Spark Group, President's Office.

Zhang Dexin looked at Wu Ming and said with a smile: "Xiao Ming, you are very happy today!"

"Yes!" Wu Ming, who was sitting on the sofa, replied with a smile while holding a document.

Zhang Dexin asked with interest: "What are you so happy about, does it have anything to do with the documents in your hand?"

"It does have some relationship, Uncle Zhang, just look at it. Wu Ming replied with a smile.

After speaking, Wu Ming stood up, handed the document to Zhang Dexin's desk, and then walked to the window to enjoy the scenery outside the window.

Zhang Dexin picked up the document and flipped through it, only to see that it clearly recorded the global sales of mini four-wheel drive vehicles in March.

"This is the sales report of the mini 4WD!" Zhang Dexin was surprised.

After reading it, Zhang Dexin understood that this was a sales report of Dole Toys.

"Yes, here's a sales report for a mini 4WD last month. Wu Ming nodded in affirmation, "I just got it from the Tole Toy Company upstairs." ”

After the establishment of Xinghuo Group, like Xingchen Entertainment, it chose to be accompanied by Dole Toys and rented a floor below Dole Toys as the headquarters of the group.

"The sales of this mini four-wheel drive car are rising very quickly!" Zhang Dexin said in surprise, "In such a short time, the daily sales have risen to tens of thousands of units." ”

From the sales report, it can be known that the mini four-wheel drive car sold thousands of units a day from the earliest, and then slowly decreased. It wasn't until March 16 that the "4WD Brothers" comic began to be serialized, and sales suddenly rose sharply, exceeding 20,000 units at the end of March, and it is still on the rise.

Zhang Dexin nodded again and praised: "It seems that your "Four-wheel Drive Brothers" can indeed be used to promote mini four-wheel drive, and the effect is so obvious." It's much stronger than "Overdrive YOYO". ”

As Zhang Dexin said, although "Speeding YOYO" is also a good comic, it can only be the icing on the cake. Even without this comic, yo-yo would have swept Xiangjiang and the island country sooner or later.

"4WD Brothers" is different, and it can almost determine the future of mini 4WD. If there is no comic to promote, even if the mini four-wheel drive car has been developed for many years, it is estimated that it will be as half-dead as the mini four-wheel drive car in the previous life when it was first invented. And with this comic, the mini 4WD can quickly become popular everywhere.

In this way, the two comics are naturally not one heavyweight.

Wu Ming turned around and said with a smile: "Otherwise, Uncle Zhang, why do you think those toy companies in the island country are so keen to invest in the filming of cartoons, and even spend a lot of money to buy broadcast time on TV stations." Isn't it because this can promote their toys and bring them profits?

The Mobile Suit Gundam anime is a prime example of this, and at first GUNPLA didn't sell at all. After the anime was released, the GUNPLA sold out like crazy!"

A year has passed, and GUNPLA is far from being the unloved it was when it first started. With the popularity of Mobile Suit Gundam in the island nation, sales of GUNPLA are increasing day by day. Now it has become one of the four pillars of the island nation of Dole Toys alongside the Rubik's Cube, yo-yo, and roller skates.

Now that the Mobile Suit Gundam anime has been promoted to television in Europe and the United States, it is believed that in the near future, GUNPLA will also become popular in Europe and the United States. At that time, the Tole Toys Company will go to the next level.

Hearing Wu Ming mention Mobile Suit Gundam and the GUNPLA, Zhang Dexin couldn't help but admire: "Speaking of which, I really have to praise Xiao Ming for your vision." So many people were not optimistic about this project in the first place, and you dared to spend a lot of money to buy the rights to the GUNPLA from the toy company. ”

Ever since GUNPLA became popular, it has become known that the rights to Gundam have been transferred. After that, Wu Ming's vision was praised by many people, and some toy dealers lamented why they didn't have such a good vision. The Bandai Company, which had been thinking about acquiring the copyright of Gundam, beat his chest even more, regretting that he did not do it earlier, and was intercepted by Wu Ming.

Wu Ming laughed and said, "Starve the cowardly, support the bold." So now Gundam has brought a steady stream of profits to Tole Toys, while the original investors can only stare at it and regret it. ”

Zhang Dexin nodded, and then asked with some puzzlement: "But Xiao Ming, why did you know that "Mobile Suit Gundam" would become popular at that time, after all, the ratings of this animation were very low at that time. When I was chatting with Naoyoshi Taniyama on the phone, he said that at that time, the Sunrise Society was ready to give up on this anime, and it was originally planned to produce 52 episodes, but it has been reduced to 43 episodes. It was you who bought the Sunrise Society and supported the resumption of the original plan against public opinion. ”

"Because Gundam is a man's romance!" Wu Ming sighed.

"Men's romance?" Zhang Dexin scratched his head and said confusedly.

In this era, the word "romance" for men has not yet become popular, so Zhang Dexin is really a little confused about Wu Ming saying this.

Seeing Zhang Dexin's confused face, Wu Ming smiled and explained: "The so-called romance of men is something that can be immersed in it for men and they can't stop it. For example, we will worship the generals who commanded the country in ancient times and roared forward with a wave of a million male soldiers, we will be intoxicated by the figures rolling in the rain of bullets on the screen, and we will be obsessed with those guns and arms and all kinds of equipment, because they represent power, they represent power.

Similarly, when I watched Mobile Suit Gundam, I was fascinated by the battles between mechas. So I think this anime will definitely be a hit, and GUNPLA will definitely be a hit. ”

"That's your reason?!"

Zhang Dexin looked at Wu Ming in great astonishment, he didn't expect Wu Ming's reason for being optimistic about "Mobile Suit Gundam" to be so subjective and capricious.

Indeed, after the cartoons were popular and the toys were selling well, many people made up some reasonable reasons for Wu Ming. Who knew that Wu Ming had never thought like that.

This is the same as when teachers teach students, teachers often let students experience the author's thoughts and feelings and some deep meanings contained in famous works. In fact, when it comes to the author, many authors will be confused. I've got a grass, I haven't even thought about these things, how do you know?

In fact, Wu Ming certainly wouldn't really spend a lot of money to buy the rights of Gundam just by feeling. He also had some memories of his past life as a reference, and he knew that the Gundam anime would definitely be a hit, and the GUNPLA would definitely sell well, so he didn't hesitate to buy the Gundam rights.

It's just that outsiders don't know the inside story, so they can only make up all kinds of reasons for him.