Chapter 42: The First Pot of Gold, Petrified
Hanging up the international call from Asuka Films, Lester and Emmanuel, Fields and Bianidos reached an agreement with Satoh and Hasbro to develop "Transformers", so they flew back to Los Angeles International Airport with the plane ticket they bought with Hasbro, accompanied by the team brought by Satoh (Sato), they needed to get the character model drawings of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", Lester did not bring "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" when he came The drawings of the character model needed Satoh (Sato) to take away from them in Los Angeles.
After getting off the plane, Bjaridos separated from the Leicester trio because he had something to do.
Hasbro's team and Leicester did not leave, and took a car together to the downstairs of Bird Film and Television Company.
Before Hasbro signed a contract with Lester and others, he needed to get the "Transformers" character model of Asuka Comics and the character model of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", and walked into the company with Lester and the others.
"Boss, you're finally back," Entering the company, Dimes and Townred greeted them, and as soon as the two got off the plane in Leicester, they received a call and immediately came out to greet them.
"Take us to Asuka Manga. Lester shouted to the two men who came to greet him;
Naturally, Dimes and Tomrid also saw the Hasbro team and Satoh behind Lester, and immediately led the way in front and said, "Everyone, please come with us." ”
A group of people, led by Dimes and Tomrid, go to the Asuka Comic Studio.
Along the way, Häsenfield was a little surprised by the unique interior decoration of Leicester's company, which was the decoration style of the art pattern, which made people feel that this was not an office place, but an art academy.
In particular, the large TV screen outside the building showed the Asuka film special effects logo and the promotional trailer of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, attracting some passers-by to stop and sit on a stool under the tree to watch.
As soon as Häsenfeld looked at it, he saw a unique business opportunity that could make the company known in the neighborhood, from the mouths of passers-by to others, and to other places, to let people know that there was a unique film and television company here.
What some people don't see, Husenfield sees a subtle propaganda effect in it, surrounded by shade, stone benches entrenched under trees, fountains sprung up under the film and television signs at the door, and even after a long time, this neighborhood will become a small attraction.
Walking into the Asuka Manga Studio, in addition to the character posters and drawings of the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", in the past two weeks, the walls have been plastered with "Transformers" character posters and drawings.
Walking in, Hassenfield felt like he had walked into a comic room, with all sorts of colorful and monotonous drawings, pasted on the table and on the walls.
The staff of Asuka Comic Studio squinted at the group of people who walked in, and then lowered their heads and continued to work, they needed to finish the "Transformers" comics as soon as possible, and they didn't have time to see others, not to mention that the boss and department manager Chris were there, and no one in the employees dared to be lazy.
"The boss is here. ”
A cartoonist saw Lester come in with a group of people and nudged Chris with his hand;
Hearing the cartoonist's reminder, Chris, who was busy with the cartoonist in "Transformers", put down the drawings in his hand. Turning to Leicester with a smile on his face, he greeted him and hugged each other.
"I'll introduce you," Lester said, pointing to Hásenfield and Satoh to introduce Chris, who needed to be in contact with them for the rest of the process.
"My name is Chris," Chris introduced himself as he stepped forward and warmly hugged Satoh and Halsenfeld;
After the two get to know each other, they are invited by Chris to draw the "Transformers" comics.
After two weeks of drawing, and Lester's creativity, the Transformers comics were halfway through, and Satoh and Hasenfeld picked up the half-finished comics and read them.
At first glance, I was attracted by the tall and powerful images such as the mighty and domineering Megatron, the leader of justice and freedom, Optimus Prime, and the chatty and cute bumblebee.
UNLIKE THE SHAPESHIFTING ROBOTS PRODUCED BY TAKARA TOY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, THROUGH THE COMICS, HASENFELD SEES THE UNION OF SOUL AND LIFE, WHICH IS NO LONGER JUST A ROBOT CONTROLLED BY PEOPLE, BUT A GROUP OF SELF-AWARE SUPERHERO ROBOTS.
Seeing that the two of them were fascinated, Lester asked Chris to prepare the drawings of the characters around "Transformers" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" that Hasbro and TAKARA Toy Factory needed by the company.
After listening to Lester's words, Chris immediately went down to prepare the character model drawings for "Transformers" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles".
20 minutes later, halfway through, blank behind, Hasenfeld looked up at the cartoonist who was still drawing, and then looked down at the half-drawn "Transformers" comic in his hand, and said with appreciation: "This plot is good, especially the character models in it are too surprising to me." ”
Hearing Halsenfield's words, Satoh put down the "Transformers" comic in his hand and exclaimed: "Mr. Hassenfield is right, the character models in it are simply too handsome." ”
The look in the eyes of the two, Lester saw it all the time, got their approval, and breathed a sigh of relief, and temporarily saw the deformable robot of the car on the TV station, in order to snatch the copyright time. I spent two days drawing character models and writing the storyline, and it didn't seem to be in vain.
"Mr. Hassenfield, Ms. Satoh, this is what you need. Chris walked over from his office with three character model drawings in his hand and placed them in front of the two of them.
Halsenfield and Satoh each picked up their previous drawings and looked through them, and when they were satisfied with the complete thing, they took their leave with Lester.
Before leaving, Halsenfeld left a copy of the simultaneous promotion and listing of "Transformers", and as for the toy manufacturing of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", Halsenfeld decided to make and sell it immediately when the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" comic book was a hit.
After sending the two parties away, Lester sat in his office and listened to Chris's report on the sales of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Lester was pleasantly surprised to hear that he had sold 12 million copies in three weeks.
A "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" comic sold for 15 yuan in the market, adding up to 180 million, deducting the cost and Lald and Eastman's share, the income was 100 million in profit, and after using 70 million US dollars as the company's start-up capital, Lester's purse entered 30 million US dollars.
The first time he got such a high pot of gold, Lester was a little excited in his heart, and suddenly thought of Wells Fargo's fund application, his face turned across, and the whole person was not good.
At that time, the $50 million that the company applied for with Wells Fargo funds had been repaid by the sale of the "Twilight" series, and there was still $30 million left behind, and now it seems that the $30 million still needs to be returned to Wells Fargo, and there is no financial pressure, and the future income will be regarded as their own, but after a while, I calmed down.
After all, the sales of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are still rising, which will bring great profits to the company.
After Chris finished reporting the sales data for "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and walked out of the office, Lester turned to Dems and asked, "How is the crew of 'Wall Street'." ”
"Director Oliver has already started filming," Dimes said truthfully when he heard Lester's questioning;