Chapter 350. The hymn of human beings
In a world where humans have advanced their exploration of the world to their limits, finally, deep in the ocean, adventurers discovered a huge pit and named it Abis, which means "abyss".
The Abyss has an ecology that is completely different from other areas on the earth. The deeper you go, you will find that it is unique here. At the same time, the Abyss is also suspected of having ruins of prehistoric civilizations. These relics have inexplicable magical powers and are called "the relics of Abyss".
The mother of the protagonist Like is a famous adventurer, but she has been exploring the abyss and has not returned for a long time. One day, Like, who was exploring the shallow layer of the Abyss, met a young man named Lei Gu, who was made of mechanical bodies, and the adventure of heading towards the abyss began.
There is a story background outline on the screen, which was obtained by the main creators such as Xu Rui and Shuhai after several meetings.
This animation is a story written to describe the hymn of the courage of "humans" constantly exploring the "unknown".
Among them, the character designs of the characters and the character settings of some characters come from Teacher Shuhai. Her long-term comic life allows her to accurately grasp the every move of the young and girls, and outline the protagonists in the abyss with a cute style.
The biological setting, the town setting, and the relics of Abis were set by Holofi. After receiving the instructions of Xu Rui to "let go and do it", Holofi completely released his previous desire to suppress a lot of creative desires, and designed a complete set of nearly perfect abyss ecology in just two weeks.
The Abyss is different from ordinary caves. Every time a distance descends, the ecology will change differently. This is related to the setting of the story. The Abyss, which has a total of seven layers of Abyss, also has the meaning of seven layers of hell in the West.
In the concept design drawing, you can see huge beasts covered with thorns all over your body. You can see worms flying in the air. You can see wonderful creatures made of knots of various tentacles.
These monsters that are dizzy and confused are all designed by Holofi. They are combined with the cute characters designed by Teacher Shuhai, which have a kind of inverted beauty.
Xu Rui is responsible for the most basic settings and scripts, including animation storyboards, which is also what he is best at.
The most important setting in the story is Abis's curse. This is more like a regional restriction than some kind of occult. Specifically, there will be no problem when entering the Abis' abyss from above. However, if you move up vertically in the Abis' abyss, it will damage the body, mild dizziness and vomiting, severe direct internal bleeding, and even death.
In other words, during Abis' exploration, there is only going forward and no retreat!
Although the two-hour discussion session was long, everyone was full of energy at the end and wanted to complete this work immediately. Even the old teacher Shuhai had a shiny light in his eyes.
Xu Rui was the last to leave the conference room. He packed up his things and returned to his seat.
"By the way, Mr. Xu, "Breath of the Wild" is about to be released. Please confirm it if you have some release activities here."
As soon as he sat down, the relevant person in charge of Hakka Video Network came over with a few documents.
After a quick look, Xu Rui pointed out a few things worth paying attention to and quickly returned them to them.
"It's already June."
Next door, Lin Shuyi, who was in the original painting group, raised her head from the digital tablet. The painting department she was responsible for had already completed it. Now she is drawing some linkage advertisements taken over by Fantasy Electric Animation, which is relatively leisurely.
"Yes, this summer seems a bit busy."
Xu Rui sighed and glanced at the memo and notes on his seat.
As June enters the college entrance examination, the release of "Breath of the Wild" will be released. The pre-sale volume of this game with a 99-point MC game is close to seven million. If it is another year, this number is enough to hit the annual sales champion.
But the sales of two open-world games by hardcore technology are also very good. From the delay in December last year to the sales of "Super Hacker" released in January this year, it has exceeded 5 million copies, and the pre-order volume of "The Legend of the Heroes of Shushan" to be released in June also has one million copies, which is a strong competitor.
Suo Ren Interactive Entertainment is an adventure-oriented action game "Raiders of the Lost Ark" developed in imitation of "The Last Survivor". The game was released in March and its sales have now exceeded 3 million.
Summer vacation and the end of the year are two good times for sales to explode. Whether "Breath of the Wild" can dominate this year depends on the performance in these two quarters.
In addition to the game, the preliminary publicity of "A String of Life" has been rolled out. After a series of discussions, it was finally decided to broadcast the documentary in early July. The six-episode documentary is one episode per week, which runs through the entire summer vacation.
In addition, on August 16, "Your Name" will be released in major theaters across China, which is the highlight of Fantasy Electric Animation this year.
Related promotions have been released on major social media, and Hatsune Video Network has also specially launched the video upload program related to "Your Name", soliciting manuscripts, and stoking the atmosphere in advance.
Even if it does not count the Ningjiang Comic Exhibition, annual animation conferences, and mobile games anniversary events in mid-August, Xu Rui is also very busy this summer.
The college entrance examination has arrived as scheduled, and Weibo and QQ groups have begun to recall high school life and discuss college entrance examination essays once again. Various "full score" essays and "zero score" essays are emerging one after another. Editors of marketing accounts of major public accounts do not have to worry about the copywriting in recent times. Just follow the popularity of the college entrance examination and it will be done.
After leaving the exam room, Qin Shanshan still had an unreal feeling. Is it really over like this? More than ten years of student life are about to enter a new stage?
She was still a little dazed and had long forgotten the content of the exams in the past few days, and really forgot about it.
A large number of parents and students gathered outside the examination room. Some laughed happily, some cried bitterly, and some were excited to do something that only "adults" could do.
"Hey, do you go to the Internet cafe all night at night?"
Qin Shanshan heard a boy telling her classmates that although they were eighteen years old, it was still not convenient for high school students to enter the Internet cafe. But now, after the college entrance examination, they have no last restraint and are determined to have a happy night.
Most of the girls are on a KTV, while the boys are in an Internet cafe. Qin Shanshan met a few classmates she knew, said hello, and then saw Chu Wei.
Before she could scream, Chu Wei discovered her.
The boy showed a sunny smile, trotted over and spoke.
"I have booked "Breath of the Wild", let's play together tonight."
Chapter completed!