my animation era

There are always people who don't believe in evil and think that in cartoons, the villain can't win, and the protagonist can't end up in a miserable end.

Their logic is simple.

This kind of thing has never happened before, and it will never happen again...

Therefore, they always firmly believe that the successive tragedies in the middle and late stages of the animation "Little Fugui, the Chef" are just a little storm in Xiaofugui's life journey. As long as he survives, the ending will be happy and happy.

According to common sense, their judgment is very reasonable. After all, many animations, even movies and TV shows are performed in this way.

But this time, they were wrong.

Who said villains can't have the last laugh?Who says the main character has to have a happy ending?

The animation "Little Fugui, the Chef" uses the cruelest plot to reveal to the audience a truth that although I don't want to admit it, it is a realistic portrayal: good people don't necessarily get rewarded!
Xiao Fugui was too miserable.

The grandpa who tried his best to rescue him died on the day he became the chef of the imperial cuisine.

Bean Sprouts, a good friend who was mutual confidant and wanted to help, was put under house arrest and rarely died well.

Whenever Xiao Fugui is in trouble, there will always be a right-hand man to help. His beloved friend Xiao Feidie sees through the cruelty of the deep palace and leaves him.

And the little bee, the old doctor...

Everything that happened in the past was a bit too heavy for Xiao Fugui, a child who was supposed to enjoy a leisurely childhood.

When he became the chief imperial chef, he was still thinking about using a dish to awaken the empress dowager's love for the emperor, trying to help his good friend bean sprouts out of the sea of ​​suffering.

However, it's time to wake up from the dream!

Master K ruthlessly shattered Xiao Fugui's fantasy, and when he felt desperate, he told Xiao Fugui everything.

Mr. K, the villain that countless viewers hate, thought he would be punished in the end, but at the end of the story, everyone only heard his wild and sarcastic laughter.

The laughter was too harsh.

The villain taunts the protagonist by jumping in the face in public. In any animated work, it is an unquestionable act of death, and he will definitely be severely slapped in the face by the protagonist.

But this is Xiao Fugui, the master chef...

As a powerful minister of the court, even though Mr. K's behavior is extremely rampant and arrogant, what can Xiao Fugui, a cook, do to him?

Powerless!

This was the first feeling that came to many viewers' hearts when they saw Mr. K taunting and taunting him unscathed.

God, what animation is this?
A big villain actually survived to the end in an animation with more than 100 episodes?It's not over yet, he not only had the last laugh, but also mocked the protagonist and his party.

Go back in time to a few months ago.

When Xiao Fugui entered the palace for the first time, the person who received him, bathed and changed his clothes was Xiao Lizi, and when Xiao Fugui received a letter from Xiao Feidie and was about to accept the title of chief imperial chef the next day, it was also Xiao Lizi. Xiao Lizi bathes and changes clothes for him.

little plum.

This guy who was bad from the beginning to the end, Mr. K's right-hand man, and the guy who has harassed Xiao Fugui countless times, behaved extremely kind at the end of the story.

He knew in his heart that after Xiao Fugui left, he might never see him again.

As the saying goes, even a stone will become warm after getting along for a long time, let alone a living person?
No matter what wrong or bad things Xiao Lizi did before, at least at the end, he really wanted to save Xiao Fugui, and couldn't bear to watch him die.

Coincidentally, the old doctor came to deliver a medicinal recipe for the emperor to recuperate his body, and Xiao Lizi begged him to save Xiao Fugui.

Is this the right decision?

Judging from the results, Xiao Lizi's decision undoubtedly saved Xiao Fugui's life. After all, without the old doctor's life-saving rescue, Xiao Fugui had already been killed by the assassin sent by Mr. K.

But thinking about it from another angle, although Xiao Lizi's decision saved his good friend Xiao Fugui, it also led to the death of the innocent old doctor.

If he really had that kind of heart, why didn't he save Xiao Fugui by himself, why did he let the old doctor do the work, causing innocent people to die?
one way or another.

In the end, Xiao Fugui chose to take up the post and became the chief imperial chef. According to the tradition, he used eighteen golden kitchen utensils to cook an imperial meal for Lafayette.

This dish is called Mother and Child Love.

Xiao Fugui has no other wish, but hopes to take care of the bean sprouts under house arrest and recuperate his body, but Mr. K has already anticipated this move and threatened the emperor in advance to write down the imperial edict.

