My Animation Era

CCTV Children's Channel has been working closely with Wanbao Animation 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. It is picky and dislikes your animation plot, which is childish and old-fashioned.

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

As for the ratings and stuff...

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?

Will they 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, which is the evening of the Mid-Autumn Festival, CCTV Children was very generous and started pre-promotion for "Go Boy" a week in advance.

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

Why financial channel?

Gu Miao actually didn't understand. Anyway, as long as someone came to interview him, it didn't matter which channel it was. In short, it was good to be on CCTV News.

There will be no parade this year.

Therefore, there are no particularly eye-catching headlines during the National Day. The top hot searches are XX Tour Concert and National Day Highway 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 world.

In the eyes of young children who don’t know how to feel, the Mid-Autumn Festival is no different from other days. After all, the mooncakes are not delicious, and their parents have to give them to them.

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

During this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, many TV stations 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!"

"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 and soon became interested after discovering an animation they had never seen before on TV.

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

[Episode 1: Divine Machine Cannon]

In the late Ming Dynasty, Japanese pirates were prevalent along the coast. The imperial court sent magical cannons to combat the Japanese pirates. Unexpectedly, the magical cannon 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 children's attention.

Jiang Liu'er was left in Lingyun Temple by his father. 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, leaving the three young monks dumbfounded.

This astonishing scene not only shocked Master Yuande who was peeking 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 defeat 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 successful 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.

But who is Jiang Liuer?

Even if he was imprisoned in the Sutra Collection Pavilion, he would not 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’ve never 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 Liu'er, and the progress of the plot is not fast. Except for the game of chess with the little monk, I have never played Go seriously.

But 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 can't figure out what's wrong with their son, and 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’s just that compared to the 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 Liu'er, was actually suspected of being a Japanese spy and fell into deep quagmire.

On the other side, Jiang Liuer, who dreams of being a hero, chooses to play chess with Huamianlang in order to save others...

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

It was also through the game between Jiang Liu'er and Hua Mian Lang that the audience realized that they were still too naive. How could Go play such a strange phenomenon?

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 an army of thousands of horses rushing towards him.

“Go turns out to be so cool!”

"Okay, I want to play chess too..."

The children don't understand what "artistic modification" is. They just think that Jiang Liu'er'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’s rare for a child to be interested in a traditional talent. It’s not a problem to sign up for an extracurricular interest class, 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.

Over at the Chess Academy, they were overjoyed 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 spontaneously. What is the difference between this and pie in the sky?

Ever since, after receiving Gu Miao's commission, the Chess Academy 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 those 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 the not-so-famous Ying Jiang.

The chess academy knows how to ride on the popularity!

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

"I bought one 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 have given you three years of training, but you still can't beat me. After all, I have only studied for two months, and my level can 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 didn't want to talk in depth on this topic. After all, what was the truth about Mr. Gu's failure to win the world championship? He could only say that everyone understood it.

Xiaoke 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 even knows how to play chess, and even 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's expression remained unchanged: ""The Young Master" is a phenomenal passionate fantasy animation, but "Go Boy" is not."

In terms of ratings, Go Boy is probably not as good as the Magic Soldier, let alone super-standard hegemonic games such as Guardian of Yangcun and Infested Bears.

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

If the TV series animation does not do well in the first broadcast, 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 rewind and rewatch previous episodes of online animations, but how can you rewatch them 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 work hard 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 imprecise 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 the character Jiang Liu'er, so it's a bit boring to watch."

"After a few episodes, Jiang Liu'er began 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 create the character of Jiang Liuer in the previous episodes, the plot was too boring and seriously lacked the so-called tension and excitement.

Later, 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.

It's really boring at the beginning, but you'll be fine if you get through this episode.

Moreover, 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 promote!