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Everyone looked confused, but Mu Suxing didn't want to explain. He thought for a moment and said with a smile, "Speaking of which, you are now considered the management of Huaying. It's not enough to just make animations. How about this, if someone can make a completed project analysis for this animation plan, I will prepare a brand new animation plan just for him."
Fang Lian raised his hand: "Are there any requirements for this project analysis?"
"Of course," Muxuxing said, "The project analysis requires a detailed analysis of all the important nodes in the entire process of this animation project. The deadline is the end of this month. I will give the evaluation results at the beginning of next month. Is that ok?"
It just so happens that these people have learned almost everything, and it is time for them to leave his project team and become completely independent.
The people in Huaying here are full of confidence and ready to do something big, but those who are secretly hoping that Huaying will be in trouble are destined to be disappointed this time.
Putting aside the fact that Qiming Animation secretly hired internet trolls to stir up trouble but was discovered because of an accidental wrong number switching, because of the shameless statement in the screenshot that "this audience is not good", this animation company can be said to have offended almost all the audiences who knew about this incident. Even a TV series recently launched by its parent company, Qiming Film and Television, has seen its popularity plummet to freezing point.
After all, the person suspected to be a Qiming employee said "this generation of audiences is not good", not "this generation of animation audiences is not good", and the production company has ridiculed him like this. Even the audiences who really like Qiming Film and Television's TV series feel a little disgusted now.
In contrast, "The Prince of Tennis" is becoming more and more popular with the update of the animation series.
After the initial adjustment period and daily interactions, Echizen Ryoma quickly integrated into Seigaku. As the regional preliminaries of the national competition began, the plot of "The Prince of Tennis" gradually entered a good stage.
Although the entire animation is centered on Ryoma Echizen, it does not favor one over the other. Whether it is the players of the Seigaku Tennis Club or the competitors from other schools' tennis clubs, almost every character has his or her own distinctive and unique charm, and everyone has his or her own beliefs and dreams. Because of this, even audiences who are indifferent to the protagonists can often find their favorite characters in the animation.
Moreover, the audience of "The Prince of Tennis" is not limited to a specific gender or age group. Young audiences enjoy watching it with gusto, and audiences who have watched countless movies also enjoy watching it with great interest.
Even on days when "The Prince of Tennis" is not updated, fans are still happy to discuss topics related to the animation. Male fans are busy studying the ranking of the characters in the animation and guessing who will face whom in the next game; female fans prefer to analyze the characters' personalities and discuss which couple is more attractive. For a while, they are quite happy.
At the same time, the real world far away from the second dimension has also undergone some subtle changes with the popularity of "Prince of Tennis":
Not only were the tennis sets from the Prince of Tennis series selling like hot cakes in major sports stores, but even children as young as twelve or one year old began playing tennis against the wall. In addition, the tennis uniforms of various colleges and universities that were consistent with those in the Prince of Tennis animation were also sold out at one point.
In fact, in the initial stage, these uniforms were not sold so crazily. However, after purchasing the uniforms, some fans took photos of them and uploaded them to the Internet, and began to promote them with all their might:
"To be honest, the quality of the clothes is really amazing. I thought that peripheral clothes like this would only be for show, but it turns out to be really comfortable to wear, and it's also very convenient for playing tennis. Clothes like this that can be used for CS play and as casual clothes must be bought! In the end, it can be considered as wearing the clothes of a male god, isn't it wonderful?"
Passerby: Is there such a saying
Fans: ! ! That makes sense! ! Go go go!
Not only were the products sold out in one day at all major chain stores, but many parents also asked Lux whether it would consider launching a children's version.
It seemed that overnight, tennis became the most popular sport nowadays.
As a tennis fan before Prince of Tennis, Lin Chuchu is undoubtedly the one who feels the deepest.
That day she went to visit Huaying's headquarters and accidentally saw Huaying's tennis team-building activity. She didn't think much about it and just thought it was Huaying's spur of the moment. At that time, even she didn't expect that Huaying Animation would suddenly try a tennis animation that had never been done before, and achieved such brilliant results despite being slandered by the Internet water army.
and…
Thinking of this, she raised her head and looked at the people who were chatting animatedly in the classroom.