The content of the imperial decree is very simple. The emperor said that he does not need Xiao Fugui to take care of him, nor does he need him to recuperate his body...

At this time, the news of the old imperial doctor's death came, and everything became clear.

Lafayette knew the truth, but it was impossible to turn against the minister because of a cook. Master K was even more proud at this time, and simply told Xiao Fugui everything, as if he was asking him: How can you fight with me as a cook?
"Xiao Fugui, the court is sinister and ruthless, with many right and wrong, it is definitely not a place for you to stay for a long time!"

The exhortations in Xiao Feidie's letter, as well as the code words "leave the palace immediately" written by the emperor's imperial decree, made Xiao Fugui understand.

He seems crazy.

Yes, in the eyes of ordinary people, Xiao Fugui at this time is no different from a lunatic. He gave up his position as chief imperial chef and resolutely walked out of the palace gate under the sunset.

On the other side, Xiao Lizi, after completing all the missions of Mr. K, thought he would see his parents, but found out that his parents had already died a long time ago, and starved to death...

The ruthlessness and sinisterness of the inner palace and the decay of the late Qing Dynasty are clearly revealed at this moment.

No flowers, no applause.

Little Fugui riding a steed, under the guidance of a butterfly, walked slowly towards the sunset.

The story of the animation "Little Fugui, the Chef" ends here.

But although the animation is over, the inner damage caused by this ending to the audience is still fermenting on the Internet, and even intensified.

……

"I cried to death, the old doctor is such a good person, he died to save Xiao Fugui?"

"Crying like a dog at night, Xiao Lizi did so many bad things for Mr. K for his parents, and finally got such news, who can bear it?"

"The most distressing thing is Xiao Fugui, right? He was the same when he entered the palace, and he was still the same when he left the palace. The only difference is that the people around him are dying and walking away, and he has become more lonely."

"Zhuo! The family has solved the case. The producer and special consultant of this animation is Gu Miao. He must have done something good. Let me flush him out..."

"It's unbelievable that the villain actually had the last laugh. Although the protagonist saved his life, it was worse than death. This animation really refreshed my understanding."

Who said no?
With the broadcast of the ending of the animation "Little Fugui, the Chef", more and more viewers began to express their opinions on the Internet, and the general consensus was that it was too unexpected.

The villain actually won?

Who would dare to believe this!

We don't know whether the children cried or not after watching the ending. Anyway, this group of adult viewers counted as one, and they were all depressed after watching the ending.

Still can't accept it...

It's obviously such a funny animation. The play and fight between Xiao Lizi and Xiao Fugui in the early stage made everyone so happy. How could the ending be so cruel?

This twist is a bit like "Super Beast Armor", but with a difference.

The magical turning point of the super beast armed, it is a kind of shock that makes people's eyes shine, and they call it a good guy.

And the plot turning point of Xiao Fugui, the master chef, makes people's eyes go dark. One second they are still celebrating a happy event, and the next second there is bad news. The white silk is hung up, and the wedding scene turns into a funeral feeling in seconds.

The general audience is fine.

Although this ending is a bit distressing and tearful, it is also expected.

After all, so many people have died before, and many viewers have already made sufficient psychological preparations, guessing that the ending is probably a tragedy.

But someone like Liu Zida, who swears that the ending will be a happy end, not only has his face swollen from the beating, but is also so shocked by the ending that he can't speak.

what's the situation?
Why not play the cards according to the routine?
From a normal situation, shouldn't it be a happy end at this time to make everyone happy, and by the way, look forward to the second season?
If you do this, it doesn't matter if everyone's face is swollen. These video bloggers who rely on the Internet for their living don't care about losing face.

But the key is...

There is no follow-up to this ending, what is the producer thinking?Really just play one ticket and then get out of the way, aren't you going to make "Little Fugui, the Magical Chef" into a series?

"Make it into a series? How dare you think about it!"

Gu Miao and Hou Bin laughed at the doubts raised by some netizens.

From the beginning of the establishment of the project, "Little Fortune of the Chef" clearly pointed out that this is a non-series product without a sequel.Wanbao didn't even think about the sequel, but let the netizens arrange it.

This is different from Xiaodang.

Xiaodangjia can produce a sequel, on the one hand, because the story is indeed not finished, and there is still room for further expansion, on the other hand, it is also because, like this kind of animation that uses cooking competition as a selling point, it is easy to launch a sequel.

But the story of Xiao Fugui has been told very completely through this animation, and there is no room for expansion.

