"The Story of Afanti" is very popular.

This has also attracted the attention of relevant departments in the Western Regions, because this is a rare animation created by processing folklore characters from the Western Regions.

Therefore.

Not long after the animation premiered, Gu Miao received a call from the Western Region Tourism Department.

The other party asked him politely about the creation process of the animation "The Story of Avanti", and then made a request to him.

It roughly means.

This animation is very popular and very influential among the people. The local tourism department hopes to use the "Afanti" animated image to attract tourists.

"No problem, you can use it as you like."

Gu Sanshui, who has always been greedy for money, not only did not charge a penny for licensing an IP character this time, he also offered to customize a "travel promotion animation" advertisement for him.

"Then why are you embarrassed..."

The staff member on the other end of the phone probably didn't expect Gu Miao to be so enthusiastic, and even his words became stammering.

"It's okay, you're welcome."

"My dad has taught me since I was a child that a person must have a sense of social responsibility. The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility!"

Anyway, Lao Gu wasn't around, so Gu Miao rambled and said, "I happen to like the Western Regions very much, and I'm planning to travel in a while. It's my honor to be able to help you!"

"That's... great."

After hanging up the phone, Gu Miao quickly contacted the company's department responsible for public welfare animation and asked them to use Afanti's image to create a Western Region travel advertisement.

This matter is very important!

This is directly related to whether Gu Miao can win the favor of some political figures at the official level.

Thinking on the bright side, you can license an animated character for free and help shoot an animated commercial. It won't cost much anyway.

If you can really flatter me...

Isn’t that blood money?!

Just as Gu Miao was happily thinking about how to use this incident to enhance the company's image, the phone rang again.

This time it was Director Wang who called.

As expected, Director Wang called Gu Miao this time, also for "The Story of Afanti", which was also a good thing.

Some official media plans to publish a special report on "The Story of Afanti".

"Interview?"

Gu Miao wondered: "Okay! I'm free at any time, just ask them to come to the company to find me."

"I'm not interviewing you!"

Director Wang complained on the phone: "They want to interview Liang Xiaodong and the Puppet Studio. Can you please stop being so narcissistic?"

Gu Miao: "..."

Blanch!

This is unfair, this is unreasonable.

Obviously he also contributed to "The Story of Afanti" and he also participated in animation production, so why was he not included in the interview?

An angry Gu Miao informed Liang Xiaodong about the interview and deducted his bonus out of jealousy for "stepping into the office with his left foot".

I feel comfortable now.

…

After handling the company's affairs, Gu Miao came to Wanbao Comics Company located in the new headquarters in Xincheng District.

Teacher Nantong is waiting for him.

As soon as they met, Gu Miao couldn't wait to ask: "Is the comic book volume ready? When is it going to be released?"

"Probably just these two days!"

"Look, this is the slightly revised first volume of the "Yu-Gi-Oh!" comic." Nantong handed a comic to Gu Miao.

Gu Miao took the comic book, sat down on the leather sofa, lowered her head and started reading.

This viewing lasted for more than ten minutes.

After quickly browsing the entire comic using the "quantum reading method", Gu Miao roughly understood the differences between the first single volume and the serial version of the comic.

simply put.

In the stand-alone comic book, Nantong provides additional explanations on some duel "rules" according to Gu Miao's instructions.

When it was serialized in the magazine before, Nantong actually did not specifically describe the rules and gameplay of "Yu-Gi-Oh" monster summoning, health points, attack and defense, etc.

This directly leads to...

Many readers are sorting out the dueling rules and gameplay while following the comics. Some readers even read the latest chapter of the comics and still don’t understand the dueling rules.

Gu Miao felt that this was not good and was not conducive to the gameplay of "Yu-Gi-Oh!" and the popularization and promotion of cards.

So he asked Nan Tong to give up the serialization in the magazine, organize the already published comics into single volumes, and modify some of the plots.

What plot should be modified?

Of course, it is to add some "explanatory" lines to the protagonist and supporting characters. For example, during the duel, introduce the monsters you summoned and proactively reveal your tactical arrangements.

siluke

When reading the "Yu-Gi-Oh!" comics and animations in her previous life, Gu Miao always felt that it was too verbose for the protagonist and supporting characters to explain the operation of various cards while playing cards.

Every time a card is played, I have to explain it in a long and verbose manner, introducing the effect of this card in extremely detail, for fear that my opponent will not understand...

Everyone is not blind. They can see what monsters you summoned and what magic and trap cards you used. Is it necessary to be so verbose?

Of course, this is what I thought before.

As an audience member, Gu Miao previously felt that the "explanatory" lines of the protagonist and supporting characters were too wordy and completely unnecessary.

But when he became a director, or animator, he discovered that these "explanatory" lines were actually so important.

This is not a line!

This is clearly a tutorial that teaches you how to play cards step by step. Do you think that every time Muto Yugi plays a card, he introduces a lot of them, all for his opponents?

NO!

These lines and card introductions are all for comic readers and animation viewers.

Just imagine……

If the protagonist and the supporting characters don't have these "explanatory" lines and just talk trash, will the new audience be confused?

What happened?

Why did the protagonist use this card and the situation reversed instantly? Why did Kaiba look so ugly despite being so good?

Can not Understand it!

In order to avoid this situation, it is necessary to add a lot of explanations to the protagonist and supporting characters to explain the lines. Try to let the audience understand the specific effect of each card.

That's why Gu Miao asked Nantong to modify the content of the comic and add more explanations to explain the lines in the stand-alone comic.

But in this case...

Comics, including subsequent animations, will produce a very embarrassing effect. That is, all the characters appearing are "talkative".

"Just talk."

Gu Miao waved her hand and said: "If you have more lines, it's at most the dubbing actor's fault. It has nothing to do with me as the director."

Nantong: "..."

That makes sense, as expected of Mr. Gu!

After three seconds of silence for the dubbing actors, Nantong immediately thought of another question.

The specific rules and gameplay of Duel Monsters can be explained through the lines of the protagonist and supporting characters.

But……
Chapter completed!