"The Story of Avanti" is very popular.

This also attracted the attention of the relevant departments of the Western Regions, because it is rare to find an animation that processes and creates folklore characters from the Western Regions.

That's why.

Not long after the animation premiered, Gu Miao received a call from the tourism department of the Western Regions.

The other party politely asked about the creation process of the animation "The Story of Avanti", and then made a request to him.

Roughly meaning:

This animation became popular and was very influential among the people. The local tourism department hopes to use the animated image of "Avanti" to attract tourists.

"No problem, you can use whatever you want."

Gu Sanshui, who has always been greedy for money, not only did not charge a penny for the IP role this time, but also offered to customize a "tourism promotion animation" advertisement for the other party.

"What's so embarrassing about that......

The staff on the other end of the phone probably didn't expect Gu Miao to be so enthusiastic, and even stammered when she spoke.

"It's okay, you're welcome."

"Since I was a child, my dad taught me that I must have a sense of social responsibility in life. With great power comes great responsibility! ”

Anyway, Lao Gu was not around, Gu Miao said nonsense: "It just so happens that I also like the Western Regions very much, and I am planning to travel in a while, it is my honor to help you!" ”

"That's really...... That's great. ”

After hanging up the phone, Gu Miao hurriedly contacted the company's department in charge of public welfare animation, and asked them to use Avanti's image to make a Western Regions tourism advertisement.

This is a very important matter!

This is directly related to whether Gu Miao can win the favor of some politicians at the official level.

On the plus side, licensing an animated character for free, and helping to shoot an animated ad by the way, doesn't cost much anyway.

If you can really shoot a sycophant......

Isn't that blood-earned?!

Just as Gu Miao was thinking happily about how to use this matter to improve the corporate image, the mobile phone rang again.

This time, it was Director Wang who called.

As expected, Director Wang called Gu Miao this time, also for "The Story of Avanti", which is also a good thing.

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There are official media outlets that plan to publish a special report on "The Story of Avanti".

"Interview?"

Gu Miao wondered, "Yes! I'm free at any time, you can just ask them to come to the company to find me. ”

"It's not an interview with you!"

Director Wang complained on the phone: "People want to interview Liang Xiaodong and interview the puppet studio, please don't be so narcissistic, okay?" ”

Gu Miao: "......"

Scald!

It's not fair, it's not reasonable.

Obviously, he has also contributed to "The Story of Avanti", and he has also participated in animation production, why doesn't he have his part in the interview?

Gu Miao, who was huffing, relayed the interview to Liang Xiaodong, and out of jealousy, he deducted his bonus for the crime of "stepping into the office with his left foot".

It's comfortable.

……

After dealing with the company's affairs, Gu Miao came to Wanbao Comics Company in the new city and the new headquarters.

Teacher Nantong is waiting for him.

As soon as they met, Gu Miao couldn't wait to ask, "Is the comic book ready?" When do you plan to release it? ”

"It's probably only these two days!"

"You see, this is the first Yu-Gi-Oh manga single book with a slight modification." Nan Tong handed Gu Miao a comic.

Gu Miao took the comic book, sat on the leather sofa, and looked down.

This is more than ten minutes.

After quickly browsing the entire comic book with the "quantum reading method", Gu Miao had a general understanding of the difference between the first single book and the serialized version of the comic.

In simple terms.

In the single comic, Nan Tong supplemented some duel "rules" according to Gu Miao's instructions.

When it was serialized in the magazine before, in fact, Nan Tong did not specifically describe the rules of "Yu-Gi-Oh" such as monster summoning, health and attack defense.

This leads directly to ......

Many readers are chasing the manga while sorting out the rules and gameplay of the duel. Some readers, even seeing the latest words of the comics, don't quite understand the rules of the duel.

Gu Miao felt that this was not good, and it was not conducive to the popularization and promotion of the gameplay and cards of "Yu-Gi-Oh".

So he asked Nan Tong to give up the magazine serialization, organize the comics that have been published into a single book, and revise part of the plot at the same time.

What plot to modify?

Of course, it is to add some "illustrative" lines to the protagonist and supporting roles. For example, during the duel, introduce the monsters you have summoned and take the initiative to reveal your tactical arrangements.

When watching the comics and animations of "Yu-Gi-Oh" in his previous life, Gu Miao always felt that the protagonist's supporting characters were playing cards while explaining the operation of various cards.

Every time you play a card, you have to explain it for a long time, and explain the effect of this card in great detail, for fear that the opponent will not understand......

You are not blind, you can see what monsters you have summoned, what magic cards and trap cards you have used, is it necessary to be so verbose?

Of course, this was the previous thought.

As an audience, Gu Miao previously felt that the "illustrative" lines of the protagonist's supporting roles were too verbose and completely unnecessary.

But when he became a director, or animator producer, he realized that these "illustrative" lines were so important.

What a line!

This is clearly a hands-on tutorial, teaching you how to play cards step by step. Do you think that every time Muto plays a game, there are a lot of rambling introductions, all for the opponent?

NO！

These lines, these card introductions, are all for manga readers and anime viewers.

Just imagine......

If the protagonist and supporting roles don't have these "explanation and explanation" lines, and patronize and talk trash, will the new audience be confused?

What happened?

Why did the protagonist use this card and the situation reversed in an instant? Why is the seahorse's face so ugly?

I don't understand!

In order to avoid this from happening, it is necessary to add a lot of explanatory lines to the main and supporting characters. Strive to make the audience understand the specific effect of each card.

That's why Gu Miao asked Nan Tong to modify the content of the comics and add more explanatory lines to the single comics.

But then......

The manga includes a follow-up animation, which will have a very awkward effect. That is, all the characters on the stage are all "chatter".

"Let's chatter."

Gu Miao waved her hand and said: "There are more lines, at most, the voice actors are affected, and it has nothing to do with me, the director." ”

Nantong: "......"

It makes sense, it deserves to be Mr. Gu!

After three seconds of silence for the voice actors, Nam Tong immediately thought of another question.

The specific rules and gameplay of dueling monsters can be explained through the lines of the protagonist and supporting characters.

But......

The current dueling rules don't seem to be perfect enough?