"What? A new work? So soon?!
"My goodness, although Big Shot Fang is a little shameless, his speed of creation is absolutely unparalleled.
"Ah, he's as prolific as, well, you know~
"'When Prison Food Arrives Next to Me'? A story set in a prison?
"Why do I feel like something's off?
Thank you for supporting Big Shot!!!!
I beg all the big shots to give me lots of support~~~~~~~
Fang Zheng's two posts caused an uproar online. Quite a few busybodies gathered around to watch,
while the fans waited with bated breath.
TT Group also announced almost at the same time that it was producing a battle anime,
making its intention to challenge them obvious.
TT Group invests heavily to enter the anime industry!
Xia Country's famous director joins TT's anime production team, claiming that he will create the best tough-guy
anime!
The most popular idol group of the moment announces that it is joining TT Anime to take part in the dubbing work.
TT Vice President Sun Qian declares: It's only a tough-guy anime. What's so difficult about it?
Similar reports flooded the internet. Even netizens who usually paid little attention to anime
had their curiosity piqued.
TT Group was willing to mobilize so many resources to enter the anime industry. Its purpose was
obvious to everyone.
"I wonder if Big Shot Fang can withstand the pressure. TT's lineup is far too
lavish."
"Yeah, especially with that popular idol group doing the dubbing. Those brainless fans may be pretty
stupid, but there are just so many of them."
"Big Shot Fang's anime is practically being made by one person. To deal with Big Shot Fang, TT
mobilized so much manpower and resources. Big Shot Fang's got quite the presence~!"
"I don't care. I'm siding with Big Shot Fang. Big Shot Fang is awesome!"
The situation online was quite clear. TT Group's series of moves, combined with the fact that both sides
were scheduled to premiere at almost exactly the same time, made its intention to challenge them obvious.
On top of that, considering the A Company incident online some time ago, anyone who wasn't an idiot could see
how intense the hostility between them was.
On one side was the pioneer of anime, the ACG Culture Company represented by Fang Zheng. On the other was
an established internet giant with abundant financial resources.
Regardless of the outcome, this was destined to be a clash on an almost godlike level.
"Director Fang, TT Group's moves are quite formidable. Should we promote ourselves as well?"
At ACG Culture Company, in Fang Zheng's office.
Zhang Siyu looked at Fang Zheng, who was too busy to lift his head, and spoke softly.
For the past few days, Fang Zheng had been in this state. He had practically handed all the company's affairs
over to her, while he focused on producing the anime and drawing the original artwork.
Fang Zheng naturally had no time to pay attention to what was happening online, and he didn't know about TT Group's
moves either.
"There's no need to worry about them. Their overall direction is already wrong. So what if they manage to make an anime?"
Fang Zheng stretched, then stood up from his chair and moved his stiff muscles.
Hearing Zhang Siyu's words, Fang Zheng smiled indifferently.
He understood TT Group's little scheme perfectly well. They simply wanted to use his corpse as a stepping stone
to launch their own anime brand in one stroke, then build the pan-entertainment cultural sphere they had dreamed of.
"I think you should still take a look at what they're doing, Director Fang. TT has truly made up its mind this time
to clash head-on with us."
Zhang Siyu handed Fang Zheng the documents she had compiled.
Although she also knew that TT had been led astray by Fang Zheng from the very beginning, after all, Fang Zheng had
never said that "tough guys must watch" meant a battle anime.
But TT Group's sheer size was undeniable. Anyone facing such a massive company would have to think twice.
"Heh, they really are making quite a commotion~"
Fang Zheng glanced over it briefly. TT Anime had invited a famous director and even arranged for
a popular young idol group to handle the dubbing, which left him both amused and speechless.
Anime wasn't traditional film and television. It relied on art style and plot. Of course, highly
well-known voice actors and directors could also bring attention to an anime.
But ultimately, anime had no actors. Whether an anime was good or not depended entirely
on the audience—on whether it could move them.
To be honest, Fang Zheng was envious of TT Group's grand moves. They proved that the company had
deep pockets. At the very least, it had left him more than ten streets behind financially.
But regarding TT's actions, Fang Zheng could only call them foolish.
If the other side used the same methods they used to make film and television dramas to produce anime,
they would surely be met with a merciless barrage from the audience.
Even taking the most optimistic view, supposing their director, screenwriter, and artists had all become self-taught geniuses,
what about their voice actors?
Were they going to rely on those pretty-faced young idols?
Dubbing wasn't as simple as reading the lines aloud. It required emotion and soul.
Could a pretty-faced young idol whose acting was atrocious possibly deliver any lines
with feeling?
The disdain on Fang Zheng's face was obvious. He had never taken TT Anime seriously,
at least not for now.
"Then, Director Fang, do we really not need to promote ourselves?"
Seeing Fang Zheng's expression, Zhang Siyu knew what he was thinking and stopped dwelling
on the matter of TT Anime.
"Promote ourselves?" Fang Zheng smiled when he heard Zhang Siyu's question and said, "Haven't they
already been promoting us?"
TT Group's actions were undoubtedly aimed at ACG Culture Company. Everyone
knew this perfectly well.
When the anime premiered, they wouldn't need to promote it. The curious audience, whose interest had already been aroused,
would compare the merits of the two anime on their own.
They were eager to see the result. When it came to spectacles like two companies tearing into each other, the melon-eating
crowd of Xia Country had never disappointed anyone.
Therefore, the more vigorously TT promoted its anime, the happier Fang Zheng became, because TT's
promotion was effectively helping him promote his own work.
"I understand!" Zhang Siyu froze for a moment when she heard Fang Zheng's words, then immediately caught on
and nodded with a smile.
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