Chapter 99 - 96: Personal Edition and Professional Edition

Thunderbolt, Animation Zone.

A famous anime commentator, Duck Neck, just updated a "New Anime Preview" video, reaching the top five on the site’s trending list.

The video is titled [July Divine Grace Animation Preview, Binge Watch Isekai Toilet Paper Anime!]

I heard this video is quite popular, and it also introduced a whole new conceptual term—Divine Grace Animation, so Qian Xin also went to take a look.

"Hello everyone, dear friends, I’m Duck Neck! Today, we’re going to chat about the popular Divine Grace new anime airing or about to be aired in July!"

"Some might be curious, what are the new Divine Grace anime? Let me explain, all the July anime mentioned in this video are produced by ’Divine Grace Continent’, so they are collectively known as Divine Grace new anime..."

"Alright, let’s cut the chit-chat and dive right into the main topic!"

"First, we have a heavyweight masterpiece, the Divine Grace Animation produced and distributed by Thunderbolt’s official team, ’Skeleton Hero’s Journey to the Otherworld’."

"This new anime differs from other Divine Grace animations; the protagonist is a Skeleton Soldier, that’s right! The Undead Race template from the DLC..."

"Reportedly, Thunderbolt hired several top voice actors for this animation and even promoted it on the homepage, making it the biggest among Divine Grace animations."

"Next is ’Who’s still dating in the otherworld?’, the first Divine Grace animation venture by Neon-renowned animation company Aguru, said to be a very sweet romantic comedy worth looking forward to..."

Animation has always had various classifications.

By region, it can be divided into Neon animation, Hua Country animation, United States animation, etc. By production, it can be split into 2D animation, 3D animation. By age group, there’s children’s animation, youth animation, all-age animation, and so on.

But now it’s different!

Now, animation, especially in the realm of the isekai genre, only falls into two categories.

One is Divine Grace Animation, an animation produced using ’Divine Grace Continent’ as a platform.

The other is just other animations; it doesn’t matter what story or production method. In the isekai genre, it’s all grouped as "other."

Divine Grace Animation is too popular!

The endless emergence of Divine Grace Animation has also led many animation companies to sniff out business opportunities and decide to boldly attempt producing a new work using ’Divine Grace Continent’.

Previously, it was all personally made.

For example, the hit ’Jen’s Adventure’ was initially edited by Qian Xin alone, who then casually hired a few voice actors to finish the animation.

But now, the regular forces have entered the scene.

Major animation companies have listed "Divine Grace Animation" as a future development direction, deciding to join rather than fight, initiating the production of assembly-line industrial toilet paper.

Hence, as the total sale of ’Divine Grace Continent’ on all platforms approached 1.8 million copies, a wave of "Divine Grace new anime" quietly announced themselves.

Websites like Thunderbolt, Penguin Video, and AiQi Video have launched a special "Divine Grace Animation" zone for individual or company users to upload their Divine Grace Animation productions.

There’s not much to say about personal users.

Because they are professionally untrained, lack some professional knowledge, and don’t have good dubbing and script bases, it’s just for fun.

But corporate users are a different story.

When they discovered the uniqueness of ’Divine Grace Continent’, they quickly approached Tianba Studio, not just for authorization but also to put forth their demands.

"What’s this?"

When Chen Ba learned of some animation companies’ requests, he couldn’t help but complain: "Upgrade the game graphics, provide personalized NPC customization service?"

"That’s right!"

Lu nodded and said: "This is exactly what they said, and they also expressed willingness to pay extra for it..."

Animation companies are so savvy!

Ordinary Divine Grace Animation can be made by anyone randomly, so how can they highlight their uniqueness and professionalism?

Thus, they want better graphics, more personalized NPC customization services.

"Pay extra?"

Chen Ba, initially uninterested, perked up when he heard the words "pay extra."

When it comes to money, he’s all in!

"I think I understand now..."

"You mean, these animation companies hope for us to provide them with a special version of ’Divine Grace Continent’, similar to a professional and personal version?"

Chen Ba thought out loud: "The professional version opens more permissions, somewhat akin to a creative workshop? At the same time, the game graphics are improved to distinguish from the personal version?"

"Exactly!"

Lu nodded repeatedly: "That’s what they mean. While ’Divine Grace Continent’ is good as it is, they’re somewhat unimpressed."

"Got it!"

Chen Ba clapped his hands: "Alright, tell them we’ll be releasing a professional version of the game, along with opening personalized content customization."

The personal version is the basic game itself, priced at 68 units!

The professional version enhances graphics, lighting, detail textures, and character facial expressions, etc., based on the basic version.

The personal version is a one-time purchase, but the professional version can’t be done this way, as it’s aimed at corporate users, selling it as a one-time purchase would be like cutting off your own financial path, right?

"Pricing for the professional version is 999/month, with a cheaper annual plan at just 9999/year!"

"Heaven and Earth Bank?"

"Of course, it’s RMB!"

Chen Ba rolled his eyes: "Corporate users, don’t treat them as ordinary or family users."

Corporate users buy ’Divine Grace Continent’ to make money, which is essentially "commercial profit." For such users, isn’t charging more quite reasonable?

Furthermore, not only is the fee higher, but there’s also a toll. For any animation produced from ’Divine Grace Continent’, Tianba Studio will invariably collect a 30% revenue share.