Chapter 724: A pity
"game?"
When Meng Huo returned to Su Hua from Tokyo, he immediately heard that Zhongxia Company was going to produce the online game "Flame Boy".
"Yeah, online games."
Alice, who greeted him at the airport, answered that in fact, Zhongxia Company did not announce this to the public, but they did not deliberately conceal it. Phoenix Company, which has been paying attention to secretly, naturally got first-hand news soon.
"Two days ago, many representatives of game companies went to discuss. It is said that they have decided, but I don't know which company signed it, but we got a news that this game will be launched within two years."
"Two years!?"
Meng Huo was surprised. If he was making a game for the popular animation "Flame Boy", the quality requirements of this game would obviously be very high. If there is no strict requirement, the launch of the new game will have a negative impact on the animation.
Excellent online games usually take four or five years of careful polishing to be released. Two years is too short, which makes people wonder whether they can check the quality. However, Zhongxia Company is rich and powerful. If you don’t stingy with the cost, it will not be very strange to release them in two years.
“…What does Dong Ding want to do?”
However, Meng Huo was still very surprised. He was not worried about the new game at all. It was released within two years, but when the time came, the victory or defeat between him and Zhongxia Company might have been decided, and Dong Ding's move seemed meaningless.
He didn't understand why Dong Ding suddenly made a long-term plan. He always felt that there might be other meanings in it, but after thinking about it, he still had no idea. In the end, he simply threw it aside - soldiers came to block the water and soil, and it was still a long time.
Others at Phoenix Company seemed to be unaware. After Alice informed Meng Huo of this, she did not express any comments on it. Instead, she asked another thing: "Have you watched the new animation of Zhongxia Company?"
"Does "The Country of Ice and Fire"? Well, I watched it..." Meng Huo nodded. He looked at the street scene flashing outside the car and smiled: "That animation is pretty good, and the online comments are good. I think it will become a classic work in Zhongxia."
A few days ago, during the release of "Pokemon 2", Zhongxia Company launched a new animation "Land of Ice and Fire".
This animation premiered on the same week, Ninghai and Xiangjiang TV stations. Once it was broadcast, it was popular with many people, especially Xiangjiang TV station, which broke the animation ratings record over the years. However, because the response of "Pokemon 2" was too great, and the animation of Xiangjiang has just started, this animation has not received much response in the media circle.
Zhongxia Company does not seem to have a plan to promote this on a large scale. Meng Huo noticed the animation because after it premiered on Ninghai TV, the Takashima couple told him that it was very good. So he watched the premiere of Xiangjiang TV the next day.
It was indeed an excellent animation. Although it could not be compared with "Boys of Fire", the story was indeed very interesting and the original author was quite talented.
"I don't know who wrote the script of that animation, but it seems that Nakaxia has found a group of dark horses." Meng Huo suddenly remembered something and turned to ask Alice: "I heard from Mr. Takashima that this animation is the animation you gave up in the Far East?"
He didn't know the specific thing that happened at the beginning, but "The Country of Ice and Fire" was indeed an animation that Alice gave up. After the animation was taken over by Zhongxia Company, the dubbing and soundtrack of the voice actors was reselected, and the soundtrack was only officially aired now.
Its response was better than Alice expected. Although it did not reach the ding level, it was considered a relatively excellent work launched by Zhongxia Company over the years. In addition to the works of Angels, this animation can rank at the forefront of Zhongxia animation.
"Well, I found that the author of this animation had a problem at that time, so I didn't sign it up."
Alice was a little unhappy when she remembered that. In fact, although Alice had not been to Jidong again, she secretly gave some small trouble to her unscrupulous father. She caused his various investment losses to be huge. In just one or two years, she could completely ruin his nourishing life.
However, that guy was indeed very lucky, and the success of "The Country of Ice and Fire" saved him again.
Meng Huo didn't know these inside stories, but he had also heard of the original author's questions and was even more curious at this moment: "Have you found that original author? If you can find him, don't be poached by Zhongxia."
He was not very interested in the success or failure of "The Country of Ice and Fire", but the original author was very valuable. This is a rare original cartoonist, and it is quite excellent. Maybe his potential is even better than Qin Ya.
"I don't think you have to worry about this." Alice's eyes darkened: "The original author should not be alive anymore, Zhongxia Company will not be able to get her."
Her investigation into "The Land of Ice and Fire" has stopped. Finally, after careful analysis, it was found that the original author was most likely from two people. One was the poor widow who had raised her father for decades, and the other was their daughter, Alice's half-sister.
