My Animation Era

Chapter 1121 Duoduo

 "Bear Bears Summer Party" made a good start for Wanbao in the second half of the year.

As for TV animation, the second season of "Wandering the World of Animation" and the new season of "Tom and Jerry" are not bad either.

The only regret is that most of these animations have achieved great results on TV platforms, but have not made much breakthrough on online platforms.

 Fortunately!

 In mid-August this year, Wanbao promptly launched the fourth season of "That Year of the Rabbit", which can be regarded as retaining a trace of the decency of online animation.

That rabbit is a god-level online animation!

I dare not say anything else. At least on the online platform, there are few animations that can surpass Natu in terms of influence, reputation and playback volume.

Taking all aspects into account, it is no exaggeration to say that Natu is the number one online animation produced in China. Even those web-based animations produced by Penguin cannot compare to Natu in terms of influence alone.

 The first season of "Blue Cat Naughty Questions" will be aired soon.

 Since the broadcast platform was determined in advance, Gu Miao didn't worry about it so much. After finishing the film in the later stage, he threw the film to CCTV Children's.

 He didn't care about any of these things.

 In fact, as Coco's due date approaches, he has not been to the company for almost two weeks, and his usual work reports are conducted via video calls.

 The good news is that although he is not on the production team, everyone can understand that the post-production of the animation is in order and there are no big messes.

 The bad news is that although he is not in the company, he needs to make decisions on many things related to the "Blue Cat Naughty Questions" project, so he is still as busy as usual.

Three Thousand Questions of Naughty Blue Cat premiered on CCTV Children’s Channel. Gu Miao saw it at home.

Just after watching the first two episodes, before he had time to call to inquire about the ratings, a strange phone call from Zhonghai came to him.

 “Burn DVD?”

As soon as Gu Miao listened to the DVD, she immediately became interested.

Blue Cat is a big player in CDs and discs. When he was still young, his family had a complete set of Blue Cat Three Thousand Questions VCD discs, and he spent all his pocket money to buy the discs.

Some people are eyeing the "Blue Cat Naughty Three Thousand Questions" series and want to burn CDs and sell them. This is what he expected.

 It's just that there's something he doesn't understand.

  Whether it is VCD or DVD, these are outdated technologies. In today's mobile Internet era, how can there be so many people buying CDs?

Wanbao's optical disc burning business is just for fun and does not make much money.

Wanbao, as the copyright holder, cannot make any money, so how can these optical disc recording companies that come to buy licenses make money?

Or, do they have another way?

After questioning, he found out that these guys were really good at it, and there was indeed another market, and this market was an overseas market that ordinary people would not dare to think of.

  Simply put, although VCD and DVD players have been eliminated in China, very few families still use them.

 However, in foreign countries, especially in less developed countries, video disc players are still very popular, and the sales volume of optical discs is not bad.

 Low prices, combined with high-quality program content, have allowed these guys to make a lot of money in other overseas countries.

“Since they have access, let’s authorize them!”

Gu Miao didn't take it seriously.

· Gu Miao doesn’t mind licensing a business like DVD to a third-party company.

  Anyway, they sold it to foreign audiences, which helped Wanbao become famous. With fame, other peripheral derivatives can be sold easily, which is a win-win situation.

If you don’t leave this matter to them and let Wanbao sell it by itself, it may not necessarily achieve good results.

 …

Three Thousand Questions of Naughty Blue Cat was broadcast exclusively on CCTV Children's. Because of the particularity of popular science animation, it received good publicity and promotion resources.

But then again.

Despite the good treatment, the ratings are still miserable, and it can't even beat the Nth round of reruns of "The Magic Soldier".

 “Sir, times have changed!”

Gu Miao could only lament that children nowadays really don’t like this set of preaching animations.

This was more than ten years ago, and the mischievous blue cat became popular all over the country, attracting countless children to squat in front of the TV.

 But now…

 No one will watch it, no matter what, it is produced by Wanbao, and the production level is still online, so some people will definitely watch it.

 But there are definitely fewer children who like to watch this animation compared to the original version. After all, children have been exposed to countless animations, and their tastes have long since changed.

for example.

Many scenes that I thought were funny more than ten years ago would feel awkward today and have lost their original funny meaning.

 Gu Miao has also made many changes.

In the original version of the animation "Three Thousand Questions of Naughty Blue Cat", many funny plots have been adjusted accordingly for the current environment.

To put it bluntly, the Wanbao version is fresher and more new-era than the original version!

  But it doesn’t have much effect…

Children really don’t like this kind of didactic animation. They have too much choice, and there are too many excellent animations on the market. There is no need to stick to "Blue Cat's Three Thousand Questions".

