Chapter 181: Fiasco
On this day, the 335 dormitory announced that it would open the 'animation platform plan'. The content of the plan is to increase the video-on-demand service in "Ah, My City", realize profit income through the point card system, and welcome the majority of animation producers to transfer their works to "Ah, My City".
The words were released, but not many people responded. Whether the network fee can recover the cost, this is what the producers are concerned about, and it can be handed over to the TV station to broadcast it to achieve a certain reputation, and there are still a lot of subsidies to get, but in general, it can still be earned.
Rushing into the network on demand that no one is familiar with, even if it is the 335 dormitory, it seems that there is no guarantee that there is no risk-free. Although the 335 dormitory guarantees the security of the film source, after all, there is a secret key system, and no one will deny that the defense of the 335 dormitory is impregnable.
But everyone is waiting and seeing, if the animation of the 335 dormitory can achieve good enough results, then it is not impossible to consider investing in this area. In addition, it should be thought that the main users of "Ah, My City" are still young people, and low-level animations can't attract anyone.
If the animation of the 335 dormitory is really popular, then it will be enough to follow the trend when the time comes. It dares to be a pioneer because it has the two huge advantages of platform and technology, and others still honestly wait for others to come out of the road, and it is smooth, and then consider entering the market.
There are a total of two animations grandly launched by the 335 dormitory, namely "Delusional Heavenly Master" and "Future Phaser".
"Delusional Heavenly Master" is a sci-fi suspense-style thriller animation that describes a strange disease called 'delusion' spreading in the world of the future world. Without warning, the affected person falls into permanent sleep. It's like a vegetative state.
And then even vegetative people can already come to the rescue of high-end medicine. But there is nothing that can be done about the disease. I can only watch the patient languish day by day. Wealthy families can keep the sick until they die, but poor families have no choice but to give up treatment at all.
And at this time, a group of strange people appeared, who called themselves delusional heavenly masters, who specialized in curing this strange disease.
It turns out that the cause of the disease is a strange creature called a delusional worm, which has no physical body, and modern medicine has no effect at all. Patients who are parasitized by paranoia worms will fall into a self-constructed dream space. Here he is the master of the worldly realm, and he can control the laws freely.
Because of this, patients are often trapped in it and cannot extricate themselves, and eventually indulge in the world of fantasy forever. The treatment method is actually very simple, that is, to use strange methods to enter the patient's dreamland, and finally take the patient out of the maze.
However, it is not easy to find a way, because it is very likely that the host will regard the delusional Celestial Master as an intruder, no matter how powerful the Celestial Master is, he will not be able to confront the dormitory that can control the laws of the world, and if he confronts it head-on, he can only be killed by the dormitory. If you can't save people, you will take your own life.
Therefore, the practice of the delusional heavenly masters is basically to do everything. However, no matter how despicable the method is, as long as the host's dream is destroyed or made untenable, they will use it without scruples.
Xia Huan is a delusional celestial master, both of his parents died of delusional disease, under the domination of strong revenge emotions, he obtained the ability of the celestial master, and embarked on a journey to find a way to eradicate the delusional worm.
The highlight of this animation is the strategic battle full of evil atmosphere.,Familiar with the composition of the dream world.,And accurately judge the host's script.,And then you can find the weakness and break it in one fell swoop.。 Zhou Mo gave serious people the first "Snake Island" of the delusional heavenly master, a total of 13 episodes, and I will release it first to see the effect. If the results are good, the rest will be released.
The other is "Future Phaser", although it is also sci-fi, but this one is a funny campus animation.
The story is about a young businessman in the 21st century, who has learned various physiognomy from a charlatan since he was a child, and has a wealth of experience. One day, he unbelievably traveled backwards to the earth in the 35th century and became a black household with no ID.
In this world full of high-tech products, Shang Yue did not have any livelihood skills, and in the end, he could only return to his old profession and continue to be a charlatan. But in this high-tech world, traditional superstitions are basically no longer playable, and they will be chased and intercepted by the police.
In the course of a counter-pursuit, Shang Yue used superb deception skills to successfully dodge the barriers and infiltrate a school, and finally avoided the pursuit. However, his environment has not improved in the slightest. Because the school he entered was an armed school.
In the future world, the armed school is a special and very important place, and the right to have the title of the armed school is no less than that of some small countries in the perception of Shangyue. And this White Deer Academy is a high-level armed school with a first-class title, and even a terrifying place similar to a state institution.
Soon, Shang Yue's identity was exposed and he was caught by the police on campus. When he was arrested and put in prison, he was rescued by the principal of White Deer Academy, and the price was to act as a student spy and report the movements of the students to his superiors at any time.
As a result, Shang Yue became a student of White Deer Academy and began the strange work of spying on the students. In this vast armed school, various subjects of military warfare are taught, with the aim of training qualified warriors to deal with the invasion of various creatures in the universe.
