It's April.

The temperature began to rise, and Gu Xue finally didn't need to wear that thick scarf when she went out, although her sister Gu Rou was quite worried and told her to pay attention to keeping warm, but Gu Xue surrounded her a few times, and she really felt that it was no longer necessary.

After a winter.

Gu Xue's cold resistance has become very high.

Now she only goes out with two pieces, and basically dares to go out wearing a sweater or coat.

And it feels good.

Take the tram to the studio.

Most of the people had already gone to work, Gu Xue said hello to the people she met, and then walked into her office and drew a thank you picture.

Although deceitful ...... No, let Sato Eri share some of the drawing work of the thank you picture, but at present, the number of crowdfunding is still increasing, and there are still many days left before the month, and Gu Xue is far from enough.

The other is the incoming shipment.

She also dismantled it during this time.

Most of the works sent by people are actually fine, even if they are not bad.

Among them, there was an express mail that surprised Gu Xue the most.

I sent four of the usual large notebooks, four of them, all full of drawings.

From the beginning of the child's graffiti, to the final look, the four notebooks clearly record the unknown friend's growth process.

It's full of the smell of hard work and struggle.

This is also the first person selected by Gu Xue.

As for the rest, she plans to see it later.

Because Chisa Mihara came to knock on the door and informed her that the person in charge of the anime peripheral manufacturer who wanted to invest in animation production was waiting for her in the conference room.

Gu Xue had to deal with the urgent matter first.

Follow Miss Mihara to the door of the conference room.

Gu Xue was about to open the door and go in, but was stopped by Miss Mihara.

Mihara Qiansha helped Gu Xue tidy up the collar of her sweater, and then pushed open the door and walked in first.

Gu Xue followed.

in the conference room.

The man who was waiting was a man, who did not look very old, probably in his early thirties, and before anyone came in, he was a little restrained, his hands on his knees, and his waist straight.

After seeing Gu Xue come in, his eyes lit up, and he immediately stood up and bowed deeply to Gu Xue.

"Hello!" The glottis is very loud.

“…… Hello, sorry to keep you waiting. ”

Gu Xue shrank her shoulders in fright, but she quickly calmed down, she bent down slightly, politely returned the salute, and then pulled out the chair and sat down.

After she sat down, the man opposite slowly sat down.

Very humble.

It's even a bit too humble, as an investor in an animation project.

"Here's my business card." After Gu Xue sat down, the man remembered something, suddenly lifted the placket of the suit, reached out and took out the inner pocket of the suit, took out a business card, and handed it to Gu Xue in a restrained manner.

Gu Xue took it with both hands and said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, the studio has just been established, I don't have these things, let's get down to business, um......"

Gu Xue glanced down at the business card and continued.

"Mr. Ryo Osawa of the small company."

"Okay."

Ryo Osawa, who was sitting opposite Gu Xue, heard that he was going to get down to business, and his expression immediately straightened, and said: "I heard that your studio has opened crowdfunding for the theatrical version of animation, and the amount is close to 800,000 US dollars, I am here to congratulate you first, and then it is the problem of animation production, I will say it directly, we want to participate in the production, and we will carefully calculate the specific production budget, and the investment ratio will be about 40%, and what we want is the permanent right to use the image copyright around "Little Witch Academy".

Gu Xue didn't react much, just nodded, and then asked expressionlessly, "Is it a hammer deal?" ”

Ryōmichi Osawa: "Of course it's not exclusive...... You can also license it to other manufacturers later, but you need to inform us verbally, and we won't get a card for general authorization, but in the field of figure peripherals, you need to get our consent to authorize. ”

“…… That's pretty much it. ”

Gu Xue pursed her lips and said softly.

To be honest, if you make an animation, as long as it is not an original animation and the copyright is not in the animation company, the income will not be very high, because originality can make money by intellectual property licensing for a long time. As for BD and the like, no matter how good it is, most of the revenue is also responsible for the production of discs, and the publisher's, and the animation producer does not have much income at all.

