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In a blink of an eye, June 3rd arrived.

"Is "Dragon and Tiger" premiered today?"

During working hours, Qin Ya was lying on the table, sliding the phone screen lazily with her hands, watching the girls in the chat room communicate.

"This animation is not directed by Mr. He Xi, and the voice actor is not sharp. I don't know if it will be good."

"It doesn't matter, Bai Yan is also a famous director, she can never ruin her reputation."

"That's right."

In the chat room, the girls were enthusiastically discussing the premiere of "Dragon and Tiger". Although some people still had doubts in their hearts, the vast majority were looking forward to the animation—this was still in Qin Ya's fan club It can be seen that He Xi's fans will look forward to it even more.

"I said teacher, today's ratings don't seem to drop a lot?" Qin Ya put away her phone and turned to ask Meng Huo, who was working next to her. In fact, she was not optimistic about "Dragon and Tiger" at first: the new director plus low The first-level seiyuu lineup can easily make the audience feel unfavorable.

But the situation doesn't seem to be as bad as she thought. Although the audience doesn't like the voice actor and director very much, they don't hate it either.

"Bai Yan is a famous director, and her ability is obvious to all." Meng Huo stopped his pen and said, "The ratings of the first episode of "Dragon and Tiger" will naturally not be lower than the previous works. , and seeing is believing!"

He praised: "Bai Yan's transformation is very successful, I believe the audience will be satisfied with this episode of animation."

Qin Ya suddenly became interested. She straightened her upper body and asked Meng Huo about the animation quality of "Dragon and Tiger"—and Meng Huo had seen the sample, and he was full of praise for Bai Yan's work. Of course, the animation of "Dragon and Tiger" was not so good that he was so amazing, but it did meet his expectations. And on this point, Meng Huo should praise Bai Yan's efficiency.

"Dragon and Tiger will be a hit animation."

Meng Huo guessed this in his heart, and just as he guessed, "Dragon and Tiger" was broadcast on this day with great success, and it was widely praised in the media. The reporters were amazed at Bai Yan's successful transformation, and they didn't hesitate to praise her.

This incident is a very good start for Bai Yan, "Dragon and Tiger", and even Phoenix Company.

number four. There were many comment posts on "Dragon and Tiger" on the Internet, and Meng Huo took a glass of milk. Flipping through these posts while drinking. Judging from the popularity of replies, the audience's satisfaction with "Dragon and Tiger" is very high - its quality has been recognized.

"It's a pity that the time is wrong." Meng Huo was a little regretful. The premiere of "Blood Game" will be one day later, if the quality of that animation is as good as "Dragon and Tiger". Its post-broadcast advantage can block the popularity of "Dragon and Tiger".

"Zhongxia Company is gearing up now..." Meng Huo thought with a headache. Because of a moment of carelessness, Zhongxia Company took the initiative in the struggle between the two animations. Will do nothing after it airs.

But the last time Meng Huo talked to Alice about this matter, Alice seemed to have a countermeasure. Although he didn't know what the countermeasure was, Meng Huo could only trust Alice now.

"And in the end, Zhongxia Company is so optimistic about "Bloody Game". But what is its real situation? Does it really have the possibility of surpassing "Dragon and Tiger"?" At the same time, Meng Huo still did not fully believe in "Blood Game" really outstanding.

After all, there was no precedent to prove that Zhongxia Company would surpass him in original stories, and this situation suddenly changed. Although Meng Huo was not afraid, he still had a little bit of disbelief.

Will "Game of Blood" be just a howl? ——The answer was revealed to Meng Huo a day later.

On June 6th, "Blood Game" premiered on Ninghai TV. During the first broadcast, there was even a scene of "empty alley" in downtown Ninghai—of course, it was not really an empty alley. In the history of Chinese animation, the broadcast of "One Piece" is the only one that can be said to be really popular.

But that's for later. And the reason why it is said that the day when "Blood Game" was broadcast was an "empty street", that is because there was indeed a street that was empty when "Blood Game" was first broadcast, and the few pedestrians on the street were surrounded by people. The animation in the store attracted them, and Ninghai TV station also broadcast the news that night.

