"Breaking news!"

"The popular animation "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" will broadcast its finale at 19:00 tonight..."

When they first saw this press release, many people did not take it seriously and thought it was a nonsense title made by some self-media editors to deceive "reading volume".

But when the news spread throughout the Internet, and the animation producer "Jiangchuan Children's Channel" confirmed the accuracy of the news, everyone was stunned.

how come……

Why did Pleasant Goat come to an end?

Fans who love this animation, haters who hate it, and even the "friends and businessmen" that Gu Miao often talks about all express their incomprehension.

This is so weird.

You must know that the story structure of the animation "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" is not a "series" in the traditional sense, but a "unit drama".

This means that as long as the audience gets tired of watching it and the ratings are stable, Wanbao Animation can completely cycle the "wolf catching the sheep" trick indefinitely. Let alone 530 episodes, follow the template and make another 5,300 episodes, or even 53,000 episodes.

No problem.

Why should it end?

The special episode of Weird World has just ended, and Pleasant Goat is at its peak ratings. The news of its completion at this time will inevitably make people suspicious.

Is it because the spoils were unevenly shared between the producers and producers, that is, Wanbao Animation and Jiangchuan Children's Channel, that the animation was forced to cut in half without reaching an agreement?

This is not impossible.

You must know that many popular animations are obviously very profitable and have high ratings, but they have difficulty getting sequels. The reason behind them is that "unequal sharing of spoils" leads to internal strife and dissolution.

Similar examples abound.

Take Neon's well-known EVA, "Neon Genesis Evangelion" as an example. Why has it been running for more than 20 years and, except for a few theatrical versions, there has never been a true sequel?

Doesn’t this IP make money?

NO!

It is precisely because EVA makes money, and not just ordinary money, that it is difficult to produce a sequel. The reason for this is the oppressive "production committee" system in the neon animation industry.

The production committee of an animation usually includes animation-related distribution, production, music, toys, publishing and other companies.

This is a huge group of interests, and they are also the so-called "financier fathers".

They took the risk of production failure and also took away the majority of the profits, dividing the copyrights of almost all categories of an animation.

Assume that the animation is a hit, the comic book revenue is taken away by the comic company, the music copyright and CD sales are given to the music company, the DVD and video tape money is taken by the publisher, and the peripheral derivatives are given to the toy company.

What’s left for the production company?

leftovers!

From this perspective, we may be able to understand why many popular animations, although they are very profitable, have never been able to produce sequels.

Pleasant Goat is not that complicated.

But it also involves the two companies Wanbao Animation and Jiangchuan Children's Channel. If the benefits are unevenly distributed, it may really lead to the animation being forced to "end."

This is not only the speculation of people in the industry, but even Director Wang is very curious about what Gu Miao is thinking?

"Xiao Gu, tell me the truth."

Director Wang asked curiously: "The first season of Pleasant Goat Animation only produced 530 episodes. Is it because you think you don't have enough money?"

"What about me?"

Gu Miao was extremely speechless.

Jiangchuan Children's Channel took away the TV rights for the first season of the TV animation "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf". They can earn at least 20 to 30 million from selling the broadcast rights.

This is a lot of money.

But compared to the peripheral derivatives, DVD audio and video, publications and comic game copyrights of "Slow Water", Gu Miao really doesn't like this money.

The reason why episode 530 is completed...

Isn't it because the original first season only has so many episodes? He can't count the subsequent sequels such as "Sheep and Sheep Games" and "Across Time and Space Rescue" into the first season, right?

That would be such a disadvantage.

"It's not just that the money is too little."

Director Wang breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked: "Have the first-round broadcast rights of Pleasant Goat Season 2 been sold? If not, how about we discuss it?"

Gu Miao: "..."

Who are these people?

When I took the initiative to talk to him about the first broadcast of "Raising the Lightning Line", this guy seemed to be "ignorant".

Better now!

The second season of the Pleasant Goat animation didn’t even have a project plan, so he couldn’t wait to ask about the price.

The classic "double standard".

Rolling her eyes, Gu Miao explained: "Okay, it's still early for Pleasant Goat Season 2. I came to you today mainly because I want to talk to you about the broadcast of the game."

The Lightning Cup Remote Control Car Competition is about to enter the semi-finals.

In order to expand the influence of this event, Gu Miao paid tens of millions of dollars in bonuses, as well as rewards for customizing "exclusive cars" for the champions.

He felt it was not enough.

So he came to Jiangchuan TV Station, hoping to contact the children's channel to broadcast the event live.

There are benefits!

In order to get the TV station to agree to the broadcast plan, Gu Miao did not hesitate to "open the way with money" and used high advertising fees as a temptation.

Director Wang agreed.

In the face of high advertising fees, things like face and integrity can be discarded at any time. It is just a remote control car competition, and it does not violate laws and regulations, so it is okay to broadcast it.

Of course, there are too many games.

It is impossible for the children's channel to find time to broadcast every game. After careful discussion, Gu Miao and Director Wang finally decided to broadcast only the final stage.

Forget about the previous semi-finals and knockout stages.

On the one hand, there are too many and too frequent events. TV broadcasts not only waste time, but also provide a poor viewing experience.

On the other hand, the competition venues for the semi-finals and knockout rounds are distributed in major provinces across the country. If you want to broadcast the entire event, how many manpower will you need to send?

When you think about it, you know this is unrealistic.

However, although the semi-finals and knockout stages are not broadcast on television, they can be broadcast live via the Internet.

Sandabuluo.wanbao. Damn it!

This is the official website of Wanbao Group. In addition to the main business introduction of each subsidiary, there are also sub-pages such as official forum, animation area and comics area.

The semi-finals and knockout stages of this "Lightning Cup" remote control car competition will be broadcast live on the official website.

As for...

The number of visits to the official website is too low, resulting in the problem that no one can watch the live broadcast of the game, so there is no need to worry.

Gu Miao has asked Wanbao Toys to print conspicuous website addresses and QR codes on the packaging boxes of the new batch of "Raisudeng Remote Control Car" toys.

A note next to it:

Go to the official website or scan the QR code to join the Resuden Racing Club immediately and receive the [Resuden Winning Tips Collection] for free for a limited time!

I wonder which child is not moved?

Although this "winning guide" is just a pretense used by Gu Miao to increase the number of visits to the official website, the actual effect is about zero, but the children don't know.
Chapter completed!