My Animation Era

It's not just "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

As far as Gu Miao knew, the higher-ups seemed to be planning to make animated versions of all four famous works.

The amount of this project is not small.

For the time being, only "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has been confirmed. Wanbao, as the leading domestic animation brother, received this project, but there is no news about "Journey to the West", "A Dream of Red Mansions" and "Water Margin".

"It should also be done..."

Gu Miao said firmly: "I just don't know which company these projects will eventually fall on."

"It's not still us, is it?"

"this?!"

Gu Miao scratched her head and said after a moment: "I don't know. Let's ask Director Wang later!"

Tell the truth.

Ordinary companies may not have the strength to adapt IPs of the level of the Four Great Classics into animations. Only a big company like Wanbao can reassure leaders and thousands of fans.

So thinking from this perspective, maybe it is possible for Wanbao to win two or even all of the four masterpieces.

"I understand."

Lao Zhang seemed to have thought of something and suddenly realized: "No wonder there is only one news about the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" project. This is to see the results!"

Good effect?

That’s okay. Since Wanbao has done so well, we can safely entrust Wanbao to produce the remaining adaptations of famous works.

The effect is very poor?

As for the adaptation of the other three works of the Four Great Classics, we may have to be very cautious, and it is unlikely that we will choose Wanbao again.

"How about using us as a pilot?"

After figuring out the secret, Gu Miao said with a speechless face: "Forget it, for the sake of the benefits, I won't care so much."

"Let's first talk about what we should do with this new animation version of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"..."

Although it is a task assigned by the superiors.

But this is "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" after all. It is an IP at the level of the four major classics. You cannot just perfunctory it. You still have to do your best to do it well to avoid ruining the brand.

As the company's designated director, Ma Kui was the first to express his opinion. He had watched the old version of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" animation 15 years ago, and also watched the remake of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" TV series a few years ago.

According to his idea, the story of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is too classic and well-known, so it cannot be changed randomly. It is best to follow the original work.

"I agree."

Lao Zhang nodded and said: "The story of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is similar to Journey to the West. From ninety-nine to ninety-nine to just able to walk, I can recite it all by heart."

Under this premise, whenever the animation production team makes the slightest change to the plot, it will attract controversy and criticism.

The best solution is definitely to keep it word-for-word, and make the animation exactly as the original work was written and described, so as not to be criticized for tampering with the classic.

"I think so too."

Gu Miao has no objection. If you adapt an online novel, then forget it if the screenwriter makes random changes to the plot. At least you have fans to help clean up the situation and praise your talent far better than those Internet authors.

But the Four Great Classics were also randomly revised?

No matter how stupid fans are, they won’t praise a screenwriter’s talent as being better than the ancients who wrote these famous works, that is, Luo Guanzhong, Wu Cheng’en, ​​Cao Xueqin and others, right?

Be honest!

This is not an ordinary novel revision, but a masterpiece revision. I believe everyone understands the value of classics.

"The plot follows the original work, but what about the characters?"

Gu Miao rubbed her eyebrows and asked, "This is the crux of the problem! I remember the most criticized point of the old version of the Three Kingdoms animation was that the characters did not match the image, right?"

"Yes……"

The old version of the Three Kingdoms animation actually received a very good response after it was broadcast. After all, it was the first animation adapted from "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in China, and most people liked it very much.

However, the old version of the Three Kingdoms animation also has a criticism, that is, the characters are too different from the original work, and many people can't get it right.

What?

Is it too different from the original work?

Is it difficult to understand this sentence? In fact, it is very simple. The old version of the Three Kingdoms animation was based on the characters created in the official history and the plot was based on the romance.

This is what many viewers complain about, because the characters described in official history feel strange to many people who have only watched "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

There is a wonderful sense of fragmentation.

Gu Miao didn't want this to happen, so he asked Ma Kui to distinguish the difference between romance and official history.

"What we are making is the animation of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", not the animation of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". This must be clearly distinguished. Just make it how the romance describes it, and never move closer to the official historical image."

"I'll pay attention."

Ma Kui nodded and said: "What we are doing is an animation adapted from a famous novel, not a historical animation adapted from a history book."

"Yes, that's what I mean."

Seeing that Ma Kui understood his idea, Gu Miao nodded with satisfaction.

Although the Romance of the Three Kingdoms seems to be a piece of living history, it is after all a romance novel fabricated by later generations. It is 30% true and 70% false.

What Wanbao wants to do is not to restore the truth, on the contrary, what they want to restore is the false part.

"If you have enough funds, you can choose as many people as you want."

"I only have one request for this animation, and that is that the rating after it is broadcast cannot be lower than the old Three Kingdoms animation. Can you do it?"

"The score is not lower than the old version of the Three Kingdoms animation?" When Ma Kui heard this, he did not give an immediate reply. Instead, he turned to Lao Zhang and asked, "What is the score of the old version of the animation?"

"not tall!"

Lao Zhang chuckled and said, "I just took a look and the old version only scored 9.5 points."

Only 9.5 points? !

Ma Kui's eyes widened. He never expected that the old version of the animation, while being criticized for not restoring the character image enough, could actually score 9.5 points.

In other words.

The new version of the Three Kingdoms animation he made must have an audience rating of 9.5 or above after it is broadcast to be considered a passing grade?

This is too outrageous!

There may not be one animation with a stable score of 9.5 or above in a year. Even in Wanbao, you can count the works with such high scores on one hand.

Ma Kui, who had no pressure at all, suddenly felt so stressed after learning that a score of 9.5 was required to pass the test, his eyebrows almost knitted into a ball.

"Mr. Gu, can you relax some standards? 9.5 points is too high!"

"cannot!"

Gu Miao rejected Ma Kui's request without hesitation and sneered: "These are the four great classics, not some rotten fish and shrimps. Believe it or not, if you mess up, your parents will be the first to criticize you." People?"

Ma Kui: "..."

He really believed this!

After all, there are very few people of the older generation who have never seen the Three Kingdoms. His parents must have seen it when they were in school.

If it were known that his son had turned "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" into a piece of shit, with the fiery tempers of the old couple, they might not just curse, they would probably have to take action!

A certain Sino-US co-production superstar once said that if you take random photos of a masterpiece like this, you will have to apologize to the people of the whole country...