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Chapter 851: Riot

"Bastars!!" On the same day, in Yanjing, Zhao Meng, president of the second largest entertainment company in China, threw vases on his hands to the ground, gritting his teeth and cursing: "Damn He Xi, and that traitor, are really too bullying!"

His wife Xiao Shu was no longer surprised by his actions. She always saw Zhao Meng getting angry at home. She calmly ordered the nanny to clean up the fragments on the ground, and then waited until Zhao Meng had vented enough before she walked over slowly.

"What's wrong?" she asked, "Can't you keep those four directors?"

She knew that the reason why Zhao Meng was angry was because several directors wanted to change jobs. When they just submitted their resignation, Zhao Meng felt something was wrong. The results of the investigation made him even more angry - the directors actually wanted to help Phoenix Company make an animated movie!

Zhao Meng was already full of prejudice against Phoenix Company. If he had encountered such a thing again, he would be damn if he could calm down. Zhao Meng has been trying hard to persuade the directors to stay, but it seemed that there was no effect.

"They are gone." He sat on the sofa and said angrily: "Just today, everyone left and took some other elite employees away!" Xiao Shu was surprised: "How could this happen? Even if you can't keep them, as long as you continue to be tough, they can't leave so soon, right?"

Zhao Meng lit a cigarette and started smoking hard.

"They are not ordinary people, and I can't stand them to death." Indeed, if he forced these directors to stay, he would probably succeed. However, in this way, these directors will not work hard for him in the future, and will also have an impact on the image of "Star Dream".

Each of the four directors is an old director with more than ten years of experience. They have great connections and influence. Although they are not as famous as stars, they have strong appeal in the industry and even in the star circle. If they were not in desperate situations, Zhao Meng would not have been able to accompany them to the death.

"What should I do now? Just hand them over to Phoenix Company for nothing?" Xiao Shu asked frowned. She didn't think her husband would be so simple and admit that the person who suffered losses was indispensable. Zhao Meng's strength was indispensable to have his current status in the entertainment industry.

"Leave it to Phoenix for free? Hum..." In a short time, Zhao Meng finished smoking the cigarette. He reached out to put out the cigarette butts, not caring about the heat on his head: "How can such an easy thing be? Isn't there an animation about He Xi going to be broadcast soon?"

Xiao Shu was stunned for a moment, then flipped through the table, and found a newspaper: "Ah, yes, the name of this animation is "Wine of Immortality", which premiered on the 11th."

She handed the newspaper to Zhao Meng, and Zhao Meng reached out to take it. When she saw the report of the animation in the newspaper, although Phoenix Company did not promote "Wine of Immortality", it was concerned about He Xi's animation, and media outlets still did not miss its introduction.

"Wine of Eternal Life" - The story begins in the Atlantic Ocean in 1711. Alchemists who left their hometowns get something from the demons, Wine of Eternal Life. Those who drink Wine of Eternal Life will not die no matter what kind of injury they suffer. The only way to death is to kill each other. In the underworld of New York in the 1930s, the young and promising Philo, a fool and thief couple, an immortal alchemist and his assistant in the 200-year-old playmate, as well as Philo's playmate since childhood, a wealthy daughter, a member of a terrorist organization, and a young conductor... This group of people who were originally unrelated have begun to interweave their fates due to the revival of Wine of Eternal Life.

——A very long introduction, but like everyone else, Zhao Meng only had one feeling after reading it.

"I don't know what's going on!" He put down the newspaper. The introduction of "Wine of Eternal Life" is not short, but he can't understand what kind of story this animation is going to tell. Even the editors who made this report may not know it, and just copied the introduction.

"There is one more here." Xiao Shu picked up another newspaper, but she did not hand it over to Zhao Meng this time, but said: "This newspaper exposed the title of the first episode leaked by "Wine of Eternal Life", saying--The vice president will not talk about the possibility of being the protagonist."

"...What the hell's name!" Zhao Meng sneered: "It's true that just like they said, it's a completely unspeakable animation."

"who are they?"

"Some friends from TV stations." Zhao Meng answered Xiao Shu's questions and said: "They are all people who directly watch or indirectly get the "Wine of Immortality". The information they provide is much more authoritative than the reports in these newspapers."

Xiao Shu immediately burst into interest. Her eyes turned and immediately guessed what kind of revenge Zhao Meng was planning to take around "Wine of Eternal Life".

"Is that animation bad?" she asked.

"It's not just bad." Zhao Meng sneered and said happily: "According to the TV station, that's simply a mess. He Xi is willing to keep his popularity in his willfulness. No one of the people who have watched the sample scores gave it more than five points. Can you believe this result? TV stations can't broadcast all kinds of animations. They want to maintain the ratings. If that's not He Xi's animation, no one will ask for it."

