As a close partner of PD Group and a good brother of Meng Zai, the relationship between TBS and ANB can be described as indescribable.

How to describe it?

These two, one is the "Ultraman" royal TV station, and the other is the "Kamen Rider" royal TV station.

You say that they have a poor relationship, cooperation and exchange are common, neon several major TV networks, and the leadership has a very close personal relationship......

You said that the relationship between the two of them is good, in order to compete for the ratings share and advertisers, the dog's brain is about to be played!

In Meng Lang's view, this relationship should be a typical case of "loving and killing each other".

It's normal for them to fight.

After all, "Tooth Wolf" is a special drama produced by PD, and with the solid foundation laid by many popular works, the ratings prospects are very optimistic.

Just ask this kind of work, who doesn't want TBS or ANB?

If it is a "loose" work like "Alienated Girl" that has not developed into a series, it doesn't matter.

But "Tooth Wolf" is a series!

According to the gossip from the PD Neon Division, as well as the statement of Director Amamiya himself, it can be 100% certain that "Tooth Wolf" is a complete "tokusattatsu" series.

The nature is equivalent to "Ultraman" and "Kamen Rider"!

What a series!

Even if the tooth wolf can't reach the heights of "Ultraman", "Kamen Rider" and "Super Sentai". At least it's a complete tokusatsu series, and it's worth fighting for.

TBS and ANB TV, which hold the two major special effects series "Ultraman" and "Kamen Rider", know very well how much a good series can bring them.

It's no exaggeration......

Even if TBS and ANB decline in the future, and there are no other film and television dramas broadcast, they can still get a large amount of advertising sponsorship just because of the amazing influence of "Ultraman" and "Kamen Rider".

Cutting off people's financial routes, such as killing parents!

Both TBS and ANB want the right to broadcast "Tooth Wolf", so they do not hesitate to tear their faces and fight in public.

This made Director Amamiya very helpless.

He is a native neon film and television person, and no one knows better than him how large and amazing the power of the consortium behind TBS and ANB is.

He can't afford to offend anyone!

In this case, no matter which one he sells the broadcast rights to, he will offend another media giant.

What are the consequences of offending a media giant?

Hehe!

In the four major fields of government, academia, industry, and media, if you have a "valve" character, which one is easy to provoke? It's only March, so I ask you if the sea in Tokyo Bay is cool?

Director Amamiya is cautious and unwilling to do this kind of "offending people". So he thought about it and chose to throw this "hot potato" to Meng Lang, who was far away in Jiangchuan.

I can't mess with it!

You are all big guys, don't embarrass me as a director on the set, go talk to Meng Zai!

After all, he is the investor.

Who is Meng Zai?

The dignified Jiangchuan Xiaobawang, East Asian cancer, children's cancer, and the founder of the PD empire, he is not afraid of TBS and ANB!

The "hot potato" in the eyes of Director Amamiya is a trivial matter in the eyes of Meng Lang.

Whoever you are!

PD only plays for real!

Give money!

Whoever pays the most money, "Tooth Wolf" is whoever's!

What's wrong with the media giants? Give you face, right? Beep Lai, be careful that Meng Zai gets angry and takes back "Ultraman" and "Kamen Rider"!

"Meng Sang, don't ...... like this"

"We're good friends!"

In the face of the aggressive Meng Zai, TBS and ANB did not dare to speak loudly, so they could only play a dozen emotional cards, hoping that his subordinates would show mercy.

However? This trick didn't work for Meng Lang.

What kind of emotional card to play? How can there be any feelings? Hurry up and pay for it, who is a good friend with you?

Don't put this on your own!

Mr. Ishikawa from TBS? And Mr. Murakami of ANB? They looked at each other and sighed in unison.

What's wrong with this society?

It's not just girls who have become materialistic, and they only look at money when talking about marriage. Now even a black pig has become so realistic? How should I live?

Talking about feelings doesn't work? Let's talk about money!

Before talking about the money, though? Mr. Ishikawa and Mr. Murakami needed to have an in-depth understanding of the specific situation of the "Tooth Wolf" project so that they could quote it.

That's as it should be.

No right to know no voice? Do you have to know about the product before you buy something? How can you make a random offer?

Meng Lang also agreed.

Through remote online video conferencing? Shirakura, Omori, Amamiya, President Ono and others, through simple PPT and shooting materials? Briefed TBS and ANB about Tooth Wolf.

The results were unexpected!

