Chapter 55: Wings of Heaven
Well, although the readership has been hanging on the 'author's words' for a long time, it seems that because the location is not conspicuous, everyone has not seen it. Therefore, a wizard is very lowly and occupies the header advertisement:
Group: (Anime Mania); Group number: 25382799; Welcome everyone to come in and Kan Dashan, a wizard often bubbling...... Well, it's not right to join the group to urge the draft, a certain wizard also has human rights)-The dividing line of the text-Although it is said that Jing Xi, who cursed himself to drink water, eat, and sleep, would have accidents, and let himself be ridiculed by his sister-in-law for a good time, but the next day Meng Zhe still did not hesitate to write a letter to Jing Xi and Ji Youyuan according to the address.
In the letter, Meng Zhe asked if the two had any ideas of becoming professional voice actors, and if so, he was willing to sponsor the two...... Then, Meng Zhe will continue to worry about the affairs of Tianjiao Club - according to the serialization progress of Shueisha, "Chess Soul" and "Light Sound Girl" will exceed the serialization speed of Anime Boy in late April, so it must be adjusted during this time.
It doesn't matter if the serialization speed is slower on the mud bomb side, the strict copyright protection measures have basically wiped out the domestic piracy-copy of the mud bomb, but the Celestial Empire is still a period of piracy-piracy on this side.
If the serialization speed of the mud bomb over there exceeds that of the Celestial Empire, Meng Zhe is sure that as soon as the weekly serialization of the mud bomb comes out, there will be a pirated version of "Chess Soul" and the latest serialization of "Light Sound Girl" on the side of the Celestial Empire, and they are definitely all sinicized!
Start a weekly version of "Anime Shonen"?
It's a little unrealistic...... The post-80s generation who love to read comics are still half-grown children, and there is only so much pocket money every month.
Moreover, if "Chess Soul" and "Light Girl" were transferred to the weekly magazine, the sales of the monthly magazine would also explode, right?
These two serials,Especially the juvenile "Chess Soul",Has cultivated a large number of hardcore readers,These hardcore readers even buy "Anime Boy" The only purpose is to watch the serialization of the chess soul,Other serialized comics are also related to Go...... the chess academy award is called for submissions, and there are fewer fans of "Light Girl",After all, this year China is still the world of hot-blooded juvenile animation,For cute anime like a light girl,The message fed back in the reader's letter is'Very cute、The painting is so beautiful...... And then?
And then it's gone.
There are not a few people who like this style of painting, but they basically just look at it, and when they vote for their favorite works, they basically don't want to vote for "Chess Soul", or they vote for Meng Zhexin's serialized "Dumb Three Kingdoms Guardian"!
With the release of Meng Zhe's original work, Hu Qianrong and Free Bird's "Princess Huanzhu", the votes of the original "Light Girl" have been diverted a lot, after all, compared with the four weak cute little girls with light voices, the Chinese people seem to prefer this kind of ...... Well, this kind of female surname that is more middle-aged and not weak in front of male surnames.
This is probably related to various propaganda in China since the founding of the People's Republic of China - 'Women can hold up half the sky', 'Chinese sons and daughters have many strange ambitions, and they don't love red clothes and love arms'.
Of course, the martial arts culture that Chinese people like to see also adds a lot of points to "Princess Huanzhu", coupled with the familiar background of the Ming Dynasty in the unfamiliarity...... "Princess Huanzhu" has not fallen out of the top three since its launch!
According to the latest issue of the reader survey data, Meng Zhexin's serialized "Dumb Guardian of the Three Kingdoms" ranked first, "Chess Soul" just happened to be a small **, "Princess Huanzhu" beat the fourth "Digimon" and the fifth "Xiaoshan Ji", and continued to sit firmly in the top three!
However, the situation is slightly different on the side of the book, probably because the mud bombing economy is far more developed than China at this time, so the otaku culture and otaku have been basically formed, and "Light Sound Girl" has been sought after as soon as it was launched.
Therefore, the TV animated "Light Voice Girl" has to be produced for two seasons and 24 episodes in a row, while "Chess Soul" only produces the first season of 12 episodes, and whether the follow-up production will depend on the market reaction.
Of course, this situation may also be related to the amount of sponsorship money raised - the main sponsor of "Light Girl" is Yamaha Organ Company, which can fully fit the advertising of the main product, embedded in the popular TV animation, it is a good thing, it is estimated that if the sponsorship cost is not relatively high, Yamaha will definitely want to follow China's "Qindao Haier" and produce two or three hundred episodes of "Haier Brothers" in one go, right?
Well, it's okay to say that Haier learned from Yamaha, because it's only 1994, and although more than 200 episodes of "Haier Brothers" are already in production, they won't be produced until 1995, and they won't be officially broadcast until 96.
Speaking of which, Meng Zhe is still very impressed with the Haier brothers, and he also likes the Qindao and Haier brothers who only wear underwear regardless of weather or summer - the cartoon of "Haier Brothers" made Meng Zhe know a lot of common sense, the song "Thunder is going to rain...... I'm tired, I have to use an umbrella when it rains...... The theme song of 'Tired' is also fresh in Meng Zhe's memory.
Even, in Meng Zhe's heart, this "Haier Brothers" can be regarded as a domestic boutique animation.
What's more important is that this "Haier Brothers" is also the first attempt by a well-known company in China to use animation to promote the brand! And the long-term effect is not bad, at least Meng Zhe himself has a sense of closeness to the Haier brand because of watching "Haier Brothers".