However, after years of evolution, there is now a great lack of communication between armed schools and students, which has also led to serious antagonism between teachers and students. In order to understand the mental state of the students and the lawlessness hidden among the students, the existence of spying students was created.
It may sound like a serious War College model, but the story is humorous and full of jokes. All kinds of strange teaching, eccentric students, and cute cosmic creatures that invade the earth are all a highlight of this work.
"Future Physiognomy" is also a feature-length work, and 13 episodes are given first, of which 3 episodes are free, and the rest are VIP on-demand. The operation of these two works will determine the route after the 335 dormitory and the final result of the 'animation platform plan', so serious people are not sloppy.
Advertising is inevitable, "Ahh My City is definitely full of ads. It doesn't cost money anyway. In addition, the theme song must be sung by its own artists. Niu Lao confirmed the theme songs of these two animations, although they are a little worse than the previous ones, but they are still golden songs.
The dubbing talent pool has also been used for the first time, and due to the addition of Meiying Group, high-quality talents in the talent pool have joined one after another, which is enough to support a dubbing team.
Since the talent pool of dubbing talents is scattered all over the country, it is also a troublesome thing to assemble. Although the animation department of dormitory 335 was not involved in the production of these two animations, the dubbing director could still work at this time. It's up to him to choose the right sound.
First of all, enter the animation into the catalog of "The Origin of Sound", and it will give a list of the most suitable candidates, and each character will have about 3~5 candidate talents, and then hand it over to the voice director to choose.
The voice director pulls up the most proud recordings of those people in the talent pool and uses them if they feel the sound is right for the character. After the final dubbing list is determined, it is to gather this group of people and ask them to gather at the designated location of dormitory 335 at the scheduled time.
Dormitory 335 provides fare, lodging, and meals until all recording is completed. Remuneration is arranged according to the amount of work and grade, and these are all paid tables that are carefully calculated by Kopi in the animation department. It's kind of reasonable.
With a total of 26 episodes of anime dubbing, it doesn't seem to take much time either. Half a month later, it was officially completed, and the two works were directly recorded in the virtual cinema in "Ah, My City".
Players who log in to the web can also use the virtual cinema, so there is no need to worry about some netizens who don't like to download it because they can't bear the huge size of "Ah, My City" and give up.
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Players who are accustomed to watching "Ah, My City" every day, and are interested in animation, will naturally not lack these two animations. Although some of them are not VIP, the first three episodes are completely free, and you can watch the beginning without spending money. If it's not good-looking, or if it's not your own dish, then there's no need to spend that unjust money.
However, when did the farmer produce a bad one? In the comments below the video, the ratio of users who like and dislike is nearly 50:1. That's a very good number. Because there will always be some people who are used to making different choices from others, and serious people are not arrogant enough to think that everyone will like them.
The dark evil path of "Delusional Heavenly Master" and the joyful and funny style of "Future Physiognomy Master" are different, but they are equally impressive.
Some animation fans who were attracted by the gorgeous teaser video didn't seem to understand the strength of the 335 dormitory, and actually left a message in the forum such as 'Ask for seeds after the fourth episode', which was ridiculed by many players.
Want to watch Episode 4? Let's pay obediently. No one can pull the source files out of Dormitory 335's system, unless it's an internal leak. The only way is for VIP players to buy and watch it first, and then use the machine to remake it a second time.
If the equipment used is of high quality, the pirated version that comes out is still good. But the problem is that 335 dormitories and posting notices will crack down on these pirated players. Once caught, the first time the small black room is closed, and the second time is immediately deleted without explanation. If the pirated products end up flowing out, then the problem is even more serious, and 335 Dormitory will pursue the legal responsibility of the pirate and demand compensation by forceful means.
One might ask how it is possible to get caught? Who knows who took the video circulating on the Internet, and there are so many people who have seen it, and they have to wait until the Year of the Monkey to investigate the past one by one.
This question has been answered by hackers as an authority in an interview with a TV show, and after each player plays an animation on demand, the player's account information will appear in a corner of the screen. Ordinary people can't see it, but 335 dormitory can 'see' this account information through special software, and then take corresponding measures.
The achievements of the 335 dormitory in software technology amazed those in the know, so those who were familiar with it knew that the credibility of the words was very high, so no one dared to defy the law. But newcomers don't necessarily know about it, and one of the new players remade the fourth episode with curiosity and then uploaded it on a major video site in a show-off manner.
Serious people have been prepared for a long time, and the people in the animation department are staring at the computer in 24-hour shifts, just staring at the Internet not to appear in the fourth episode. After constantly refreshing. Soon a fish was caught.
The response is simple. Call the person in charge of this video site immediately. Say that the video violates the law, delete it immediately, otherwise see you in court. Because it's a regular website, although I'm used to it being legal as long as no one says it, but since the bitter lord came to the door, they quickly deleted the video.
