Chapter 97 Both Light and Human!
"What a beast!"
"You damn beast..."
Just in the evening, in an office building in Zhonghai, a man's miserable wail was suddenly heard.
Those who hear it are sad, and those who listen to it cry.
At the elevator entrance, two animators who were about to go home after get off work seemed to hear the wailing coming from the office behind them.
"Hey, is the boss crazy?"
"It shouldn't be that bad..."
The square-faced young man with glasses hesitated and said, "Although it is quite unlucky, it is an unexpected disaster and has nothing to do with us."
"That's true."
The other animator nodded.
Zhonghai Feipeng Animation Co., Ltd., where the two worked, officially launched an original Western fantasy animation work, "Soul of the Brave" a few months ago under the instructions of their boss! The animation was originally doing well, and they had also reached an agreement with Pili Pili to land on the platform and implement an exclusive broadcast system for VIP members.
Unexpectedly, there are unexpected changes in the weather.
When the animation was completed and about to be broadcast online, a thunderclap came from the gaming industry: "Land of Divine Grace" released its official version.
Originally, this had nothing to do with Feipeng Animation. With so much work to do every day, who would have the time to play games? But "Shenneng Continent" is so special! The special thing is that after the official version of this game was released, it did not cause any shock in the game industry, but it caused a stir in the animation industry.
First, the God's Grace video player...
With only 68 yuan, you can pay once and watch tens of thousands of popular isekai animations permanently, which has shocked everyone.
Then there are the Shen’en animations! A large number of different world animations based on “Shen’en Continent” were broadcast one after another, which directly ruined the long-standing anime theme of “different world”.
Who would make an isekai? Do you? I don’t do it anyway! The sudden appearance of “Shen’en Continent” not only set a new industry standard for isekai toilet paper anime, but also dealt a fatal blow to Feipeng Animation.
Their carefully prepared defense, no one wants to taste the saltiness...
Even Pili Pili, with whom they had already reached an agreement, did not want to accept their animation, thinking it was a sheer waste of money.
"What's wrong with you? You dare to charge so much for an animation of this level? Look at this animation that someone spent 68 yuan to make. Except for the poor quality, it's amazing in every way."
Pili Pili doesn't accept it, and Penguin Video doesn't want it either. These two major online video platforms on the Internet now shake their heads when they hear the term "anime in another world".
They won't pay for the broadcast rights unless it's given to them for free.
The price of Shen'en Continent is only 68 yuan, why is your animation so expensive? I think they are all different worlds, your animation is not good either!
The boss, Yang Feipeng, was so angry that he vomited blood. Every day in the office, he cursed a man named "Chen Ba", saying that he was a despicable villain, a troublemaker, and that his son was not good at that...
I understand!
Feipeng Animation invested at least several million to produce the animation "Brave Soul". Although the effect produced with this amount of money is crude, it is not difficult to make a profit based on past market conditions.
Boss Yang has already thought it through. He plans to sell the broadcasting rights and make a second season, a third season... As long as the audience doesn't get tired of it, he'll do it to death.
It's ok now!
With the emergence of a large number of divine animations, shoddy isekai animations like "Brave Soul" have all lost their way.
For those projects that have not yet started production or are only halfway through production, the situation is better. There are losses, but the losses are not that serious.
The soul of the hero is miserable...
After 12 episodes of animation were produced, I couldn't find a buyer even after searching the entire Internet. What's wrong with being shoddy? At least it cost money! If it can't be sold, then it will just be a waste.
Domestic animation is considered good.
After all, in China, Western fantasy and otherworldly stories are not particularly popular subjects, but urban fairy tales are.
The worst is Japan! As a world-renowned anime powerhouse, Japan also produces the most isekai animations. Every year, Japan produces at least dozens of isekai animations.
This time they were all killed with one blow.
The emergence of "Divine Grace" directly led to a group of animators who specialized in themes of other worlds being forced to "transform" and start doing everyday comedies or campus romances that they were not good at.
Will you continue to roll into another world with your stubbornness?
Making trouble!
If someone has no moral principles and pulls out a Mauser pistol in the Stone Age, who would want to play with him?
…
Chen Ba was not aware of what had happened at Zhonghai Feipeng Animation, especially the curse from Boss Yang.
The reason is very simple. He is a game producer, not an animation producer. He is not in the animation circle, so how could he know about the things in the animation circle?
However, he did hear that many anime with different world themes that were originally scheduled to be broadcast in the near future, both domestically and internationally, have all been postponed...
The reason for the delay is unknown.
But it is most likely related to "Shennonglu". After all, the impact of this game on the animation industry is no different from a magnitude 10 tsunami.
"Oh no, I'm a villain!"
