At 5 o'clock in the evening, Zhang Fan and the New Century Fireworks Factory finalized the contract. In the following period, New Century must ensure an uninterrupted supply of fireworks and arrange for their delivery. The price was finally finalized at the figure of 17 million.

Off-site.

"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhou. To be honest, I really like your company's mascot very much, and I was the first to cheer when the mobile phone was produced. Manager Yang and Zhang Fan shook hands.

"Thank you, Brother Yang." Zhang Fan said with a smile: "Please leave the matter of fireworks to your factory, and I will arrange the finance to pay the deposit first tomorrow." ”

Manager Yang was comforted by his brother's shout, and said with a smile: "Okay, Mr. Zhang is refreshing enough." Then you go slowly, and I won't send it. ”

"Hmm." Zhang Fan nodded and got into the car with everyone.

After getting into the car, Zhang Fan made some arrangements for Gao Le, asking them to go on a business trip to contact the celebration company, and then arrange an employee in each host city to supervise safety and other matters locally.

"Wenhua, you are in charge of Dashan City, and the fireworks show on the last day will be handed over to you." Zhang Fan said.

Liu Wenhua was stunned for a moment, nodded with restraint and joy: "Okay boss, I will definitely do a good job!" ”

"Hmm." Zhang Fan nodded with a smile, he arranged for Liu Wenhua to do the last one this time, which was also a test for him. If Liu Wenhua can cope with the earthquake environment, then he can be entrusted with the heavy responsibility in the future.

"Your task in Daisen City will be very heavy. One is that the number of citizens watching fireworks may reach an unprecedented level, and second, the more people there are, the more likely the safety hazards are. ”

"On the other hand, you should choose a location with a wide view, which will minimize the crowding and ensure that there are no high-rise buildings to cover the view......"

"Okay boss." Liu Wenhua and Gao Le nodded at the same time and wrote it down.

After instructing the relevant tasks, Zhang Fan and his entourage returned to the company by car to work overtime with the employees, and continued to discuss and refine all aspects of the 'fireworks plan'. In a blink of an eye, 4 days passed.

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October 23, Tokyo International Airport, Japan.

In the waiting hall, Li Jianguo and other Xinghuo hardware personnel dragged their luggage to find seats. Behind him there are three Japanese animation project negotiation teams, namely: Shogakukan representative, Shueisha representative, and a veteran animation company TAC.

These three companies were candidates for cooperation invited by Zhang Fan to China, and before these three candidate companies were decided, Li Jianguo and others contacted no less than 20 animation companies in four days.

Only the trial drafts and character painting styles of these three companies are closest to the effect Zhang Fan wants.

Generally speaking, he prefers the style of the Shogakukan paintings, which were published in the last century with "Doraemon" and "Detective Conan", which influenced two generations of Chinese people, and are still famous.

If Zhang Fan cooperates with them, he should be able to get a good start from the beginning with the fans accumulated by the other party. But the 'Spark and Shogakukan copyright dispute' mentioned in the future broadcast made him a little taboo.

If he can't get all the copyrights this time, Zhang Fan would rather give up.

Shueisha, like Shogakukan, is a comprehensive publishing company and is more famous than Shogakukan.

Many well-known anime works such as "Naruto", "Digimon", "Saint Seiya", and "Dragon Ball", which are often seen on TV and the Internet, are all from this company.

There are more than 20 masters and masters who have signed contracts.

However, this kind of cooperation with large companies often expels a lot of additional conditions, Zhang Fan does not have much hope for cooperation, please come and talk, but also with an attitude of trying.

Founded in 1968, TAC has produced many works such as "Night on the Galactic Railway" and "The Wolf and the Sheep in the Emerald Forest".

This time, the style of the trial draft they submitted is very close to "The Wolf and the Sheep". In addition, they did a small plot based on several characters set by Zhang Fan, and they also did a good job.

If he can't negotiate with Shogakukan and Shueisha on copyright, Zhang Fan will immediately choose to cooperate with TAC.

……

Outside the airport, representatives of the Shogakukan and Shueisha followed Li Jianguo into the waiting hall.

Tashirojima, the current president of TAC, is still admonishing his colleagues who traveled to China on this trip.

Mr. Tashiro bowed and said, "Aota-kun, this matter is all up to you." Whether the company can sustain itself depends on this time. Please do your best. ”

"Yes, President." The head of animation, Kojiro Aota, returned the salute strictly. There are five other people behind him, namely the script, the director, the setting, the original art, and a lawyer.

Combined, these people can create stories on the spot on any genre. It is also the greatest sincerity that the company can show at present.

Shogakukan has only one department manager and one lawyer, while Shueisha has only one lawyer.

In the hall, hardware engineer He Xiaotian looked at the TAC team outside and said with a smile: "Brother Li, the Japanese are really verbose, and they are not too tired to bow like this." ”

Li Jianguo retracted his gaze and said, "One country, one custom. Did you bring all the samples you bought? ”

"It's all in the suitcase." Saying that, He Xiaotian still opened the suitcase and checked it.

See that inside the box are mainly a few Sharp custom mobile phone screens. Ordered battery samples need to go through other channels.

According to Li Jianguo's needs, Sharp made two high-resolution screens.

A screen resolution reaches 1280×720 pixels, and the PPI index is as high as 326 when compressed to a 4.5-foot screen, completely exceeding the limit of PPI300 that the human eye can see.

