Chapter 65 The foundation of the art industry is money
Huang Yiqi said: "Follow you to open a company?"
Chen Tianliao said: "Yes. I ask you to be the vice president. You don't have to do anything else, just help me make some connections and let the movie pass the review and distribution smoothly. ”
Huang Yi smiled: "I can't. I can help you with relationships, which is what friends should do. But I'm not going to help you go the wrong way. ”
Chen Tianliao said: "No, no, no, where do I dare to let Sister Yi go crooked." We don't engage in bribery, and we don't do illegal things. ”
Huang Yi said: "It's okay not to give gifts, but sometimes things don't go so smoothly." ”
Chen Tianliao smiled weirdly: "Who said that you don't give gifts?"
Huang Yi was stunned: "Didn't you just say that you wouldn't engage in bribery?"
Chen Tianliao said: "That's right. Just because you don't pay a bribe doesn't mean you don't give a gift!"
Huang Yi's eyes widened, and he looked puzzled.
Chen Tianliao said: "Give it to an individual, of course it won't work." But if you give it to a unit, it's always okay, right? The unit belongs to the state. We should support nation-building. For example, buy a few cars for the unit. Help the unit install electrical appliances such as air conditioners, and even help them build a building when they have money in the future. It's not illegal, but it's all happy. ”
Huang Yi smiled: "So that's the case." I can't see that you are young, but there are so many crooked ways. Aren't you afraid that some people who don't have long eyes think that you are a fat sheep and want to cut meat on you?"
Chen Tianliao nodded and said, "So I have to find some tiger skins to wear." You can make my tiger skin, or help me find a tiger skin, and then I will go to the Wa Kingdom and Xiangjiang to pull some influential people together to make the second tiger skin. In this way, there will be no longer those who do not have long eyes. ”
Huang Yi listened and was silent.
Chen Tianliao said again: "Sister Yi, anyway, your profession as a music teacher has not made too many achievements, so it is better to work with me to make a bigger career." To put it mildly, my company has the best environment for the art industry in China. ”
Huang Yi nodded and said, "Yes, your company's equipment and everything are very good, and there are a lot of talents." Over the years, you have tapped a lot of talents in the Wa Kingdom and Xiangjiang, and you have also trained a lot of talents. ”
Chen Tianliao smiled: "It's not just that. In fact, to do a good job in art, you can't do without two things. ”
Huang Yi said: "Is it talent and education?"
Chen Tianliao's face was black: "I mean the art industry." ”
"That's the people and the equipment. ”
"No, it's money and the environment. Chen Tianliao said.
Huang Yi was stunned for a moment. Chinese artists have always been taboo about associating it with money. But thinking about Chen Tianliao's words seriously, it seems to make some sense.
Chen Tianliao explained: "You can't do anything without money. Like music, you must have all kinds of equipment, and if you have good equipment, you must first have good equipment. There are all kinds of talents to recruit, and if there are not enough talents, you should train yourself. The creative environment affects the results of everyone's creation, so the environment should be well-organized. All of this requires money. It's going to take a lot of money out of it. It's the same with running a film company, but it requires more money. Naturally, my money is not enough to run a film company abroad, but it is still more than enough to get it back to China. ”
"As for the environment, the hardware environment can be solved with money, while the authoring environment needs to be managed. And my company also respects the laws of artistic creation. In terms of artistic creation, he has never exhausted his fish, but on the one hand, he has recharged his batteries, and on the other hand, he has broadened his horizons through foreign exchanges, travels and life experiences, so that they can get more inspiration and improve faster. That's why we seem to have more talent than other companies. ”
Huang Yi smiled: "I understand." At the end of the day, it's all about you who have the money. If you don't have money, where will you give the company's employees such a good treatment and let them work like this? You obviously don't take the company to make money, and you don't even mind putting money into it. ”
Chen Tianliao shrugged his shoulders and said, "Of course it is." The foundation of the art industry is money. Which of the countries that are doing well in the art industry right now is poor? And, in fact, I make money, but not as much as other companies. You don't get any less dividends every year, right? And this ability to make money is constantly growing, right? My singers were one of the singers who swarmed all kinds of tapes four or five years ago, but now they are all the best singers of the same type in China, and the future is bright. ”
Huang Yi said: "That's because of your genius, most albums can sell well, and those that can't sell big can also earn a little hard money." If you change to another company, you will lose money long ago. ”
Chen Tianliao smiled proudly, embarrassed to boast, so he changed the topic: "Actually, it's not bad for me to use the money I earn abroad to support domestic companies." Would you like to help me?"
Huang Yi thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll apply for leave without pay to help you." But it will have to be after the summer vacation this year. ”
Chen Tianliao said: "Okay." Anyway, it's not a matter of half a day to pull up the company. By the way, are you familiar with Shencheng Fine Arts Film Studio?"
Huang Yi nodded and said, "I have two friends who are small cadres there. What's wrong?"
"I want to hire one of their animation production teams. ”
Huang Yi was stunned: "Rental? you want to make cartoons?"
Chen Tianliao nodded: "Yes." Cartoons are a big market. I'm going to make "Robot Cat" into an animated film, and then I'm going to do a series of productions. Shencheng Film Studio has the best animation production team, so I borrowed it first. ”
Huang Yi looked at his eyes that were beating with greedy light, and his heart moved: "You want Liu Bei to borrow Jingzhou?"
"No, no, no, I don't dare to embezzle state-owned assets. Chen Tianliao was startled and said hurriedly. Just kidding, the government is the best at pulling lists. The richest man in later generations is not also facing the threat of being pulled into the list, and he has been afraid for a while. So every penny of his money came above board. "Of course, if any of them think our company is good and want to change jobs, of course we will welcome it with both hands. ”
Huang Yi snorted in his nose. Compared with this local tyrant capitalist, the chips of Shencheng Film Studio are really not enough, and it is estimated that most of the animation production team will be poached by him. This is actually not much different from borrowing Jingzhou.
