my animation era

Everyone knows the game of Go.

In terms of popularity, Go is quite famous in China, no matter whether you can play it or not, at least everyone has heard of it.

This is also one of the main reasons why Gu Miao decided to make the "Go Boy" animation.

Go is very famous and everyone has heard of it, but it is an out-and-out unpopular game because few people play it.

Very contradictory, right?
In fact, Gu Miao also felt conflicted.

But he thought about it again, the reason for this situation is probably related to the high threshold for entry and proficiency in Go.

Go is relatively simple to learn.

To put it bluntly, Go is less difficult to learn than chess, because the core rules are so simple and crude, unlike chess, where you have to memorize the moves of different pieces.

But the simplicity of learning does not mean that the threshold for entry and mastery of Go is low.

Quite the opposite.

As a traditional skill, the difficulty of Go proficiency is one of the highest among all board games in the world.

Because of this, Go is not as popular as chess and backgammon, which can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys.

Most people may only have heard of the big names of Go, have never played Go, and do not know how to play Go.

"I think there is another reason, the time it takes to play a game of chess!"

Lao Zhang put forward a relatively novel idea, that is, the playing time.

In the game of Go, assuming that the two sides are of similar level and the chess strength is difficult to distinguish, it is common to play a game of chess for several hours.

From ancient times to the present, ordinary people are hard-working people who are running around for their lives. If they spend all their precious time playing chess, will they still be farming?

Only the high-ranking officials and aristocrats in ancient times, the group of people who lived a carefree life, had leisure and plenty of time to improve their chess skills.

"That's why Go is not as popular as backgammon and chess, and not many people can play it."

Lao Zhang explained with a smile: "Because the next game of backgammon and chess won't take much time, even if you have to run around for life, you can spare a few games in your spare time."

"This statement is very interesting."

"According to what you said, in this fast-paced era, wouldn't there be no one willing to learn and play Go?" Gu Miao asked back.

"Sure!"

"The problem now is not only that people's life is getting faster and it is difficult to find time for entertainment. Another problem is that entertainment methods have become more diverse."

Lao Zhang smiled and said, "Didn't you notice that there are fewer old men playing chess in the park?"

It really is!
When Lao Zhang said this, Gu Miao immediately remembered.

In the past few years, the park was full of old men playing chess, but in recent years, these old men playing chess have gradually decreased.

What are they all doing?
Tai Chi, square dancing, fishing, playing mahjong...

This is still the elderly, even their entertainment methods are so diverse, let alone young people.

I am afraid that young people would rather play the pesticide of the dead for a day and watch short videos for a day than go to someone to play chess and go.

The faster pace of life and the diversification of entertainment methods have led to the decline of board games. Even the kings of chess and backgammon cannot escape bad luck, let alone the unpopular game of Go.

"So I don't recommend you to do Go animation, and I'm not optimistic about the future of this work."

Lao Zhang shook his head: "The current audience of board games is no longer what it used to be. In my opinion, mahjong and poker are more reliable than Go."

"Mahjong..."

Gu Miao thought of a neon animation called "Genius Mahjong Girl", and suddenly smiled.

Mahjong is not bad either.

It's a pity that mahjong is not in his plan, and he can consider it in the future.As for now, Go is more in line with his needs.

Although Lao Zhang is not optimistic about "Go Boy" and thinks that it is difficult for Go animation to have a bright future in the current era, Gu Miao is still unmoved.

Go audience is too narrow?

This is the truth!

But Go Boy is not a serious Go animation, even people who don't know Go can watch it with gusto.

"Huh? Not serious?"

"That's right! Go is just a carrier of the story. Leaving aside the part of Go, "Go Boy" can be regarded as an overhead martial arts animation." Gu Miao explained.

Telling stories through chess.

Switching to chess and backgammon can also have the same effect. To put it bluntly, as a carrier of storytelling, the audience does not need to understand the part of Go, but only needs to understand the development of the plot.

and……

Is the Go game part of the animation "Go Boy" really hard to understand?

There are special effects!

The audience can't understand the trend of the chess game, so it's enough to see who plays chess with more momentum, and who plays chess with better special effects?

There is no such thing as a silly child who judges Jiang Liuer's level of chess by observing the game, right?No way?

We smart people judge whether Jiang Liuer will win or not based on special effects, opponent's expression, and whether the chessboard glows or not.

