Superstars of Tomorrow

Heroes in the era of annihilation cannot be avatars at will. When virtual idols were first developed, some companies did use the images of combat heroes from the era of annihilation in order to attract people, but after playing around, the character design collapsed, and people after the heroes were so angry that they united to stop this chaos .

Therefore, after that, the virtual idol world is not allowed to use the real hero image of the era of annihilation, and the names are not allowed. If you really want to use the avatar, you have to apply again and again, and you can only use it after approval. Otherwise, see you in court.

Comrades can't use it, and Fang Zhao never thought about using his previous image. Others are here, and he can do whatever he wants to do in person, there is no need to play virtual ones.

But let Fang Zhao choose by himself, he must choose the people and things that he feels the most deeply. Since real people in the last days can't use it, then use other ones instead.

For two days, apart from eating and sleeping, Fang Zhao stayed in the corner, drawing and changing, and only then did he complete a prototype of the first draft. He is not a painter, and his painting skills are limited. Professional matters must be left to professional talents. He is just determining a rough image now, and he will ask someone to perfect it later.

It was noon again, and it was getting brighter and brighter outside the window.

In front of Fang Zhao, there was a sketch drawn on the paper spread out on the work table. Although the drawing was not clear enough, it was just a rough sketch. Anyone could see that it was a tree.

Fang Zhao took a deep breath, he didn't know if this step was correct, but it was indeed what he was thinking now.

"Dragon elephant Tianluo."

Dragon Elephant Tianluo, a common plant in the last days, no one knows what they were like before the last days, but judging by the scale, they should be very common and widespread, and they can be found all over the world. After the end of the world, many plants died, a new round of mass extinction, but some survived through mutation, such as the dragon elephant Tianluo.

The name of Longxiang Tianluo was given by a botanist. Unfortunately, that botanist passed away in the early days of the end of the world. No one knows what his name is, but the name of Longxiang Tianluo has been called that by people all the time. come over.

When most plants were unable to persist, this kind of tree survived in the last days and became a large number of plants in the last days, which were not only non-toxic but also had medicinal value. Many medicines in the last days are extracted from it.

When setting up the avatar, Fang Zhao thought of the chat with some old friends at a party——

"Old Zhao, tell me, how many of us look like dragons and elephants? Before the end of the world, how ordinary, I was in prison, and Su Mu was herding cattle..."

"Old Xi, you are wrong, I am a sheep herder." Su Mu, who was sitting on the side, corrected.

"They all mean the same thing. I called you to see, the sheep herders, the teachers, the prison guards, and you, the composer, are all ordinary people. In the end of the world, everything has changed. Not just us, but those who can live until now People, which one is still the same as it used to be? Not for fame, no matter what it becomes, everything is just for survival."

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Many wooden tools that have been used in the last days are all wood from the Dragon Elephant Tianluo tree, as well as medicines extracted from it, which can help some people prevent diseases in the last days. It can be said that Longxiang Tianluo walked through the end of the world with mankind.

Someone once joked that the dragon elephant Tianluo is another comrade-in-arms of mankind.

Fang Zhao put away the picture, washed his face and went downstairs.

Seeing Fang Zhao going downstairs again after three days, Yue Qing and Ai Wan came to ask curiously.

"Are you locked in the house to create again these days?"

"Yes." Fang Zhao bought some food from Yue Qing's shop, and basked in the sun while eating.

"It's not easy for you creators, it takes your brains." Ai Wan sighed.

After chatting with Yue Qing and Ai Wan for a while, when the sun on the black street disappeared, Fang Zhao went back to the house to sort out his things, and came to Silver Wing Company with his bag on his back, and went directly to the 50th floor.

Zu Wen didn't know if he played the game all night in the company last night, Fang Zhao called him several times before he responded.

"Who are you... Oh! New producer!" Zu Wen fell into a daze of sleep, and almost forgot that the virtual project department came to call, but fortunately, he remembered it in time.

"Have you figured out the image?" Zu Wen asked with a yawn.

"The sketch is finalized." Fang Zhao opened the notebook and placed it in front of Zu Wen.

Zu Wen stared at the unfolded page of the notebook for two seconds, rubbed his eyes, and then looked at it seriously. After a long time, he choked out a sentence, "It's either that I didn't wake up, or you are crazy."

