my animation era

"SpongeBob SquarePants" should be one of the few foreign animations whose theme song caught Gu Miao's eyes and found it very interesting.

The point is to have fun!
Although the translated lyrics are really simple and crude, but I have to admit that this song is indeed a classic, so classic that people can't help but laugh when they think about it.

Gu Miao always thought that...

If it weren't for this song and the talking "Captain" oil painting that attracted him, he might have missed the work "SpongeBob SquarePants" long ago when he was young.

No kidding!

The first time he met SpongeBob SquarePants, he was attracted by this song, and then subconsciously stayed on a certain children's channel, watching the sunset.

When she was young, she didn't know many English songs. Apart from happy birthday to you, the only English song Gu Miao could sing was probably the theme song of "SpongeBob SquarePants".

All aspects of the animation "SpongeBob SquarePants" are well done. Looking at the hundreds of thousands of animations I watched when I was a child, it can also be ranked in the forefront, alongside "Tom and Jerry", "Bugs Bunny" and other works.

Speaking of this, I have to mention that many people shared the same feelings when they were young.

That is……

Why are there so many good-looking animations abroad?Of all the animations imported from abroad, one is better than the other?
When I was a child, I couldn't get the answer to this question, but Gu Miao now has the answer.

Why did I feel that foreign animations are good to watch when I was young?Because foreign animations that are not good-looking are not worthy of being introduced into China at all!

This is the same as many people's impressions, when it comes to European and American animation, it is all kinds of classic masterpieces.

Are all European and American animations at the level of "Bugs Bunny", "Tom and Jerry", and "SpongeBob SquarePants"?
of course not!

It's just that the European and American animations that everyone can see are already "screened" high-quality goods.Those European and American animations that are not eligible to be introduced, and are so garbage, I never had a chance to touch them when I was a child.

This is the same as Wanbao. When people mention Wanbao Animation, the most common phrase is "Wanbao's products must be high-quality goods".

But does Wanbao have no manure?
There are also!

Didn't expect that?Tangtang Wanbao was born with dung!The reason why no one found out is that these works are not well-known, and few viewers even know about them.

For example, "Lee Sudeng Remake".

The Leisudeng series couldn’t be any colder. The popularity of the first two TV animations dropped sharply, and the word-of-mouth fell to the bottom.

Ever since, Lightning Studio had an idea, and felt that Lei Sudeng's decline should be a matter of changing the protagonist, so why not just replace the protagonist again?

Ling Feng and Ling Yun are back on the field!
Good guy, in order to revive Lei Su's reputation, Lightning Studio did everything they could, even the retired old protagonist, and specially made a remake.

Unfortunately, the result remains the same.

The remade version of Lei Sudeng lightning crossed the line, not to mention recasting glory, and it didn't even make a splash, and it was cold without a sound.

Lightning Studios was completely desperate.

Even the remake that sells feelings can't save Lei Sudeng, this series seems to be really unpopular.

"Change to a new track!"

Under Mr. Gu's wise command, Lightning Studio regrouped and planned to change fields and tracks, and take the most popular spinning top toy as an entry point to produce a spinning top animation.

This is a good idea.

Gu Miao is very optimistic about the new project of Lightning Studio. After all, he is also someone who has seen the works of the Aofei Spinning Top series, and knows that this series is very interesting.

In fact, four-wheel drive is not bad.

But for four-wheel drive, Lightning Studios has already produced an animation, and in a short period of time, it is impossible to produce another animation of the same type to compete with each other.

After thinking about it, the spinning top is suitable for Lightning Studio's original intention of "not for ratings and broadcast volume, but for toys to sell well".

But then again...

If Gu Miao was a few years ago, she might have attached great importance to this spinning top animation project. After all, there was a shortage of money at that time, and any project that could make money was very important.

But now Gu Miao may not pay so much attention to it.

At most, ask a few questions, as for the key point of care or even check in person, don't even think about it!Now that Wanbao is rich and powerful, there is no need for Gu Miao to attach so much importance to an unremarkable work.

An old saying goes: if the granary is real, you will know etiquette; if you have enough food and clothing, you will know honor and disgrace!
A few years ago, Wanbao made animation more for making money. From the very beginning of a project, it was thinking about how to make more money through this animation?
It's different now.

Gu Miao, who is rich and powerful, no longer regards "making money" as a goal, but is thinking about how to expand the influence of the entire IP through an animation.

The first theatrical version of "Bear Infested" was born because of this.

To be honest, it is pure nonsense that Gu Miao expects how much money the Bears and Infested movie will make, as long as you don't lose money, it doesn't matter if you make money or not.

"You have to be clear, the reason why Wanbao wants to release the big movie "Bear Infested" is not to earn money from fans, but to expand the popularity and social influence of the entire Bear Infested IP!"

"If I really want to collect money, why would I bother to put down my work and come to you to talk about the details of the plan?"

In the office, Gu Miao said to Du Hao with a serious face: "The purpose is not to make money, but to expand the popularity of the IP and make more people fall in love with "Bear Infested"."

"I understand."

Du Hao nodded.

Although he was a bit confused, at least he understood one thing, that is, the big movie "Bear Infested" does not seem to intend to take the usual "TV extended version" route?
If it is an extended TV version, he can make it with his feet.

However, since Mr. Gu values ​​it so much, and also specially emphasized that the goal of big movies should be to expand the popularity of IP, then he has to change his thinking.

"Expand IP popularity?"

Thinking carefully about this sentence, Du Hao said thoughtfully: "That means, we need to expand the depth and breadth of the IP of "Bear Infested" and attract more viewers who didn't watch "Bear Infested" to watch the movie..."

"That's right!"

Gu Miao nodded first, and then added: "It can be extended to the parts that are not covered in the TV version, such as family affection, confrontation between good and evil and other elements that the TV version lacks."

Affectionate?

Where does the family love come from?

Although the bald-headed and strong parents have some roles in "New Year" and "New Year's Goods", they still talk on the phone and don't show their faces!

Besides parents, does Brother Qiang have any relatives?You can't create a so-called family atmosphere from Xiong Daxiong Er, right?That's ridiculous!

Eh wait...

Thinking of this, Du Hao seemed to have thought of something, and couldn't help asking: "Is brother Qiang married? Does he have a wife and children?"

Parents are not around, and Xiong Da Xiong Er is very nonsense. If family elements are incorporated, it seems that we can only start with Brother Qiang's wife and children!
But the question is, isn't Brother Qiang a bachelor living alone?Where did the wife and children come from?

Cold knowledge, the bald head was set to have a wife at the beginning, but the setting was abandoned later...