Chapter 424: Ultra-Low Satisfaction
On the 25th, Ding Yanghua spent the day in tension.
It's been a long time since he's been 'nervous', and the last time he was nervous was when he went to Xiangjiang to invite Jiang Tianshi, but it's impossible to keep him from being nervous - the broadcast of "Madoka Magical Girl" is likely to determine whether Zhongxia Company will rise or continue to decline in the next few years.
Zhongxia Company was established with the ambition of becoming the No. 1 comic company in China, but in addition to the popularity at the beginning of the company's establishment, in the past few years, Zhongxia's pace has become slower and slower. Not to mention being the first to take over the animation market in the Far East, he was caught off guard by the many actions of Phoenix Company.
It has been a long time since Zhongxia Company has made a remarkable move, but Phoenix Company has caught up quickly, and it seems that it is only a matter of time before they increase the number of magazines and expand their business, and catch up with Zhongxia.
Ding Yanghua faced huge pressure from shareholders, so he had to desperately bring in Jiang Tianshi, and pinned his hopes on the animation "Flame Boy". If "Flame Boy" defeats "Madoka Magical Girl", Zhongxia Company will win an unprecedented opportunity - an opportunity to defeat him, turn over himself, and completely change the pattern of Chinese comics!
And whether this opportunity can appear or not depends on the quality of "Madoka Magical Girl"!
In the evening, after Ding Yanghua watched the first episode of "Madoka Magical Girl" at home, his nervousness disappeared.
"Amazing!"
When listening to the ending song, Ding Yanghua was deeply admired, why can he create such a high-quality animation with a limited cost, and the gap with "Flame Boy" is not far away, to be honest, it is very remarkable.
In particular, the characters are brilliantly portrayed. "Flame Boy" gave up the greater play of the painters in order to pursue the delicacy of the picture. The appearance of the characters is excellent though. But the flexible and dynamic Cheng dΓΉ is far inferior to "Madoka Magical Girl", and in the first five minutes of watching it, Ding Yanghua was almost stunned by what a pity.
He also thought that "Magical Girl Madoka" was going to defeat "Flame Boy", but after reading it later, Ding Yanghua felt relaxed. He seems to be caught up in the confusion of the picture, and he patronizes the picture and forgets the story itself.
Madoka Magi" is an original anime, and without the support of the original book, it must engage the audience with a story.
But the story content of the first episode is very bland. The protagonist of the story, Madoka, is a junior high school girl born into a good family, with good family and friends. One day, Madoka and her friends encounter a mysterious creature that asks for help after school, and the person who chases and kills this mysterious creature turns out to be a transfer student who transferred from another school that day. The transfer student tried to kill the creature, but was saved by Madoka and a senior sister who rushed over.
This senior sister is a magical girl with great power, and the mysterious creature calls herself "Kewpie", which is the contractor of the senior sister, and finally said to Madoka and the two, "Make a contract with me to become a magical girl".
That's what the first episode of the anime is about, it's very ordinary. Nowadays, many magical girl manga will have an opportunity at the beginning of the protagonist to become a 'magical girl'. This opportunity is very important, but the opportunity of "Madoka Magi" is not excellent. And the first episode doesn't show the strong personality of the protagonist, and Madoka's sense of storage is a bit low.
She doesn't have fighting spirit, she doesn't look like a person who can fight, and there is nothing very prominent in the first episode - just for that, the audience will not be too interested in the subsequent development of the anime. This kind of story may be able to say 'not bad' to an ordinary animation company, but if you put it on what a pity, it will only usher in disappointment.
"Audience satisfaction will be low......"
Ding Yanghua has no doubt about this, what a pity is a symbol of 'boutique', this was the secret of his success in the past, but this time it may become the biggest killer of his fall.
"We can't miss this opportunity!" Ding Yanghua stood up, his eyes shining: "This is the opportunity we have been waiting for for several years in Zhongxia!" β
It's a once-in-a-lifetime time, and the myth has never been so close to destruction as it is at this moment!
Ding Yanghua couldn't sit still, he took advantage of the night to hold a high-level meeting, and then early the next morning, Zhongxia Company began to promote the 'Angel' on a larger scale. Their promotion and packaging were just in time, because after seeing the first episode of "Madoka Magical Girl", many media outlets and reporters realized that it couldn't beat "Flame Boy", and the media industry began to have a frenzy of touting "Angel".
""Flame Boy" has surpassed "Madoka Magical Girl", and defeating "Pokemon" is just around the corner!" "Angels will also replace what's a pity, a new era in the comic industry is really coming!" β
People always have greater expectations for new things than old things, and angels are already on fire, and this time they are even more popular! Its members were frequently interviewed by various media, and Ninghai TV even held two interview meetings, and with the strong support of Zhongxia Company, the whirlwind of angels blew violently.