Chen Ba was very scared. He had offended so many people at once. Would he be put into a sack and drowned in the river when he was walking at night?
"It's okay, we have brothers."
Yang Dong waved his hand and said, "Whoever dares to touch you will be the enemy of all graphics card manufacturers. We will join forces with Old Huang and Su Ma to sanction him and not sell graphics cards to him."
“That makes sense!”
Chen Ba nodded. There was really no need to worry about this. After all, he had a group of brothers to protect him, especially the brother Da Renshuo. Just by hearing his name, one could tell that he was not someone to be trifled with.
"By the way, regarding the problem that some players complained that the professional version couldn't run on their crappy computers, do you have any solution?"
"Can't carry the computer?"
Hearing this, Yang Dong couldn't help but wonder, "Why can't it be carried? Professional version players should all be companies or studios, right?"
"No, there are a few rich guys too."
Chen Ba explained: "It's only one thousand yuan, many people are willing to spend it. If converted into a card-drawing mobile game, it's only two 648."
In fact, after the professional version of "Shennonglu" was released, although the monthly fee was very high, it still couldn't stop the curiosity of some players.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Of the more than 1,400 copies of the professional version sold so far, at least one-third are sold by ordinary players who pay to see the novelty.
These players bought the professional version because they wanted to enjoy watching the anime more, after all, the picture quality has been upgraded! Watching the anime is more enjoyable...
But no one expected it.
The professional version seems to be very demanding on computer configuration. It is particularly difficult to run on older computers, and there may even be severe screen freezes.
This is really frustrating.
Ordinary players spend so much money just to pursue a better "chasing anime" experience, but now the picture is stuck and it's as disgusting as an infinitely buffered video. How can people renew their subscriptions?
“But this is normal!”
Yang Dong explained with a wry smile: "'Shennong Continent' is CPU-intensive to begin with, not to mention that the professional version has upgraded a lot of content, so a weaker CPU really can't handle it."
This time it's not the graphics card's problem.
"Land of Divine Grace" does not require graphics cards. As a game with a large number of NPCs who are extremely flexible and intelligent, it requires CPU performance and memory size.
Most of the players, or user groups, of the professional version are companies and studios that make animations.
Their configuration can meet this condition, so there is naturally no problem.
But the computers of ordinary players are more used for games. They have difficulty running work software, especially more complex professional production software such as "Shennong Continent".
To put it bluntly! "Shennong Land" is not a serious game, especially the professional version. It can no longer be treated as a game, but should be treated as a highly professional office software.
Office and gaming have different focuses.
For gaming, people will pay more attention to graphics card and solid state drive. But for office, 8GB memory is a joke, 16GB is not enough, so 32GB is the minimum.
Then there is the CPU. The main frequency should not be lower than 3.4ghz, and more than 16 threads should be barely enough.
In Yang Dong's opinion, the problems reported by players are equivalent to asking stupid questions like "Why can't my computer even run AE?"
Asshole! "Shennong Continent" is a professional-grade office... er! It's really a game! "For a professional-grade animation production software, this phenomenon is normal."
Chen Ba was also troubled and said, "But the problem is that Shen'en Continent is an RPG adventure game, and players are clamoring for us to optimize it."
"Optimization shit!"
Yang Dong rolled his eyes and said, "Do you understand flexible partitioning? "Shenneng Continent" is both a game and a professional software!"
"I know what you mean. Da Gu is both light and human!"
Chen Ba suddenly realized, "No wonder on the Steam platform, when searching for adventure RPG games, you can find "Shennong Continent", and when searching for software or utilities, you can also find "Shennong Continent".
"ah?"
This time Yang Dong was really shocked.
Did the Steam platform see through the essence of "Shennong Land" and give it dual nationality in advance? "I didn't believe it at first!"
Chen Ba was speechless: "It wasn't until I searched it that I found out it was true..."
In the best-selling list of adventure games, you can see the presence of "Shennonglu". In the ranking list of software and utility tools, you can still see the presence of "Shennonglu".
Steam platform knows too much! Just take a look at the tag list and you will know that "Shennong Land" is not a serious game.
Role-playing, adventure, adult, software, utilities, video players, animation and modeling...
Partitions are so flexible!
To be honest, these tags alone are nothing, but when they appear together in the details of a game, it can only mean one thing:
Perhaps, even the platform doesn’t understand what “Shennong Continent” is! If the platform can’t understand it, the players will be even more confused.
Anyway, they only know that Shen'en Continent can be played as an RPG adventure game, a video player, or even an animation production software! So here comes the question.
For example, the best software in the game area and the best game in the software area, which category should they be placed in? Thank you for your support. There are fewer updates on the shelves because there are only so many drafts in stock. I will work hard to write more in the future.
(End of this chapter)