It is of course unreasonable to judge the quality of an animation simply by its sales volume.
The Wall of Masterpieces is not only another name for "is", but also a synonym for all the high-selling, content-less, mindless erotic animations. Apart from that, it actually expresses the helplessness and self-mockery towards the animation works with good reputation and high evaluation, but their sales are far less than those of these erotic harem animations.
But no matter what, as the first and most representative "Wall of Masterpieces", its terrifying sales volume of "is" is of course unquestionable.
As if knowing what Muxuxing was thinking, 013 hesitated: Is the host sure he really wants to buy the rights to adapt the light novel "IS" into an anime
The achievement points required for the copyright of "is" are 3,000. According to the 20% discount given by the system mall, the actual achievement points paid are 2,400 points.
Muxuxing: "Confirmed."
For the first time, 013 did not follow his order immediately. After three seconds of silence, 013 finally spoke: I don't understand.
"What don't you understand?"
The host can obviously choose works with good sales and quality to adapt animations, such as "Eva", "Puella Magi Madoka Magica", and "Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion" are all quite good choices. Why choose "IS", a work that has nothing to offer except sales? If it is just for raising funds, "Naruto" is a better choice.
Muxuxing was a little surprised.
But he thought about it and answered 013's question: "You are right, but you are also wrong."
"First of all, IS is not completely useless." Mu Suxing said, "As a commercial animation that uses cuteness, sexiness and harem as its main selling points, IS is actually very well done. It has pleasing shapes, female characters of various attributes, mecha design and special effects design, and it has all the cute, exciting and cool points. In terms of consumption, it completely hits the mark and satisfies the psychology of the majority of otaku audiences."
"For commercial animation, it is not difficult to have several consumer elements. What is difficult is to make sure that these elements can accurately touch the hearts of the audience and to be able to perfectly integrate these elements."
“Is has done this.”
013 reminded him: But it still cannot be compared with real animations that focus on both sales and word of mouth.
"You consider the revenue and reputation, while I consider the cost, risk and cost-effectiveness of an animation."
"First of all, there is the cost issue. Works like Naruto and One Piece are not within my consideration range for the time being. Firstly, the achievement points they require are more than 20,000 points. Secondly, I don't have the ability to handle such long-form animations right now."
Mu Suxing continued, "The second is the issue of cultural differences. Let's not talk about the copyrights of EVA and Puella Magi Madoka Magica. Whether I can afford them now, the culture of the world I live in is definitely different from the culture of the world where these original comics come from."
"An excellent and popular animation cannot exist independently of the regional culture and the era in which it is located." At this point, Muxuxing shook his head: "The animations you mentioned can be popular in the original plane, but it does not mean that they can be popular in our world."
013: Is there no cultural difference in “is”
"Is" is special in that, although it has a routine, it just happens to satisfy the audience's YY psychology. This psychology is common to otaku audiences and is universal in any plane," Mu Suxing analyzed. "More importantly, this routine is exactly what we don't have in this plane."
Although there are commercial animations and artistic animations on the market, generally speaking, none of them are as thoroughly commercialized as "is".
Because of this, Mu Xiuxing still has great confidence in the sales of "IS" in this dimension.
"In summary, I think that "IS", which has relatively low costs and risks and focuses on satisfying human psychology, is more suitable than other excellent animations in terms of making money."
…
When Mu Suxing returned to the dormitory, Wen Feihang and Fang Lian were already waiting there.
One of them was watching the new animation nonchalantly, while the other was playing the game absentmindedly. It looked like the two of them were doing the same thing, but Mu Suxing knew that their minds were actually no longer on the games and animations.
According to their previous bet, the two of them will join the production team of Muxuxing from now on. Correspondingly, the long-form animation production that will be launched with the support of the school will obviously have a place for them. However, when they made the bet earlier, they thought Muxuxing was just daydreaming. Now that the dream has become a reality, they suddenly find it a little difficult to talk about it.
Seeing through their thoughts, Mu Suxing didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Alright, alright, stop pretending. Before, when there was no big thigh for you to hug, you kept shouting for a big thigh happily, but now that I have a real thigh for you to hug, you know how to be reserved and don't want it anymore?"
Who is Fang Lian? If he knew what it meant to be embarrassed, he would be shocked. He immediately threw away his phone and climbed up the pole very quickly: "Isn't it that I am not mentally prepared? After all, we are going to establish the world's strongest animation studio!"
He spoke proudly and passionately, but Muxuxing showed a strange expression. Fang Lian asked in surprise: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with what I said?"
Muxiuxing: "... No, nothing."
It’s just that I’ve seen too many sentences like “I want to be the man who becomes Hokage” and “I want to be the man who becomes the Pirate King” in the comics on the system mall. I didn’t think so when I was reading the comics, but now when I hear people say it in real life, it sounds really... both childish and embarrassing.
Wen Feihang also dropped the new animation, turned around and looked over, and said with great interest: "Since we are setting up a studio, we must have a name, right?"
As soon as he finished speaking, their eyes all fell on Mu Suxing, obviously intending to give the right to name the child to him.
Mu Suxing had no intention of refusing. In fact, he had thought of the name of the studio a long time ago.
“Let’s call it Huaying Animation.”
"Huaying?" Wen Feihang nodded: "This name is good, simple and easy to understand, very suitable."
Fang Lian had no objection, but... He raised his eyebrows and said maliciously: "I remember that there was a pair of ancient swords named Tengkong and Huaying, right? Tell me the truth, did you add some unknown intention to the name of our studio?"
"Tengkong is mine, and Huaying is mine too," Mu Suxing pretended not to understand his roommate's teasing and said calmly, "They are both companies under my control. The goal I set for Huaying Animation is to become the Tengkong Entertainment of the animation industry. Is there a problem with that?"
Without giving Fang Lianduo a chance to talk, Mu Suxing changed the subject as if nothing had happened: "Anyway, the school will officially launch an original animation support program in half a month. Did you know that?"
Wen Feihang and Fang Lian nodded.
This matter had been making headlines on the campus forum for more than half a year, and the two of them had no choice but to know about it.
"For the official animation production, the three of us are definitely not enough. We will need a lot of manpower. The school will help us find the venue and equipment. I plan to give priority to finding employees from the school. I will stay in seclusion for the next half month to concentrate on writing the animation script, and I will leave the contact with the school to you."
Wen Feihang asked: "What about the funding? A feature-length animation must cost a lot of money, right?"
Mu Suxing said calmly: "As for the funds, apart from the 100,000 credit points sponsored by the school, I will pay for the rest."
Fang Lian frowned: "Why don't you find another investor? If you are alone, wouldn't the risk be too high? What if..."
Although Mu Xuxing is rich, animation production is risky after all. If there are several investors together, even if something unexpected happens, there will be someone to share the burden. But if Mu Xuxing invests alone, if the animation fails, the loss will be huge.
Mu Suxing was silent for a while, then said seriously: "If I say that the reason I invested alone is because I don't want to be taken advantage of by other investors, do you believe it?"
If Mu Suxing had told them before that he decided to invest alone because he believed in the profitability of his animation and was unwilling to share his profits with others, Wen Feihang and Fang Lian would definitely not believe it. However, after the bizarre counterattack of "The Little Prince"...
Wen Feihang and Fang Lian looked at each other, then looked at Mu Suxing with half belief and half doubt.
Although they didn't completely believe it, they didn't directly deny Muxuxing's arrogant statement. Instead, they asked curiously, "Are you so confident?"