Chen Tianliao added: "In fact, even if they don't come, they have to train a group of qualified animation talents for me in the process of renting." At that time, I will also invite a group of animation experts from the Japanese and the United States to train while cooperating. ”
"How much are you going to burn such a big stall?" asked Huang Yi.
Chen Tianliao thought for a while and said, "I can invest all the money earned by the Wa Kingdom into it." Anyway, I asked Takekawa to help me invest in the U.S. stock market, and I made a lot of money. ”
Huang Yi asked curiously: "You talk about the stock market all day long, how much do you earn?"
Chen Tianliao said: "It's not much, I only made more than 300 million, and I lost almost 100 million, one in and one out, plus various expenses, and the share with Zhuchuan, I made a net profit of 70 or 80 million US dollars." ”
Huang Yi's beautiful eyes glared at the boss: "So much, why do I always hear that the stock market loses money, and I make so much money when I come to you?"
Chen Tianliao laughed and said, "Genius doesn't need to be explained. "Actually, this still depends on the memory of the previous life. Although the world is different, the overall trend is the same. Which industry will develop and which company will make easy money, Chen Tianliao can naturally make a rough judgment. There are losses and losses in the invested money, but in general, they make more money and lose less.
Chen Tianliao said: "You see, I don't have any foundation in the film and television industry, and I don't have any connections, so I simply never entered the industry from cartoons that don't need too many roots and connections." If I can do it to a certain extent, I will gradually expand the genre of movies and TV series. In this way, you can gain a firm foothold in the film and television industry step by step. The tens of millions of copies of my comic book sold gave my first investment a successful foundation. ”
Huang Yi nodded. This kid often has whimsical ideas, but every time he puts his whims into action, he is carefully thought out, and he has a very long-term vision, which is completely different from the group of rich people who are eager to get rich overnight. It also makes sense for him to choose Shencheng Fine Arts Film Studio. This factory is the most powerful animation production unit in China, and it was also well-known in Europe and the United States in its heyday. Although commercial films are a scum, they have always been a force to be reckoned with in the world in art films. Even like the previous time and space, they also produced a Chinese-style ink animation, which amazed the Japanese people of the big animation country. After all, the roots of the Shencheng Film Studio in the two time and space are all soldiers brought out by the famous Tewei and Wan brothers.
Among the Wan brothers, the eldest Wan Gu Chan and Wan Laiming are twin brothers, plus the old 30,000 Chaochen and the old 40,000 Dihuan, they form the most brilliant dream combination in the history of Chinese animation so far. As early as the mid-20s, the Wan brothers began to produce cartoons after the four brothers gathered in Shencheng (in 1922, the Wan brothers drew the first cartoon in China, "Shu Zhendong Chinese Typewriter", the popular saying does not correspond to historical facts). Before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, they drew a number of animated films, setting off the first climax of Chinese animation production. However, their animation style during this period has a strong American flavor. Comparing their animations with Disney animations from the same period, you can see that there are many interesting things.
In 1936, Wan Gu Chan reflected on it, believing that "in order to make China's animation industry have unlimited vitality, it must take root in the soil of its own national tradition". Although the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War interrupted his exploration, the era of the Wan brothers' rebirth had begun. During the Anti-Japanese War, the Wan brothers created a lot of animations that campaigned for the Anti-Japanese War, but they also created the influential "Iron Fan Princess" animation, which fought against the Disney animation "Snow White" at that time (in fact, "Iron Fan Princess" itself has a strong Disney style), and won the praise of the Chinese people. And Mr. Osamu Tezuka, the first great god in the anime industry of Wakoku, came up with the idea of making animation after watching the Wan Brothers' "Iron Fan Princess" in 1943. Mr. Tezuka's last work in his life was the draft animation of "My Monkey King". Their real achievement was after liberation.
After the liberation, the Wan brothers worked together with cartoonist Tewei in the Shencheng Fine Arts Film Studio, and for the first time they were able to turn their ideal of rooting cartoons in the traditional soil of the nation into reality. Under the leadership of Tewei and the Wan brothers, Shencheng Fine Arts Film Studio produced a large number of cartoons, which caused many sensations in the world. Moreover, these animations are full of strong Chinese style, and have become a window for the world to understand China. At this time, compared with the cartoons of other countries in the same period in the world, it is not lagging behind. Whether it's creativity or artistic expression, it's remarkable. His work has also won many international awards – not only in Eastern European countries, which are in the same camp as China, but also in the West. The West treats Chinese animation as an important territory of world animation.
In the early days of reform and opening up, Shencheng Fine Arts Film Studio was still very dynamic. But today, after receiving the impact of the tide of commodity economy, film studios are facing the dilemma of shortage of funds. Under these circumstances, they were forced to abandon the exploration of art and instead became keen to engage in outsourcing to revitalize their own economic problems. At this time in his previous life, Hayao Miyazaki, a later animation master of the Wa Kingdom, made a pilgrimage to Shencheng Fine Arts Film Studio. Because the animation industry of the Japanese Kingdom at that time was too commercial and full of routines, and the Shencheng Art Studio had surprising innovations in each cartoon, especially the ink animation of Tewei that amazed countless Japanese people. But in the face of the factory leaders who were only thinking about generating income at that time, Miyazaki could only return disappointed. Later, it was Huaguo Animation that was full of commercial routines, while Miyazaki's animation was full of artistic innovation.
Of course, Huang Yi didn't know what happened to Shencheng Fine Arts Film Studio in later generations. However, she vaguely felt that Chen Tianliao might be of great benefit to himself, the film studio and Huaguo's animation industry.