Chapter 424 The Importance of Mouth Mouth (Please Subscribe)

"The Story of Afanti" is very popular.

This has also attracted the attention of relevant departments in the Western Regions, because this is a rare animation created by processing folklore characters from the Western Regions.

Therefore.

Not long after the animation premiered, Gu Miao received a call from the Western Region Tourism Department.

The other party asked him politely about the creation process of the animation "The Story of Avanti", and then made a request to him.

Roughly speaking.

This animation is very popular and very influential among the people. The local tourism department hopes to use the "Afanti" animated image to attract tourists.

"No problem, you can use it as you like."

Gu Sanshui, who has always been greedy for money, not only did not charge a penny for licensing IP characters this time, he also offered to customize a "travel promotion animation" advertisement for him.

"Then why are you embarrassed..."

The staff member on the other end of the phone probably didn't expect Gu Miao to be so enthusiastic, and even his words became stammering.

"It's okay, you're welcome."

"My dad has taught me since I was a child that a person must have a sense of social responsibility. The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility!"

Anyway, Lao Gu wasn't around, so Gu Miao rambled and said, "I happen to like the Western Regions very much, and I'm planning to travel in the near future. It's my honor to be able to help you!"

"That's... great."

After hanging up the phone, Gu Miao quickly contacted the company's department responsible for public welfare animation and asked them to use Afanti's image to create a Western Region tourism advertisement.

This matter is very important!

This is directly related to whether Gu Miao can win the favor of some political figures at the official level.

Thinking on the bright side, licensing an animated character for free and helping to shoot an animated commercial won't cost much anyway.

If you can really flatter me...

Isn’t that blood money? !

Just as Gu Miao was happily thinking about how to use this incident to improve the company's image, the phone rang again.

This time it was Director Wang who called.

As expected, Director Wang called Gu Miao this time, also for "The Story of Afanti", which was also a good thing.

Some official media plans to publish a special report on "The Story of Afanti".

"Interview?"

Gu Miao wondered: "Okay! I'm free at any time, just ask them to come to the company to find me."

"I'm not interviewing you!"

Director Wang complained on the phone: "They want to interview Liang Xiaodong and the Puppet Studio. Can you please stop being so narcissistic?"

Gu Miao: "..."

Blanch!

It's not fair, it's not reasonable.

Obviously he also contributed to "The Story of Afanti" and he also participated in animation production, so why was he not included in the interview?

An angry Gu Miao told Liang Xiaodong about the interview and deducted his bonus out of jealousy for "entering the office with his left foot".

Feeling comfortable now.

…

After handling the company's affairs, Gu Miao came to Wanbao Comics Company located in the new headquarters in Xincheng District.

Teacher Nantong is waiting for him.

As soon as they met, Gu Miao couldn't wait to ask: "Is the comic book volume ready? When is it going to be released?"

"Probably just these two days!"

"Look, this is the slightly revised first volume of the "Yu-Gi-Oh!" comic." Nantong handed a comic to Gu Miao.

Gu Miao took the comic book, sat down on the leather sofa, and looked down.

This viewing lasted for more than ten minutes.

After quickly browsing the entire comic using the "quantum reading method", Gu Miao roughly understood the differences between the first single volume and the serial version of the comic.

simply put.

In the stand-alone comic, Nantong added some supplementary explanations of some duel "rules" according to Gu Miao's instructions.

When serialized in the magazine before, Nantong actually did not specifically describe the rules and gameplay of "Yu-Gi-Oh!" monster summoning, health points, attack and defense, etc.

This directly leads to...

Many readers are sorting out the dueling rules and gameplay while following the comics. Some readers, even after reading the latest chapter of the manga, still don’t understand the rules of dueling.

Gu Miao feels that this is not good and is not conducive to the popularization and promotion of "Yu-Gi-Oh" gameplay and cards.

So he asked Nantong to give up the serialization in the magazine, organize the already published comics into single volumes and publish them in single volumes, and at the same time modify some of the plots.

What plot should be modified?

Of course, it is to add some "explanatory" lines to the protagonist and supporting characters. For example, during the duel, introduce the monsters you summoned and proactively reveal your tactical arrangements.

When reading the "Yu-Gi-Oh!" comics and animations in his previous life, Gu Miao always felt that it was too verbose for the protagonist and supporting characters to explain the operation of various cards while playing cards.

Every time I play a card, I have to explain it in a long-winded manner for a long time, introducing the effect of this card in extremely detail, for fear that my opponent will not understand...

You are not blind, you can see what monster you summoned and what magic and trap cards you used. Is it necessary to be so verbose?

Of course, this is what I thought before.

As an audience member, Gu Miao previously felt that the "explanatory" lines of the protagonist and supporting characters were too wordy and completely unnecessary.

But when he became a director, or animator, he discovered that these "explanatory" lines were so important.

This is not a line!

This is clearly a hands-on tutorial, teaching you step by step how to play cards. Do you think that every time Muto Yugi plays a card, he makes a lot of introductions, all for his opponents?

NO! !

These lines and card introductions are all for comic readers and animation viewers.

Just imagine……

If the protagonist and the supporting characters don't have these "explanatory" lines and just talk trash, will the new audience be confused?

What happened?

Why did the protagonist use this card and the situation reversed instantly? Why does Kaiba look so ugly despite being so good?

Can not Understand it!

In order to prevent this from happening, it is necessary to add a lot of explanations and lines to the protagonist and supporting characters. Try to let the audience understand the specific effect of each card.

That's why Gu Miao asked Nantong to modify the content of the comic and add more explanations to explain the lines in the stand-alone comic.

But in this case...

Comics including subsequent animations will produce a very embarrassing effect. That is to say, all the characters on the stage are all "talkers".

"Just talk."

Gu Miao waved her hand and said: "If there are more lines, at most the dubbing actors will suffer. It has nothing to do with me as a director."

Nantong: "..."

That makes sense, as expected of Mr. Gu!

After three seconds of silence for the voice actors, Nantong immediately thought of another question.

The specific rules and gameplay of Duel Monsters can be explained through the lines of the protagonist and supporting characters.

But……

It seems that the current duel rules are not perfect enough, right?

Hot knowledge: At least one-third of the total length of the "Yu-Gi-Oh!" animation is used to "explain" card effects...