My Animation Era

  Life is like chess, and chess is like life.

  The title of Chess Master is the common pursuit of all chess players. Thousands of troops crossing the single-plank bridge are comparable to the new champions of the imperial examinations. The difficulty can be imagined.

  Because of this, Jiang Liuer will inevitably encounter ups and downs on the road to becoming a chess master, which cannot be changed by talent.

  "The young Go player has gone through hardships, tasted all the suffering in the world, and survived the long night..."

  As described in the lyrics of the theme song "Go Boy", the road to success is not smooth sailing, and occasionally encounters storms and hardships.

  Gu Miao didn't want to make a cool article.

  Although the audience of Shuangwen's plot will be wider, and those children will like it more, but making such animations will make him feel that it is a waste of time.

  He wants to tell an inspirational story about growing up, not a story about a genius boy who is invincible.

   "So, Jiang Liuer will lose..."

  During the meeting of the screenwriting team, Gu Miao said bluntly: "No one can win chess all the time. Even the number one player in the world like Xiao Ke has experienced many fiascos."

   Keep winning chess until you become a chess master?

  A story like this is full of fairy tale-like fantasy. Although it is beautiful, it cannot reflect the hardship and joy of finally winning the title of "Chess Master".

   To put it more bluntly, success comes too easily and too cheaply.

   There is a saying that goes well.

  Things that are too cheap, the easier they are to get, the less people will cherish them, and what they can't get is always the best.

  This is also the reason why the original "Go Boy" animation has only more than 20 episodes, while the Wanbao version has more than 50 episodes.

  The extra twenty or so episodes mainly depict Jiang Liuer's growth and struggle process.

  Besides, the plot of the original animation was not complete, so Gu Miao added another episode based on the original animation.

   More than just a continuation!

  The story background of the entire Wanbao version of "Go Boys" has changed, and the so-called "National Player Competition" has also become a "Chess Master Title Battle".

  The beginning of the story is not bad.

  But Cong Liuer made up his mind to realize his ambitions through Go, and after meeting the emperor to clarify the truth about the "Tongwo" case, the plot direction of Wanbao version is different from the original version.

  In Wanbao Edition, in order to learn Go well, Jiang Liuer bid farewell to Master Yuande of Lingyun Temple, and wandered along the coast to hone his chess skills.

   On the way, I met an old beggar, and learned that the old beggar was originally named Lin Xincheng. When he was young, he was a chess master of the Ming Dynasty.

  The old chess master saw Jiang Liuer, as if he saw himself when he was young.

  Equally energetic and sharp-edged, he couldn't bear to see Jiang Liu'er's talent buried, and worried that this young man would end up on his old path.

  Jiang Liuer worshiped the old beggar as his teacher, and studied chess painstakingly under the waterfall in the forest using stones as chess.

   Two years passed in a flash.

  Fu Wang still acted recklessly, the Japanese pirates plundered more and more boldly, and the common people were in dire straits. The imperial court sent a second imperial envoy to continue the investigation of the case.

  In order to get close to the minister, Jiang Liuer told him the information his father had investigated during his lifetime, and signed up to participate in the Go competition held by the government, because the top player in this competition will be received by the imperial envoy.

   It was also through this competition that Jiang Liuer, who had devoted himself to practicing for two years, became famous in one fell swoop.

  Even the aloof King Fu also heard of his existence, and after learning that Jiang Liuer was actually the son of the former imperial envoy Jiang Lingyun, he sent his men to assassinate him.

   "Jiang Liu'er met the imperial envoy, but he didn't expect that Master Tang was also a member of King Fu, and this meeting even brought him a fatal disaster."

   "Yes! Jiang Liu'er was blessed with a great life, survived with the help of the Demon Sword King, and fled towards Yingtianfu..."

  The screenwriters chattered a lot, and quickly arranged for Jiang Liuer to escape from the birthplace and then defeat the five heroes in the chess world in Yingtian, becoming famous in the Ming Dynasty Go world.

   Then you lose the game.

  President Gu's exhortation, everyone has not forgotten that after Jiang Liu'er defeated the five heroes in the chess world, his reputation has reached the peak in the whole south of Ming Dynasty, and it is time to lose.

   And this time, the loss will be unforgettable, it can be called a disastrous defeat...

  It is best to arrange for an old man who is scheming and full of bad things to defeat Jiang Liuer in one fell swoop by taking advantage of Jiang Liuer's frivolous and conceited character weaknesses, causing the old beggar to die.

   "This is good, this is good!"

  Gu Miao nodded in approval and said: "The old beggar, the master, must die. If he doesn't die, how can there be Jiang Liu'er's Nirvana rebirth?"

