Chapter 469: Charm Comics
Li Zhi actually has little interest in the comic copyright library accumulated by CE Animation Company for more than 20 years, according to his meaning, these useless animation copyrights can be sold for cash, and they can be exchanged for a sum of money to develop new projects, and even now all the projects in the painting of CE Animation Company can be stopped.
But looking at the meaning of Kotani Jiateng, he obviously doesn't want to do this, this kind of behavior is a loser, without the copyright library accumulated over the years, is there still a need for CE animation companies to exist.
Half of the credit for the profit of CE Animation is due to the copyright library of CE Animation!
Many large animation companies have been coveting the copyright library of CE animation companies for a long time, after all, not any animation company can exist for more than 20 years without going bankrupt. There are only two ways for a new animation company to accumulate copyrights, one is to accumulate over time, and the other is to rely on acquisition.
Since Kotani Jiateng is unwilling to sell the copyright library of the CE animation company, then Li Zhi also compares the price to 'respect' his opinion, after all, he is a veteran of the CE animation company for more than 20 years, and Li Zhi is not bad for this little money.
Li Zhi's acquisition of CE animation company, firstly, he feels that although the scale of this animation company is not very large, it has a long history, and secondly, because it has its own perfect distribution channels, industrial chains, etc., although the sparrow is small, if you want to expand the scale, it is not very difficult!
"The company has two options, the first is to stop all the current projects and make the 'Charm' comics, and the second is to continue to work on all the projects and continue to make the 'Charm' character prototype comics. The storyline, including the character of 'Charm', is ready-made, this is an outsourcing project, if CE Animation Company has the ability, not only the comics about 'Charm' in the future, but even the animation part of 'Charm', can also be licensed to CE Animation Company!"
"Charm?" Kotani Jiateng was stunned, for this name, he had heard of it for the first time.
Li Zhi nodded and said: "That's right, it's 'Charm Rose', in short, Charm Rose is a virtual idol prototype, she is from 'Ice Soul Entertainment Company'!"
Whether it is the Ice Soul Entertainment Company or the prototype of the 'Charm' virtual idol, it is a very unfamiliar synonym for Xiaogu Jiateng.
The purpose of acquiring 'ce animation company', Li Zhi's purpose is to warm up for 'Charm Rose', the comic story outline is written by Xiaoice, and the name of the comic is 'Charm Rose', which is a small story of Charm saving the world.
After communicating with Kotani Jiateng for nearly two hours, it was officially decided to appoint him as the general manager of the "CE Animation Company", and the CE Animation Company was divided into two departments in the future, and the original projects were all classified as the second department, and the first department was specifically responsible for the creation of the "Charm" comics.
The prototype character of "Charm Rose" has been created, the main story line has been set, and all that remains is to find a painter and create comics in batches, in fact, it is not very difficult, as long as the price is in place, any kind of painter can be found, and the studio creation is much faster than the speed of individual creation.
First of all, the comic of "Charm Rose" is a comic of the same name authorized by "Ice Soul Entertainment Company" to CE Animation Company, and then "CE Animation Company" to create, and CE Animation Company only has the right to create the comic of "Charm Rose" comics, and does not have any copyright of comics and comic characters.
CE Animation Company can only create the storyline provided by 'Ice Soul Entertainment Company', and cannot add extras to the plot.
All rights remain with Ice Soul Entertainment.
The first comic studio of 'Charm Rose' established by CE Animation Company, whether it is this studio or the artists in the studio, has nothing to do with the prototype of 'Charm Rose'.
Xiao Gu Jiateng looked at the cooperation agreement in his hand and was silent for a while before boldly looking up at Li Zhi and asking, "Why should we agree to such a harsh contract from the boss?"
Up to now, CE Animation Company has not even seen the prototype of the so-called "Charm Rose" virtual idol, this contract is too harsh in Kotani Jiateng's view, CE Animation Company creates the "Charm Rose" first animation studio, it needs at least 10 million US dollars of investment, such a big money, invested in, CE Animation Company not only does not have any copyright of the prototype of the Charm Idol Prototype, it can even be said that the CE Animation Company has nothing to do with the "Charm Rose" comics, they are just responsible for drawing, yes Ice Soul Entertainment's absolute nature is an outsourcing company.
Whether it is for CE Animation Company or for his boss, Kotani Jiateng feels very unfair, so he can't understand why his boss, why he agrees to such a harsh contract.
"It's actually very simple!" Li Zhi shrugged his shoulders with a smile and said, "Because Ice Soul Entertainment Company is my wholly-owned company, the reason why I came to Japan to acquire CE Animation Company is to find an outsourcing company for the 'Ice Soul Entertainment Company' and the 'Charm' idol prototype!"
It's really simple!