But then again.

Although this result is very uncomfortable, Gu Miao had already thought of this scene before deciding to make "Blue Cat Naughty Questions".

  In any case, he just wanted to realize his dream and didn’t care so much about his grades.

 Besides, the ratings of 1.43% are not bad.

It is a fact that it cannot beat the hit animation, but the 1.43% viewership rating is not considered a failure, and it is more than enough to recover the production cost.

 In a blink of an eye, Gu Miao's birthday has arrived.

 Gu Miao, who had just celebrated her 35th birthday with congratulations from relatives and friends, was soon admitted to the hospital with Keke.

 Don’t get me wrong, he is not sick.

As the due date was approaching, he felt it was not convenient to take care of her at home, so he sent his wife to the hospital in advance to take care of her.

After staying in the hospital for half a month, just when Gu Miao was wondering whether the child in Keke's belly was the reincarnation of Nezha, his second child was finally born.

 It’s a daughter!

Lao Gu held his granddaughter in his arms, with happiness written all over his face. In his words, our old Gu family's alternative naming method has finally come in handy.

 “Huh? Alternate naming method?”

Gu Miao was greatly surprised. He thought that naming according to the theory of the five elements' mutual generation was the limit that Lao Gu could come up with, but he didn't expect that there was an alternative naming method.

What is the backup plan?

"Water produces wood, so their generation has the wood attribute, and Sen has been used by Xiao Sen."

Lao Gu clapped his fingers and said, "Then use the word "Duo", which can be divided into several pieces of wood, which is in line with our family's naming tradition."

Gu Miao: “…”

How can it be explained this way?

 Gu Duoduo?

 It sounds okay, and it's not an obscure word that is difficult to pronounce. It seems that Lao Gu must have been thinking about it for a long time. He probably started thinking about it when he learned that Keke was pregnant.

After discussing with his wife, Gu Miao and his wife unanimously decided to respect Lao Gu’s opinion.

 The opinions of the elderly are important. Maybe this name doesn't have that many good meanings, nor does it have that much cultural heritage, but Lao Gu has been looking through the dictionary for so long and finally found the word he likes, so he can't help but give him face.

Ever since, Gu Miao’s daughter’s name was officially determined to be “Gu Duoduo”.

Duoduo was born just as the temperature in Jiangchuan began to cool down. Considering that the coming and going of people in the hospital was not conducive to Coco's recovery, after staying for a while, Gu Miao returned home with his wife and children.

Little Sensen has a sister, which makes him very happy, and he goes to Little Bear to show off to her every day.

  Under the influence of children's strange comparison mentality, Little Bear soon faced a problem. His son was pestering him for a sister. What should he do?

"Ha ha!"

After learning about Mr. Xiong's troubles, Gu Miao smiled and said, "Your son wants a sister so much, then you can satisfy him!"

"Go! Go! Go…"

Mr. Xiong, who came to congratulate Gu Miao, was so angry at these words that he left.

Looking at his expression before leaving, Gu Miao guessed that he was also moved, but he just didn't do the ideological work to understand his wife, so he didn't dare to mention it.

"Speaking of which, what's going on with Mr. Bear?" After watching Mr. Bear leave, Lao Gu couldn't help but ask, "I seem to have heard..."

"have no idea."

Gu Miao shook her head, remembering the news she had learned, her expression became particularly solemn.

Not long ago, Xiao Sensen, who was playing at Mr. Bear’s house, came home and suddenly told him that Grandpa Bear was sick.

Gu Miao called Mr. Xiao Xiong at that time and asked what the situation was.

 “Don’t worry, it’s just a minor problem.”

Mr. Xiong comforted him at that time, saying that Mr. Xiong was fine, it was just a common minor problem, and he would be fine after staying in the hospital for a few days.

 But in the blink of an eye, Duoduo was born, and Mr. Xiong was still living in the hospital, and he didn’t know the specific situation.

Gu Miao had a bad feeling.

Ordinary minor problems are not good for staying in the hospital for so long, and it is impossible to refuse to visit relatives and friends.

 Combined with Mr. Xiong’s recent rectification and equity struggle within Feiyang Real Estate, it is not difficult to guess that Mr. Xiong must have a serious health problem.

It has not been made public now. It is probably because he is afraid that Mr. Xiong will not be able to stabilize the board of directors, so he will be given time to consolidate his position and power to avoid some directors coming forward to cause trouble after the news of Mr. Xiong comes out.

Feiyang Real Estate is a huge company, with complicated interests and the directors are not very economical.

 Old Xiong is still there, and with his prestige he will definitely be able to control these people.