   "Not only the old beggars, Master Yuande, Demon Sword King and other characters who helped Jiang Liuer will die later depending on the situation, stimulating Jiang Liuer step by step."

   "Ah this..."

   Before the screenwriters spoke, Mr. Liu, who was watching the meeting, couldn't hold back anymore, and asked with a dewy face, "Would this be too cruel?"

   "Cruel? I don't think so!"

  Gu Miao sneered.

   Does this seem cruel? If you don't do this, where will Jiang Liu'er get the motivation to become a chess master? How can there be a major change in personality?

  The sharp edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold.

  The hardships in the early and mid-term will only make the aura of Jiang Liuer, a chess master, more dazzling, and at the same time make the theme of "inspirational" more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

  Like "The Adventures of Little Carp", on the way to defeat the mangy snake, there will always be difficulties and obstacles.

   Bubble is Jiang Liuer, and Fu Wang is the mangy snake pretending to be a "true dragon"...

  When Gu Miao used "The Adventures of Little Carp" as an example, everyone immediately understood what he meant by "inspirational".

  After the storm, finally see the rainbow!

  At the time when the emperor was selecting a Go teacher for the prince, the battle for the title of "Chess Master" officially started after many years.

   It coincides with Fusang Chess Master visiting Daming.

   In order to prove that Fusang Go can not lose to Ming Dynasty, under the witness of Emperor Ming, the chess competition between the two countries is about to start.

  Jiang Liuer is a newly promoted chess master of the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor hopes that he can win this chess game.

  Because the looting of Japanese pirates along the coast is becoming more and more rampant, the court must suppress the arrogance of the opponent. If this game loses, the court will not only lose face, but will even be underestimated by the surrounding tributary and vassal states.

  Jiang Liuer agreed.

  His only request is that after he wins Fusang Chess Master, the court will return the Demon Sword King's innocence, and thoroughly investigate the Tongwo case to avenge his father.

   This round, he finally won.

   But Jiang Liuer won't be easy, because Fusang Chess Master is extremely powerful and has pushed him into desperation many times. If he hadn't finally realized the unity of heaven and earth and made a brilliant move, it's really hard to say who will win and who will lose.

  The ending of the animation is that after a whole day of thinking, Jiang Liuer, under the watchful eyes of Fusang Chess Master who was so shocked that he lost his voice, let the chess piece turn into a white dragon and soar into the sky, engulfing the night in one gulp, and the sun rises...

   "What a fantasy scene!"

  Although he is a world champion, Xiao Ke still can't figure out what kind of Go game can play such an exaggerated effect of "changing the world".

   Sure enough, he was still too weak.

  What about the world champion?

  Jiang Liuer plays chess, can turn night into day, and can make a white dragon out of thin air. Is this something he can do?

  Let’s not talk about him, even if AlphaGo comes, it probably won’t be able to stand up to this move of fantasy Go!

   "Haha, it's not that exaggerated."

  Gu Miao explained with a smile: "Although the effect presented by the animation will make you feel outrageous and mysterious, but aside from those special effects, isn't this just playing chess until dawn?"

  Xiao Ke: "..."

It really is!

  What changed? It seems miraculous, but according to what Mr. Gu said, isn't it just playing chess all night, and it just happens to make a crucial move at dawn!

  Bailong is quite ridiculous...

   But having said that, these two played chess for a day and night, and the people around them also watched it for a day and night. Under the premise of being extremely tired and sleepy, it is understandable to have hallucinations, right?

   "After you say that, why do you suddenly feel that fantasy Go has become scientific Go?"

   "It's quite scientific."

  Gu Miao didn't change her face: "Special effects are just icing on the cake, the pieces on the chessboard are the essence."

  Don't look at the process of playing chess, all kinds of thunder, lightning, dragons, tigers, and special effects are directly full, but those are pictures for people who don't know Go.

  If there are audiences who understand Go, they can completely ignore these special effects and just look at the chessboard.

   Children who don't know how to play Go and can't tell who has the upper hand, how can they judge who has the upper hand? Of course it is to see the special effects!

  So special effects are indispensable, but don’t take it too seriously.

  After all, the significance of the existence of special effects is just to give those audiences who do not understand Go an "intuitive" way to judge the changes of the game.

   "Makes sense."

   "People who don't know Go really need to use these off-site special effects to judge who plays better." Xiao Ke nodded.

  Proper artistic processing!

   If it is completely realistic, it is not very interesting. After all, Go games are very boring, especially for passers-by who cannot understand the changes of the game.

   "Don't say this."

  Gu Miao waved her hand: "What do you think of what I told you earlier?"

   "You mean... the Wanbao Cup Youth Go Competition?"