Kotani Jiateng frowned, and asked puzzledly: "Since 'Ice Soul Entertainment Company' is your wholly-owned company, and CE Animation Company is also your wholly-owned company, why don't you authorize the comic copyright of the 'Charm' idol prototype to CE Company?"
Li Zhi only smiled, shook his head and said, "It's inconvenient!"
What's inconvenient?
Kotani Jiateng is still very unable to figure it out, but he can't figure it out or not, this is not very important, the important thing is that all the right to speak in the CE animation company is in the hands of the boss, what the boss needs him to do, he can do it, he doesn't have any right to argue with the boss!
"The preparatory work of the first comic studio of 'Charm Rose' will be handed over to you, I want you to find the best painter, don't be afraid to spend money, I have already given you the outline of the main story line, the rest of the creation, it shouldn't be very difficult, right, within half a month, can you finish the first volume?" Li Zhi leaned back in his chair and asked with a smile.
Half a month?
Kotani Jiateng frowned and asked, "Boss, is this 'Charm' comic in a hurry?"
Li Zhi thought for a while, shook his head and said: "I'm not in a hurry, comics are just part of the promotion of the 'Charm Rose' idol prototype, in addition to the 'Charm Rose No. 1 Comics Studio' of CE Animation Company, I will also acquire some other animation companies to form the first, second, and third animation studios, specifically for ' Charm 'idol prototype service,You are not the only one,It can only be said that you have the advantage of time,As for whether it will be banned by other studios in the future,I can't guarantee,So,For you,The sooner the Charm comics come out,The more stable your position will be!"
The acquisition of CE animation company, Li Zhi's original idea was to serve the prototype of the 'Charm' virtual idol, which is nothing to be picky about.
"Yes, boss, I understand!" Kotani Jiateng sighed in his heart, and at the same time, he couldn't help but feel a little curious about the prototype of 'Charm'.
Listening to the boss's meaning, the 'Charm Comic Studio' set up by their CE Animation Company is not the only one to draw the Charm for the 'Ice Soul Entertainment Company', but whether it is the acquisition of an animation company or the establishment of an animation studio, the price will not be cheap, is it really necessary to invest so much?
"Do it well, I don't value the other achievements of the CE animation company, I only value the 'Charm Rose' comics, if you don't do this well, no matter how good the performance of the CE animation company is, you won't get the award, I hope you can understand, to put it bluntly, the 'Charm Rose' comics are directly linked to your performance, you want to do better, make more money, get my appreciation, do a good job of 'Charm Rose' comics, and just do a good job of 'Charm Rose' comics!" In the future, CE Animation Company will be handed over to you!"
Xiao Gu Jiateng respectfully sent Li Zhi and his party downstairs, bowed and watched the car leave.
"Ask the Ice Soul Group to send two financial personnel over to supervise the financial situation of the CE Animation Company, and the rest will be handed over to Kotani Jiateng for the time being, don't worry about it. Li Zhi sat in the car and instructed Sun Jiao.
"Okay!" Sun Jiao immediately called the headquarters of the domestic Ice Soul Group.
Sun Rao, who was sitting next to Li Zhi, asked curiously: "Boss, the development potential of the ce animation company can only be regarded as average, you have a lot of money in your hand, why don't you buy those big animation companies?"
Li Zhi looked at her, shook his head with a smile and said, "What do I want those big animation companies to do?" You're right, those comic IP copyrights are indeed global, but you also have to know that the IP copyright prices of those animations will also be very high, and it is definitely not something that can be finalized and purchased in a few words, and it takes time to talk.
And I don't have the patience to talk about that, what we need is not the IP of those big animation companies, I acquired CE animation company entirely because I took the lead in implementing the 'Charm' virtual idol prototype. There are a large number of mature manga players in Japan, and these manga artists are very cheap, but they are all good. ”
"The drawing is good, not as good as Xiaoice's 'artificial intelligence' drawing, right?" Sun Yan retorted.
Li Zhi laughed twice and shook his head: "It is precisely because Xiaoice draws so well that I can't let it draw, Xiaoice's paintings are too formatted, there is no human atmosphere, comics are comics, people draw them." ”
"Crooked!" Sun Rao didn't quite agree with Li Zhi's point of view.
The reason why Li Zhi did not let Xiaoice paint was because all the work depended on Xiaoice, so what did others rely on to eat? These cultural industry things still need people to complete.
Li Zhi has high expectations for the prototype of the 'Charm Rose' virtual idol, including her peripheral derivation, the standard things are not valuable, art, 100% perfect things, can it be called art?
That's a machined product!
The prototype of the 'Charm' virtual idol is worth three million interstellar coins, and it is estimated that the derivative price of her peripherals will not be too bad, so these comics can not only be sold on the earth, but also spread through the channel of the 'Interstellar Business Alliance'.
The 'Charm' idol does not only belong to human beings, she belongs to the entire universe!