This is a lounge on the second floor of the Xingning University gymnasium. Usually, whenever there is a formal competition in the school, this room will be used as a temporary locker room for the participating departments. In the past, this room was exclusively used by the football and basketball departments. The tennis department usually couldn't even get a list of participants, let alone the right to use the locker room.
However, with the popularity of "Prince of Tennis", many students who were originally indifferent to tennis have also developed an interest in it. This year, their tennis club has as many as 20 new players selected after testing. Compared to the previous deserted situation, it is now in full swing.
"Captain, are you really not going to consider letting me play? I'm not bragging, I practiced hard for a long time yesterday and finally learned how to serve with an outspin. It was so cool..."
"What a cool bullshit! Captain, don't listen to him. That's not an outspin serve. It's just a random serve. Look at my giant bear hitting back! This is tennis, okay!"
Then she saw the minister who was worried about not having enough names last year rolled his eyes and said unhappily, "Both of you get out of here!"
Lin Chuchu almost laughed out loud.
Walking out of the locker room, at this moment, the tennis court, which has never been popular, is also bustling. The spectator seats that were sparsely populated in the past are now full of spectators. Students from the school broadcasting department who never visit have also prepared their cameras to take pictures for next week's school magazine.
Before "The Prince of Tennis", all of this was almost unimaginable for her.
When the players from both teams entered the court, before the game started, there was a burst of laughter from the audience. Lin Chuchu couldn't help laughing. It was a coincidence that almost all the players in their tennis club wore the uniforms of Seigaku, while the other tennis club chose the uniforms of Hyotei as their uniform. From a distance, it was indeed a bit ridiculous.
Who would have thought that this tennis animation, which was once considered to be misleading to the audience, has now brought this rather unpopular sport to the public
At the same time, in Xicheng District, Xingning City, the provincial team’s tennis training center.
As the first phase of training came to an end, the players walked off the court in twos and threes, replenishing water and chatting during the break.
At this moment, one of the teammates who was familiar with Sheger said excitedly: "By the way, Sheger, during the training just now, your last counterattack was Fuji Shusuke's giant bear counterattack, right? I thought such a skill was impossible in reality. How did you do it?"
Xie Ge thought for a moment and said, "Are you talking about the chip shot I intercepted from Teng Chang?"
He smiled and shook his head, and said seriously: "Strictly speaking, I didn't really achieve the giant bear's counterattack. In the animation, Fuji Shusuke was facing away from the basket. He had to hit a slice without looking at the landing point. I can't do that."
A teammate retorted: "Animation is bound to be a little more exaggerated than reality. To be honest, I think your last chip shot was a three-dimensional giant bear's counterattack—"
When he said this, he did not lower his voice deliberately, which attracted many players around him to look over. They seemed to be very interested in this topic, and at this moment, they all said at once: "Giant Bear strikes back? Which one?"
"Is there really a giant bear fighting back?"
"I just saw it, too. It was the lob that intercepted Teng Chang's smash, right? It was so cool!"
Perhaps they didn't expect so many people to have watched "The Prince of Tennis". The people who were talking couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said in unison: "Hey, you guys watch Prince of Tennis too?"
"Such a popular anime, and one about tennis, of course I'll watch it."
"You know what, although many of the tennis moves in this animation are a bit exaggerated, the plot is still very interesting. I have secretly tried the moves in it myself. If you are lucky, some of the moves can actually be copied. However, they can only be used for private training. In normal competitions, they are not very practical."
With such an opening, a group of professional players who had watched "The Prince of Tennis" simply used this as a topic to discuss the feasibility of tennis moves in the animation.
"A strictly defined bear counterattack is indeed difficult to pull off, but I also think that Sheger's counterattack just now can be considered a three-dimensional version of the bear counterattack. A pure back-to-the-basket chip is not impossible, but it depends too much on luck and can only be achieved by chance."
"That's not certain. Maybe Muxuxing can do it." Someone joked, "Didn't he hit a three-dimensional outspin serve before? Why don't one of you invite him and we can play it privately for fun."
…
The players were chatting and laughing about their favorite animation.
