Chapter 923: Shikari, the Root of All Evil
"Mom, buy me this!"
"What to buy, I bought one for you last time, and I'm going to buy it again in just a few days, and you're a money printer when you're a mother?"
"It's different!"
"The one before was Dinah, and this one was Gaia!"
"What's the difference? Aren't they all Ultraman!" Pulling her son's little hand, the mother said as she walked, "Obedient! It's going to be the end of the semester soon, and I'll buy it for you if you get a 100 point in the exam!"
"I don't, I don't, I want it!"
The son cried and cried, shook his mother's hand and said, "Liangliang has Gaia, I want it too!"
"You kid......"
Looking at her crying son, her mother was neither beating nor scolding, and she could only sigh when she felt the gazes of the people around her.
"Okay, okay, I'll buy it for you!"
dragged her son into the palatial PD house on the street, and her mother said to the clerk, "How much is your new Ultraman?"
"Ma'am, do you mean Gaia?"
When the customer came to the door, the clerk warmly received him and said, "We have more than ten new Gaia products in our store, I don't know which one you want to buy?"
Dozen?
"So much?"
Mom was curious: "You take me to see it!"
"Yes ma'am, please come with me. ”
The clerk led the mother and son to a nearby booth, picked up a Sapphire Cone and said, "This is Ultraman Gaia's transformation device [Sapphire Cone], which comes with a variety of sound effects and lighting effects, and uses battery power ......."
"How much does this cost?"
"It's new!"
After emphasizing the new style, the clerk talked eloquently: "The official guide price is 98 yuan, and we can give you a discount of 30 yuan for activities in our store!"
That's 68?
Mom shook her head and said, "It's too expensive! Is there a puppet? It's the Ultraman plastic ......."
"Yes, yes!"
The clerk took a SHF Gaia action doll from the side, broke the joints a few times and said: "This is the new SHF Gaia action figure, the shape is beautiful, the whole body can be moved, and the special price is 398 yuan for a limited time!"
"If you buy the SHF Gaia + SHM Gob set, you can save 50 yuan, and you can take it away for 749 yuan!"
"Why is it so expensive!"
My mother frowned and said, "Aren't you cheaters! The last time I came to your store to buy Dai Na, it was only a few dozen yuan!"
"Ma'am, this is the SHF series!"
The clerk explained, "The prices of the Ultraman SHF and SHM Monster series have always been so much. The Dinah you are talking about should be a regular model!"
"Yes, yes, regular!"
Mom nodded and said, "Bring me a regular one!"
"Okay!"
The clerk took out an unopened V1 regular version of Gaia, and as soon as he handed it to the mother, the child next to him shouted, "Mom, it's not this!"
"Why not?"
Mom took the box and looked at it, "Isn't it written on it, Ultraman Gaia!"
"Not this!"
The son blushed, pointed to the Gaia pattern on the box and said, "Chest, chest is black!"
Mom looked at the clerk curiously.
The clerk nodded and said, "Kid, you're talking about the V2 version of Gaia!
Which one just now?
When my mother heard this, she instantly thought of the high price, shook her head and said, "Then forget it, wrap this for me, and we'll buy this." ”
"Don't, I don't want this!"
The son was noisy and noisy, which made the mother's face very ugly. If it weren't for the fact that she didn't make a bad move in front of outsiders, she would have beaten this rabbit cub a long time ago.
As a last resort, my mother had to ask, "What, Gaia with a black chest, is there no ordinary model?"
"Nope!"
The clerk shook his head and said, "Gaia V1 only has the ordinary model, V2 only has the SHF basic model, and the highest is only the SHF Collector's Edition!"
"If you want to buy V2, I suggest you add two hundred yuan and buy SHF Collector's Edition Supreme Gaia in one step!"
Mother: "......"
As if he didn't see the mother's suddenly dark face, the clerk said to himself: "In the past few days, many parents who have brought their children to the store have bought Supreme Gaia after thinking about it. ”
"The SHF Collector's Edition Supreme Gaia is also the best-selling new product in our store...... Eh, don't go, Ms. Eh!"
This deal, yellow!
Let's not talk about this child, what kind of beating he will receive when he returns home, just say that the three forms of Gaia correspond to the three products, which is indeed bad.
Form upgrade, corresponding to consumption upgrade!
How much money you spend determines not only how much happiness you will get, but also your "status" within the class.