The other is a 960×640 pixel 4.5-inch screen, compared with the 1280 pixel screen, the real difference is in price and cost.

After Zhang Fan and Li Jianguo discussed, it was decided that the first generation of Dabai mobile phones would use the 960 screen first, and the 1280 screen would be included in the second-generation product research and development project, which would add a lot of selling points.

……

During the screen detection, the mobile phone in Li Jianguo's pocket rang, and the caller was Zhang Fan.

Li Jianguo said first: "Boss, we are at the airport." The battery is a bit troublesome to go by air, and those companies say that they will arrange another channel for transportation. ”

"Well, all three zuò companies are here, right?" Zhang Fan asked.

"It's all here." Li Jianguo looked at the TAC representative who came and said, "This time, there are 2 people from the Shogakukan, there is only 1 lawyer from Shueisha, and 6 people from the TAC side. In terms of attitude, it is more important than the previous two. ”

Hearing him say this, Zhang Fan's good impression of TAC increased a lot, and said: "Before you get on the plane, send me a copy of the information of these three companies." I've worked hard for you these past few days. ”

"Okay, actually, it's mainly anxious to wait." Saying that, Li Jianguo remembered Zhang Fan's 'fireworks plan', and said curiously: "How is the company preparing for the fireworks show?" ”

"It's very smooth." Zhang Fan said with a smile: "Everyone has been very busy these days, and now the basic matters have been finalized......

……

Yasheng Building, Spark Company.

It's a bit inaccurate to call it 'Starfire' now, to be precise, it should be called Dabai Company now.

Because three days ago, lawyer Zhang Fantong Guò assisted in splitting Xinghuo into two, the software department was separated to form Dabai mobile phone, and the production department was formed Xinghuo Manufacturing.

When you come to the office floor where the company is located, the first thing that catches your eye is the conspicuous red background wall, which is printed with the logos of three companies at the same time, namely: Dabai, Xinghuo, and WeChat.

The Weixin LOGO is also designed by Gao Tingting, which also adopts a simple and flat design style.

At the door, a string of high-heeled shoes trampled by, and the little female cat Rhubarb looked at Gao Tingting curiously, saw her turn her head to tease Rhubarb, and led two porters into the company.

The carton carried by the porter was more than a meter high, and it contained plastic cups printed with large white patterns.

This is one of the company's customized Dabai peripheral products, and the first batch of 150 will be delivered in the afternoon.

"Just put it right here." Saying that, Gao Tingting said to Ye Guangrong, the security guard at the door: "Brother Ye, please sign for it." ”

"Hmm." The security guard got up to inspect the boxes, and the two delivery people looked around the company curiously.

The refurbished office space is more vibrant, with a large white poster every four or five meters, each accompanied by a motivating or funny quote or two.

Like what:

"Don't underestimate me, I'm a machine! Well, inflatable. ”

"We have to think about tomorrow because it's going to be busy."

"The reason why a spark can burn a large area of forest is because the weather is dry."

"The boss said that overtime can be free in the future. Hey? Is it actually free? ”

"Hehe......"

Seeing the fourth picture, the two delivery people laughed at the same time.

Security guard Ye Guangrong signed the list and handed it to one of them and said with a smile: "Isn't it interesting?" ”

"Hmm." The delivery man took the order and asked curiously, "What does your company do?" Which cartoon is the big fat guy on this? ”

"His name is Dabai, he is the comic image of my company, and we make mobile phones." Ye Guangrong said proudly.

"Make a cell phone?" The delivery man was more curious, and his mind was repeated.

……

Chairman's Office.

"Zhang Fan, what about Sister Hong? The first batch of water cups arrived. Gao Tingting came in and said.

"Hmm." Zhang Fan hung up Li Jianguo's phone and nodded: "Sister Hong may have gone out to do something, do you have something to do with her?" ”

"No, I'd like to ask her if she wants to go shopping together at night." Saying that, Gao Tingting sat down and said, "Why don't you accompany me?" ”

"What do you do when you go shopping?" Zhang Fan looked at her and smiled: "I don't necessarily have time tonight, it's better to have fireworks together tomorrow night." ”

"You don't have to say that you'll go tomorrow, forget it, I'll be busy." Gao Tingting saw that he politely refused, and no longer sat in the office.

Zhang Fan pursed his lips and smiled, drank tea and picked up the task progress list next to him, which recorded the preparation progress of the fireworks show, including: the supply of fireworks, the layout of the city of ten fireworks points, etc.

At present, the New Century Fireworks Factory has completed 55% of the production and transportation tasks of the two 'big white fireworks', and according to this situation, the supply is not a problem.

Of Zhang's 10 cities, three have completed preparations, while the other seven are awaiting government approval and fireworks delivery. It is not expected that there will be any delays in the day's arrangement.

In addition to fireworks, network marketing has also found 3 Internet companies to operate, and the total investment of these two has exceeded 30 million yuan.

Four days have passed in the blink of an eye, and now all the preparatory work is almost completed, just waiting for the official implementation of the plan!

Buzz, the mobile phone vibrate, and Liu Wenhua, who is in charge of Dashan City, finally called.

"Boss."

"Well, how's it going over there?" Zhang Fan asked.

There is currently no qualified ceremonial celebration company in Dashan City, so Liu Wenhua has recently been actively contacting the government to jointly hold a fireworks show on the last day with the official.

Liu Wenhua said with a little excitement: "The Dashan Municipal Government has no opinion, they are willing to cooperate with us to undertake it." ”

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