Anime Production: Starting with Healing the Audience
Chapter 35

What Does "For Tough Guys Only" Mean?

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The title Fang Zheng proposed happened to satisfy users' desire to be "different from the crowd."

Zhang Siyu had thought even further. A merchant's instincts told her that this title system could bring the company quite a bit of profit.

"What kind of title does Director Fang plan to give the fans?"

Zhang Siyu looked at Fang Zheng curiously. She was already eager to incorporate the title system into her corporate plans.

"A title, huh~ Let's call it 'Till Death Do Us Part.' It will symbolize the fans' love for A Company and their support for A Company. A Company will also be proud to have fans like them."

Fang Zheng silently apologized to a certain fist company from his previous life, then calmly plagiarized the title.

"This title will be a limited-edition title, issued only to users who participated in this incident and fought for A Company. After this, it will never appear a second time, at any time or in any manner."

Fang Zheng was issuing this title and designating it as limited edition because he wanted to tell his fans and any users who joined later that A Company was simply this willful.

A Company might not be able to thank every person who had helped them, but they would absolutely never forget the fans who had once supported them.

Fang Zheng's words left Zhang Siyu silent for a moment. As the company's CEO, she thought about more things than Fang Zheng did.

A Company's introduction of the "Till Death Do Us Part" title was naturally meant primarily to thank the fans who had helped them.

What did the official release of this title signify?

It meant that the official side valued ordinary users like them. The official side was paying attention to them, which would give users a sense of belonging.

At the same time, the sense of belonging brought by the "Till Death Do Us Part" title would imperceptibly bind A Company's users tightly together, tying them to A Company as much as possible.

It would increase user loyalty and make them proud of A Company.

The significance of Fang Zheng's move was even far-reaching. Just imagine: the official side had now awarded a "Till Death Do Us Part" title. Wouldn't it possibly release other limited-edition titles in the future?

After all, the pride of obtaining a title would be overwhelming, while the new users who did not have this title would certainly be green with envy.

They would want limited-edition titles too. What could they do?

They would firmly support A Company, of course~

Perhaps Fang Zheng had introduced the "Till Death Do Us Part" title merely to thank the fans who had fought for him online, but in the long run, this was absolutely a brilliant move!

"Okay, Fang Zheng. I'll arrange it right away!"

Fang Zheng watched Zhang Siyu leave the office. Seeing his fans celebrating joyfully on the A Company forums, he could not help smiling faintly.

"What a timely blessing this farce has been~"

Fang Zheng watched his fans discuss today's farce. It seemed that overnight, they had all

forgotten the anger that "Akame ga Kill!"'s latest episode and Shiru's death had brought them.

Seeing that his fans' attention had been diverted, Fang Zheng suddenly felt as though he had survived a disaster.

He admitted that he had underestimated the fans' anger. After Shiru's death, the fans' furious state had made even him, who was used to teasing them, tremble with fear.

Fortunately, Yang He had stepped forward at just the right time and diverted the fans' attention at the final moment.

The fans' pent-up fury was also vented on Yang He and those paid posters.

"No, I can't rest easy yet!"

Fang Zheng smiled, then suddenly felt that something was wrong.

"Akame ga Kill!" was also known as "Akame ga Kill!"'s "kill the girls," and as the name suggested, more than one girl died in it. In terms of tragic deaths, Tsukimi was no less pitiful than Shiru—if anything, she was even worse.

Fang Zheng thought about the future plot. One character after another would die, and the battle-fueled anime he had spoken of would completely become a tragedy.

At this thought, Fang Zheng seemed to see countless fans approaching him with red eyes, cleavers in hand, and sinister smiles on their faces.

"Big Shot Fang, we've come to give you some warmth~"

Hiss~ Did it have to be this terrifying?!

Fang Zheng broke out in a cold sweat. He suddenly felt that he had truly played himself to death this time.

"What should I do? What should I do?"

Fang Zheng sat in his chair, anxiously thinking of a solution.

Although the commotion caused by Yang He had successfully helped him get through the incident of Shiru's death, there were still Tatsumi, Big Brother Brody, Tsukimi, Mine, and the other characters with tragic endings to come.

"Akame ga Kill!" had such a large cast, yet only two would survive in the end. One would be cursed, and the other would have a shortened lifespan. This showed just how deranged the author was.

Fang Zheng did not want to be ambushed in the middle of the night, nor did he want to receive threatening letters every day as soon as he arrived at the company.

So he had to resolve this looming problem!

"Right, the new anime voting ended earlier. Perhaps I can approach this from that angle!"

Fang Zheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly opened the voting interface on the forum.

"Vote One: Tough Guy Must Watch, 47,896 votes."

"Vote Two: X Orthopedics, 13,257 votes."

"Vote Three: Sweet Enough to Explode, 19,985 votes."

After looking at the voting results, Fang Zheng froze. His face was filled with disbelief.

What the hell? Tough Guy Must Watch had nearly fifty thousand votes—more than forty thousand! It had more votes than the other two combined?!

Fang Zheng admitted that moe anime was indeed a major trend in anime, but there was no way it should have left X Orthopedics and Campus Romance this far behind~

Unbelievable. Truly unbelievable!

Could the people of this world have precognitive abilities and grasped the essence of Tough Guy Must Watch in advance?

Puzzled, Fang Zheng slowly looked down at the comments. He wanted to see why these fans were so fond of the Tough Guy Must Watch series.

Could everyone be veteran cellmates like him?

As the Dragon King's veteran cellmate, Fang Zheng deeply understood the essence of Tough Guy Must Watch.

As everyone knew, being the Dragon King's cellmate was an extremely high-risk occupation. Every day, some cellmates would be taken away by the police and given a free pair of silver bracelets, along with a several-day tour of a small dark room.

Although food and lodging were free and they were transported in a dedicated vehicle, to the vast majority of cellmates, that place was practically hell.

No loli, rather death!

That was the heartfelt cry of all the cellmates!

Speaking of the Dragon King and his cellmates, Fang Zheng suddenly recalled a famous joke from his previous life.

It went that one day, the Dragon King Hachiya Shion suddenly realized in prison that every one of his cellmates was incredibly talented. He could play shogi, the bunk above him could play basketball, the bunk above the one next door could make clothes, and the bunk below the one next door was even more outrageous—it could fly a plane!

Every cellmate spoke beautifully, and they were all incredibly good-looking. With cellmates like these, he felt that the trip had been worthwhile!

"Hahahaha, internet users have always been talented. Damn, this is too brilliant!"

When Fang Zheng thought of this joke, he could not help clutching his stomach and laughing first.

Hachiya Shion naturally needed no lengthy introduction. He was the Dragon King himself, from "The Ryuo's Work." As for that kind of work, Fang Zheng could only say that he wanted someone to introduce him to it too. He would even do it for free, wages included.

The basketball player Hasegawa Kou came from "Loli Society." He was responsible for teaching a group of elementary school students—or lolitas—to play basketball. The work was somewhat old, so some people might not know it very well. But surely no one was unfamiliar with the famous line, "Elementary school students are simply the best!" That was Hasegawa Kou's signature line~

As for the third one, the cellmate who could make clothes, Fang Zheng thought that many people would definitely know her. That was Miyako Hoshino from "When Prison Food Arrives Next to Me." Her mesmerizing "nyaa" sounds were utterly addictive, and Miyako Hoshino looked exactly like you did when you watched this anime (doge).

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