Although it wasn't a busy street, and the animation happened to coincide with the fact that there were fewer pedestrians on the street, it was able to attract these pedestrians to the store to watch-this has fully proved that "Blood Game" still has ink. Ming's voice is charming.

In fact, this was unexpected good news for Zhongxia Company. After receiving such a publicity howl from Ninghai TV, Yang Liang immediately reported it to Dong Ding, and quickly decided to work overtime and hold a working meeting.

"A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!" At this meeting, Yang Liang excitedly thought that this was an opportunity for his company to be gifted: "The ratings of "Blood Game" are very good. If we can make good use of this It will become famous in one fell swoop, surpassing "Dragon and Tiger" in popularity!"

Zhongxia has already won the game. Before the animation was broadcast, no one thought that "Blood Game" would have such a good and workable news subject after it was broadcast. Once the word 'Empty Alley' comes out, even if it's a half-truth, it's enough to attract the attention of the audience.

"In this way, "Dragon and Tiger" is not challenging at all!"

"We have to seize the time and turn it into a sacrifice for "Blood Game"!"

After the meeting, on the second day, the animation newspapers and periodicals in major cities in China were all occupied by "Blood Game". In order to completely raise its popularity, Zhongxia Company invested a huge amount of capital, and at the same time hyped it on the Internet and various TV stations. The topic of 'When "Blood Game" was broadcast, the streets of Ninghai were empty".

Coupled with the half-truth, half-false, and sham street videos, many people believed it to be true. For a while, whether it was the Internet or the real world, those who didn't know the animation of "Bloody Game" were talking about "Bloody Game" at this moment.

"What animation is "Blood Game"?"

"Are these videos real or fake? There are such powerful animations!?"

"Teacher He Xi can't do this, can he?"

between days. The topic of "Blood Game" became heated, and animation fans were shocked. Although some Ninghai locals exclaimed after watching the video, "It's so fake. There are no people on that street!" Believe it or not, "Blood Game" is indeed a hit.

Not only that, but with the expansion and spread of the audience's response, the media found that this topic seemed to have become a snowball that could roll and grow bigger, and they were preparing for a new round of hype—the night of the 7th became Yang Liang's most popular topic. An evening of excitement.

"Success! Cheers!!" He brought his subordinates to the restaurant after get off work. Let's celebrate the hype of Bloodborne.

"Minister, the reports tomorrow and the day after tomorrow will be even more lively. The most watched animation this week is "Blood Game"!", "This topic can still be hyped for two weeks. I think "Dragon and Tiger" is hopeless !", "It lost so much popularity in the first week, it will be difficult to turn around in the future.", "We will not give it a chance to turn around!"

Listening to his subordinates touting "Blood Game", Yang Liang also got drunk in excitement - he no longer thinks "Dragon and Tiger" is a threat. Two animations aired on the same week. With such a big difference in the upsurge and attention it caused, it is unlikely that "Dragon and Tiger" will lose if it wants to turn around.

However—such an improbable event was placed in front of Yang Liang abruptly on the first day of the holiday.

"How is this possible!" He woke up in a happy mood, and his face turned pale after reading the morning newspaper: "Why not "Blood Game"? This one is not... this one is not... ..."

He opened several animation newspapers in a row, and the most conspicuous animation report was not the report of "Blood Game", but the report of Phoenix Company, about a concert and a singer.

At ten o'clock in the evening on June 7, 2019, Phoenix Company held a singer's concert in Suhua City to celebrate the end of "Mobile Suit Gundam 00". The concert lasted until twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, and the large stadium capable of accommodating 100,000 spectators was full, which can be described as an unprecedented success!

The success of this concert is inevitable. Every "Gundam Diva" is a top-notch seiyuu, and they have long been able to hold tens of thousands of concerts alone. And this reunion after a long time, coupled with the high popularity of "Mobile Suit Gundam 00", it is not surprising that there are 100,000 viewers.