Children who buy the V1 regular model can't hold their heads up in front of the V2 model. The child who bought the V2 model couldn't raise his head in front of Supreme Gaia......
Then here's the problem!
If you buy SHF Collector's Edition Supreme Gaia, will you be able to be at the top of the "chain of contempt" and look down on the boys in the class?
The answer is, no!
On top of Supreme Gaia, there is also a special limited edition "Crystal" Gaia!
The Crystal Edition is available in limited quantities worldwide, and money may not be able to buy it, which is the version that stands at the top of the chain of contempt.
Of course, this thing is too rare.
According to the limited number, a prefecture-level city may not necessarily have a Crystal Gaia. SHF Collector's Edition Supreme Gaia, it's enough to pretend.
It's weird to say......
Among Gaia's many peripheral toys, the "Blue Pont Cone", which is a transformer, is actually the lowest-selling new product.
Why?
If it's because it's "ugly", then the original sapphire cone is really ugly, and children don't want to play with it in their hands.
But Meng Lang has already changed!
The redesigned Sapphire cone, not to mention how good-looking, is at least much more pleasing to the eye than the original, and it also has the feature of "wings spread", why doesn't anyone buy it?
Curious, Meng Lang sent someone to inquire about the children's thoughts.
As a result, he was speechless.
The reason why the children don't buy the bluewalltite cone is not because of the ugly shape, but because the thing is "not forced".
According to the play, the blue pone is a transformer made by Gao Shan Meng himself, creating a precedent for "human body hand rubbing transformer".
It's a lot of fun!
But for the children, the transformation device made by the human body itself is definitely not as powerful as the transformation device "given by Ultraman".
Plainly......
He's a "fake"!
It's also a transformer, my divine light rod and his flash sword, that's all "genuine" given by Ultraman, and your blue cone is actually hand-rubbed by the human body?
Litter!
It's rubbish!
A child's thinking is sometimes so strange. Their reason for vetoing the blue cone also made Meng Lang laugh and cry.
Forget it!
Fakes are fakes, since the children don't like this setting, don't get the "human body hand rubbing transformer" next time.
He was also aware.
Among Gaia's many innovations, some of the settings were successful and continued to be used in subsequent works. But some settings were not pleasing, and they were reluctantly given up in the end.
Shapeshifter is one of them!
The human body hand rubbed the transformer, which sounds cool. Adults will think, wow, this is amazing, the screenwriter who came up with this is simply amazing!
But small children don't like it......
There's no way around it! Ultraman always relies on the IP supported by the children, and the settings they don't like must be given up even if they are brilliant.
Some people may be curious?
Kamen Rider next door, isn't it also a human body hand-rubbing transformer? Why is no one objecting, and the belt drive is still sold for thieves?
These two are not the same!
Kamen Rider has been working since the first work, the era of "transforming people", and the transformation system has been clarified.
Since it is a modified person, the belt must also be made by humans themselves!
Since the first work, people have already shaped the relevant settings. And what about Ultraman? It was a "gift" system from the beginning!
Of course, it was also changed later.
Gaia's attempt failed. Later, Tsuburaya thought about it, since the "human body hand rubbing equipment" is not suitable, then try another person?
But for whom?
That's not appropriate, "artificial Ultraman" is always a taboo topic!
How about the Land of Light?
This seems to be possible, and the Science and Technology Bureau has the strength to manufacture a series of Ultra equipment.
In the background of Ultraman Showa, it is also mentioned that many equipment produced by the Bureau of Science and Technology, such as Jack's Ultra bracelet, can be regarded as laying the foundation in advance......
Thus, Shikari was born!
"The Root of All Evil" Hikari can be called the biggest behind-the-scenes mastermind in the history of Ultra, and his insidiousness is not inferior to that of "Shaflin".
Even......
Meng Lang has a guess!
Shikali is a Blue Clan Ao, who works for the Science and Technology Bureau of the Land of Light, and was recruited by Captain Zofie as a member of the Space Guard because of his contributions to research and research. The silver dot on his chest is also the same "Medal of Merit" as Zoffie.
Why is it so coincidental?
When coincidences are so dense, there is only one truth: all coincidences are intentional!
The armor of revenge is probably a secret hand planted by Zofie in order to control Shikali and secretly control the "Science and Technology Bureau".
On the surface, Shikari has broken free from the control of the Vengeful Armor. But this is a deliberate illusion created by Zofie, and the real Shikari is still controlled by him, constantly creating various equipment in preparation for the subversion of the Land of Light.
