Chapter 304: Talking About Business (Part 1)
"Chen Sang, please!"
Minako is very skillful at dividing plates, she is actually very petite, especially compared to a woman who is more than a flower, but in front of a person like Chen Ange, who is 1.83 meters tall, she is more like a little girl who has not yet developed.
"Okay, you can just call me Chen Ange!"
When he woke up in the afternoon, everything was ready.
Eat, drink, and even have hot springs and the like.
In fact, as soon as he came to Japan, he and Chen Ange remembered a classic TV series.
'You bullied me when the imperial army didn't come, and you still bullied me when the imperial army came, isn't this imperial army coming for nothing?'
Chen Ange thought that if he filmed this drama at sunrise and showed it to the people at sunrise......
Nima, the more you think about it, the more energetic it becomes!
But after all, I have to go back, so I can only think about it.
"Miss Minako, when can we talk about business!"
Xu Ranran asked while eating.
Minako seemed to be in a bit of a hurry, stumbling when she spoke, and even used gestures.
"Miss Xu, I don't know the specific things, I'm just responsible for entertaining you!"
Xu Ranran frowned slightly, she was very dissatisfied with this answer.
After the other party picked them up, they left them in this hotel, and after finding someone to entertain them, they didn't care anymore?
It's a little too rude.
Chen Ange was not in a hurry at all, and said with a smile: "This beef is good!"
"Mr. Chen, this is our sunrise top-quality platelet beef, every year platelet beef is supplied in limited quantities, and all processes are controlled, it is the best!"
Minako's spoken language is poor, but she doesn't seem to have any problems with her hearing at all.
Chen Ange doesn't understand the language of sunrise, but Xu Ranran does, but after coming over, the other party has always been entertained by people in Dahua language, so Xu Ranran didn't have a chance to speak.
Xu Ranran saw that Chen Ange was eating well, and couldn't help asking, "Chen Dong, are we just waiting?"
"It's not us who are in a hurry, we have the right to travel!"
Xu Ranran thought about it, they were invited, they had all the food and drink, they had a car when they went out, and what kind of bicycle did they want.
The meal was not bad, and Minako was almost used by the other party to entertain Chen Ange and Xu Ranran, so as long as Chen Ange was awake, Minako was basically accompanied.
It wasn't until the next morning that Toho's people finally reappeared.
"Mr. Chen, welcome, welcome! Introduce yourself, the contemptible Xiudou sack, is the president of Dongbao Society! Count up to six generations, and he is still a native of Dahua Longyan!"
He was about fifty years old, wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses and a very happy smile on his face.
Chen Ange shook hands with the other party.
Those who can sit in the position of president are naturally not ordinary people.
What's more, Tohosha Animation Company is also one of the best in Sunrise, with a history of nearly 80 years.
However, this guy also said that his ancestors were from Dahua Longyan, which is really ridiculous and pathetic.
In fact, there are not a few people who come to Dahua at sunrise to recognize their ancestors, and there are nearly one million people as early as 30 years ago.
In the past 30 years, the number of people has increased several times, but there are fewer admissions from Dahua.
This country, which is not familiar with the bones and lacks a sense of security due to regionality, is actually shallow, and it can even be said that the cultural roots originally came from Dahua.
Because of various internal factors, as well as external environmental factors such as the sinking of continents, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and earthquake disasters, the sense of sadness on the sunrise side is pervasive almost throughout the entire society.
"Mr. Chen, I'm just going to talk quickly, please come over this time, we hope you can help Dongbao Society produce a "Journey to the West"!"
Xiudou sack changed the eloquence of the sunrise people, and suddenly it was straight to the point.
Chen Ange still had a faint smile on his face.
"Mr. Chen, the copyright of your "Dragon Ball" sunrise broadcast was bought by the Kyoto Society, and now it is all the rage in the entire Sunrise!" Xiudou sack spread his hands, and said with a wry smile: "Toho Society and Kyoto Society have actually always been comparable, in love and killing each other, but this "Dragon Ball" suddenly came out, which caught us a little off guard! Of course, I don't dare to blame you, and I don't mean to blame, but I sincerely praise your animation is quite exquisite, so I want to ask you to help Toho Society produce a "Journey to the West", "Journey to the West" It is one of the three famous novels of Dahua, and I hope to be able to adapt it! Sunrise people love "Journey to the West" very much!"