 But if Mr. Xiong leaves, there is still a question mark as to whether Mr. Xiong can control the overall situation. Many directors will definitely take advantage of the chaos and disobey Mr. Xiong's leadership.

Just now when Mr. Xiong came to his house to congratulate him on the birth of a daughter, Gu Miao had chatted with him and said that he could contact him if he needed anything.

 Having been friends for so many years, Mr. Xiong is indeed very interested in Xiao Sensen. If Gu Miao can help, he will definitely help.

 But Mr. Xiao Xiong seemed to have taken control of the situation and refused Gu Miao's help.

As for Mr. Xiong, he didn’t ask, and Mr. Xiong didn’t take the initiative to mention it.

 Gu Miao knew that it would be difficult for Mr. Xiong to survive this new year, otherwise he would not be so eager to ask Mr. Xiong to collect shares and clean up the board of directors.

 “Maybe this is life.”

 Thanks to the friendship between the children, Lao Gu and Lao Xiong have always known each other. They used to go fishing and drinking together.

 Suddenly he learned that an old acquaintance was seriously ill, and Lao Gu felt very heavy.

He hopes that Old Bear can survive this ordeal and can drink, fish and play cards together in the future, but he also knows that this is probably unrealistic.

 Speaking of which, it’s okay to take care of your health.

This is where Gu Miao is more pleased. Over the years, Lao Gu has never had any serious illness except high blood pressure.

 The same goes for Aunt Chen.

 The old couple should be considered relatively healthy and strong among their peers.

I can only say that having a wife is indeed different.

 After Mr. Xiong retired, he was always alone. Coupled with the problems he accumulated from socializing in his early years, he collapsed as soon as he said he would.

 Money cannot buy health.

 The matter of Mr. Xiong reminded Gu Miao and made him pay more attention to the physical condition of Lao Gu, Aunt Chen, and his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

In order to facilitate the care, he also took several elderly people to live together on the excuse that Duo Duo was born and had no one to take care of them.

 Lao Gu has no objection to this.

On the other hand, my father-in-law and mother-in-law felt that the villa area was too deserted and they were not used to living there, so they were a little reluctant to move here.

 This is something Gu Miao can't handle.

 The villa area is too deserted. Isn’t this an advantage? Why did it turn out to be a shortcoming in the eyes of my old father-in-law?

 “Forget it, let them be.”

Since the two old people are used to living in the current community and can't bear to leave those neighbors, Gu Miao will not force others to do anything.

 As long as they come to see Duoduo and Xiaosensen often and pay attention to their health, it will be fine.

 Speaking of Xiao Sensen, Gu Miao also has a headache.

This skinny monkey, I asked him to get on well with Lao Wang’s granddaughter and take more care of this sister in the kindergarten.

 He did as Gu Miao said.

But the problem is, this kid is so special that ordinary people can't resist his enthusiasm. He scared the little girl so much that she didn't dare to go to the kindergarten for several days.

Who is to blame?

Is it because Xiao Sensen is too enthusiastic? Or is it because the little girl is too shy?

Gu Miao, who always felt that sooner or later these two would become enemies when they grew up, rubbed her brows and decided not to care about the two children's affairs.

  It was probably the first time for the little girl to meet a social cow like Xiao Sensen, so she was frightened for a moment.

 As we get along with him for a while, after she gradually becomes familiar with Xiao Sensen's style of painting, she may not be so shy.

Moreover.

 Now that he has a little Duoduo and a new trumpet built, who cares about the big one?

 Who is Komori?

 How unfamiliar!

 Gu Miao, who forgot about her son after having her daughter, focused on partiality. She would beat her son when he needed it, and coax her daughter when she needed it. His attitude changes were comparable to the face-changing in Sichuan Opera.

 “Okay, get out of here.”

Keke, as a mother, cared more about her cub, so she kicked Gu Miao out after the confinement period, so as not to have him hanging around in front of her all day and scaring the child.

With nothing to do, Gu Miao suddenly remembered the remake of "Havoc in Heaven 3D" co-produced by Wanbao Animation and Meiying Studio, so she approached Ma Kui to ask about the situation.

 “Journey to the West 3D” is a long-term project and cannot be expected for the time being.

 But "Havoc in Heaven 3D" is a film project that is about to be completed, and it also has a "Produced by American Film Studio" sign. He said that he didn't care but it was fake.

  Not only Gu Miao is very concerned about this animated film, but also many viewers of the older generation are also very concerned.

That's "Havoc in Heaven"!

The work that once ranked at the top of Asian animation has made many foreign animation producers exclaim that it is a fraud after watching it.

 Such a movie is about to be remade in 3D, and it’s impossible that no one will pay attention to it...

 (End of this chapter)