Zhongxia's company also knew about this very early on, but they know that this concert has nothing to do with "Dragon and Tiger" and "Blood Game", and it will not have any impact on Zhongxia - that's how they judged . But the truth is just the opposite.

Because Phoenix Company is at this concert, except for the scheduled three highly popular voice actors. Another girl was also allowed to take the stage - Takashima Koko, and she was even proclaimed by the vice president of Phoenix Company as the next "Super Popular Voice Actor" on the stage.

Because of this unexpected incident, all the media turned in the early morning. Compared with the empty alley effect brought about by "Blood Game", they paid more attention to "Koko Takashima" and the star-making behavior suddenly announced by Phoenix Company.

"Phoenix Company's New Voice Actress Released! ", "Who is Takashima Koko? This woman is qualified to be the fourth super popular seiyuu? ", "Focus Today: Exclusive Analysis of Seiyuu Koko Takashima"

In the newspapers, there were reports about Koko Takashima, and the animation "Dragon and Tiger", which was the first time she acted as the voice of the leading role, was specifically mentioned in every report-Zhongxia Company did not No advantage was gained.

"Did she do it? It's this woman again..." Yangliang squeezed the newspaper tightly, and there was an image printed on the newspaper, which was the image of the announcement on the stage last night, while Takashima Koko stood The person next to her was the blond woman.

"Alice..." Meng Huo, who also saw the newspaper, called Alice early in the morning: "Why didn't you discuss it with me first, why did you suddenly decide to promote Takashima Koko?"

"Isn't that what you thought?" Alice said with a smile in her voice: "You brought her back back then, and now you are the voice actress of "Dragon and Tiger", don't say you just brought her As an ordinary seiyuu, I think it's time to train her, and last night's stage was just right."

Meng Huo was stunned. He did have expectations for Takashima Koko. If he only regarded her as an ordinary voice actor, he would not have paid much attention to her, but even so——"Aren't you a bit reckless?"

"No, I'm actually not reckless at all." Alice replied: "There are two reasons for making this decision, the main reason is that Shen Jie will be my secretary in two months, and it will be difficult for her to go out frequently in the future. It’s been performed, but the company can’t lack this kind of activities to expand its influence, just to push Takashima Koko out.”

Considering Shen Jie's future changes, it will be difficult for her popularity to maintain the previous level, and Phoenix's seiyuu business will inevitably be negatively affected to a certain extent. Therefore, Alice pushed Takashima Koko out to make up for Shen Jie. Loss.

In addition to this reason, Alice chose this time to announce the news in order to increase the animation popularity of "Dragon and Tiger".

"The pressure of "Blood Game" is still high, we can't lose momentum at the beginning."

Alice doesn't think the quality of "Dragon and Tiger" will lose to "Game of Blood", but both are outstanding works. The two powers are fighting each other. If they lose their momentum at the beginning and let "Blood Game" overwhelm "Dragon and Tiger", then the subsequent impact will be very terrible, the strong will be stronger, and the weak will be weaker.

As an original animation, "Blood Game" has its own advantages. If it occupies the main topic of the media, the continuous effect will be even greater. As an adapted animation, "Dragon and Tiger" does not have such a great sense of freshness, and it is easy to be used as a stepping stone by the former.

As long as audiences see newspapers and news that the original "Bloody Game" is more popular than the manga adaptation "Dragon and Tiger", they will definitely think that "Blood Game" is a better animation for "Dragon and Tiger". If the latter can't beat the former with so many fans, what is there to say?

But in fact, in the ratings of the first week, "Dragon and Tiger" is higher than "Bloody Game" - anyway, there are comics popular there, and it will not lose to the original "Bloody Game", just because In this way, Alice can't let Zhong Xia's wishes come true.

She used other methods to drive away "Blood Game" from the newspaper, and in this way, "Dragon and Tiger" will not be in danger. Relying on the high popularity of the concert, this animation can also become the same as Koko Takashima. more prosperous.

Zhongxia plans to let "Blood Game" surpass "Rebellious Lelouch", the idea is very good, but Alice told them in her own way-you will even have a hard time with "Dragon and Tiger".

But... that's just the beginning. (to be continued)