Xiudou Sack looked at Chen Ange after speaking.
Chen Ange glanced at Xu Ranran.
Xu Ranran nodded, and said: "President Xiudou, I'm afraid that your Toho Society is not comparable to the Kyoto Society, as far as I know, since the end of "Tengu", you have no works that you can get, of course, maybe the quality of the works in Kyoto is relatively high, so that your upstream standard was squeezed by Kyoto and several other animation companies, last year alone, it fell by 38%, and even at the end of last year, there were layoffs......"
Every time Xu Ranran said a piece of data, there was a little more cold sweat on Xiudou's sack forehead, until Xu Ranran put down the mobile phone in his hand, and his open mouth was already big enough to stuff an egg.
"This ...... You...... How do you know so clearly?"
"Mr. Xiudou, I think you should tell the truth, since I am willing to come, it must be a little interesting, but don't wear away my meaning, since you invited me over, I believe in my affairs, you should know that I don't have so much time to spend with you!"
Xiudou Sack's face changed: "Mr. Chen, please forgive me for being rude!" Xiudou Sack knelt down at Chen Ange: "You know this news...... Truly...... It's true, in fact, we didn't have an accident in Toho, and the situation with Kyoto has always been very harmonious. "Tengu" was supposed to be followed by "Mobile Sentoum", but ...... At that time, more than a dozen episodes of the cartoon had been produced, and the preliminary preparations were made, and even the publicity had been prepared, but I didn't expect to be sued by the original author, and finally I knew that I had been tricked, although I got a little compensation, but the compensation was not important at all, the important thing is that we didn't have a new film next, and it was Kyoto that made a force at this time, and we had no power to fight back. Mr. Chen, I know that you have the title of director god in Dahua, and please help us!"
Xiudou Sack said that he knelt down again, and he never got up.
Chen Ange frowned slightly.
"You get up first!"
Xiudou Sack raised his head and looked at Chen Ange expectantly.
"Busy, I can help!"
"Really, thank you, thank you Mr. Chen!"
"But ......"
Xiudou Sack looked at Chen Ange.
"I'm going to borrow you Toho two people, Nakano linkage and Inoue cover. I want them to stay in Dahua Lotus Animation for a year, and they have to bring one person out of each person, and they have to participate in the production of a work. ”
Xiudou Sack looked at Chen Ange stunned: "This ...... The two of them borrowed it for a year? but...... The two of them are the souls of Toho, if they are borrowed...... Toho is dead!"
He naturally knew what Chen Ange meant.
You must know that almost every large animation club has a very famous person, but Toho is different, Toho has three, and these three have worked together for many years, directing, music, and painting!
These are the three most important factors in animation, and these three people have been working together for a long time, almost to the point of having a heart in mind.
Chen Ange said the names of the two people in one mouthful, obviously they had already checked when they came.
The reason why Toho has a crisis is because in this three-person group, Asako Akagi, who has been in charge of the director and script, was poached by Kyoto.
Asako Akagi is one of the five great manga artists of Sunrise, and the stories he paints are smart and warm, and the protagonist seems to be close by.
He and the songwriter Nakano linkage、Painter Inoue Gai was originally called Toho Sanbo.,But after "Tengu", Asako Akagi didn't come up with any new works.,At that time, he didn't think much about it as president.,Because Asako Akagi wasn't very prolific in the first place.,So he took the spare book "Mobile Sentoum" and let the rest of the two start production.,Leave some space for Asako Akagi to create.。
Who knew that by the time it was discovered, Asako Akagi had already been poached from Kyoto.
Now although Chen Ange is not digging, just borrowing, but he has to borrow the two of them together in one go, and it will take a whole year.
Isn't this the lifeblood of their Toho?
Chen Ange took a sip of tea and said lightly: "Of course I don't borrow it for nothing, I just change it, and use me for two of them for one year! And in this year, I can guarantee that your share of Dongbao will not decrease but increase!"
Xiudou Sack's eyes widened, and his face was incredible.
Change?
This......
Two for one?
But......
The share does not decrease but increases!
How is this possible, unless there is a good film to save!
"Don't worry, after one year, it will be terminated immediately! And after one year, if the share does not increase by 20% on the current basis, I can make three films for you for nothing!"
Xiudou Sack's eyes immediately lit up: "Is this true?"
