Chapter 139: As great as your strength, so much appetite you have
"The Ultraman series of movies is the life's work and dream of Mr. Tsuburaya's father, Eiji Tsuburaya, and it is a classic representative of fantasy special effects, although I am just a junior, but my own joy for Ultraman is also extraordinary, Mr. Tsuburaya, the matter of investing in Tsuburaya is difficult for you to accept, but I think it is not too late for Mr. Tsuburaya to make a decision after reading the things in my bag. I also have some suggestions for the layout development of Tsuburaya Company. ”
After all, the assets of Yuangu Company are now more than one billion yuan, and most of Xu Ziming's assets in Hong Kong have begun to be invested in the real estate industry, and his pockets are tight.
Xu Ziming's previous self-reported home has given Tsuburaya Gao a lot of understanding, and the positioning between the two is almost the same.
Tsuburaya Gao praised Xu Ziming's previous remarks, the market is indeed small, and the special effects films filmed by Tsuburaya are often the kind of big productions that cost nearly several million yuan per episode, if the radio ratings are terrible, although Tsuburaya does not rely on the ratings of the TV station to make profits, and more relies on toys to drive the market, but in the long run, it is not allowed to be short of funds, and it will fall into the danger of being annexed.
In later generations, Bandai Corporation, which acquired Tsuburaya Corporation, refused to allow any member of the Tsuburaya Company family to enter Bandai Corporation.
We all know that Tsuburaya is a family company, and based on the past few decades of the Ultraman series, we can see that the Tsuburaya family is a great player in the tokusatsu industry.
So why did Bandai refuse to allow people from the Yuangu family to enter their company?
The fundamental reason for the rupture of Tsuburaya's capital chain is that there is a problem at the top, and this is also the fundamental reason why Bandai refuses to let the Tsuburaya family, who are good at special effects, enter Bandai for management.
In fact, when it comes to today's new generation of Ultraman, many old Ultraman fans can't help but want to complain about what LED lights Ultraman and what armor Ultraman, but have you really thought about it, an Ultraman series can really continue, relying on the profits earned around, but once the gameplay of the Ultraman series of toys becomes less, it will attract many Ultraman fans to complain.
Xu Anyuan took out a few drawings in the briefcase and carefully handed them over to Xu Ziming.
"Mr. Tsuburaya, this is a brand new Ultraman that I have drawn for the image of your company's Ultraman series, and I personally named him Tiga. Mr. Tsuburaya can take a look at it first. ”
As soon as Xu Ziming finished speaking, Tsuburaya Gao's glasses were shining in the sunlight outside the window, and the light was folded on the glasses lenses, and he was like seeing a baby, very seriously and carefully figuring out every detail of this painting.
Nodding, he looked at the image of Ultraman approvingly, but then frowned, shocked by the strangeness of this portrait.
"Xu Jun, did you conceive this painting?" Tsuburaya Gao's eyes widened, and at the age of fifty, he had lost the steadiness of an adult at this time, as if he was a child in a surprised tone.
The Ultraman in Xu Ziming's painting and the Ultraman of the Showa series of Tsuburaya Company have changed dramatically, and this image is very novel and very beautiful.
At the same time, there is no loss of the principles that the Ultraman Tsuburaya series has always followed, and the overall image is not the slightest disconnect with the Ultraman series of Tsuburaya.
"Mr. Tsuburaya, this is indeed what I painted. What did Mr. Tsuburaya think of this painting after seeing it?"
Tsuburaya Gao just smiled shallowly, "It's very good, but this point, if you are another scripter at Tsuburaya Company, you may be able to come up with it." ”
Xu Ziming nodded and said, "That's true, but Mr. Tsuburaya don't make a decision yet." ”
How could Xu Ziming be stupid to think that a painting can impress the other party and make the other party change his mind.
This is just like the Kadoorie family, the owners of the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong, who have experienced the turmoil in the stock market before they will make a firm determination to change, rather than a layer of unchanging industry.
"The reason why I was going to work with Mr. Tsuburaya was that in addition to this painting, I also had some information about the development of Tsuburaya. I believe that Mr. Tsuburaya will be very satisfied with the corresponding plan. ”
Then he took out the bag is Xu Ziming's own plan, which was carefully prepared in Hong Kong, if Xu Ziming wants to get involved in the special effects film market, how can a novel portrait of Ultraman pry the other party's mouth, and the cooperation with Tsuburaya is the most important thing or an excellent bizarre plan.
Full pages of Chinese, as his own Yuan Gu Gao must not understand, his own learning of Chinese is almost zero, so Xu Anyuan has to take the trouble to summarize the general content.
In the 80s, Tsuburaya did not rely on Ultraman series of TV dramas to make money, but in many ways through Ultraman-related toys and related items that could be sold, and this situation makes it difficult to imagine that a famous special effects crew did not become famous by shooting, but through toys.
Xu Ziming's proposal is mainly divided into two main aspects, the first part starts with the main business of Tsuburaya, and the second part details the development of overseas cooperation related to Xu Ziming.
In the first part, he argues that Tsuburaya must make it clear that the TV and movie market is the first dominant position, and that the toy industry, the corresponding manga industry, and other Ultraman-related goods industries are additional industries, and that Tsuburaya can popularize the image of Ultraman through games, which is conducive to the development of Tsuburaya's business.