The equipment made by Hikari is frequently "stolen", and I am afraid that Zofie also deliberately did it.
The purpose is to use the hands of outsiders to experiment with the actual combat performance of these equipment, and by the way, to explore the bottom of the new generation of the Land of Light.
It's you, Shaflin!
With such a meticulous and rigorous plan, no one has yet been able to detect the anomaly, and the wisdom of that lord is simply unfathomable.
Of course, this is just a guess!
Is there any collusion between Hikari and Shaflin? Is there a huge conspiracy hidden behind the frequent leaks of the equipment of the Land of Light? All this remains to be verified!
Anyway, Meng Lang was annoyed by Shikali.
This B must have been deliberate......
If the equipment is stolen once or twice, forget it, Nima is stolen once a year!
Your security is fake, isn't it? The Kingdom of Light dominates the universe, and the core research institute has infiltrated so easily? What are the Red Clan Ao doing, are they collectively rubbing?
And that's not all!
The most unacceptable thing for Meng Lang is that whenever Shikari makes something against the sky, soon after it is leaked, the evil forces will make a "imitation".
Ah......h
Is it because Hikari's product is too easy to crack, or is it that the evil forces have obtained the true inheritance of Huaxia and have full reverse imitation capabilities?
It's not normal at all!
After the release of the new technology, Hikari, who was immediately cracked by his opponents, was full of suspicions of "mole", in short, it was outrageous!
But then again!
If you want to select the many Ultramans, Bandai Dad's favorite Ultraman, Hikari can definitely be at the top.
He is simply the God of Wealth!
If it weren't for Hikari's "R&D" to save Tsuburaya, I'm afraid the Ultraman series would have died a long time ago from "Monbius".
Gaia is the last light!
Whether you admit it or not, Tsuburaya has been on a downward spiral since Gaia. If it weren't for the rabbit taking a sip of milk, and the European political commissar came to power to turn the tide, the Ultraman series would have burped a long time ago.
Gauss, Nexus and Max, the three "Si" characters Ultraman, to be honest, perform averagely.
Meng Lang was not very interested in Gauss.
Although it is a "high-level fusion material", the image of a loving warrior is incomparably tall and bright.
But that's just an illusion!
A loving warrior, but in reality he punches hard at others, and there is no doubt that the idea of this work was ridiculed, and Tsuburaya's face was swollen.
Hypocrisy or not?
Some people say that this is just an accident! A thousand mistakes are also the fault of one of the leading actors, and Gauss should not be blamed.
Really?
But the project clearly says "a new Ultraman who combines strength and gentleness", did Tsuburaya do it?
The character of Gauss, or Musashi, they portrayed, clearly deviated from the original intention of "combining rigidity and softness".
Why is Gauss not popular?
Don't dump the pot on the image, plot and other reasons, in fact, it comes down to one reason: the character design is not pleasing!
Of course, we are talking about Huaxia here.
In the neon market, Gauss's set is still quite pleasing. After all, the people there are scared of the mushroom "fried" and dream of world peace.
The main characters of various anime are also generally "Asassi".
But that's just neon!
Out of neon, who else eats you?
The scandal of Gauss starring in beating people did not cause much of a sensation in China, and even many viewers didn't know that there was such a thing, why was Gauss still tepid?
This is a matter of reflection!
Asasaki's Japanese male protagonist is not too suitable in the anime, but the live-action drama is a little unacceptable.
Of course, there is another side to Musashi.
In the face of extremely vicious monsters, he will also show a strong posture and switch the corona form to send the monster on the road.
But that's not enough!
In order to change the impression of Gauss as "soft" and to retain the characteristics of "benevolent influence", it is necessary to inject new characteristics into Musashi.
Rigidity and softness!
Tsuburaya had clearly found the right direction, but he didn't follow the plan strictly. It has to be said that this is Gauss's biggest failure.
So, this is not the pot of the starring role.
Even if there is no "beating scandal", with Gauss's too "soft" character, it is impossible to win the love of most audiences.
Because of this, Meng Lang was not very interested in Gauss.
It's too hard to achieve a combination of rigidity and softness. If you don't shoot well and make a joke, it's better to skip Gauss!
Anyway, it's a fusion material!
Whether there is a TV drama or not, it doesn't seem to matter to Gauss's fusion material.
Compared with Sero and Zaias, Gauss seems to be more in line with the characteristics of "movie Ao"!