Chapter 127: Looking for a new project
Unexpectedly got the position of the head of DreamWorks America and the head of the comic department of China Aircraft Industry Corporation, but it made Oshima Jiu very happy.!
For more than 20 years after graduating from the Southern California Academy of Cinematic Arts, he has been working in Hollywood, and although he is an excellent painter, he has been struggling at the bottom because of his skin color.
As early as more than ten years ago, Oshima Kurei saw that he could not make his way out in Hollywood, so he had to come to Japan as a last resort, and took Osamu Tezuka, the author of "Astro Boy", as a teacher.
Japan is a very conservative country, Japan's company and social hierarchy are very strict, Oshima Kurang is a Japanese born in the United States, grew up in the United States, and retains Japanese etiquette and culture on the surface, but in his bones it is already an American living habit and work style, so he is in Japan, a hierarchical country, no matter what he does, he feels very unaccustomed, and his colleagues and bosses around him are also disdainful of this alternative compatriot, and even his teacher Osamu Tezuka has a lot of criticism about him.
After five years of hard work in Japan, Oshima Kulet couldn't stay in Japan anymore and had to return to the United States, and since then he had to make a living by doing odd jobs in Hollywood, until Ambrera decided to get involved in the comic industry in order to cover up the truth about the Su-35 fighter and fool the CIA, and Oshima Kurang joined the China Aircraft Industry Corporation at the recommendation of a friend.
Ambrera has a core purpose, that is, there is no racial discrimination here, everything is based on meritocracy, as long as you are talented, you are not afraid that you can't get ahead, Oshima Jiurang's painting talent was soon discovered by the company's senior management Foster, and recommended him to Ling Shizhe as the chief painter of the comic department.
The position of chief painter made Oshima Kulet overjoyed, and at the same time secretly felt that this was his only chance to change his fate, and he must firmly seize it, as long as he won the favor of Ling Shizhe, even if the comic "Top Gun" failed, he did not have to worry that he would lose his job, and then he could go to the rainbow and color art department of Ambrera's company, concentrate on painting high-end ceramics, and if he was lucky, he might be able to set up his own painting studio.
Therefore, Oshima Jiurang was extremely diligent and hard-working in the company, and finally the emperor lived up to his hard work, and the success of "Top Gun" made Oshima Jiurang famous and became a popular fried chicken in Hollywood.
After becoming famous, Kurang Oshima, like Garcia, has received all kinds of fame and fortune**, as long as he is willing to change jobs, various bonuses and benefits and a generous salary are even more resounding.
In the face of these **, Oshima Kurang was indifferent, he knew very well in his heart that he was not Garcia, he was a pure American, he was just a colored person, Garcia went to other companies without worrying about having no food, but he couldn't do it, not to mention that these companies poached him just in the hope of destroying the comic "Top Gun", once their goal was achieved, Oshima Jiurang would be kicked out by them mercilessly, and he would return to the previous days of having no food and clothing.
So when Ling Shizhe asked him if he was leaving, he resolutely stayed, but he didn't expect this decision to bet right, Ling Shizhe actually let him hold two positions, serving as the head of the comic book department and DreamWorks at the same time, Oshima Jiurang carefully analyzed the reason for Ling Shizhe's arrangement: Now that the various settings and systems of "Top Gun" have been fully matured, there is no need to rely on him as much as at the beginning, and the status of the chief painter will naturally decline.
At this time, Ling Shizhe placed him in the position of the head of the department, in addition to appeasing and rewarding him, there was no hope that he would move from a painter to the role of a manager, and now the comics department has been dug up and many people have taken away, which has affected the normal operation of the company, Ling Shizhe couldn't find a suitable candidate for a while, so he had to arrest him to make up the numbers, if he can do this job, then he will always be the head of the comics department in the future, if he can't do it, Then go back to your previous post and be his chief painter with peace of mind.
After figuring out Ling Shizhe's thoughts, Oshima Jiulet let him know what to do, first of all, he recruited screenwriters from Hollywood, Japan and Hong Kong, first filled these vacancies again, and actively contacted the Rainbow and Color Art Department, so that these artists could paint according to the requirements of the comics, after more than a week of working day and night upside down, the comics department got back on track, and on November 15, the follow-up comics of "Top Gun" were launched on time with quality and quantity.
After the poaching incident, Ambrera not only survived the crisis, but made "Top Gun" win a huge reputation and save the company's reputation.
The first shot of China Aircraft Industry Corporation has been fired, in just half a year, "Top Gun" has earned more than 60 million US dollars in net profit for the company, as the parent company Ambrera is even more smiling, but everyone understands that as a high-tech and high-capital aviation industry's huge investment, this money is too little, not enough to support the next huge investment, the parent company will continue to transfuse for him.