Ten members, each of whom had reports to write about, and in just a few days, Ninghai's media fell one after another, and almost all the newspapers involving cartoons focused on Angel.
For a while, the citizens of Ninghai had an illusion: they were surrounded by angel news and advertisements for "Flame Boy", and it was a pity that angels had surpassed them.
"Are angels really that powerful?"
Some people can't help but wonder what the news revealed from the newspaper and TV programs is that the potential of the Angel group has been exceeded, and its first debut work, "Flame Boy", defeated "Madoka Magical Girl", and the media predicts that the future manga industry will definitely be the world of angels.
Of course...... Since there is praise, there is naturally belittling, and the popularity of the angel sacrifices the prestige of what a pity.
A few days later, the audience satisfaction rate for "Madoka Magi" was released, and as expected by the media, it was 51% satisfaction - nearly 30% lower than "Flame Boy"!
This satisfaction is equivalent to the satisfaction of an ordinary-level TV series, and after it came out, many people felt embarrassed.
"It's a pity that Jiang Lang is exhausted." In a live interview with Ninghai TV, an expert sighed: ""Madoka Magical Girl" will be the beginning of his stepping down from the altar, and every animation work that has been a pity in the past will bring us a sense of amazement, but "Madoka Magica" didn't do it, it lost to the nascent group of angels, it's a pity......"
"In the future, the comic industry may have to return to the palm of Zhongxia."
The expert's remarks were met with a fierce reaction from the fans at the scene: "How do you know what happened later!" It's just an anime, and it's only one episode, what does that prove? It's a pity that the teacher definitely didn't do it seriously! β
The expert laughed at this reaction.
"Young people, why don't you take animation seriously? Do you think it's possible? I can give you a set of evidence that your words are wrong! β
He analyzed the fans at the scene, as well as the countless people who were watching.
"Madoka Magical Girl" is a work that does everything you can, and there are many things to prove. One of them is the quality of the animation, its graphics and music are the best choice, especially the flexibility of the characters exceeds the previous animation, and it will definitely not be defective. The second theme, the magical girl theme, was proposed by 'What a pity' himself, and it has been several years now, so why not and shouldn't spoil it casually.
ββ¦β¦ In fact, the truth is obvious. The expert finally added: "The cost difference between "Madoka Magica" and "Flame Boy" is several times, but the gap between the picture is not too big, which shows why the teacher is trying his best to make this animation." The appearance of the angel obviously put a lot of pressure on him, but no matter how hard the teacher tried, he still lost in the end......"
"Failure after hard work is the real failure! There is no doubt that it is not as good as angels. β
After the words were spoken, the fans cried on the spot.
It's a pity that the myth is shattered, but many people don't want to believe it, how can the myth be so simple and shattered? However, the wind of all the media has shifted to the side of Zhongxia, and countless misleads and analyses have caused a pessimistic mood in Ninghai's readership, and even began to spread outward.
"There is no myth that never ends!" After the satisfaction came out, the official Weibo of Ninghai TV station said: "No matter how talented a person launches high-quality products for several years, his inspiration will also dry up, the fall of genius is not terrible, what is terrible is that there are other people who are unwilling to admit it after the fall - friends!" Let go of your heart, let go of old ideas, and raise your hands to welcome the new era! β
Weibo did not write who the genius it said was, but no one is a fool, and combined with the recent situation, everyone knows what this genius refers to.
The moment they saw Weibo, fans were furious!
"How can Ninghai TV talk like that! Don't forget who raised your anime viewership to No. 1 in China in the first place! β
"With the new man, the old man is thrown aside in the blink of an eye - the venerable of the real Tm!"
"My heart is cold when I see it...... Sure enough, there are no friends in the mall, and when I saw that the interests of "Pokemon" were higher than those of "Young Emperor", you did not hesitate to abandon Zhongxia and please the teacher! Now that the times have changed, Zhongxia Company has moved south, and seeing that the potential of angels is higher than that of Mr. He, you do not hesitate to abandon Mr. Hexi!? What a wolf's heart and dog's lungs are pressed! β
"Why say such excessive words! Is it because the teacher chose CCTV? But before he chose CCTV, it was obvious that you chose "Flame Boy" first!! β
Weibo was deleted after only 10 minutes, and the TV station apparently realized that Weibo had offended many people, and the next day issued an announcement saying that the person who managed Weibo had been fired. But the official did not apologize for the content of Weibo, or even explain it, and this indifference has hit many readers.
The tiger fell in Pingyang and was bullied by dogs - why did it really fall?
It was at this time that the second episode of "Flame Boy" and "Madoka Magical Girl" aired on the same day. (To be continued......)