Except Yao Libei.
It's not that his teammates intended to isolate him. Although many people thought that his remarks on Weibo that day were too sensitive, they didn't have any opinions about him because of this. It's just that it was Yao Libei himself who said that day that Prince of Tennis misled the audience and called on netizens to boycott it. Now seeing that his teammates were praising Prince of Tennis, it goes without saying that he was embarrassed inside.
Not to mention joining their “Prince of Tennis Praise Group”.
No one paid any attention to him, so Yao Libei had to take out his mobile phone and pretend to be concentrating on playing with it. However, as soon as he unlocked the screen, a push notification about the excellent CSplay of "The Prince of Tennis" popped up. His hands trembled and he almost dropped the phone.
What the hell is this thing? Why is it haunting me
Yao Libei was so angry that he wanted to smash his phone, and at that moment the coach walked in.
He actually didn't like this coach very much, but he was relieved at this moment. It was break time now, and the coach obviously came here for something else. At least everyone else could stop talking about that damn topic.
However, he didn't know if it was his illusion, but the coach had a smile on his face, but his eyes glanced at him intentionally or unintentionally. But soon, the coach looked away and turned to the players and said with a smile:
"One good news, one bad news, which one do you want to hear?"
Shego thought for a moment and said, "That's bad news."
"The bad news is that your training tomorrow is cancelled."
"Isn't this good... cough cough cough, this is really the worst news I have heard today," a player said seriously: "What about the good news?"
"The good news is that a top sports brand is interested in signing a sponsorship contract with our provincial team. The negotiations are almost complete, and the whole day tomorrow will be used to shoot a promotional video," the coach said with a smile.
One player exclaimed in surprise: "I remember that those top sports brands have always only signed big clubs and big-name stars in football?" When did they start to look up to a less popular sport like tennis
Before this, there were tennis players who were sponsored by big brands, but there was only one player, Sheger. This was because Sheger had strength, good looks and popularity.
These big brands wouldn't even take a second look at ordinary professional players like them, let alone sponsor them.
"Tennis didn't have such a big appeal before, but now," the coach smiled and seemed to be in a good mood, "tennis is no longer the unpopular sport it used to be. I heard from my friend who runs a club that in the past half month, countless customers have taken the initiative to sign up for tennis lessons, and the number of customers is almost the total number of last year."
Everyone looked at each other.
As professional tennis players, they know everything that happens in the tennis circle of Blue Star, but they have no problem understanding most of it. It is for this reason that they know better than anyone that the tennis circle this year is no different from last year, and there is no possibility of increasing public attention out of thin air.
Then, there is only one reason left.
"Fuck!" Teng Chang was shocked: "I always called Huaying dad before, but I never thought that Huaying would actually become my dad now..."
Sheger was also surprised.
In fact, when he was watching the premiere of "The Prince of Tennis" that day, he had thought about the possibility that Prince of Tennis would drive the development of tennis, but he also knew how ridiculous it was to put the hope of spreading tennis culture on an animation, and at the time, it was just a fleeting thought in his mind.
But that delusion, which he had never even considered as a possibility, became a reality within reach.
After the initial surprise, everyone quickly became excited again.
No one would complain about having too little money, not to mention that it is already difficult for professional tennis players to get sponsorship from sports brands, let alone top sports brands.
In the past, there were people who envied the popularity of sports like basketball and football on Blue Star, but they could only envy them. Now, even though tennis still cannot be compared with world sports like football, being valued by more people like it is now is enough to make them happy.
"By the way, coach, you said a top sports brand. Which brand is it? Quanxing? Qingta? Or Lux?"
Soon, Yao Libei realized that the coach's seemingly casual glance just now was not his illusion.
Because the coach did not answer the question immediately, but tilted his head slightly and looked at Yao Libei: "It's Lux."
Yao Libei's heart sank.
"Yes, it's the recently popular animation, Prince of Tennis. The sponsor is planning to launch a series of sportswear based on the plot of the animation. Considering that Prince of Tennis is about tennis, they decided to find a professional tennis player to cooperate with."