When he first received this news, Zhao Meng did not believe it at all, but after verifying it from many aspects, he can now fully confirm that "Wine of Immortality" is a bad movie, and it is not an ordinary bad movie. It can be said that it is a fighter in a bad movie.

"So bad?" Xiao Shu sat next to Zhao Meng, frowned: "But don't you think something is wrong? Why did He Xi make such a bad animation? I heard that there was an animation called "Magic Girl Xiaoyuan" in the past, it..."

"Impossible, impossible!" Zhao Meng waved: "You want to say that "Wine of Immortality" will be the same as "Magic Girl Xiaoyuan", right? I tell you that this is unlikely. The positioning of the two animations is completely different... "Wine of Magic Girl Xiaoyuan" is just that the early story is not good, but "Wine of Immortality" is not a problem with the story."

He had already investigated it clearly that the problem of "Wine of Immortality" is not storyline. If it is storyline, it still has a salvation, and no one knows whether it will be reversed. But it is not a question of content at all, but a question of production techniques.

"They described "Wine of Immortality" as a literary and artistic movie. You should understand this, right?" Zhao Meng said. "Wine of Immortality" is like a literary and artistic movie. The problem is not the story, but the narrative technique is too abstract and complex, which is simply unsolvable.

It would be strange if an animation with problems with narrative techniques could become popular! Even in TV series, directors are avoiding complex narrative methods. Once the filming is too complicated, no matter how good the story is, it will be useless.

And what He Xi is doing is one thing, something that can be said to be a "tat for television"...

"He is too high for watching TV viewers." Zhao Meng sarcastically said: "If you put such an animation in the cinema, there are still people who can watch it patiently, after all, they have paid... But on TV, how can they watch it patiently for you?"

He Xi made a fatal mistake, and he put the techniques he shouldn't have used on TV. Chinese TV audiences are generally relaxed and their most disgusting is complex TV series. You don't have to pay for watching TV like you do in a cinema. As long as you are a little impatient, most people will change channels.

Moreover, there are many choices of animations in China now, and viewers can choose TV stations freely. There are many simpler animations when you move your fingers. Why can you finish watching "Wine of Immortality"?

When Xiao Shu heard her husband say this, he felt that He Xi was a little too young.

"You are investigating so clearly. Are you planning to teach me a lesson with "Wine of Eternal Life"?" She asked out loud. Although she was asking, her tone was no different from confirmation. How could Zhao Meng miss such a good tool? He nodded honestly.

"Phoenix Company doesn't want to hype "Wine of Immortality", so let me help them hype. This time, we must humiliate He Xi, otherwise he will only become more serious!" Although Meng Huo did not target Zhao Meng, Zhao Meng felt that he had been humiliated too much by him.

He could not let this situation develop, and He Xi wanted to establish an animation film company to touch his negative scale. Zhao Meng was even more worried that the company would also have an impact on them in the movies - this is not without the lessons of the past.

"Actually, Zhongxia Company had talked to me about the idea of ​​making an animated movie." Zhao Meng paused and continued: "I didn't have this plan before. Now He Xi is pressing step by step. It seems that I have to seriously consider this matter."

Xiao Shu was shocked again: "You want to make an animated movie?"

"It's not just a movie..." Zhao Meng shook his head: "I want to cooperate further with Zhongxia Company. Why can't we do what Phoenix Company can do? This time, those directors left, and I want them to run back on their own initiative."

"And that traitor..." He recalled Alice, the culprit who caused this situation, and was even more angry: "Did she think I don't know what she did? Everything was caused by her, and I will never let her go!"

No matter how He Xi's rise, the establishment of a voice actor firm, or the current series of actions of Phoenix Company, He Xi is indeed the core, but in Zhao Meng's eyes, the person he hated the most is no longer He Xi, but Alice.

If Alice had not been He Xi's editor-in-chief, he might not have risen; without her, the voice actor firm would not have grown up, and He Xi would not have become a voice actor; without her, it would have been impossible for several directors to contact He Xi at all - who knows what Alice would do in the future?

Zhao Meng found that her threat was much greater than He Xi. As long as she could solve the trouble caused by this woman, no matter how powerful He Xi was, she would be just an eagle that had lost her wings and could not fly up no matter how powerful it was.

But Alice is invincible and did not leave any dark history or information when she was working in "Celebrity Dream". This made Zhao Meng very difficult and could not find a suitable place to start - he could only put her aside for the time being and first use "Wine of Eternal Life" to destroy He Xi's limelight.

On Monday, March 11, "Wine of Immortality" premiered on Suhua TV.

The broadcast time is noon, which is inconsistent with the usual evening broadcast time. It can be seen that Su Hua TV is not actually optimistic about "Wine of Immortality". In fact, this broadcast time is also a time that Meng Huo agreed with.

Every TV station has prime time and non-prime time periods. The animations broadcast during prime time are generally popular animations. Putting unpopular animations on it will only reduce the ratings of the TV station and the loss will also be huge. The premiere price of "Wine of Immortality" is very low, and it should be placed in the non-prime time period at noon according to the price.