As long as any piece on the chessboard glows, and the opponent shows one of expressions such as surprise, astonishment, puzzlement, and fear, it can be judged that Jiang Liu'er is about to win.

did you see it?
Who said that Go animation must understand the game?Whoever says they don't understand the rules of Go, then they can't understand "Go Boys"?

"This... is this okay?"

"Of course!"

Gu Miao raised her eyebrows: "If this is not enough, there is no need to worry. You can also add commentary from passers-by to the animation, and use them to introduce the changes of the chess game to the audience."

Well known.

Passers-by are the strongest!

In fantasy novels, when the main character is fighting with others, there must be knowledgeable passers-by gasping and pointing out the main character's and opponent's skills and the origin of magical weapons...

How could a passerby know so many secrets?

Laughing to death, do you really think those passers-by are ordinary passers-by?Those nameless passers-by are all the external incarnations of the screenwriter and author, terrifying existences that even the Dao of Heaven dare not offend.

Gu Miao, who has read so many fantasies and fairy tales online, naturally knows the role of "passers-by commentary".

If similar passer-by characters are added to the animation "Go Boys", even viewers who do not understand the rules of Go can roughly understand the key changes of the game, which can be said to be beneficial.

of course!

This is not Gu Miao's first creation. In fact, in the original "Go Boy" animation, there are similar passer-by commentators.

And in the entire animation circle, similar plots are not a novel design, such as "The Prince of Tennis", don't there are a lot of commentary clips by passers-by?
Wang Wang's god-level skills are basically described through the perspectives and lines of his teammates, audience and opponents, so that the audience can feel the power.

"Go Boy" just changed from explaining the game skills to explaining the changes of the chess game.

……

When Gu Miao was still discussing the feasibility of the so-called "Go Boy" with Lao Zhang and others, the movie "Bear Haunted" has already detonated the entire summer vacation.

Only ten days after the release.

The first three days were sluggish, but from the fourth day onwards, the attendance rate of the film increased sharply, and on the eighth day, it even created an astonishing box office record of 2.8 million in a single day.

As of July 11th, the 8.17th day of the movie's release, and the second week of its release nationwide, the cumulative box office of the movie "Bears Invincible" has reached [-] million yuan.

The reason why it didn't break one billion is mainly because the performance in the first week of release was really not good, and the box office was mainly accumulated in a few days on weekends.

But it is not important.

The important thing is that with the arrival of the summer vacation, more and more children are walking into the theater accompanied by their parents, and the movie attendance rate has returned to normal.

With the blessing of the excess filming rate, it is not difficult to draw a conclusion: "Bear the Treasure Hunt" may be the biggest winner of this year's summer vacation!
"Don't, don't!"

"Don't promote it like that. We can't afford this title. During the summer vacation, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, who knows if there will be a dark horse in the future?"

Gu Miao resisted the idea of ​​the biggest winner of the summer vacation, and refused to admit it.

Not only that, but he also said that "Bears of the Lost Treasure" is only the first big movie in the Bears series, and their expectations for the box office are not high, and it will be considered a success if it breaks one billion!

Regarding his modest statement, all the media reporters were speechless.

Breaking one billion is considered a success?
The Treasure Fighters are almost heading for 15 billion. If the performance in the third week and the fourth week is a bit more eye-catching, maybe they can expect a box office of 20 billion. Is this not successful enough?
Mr. Gu is really too humble!
If the achievements of the Treasure Fighting Bear were placed in other companies, I am afraid that it would have been blown to the sky long ago.

If this is not the biggest winner of the summer vacation, who else deserves it?It's hard to see a second "Bear of the Lost Treasure" in the movies released this summer, right?
The reporters murmured.

Some people guessed that the box office of "Golden Rooster Dawn" in the first half of this year was too good, so Gu Miao said these words.

After all, compared with the brilliant record of the Pleasant Goat Zodiac series, although the first big movie of Bear Infested performed well, it was really not interesting.

Some people also think that the reason why Gu Miao said this is to show off to everyone in a subtle way.

"Bears of the Lost Treasure" is considered a success if its box office exceeds one billion?Why a billion?
Because so far, except for Wanbao Animation, there has not been any domestic animation film that has surpassed the one billion mark at the box office.