Fortunately, the current Chinese aircraft company is still an empty shell, this money can be maintained for a period of time, from next year is the real test of life and death, now from the European Union to hire aviation engineers and designers have come to Hong Kong one after another, the new company headquarters building has been urgently built, as soon as next year can start to use.
The headquarters building of China Aircraft Corporation is next to the headquarters of Ambrera Industries, covering an area of more than 300 hectares, which is larger than the headquarters of Ambrera, and is a general platform for administration, design, and various wind tunnel tests. Various experimental platforms such as wind tunnels can be slowed down, and the wind tunnel blowing experiments of the model can be temporarily borrowed from McDonnell Douglas wind tunnel test benches. He had already negotiated with McTanghai.
As for the construction of the aircraft factory and the test site and the test platform of the aero engine, it can only be done later, but Ling Shizhe has already chosen a good place, just in the northeast of Hong Kong, close to the China-Hong Kong checkpoint, fortunately it is now the early seventies, Hong Kong except for the Central area, the rest of the place is all poor and backward rural areas, the price of land is cheaper than the price of cabbage, as long as you have enough money to acquire land is very convenient, Ling Shizhe is not so stingy as the Hong Kong real estate businessmen of later generations, The money was generous and the new housing project was arranged, so the local people sold their land to Ling Shizhe very happily and moved to a wealthy place to buy a house and live.
These things have already been arranged, and Ling Shizhe can't personally experience it if someone goes to do it, but he doesn't dare to relax now, an aircraft company has set up a comics department to make comics, which is a very ridiculous thing in itself, no matter how he says it, he should hand it over to a film and television company like DreamWorks to do, but the aircraft company needs to use a lot of money now, and it will take several years for avionics to be launched on the market for profit. So it was natural to assign the comics department to the China Aircraft Industry Corporation, and use the profits from the comics to give blood to the aircraft company, and wait until the aircraft company can make its own blood to support itself, and then assign the comics department to DreamWorks.
Today, Ling Shizhe was discussing with Alison what the next step of the aircraft company should be, Allison said: "Boss, the aircraft company costs too much, it is far from enough to rely on the blood transfusion of the parent company, they must achieve hematopoiesis by themselves, otherwise the parent company will not be able to hold on, although "Top Gun" has made a lot of money, but this money is far from enough, and we must find new profit points." ”
"Do you have any good projects?"
Alison took out a stack of materials and handed it to Ling Shizhe and said: "This is a report submitted by Kuyo Oshima, he suggested that "Top Gun" be made into an animated film and shown on the TV station, and at the same time, he suggested that preparations for the filming of the film should be done in the early stage. If successful, the Top Gun comic could generate $800 million a year in sales revenue for flying machines. ”
Sales revenue is not equal to profits, some sales figures look very high, but profits are pitifully low, but the animation industry is a typical low investment and high return industry, as long as the success of the comic is a hen that lays golden eggs, its profits are very rich, annual sales of 1 billion US dollars, net profit can reach almost 300 million, with this money, the aircraft company will not worry about no money to spend in the next few years.
Ling Shizhe nodded and agreed to this plan, and "Strong Man Lingyun" animation is the next investment plan of the aircraft company.
But Alison did more than that, and then said with the first question: "Boss, the matter of the aircraft company is over for the time being, but don't forget that there is also the aero engine, which is also a very money-burning project, "Top Gun" is already very difficult to support the aircraft company, not to mention the engine, boss, we must find a project to support the engine as soon as possible." ”
"Do you have any great ideas?"
Alison shook her head with a wry smile and said, "Boss, I don't have any idea at all, unless I find another one like "Strong Man Lingyun". ”
A project like Top Gun? Ling Shizhe frowned, where is it easy to find such a project, the reason why the comic "Top Gun" can be so successful is related to the fact that he is the world's first team combination comic, in the same type of comic, but it has not achieved the previous effect, but in the later stage, some derivative comics of the same type can be launched, but it is definitely not possible to achieve the effect of "Top Gun".
And what about other famous Japanese comics? No, the Japanese style is too strong, it's okay to sell in Japan and Southeast Asia, don't think about Europe and the United States, and Ling Shizhe can't think of any good way for a while.
Just when Ling Shizhe was distressed, he suddenly saw a car model on the table, this model was the 2014 classic Aston Martin sports car model drawn by Ambrera Seiko Department according to Ling Shizhe, looking at this model Ling Shizhe's eyes lit up, and then patted his thigh and said: "I'm so stupid, how can I forget him." ”
Seeing Ling Shizhe filming himself, Allison's eyes lit up and asked, "Boss, have you found a project like Top Gun?" ”
"Yes Alison, I think I've found it, you go get some paper and a pen."