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Chapter 902 Romance and Official History (Subscribe)
Not just "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

As far as Gu Miao knew, the higher authorities seemed to be planning to make animation versions of all the four great classics.

The amount of this project is not small.

For the time being, only "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has been confirmed. Wanbao has received this project as the first brother of domestic animation, but there is no news about "Journey to the West", "Dream of Red Mansions" and "Water Margin".

"It should be done..."

Gu Miao said firmly: "I just don't know which company these projects will fall on in the end."

"It won't be us, will it?"

"This?!"

Gu Miao scratched her head, and said after a while: "I don't know, go back and ask Director Wang!"

Tell the truth.

An ordinary company may not have the strength to adapt an IP of the level of the four major classics into an animation. It must be a big company like Wanbao to reassure the leaders and thousands of fans.

So from this point of view, maybe it is really possible for Wanbao to take over the projects of two or even all of the four great classics.

"I understand."

Lao Zhang seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly realized: "No wonder there is only one news about the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" project. This is to see the results!"

The effect is good?
That's all right, since Wanbao has done so well, the rest of the classic adaptations can be entrusted to Wanbao to make.

Bad effect?

The adaptation of the other three works of the four great masterpieces may have to be cautious, and it is unlikely to choose Wanbao again.

"How about using us as a pilot?"

After trying to understand the trick, Gu Miao said with a speechless expression: "Forget it, for the sake of the benefits, I don't care so much."

"Let's talk about this new version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", what should we do..."

Although it is a task assigned by the above.

But this is "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" after all, and the IP of the four major masterpieces cannot be perfunctory. You still have to do your best to avoid smashing the signboard.

As the director appointed by the company, Ma Kui was the first to express his opinion. He had watched the old version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" animation 15 years ago, and also watched the remake of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" TV series a few years ago.

According to his thinking, the story of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is too classic and well-known, so it cannot be changed randomly, and it is best to follow the original work.

"I agree."

Lao Zhang nodded and said: "The story of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is similar to Journey to the West. From 99 to just walking, you can recite everything backwards."

Under this premise, if the animation production team makes a slight change to the plot, it will attract controversy and criticism.

The best solution is definitely not to change a single word. The animation should be done in the same way as the original book is written and described, so as not to be criticized for tampering with the famous book.

"I think so too."

Gu Miao has no objection, if you adapt a web novel, it's fine if the scriptwriter makes random changes to the plot, at least there are fans to help clean up the mess, praising your talent far better than those web writers.

But the four great classics are also randomly changed?

No matter how brain-dead the fans are, they won't be able to praise a screenwriter's talent better than the ancients who wrote these masterpieces, that is, Luo Guanzhong, Wu Chengen, Cao Xueqin and others, right?
Be honest!
This is not an ordinary novel revision, but a masterpiece revision. I believe everyone who understands the gold content of a masterpiece.

"The plot follows the original book, but what about the characters?"

Gu Miao rubbed her brows and asked, "This is the crux of the problem! I remember the most criticized point of the old version of the Three Kingdoms animation, that is, the inconsistency of the characters, right?"

"Yes……"

The old version of the Three Kingdoms animation actually received a very good response after it was broadcast. After all, it is the first animation adapted from "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in China, and most people like it very much.

However, the old version of the Three Kingdoms animation also has a criticized slot, that is, the character image is too different from the original work, and many people can't match it.

what?
Is it too different from the original?
Is it difficult to understand this sentence?In fact, it is very simple. The old version of the Three Kingdoms animation is based on the characters created by the official history, and then the plot is done according to the romance.

This is what many viewers complained about, because the characters described in the official history make many people who have only read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" feel very strange.

There is a wonderful sense of separation.

Gu Miao didn't want this to happen, so he asked Ma Kui to distinguish the difference between romance and official history.

"What we are doing is the animation of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", not the animation of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". This point must be distinguished. Just do what the romance describes, and don't move closer to the official historical image."

"I'll pay attention."

Ma Kui nodded and said, "What we are doing is an animation adapted from a famous novel, not a historical animation adapted from a history book."

"Yes, that's what I mean."

Seeing that Ma Kui understood his thoughts, Gu Miao nodded in satisfaction.

Although the Romance of the Three Kingdoms seems to be a vivid history, it is after all a romance novel fabricated by later generations, with three points of truth and seven points of falsehood.

What Wanbao wants to do is not to restore the truth, on the contrary, what they want to restore is the fake part.

"The funds are sufficient, and the manpower is randomly selected."

"I only have one request for this animation, that is, the rating cannot be lower than the old Three Kingdoms animation after it airs. Can you do it?"

"The score is not lower than the old version of the Three Kingdoms animation?" Ma Kui did not give an answer immediately when he heard this, but turned to ask Lao Zhang, "How much is the score of the old animation?"

"not tall!"

Lao Zhang laughed and said, "I just took a look, and the old version only scored 9.5."

Only 9.5 points? !

Ma Kui's eyes widened. He never expected that the old version of the animation could still score 9.5 points while being criticized for not restoring the character image enough.

In other words.

The new version of the Three Kingdoms animation he made, after the broadcast, the audience must score more than 9.5 points to be considered a pass?

This is outrageous too!

An animation with a stable score of 9.5 or above may not be able to appear once a year. Even in Wanbao, such high-scoring works can be counted on one hand.

Ma Kui, who was not under much pressure at first, was suddenly under a lot of pressure when he learned that a score of 9.5 could be considered a pass, and his eyebrows almost knit together.

"Mr. Gu, can you relax some standards? A score of 9.5 is too high!"

"cannot!"

Gu Miao rejected Ma Kui's request without hesitation, and said with a sneer, "These are the four great classics, they are not rotten fish and shrimp, believe it or not, if you screwed up, your parents will be the first to scold you people?"

Ma Kui: "..."

He really believed this!

After all, there are very few people of the older generation who haven’t watched The Three Kingdoms, and his parents must have watched it since they went to school.

If he found out that his son made "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" into a pile of shit, with the hot temper of the old couple, it might not only be scolding, but he might have to do it!

A Chinese-American co-production Blossom star once said, if you make random changes to a masterpiece like this, you will have to apologize to the people of the whole country...

(End of this chapter)