Know the theme and audience of "Tooth Wolf"? Leaning towards adult after dark? Mr. Ishikawa from TBS frowned and said, "Then you can only go to the late-night stall?"

Bai Cang nodded: "That's right!"

As expected? The final cut of "The Tooth Wolf"? The scale of this will probably be the largest in the history of PD.

There is no other choice than the late-night stalls!

"I'm sorry!"

Mr. Ishikawa hesitated, "If that's the case, TBS probably won't buy the tooth wolf." ”

"So do we!"

Mr. Murakami from ANB shook his head and said, "I really don't know what you guys think?

"I have confidence ......"

"But we didn't!"

Mr. Ishikawa vetoed: "With all due respect, there are barely a few works of late-night animation that can make it out of the encirclement. But in the late-night special effects drama, the children all slept ......"

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"This is not for children! Again, the toothed wolf is an adult-oriented!

"Grown-ups, that's cool!"

Murakami spread his hands and said, "And then? Are the ratings and popularity guaranteed? Will the audience pay for the tooth wolf?"

"Probably not!"

Meng Lang made an epilogue for him, and then added: "But you don't have to worry, according to the market price of the late-night stalls, we will give as much as we want, and we will never open our mouths!"

"Then you're probably going to lose a lot!"

Mr. Ishikawa smiled bitterly, "As far as I know, the investment of the tooth wolf is very high, right?"

It's not just high!

The investment of a tooth wolf is as good as two Kamen Rider TV dramas.

Selling the right to broadcast the tooth wolf at the price of a late-night drama must be a blood loss for Meng Lang, or even a miserable loss.

But he had no other choice.

Set a high price, TBS and ANB will not buy. After all, the scale of the toothed wolf is too large, and it can only be broadcast in the late-night file, and the late-night drama is not worth so much money.

It can only be sold at the regular price!

After some haggling, TBS finally obtained the broadcast rights of "Tooth Wolf" for 5 million yen per episode.

The ANB is of little interest.

Mr. Murakami raised the price twice, and then decisively withdrew from the competition. Maybe in his opinion, a late-night special effects drama is not worth spending so much money.

So, the tooth wolf gave TBS.

A single episode is 5 million yen, and 50 episodes are 250 million yen. For "Tooth Wolf", which has a total investment of nearly 3 billion yen, this business must be a blood loss.

President Ono was distressed.

With an investment of 3 billion yen, the return on capital is 250 million yen, and most of the follow-up overseas broadcasts and DVD Internet revenues are only 1 billion yen.

Blood loss!

No matter how you calculate it, it's a loss!

Can the toothed wolf's toys earn back 2 billion yen? This is a very critical question!

If you can earn it back, that's okay. If he can't earn 2 billion yen from toys, will he still have the face to see the president in the future?

"Toy merchandise derivatives?"

Meng Lang shook his head and said, "Give up! Tooth Wolf is an adult-oriented special effects drama, and it may be able to earn 2 billion yen, but it will take a long time!"

"What then?"

President Ono hesitated: "Do you want to give up the tooth wolf and cut this series in half?"

Not so much! Not so much!

Meng Lang said embarrassedly: "Although I lost a little, I won't be cut in half." On the side of the tooth wolf, I have other arrangements!"

What is the arrangement?

Hakura Amamiya and others fell into thinking one after another.

The right to broadcast and derivative peripherals have been vetoed by the president. If you want to make back your investment, you can only open up other routes?

But......

What's the other way?

You can't hang a "rain palace collection code" on the PD official website, call on fans to sweep it, and press "0" to support the tooth wolf, right?

That's!

I still can't figure out what the president's arrangement is, and President Ono, who is worried, asks the doubts in my heart.

"It's not a good thing to be discussed in a meeting. ”

Meng Lang thought about it for a while, but decided to reveal a little news to President Ono, lest he not eat well and sleep well.

After Omori Shirakura and the others left, Meng Lang left Keita Amamiya and President Ono alone, and then said what he thought.

"Pachinko?!"

President Ono exclaimed, "What...... How could this be this?"

As a pure neon person, President Ono certainly knows what the president calls "pachinko".

This is a "gambling" machine!

The nature is equivalent to a "slot machine", the difference is only that the gameplay is different. At the end of the day, it's a gambling machine.

In Neon, pachinko is a legal pastime. Office workers usually go to relax with a few pachinko during their breaks......

Some people make and some people lose!

After all, it is a gambling machine, which involves the product of money and probability. President Ono couldn't figure out why the president mentioned this.

Do you make money on this?

