My Animation Era

Chapter 1070: Coach, I want to play Go!

CCTV Children’s Channel and Wanbao Animation have been working closely together for six or seven years.

 Actually, think about it carefully.

Except for the earliest Jiangchuan Children’s Channel, which is now the Red Crane Cartoon, CCTV Children should be one of the children’s cartoon TV stations that has cooperated with Wanbao the most.

 Gu Miao enjoys working with them.

In addition to the fact that it is easy to give money, the main reason is that CCTV Children's Channel is not like other TV stations, which are picky and dislike your animation plot, childish style and old style.

 For them, as long as it promotes positive energy and spreads positive values, it can be broadcast.

 As for the ratings and so on...

 Provincial and municipal TV stations may be more concerned about ratings because it is related to their advertising investment.

 But what kind of position is CCTV?

 They will be short of advertisers? Stop being funny! If you have a little understanding of the situation, you will know that no matter which channel under CCTV, the advertising investment is fully booked.

 Do you understand the value of having the highest coverage in the country? Do you understand what it means to be able to receive signals even if you just set up a satellite dish in the deep mountains and old forests?

Because of this, when the "Go Boy" animation premiered, Gu Miao immediately thought of CCTV Children.

CCTV children are also very cooperative.

After all, the animation "Go Boy" spreads positive values ​​and the core of the plot is full of positive energy. It also promotes traditional culture and has received strong support and recommendation from the Chess Academy. Why can't it be broadcast?

 As a result, the two sides hit it off immediately.

After the premiere date was confirmed on October 4, the evening of the Mid-Autumn Festival, CCTV Children was very generous and started pre-promotion for "Go Boy" a week in advance.

We also invited reporters from the CCTV Financial Channel to conduct an exclusive interview with the production team of "Go Boy".

 Why the financial channel?

 Gu Miao actually doesn’t understand. Anyway, as long as someone comes to interview her, it doesn’t matter which channel it is. In short, it’s good to be on CCTV News.

 There will be no grand military parade this year.

So during the National Day, there were no particularly eye-catching headlines. The top hot searches were XX Tour Concert and National Day Expressway Traffic Jam.

 In a blink of an eye, it’s October 4th, the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, the Mid-Autumn Festival!

As a rare moment of family reunion in the year, many families will choose to have dinner together tonight, and watching the moon is also an activity not to be missed.

 But this is an adult’s world.

In the eyes of young children who don’t know what it’s like to feel sad, the Mid-Autumn Festival is no different from ordinary times. After all, the mooncakes are not delicious, and their parents have to give them to them.

 The moon is nothing interesting to see. If you have time to look at the moon, you might as well watch TV!

 This year’s Mid-Autumn Festival, many TV stations have launched “Mid-Autumn Party” programs in an attempt to attract people’s attention.

 But it’s a pity…

 Adults only care about chatting, playing mahjong and using mobile phones, or drinking and eating. How can they have time to watch TV?

Even if someone is staring at the TV, they will not be able to see the program they want to watch. After all, the TV remote control at the moment is most likely in the hands of the youngest people in the family.

 “I want to watch SpongeBob SquarePants!”

 “I watched this episode of SpongeBob SquarePants yesterday, why not watch “Go Boy”.”

 “What is Go Boy?”

“I don’t know! It should be a new animation. Look at the first episode written here…”

 Children are very exploratory. After discovering an unseen animation on TV, they quickly became interested.

 Accompanied by the singing of the theme song "Go Boy" of the same name, the animation soon started to be broadcast.

 【Episode 1: Divine Machine Cannon】

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Japanese pirates were prevalent along the coast. The imperial court sent divine cannons to combat the Japanese pirates. Unexpectedly, the divine cannons fell into the hands of the Japanese pirates, who in turn defeated the imperial officers and soldiers.

Inspector Jiang Lingyun and his son Jiang Liuer went south along the river, responsible for investigating the case of Japanese pirates and solving the problem of Japanese pirates wreaking havoc.

 Children don’t understand the plot very well.

However, in the story, Jiang Liuer, who is slightly rebellious and longs to be a hero, still attracts the attention of the children.

Jiang Liu'er was left by his father in Lingyun Temple. In the temple, Jiang Liu'er showed his unparalleled Go talent.

One night, Jiang Liuer played chess with three young monks at the same time. With one against three, he actually won, and the three young monks were dumbfounded.

This astonishing scene not only shocked Master Yuande who peeked through the window, but also shocked the children in front of the TV who knew nothing about Go.

 They can’t understand Go.

