Chapter 810: Animation Ending and Ideas
After Li Qin left, Meng Huo turned the calendar on his desk to the last page, December was here.
The ending of 2018 came so quickly, but Meng Huo was not in the mood to review the various paths he had walked this year. As soon as December arrived, he faced a major event - the first part of "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" was completed.
The ending time of this animation was long before he expected, but what Meng Huo did not expect was that he had never expected that the scenes that ended the animation would be so enthusiastic. Since the 23rd episode was released two weeks ago, relying on Lockeon's death and the popularity of the ending animation, the performance of "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" shocked the world twice in the last two weeks.
The 24th episode of "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" increased by ten percentage points, reaching a new record after the animation was broadcast. The final episode of the 25th episode, Tokyo TV's ratings exceeded two million - incredible data!
This data is the highest data for Tokyo TV in history. Although many reporters explained that this is a normal nepotism effect brought by He Xi's growing fans, Meng Huo does not think so...
His popularity is indeed growing every year, but now there are too many his animations on TV stations that interfere with each other: viewers who watch "Chong Elf" on Monday will not watch "Rebellious Lelouch", viewers who "Rebellious Lelouch" will not pay attention to "Mobile Suit Gundam 00", and viewers who "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" will not watch "clannad" as soon as possible...
He Xi has many fans, but these fans will allocate different days to watch different animations for their respective hobbies. In this way, although the total number of viewers in each animation is large, it is difficult to increase the number of viewers in a single day.
The ratings of "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" on Tokyo TV have soared. But on the same day, the ratings of animations such as "Rebellious Lelouch" and "Clannad" did not drop significantly. Therefore, the success of "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" can only be attributed to one reason - it attracted many new audiences!
Most of these newcomers are curious people brought by the news, who created record numbers in episode 24 of Mobile Suit Gundam 00, but should have been calm or declined. However, unexpectedly, they went to the next level in episode 25.
From this, Meng Huo can be convinced that new audiences like "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" and did not discard it just because they satisfied their curiosity after watching an episode. The popularity of this animation far exceeded Meng Huo's expectations, which surprised and happy.
"It seems that the second part must be slow..." He thought so. The animation should not be released sooner than it became popular. Since the first part of "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" is so popular, for greater effect, Phoenix Company should leave some time to fully ferment the popularity of this animation.
The second part cannot be released immediately. If the second part is released next week, the audience will not have any expectations - Meng Huo wants to sway their appetite and make them want to watch the subsequent plot, so that the second part can gain huge popularity after it is broadcast.
But the trouble is that Meng Huo had already said in advance that the second part would be broadcast after the first part. He could not insert other animation works in the middle of the first part. This would be a rebellious thing and would easily make the audience dissatisfied.
"What do you think I should do better?"
Meng Huo had an idea in his mind, but he still told Qin Ya about it when he was at work. He wanted to hear other people's opinions.
"Isn't that simple?" Qin Ya disagreed and said: "You gave the animation section in Tokyo a two-week holiday. Then you announced that the second part of "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" will be broadcast at the end of the month."
With a two-week holiday and a week of production, the premiere of the second part of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 was postponed to the end of December. There was no gap of one month between them, which would not both make readers dissatisfied, but also mobilize their expectations.
"Teacher, you didn't say that the second one will be done right after the end of the first one? What are you worried about?" Qin Ya continued. Meng Huo did not say that the two "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" would be seamlessly connected, so as long as no new animation was released during the period, no one thought that Meng Huo was not keeping his word.
After an animation ends, the studio has two weeks off, which is really normal.
"It's also..." Meng Huo nodded. In fact, he had the same idea as Qin Ya. Time could not be delayed for too long. He released the second part of "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" within a month. The audience's expectations were just right.
However, what he thought deeper than Qin Ya was that Meng Huo also planned to hold some activities to improve the momentum of "Mobile Suit Gundam 00". The event can not only celebrate the completion of the first part, but also create momentum for the premiere of the second part.
"I should let Zhou Qian and Alice prepare early..." Meng Huo thought that Zhou Qian could hold some activities on Comic Island, and Alice could ask voice actors to hold some celebration performances.