It's a pity that this long "Haier Brothers" has not derived and developed an industrial chain to produce objective economic benefits to the naked eye, so it seems to be a kind of behavior that outweighs the losses in other enterprises, so this kind of union can no longer be seen in future cartoons...... it is normal for "Haier Brothers" to not be able to develop an industrial chain, after all, the two animated images of Haier Brothers ...... Cute, handsome, and cool are elements that people won't forget after reading them, none of them touch, except that the two little guys only wear small pants, what else can you remember?
Without characteristics, it is natural to induce the purchase of peripheral products, and according to the basic principle of market law - there will be production when there is consumer demand.
If Meng Zhe is allowed to operate, he will definitely make the Haier brothers more stylish or cute, or simply turn the two brothers into mothers. Then, when the animation is sought after on the air, look for a toy manufacturer to make limited edition peripheral items such as dolls, and then ask Haier to give away limited-edition peripherals when selling electrical products to stimulate sales...... Of course, Meng Zhe also knows that his thinking is a little too divergent - now, even if he goes to the Haier Group, which is still 'Qindao Haier', and criticizes and corrects the problem of the animation of "Haier Brothers", the high-level people of Qindao Haier will definitely bow their heads and kneel down to beg him Meng Zhe to operate and control, right?
However, Meng Zhe feels that this kind of thing that companies come to the door, as long as "Anime Boy" can survive in the current harsh market environment, then it will happen sooner or later!
Well-known domestic companies are not only Haier, Yamaha sponsored the production of "Light Girl", and Kotoshima Haier invested in the production of "Haier Brothers", and then built advertisements into the cartoon, and waited until it was broadcast nationwide...... Entrepreneurs in this era in China, although they may have a slightly lower level of education, but they will not understand the benefits?
Since the nineties, those domestic enterprises that will be well-known in the country in the future have begun to change their thinking from production to branding, and those enterprises that cannot keep up with this change in thinking will not be swallowed up in the following ten years, but will be eliminated by the market.
…… Ah, all in all, according to Meng Zhe's final investigation and research, the conclusion is that it is "Chess Soul" that is popular in China, and "The Light Girl" that is popular in Yueben...... Therefore, after Meng Zhe discussed with Kong Lan, the final decision he made was: first, stop serializing "The Light Girl" and release a single book with reference to Shueisha's serialization speed; Second, increase "Chess Soul" to two episodes per issue, so as to ensure that the serialization speed is on the same level as Shueisha's.
In order to maintain the continuous attention of "Light Girl", Meng Zhe will temporarily stop increasing the setting of the variety city, and draw a few short stories of light sound girls who are active in the "variety city" every three or five times.
To be lazy, to keep the attention...... Meng Zhe also plans to collect short story manuscripts from all over the country on "Anime Boy".
There is an idea of soliciting only light short story manuscripts, which seems to be a bit favoritism, so Meng Zhe finally planned to solicit short story manuscripts of "Chess Soul", "Digimon", "Light Sound Girl", and "Stupid Guardian of the Three Kingdoms" at the same time after obtaining Yao Feila's consent.
Meng Zhe plans to secretly let him draw some anime characters in the future when he draws those collected short fanstory manuscripts, and occasionally secretly make an appearance or something.
In this way, when you draw those anime in the future, let those avid anime readers who like 'archaeological excavations' say, 'Oh my God! I suddenly found that in the xth issue of 9x year, on page x of the xxx short story drawn by Mr. Jiji, my great love xxx was standing on the side of the road waiting for the green light! Ah--Mr. Jiji's really far-sightedness, Wencheng Wude, long live ......' and other exclamations, isn't it interesting?
Meng Zhe, who decided to do this, has two more long-form serialized manuscripts to be reviewed on the table, although Meng Zhe is always trying to be lazy in various ways, but the position under the ass determines that there are some things that he can't hide after all, such as reviewing whether long-form serialization can be serialized.
Among the two long serialized manuscripts, the first one is called "Wings of Heaven", and the author is the 'Eleven Tigers of Guangdong'.
In this "Wings of Heaven", whose name sounds very female, the protagonist is unexpectedly Meng Zhe, and it is actually Shi Dakai, the winged king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!
Well, the subject matter is a good subject, and the dynasty's surname for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is a righteous peasant uprising, so it won't be too much of a problem to serialize it with this history as a starting point.
But!
This Guangdong Eleven Tiger, actually referring to the Hong Kong comic general Shi Dakai, was designed as a ruthless character who would burst out and kill at any time! And the killing scene is also portrayed very, not ...... It's so realistic that it's exaggerated!
Oh my god - "Anime Shonen" is a shonen manga.
This kind of Hong Kong comic old boy style character is completely unsuitable for publication in juvenile comics!
It's not usually good, let alone the time period when parents have a slight complaint about "Anime Boys"!
"Uncle Song, this Wings of Heaven can't be serialized, tell Guangdong Eleven Tigers that they want to be serialized in a long form, then first ask him what the definition of the juvenile comic is. Forget it, I'll write him another letter myself......"
Meng Zhe did not hesitate to cut "Wings of the Sky", and then picked up the second long-form serial manuscript that was used for review.
"Atavism", the name of the second full-length serialized comic is "Atavism", and the author's name is not an individual, but - Jinhong Comic Studio.
(To be continued)