But even if he couldn't understand Go, Jiang Liu'er was able to win against three young monks at the same time. This level of chess skills was amazing at first glance.

The key is…

 He shines when he plays chess!

Through his outstanding Go talent and the ability to make millions of dollars, Jiang Liuer quickly became famous in Lingyun Temple and became the little overlord of Lingyun Temple.

Master Yuande couldn't stand it anymore and decided to polish his temperament, so he locked Jiang Liu'er in the Sutra Pavilion and asked him to study the Four Books and Five Classics.

 Who is Dan Jiangliu'er?

Even if he was imprisoned in the Sutra Pavilion, he refused to study hard. On the contrary, among the books in the Sutra Pavilion, he actually found a chess score written by a previous chess master.

In the animation, the scene where Jiang Liuer finds the chess records is as mysterious as a down-and-out young man jumping off a cliff and accidentally finding a magical secret book.

 After all, have you ever seen a chess game with glowing paper?

 You’re right if you haven’t seen it before!

The children have never seen it, so they naturally became very interested in this chess book. Perhaps in their eyes, this chess book is as powerful as the "Nine Yin Manual" and "The Eighteen Palms of the Dragon."

The first two episodes of the animation mainly depict the character of Jiang Liuer, and the progress of the plot is not very fast. Except for the game of chess with the little monk, I have never played Go seriously.

Even so, with the magical description of Go in the plot and the glowing chess book, the children still became interested in Go.

 “Dad, can you play Go?”

 “I can play backgammon!”

Many parents don't understand what's wrong with their son, so they ask him if he can play Go?

 Please!

How many parents know how to play the unpopular board game Go? If you can understand the general rules, you are considered very knowledgeable.

As for parents who can play Go and are good at it, it is not that there are no parents, but compared to a population of more than one billion, there are still too few.

 …

One day later, the third and fourth episodes of the animation "Go Boy" were aired.

　　In these two episodes, the plot ushered in its first major turning point. The Demon Sword King, who was admired by Jiang Liuer, was actually suspected of being a Japanese spy and fell into deep quagmire.

 On the other side, Jiang Liuer, who wanted to be a hero, chose to play chess with Hua Mianlang in order to save others...

This is also the most difficult game Jiang Liuer has played since the animation "Go Boy" has been broadcast, and it is also the most spectacular game.

It was also through the game between Jiang Liuer and Hua Mianlang that the audience realized that they were still too naive. How could such strange phenomena be achieved in Go? The chess records can all shine.

When Jiang Liu'er was playing chess, the chess pieces and the chess board glowed with golden light, and a chess piece fell down. It makes sense that the formation was like a thousand troops and horses rushing towards him.

 “Go is so cool!”

 “Okay, I want to play chess too…”

Children don’t understand what “artistic modification” is. They just think that Jiang Liuer’s chess-playing posture in the animation is so cool that they want to learn it too.

 But learning Go is not an easy task. Just finding a qualified Go teacher has stumped many children.

 Big cities are better.

 The bigger the city, the more extracurricular talent and interest classes there are. Let alone Go, if you want to learn golf or equestrian, there will be someone to teach you.

 But those children living in second- and third-tier cities or small peripheral counties do not have such conditions.

 After the animation "Go Boy" was broadcast, many children, led by Jiang Liu'er, came up with the idea of ​​learning Go.

 But the question is, where should I go to learn Go? I can't even sign up for the hobby class. I'm so ridiculous that I can't find a teacher to teach Go!

 Parents are particularly distressed.

 It is rare for a child to be interested in a traditional talent. Enrolling in an extracurricular interest class is not a problem, but he can’t find a teacher...

 Soon, someone reported their troubles to Gu Miao through private messages.

Gu Miao was not idle either. After learning that the animation "Go Boy" inspired many children to become interested in Go, she immediately contacted the Chess Academy for feedback.

 At the Chess Academy, they were extremely happy to receive Wanbao's request.

They are worried about the lack of success in the Go world. They never dare to dream that there are so many children learning Go on their own initiative. What is the difference between this and pie in the sky?

Since then, after the Chess Academy received Gu Miao's commission, it quickly recruited a large number of professional chess players and released a teaching video on the Internet "Go from Beginner to World Champion" according to the entry-level standards.

 Xiao Ke was also called.

Probably the chess academy wants to use Xiao Ke as a model to tell parents and teachers, do you see it? As long as you play Go well, young people like Xiao Ke are also very promising!

Gu Miao also took a look at this teaching video.

Not to mention, he saw many familiar professional chess players here, including Xiao Ke and Yingjiang, who is not very famous yet.

