Chapter 645: Dark horse

Ultraman has a tradition.
From the earliest "Ultra Q" monster photography to "Ultraman" hero photography, Tsuburaya likes to include private goods in the plot.
The Showa period is most obvious.
The screenwriters at that time, led by Tetsuo Kaneshiro, had a strong sense of social responsibility and artistic sentiment.
They want to use the medium of "Ultraman" to convey their own thoughts and opinions, to give the work richer ideological value, and to allow children to establish a correct view of good and evil.
Three major problems came into being!
With the changes of the times, the admission of consortium b makes Showa's feelings and sense of social responsibility dim. In addition, children don’t like plots that are too deep and full of preaching, so...
The tradition is gradually forgotten.
Perhaps this is also an industry trend!
After entering the Heisei period, the Ultraman series greatly reduced the "deep preaching" drama. For extreme social contradictions and phenomena, screenwriters have rarely criticized naming.
But occasionally come again!
For example, in the 11th episode of Tiga's "Requiem", the screenwriter created a sad and lamentable character-Ryosuke Sanada, using the cells of Eblon.
He is a good friend of Horii.
Since childhood, he was full of desire for the first. No matter what kind of first it is, he is not willing to lose to others.
However, he lost to Horii twice.
Once it was a childhood bet that whoever held his breath underwater for a long time would be Sayaka’s boyfriend.
Once it was the Victory team. Ryosuke, whose parents are both talented scientists, was rejected by the Victory team. But Horii, who was inferior to him since childhood, became a member of the victorious team.
Actually, one more time!
Ryosuke likes Sayaka, and Sayaka dumped him and finally chose Horii. But Sayaka chose Horii and even married him. That was what happened later.
Ryosuke, who has a strong "competitive" and unwilling to fail, lost to Horii twice in a row. The psychological distortion stole the Eblon cells and implanted them in the body, which eventually led to tragedy.
In all fairness, Ryosuke made a mistake.
He was wrong, he shouldn't steal the Eblon cells and implant them in the body. As for the practice of "striving first in everything", there is nothing wrong with putting it in the domestic environment.
After all, since childhood, the teachers, parents, classmates and friends around me have been instilling the so-called "I want to be the first" thought.
This is what Gu Miao is worried about.
Although under Meng Lang's adaptation, Liang Jie became "Liang Jie". But only the name changed, his character and personality did not change.
Tragedy is still a tragedy!
Liang Jie, who had to fight for the first place in everything, eventually died of his ambition.
This plot may not be a big problem in neon. But under the special education background in China, the problem is very serious!
after all……
This plot is easy to be misunderstood and enters the debate of "which education method is better", causing unnecessary misunderstandings.
Meng Lang also worried about causing misunderstandings.
Therefore, he deliberately erased the existence of "Liang Jie's parents" in the script, and attributed Liang Jie's behavior to "psychological distortion".
Moreover, he added a dialogue.
After Horii found out about Liang Jie's files, Horii went to confront Liang Jie and asked him if he had implanted Eblon cells.
And Liang Jie’s answer is:
"I tried my best, but I still couldn't be the first. However, Ai Bolong cells can help me realize my wish..."
Simple and rude handling.
Liang Jie's tragedy is entirely his own. If it weren't for his overwhelming ambition and intends to use Eblon cells to achieve "curve overtaking", how could he end up like this?
This has been changed!
If after the new episode is broadcast, people still think of the education system, Meng Lang will be completely convinced.
...
The new episode of Tiga is being filmed.
And the first round of "Armor Warrior: Xing Tian Qian Chuan" has been broadcast, and the second round of replay has also been launched recently.
The Armor Summoner continues to sell well!
Xingtian camera and Feiying mp3 are still the same, the sales that had dropped slightly, gradually recovered with the second round of replay.
And the King Kong game machine...
Perhaps this is an unprecedented super dark horse!
In the early days of Xingtian's launch, the sales of King Kong game consoles were miserable and the popularity was bleak, roughly equivalent to the basalt warriors in the "Legend of Skyfire", and no one cares about it.
After Meng Lang decided to cut prices, sales increased substantially. Since no one cares about it, it has gradually become the new darling of children, and its popularity and sales have surpassed Xing Tian.
the reason is simple!
Xingtian camera is very good, but the price is really persuasive. Children from ordinary families can only drool in front of the pd window...
King Kong game console is different!
First, it is cheap. For less than one hundred yuan, you can buy a brand new "psp doll" game console and play psp games anytime, anywhere, which is very attractive.
Second, the content is rich!
Cameras, mp3, etc., are far less attractive to children than a game console that can be used to play online.
So sales popularity jumped to the top!
Do you think this is over?
No no no! The legendary road of King Kong game console has just begun now!
The popularity of Xing Tian's predecessor is more focused on "characters of the plot", and the ability to carry goods around derivatives is far inferior to "Four Wheels Brothers" or "Bakugan Kid".
Therefore, the King Kong game console, as the Xingtian ip popularity and sales double champion, could not make it into the top ten on the pd list.
Don't talk about the top ten, you can't make the top twenty.
Take a look at those big brothers on the list!
Taking the 2021 q2 financial report as an example, the first place is the super team, with global sales exceeding 1.51 billion, in US dollars!
Kamen Rider ranked second with 1.208 billion!
Ultraman ranked third, 1.034 billion!
Transformers has neither new works nor new products. It is ranked fourth with 931 million!
The situation of the four-wheel drive brothers is similar to that of Transformers, but the accessories are selling well, with 927 million ranking fifth...
What kind of gods are these?
With nine-figure sales at every turn, the unit is still U.S. dollars. The Xingtian three brothers’ transformation devices really can’t sell so much!
After all, they rely entirely on the domestic market.
This is a tragic ranking. Xingtian has not yet started broadcasting abroad, and sales are only domestic. No matter how you rank, it is impossible to squeeze into the top ten.
but……
King Kong game console changed its fate against the sky, cancer healed itself! After entering August, it suddenly exploded ~EbookFREE.me~ and brought the entire Xingtian ip sales into the top ten of the total list by oneself!
Almost stabbed Tiga’s chrysanthemum...
Although it is a "monthly ranking" and I don't know how it will perform next month, the potential of this dark horse still stunned the PD executives.
Even Meng Lang was dumbfounded.
Xingtian’s first story is over, but the second story hasn’t been broadcast yet, and the cancer heals itself for no reason. Isn’t this too fantasy?
"What happened?" he asked.
"It seems to be because of a game..."
Ma Teng explained: "The new product that pd game has just launched requires a King Kong game console with a King Kong belt and a King Kong card to play."
Could it be that...
A game of catching ghost monsters, conducting breeding training and fighting together?
Meng Lang blinked.