Chapter 266: Paving the way for the tsunami
After the completion of "EVA", the animation department was filled with already established missions for "4WD Kid", "Slam Dunk", "Gintama", "Mobile Suit Gundam", "Dumb Test Summoning Beast", and "My Neighbor Totoro", five TV animations and one theatrical animation production.
Fortunately, the animation of "Sailor Moon" ended before, and its production zuò group was also empty, and it happened that both were girl manga animations, except for the different themes, the style was similar, so He Chen immediately asked them to continue to produce zuò "I really want to sue you".
"I want to sue you" does not have any battle plots, and its production process is much simpler than "Sailor Moon", so the progress of making zuò is very fast.
After the production of "EVA" was completed, after dubbing, submitting it for review, and passing through guò, He Chen still needed to discuss the schedule with the TV station.
The plot of "EVA" He Chen uses the first 24 episodes of the original TV version and the old theatrical version that was made up after Anno became rich, with a total of 3O episodes, one episode a day, and it was broadcast for just one month.
For the broadcast time slot of "EVA", he asked for prime time.
The reason why the prime time is called "prime time" is because its price is higher than gold, and in this time period, it is the time period with the highest viewership, so the prime time of the TV station has its own important programs.
Due to the length of the program, etc., they are all different. Therefore, if you want to leave He Chen enough time for a month of prime-time synchronous broadcasting, you must wait for the core programs that they are now broadcasting to finish, and make some adjustments to the broadcast time of each program in the future.
They have also cooperated with He Chen several times, and the cooperation is very pleasant. For He Chen, a golden signboard that has brought them huge benefits. The whole TV station attaches great importance to it.
Therefore. Every time, I will ask He Chen in advance if there is a new animation in the near future. What schedule is needed for the new animation, and they should make program arrangements in advance for this.
When "Eva" started filming, the TV station was already ready for prime-time broadcasting.
However, He Chen's gaze did not stop there.
This time, he not only wants to let the national audience see "EVA", but also wants the gospel of "EVA" to spread to the world.
"He Chen, long time no see!"
At He Chen's house. Quincy Jones of Universal Pictures came to visit and greeted He Chen warmly in Chinese with a strange accent.
"Quincy, it's been a good day, I don't even recognize you. ”
He Chen also greeted Quincy familiarly.
"He Chen, are you laughing at me for getting fat? It's all to blame for the damn high-calorie food, I still prefer Huaxia, not only is there a lot of delicious food here, but it is also very nutritious and healthy, in the past few years in Huaxia, I have never had a stomach problem. But with us. Although it is advertised as the greenest food, I have to go to the hospital at least once a year because of my stomach. ”
Quincy touched her belly, which was already a little prominent. Xiang He Chen complained.
He Chen greeted him and talked about Chinese food culture.
At this point, regardless of the East and the West, China is recognized as a food country and a paradise for foodies.
But Quincy couldn't wait that long, and after chatting for a while, he went straight to the point: "He Chen, we also listened to your opinions when adapting your works, and we definitely didn't hide anything about the box office, and the money you deserve is also directly given to you." We're having a good time working together!"
"Hmmm! He Chen brought fruit to Quincy, but Quincy didn't have the heart to eat it, so He Chen said while eating.
"Then why did you contact Fox? Didn't you say okay, as long as we agreed to your adaptation conditions, then you will always work with us in future works?" Quincy said in an eager tone.
"I never said that, I said 'priority'. He Chen corrected Quincy's language trap, the two were clearly scored, the initiative of the former was in their hands, and the initiative of the latter was in He Chen's hands.
He Chen continued: "I don't feel like you're interested in the introduction of Dragon Ball anime, so of course we're going to look for Fox who is very interested in it." ”
Universal Pictures also has its own television station, so when it came to the other three films, he was lucky enough to see the animation of Dragon Ball, and Quincy was so interested in it that he reported it to the company.
With the popularity of the "Dragon Ball" anime on the Internet, it has caused a "kung fu" hurricane to the entire Western world.
Huaxia, comics, porter, Dragon Ball, Monkey King, kung fu, etc., instantly became the most popular words nowadays.
Young people are trending to read comics one by one, and even use the classic lines in it as a mantra.
But all products related to comics are big sellers.
So Universal Pictures decided to bring in "Dragon Ball".
However, He Chen did not give an inch in the price of "Dragon Ball".