No matter who it was, they were dead, and the manuscript on the manuscript would not increase again, nor would his threat to Phoenix Company have occurred.
"That broom star..."
Alice gritted her teeth in her heart. Whenever she thought of that man, she would feel anger, and every woman she met would be unhappy. However, such a man's life is more nourishing than many people. He never lacks the opposite sex or money, and he doesn't even have to worry about the second half of his life.
Why? Just because of that face and smooth mouth? Alice looked at Meng Huo. The person beside her was not bad at all, so why did the two men give her completely opposite feelings?
"If he had one-tenth of Meng Huo's conscience, I wouldn't have killed him..."
Alice sighed slightly, Meng Huo stared at her strangely, not knowing what she was sighing. But he didn't pay attention, but was surprised by Alice's answer just now: "Is the author of "The Country of Ice and Fire" dead?"
“Ten*.”
Alice was not sure, but she believed that the probability was very high.
"What a pity..."
Meng Huo suddenly felt a little regretful. It is difficult to find a qualified original cartoonist these days, and it is even more difficult to find an outstanding cartoonist. Zhongxia and Fenghuang are both looking for such talents. The author of "The Country of Ice and Fire" can be considered a powerful person in both companies.
"Do you think so much about her?" Alice was surprised. Although she thought it was good, it surprised her that the author was able to get Meng Huo's favor. As the most powerful cartoonist recognized in China, Meng Huo's vision is much higher than that of ordinary people.
"You haven't even seen her face before. Ice and Fire Country is that powerful?"
Alice asked curiously.
Meng Huo shook his head: "It is precisely because he has never met before that I feel that there is a great possibility that he has. The comics have only developed in recent years. I think that the author is likely to be a novice."
He is actually not optimistic about "The Kingdom of Ice and Fire". Although "The Kingdom of Ice and Fire" is an excellent animation work throughout China, it is not enough to enter his eyes. Its viewership number is difficult for even "The Girl of Light" to surpass.
However, animation is an animation, and the author is the author. When it comes to the history of Chinese comics, Meng Huo cannot help but be interested in that mysterious cartoonist.
The lack of original cartoonists in China at this stage is actually the most critical reason for the rapid development. Most of the cartoonists from various comic education institutions are "painters" rather than "writers".
If we look at the true definition of cartoonists, Phoenix has the largest number of cartoonists because most of them are original cartoonists, but because of this, Meng Huo is very familiar with the group of ‘original cartoonists’.
This group is very immature now. Some comic artists have a good imagination, but in just a few years of comic development, these comic artists do not have much knowledge of their ancestors to absorb. Many people are now in a stage where they cannot express good content with comic skills.
Meng Huo's comics are maturing quickly, but it will take some time. Perhaps in three or five years, the original cartoonists will be able to get rid of their cocoons and become butterflies. "The Country of Ice and Fire" is very unique. Its story expressiveness and some techniques used allow Meng Huo to see the superb techniques of the cartoonists behind it.
The history of comics is short, and that cartoonist is very likely to be a new cartoonist. The ability of a new cartoonist to draw such a work means that his learning ability is quite outstanding and the possibility of future development cannot be measured.
"I can even say that if he is really a novice, his potential is far beyond Qin Ya."
Meng Huo affirmed Alice that he did not know the author of "The Kingdom of Ice and Fire", so he was full of expectations for it. It was very likely that it was a cartoonist whose talent surpassed Qin Ya. Although it may be a bit too much for Qin Ya to say this, some of the talent displayed by Qin Ya is based on her conditions.
Qin Ya is of course smart, but from the time she transformed into a cartoonist, she actually stood at a different level from others. When she debuted, other outstanding cartoonists from Zhongxia Company were around as assistants to provide advice, and now Meng Huo is around.
The same experience of changing jobs in the two companies has also allowed Qin Ya to have more comic knowledge than ordinary people.
However, the author of "The Land of Ice and Fire" is different. He is on the edge of the comics industry that no one knows. He has no other excellent cartoonists or professional mentors around him. Everything has to be explored by himself, which requires even more talent and talent.
Meng Huo felt that his potential was quite terrible when he was able to draw a work like "The Country of Ice and Fire" by himself.
"That cartoonist, perhaps the most talented person I have ever met..."
Meng Huo thought so, although he didn't say it out, he felt very sorry that the cartoonist was no longer in the world. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!