Chess Yuan knows how to ride on the popularity!

Taking advantage of the popularity of the animation "Go Boy", it not only produced videos to teach netizens how to play Go, but also launched a large number of products. The products include various fixed-style chess records and introductory books on Go.

 “I bought a copy too!”

Lao Zhang said with a smile that he also bought an introductory teaching book on Go through the recommendation of the chess academy, and planned to study it in his spare time.

"just you?"

Gu Miao said disdainfully: "I gave you three years of training, but you still can't beat me. After all, I only studied for two months, and my level is enough to beat the current world champion!"

"I see."

“If you play with a stinky chess player like you for a long time, you will really become unbearable.”

Lao Zhang doesn’t want to talk in depth on this topic. After all, what is the truth about Mr. Gu’s failure to win the world championship? All he can say is that he understands it.

 Xiao Kexia is just normal.

Even if Alpha Dog came, he would probably be furious when faced with Mr. Gu’s shameless move of pulling out the power cord.

This has nothing to do with chess ability, it’s simply because someone is too shameless and doesn’t care if he knows how to play chess, but he also uses extra moves...

“Mr. Gu, the situation is not good!”

"Although "Go" has received a very enthusiastic response, the ratings are ridiculously low compared to "The Legend"." Lao Zhang said with a sad face.

"This is normal."

 Gu Miao said without changing her expression: ""The Magic Soldier" is a phenomenal passionate fantasy animation, and "Go Boy" is not."

　　Compared with ratings, Go Boy is probably not as good as the Magic Soldier, let alone super-standard hegemonic games such as Guardian of Yangcun and Haunted Bear.

The only ones that can be compared are probably the works of friendly companies such as "Electricity Boy" and "Zodiac".

Wanbao’s own animation, I’m afraid Go Boy can’t beat any of them...

 “But this is not normal!”

Lao Zhang said with a headache: "Obviously we are all optimistic about the animation "Go Boy", but the first broadcast ratings are only this?"

 “Why panic? It will rise later.”

“Go Boy is not the kind of animation that is very popular from the beginning. On the contrary, this animation is extremely slow-burning.”

Compared to Lao Zhang’s worries, Gu Miao has seen it much more clearly. Just because the ratings were low during the first broadcast does not mean that it will continue to be like this in the future.

There is no shortage of examples in the animation industry of stretching the hips in the early stage and exerting force in the later stage, such as the classic "Super Beast Arms". Isn't that also a typical case of exerting force in the later stage?

 “I hope so…”

 Lao Zhang sighed and had no expectations for Mr. Gu’s so-called later efforts.

 After all, "Go Boy" is a TV animation, not an online animation with more potential, and it is also a "series".

TV animation series, if the first broadcast does not do well, there is a high probability that it will not be revived. After all, if you miss the previous episodes, no matter how exciting the subsequent episodes are, new viewers will not be able to understand it.

You can go back and watch previous episodes of online animations, but how do you catch up on TV? Rely on playback and replay?

 But the matter has come to this, and it is useless to say this.

 Mr. Gu's vision is still very forward. Since he said that "Go Boy" will be more effective in the later stage, let's believe him for the time being.

What's more, the animation has only aired four episodes and the plot has just begun. It would be too imprudent to conclude that "Go Boy" is a failure now.

 “Don’t worry, wait until the world is unified!”

 Gu Miao smiled and said: "The first few episodes are mainly about shaping the transformation of Jiang Liu'er's character, so it's a bit boring to watch."

“After a few episodes, Jiang Liuer started to study hard and practice hard, and his chess skills improved by leaps and bounds. When he faced various Go masters, the animation became exciting and beautiful.”

This is not nonsense by Gu Miao.

It is true that in order to establish the character of Jiang Liuer in the previous episodes, the plot was too boring and seriously lacked the so-called tension and excitement.

Later on, Jiang Liuer suddenly experienced drastic changes and grew up overnight, and the plot began to ignite.

Especially when Jiang Liuer overcomes obstacles all the way and finally defeats his opponent and wins the title of Ming Dynasty Chess Saint, the audience's emotions will reach an unprecedented threshold.

It is no exaggeration to say that the sense of accomplishment and joy that comes from watching Jiang Liuer climb to the top of the Ming Dynasty chess master is comparable to reading a five-million-word trashy counterattack novel.

The front part is really boring, but it will be fine if you get through this part of the story.

And this plot cannot be deleted. Its nature is the same as the "beginning of the waste material flow" in the rise of waste materials, which plays the role of suppressing the desire to advance!

 (End of this chapter)