The cost of "Dragon Ball" is very high, and for China, He Chen can hold the idea of "contributing to the Chinese animation industry" and price it according to the general animation. But for foreign countries, He Chen will not be soft-hearted, who makes them a "big country" whose per capita income is several grades higher than that of China?
If it is not up to them to recover the cost of "Dragon Ball", what will He Chen shoot for the next movie-level animation?
Although Universal Pictures has a lot of money, they are not losers, although they can afford this price, but it is not the best price for psychology. So the negotiations between Universal Pictures and Tianman started a tug-of-war, hoping to reduce the price.
Tianman was not in a hurry, and slowly talked with Universal Pictures, and by the way, I heard that Fox, Warner, Columbia and other companies were also very interested in the animation of "Dragon Ball", so I had some cordial and friendly talks with their envoys.
Seeing this, Universal Pictures was in a hurry.
This is not the same as the script that was promised!
So Quincy Jones was thrown to Yanjing by Universal Pictures, and if this matter could not be solved perfectly, he probably wouldn't have to go back.
"How can it be? As long as it's your work, we're all very interested!" Quincy immediately expressed his attitude to He Chen, and said, "There must be some misunderstandings, and I'm here this time specifically to solve these misunderstandings." ”
"Well, you know about Dragon Ball, you know how much he costs, how much he is worth, you must know a lot more than me. One last question, I won't compromise on the price, do you still want Dragon Ball?" He Chen asked lightly.
This price is also the highest price that Zhou Zhe has come up with after a deep analysis that can be accepted by them.
Fox had already expressed his intention to move, which was He Chen's confidence not to give an inch.
Unless all the TV stations in North America unite to boycott He Chen's animation, he will not be able to sell.
However, they are all businessmen, and they are all here for money, although the price given by Zhou Zhe is very high, but since it is confirmed that they can accept it, there must be enough profit.
How can a qualified businessman not get along with money?
"He Chen, you deceived me...... I thought you had created so many wonderful stories, and you were willing to make Dragon Ball for the sake of your fans, and you were a great artist who dedicated your life to the anime business, but now that you look at it, you are a cunning businessman who fights for money!" Quincy said to He Chen aggrievedly as if she thought she had been deceived.
As if he wasn't that kind of person.
He Chen pouted: "You have made up your brain again, when did I become an artist?"
"Everybody thinks you're an artist. ”
He Chen shook his head and smiled: "Money is very important to me. Without money, I can't animate. Only when I have money, can I make a movie-level animation like "Dragon Ball" for everyone, and even more than its animation! Money is my tool for making animation. ”
"I don't understand you. After hearing this, Quincy shrugged his shoulders and said to He Chen, "This cooperation is very unpleasant, but even if it is unpleasant, we can't let Fox get it, let's continue to work together." ”
He Chen smiled slightly: "It's a little different now." ”
If you dare to raise the price by a dime, Tianman's products will not want to enter North America! We at Universal Pictures still have some influence!"
"The price will go up a little bit because this time it's two works. "Dragon Ball" and "Eva" were sold in a package, and "Eva" had to be released simultaneously worldwide at the time I had set. ”
"We just need Dragon Ball. After listening to He Chen's price, Quincy frowned.
Packed up, the price hasn't increased much, it can be said to be very cheap, but for the broadcast time of "Eva", because of the time to adjust a lot of programs, Quincy feels very troublesome.
The popularity of the Eva comics was so low that Quincy was not interested at all, although it seemed to be highly rated.
"Without Eva, there would be no Dragon Ball. In any case, even if He Chen uses all his means, he still wants to let "Eva" enter as many world TV stations as possible.
“…… Well, you win. After thinking about it for a long time, Quincy was finally forced by the temptation of "Dragon Ball" and agreed to He Chen's conditions.
He thought that no matter how popular "Eva" was, as long as it was named "the original author's work of "Dragon Ball", it should be worthy of his value.
However, it will also be the most promising business he will do in his life.
The enthusiasm of the North American market has finally attracted the attention of the arrogant European market.
At the urging of those European toy dealers who had long been hooked up with Tianman, several TV stations came to China to observe and introduce animation.
He Chen also took the opportunity to negotiate with him about the global release plan of "EVA".
As a result, the animation of "EVA", which was produced and completed earlier than "I want to sue Sù You", was released after the broadcast of "I Want to Sue Sù You". (To be continued......)
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