   "Exactly!"

  After receiving Gu Miao's affirmative answer, Xiao Ke frowned and said, "It's easy to talk about the schedule and competition system, but what's the use of having me as a promotion ambassador?"

  He is the number one player in the world of Go. Although he has a good name, he really doesn't have much popularity and influence in the eyes of ordinary people.

   Promotion ambassador?

  What can he promote?

  Out of the Go circle, how many people know him? Instead of letting him be the promotion ambassador, it is better to invite a more famous outsider, such as Gu Miao herself.

   "Don't underestimate yourself!"

   "Who said you have a low reputation? You just didn't find the right track and didn't have the opportunity to show your face. In my opinion, your potential is still great."

  Gu Miao stretched her hand over Xiao Ke's shoulder, winked at him and said, "Do you play Weibo? I suggest you play more, and I'll recommend some interesting bloggers to you later."

  What and what?

  Xiao Ke was dumbfounded, didn't he talk about the promotion ambassador? Why did it get involved in Weibo in a blink of an eye? He doesn't have many followers on Weibo!

  …

  Arranging Xiao Ke as a promotion ambassador is definitely Gu Miao's most prescient decision.

  At this moment, Xiao Ke has not yet awakened the essence of abstraction, so even he himself does not understand why there is a need for his promotion ambassador?

   But it's not a big problem.

When he awakens his abstract essence, he incarnates as Emperor Ke Tian to suppress the dark turmoil, and then begins to "only play Go". Genting enlightenment, following the "Old Three Hands" of ordinary hands and master hands, he created the "New Three Hands" of Pearl Gauntlet, Giant Killer, and Hand of Justice. hand", he understood.

  He is definitely qualified to be a promotion ambassador. Besides him, Gu Miao also plans to recruit Ying Jiang to promote the so-called Wanbao Cup Go Competition.

   At that time, do nothing, put the two on the commentary stand, won't the attention of this game come?

certainly!

   This is all later.

  The top priority is to finish the animation "Go Boy" as soon as possible, and everything else can be delayed for a while.

  As the calendar turns over a new page, the time has come to the end of August, and the golden autumn season, which is often mentioned in the opening speeches of the principals, is coming.

  The box office of the movie "Wolf Warrior 2" exceeded 4.5 billion, and it is heading towards 5 billion...

   "Inuyasha" animation serialized to the fourth chapter. Kagome, who returned to the modern age, was found by Inuyasha. In order not to hurt his family, Kagome chose to return to the Warring States Period with Inuyasha...

  The movie "Bear Infested: Bear Soldier" landed on the Wanbao video website for exclusive broadcasting. It took only one week to go online, and the number of views exceeded 200 million...

  Penguin officially announced that the new web adaptation animation project will start broadcasting in September this year, aiming at Wanbao's "Roaming in the Animation World".

   Gu Miao didn't care much about the previous news, including the box office of "Wolf Warrior 2", which shocked everyone, didn't surprise him either.

  But the latest masterpiece of Penguin September sniper "Roaming the World of Animation" has attracted his attention and attention.

   "The Great Demon Lord"!

   This is a masterpiece of Internet literature that has been popular all over the Internet and has attracted countless elementary and middle school students to go crazy.

   I didn’t expect that even this novel was adapted, and it seems that the project was approved very early, and the production probably started last year.

   "It's hard to deal with!"

  Just Penguin’s The Great Demon Lord has made Wanbao a little bit hard. Even Pili Pili, which has been silent for a long time, also came out to make troubles, and will introduce a super popular neon animation in September - "Welcome to the fist-oriented technical secondary school classroom".

   Gu Miao has heard of this animation.

  But he just glanced at it and didn't pay much attention. After all, he was not very interested in this kind of plot called Zhidou but actually a play.

  Fire must be very hot!

  If it is not popular, Pili Pili will not spend a lot of money to introduce it, and try to compete with Wanbao Video.

   Just…

   Compared with Penguin's latest masterpiece, the threat of the animation of Thunderbolt is not that great.

  The focus is still on the battle between the two giants, Wanbao Animation and Penguin Animation, and the battle for market share between Wanbao Video and Penguin Video in the animation sector.

   In the final analysis, Pili Pili, as a small shrimp, is not worthy of being regarded as a rival by the two giants.

   After all, for the two animations "The Great Demon Lord" and "Wandering in the World of Animation", the target playback volume will not be less than one billion. Once it falls below this number, it will be considered a failure!

   Is this a fight that Pili Pili can get involved in? Thank goodness for the animation they push so hard that the number of views can exceed 100 million.

   As for the billion?

   Take a shower and sleep, there is everything in your dream!