After more than a year of development, the studio is no longer the studio it used to be, but the staffing ratio is still about the same, but it has also joined a group of well-known painters and designers in the industry.

Academic theory combined with practical experience, the growth rate of the Gome students who have entered the Damei Studio is very amazing, and the growth is of course synchronized with the business of the Damei Studio.

The list of many government agencies in Hangzhou and even Zhejiang Province, plus the list of websites such as Penguin Animation Network and 8 Station, plus the list of a large number of film and television companies that began to be purchased in October last year, the business volume of Damei Studio has already reached 10 million, and it is basically no problem to reach 50 million in the middle of the new year, and the rapid development momentum is definitely one of the best in the industry.

Originally, Qin Geng set up the Damei Studio just because there was policy support, and the rent was not expensive, and he wanted to set up a studio to solve the employment problems and internship problems of some students.

Among them, Meng Fan's role is undoubted, and Meng Caiwei's role is not small - pulling a lot of film and television companies' lists, and the support of schools and units also has a lot to do with it, of course, the most important thing is to have excellent business ability, otherwise no matter how good the external conditions are, it is impossible to have such a good development now, and the relationship is very useful, but it is not much use if you use it more.

At present, there are three main businesses of Damei Studio, one is advertising, including the promotional posters of government agencies, film and television companies and TV stations, as well as commercial advertisements; the second is illustration, the bulk of this part has always been online texts, including online text comics; and the third is animation, outsourcing the work of many animation studios, of course, including Shanhai Animation.

After New Year's Day 21, the studio expanded to a fourth business, which was comics.

This is actually more of a "business" than a business, and there is definitely no way to make money in the short term. The operation model of the animation department of Damei Studio is similar to that of most comic studios, signing contracts or even collecting comic works or helping to promote them to major platforms separately, and unlike most comic studios, Damei Studio will sign a work, regardless of whether the work can be "raised" or not, the first thing is to ensure the working environment and living needs of the creator.

To put it bluntly, it is to "raise" authors, and is ready to "raise" a large number of them, and even made plans to raise a group of niche cartoonists who are difficult to create profits but need to exist in the animation industry.

This comic department is also linked to the "Shanhai Animation Bursary" established by Meng Fan in addition to Gome, and the cartoonists who sign the contract will receive part of the bursary.

Of course, in the long run, this comic department will definitely make money in the future, after all, there is a large amount of traffic like Meng Fan to help promote, and there are so many cooperation platforms, as long as there are good works, there will be no outbreaks.

Having said that, with such a volume of business, plus the two bosses Qin Gang and Meng Fan are both conscientious, the income of the members is naturally not low, even if the animation students who come here for part-time work can earn a month's expenses in a month - the expenses of the students of the Academy of Fine Arts are really a lot.

At the end of the year, the members all got a lot of year-end bonuses and a red envelope, and the remuneration during overtime was five times that of normal days, although it was finally the 28th day of the New Year, but no one complained, and even a few took the initiative to stay in Hangzhou for the New Year, in case the animation award was needed.

It's a similar situation from Shanhai Animation Studio.,The difference is that Shanhai Animation hasn't been able to start making a real profit so far.,Although the first season of "Underground Spirit" sold quite well, but the investment is really not low.,If this animation wants to recover its costs, it still depends on the post-operation。

So far, except for the sale of "Soul Underground", the studio has invested and reinvested, and it is impossible to make a profit, and a large number of collaborations and implants have also continued to invest.

However, the studio is not panicking at all, according to the current situation and development trend, the time to make a profit can be seen, just wait for the production of these cost-invested animations.

For the current studio, it is accumulation, and accumulating a large number of works is also accumulating fame.

......

"You're finally back!"

The sleepy master picked up Meng Fan who came back from Neon at the airport, and complained all the way, and in the complaint, he also told Meng Fan about some of the situations that Meng Fan had not had time to tell Meng Fan about going to the Neon Animation Awards in the past few days.

Meng Fan went to neon on the twenty-second day of the New Year, there was no way, although Takahashi on the side of Kodansha helped Meng Fan invite some great gods, there were still some things that Meng Fan needed to go out in person.

Not to mention, although Takahashi is a senior editor of Kodansha, he has promoted many cartoonists and works, and he is also a well-known figure in the neon animation industry, but he is really not as good as Meng Fan.

First, Meng Fan's work "Strange People in the Mountains and Seas" has only landed on neon for a year, but the popularity has been completely opened, although the circulation of serial magazines is not very large because the additional circulation of the comics, but it is also a miracle of the declining magazine, the key is the number of Internet clicks, praise and the distribution and sales of a single book are too terrible, at present, "Strange People in the Mountains and Seas" The neon version of the single book has been released to the tenth volume, and the sales volume has exceeded 10 million, of which the sales of the first volume are absolutely invincible in the same period, although the peak is not as good as the several single books released before the OP, but this year, the OP's single book is not more than the first volume.

The second is that Meng Fan's personal fame is too great, and the judo competition in the Olympics has pushed his reputation in neon to the peak.

Meng Fan went to Neon this time to do three main things, one is to sign the book alone, and the other is to communicate with Neon Judo friendly, both of which were held in Neon's Judo Holy Land, Neon Martial Arts Hall. When the bill was signed, many judo athletes came, and when the judo exchange, many fans came, and the neon martial arts hall was full for those two days.

When judo communicated, Meng Fan did the third thing by the way, that is, to invite those anime bulls who were ready to be invited to participate in the Anime Awards to "watch" the judo exchange, and then the success rate of sending out invitations was naturally much greater, of course, the various cooperation after participating in the Anime Awards was the fundamental reason for the final success.