Unless the animation production company can become the investor with the highest investment ratio, the income will be considerable.

But this is quite difficult, let alone original, which is actually the same as the gambler's stud, full of uncertainty.

And Gu Xue worked hard to get the copyright from her old club, set up a studio with great difficulty, and now she has to make a theatrical version of the animation with great difficulty, if the other party asks for all the surrounding image copyrights, she will definitely not agree.

Because several investors who came to negotiate before put forward such a request.

Misawa asked Gu Xue, and Gu Xue directly asked him to refuse, if so, she would rather fund it herself.

Doujin, coasters, keychains, postcards, and more...... These can be charged royalties, is it good!

I finally got the copyright, and I confirmed my popularity by overseas broadcasting, and I got a wave of wool from the audience.

The above is Gu Xue's true thoughts.

"What exclusivity, our company doesn't have such big ambitions."

Osawa Liang on the other side seemed to see Gu Xue's thoughts, and said with a wry smile: "We respect you animators, the founder of our company is actually an animation enthusiast, and the reason why our company makes such a request is just to avoid competition, after all, there is such a thing as a figure, the market is not small, but it is not very big...... The competition is quite fierce. ”

What he said is true, the current situation here is similar to that of the earth, there are the so-called figurines of the royal three, and the three large companies in this field occupy a large part of the market. A small factory like small may have to go to the agency of the three major factories, and it is understandable that it is understandable to strive for exclusivity in the field of figures to enhance its competitiveness.

"Then we have a chance to work together." Gu Xue smiled softly, "But...... Ask a question more, you small company, to be honest, we have investigated, it seems that the quality of the goods is not ideal, and there are some problems with revenue, you still have to participate in the investment in animation production at this time......"

Ryo Osawa smiled awkwardly: "We already have a new prototype master, and the craftsmanship has also improved...... As for the money invested, you don't need to worry, we can still afford it. And the reason why we invested in "Little Witch Academy" is because we have taken a fancy to the potential overseas market of "Little Witch Academy...... Many manufacturers have actually seen this aspect, and many manufacturers should have negotiated with you during this time, right? ”

Gu Xue hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Well, but the conditions are quite harsh." ”

"Of course, because everyone wants to make money, and you're a new studio with no relevant experience, and most of the production funding comes from crowdfunding......"

Osawa smiled, paused for a moment, and then said: "But we are small, please rest assured, I'll confess to you, our investment this time is not with the goal of making money at all." We mainly want to prove ourselves, after all, as you said, the quality of our previous products is indeed a little less than ideal, and now we want to change the minds of our customers, we need a new IP that is still hot to launch the product. ”

"If you want IP, it's too difficult to plan by yourself, and it's full of uncertainty, and other popular or predictable popular animation works, our small factories can't get involved. And your studio's "Little Witch Academy" has received a warm response in the overseas market, and the response in the domestic market is also good, and it happens that there is no big factory to intervene, which just meets our requirements. ”

When Gu Xue heard this, she was silent for a moment, and said uncertainly: "Open the market with high-quality products?" ”

"Hmm." Ryo Osawa smiled.

"Good idea."

Gu Xue also understood what they wanted to do, nodded, and continued, "But...... There are also many giants in the overseas figurine toy market, and you still think too simply, instead of thinking about this aspect, you should consider launching a new series......"

Gu Xue thought of what she had seen and heard on Earth, and subconsciously wanted to give Ryo Ozawa an idea, but halfway through speaking, she suddenly stopped talking.

It's not related to him, so there's no need to say more.

Moreover, Gu Xue looked at Ozawa Liang......

Osawa Liang, who was sitting opposite Gu Xue, found that Gu Xue's gaze was cast over, and he felt panicked inexplicably, and when he was watched, he also had an inexplicable thought, that is......

Our company seems to be gone.

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