At this point, the coach paused for a moment before continuing, "Because the new series is equivalent to the peripheral sportswear of "The Prince of Tennis", and considering your previous inappropriate remarks on the Internet, Lux needs to take into account the feelings of animation fans, so you are not on the list this time."
His tone was gentle, without any hint of blame, more like a simple statement of a fact. But just this was enough to make Yao Libei's face burn with pain.
It has been a long time since the provincial team got a big-name sponsor like Lux.
If the person being asked to be eliminated today was Xie Ge, the top management might have rejected it with a seemingly reasonable but actually high-sounding reason like "the provincial team is a whole". However, if the person being asked to be eliminated was Yao Libei, whose strength and popularity were only ranked average in the provincial team, the top management would naturally not care about his feelings.
Isn't he just an ordinary player? If Party A wants to remove him, then just remove him. It's no big deal.
There was silence in the lounge.
Everyone's eyes subconsciously fell on Yao Libei, but no one spoke. After all, this matter was entirely caused by Yao Libei himself. It was good enough that they didn't stand by and watch the joke. Naturally, there was no reason to risk Lux's disgust by speaking for him.
Facing the mocking gazes of the crowd, Yao Libei gritted his teeth and said stiffly: "... I understand."
"Okay, that's about it. The director will discuss the specific filming details with you tomorrow. Now continue training!"
No one knows what Yao Libei feels at this moment after being rejected by Lux, but Lux Company, which resolutely stated "no Yao Libei", is undoubtedly the most proud at this moment.
There is no other reason. In the past five years, although Lux has nominally become one of the three major sports brands with Qingta and Quanxing, its actual sales volume has always been inferior to Qingta and Quanxing. However, in the two months since the broadcast of "The Prince of Tennis", the company's sportswear has surpassed for the first time!
It wasn't a close overtaking, but an undisputed huge advantage, winning the monthly sales championship for two consecutive months for the first time!
This is also the reason why Lux made an additional request to exclude Yao Libei when discussing cooperation with the provincial team.
But they still wanted to continue cooperating with Huaying. Although Huaying did not take Yao Libei seriously, Yao Libei's remarks that day were seen by all the fans. Whether it was to avoid offending the fans or to express their sincerity in cooperation to Huaying, they could not accept this person.
As for how Yao Libei feels
Who cares.
In fact, as the department manager who had decided to cooperate with Huaying from the very beginning, Wang Gang was extremely proud and high-spirited at the moment. How could he pay attention to a little-known tennis player
"Congratulations, congratulations, Brother Wang. This is the second time that Lux has won the sales championship, right?" At the celebration dinner, acquaintances kept coming to congratulate Wang Gang: "I'm afraid it won't be long before Brother Wang gets promoted, right?"
Wang Gang said modestly: "I don't deserve it. We at Lux are just lucky at the moment. If we really compare the background, then of course we can't compare with the famous Quanxing and Qingta. In the final analysis, it is Huaying's products that are outstanding. We at Lux are just relying on Huaying's reputation. It's nothing."
"You can't say that," the man said with a smile, "There are so many sports brands, why did Huaying choose Lux instead of other companies? It shows that the conditions given by Brother Wang are the most sincere. At that time, no one knew whether Huaying could succeed, but Brother Wang agreed to Huaying's conditions without hesitation even though he knew there were risks. In the end, isn't it Brother Wang who has a good vision?"
Wang Gang then laughed and said, "That's not true. Huaying has never approached other companies about this matter."
"oh?"
Wang Gang curled his lips, as if to hide his inner pride, but this action obviously made him look even more proud: "It is said that after Huaying established the project, he immediately found us at Lux, and no other company had anything to do with it from beginning to end."
…
The two of them were exchanging pleasantries about business, but in the eyes of "other companies", it was not so pleasing to the eye.
As the head of Quanxing's sales department, Ye Yongrui secretly rolled his eyes and had to work hard to resist the urge to leave early. He didn't want to listen to the Lux's head bragging, so he could only hide away and not listen to their conversation. However, even so, he was still a little depressed.
Ye Yongrui has no interest in watching animation.
But this time, when the dinner was over and he returned home from the hotel, he did something unusual and searched for the animation of "Prince of Tennis" on the Internet.