If there is really a sequel to be made, then unless Xiao Fugui ascends to another world, starts all over again, starts cooking for the queen mother of another world, and continues to work hard as the chief imperial chef.

But that doesn't make sense logically.

Because Xiao Fugui cooks for his grandpa, and grandpa is dead, so he can't come back from the dead, so he travels to another world and continues to be arrested, and then expects his grandson to come to another world to cook and save him, right?

That's too abstract and nonsense!

Regardless of whether there are some or not, it is absolutely impossible for an animation like "Little Fugui, the Chef" with a complete story and both plot transitions to have a sequel.

There is really a sequel, so there is no doubt about it, it is definitely because the copyright owner is too ugly and used it to make money and sell feelings.

"That's right, no sequel."

Hou Bin agreed: "The story has been told so far, it is already very complete. If we make a sequel, it will be to gild the lily and add enough to the poisonous snake."

This word sounds familiar!
Gu Miao glanced at Hou Bin. She didn't expect this guy to be quite sober, and he was not dazzled by the results of "Little Fugui, the Chef", which is very rare.

Some animation producers are just not clear-headed, and they are dazzled by the momentary success. Seeing that the animation has become popular, they recklessly announce the serialization and launch various sequels just to waste money.

That's definitely a brain problem!
Do you really think that any animation and any work can be "serialized"?Blindly filming sequels disgusted both the audience and fans, as well as myself.

Gu Miao wouldn't do that kind of stupid thing, and Hou Bin wasn't the kind of person who would do anything for bad money.

the most important is……

The animation "Little Fugui, the Chef" is produced by "Jiangchuan Wanbao Animation Co., Ltd.", this is Wanbao!

There are so many popular animation IPs under Wanbao, even more popular than Chef Xiaofugui, and they are more suitable for serialization. There are too many sequel projects to do, why bother to do such a disgusting thing?
Take a thousand steps back.

Even if Gu Miao and Hou Bin really fell into Qian's eyes, they felt that the master chef Xiao Fugui was very popular, so they insisted on making a sequel to this animation.

Excuse me!
Inside Wanbao Animation, there are countless similar sequel projects, Xiao Fugui, right?Get your number obediently and go in line, and after another four or five years, it might be your turn to make a sequel.

……

Money is king, everything else is advertising!
No matter how good "Little Fortune of the Chef" is said by netizens, and no matter how explosive the ending of the animation is, for Gu Miao, there is only one criterion for judging the success or failure of a project.

That is, profitability!

The purpose of starting a company is not to do charity. As an animation company, its animation works naturally shoulder the task of making money for the company.

In some cases, the two data of ratings and online broadcast volume can even be ignored, just look at how much money the animation made when it ended.

Chef Xiao Fugui's performance is mediocre.

This kind of average does not refer to the average ratings or playback volume, but to the profitability of the industry.

Since peripheral derivatives are not easy to produce or sell, this animation relies more on the sale of broadcasting rights, which is commonly known in the industry as "subsistence allowances".

More than 100 episodes of animation, only relying on broadcast rights and advertising revenue, it is indeed a bit shabby.

Even if the part of the policy subsidy is included, it is not much. The profit of the entire animation project of "Shen Chef Xiao Fugui" is not even as much as a set of stationery for "Dragon Ball Z".

Yes, it's that outrageous!

Just as the animation "Dragon Ball Z" became popular all over the world, Wanbao cooperated with a local stationery company in Jiangchuan to launch a complete set of Dragon Ball derivative stationery.

Gel pens, pencils, watercolor pens, stationery boxes, compasses, erasers, rulers, pencil sharpeners and notebooks, etc...

At first glance it looks very inconspicuous.

But it is precisely this set of stationery peripherals. From January to April this year, the global sales in the first quarter exceeded 1 billion yuan.

To put it bluntly, the money earned from "Little Fugui, the Chef" may not be as much as a co-branded pencil case from "Dragon Ball Z", and it would be embarrassing to spread it.

"It's all about making money."

"No matter how much you earn, it's a good thing to earn money." Lao Zhang said with a smile, "Don't always use "Dragon Ball" to pressure Hou Bin and Huang Kun. Dragon Ball is a work that can be encountered but not sought after."

"I understand your idea……"

Gu Miao broke the defense and returned to breaking the defense, but she wouldn't be angry with Hou Bin for such a trivial matter.

What Lao Zhang said is quite right. There are not many works as popular as Dragon Ball in the world, and it is not fair to compare them.