After experiencing the initial excitement a few times, Jiang Xia began to miss the damage from the One-Sword Technique of later generations.
Damn it, the damage is so low and the map clearing speed is so slow, isn't this just a complete waste of his time?
After grinding non-stop for almost two hours, Wang Ming finally exhausted all his fatigue points and successfully leveled up to level 19, thus becoming a Berserker.
"Mission accomplished." Looking at the time, which was past midnight, Jiang Xia rubbed his stomach. "Boss Wang, shouldn't we arrange some late-night snacks?"
"Make arrangements!" Seeing his warrior pick up the greatsword, Wang Ming was in a great mood and walked to the front desk with a smile, ordering two buckets of pickled pepper beef noodles.
After playing for more than two hours, he was also hungry. When he returned, a bottle of frozen cola was placed in front of Jiang Xia.
"How about that, buddy? Pretty good, right? A bucket of instant noodles, a sausage, and a bottle of Coke."
"A true buddy, no doubt about it."
Jiang Xia twisted the cap open with a hiss, took a satisfied sip, and felt the bubbles dancing wildly on her tongue, instantly making her feel much more awake.
"Are you coming to the front lines of the fight against terrorism?" Wang Ming turned to ask him.
Jiang Xia shook his head: "Never mind, you go ahead and play. I'll look at some things online."
"Okay, call me later if you want to play, and we'll team up to fight some zombies."
He agreed, then quit the game, opened his browser, and searched online for everything he remembered. Gradually, he gained a clear understanding of the differences between the two worlds.
With his past life experiences, he certainly has countless things to do in this burgeoning internet age.
Putting everything else aside, even if he didn't start a business, he could still live a better life than in his previous life if he focused solely on game streaming.
However, after researching information related to the animation industry for a long time, he suddenly had an even bigger ambition.
—An untapped industry is undoubtedly a huge, exposed gold mine for Jiangxia right now! It all depends on whether he has the courage to pick up his hoe and dig it up.
Logically speaking, as long as Jiang Xia can easily replicate an anime series that has withstood the test of the market in his previous life, he should be able to easily earn his first pot of gold, and it is not impossible for him to become an overnight sensation.
However, animation production is not as simple as it seems.
Even in Japan, where the animation industry was highly developed in the past, it would take at least six months to a year for a 12-episode anime series to go from project initiation to completion. The more detailed the visuals, the longer the production cycle.
It's important to know that this is a mature team with dedicated scriptwriters, writers, animation supervisors, animators, voice actors, and post-production editors.
Each position has a clear division of labor and close cooperation. Even with production line-like simultaneous production and broadcasting, it still takes so long. However, Jiangxia currently lacks both money and manpower. He has unparalleled martial arts skills and techniques, but lacks sufficient cultivation to use them.
Therefore, as an independent animator, he must take the "small but exquisite" approach, with relatively simple production processes and shorter production cycles, so that he can earn his first pot of gold in a short period of time by spending the least amount of money and effort.
In this day and age, it sounds a bit horrifying to create animation independently based on a passion alone, but for him, a reborn figure in the industry, it is not an impossible thing.
The key question is, would people in this world, who have been poisoned by the realistic style, like the anime style of their past life?
Or will his work create a huge stir and usher in a new era in the world?
The thought that he might write a new chapter fueled my passion even more.
However, this matter still needs careful consideration. First, we need to decide on the subject matter, then on the specific animation. Only when all preparations are complete can we proceed with the first step of production.
The opening match not only cannot afford to make mistakes, but it must also be a resounding victory!
Wang Ming focused intently on shooting, occasionally glancing at Jiang Xia when he respawned to see what he was doing. After all, things were a bit unusual today; normally, they would have been locked in a gunfight in the game.
It turned out that what he was looking at had no logic whatsoever. One second he was checking the real estate market, the next he was looking at the financial industry, and then he switched to things like online shopping, blockchain, cloud technology, mobile game development, new energy vehicles, animation production... He was not only looking at them with great interest, but he also created a new text document and kept taking notes.
Is this really Jiang Xia?
What high school student would spend their free time looking at this kind of stuff online?
The important question is, can he understand it?
Are you deliberately trying to show off in front of him?
"No, Lao Jiang, you're acting really strange today!" Wang Ming stopped playing games and looked at the information on the animation industry's development prospects on Jiang Xia's screen, which gave him a headache.
Jiang Xia closed the browser, took a bite of the bloated instant noodles, and laughed, "Anyway, I have nothing else to do, so I'll just browse around."
"Don't tell me you're planning to work in animation in the future."
He didn't mince words, nodding readily: "Yes, that's the idea. For us lousy artists, the future development will be related to games and animation."
“That’s true, but isn’t it a bit too early for us to be thinking about all this at our age? We should at least wait until we’re in college before we start thinking about it,” Wang Ming said, scratching his head.
How much longer until your college entrance exam?
"3 months."
"What about university?"
"Including summer vacation, it's about five months."
"That settles it then." Jiang Xia shrugged. "It's always good to make plans early."
Wang Ming was stunned. What this bastard said actually made some sense.
But it felt strange coming from him; we used to discuss games with him all the time.
Jiang Xia ignored him, holding her instant noodles, and opened her browser again, asking without turning her head, "Are there any websites where I can watch anime?"
"I don't think there is such a thing."
What about A-site?
"What is that?"
He frowned slightly. Considering this timeframe, Bilibili should not have been established yet, but AcFun should have been operating for a long time.
I searched for "AcFun" in my browser but couldn't find any related information. I then entered "bullet screen video website" and a bunch of completely unrelated things came up.
In other words, there isn't a video-based bullet screen website in the world yet that has a complete ecosystem of secondary creation based on original content, like AcFun and Bilibili?
In an instant, a new idea takes shape in my mind, but it requires a huge number of excellent videos as a foundation.
This matter can be put on hold for now until we make our own animation.
Thinking of this, Jiang Xia clicked on the top-ranked anime on the current online popularity chart, "Dragon Swordsman," and watched the original animation of this world while eating instant noodles.
Gradually, his eyes grew brighter and brighter.
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