It's just an animation.
But it was precisely because of this animation that Lux, which had always been the third, became the boss twice in a row. Being the sales champion for one or two months may not be a big deal, but if Quan Xing turns a blind eye to the reasons for Lux's success, then this coincidence will probably become the norm sooner or later.
With this thought in mind, Ye Yongrui quickly clicked on "The Prince of Tennis" and started watching the first episode with an attitude like reading a research paper.
When Ryoma Echizen took out a tennis racket and prepared to teach the villain high school student how to play tennis, Ye Yongrui's eyes suddenly froze on... the tennis racket in Ryoma Echizen's hand.
Real audiences watch the plot, while fake audiences like Ye Yongrui naturally watch the product.
Because of this, when ordinary audiences were immersed in the plot of the animation, Ye Yongrui saw at a glance the "tricks" that Mu Suxing had done to the tennis ball, tennis racket and team uniforms in the animation.
It might be a bit of an exaggeration to say "hands and feet". Ye Yongrui did not understand animation production, but the fact before his eyes was that almost all the items in the animation that corresponded to the products on the shelves of Lux Company were unusually exquisite.
It doesn’t mean that the animation itself is not exquisite - it’s like a top model shooting an advertisement. Although the model herself is enough to attract everyone’s attention, she does not steal the show. Instead, her own temperament makes the client’s product look more beautiful and eye-catching, arousing the viewers’ desire to buy.
This is the "little trick" that Mu Suxing designed in this "Prince of Tennis".
The exquisite pictures and excellent plot make the team uniforms look even more handsome, and the exquisite and distinctive costume designs make the characters look even more imposing during the game.
The two are not in conflict - rather, it is the complementary nature of the two that has led to the surge in Lux's sales!
Is this Huaying boss a monster
After understanding Mu Suxing's intention, Ye Yongrui felt more and more heartbroken as he watched "The Prince of Tennis" again.
What kind of brain does this guy have? This painting, this competition plot, and this effect... This is too cool! It looks even more exciting than the commercials that their company used to hire celebrities to shoot for a lot of money!
Not to mention the audience, even his people from the rival company were so excited when they saw this set of equipment that they wished they could go back to two months ago, tear up the contracts of Huaying and Lux, and let them go to Quanxing!
Because of this discovery, Ye Yongrui was unable to get over the depression of missed opportunity until he returned to work the next day.
Seeing that his general manager was absent-minded and worried the whole day, the assistant who came to deliver the information couldn't help but ask: "General Manager Ye, are you worried about something?" Or did something big happen in the company
Ye Yongrui said solemnly: "Do you know about the cooperation between Lux and Huaying?"
The assistant was slightly stunned, thinking that maybe it was because General Manager Ye was scolded by his superiors after being overtaken by Lux this time, and he was not happy
She was just choosing her words, preparing to comfort her manager, when she heard Ye Yongrui say with a serious face, "I heard that when Huaying was considering partners, they did not invite several companies at the same time, but first went to Lux. Because Lux agreed to their request right away, they did not look for other companies."
Assistant: "Well, that's true..."
Ye Yongrui confirmed with her: "Until two months ago, our Quanxing was the most powerful sports brand on Blue Star, right?"
The assistant didn't understand, but nodded and tried to comfort him, "General Manager, actually... until now, Quanxing has been the most outstanding sports brand in Blue Star. Although Lux has surpassed us because of "The Prince of Tennis", it is only in the field of tennis."
Ye Yongrui had a deep, serious expression: "Tell me, do they dislike us? Otherwise, why did Huaying give up such an awesome brand like ours and go for that Lux instead?"
assistant:
No, what does this have to do with liking it or not
Is her general manager being a little dramatic today
Ye Yongrui certainly didn't know that his assistant had already started thinking about the dinner he attended last night, and whether it had damaged his brain. As a far-sighted person in charge, he was getting more and more annoyed at the moment, so he slammed the table and stood up from his seat: "No, I have to talk to the person in charge of Huaying!"
How can we just ignore them just because Quanxing is so awesome? Shouldn't this business cooperation be between the most awesome companies
He doesn't accept it!