"Of course, but there is one thing I have to tell you, this year, you only have the copyright of Sunrise with the films produced by your company, and the other foreign copyrights all belong to Lotus Animation!"
"This ...... How can this be!" Xiudou sack's head shook straight: "This request is too much!"
Chen Ange saw that Xiudou Sack didn't want anything, so he refused directly, knowing that there was nothing to talk about, he thought about it and said: "I'll take a step back, count it as a co-maker, and share four for you and me six, this is my bottom line!"
Xiudou Sack's face was a little ugly.
Spend money yourself, spend people, and change people, and you have to share what you get with others?
It's hard to accept.
"Mr. Xiudou, you'd better think about it, even if it's my request, you Toho will definitely not suffer, think about how much Dragon Ball is making now?"
Xiudou Sack frowned slightly: "Are you sure that Dragon Ball is not your highest peak?"
"Whether it's art or making money, Dragon Ball is just the beginning!"
Xiudou Sack gritted his teeth: "The share needs to be redistributed, I can't accept this number, at least it must be divided equally!"
"Okay!" Chen Ange agreed without much thought.
It wasn't until late afternoon that the contract was signed.
After sending people away, Chen Ange looked out the window, and then took out the phone and found a phone that he hadn't called for a long time.
"Hey, Xiaolou! Help me check Japan's Toho Animation Agency!"
"Yes, I know, it has fallen sharply in the past year, let's start buying now, yes, quietly!"
Hanging up the phone, Chen Ange took a deep breath.
"An Dao, you are ......"
Xu Ranran's heart jumped.
"Other people's things are always someone else's, but things are still your own, and you have the motivation to do it when the time comes!"
Xu Ranran thought for a while and said, "Then why don't we create a new animation company at Sunrise!"
Chen Ange shook his head: "How can it be so easy, now the animation talents of Sunrise have basically been divided up by several major animation companies, and we have created a new company, that is, to set targets for other companies, and I don't know how to die when the time comes." ”
"But I always feel that you are a bit of a disadvantage when you change people like this!"
"No way, this is all for the sake of the future, we Dahua also have a lot of people to Sunrise every year to learn comics, but why there is still no improvement after going back, it is because the real essence has not been learned at all, some things, not at all can be learned by systematic learning, all need to be passed on by word of mouth, and experience inheritance. Not to mention foreigners, even if they are compatriots, they also have the worry that the apprentices of the church will starve to death of their masters, so Dahua's students come to Sunrise to study, don't expect to learn the essence of comics!"
"Ah, then you still change?"
Chen Ange smiled: "Don't worry, this group of people has a stinky problem, that is, when they meet a strong person, they will become a dog skin plaster." ”
"By the way, you said before that "Dragon Ball" is definitely not the most profitable, do you have a new book?"
Chen Ange thought about it, what about the new book?
There are a lot of options, but not yet. After all, the first project to do should be "Journey to the West", of course, in fact, "Journey to the West" is not in a hurry.
The Toho stock market has been green for a long time, and at this trend, there may be signs of turning black.
Sunrise originally had more animation companies, and even tended to be saturated, and now there is a crisis in such a big company, and those wolves have been waiting to be carved up for a long time, after all, it is needless to say that it is a consensus to beat the water dogs.
So Chen Ange was not in a hurry at all.
Green!
Keep going green!
When Xiaolou has almost bought it, he can act here!
But......
This "Journey to the West" is indeed a bit troublesome.
How do you make it?
"Actually...... I don't think you should agree to make "Journey to the West", after all, this is our Dahua thing, if you make it here, it's good that there is no market, if it catches fire, I'm afraid you will be scolded by China at that time!"
Chen Ange smiled: "You said that "Journey to the West" is so liked by Sunrise people, what do our domestic netizens think?"
Xu Ranran thought for a while and said, "It should be quite happy!"
"There are happy, there are indifferent, there are arrogant, of course, there are some angry, to put it bluntly, a hundred people, a hundred thoughts. ”
"But...... After all, it's my own thing, and if it's adapted by someone else to be the most popular, I always feel a little uncomfortable!"
"First, this is my adaptation, second, the producer is also in the form of cooperation, and third, ...... Who said that the animated film "Journey to the West" is the most popular?"
"Huh?" Xu Ranran looked stunned.