Gu Sanshui is showing off!
Gu Miao was also speechless for his modest statement, which was speculated by various unscrupulous media as showing off.

make sense...

Everything he said was the truth, the biggest winner of the summer vacation?One billion box office is amazing?Who dares to say such a thing in front of "Wolf Warrior 2"!

"almost!"

Gu Miao glanced at the calendar, then shook her head and said, "In about ten days, these people will know what a miracle is."

"pity……"

The "Wolf Warrior 2" project has nothing to do with Wanbao, the box office of billions is certainly eye-catching, but Gu Miao has no idea at all.

He is engaged in animation, not in film and television dramas. Even if he receives the news in advance and rushes to send investment to others, he probably won't accept it.

Take a thousand steps back.

Even if someone is really short of money and is willing to accept Wanbao's investment, considering Wanbao's current business scope, Gu Miao will not pay too much attention to it.

After all, the box office is the box office, and the money you get is the money you get.

"Wolf Warrior 2" is a good opportunity to make money, but if we really want to make more money, I'm afraid it may not be so.After all, in Gu Miao's eyes, the ability to make money from this IP is probably not as good as "Yu-Gi-Oh" and "Pokemon" by one-tenth.

It's just that during this summer vacation, Wanbao really can't do anything with this special halo-blessing movie.

Bears of the Lost Treasure have been screened ahead of schedule.

But even if it is released earlier, by the fourth week, "Bears of the Lost Treasure" will still hit this movie, which is impossible.

"Intensify publicity efforts!"

Gu Miao called Du Hao and told him to increase the promotion of the movie "Bear the Lost Treasure" this week and the next week to squeeze the box office potential as much as possible.

The fourth week completely gave up.

The screening cycle of Bears of the Lost Treasure will be completely over next week. After all, it is really impossible to face Wolf Warrior 2 in the fourth week.

Try to squeeze out the box office potential of "Bears of the Lost Treasure" in the first three weeks, and then mix it up in the fourth week, and release it as soon as possible.

Extended key?

Don't make trouble!

In normal times, Gu Miao might still fight for this thing. After all, if it is shown for a longer period of time, it can earn more box office.

Can the summer holidays be postponed this year?

He didn't think that under the aura of that movie, Bing Bing of the Lost Treasure could have any outstanding performance, so the so-called postponement was unnecessary.

In fact, Wanbao is not bad.

At least Bears of the Lost Treasure is an animated film, and the audience overlap with that film is very low, relatively speaking, the impact is not as great as other films.

The other movies that are also released during the summer vacation are really miserable!

At least Bride of the Lost Treasure can win the support of the children, so that he won't be crushed to the point where he can't fight back, but other movies can't help it. In front of that movie, they are all cannon fodder.

"Ok, I see."

After receiving Mr. Gu's instructions, Du Hao nodded first, and then asked, "Bear Bing, tonight, the cumulative box office will probably exceed one billion. Do you need to celebrate?"

"Look at the arrangement!"

"Look for a note from the accountant, you take Dimension Studio out to celebrate at night, remember to keep a low profile..."

It is not the first time Wanbao has held celebration banquets and receptions.

Gu Miao didn't even bother to attend the celebration banquet with a mere one billion box office, let alone spread the word. After all, it was only a one billion box office, so why make such a big show?
20 billion is a big deal. After all, it is indeed an outstanding achievement that the box office of animated films can reach such a high level.

40? 50?
If an animated film can really win such a high box office, Gu Miao will not only hold a high-profile celebration banquet, but even live broadcast the whole process, invite those friends and businessmen to participate, and slap her face in front of them.

Unfortunately……

Judging from the current point of view, it is not so difficult for animated films to reach a domestic box office of 40 billion or 50 billion.

The devil boy of Nezha came to the world?
Thinking of this, Gu Miao couldn't help but sigh.

In the past two years, it's not that he hasn't inquired about whether there is a domestic team working on this project?After all, judging from the original timeline, Nezha has already established a project at this point in time.

Unfortunately, after inquiring around, I found out that Nezha's devil boy, who was supposed to appear as scheduled, did not appear, and no news spread in the circle.

This made Gu Miao very worried.

Without Nezha at the forefront, when will domestic animated films break the curse and match or even surpass live-action films in terms of box office performance?Attract the attention of the entire capital circle?