"By the way... Alice is no longer in charge of the firm." Then Meng Huo suddenly remembered that the voice actor's work arrangements no longer need to go through Alice. Alice is still seeking knowledge from Xu Jing in Ninghai. He just needs to directly find Dong Li, the new manager of the firm, for such a small matter.
Thinking of doing it, at noon that day, Meng Huo took out his cell phone and wanted to notify the secretary to tell Zhou Qian and Dong Li, but found that the secretary was going out to help him with social events.
"I forgot again..." Meng Huo shook his head. He almost forgot that his secretary is also very busy now and has to serve as his "social representative". He often goes out to help Meng Huo socialize everywhere.
Meng Huo had to call Zhou Qian and Dong Li himself, and they agreed to go to his office to discuss after get off work. After the call, Meng Huo called Shen Jie again and asked if she would like to participate in the concert of "Mobile Suit Gundam 00".
This is what Meng Huo wants Dong Li to prepare for. He wants to hold a concert to celebrate the completion of the animation. The plan is mainly Shen Jie, Xia Chuan Zhen and Long Xue, so it is easy to make Dong Li agree, but Shen Jie has some things to do recently, and Meng Huo doesn't want to force her.
"The concert was held by Tokyo TV. They had mentioned this idea to me before. Now the animation is over, and the time is good." Meng Huo said: "But it's okay if you don't want to participate, I respect your choice."
Shen Jie thought about it for a while, but finally agreed: "I will attend this concert."
Although she is very busy, she is not refusing to be a voice actor. The just-finished "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" will definitely be held very lively, which is also a great temptation for her, and she has no reason to refuse...
Chen Jie agreed, Meng Huo was very happy. He did not ask Xia Chuanzhen and Long Xue anymore. The two voice actors' itinerary were arranged by the firm and did not need to notify him by himself.
After get off work, Zhou Qian and Dong Li came to Meng Huo's office on time. After half an hour of discussion, they gave a satisfactory answer. Meng Huo then called Tokyo TV. The TV station made a quick decision and said that it would fully support it. A concert was decided.
With this concert, Zhou Qian will also launch a series of peripheral activities at the same time, and these activities will add up to make "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" extremely popular before the second part is broadcast.
"Teacher, will you attend the concert?" Before leaving, Dong Li asked: "And how large should we make the event?"
Meng Huo shook his head: "I won't attend. As for the scale...you can do it..."
He didn't have time to participate, but in fact he just came up with an idea. The various activities of "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" were organized by Dong Li and Zhou Qian. The most important concert was Tokyo TV. With the popularity of Chen Jie and the other two, the concert would be a great success without Meng Huo.
Dong Li and Zhou Qian looked at each other, and Meng Huo's answer made them feel a little stressed.
"Teacher, you should always give me some data, right?" Zhou Qian asked. She couldn't understand Meng Huo's standards. The animation has not been completely completed. How large should she develop the peripherals of "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" on a large scale, and how many sales volumes can be considered successful.
Dong Li also felt that her goal was vague. What was the success of this concert?
"...I just gave a preliminary suggestion." Meng Huo looked at the two people helplessly: "How to implement it specifically, you can't set a feasible goal by yourself and then hand over the plan to me?"
Zhou Qian frowned slightly: "But, when I encountered such an important event in the past... Miss Alice would divide a framework for us in advance."
"Is she your nanny?" Meng Huo was surprised and then said unhappy: "Without Alice, you can't make a suitable plan?"
This is the first time he has heard of this, but as a department head, Zhou Qian must make plans by herself at work. It is impossible for others to give her a box to draw pictures in it.
"That's not." Fortunately, Zhou Qian is not so bad that Meng Huo is worried: "It's just that there is no standard, we will spend more time. The plan may have to be reviewed by your teacher..."
“If the teacher now gives us a suitable framework, the accuracy of our plan will be much higher.”
Zhou Qian replied, and Dong Li nodded at the same time. What they couldn't figure out was Meng Huo's psychology and did not understand how important this event of "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" was in his mind. This directly determines how much fund they should consider.
On the surface, "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" is very popular, and the concert requires three female voice actors to participate. This event should be quite important. However, Meng Huo did not even intend to attend the concert, and seemed to take it lightly in his words, not as important as they think.
Chapter completed!