My Animation Era

  Chapter 902 Romance and Official History (for subscription)

   It's not just "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

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

  The amount of work is not small.

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

   "It should also be done..."

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

   "It won't be us, right?"

"this?!"

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

   Tell the truth.

  The adaptation of IPs of the level of the four major classics into animations, the average company may not really have the strength, and it must be a big factory like Wanbao to reassure the leaders and thousands of fans.

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

"I understand."

  Old 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!"

  Effect good?

  That’s all right, since Wanbao has done so well, the rest of the classic adaptations can be entrusted to Wanbao for production.

   Bad effect?

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

   "How about us as a pilot?"

  After trying to understand the trick, Gu Miao said speechlessly: "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, the IP of the four major masterpieces, we can't be perfunctory, we still have to do our best to avoid smashing the brand.

   As the director appointed by the company, Ma Kui took the lead in expressing 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."

  Old Zhang nodded and said: "The story of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is similar to Journey to the West. From the first ninety-nine to the first, 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 original work is written and described in the same way as the animation, so as not to be criticized for tampering with the classic.

"I think so too."

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

   But the four great classics were also randomly changed?

  Fans no matter how stupid they are, they can’t 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 adaptation, but a masterpiece adaptation. I believe everyone who understands the gold content of masterpieces understands it.

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

  Gu Miao frowned 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 characters do not match, 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.

  But 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 work?

   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 split.

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

   "We are doing 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 keep an eye out."

  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.

  The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, although it seems to be a vivid history, it is after all a romance novel fabricated by later generations, three points are true and seven points are false.

   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!"

  Old 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 characters' images 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 too outrageous!

   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 any 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 frowned.

   "President 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 seen the Three Kingdoms. His parents have gone to school, so they must have seen it.

  If he finds out that his son made "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" into a pile of shit, with the hot temper of the old couple, it may not only be a curse, but also a hand!

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

  (end of this chapter)