My Animation Era

As the time comes to the end of February, the animated film "The Year of the Monkey", which has been released for nearly a month, finally closes its eyes.

How do you say that?

Some movies die on the fifth day of the first lunar month and don’t lie in the coffin until the twentieth of the first lunar month!

Although the theaters were very generous to Wanbao, even though the movie attendance rate was not high and the box office was very small, "The Year of the Monkey" still stayed in the cinema for an extra week.

But it's of no use...

Thanks to its one week in theaters, the total box office has only increased by less than 8 million. To be honest, it’s better to get out of theaters quickly and don’t wait to schedule movies without selling tickets!

what is interesting is.

"Happy Year of the Monkey" has been released across the board, and the "Sailor Moon" theatrical version, which was released earlier, is still stuck in theaters.

Seto is a swindler!

The Neon Division is completely shameless. It depends on the theaters anyway. One more day of screening will bring back more blood, so don’t try to drive me away.

As for whether the theater chain will agree?

Forehead!

They don't want to agree. After all, no one is willing to do this kind of loss-making business. Is it true that the venue rental and water and electricity bills of the cinema are free?

But he really couldn't stand Seto's insistence, and the high ratio of account sharing conditions promised by the Neon Division.

For other movies, assuming the movie ticket price is 100 yen, it would be great if the theater can get 40 yen. The movie version of "Sailor Moon" can be screened, and theaters can get at least 70 yen...

Seto is a real dog!

He knew that he wouldn't be able to earn a penny after being kicked out of the movie theater to schedule movies, so he decisively chose to cut the meat and feed it to tigers. He was surprised to be able to survive in the movie theater for half a month longer.

Of course, no matter how much you cut the meat to feed the tiger, it won't change the fact that the "Sailor Moon" movie version is just a piece of shit.

It's nothing more than losing less.

Gu Miao recognized the efforts of Seto and the Neon Division, but he felt that the long-term pain was not as good as the short-term pain. After going through so many sexy operations, it was better to earn back through the second part of the game!

In addition to the two theatrical versions being released one after another, something else happened at the end of February.

Hou Bin serves as the chief director and Wanbao Animation's domestic inspirational food and folk-themed cartoon "Little Fugui" is broadcast on China Overseas Children's Channel at 18:00 in the evening.

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"Another food show?"

Liu Zida, who was boiling hot water and planning to use instant noodles for dinner, accidentally glanced at the TV screen, his eyes full of expectation.

Good guy!

After "The Little Master of China" ended, he thought that Wanbao Animation would not make a gourmet show.

After all, the glowing egg fried rice is so classic that it is difficult for any other food show to match or even surpass this setting. This theme is equivalent to being played to death by Wanbao.

But he never expected it.

After two years, Wanbao Animation has once again launched a gourmet show focusing on cooking.

This is interesting...

The shock and novelty that "Little Master of China" brought to Liu Zida is still vivid in his mind. He really wants to know whether this animation called "Little Master of China" can surpass Little Master and become a new benchmark for gourmet food series?

Probably not!

Before the official launch of the animation, China Overseas Children's Channel deliberately squeezed out advertising space to play the pre-heating PV of "The Magic Chef Xiao Fugui".

Liu Zida just glanced at it and immediately frowned.

Is this a gourmet show?

The entire warm-up PV lasts for three minutes. There are very few cooking scenes and more of them are wonderful interactive clips between the protagonist Xiao Fugui and other characters.

He sensed something was wrong.

But he didn't think too much about it. After all, this was just a promotional PV, so he couldn't rush to a conclusion. He had to watch the full movie first.

A few minutes later.

The instant noodles were ready and the commercial was over. Liu Zida, who was holding the instant noodles, came to the sofa and sat down, looking at the TV screen.

"Food is the most important thing for the people. Firewood, rice, sauce, vinegar and salt, no one can live without it~"

"You can mix things up with everyone. You rely on recruiting fresh ingredients. Being a good person is like spring onions mixed with tofu~"

"Walking around in all directions with innocence~"

With the melodious theme song singing, the animation officially started broadcasting the first episode.

Capital City, Imperial Palace.

The sky was covered with dark clouds, and thunder and lightning struck from time to time. The narrator explained the background of the story to the audience in a calm tone.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, after the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898, the Allied Forces invaded, and the Queen Mother and the Emperor fled west in a hurry...

"Suck, suck, suck!"

While eating noodles, Liu Zida also complained: "Wanbao, Li Zai Gan God and Demon? Hurry up and start the cooking competition. What historical story are you telling at this late hour?"

Are you here to see you tell a story? Everyone obviously came to see the protagonist demonstrate his cooking skills and use his superb skills to make various delicacies!

Can you get to the point quickly?

Not only Liu Zida, many viewers also complained about the dragging of the plot when they saw the plot of the Queen Mother fleeing to the west and Xiao Lizi killing the imperial chef.

Food Fan, if you tell everyone such a serious historical story, can you let the protagonist appear quickly?

Everyone really didn’t want to see the Queen Mother and Little Eunuch Li, who looked like they were not good people at first glance.

It’s not that everyone is impatient.

But the history of the late Qing Dynasty is too heavy for many people, and their hearts are twisted every time they think about it.

Everyone watches the food show to have fun and relax, not to relive this humiliating history and make it difficult for you in the middle of the night.

Fortunately, the plot of the Queen Mother's hasty flight to the west did not last long, and soon the camera cut to a small town restaurant called "Hong's Restaurant".

The royal chef is dead.

The Queen Mother needed a new chef, and Eunuch Li also needed a suitable scapegoat, so he was ordered to go find the chef.

In the Hong Family Restaurant, little Eunuch Li, who was craving for pork head meat, made a speechless request after learning that there was no meat here - to make a plate of roasted pork head meat with vegetarian vegetables!

"I go……"

Liu Zida, who was eating instant noodles, was stunned when he heard the name of this dish.

Pork head meat? Biscuit?

Are you sure you're not kidding? This is even more outrageous than fish-flavored shredded pork without fish! Where in the world can there be such a thing as plain roasted pork head?

"Grandpa, look at me!"

Fortunately, the protagonist is worthy of being the protagonist.

Seeing his grandfather in such a dilemma, Xiao Fugui came up with the idea of ​​carving a pig's head out of radish and then adding various seasonings to make a plate of plain roasted pig's head.

Little Eunuch Li was very satisfied with the meal and said that the pork head meat was really crispy...

"Can it not be crispy? That's a big plate of radish!"

Liu Zida also understood after seeing the eating appearance of Xiao Lizi in the animation.

This guy hasn't eaten meat for so long that he has forgotten what meat tastes like. As long as he sees the appearance of a pig's head, even if he eats radish, he still thinks it tastes like meat.

But then again...

Is the radish really delicious like this? Or was it that the animation deliberately exaggerated the deliciousness of this plate of radishes in order to portray that Little Plum was extremely hungry?

Why don't you eat instant noodles first, go to the supermarket downstairs to buy a big white radish, and follow the animation method to make a plate of braised pork head to taste?

Due to the increase in pork prices, Liu Zida, who had not eaten meat for a long time, was actually attracted by a plate of braised pork head made from radish...

Only then did I realize that the label of Chef Xiao Fugui is children’s and inspirational, not gourmet food…