However, even so, this time still did not extinguish the enthusiasm of a large number of fans.

As a niche animation that Phoenix has publicly recognized, how niche is "Wine of Immortal"? This has also attracted the attention of many journalists and media. Before the animation started, the audience and reporters sat in front of the TV waiting, including Yu Feihang and his editors.

Every time He Xi's new work premieres, Yu Feihang will never be absent. Today, he even asked the editors of the entire department to stay and order fast food outside. Then more than a dozen editors waited in front of the TV.

"I have a premonition that the animation will be very topical this time!", "Are you referring to a bad topic? Are we going to prepare to add black water to Teacher He Xi this time?", "I think it's better to be the same. The first episode is not good, maybe there is another "Magic Girl Xiaoyuan" afterwards.", "To be honest, I still can't believe that Teacher He Xi will produce a work that everyone thinks is bad."

Before the animation started, the editorial department started talking loudly, and the editors were also very sensitive. They had already obtained some inside information from the TV station, so they did not expect much of the first episode of "Wine of Immortality".

They have begun to talk about how to prepare for the news after the animation is broadcast. Yu Feihang has always asked the editors to comment on He Xi's animation with a positive view, but this time if the inside story is true, it will be difficult for them to remain positive.

"How can a bad movie be made into a good movie? Isn't this lies with lies with your eyes?" They thought so, and then waited for the animation to be broadcast very seriously. If the first episode really made everyone feel bad, they wouldn't be able to advertise it in the opposite way.

However, when the editors were hotly discussing, Yu Feihang did not speak. Judging from his experience, even if people all over the world say that He Xi’s animation is not good, this is not something worth believing.

"Teacher He Xi cannot view it according to common sense, you must believe him..." Over the years, this idea has become Yu Feihang's persistence. After persisting for many years, it has proved its correctness again and again.

Besides - He Xi will bring a bad movie to the market?

Anyone with a normal IQ will think this is impossible. How could He Xi smash his own sign? Some people on the TV station say he is willful, but even if he is alone, will Phoenix Company accompany He Xi to be willful?

Phoenix Company agreed to produce "Wine of Immortality" and put it out, which is a strong signal in itself - others say "Wine of Immortality" will not be like "Magic Girl Xiaoyuan", and Yu Feihang is just the opposite. He thinks that this animation must be "Magic Girl Xiaoyuan" in another sense.

No matter what method it is used, "Wine of Immortality" will definitely fall below everyone's attention. This kind of thing has happened many times in the past. Out of absolute trust in He Xi, Yu Feihang believes that this time will be no exception.

Of course, he also understands that others have to listen to their opinions. So much insider information says that the first episode is not good, so the first episode will really not be good.

"This may be the biggest Jedi counterattack..." Yu Feihang thought so. All he could do now was to try to find the highlights in the first episode. If he could reveal the clues of He Xi's Jedi counterattack in advance, their newspapers would definitely be very popular.

However, according to past experience, it will be very difficult to find clues.

Soon, when the takeaway from the editorial department arrived and the editors started having lunch, the animation started broadcasting, just like many animations in the past, the moment the opening song sounded refreshed the editors.

“Another new song!”

"This song is also good. Teacher He Xi still doesn't leave any effort on the songs as usual, but its style seems a bit different from the animation songs in the past. This feels very strange, a bit like... Well, what does it look like?"

"You mean it's like the Western style of songs? This song seems to be a combination of jazz and wind instruments... Actually, I don't understand it very much, but I have heard some Western singers' music before, and I feel a little acquaintance."

"So this is a brand new way of music? Teacher He Xi actually understands Western music? No, this is very important, write it down quickly... I also heard that "Wine of Eternal Life" has an English name, so it seems that it was not translated directly, right?"

Yu Feihang pointed to an editor with chopsticks and asked, "Have you investigated the English name clearly?"

"Yes." The editor stopped the lunch box in his hand, searched on the table, and took out a piece of paper: "bao—This seems not to be simply English. This word means "big riot" in Italian. If Teacher He Xi did it on purpose, I suspect that the actual name of "Bao Wine of Eternal Life" might be abig riot."

"A big riot?"

Yu Feihang's eyes lit up. This is interesting. Maybe it's true. "Wine of Immortality" is too confusing, but the word "The Riot" is easier to explain - especially in line with some insider information.

According to the family of the artist who has seen animation samples and participated in the animation production, the characters and stories of this animation seem quite complicated and jumping around. If it is "The Great Riot", it can better reflect this situation.

"Is this really the case?"

Yu Feihang watched it with anticipation. The music rhythm of "Wine of Eternal Life" is quite cheerful, and the opening storyboard is also very exciting. Both the music and the picture are basically perfect. With such an opening, it really makes people believe that this animation is not attentive enough.r1152
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