In Xu Rui's view, the plot of "Iron Magician" is similar to the animation of Brother Dou Ding and Brother Iron on Earth, and both are works that are more youth-oriented.

The first episode uses contrasting techniques. The first half is a harmonious life in a village, but the second half reveals the truth. It turns out that this village has a man-eating monster, and in order to survive, the villagers need to vote for sacrifices to offer them to the monster. The protagonists discover the truth and kill the monster, but the villagers become very frightened, as if they have lost their goal of life.

"This story is not easy compared to "The Pure Love Teacher and Pretty Student". If the martial arts director doesn't grasp it well, this animation will be very controversial."

After Xu Rui finished reading, the crabs on the table were peeled off by Yi Qianqian. She has been in Ningjiang for several years and her skills in eating crabs are extremely superb. She can remove the hairy crabs clean without dirting her hands without leaving any residual meat.

"There is no problem with production. The team of Wuyi directors is indeed the strongest team in the Chinese industry at present."

Yi Qianqian wiped her hands with a tissue and said lightly.

"As long as this team production level is normal, it is almost an excellent animation, but it seems that the martial arts director is not satisfied with this and wants to make a breakthrough in content."

"Yes, even if the plot is completely ignored, the battle process design and painting expression, the combination of hand-drawn and 3D, and the chaotic fights in the opening song are all extremely excellent performances. With the plot, the expressiveness is even more amazing. I didn't expect that just in October, such a strong animation appeared."

Seeing that Yi Qianqian had finished enjoying it, Xu Rui also began to clean the dining table.

People in the animation industry are actually no different from ordinary viewers watching animations. They will clap and applaud interesting animations, while those who are boring are not interested in it. At most, they can understand the difficulties behind paintings, and these shots may only last a few seconds.

"I'll go back and play games for a while and then go to bed."

Yi Qianqian saw Xu Rui walking into the kitchen with a plate and said.

"Okay, Sister Qianqian, go to bed early."

Xu Rui responded, turned on the faucet, and then heard the sound of the door closing.

After washing the dishes, he packed up the kitchen and dining table, turned off the light outside and went back to the room to lie down.

There was still a little heat in October night. Xu Rui pulled up the screen window and opened the window to feel a little bit of the hot wind.

He originally wanted to go to bed directly, but he couldn't sleep well, so he took out his cell phone and looked around casually.

There are already many posts about October animation in the A2 Forum animation area, several of which are highlighted are even more eye-catching, and the one that responds the most is naturally the "Iron Magician" that just finished broadcasting.

【yaoniming300】: Perfect production, in-depth plot, this year's annual animation has already achieved results in advance, and the people behind it can disperse.

[Dog in the Sky]: The animation that shows off the dark and deep ruins is really getting more and more popular. I thought he would bring some good works, but I didn’t expect it to be worse than the previous one. It disappointed me so much!

[Rare Team Leader]: Those who say the animation is not good, can you go?

[He Shu]: I'm so laughing. I'm evaluating whether the refrigerator is good or not, and I have to be able to cool myself? I think the Steel Magician is okay in the early stage, but it will definitely collapse in the later stage!!!

[FCKKKK]: I think this animation is pretty good, with a prelude and reversal, as well as wonderful battles and complex settings. If you think it is not good, you will give it to you and you will draw it.

[Word Pudding]: I was gnawing the duck neck when the animation was broadcast, but I couldn't watch it halfway through it. I think this animation would probably lose money.

[Spectator 1,23]: I blindly guess that the average sales volume is about 8,000 to 10,000 yuan. It should not be difficult to be hegemonic in the season, but it is still a little bit short of what it means to become the annual sales hegemonic.

When Xu Rui saw these comments, he remembered the sales, so he clicked on Taotao.com, the largest online shopping website in the country, to see the reservation situation.

In just over an hour, "Iron Magician" has ranked first on the reservation list, far exceeding other animations. According to the redemption of reservations and actual sales, Xu Rui estimated that the average sales of "Iron Magician" volumes should be more than 10,000. He felt like watching the animation himself. The average sales of the CD volumes of this work should be 20,000.

According to the previous practice of the industry, if a thirteen-episode animation can have 2,500 volumes, it is not a loss. This is the guaranteed line of the animation. Since this number is the sales volume of the previous animation "School Girls Go Forward", it is also called the "School Girls".

The volumes can reach 5,000, which means that its sales have reached the top 20% of the annual animation sales, and there is hope of producing the second season, so it is also called the "second phase line".

If you have 10,000 sales, it is a best-selling work. It is not only easier to produce the second season, but it will also be continuously promoted through various channels. At this level, it is actually a very successful animation.

Judging from these indicators, the Iron Magician should undoubtedly be a successful commercial animation. The martial arts director's ability to produce commercial works is fully reflected in sales.

Sales volume does not represent quality. Not only because the work itself has a difference between the public and the niche, including the price of the CD, the products attached, and even the schedule, all have an impact on sales. Therefore, industry insiders generally do not simply judge success or failure based on sales.

What's more, now that online playback is popular, the broadcasting rights of video websites are also revenue, and CD sales are just a reference.

But for some viewers, sales are the most conspicuous indicators. They will call the works with the highest sales "hegemony", while some works with excellent original works or famous production teams but low sales are called "storm death".

For this reason, sales have become the favorite topic of discussion among audiences, and they are enjoying it every quarter.

"The best-selling this year should be the previous "Ningjiang Zombie 2", which sold three volumes on average for 12,000 yuan. From this point of view, "Iron Magician" surpassed it should be a foregone conclusion."

Xu Rui recalled the information he had seen before and murmured to himself.

The A2 forum soon had sales forecast posts again. It seemed that because some people were arguing in the special building, the moderator simply made a prediction post and used the forum points as bets to place bets.

Xu Rui took a brief look and found that there were very few votes below 2,000, and more votes were concentrated between 2,000 and 5,000, and between 5,000 and 10,000. The votes from 10,000 to 20,000 were almost the same as those below 2,000. I don’t know if it was the bad taste of the moderator, but the option of 30,000 was set, but it was too outrageous and no one bet.

Xu Rui thought about it, logged in to his account, and also invested some points in it, just like entertainment.

What he bets on is the option of 30,000.
Chapter completed!