At this moment, the hacker has downloaded the remake video, and then found the information hidden in the picture through the software given by the farmer. grabbed the 'prisoner' of the remake. The next thing is simpler, close the small black house, and notify the whole server. It's like hanging a corpse at the head of the city, and the deterrent power is still slow.
There is not only one person who has violated the ban, and the number of people who have been dealt with is already dozens. There are even a few bold people who feel that the account has been blocked anyway, so they simply continue to upload the video in their hands. Of course, this also includes some people who are anti-335 dormitories, and they are even more unscrupulous in preparing for a protracted war.
This is forcing serious people to be ruthless, and first delete these people completely. Then he gathered the evidence and sued the court.
The time for the lawsuit is a little longer. It didn't take a few months to produce results, but the determination of the 335 dormitory had been proven, and many good people immediately stopped their imminent actions. On the forum of "Ah, My City", the atmosphere was immediately cleared.
However, animation is not something that can be kept in your hands for a long time after all, and after holding on for another week, all kinds of piracy still appear in a steady stream. These people send the remade video to a foreign website, and then get the download URL back, so that the site administrator cannot delete the offending work.
Serious people are hurt by the popularity of this gang. What's the picture, this is, you can't make half a dime from all the twists and turns. This has to be so boring with the 335 dormitory, staring at the pit wholeheartedly.
Fortunately, the quality of the remade animations is mostly not up to par, and the sound is also terrible, and players who are not bad at money will not watch this kind of low-level goods in order to save money.
But today, the growth of subscriptions is no longer weak, and it is almost rubbing up little by little, which makes people unmotivated. Seeing this situation, serious people felt that the time for lifting the ban had come, so they lifted the ban on all the episodes in one go, and didn't leave any soup for the birdmen to drink.
After that, the serious people called a meeting of the animation department to discuss the results of the two animations and the battle with the pirates, to see if they could learn any lessons, and to put an end to the tricks of the gang more completely.
Gu Pi first reported the data: "As of the end of all the openings, the average number of hits for the first three episodes of the two animations is about 500,000 per episode, but only 20,000 of them choose to subscribe to the paid episodes. Our charging standard is 1 yuan per episode, and the total income is 520,000, after deducting advertising costs and dubbing fees, there is not much left. The amount of money spent on the purchase from farmers is unknown, so it is impossible to calculate, but if the market price is added, it will definitely be a large deficit. ”
Sure enough, it's still a loss, and it's a bit of a bit of a cost to do the network alone, but there is no other effective way at the moment. It's a bit incredible to say, the income from the two theme songs sung by Xu Jing and Bai Zhi is higher than the total income of the animated feature film.
It's no wonder that no one is willing to do animation seriously, they are all forced by profit.
Gu Pi said a little unwillingly: "These two animations are absolutely above "Elemental Wars" in terms of plot and production accuracy, but unfortunately they failed on the Internet, and those animation producers who are waiting and watching are even more unlikely to join the animation platform plan." ”
The serious person was very optimistic and said, "Okay, this is just the beginning, don't be so depressed." Isn't the number of our users increasing rapidly, and I believe that will change in the near future. And the income points of our animation platform have not been fully opened, this failure does not mean anything, the important thing is to summarize the reasons and lay the foundation for the next success. ”
Gu Pi nodded, and then suggested that these two animations be broadcast on the TV station, although it is not that the price of the first broadcast is low, but it can be recycled.
"Forget it, the censorship of TV animation is so strict, one of these two involves extreme dark psychology, and the other involves various military battles, where can you get by? We will seriously build this platform, develop all the benefits of the platform, and slowly there will be gains. ”
Although the words of a serious person are good, there is no bottom in their hearts. The animation platform is a loss of one film, and the loss is all Zhou Mo's own private money, God knows how much money he spent to buy the animation from the farmer.
If it's usual, this money will be gone, and I believe Mozi can afford it, but now he has a Xicun development project, and he pays more attention to the word money.
However, it is not a way to conceal the report now, and the serious person still truthfully told Zhou Mo the news of the loss. This is the first loss report since the serious person operated, and it has always been smooth sailing, but suddenly a reef is really not used to it.
"Lost? Fortunately, I didn't go to find an adaptation of an online novel, otherwise I would have died even worse. ”
It doesn't matter if Zhou Mo arrives, because as long as the money on the Internet is enough to pay for dubbing and advertising, it won't be a loss. After all, it's not true that a large number of users have earned back, and online games and online animations can attract more young users.
"After discussing it with Gu Pi, I felt that I couldn't release too many episodes in one go, otherwise I wouldn't be able to control piracy. Well, let's release one episode a week, and then unban the last episode, and those guys who are against us will take about a week to make trouble, just offset. ”
Serious people saw that Zhou Mo did not object to the animation platform's plan, and they were secretly happy in their hearts, and then continued to introduce the gains and losses this time. (To be continued......)