on the storyboard.

The production director looked at Gu Xue's back and sighed softly.

So young, so beautiful, so talented, and more importantly, he draws extremely fast and is never lazy...

To be honest, this is the first time Mu Shang has encountered this kind of supervision in all his years in the industry.

Of course... This is the first time he has encountered an animation like "Embracing a Better Tomorrow" with such polarized reviews and such a huge contrast between ratings and followers...

I hope I am overthinking it.

Mu Shang took one last look at Gu Xue's back, then turned and left.

Gu Xue, on the other hand, didn't take Mu Shang's words too seriously.

Once she started working, she would put all other thoughts aside. Except for occasionally talking to Miss Mihara to relieve the fatigue of continuous work, she almost never moved, as if she was fixed on the chair.

Gu Xue didn't pay attention to the abnormality mentioned by Mu Shang. After the intense work, Gu Xue completely forgot about it.

She worked, played with Miss Mihara to relieve fatigue, and continued working... until she went home to sleep late at night.

And what she didn't know was.

While she was at work.

Somewhere in the city, there is also a group of people working.

They have no need for affection, no need for rest, and no need for shame...

When Gu Xue truly realized the seriousness of the problem and remembered the abnormality mentioned by Mu Shang again.

It was already the next morning.

The moment she realized the seriousness of the problem was when she got up and checked her phone and came across an animated self-media article.

The title of the article is eye-catching…

If it had nothing to do with him, Gu Xue might look happy.

Unfortunately, the article has something to do with her.

It has a lot to do with it.

Because the title of that article is…

"The lowest-rated animation in history is born, "Embrace a Better Tomorrow", with only 1.7 points! 》