It's a bit appalling to say!

But Meng Lang knows very well that the reason why the tooth wolf series has been continued, in addition to the fact that the Northeast News Agency is not bad for money, is also inseparable from "Pachinko".

Of course, everyone knows this.

When it comes to the industry of "H gambling and drugs", how can there be a reason not to make money?

The audience for "Tooth Wolf" is adults, and the audience for pachinko is also adults. I want to relax after work, and it's the same with any machine anyway, so why not play "Tooth Wolf" Pachinko?

Some people may be curious!

If Pachinko can make money, why don't Tsuburaya and Toei make it? Ultraman, Super Sentai and Kamen Rider haven't heard of making a big difference in this field?

It's ridiculous to say why.

Tsuburaya Toei is selling "IP licensing" in this field at most, and Tohoku Shinsha itself operates this industry!

So, got it?

No matter how evasive it is, the success of "Tooth Wolf" is always inseparable from the keyword "pachinko".

It is a fact that the Northeast News Agency has money!

Everyone has said that the neon company spends the winter, Tsuburaya burns wood for heating, Toei burns coal for heating, and Tohoku Shinsha burns money for heating......

But if there is money and there is money, if "Tooth Wolf" is worthless, how can the capitalists support it? Therefore, "Tooth Wolf Pachinko" came into being!

"President, I have a question!"

President Ono hesitated: "Neon doesn't seem to be allowed, foreign companies operate the pachinko industry, right?"

"yes!"

It is normal to have this kind of regulation, and Meng Lang also knows that there is such a provision. However, he had already thought of a coping strategy.

There are policies above, and there are countermeasures below!

In capitalist countries, "financial power is the best way to go" is not an empty phrase. As long as it costs a little money, the so-called policies and regulations all have loopholes that can be exploited.

The only problem is!

Even if Meng Lang started this business, what kind of way should he use to attract customers?

Pachinko is a "regular customer" business. As long as you come a few more times, customers won't go anywhere else.

For a new store, if you want to take away other people's regular customers, it is not ordinary!

The only way Meng Lang can think of is "IP" implantation.

In other people's shops, you can only play with traditional "fruit" and "ninja" machines, but in Meng Zai's shop, you can play "Ultraman", "Kamen Rider" and "Tooth Wolf" machines.

It's all gambling too!

There are so many IP machines in Meng Zai's store, why not give it a try?

Well, this is not Meng Zai's shop.

Gambling is a matter of harming others and oneself after all. Even if Meng Lang wants to engage in pachinko, he will control a "puppet company" to do things for him, and it is impossible to expose his identity.

After all, he's afraid of being scolded!

This thing is legal in neon, but not in China. If it is transmitted back to China, what will parents and children think of him?

it!

Uncle Meng actually engaged in this kind of business?

It's too bad, it's too bad!

To earn this kind of black-hearted money, aren't you really afraid that you will have a son without PY, be struck by lightning when drying clothes, and suffer retribution in the next life?

"I'm not afraid!"

In the face of Tao Mi's accusations, Meng Lang said awe-inspiringly: "My son has a PY, and you have to dry the clothes, and you have to talk about it in the next life!"

Tao Mi: "......"

Meng Lang's old heart is empty!

Saying one thing on his lips and thinking another thing in his heart is his standard operation.

Just in case, he didn't tell the fourth person about the "Pachinko" except for Tao Mi, President Ono and Keita Amamiya.

The fewer people who know, the better!

When he turned around, he immediately threw the blame on the "puppet" tool man, and pretended not to know about it.

Only take the money, don't take the blame!

This is Meng Lang's attitude!

Of course, it's not that scary. Pachinko is a legitimate business in neon after all, even if Meng Lang is exposed, he will be scolded at most.

Neon has a dedicated "Pachinko" machine manufacturer that is responsible for the production and commissioning of Pachinko machines.

Meng Lang licensed IPs such as "Ultraman", "Kamen Rider" and "Tooth Wolf" to a qualified puppet company. Then let the puppet company come forward to customize the exclusive pachinko machine.

He's very demanding!

The machine should be handsome, with cool lighting and sound effects, and it should highlight the characteristics of each IP. Change the gameplay, and during the game, you can also enjoy some special "plots".

Have a plot?

Yes, you heard it right!

Pachinko is a machine that really has a special plot! Especially the tooth wolf series, many special plots and animation CG have been designed for Pachinko, which can be called a special effect!

Otherwise, why do you think so many people like to play pachinko in Neon?