When Zu Wen saw what was drawn on the paper, his first reaction was disbelief. Are you kidding me? !

"If I'm not mistaken, what you're painting is... a tree?"

In the past two days, Zu Wen thought about what kind of image Fang Church would give him, and even wondered whether Fang Church would put together several virtual idols like the previous project workers, with this nose, that eye, So-and-so's face shape, so-and-so's figure, etc., but Fang Zhao never thought of giving him a tree.

People, beasts, gods, and monsters have all launched avatars before, but as a virtual worker, Zu Wen has never seen any company launch a plant.

The image of the plant is nothing more than that, it has to be distinctive, right? For example, it's not bad to be more cute, attractive, and fancy, but you can do whatever you want to attract people, but Fang Zhao is a different kind.

Dude, are you trying to make this a mudslide in the contemporary virtual idol world? !

Zu Wen glared at Fang Zhao, seeing that Fang Zhao really nodded his head, he immediately put on a dejected face with a bleak future.

"What kind of tree is this?" Zu Wen pointed at the painting on the paper, wanting to pierce the paper.

"Dragon elephant Tianluo."

"What?"

"It's the Tianluo tree that you are very familiar with."

"When did the Tianluo tree have the name 'Dragon Elephant Tianluo'?" Suspicious, Zu Wen looked it up directly with the help of the computer on the table.

"Tianluo Tree, also known as the Dragon Elephant Tianluo, is a product of the era of annihilation, known as the Dragon Elephant of the plant world during the era of annihilation..." Read the information displayed on the screen without missing a word. A little embarrassed, "Sorry, I never passed botany, this is the first time I know it has this name."

"Are you really going to do this? I mean, have you told Du Guan?" Zu Wen asked.

"Du Guan has been busy recently and has no time." Fang Zhao said.

"Understood." Regardless of whether Du Ang is really busy or fake busy recently, it is certain that he doesn't want to care about this side, so now the virtual project department has to listen to Fang Zhao, the producer.

"How long will it take you to get its avatar out?" Fang Zhao asked.

"According to the initial image you gave, it will take about a week. Don't be too slow. After all, I'm the only one. This is already fast enough."

The initial image is like a draft of a drawing, it is only the first step of this image, and there will be subsequent revisions and enrichment of the image.

Compared with real idols, virtual idols have the advantage that their appearance changes are unlimited.

beautify? Where can a tree be beautiful? Even an anthropomorphic tree has little beauty.

Q? This is okay, make it cute.

Zu Wen was thinking about how to transform in the future, so Fang Zhao asked, "Music videos must be prepared for the release of virtual idols?"

"Generally speaking, that's right. Oh, yes, when it comes to this, you have to start preparing for soul casting." Zu Wen said.

Determining the shape is only the first step, after which there is a more important step of casting the soul.

The so-called soul casting is the process of injecting life into it, that is, the character's background, voice, personality and so on.

What is ta's background? Where are you from? What character?

The purpose is to let the audience know ta better.

This is a process of casting a soul.

The debut of virtual idols is usually associated with the MV, such as Niguang and Lushan Shihua, the MV was released when Xunhuai and Phyllis were launched in the rookie competition.

Generally speaking, for virtual idols in the new century, the mv of the first song will tell others about ta's birth background and personality style.

Launching a virtual idol is also a process of making up stories. Maybe no one cares about it at the beginning, but what if it becomes popular in the future? Make it up again?

Before the virtual team has taken the first step, it has already made plans for the next hundred steps.

If it's just a perfunctory, it's fine, casual, as simple as you want, but if you want to be serious, you have to make sufficient preparations.

Why is the investment in virtual projects so large, because there are too many things involved.

"I can handle the initial image setting by myself, but you have to hurry up to find the sound source, and you have to find other technicians. A professional sound system needs professional people to do it. My strengths are not in that. Supplementary technical staff That’s for sure, I’m the only one who can’t do anything in the future. Whether it’s recruiting new people or borrowing people from other departments, it’s best to decide in advance. As for the source of the voice... there are so many singers in our company, just find one .” Zu Wen said.

You can refer to The Lord of the Rings, the tree man in The Lord of the Rings, and Groot in the Guardians of the Galaxy.