The previous content has already surprised Tsuburaya Gao, but what shocked Tsuburaya Gao the most was the last suggestion of Xu Ziming in the first part, which was to bring the Ultraman series into the game.
In the 80s, Tsuburaya never considered packaging Ultraman in the mode of a game, but they considered the way of a movie, but they were worried that the high cost of filming and the long shooting time would easily lead to poor internal cash flow of the company, causing internal disputes and the decision to terminate the decision.
Tsuburaya Gao
Sitting on the boss's chair, the wall behind him is the logo of Tsuburaya Tokusatsu Productions, the lightning-like logo has a kind of sharp meaning, and there are five Ultraman toys placed on the side of the same table, the most prominent and envious of which is Tsuburaya's Ultraman toys last year.
Although Xu Ziming couldn't guess Tsuburaya Gao's inner thoughts, he had a bad premonition in his heart.
Tsuburaya Gao's management of the company and the slightly short sofa he sat on, Xu Ziming instantly felt that Tsuburaya Gao's shape had become taller, and he was inferior and inferior.
Xu Ziming gathered his mind, raised Erlang's legs and looked directly at Yuangu Gao, laughing in his heart: What he should have said has already been said!
Tsuburaya Gao finally spoke, breaking the other party's silence and asking Xu Ziming: "If Xu Jun wants to monopolize the copyright in Hong Kong and Taiwan, I can agree, but I can't agree to invest in Tsuburaya for the time being." ”
Tsuburaya Company was founded by Eiji Tsuburaya, and so far it has accumulated the experience of three generations of the Tsuburaya family, and how can it tolerate others to interfere with the family business, not to mention that Tsuburaya's development is only at a low ebb, and compared to Toei, it still has the qualifications to regain the tokusatsu market.
But Tsuburaya Gao can't speak too clearly, his appetite is also very big, his eyes are what ordinary people say, not a mouse's eyes, Xu Ziming's opinions and ideas are extremely coveted by him, and that kind of unprecedented business methods can be seen to be extraordinary.
Tsuburaya Gao in the late Showa period because of a series of copyright sales overseas, so that Tsuburaya Company many times, is by shooting cartoons to turn the situation around, Xu Ziming was an out-and-out Ultraman fan in his previous life, and he knows these very well, if he has his own constraints, Tsuburaya cannot be a person who has the final say.
Xu Ziming's expression was very plain, from Xu Anyuan's Chinese translation, Xu Ziming clearly knew the decision of the Round Valley Company, but Xu Ziming would not give up so easily.
Xu Ziming motioned for Xu Anyuan to put away the documents in his hand, and at the same time he also took back the sketches that he had spread out on the table before.
He got up directly, patted the dust off the suit with both hands, and smiled at Tsuburaya Gao: "Mr. Tsuburaya, you can think about it, but I may only have three days, and if I can't negotiate after three days, I will talk to Toei about cooperation in the tokusatsu market." After all, before I came to Tsuburaya, I had an appointment with Toei. ”
Xu Ziming smiled with a hippie smile again: "Toei's Kamen Rider series is also a very popular special effects film. By the way, I have another discussion with Toho tomorrow. ”
When Xu Ziming was about to leave, Tsuburaya Gao's face was full of urgency, and his fingers kept tapping back and forth on the table.
Finally finalized, Xu Ziming is a good partner to work with, although Toho is not competing with Tsuburaya for the special effects film market like Toei, but once Toho is ingested into it, Tsuburaya's special effects space will be squeezed to the point that there is only a small space.
And what is more critical at the moment is that Tsuburaya has no idea of starting a new film yet.
If Xu Ziming turns to cooperate with Toho or Toei, to
Xu Ziming's business layout methods will really make Tsuburaya worse.
"Xu Jun, please stay, I didn't say no. We still have room to talk again", Tsuburaya Gao said, waving his hand to signal Nagashima to catch up with the two.
Xu Ziming's joking table was full of hiding, and he deliberately said with a straight face: "Mr. Tsuburaya, if we can talk, it's too late for me to be happy." If Tsuburaya wants to develop, what is needed is cooperation, investment is just a means, at this stage, we can cooperate first, Hong Kong is Mingjia Group as the legal partner, and similarly, we have the right to jointly decide on copyright in Asia......"
"Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia" Tsuburaya counted his fingers one by one, as if he was counting, he suddenly took a breath and said, "Xu Jun, your appetite is very big. ”
Xu Ziming said with an unhappy face: "How great the strength is, how great the appetite is, and business development requires the courage to forge ahead and perseverance, rather than a layer of constant conservatism." ”
Tsuburaya Gao stood up suddenly, walked to the desk, leaned down to support the table with both hands, and suddenly smiled: "Xu Jun's words are too good, how great your strength is, how big your appetite is." I personally accept Xu Jun's opinion. We'll talk about it in three days. ”
"Mr. Tsuburaya, you are a manager with a high light. Xu Ziming calmly praised against his will, even though he knew that Tsuburaya Gao was much worse than Tsuburaya Eiji.
Tsuburaya Gao smiled and replied: "Xu Jun is even more powerful, and his business methods are extremely sophisticated, so we can talk about this thing next." ”
Tsuburaya Gao pointed his finger at the Ultraman Tiga sketch in Xu Ziming's hand with great interest, Xu Ziming said in his heart, it is really fine, but as I expected.
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