Not surprisingly, Sun Peng's trip to the publishing house on Tuesday was inconclusive.

Sun Peng's classic story brought from the earth, coupled with the hard work of two professional picture book writers, Yu Ruonan and Chen Ruoyi, "The Lion, the Witch and the Magic Wardrobe" was quickly recognized by the editor-in-chief of the publishing house, and stated to Sun Peng that he would propose a topic at the final meeting of the society on Friday, and then publish this set of picture books as soon as possible.

Of course, the premise of all this is that the two sides agree on the royalties and the number of first printings.

Sun Peng didn't really care about the first printing number, he didn't plan to make quick money with this book, so he was quite satisfied with the figure of 10,000 sets. But he couldn't easily agree to the royalty ratio, so even if the publisher raised the royalty to the highest ten points for new authors, he still shook his head and refused to agree.

After spending half an hour at the publishing house, Sun Peng returned in vain.

Of course, he knows that the highest ten points of the newcomer are nonsense, and he is also a somewhat famous author, and the publishing house will definitely give in if he spends a little more. It's just that the publishing house has comprehensive channels and is also well-known in the field of children's books, so it is somewhat grasping, not only when talking about it, it is frequently emphasized that Sun Peng's fame is not suitable for picture books, and even wants to win it together with the adaptation rights of picture books - Sunflower Publishing House also belongs to a large media group.

Of course, Sun Peng scoffed at their thoughts.

In fact, if other terms are appropriate, the ten-point royalty Sun Peng is not unacceptable, after all, the customer group of picture books is mothers raising children, and buying books pays more attention to fame and recommendation, and the promotion is much more difficult than it must be, and it must be much smoother to have the help of professional publishers. But Sunflower wants copyright aside, and even requires a minimum contract period of 15 years, which is unacceptable.

So leave the rest to the professional puppeteers.

After making a phone call to his second sister who went to work in a law firm, Sun Peng put aside the negotiation and began his career of looking at houses everywhere. Although a lot of the work is planned to be outsourced to Chen Sihai's studio, after all, the core work is still to be done by his own animation company, so a comfortable and spacious office space is essential, and Sun Peng does not want to save money in this regard.

It's also a cultural and creative industry, how can I do it if I'm uncomfortable at work?

Two days later, Hou Qingqing, who had already resigned, simply stopped working for the last three days and directly joined the ranks of the house viewing group. The two looked at seven houses in three days, and finally after comprehensively weighing the rent, transportation, decoration, surrounding facilities and other conditions, they took a fancy to an office building between the Animation Academy and Sun Peng's house - of course, it was only half of the floor.

600 square meters, it will definitely be enough in a short time!

In order to let the senior sister see that she was really not a whim, Sun Peng ruthlessly rented this expensive office, and signed the contract on the same day......

"Senior sister, all that's left is to buy office furniture and various equipment as soon as possible."

After getting the rental contract that had not yet dried out, Sun Peng smiled and said to Hou Qingqing: "I don't know much about this, so I'll trouble you...... Don't save money, we buy the equipment according to the good, the office furniture is also as complete as possible, what water dispensers, coffee machines are all on the ground, to make people feel more comfortable when they come to see, and they want to work here immediately! ”

"Don't worry, as long as you're willing to spend money!"

Hou Qingqing was also a little excited at this time, and walked around the half-story building he had just rented excitedly, secretly thinking about how to arrange these two large, four, small and six rooms, and how much furniture and equipment he needed to buy......

"Senior sister, don't look at the house yet."

After patiently waiting for Hou Qingqing to turn around a few times, seeing that she still didn't seem to have the intention of stopping, Sun Peng finally couldn't help it: "You just bought all the furniture and equipment tomorrow and sent it over, don't we have anyone to use it or just watch it there?" For today's plan, the most important thing is to recruit people quickly! If there is no one, you are a bare-bones commander, and it is not interesting to turn the sky! ”

"Huh? Yes, yes, yes! ”

Rubbing his hands, Hou Qingqing's eyes lit up and said: "Senior brother, don't worry, I have also been a teacher in the Animation Academy for a few years, and I have been following Teacher Chen, and I know many high-level but unsatisfactory junior brothers, I will start calling one by one tomorrow...... As long as the conditions we give are good enough, even if you mix well, I am fifty percent sure that you will dig it up! ”

In the animation industry, it's either to seek cash or development.

Qian Sunpeng must be in short supply, and the master who is willing to spend tens of millions of dollars to do animation will definitely not be reluctant to give outstanding talents a high salary. As for development...... We're going to spend tens of millions of dollars to make innovative martial arts animations.,First of all, whether you've seen it or not, whether you like martial arts or not, you always have to admit this courage, right?

"Hmm...... No, go back and introduce them to see the boss first! ”

As she spoke, a thought began to turn in Hou Qingqing's mind, she chose the same routine as when Zheng Shun persuaded the forensic doctor and forensic officer.

Once you get hooked on martial arts, the rest is easy.

Sun Peng naturally strongly supported Hou Qingqing's idea, and nodded again and again: "No problem, as long as people are willing to come, the salary will be high, and you can grasp a degree yourself!" I'm also looking for a headhunter here and asking them to help me......"

Even if he didn't understand management, Sun Peng knew that it was not appropriate for everyone to let Hou Qingqing dig up.

After chatting a few words about the company's short-term work structure and the talent allocation to be tapped, Hou Qingqing suddenly remembered something and hurriedly asked: "By the way, junior brother, you haven't said what the name of our company is, hurry up and set one for me to tell others!" ”

"Hey, it's called DreamWorks!"

Remembering that day, I asked Sun Ya to help register the company, and when the second sister asked the same question, she answered casually in a hurry, and Sun Peng smiled a little embarrassed.

…… What a cliché name!

However, seeing Hou Qingqing's satisfied face with the company's name, Sun Peng was immediately relieved.

What's wrong with clichés?

If someone else uses it, I can't use it?

A little arrogantly left the office he had just rented, Sun Peng first called his second sister to ask about the progress of the company's registration, and then dialed Xia Weiqing's mobile phone number: "Brother Xia, how is your work arrangement over there?" If it's okay, come to my house tomorrow, let's start as soon as possible......"

……

Just when Sun Peng went home directly and made some preparations for Lao Xia to come over tomorrow, Hou Qingqing, who left together, did not go back immediately, but made a call to Senior Brother Li Han, who was familiar with him.

A little more than an hour later, the two met at a restaurant.

Although he always felt as if he had robbed his senior brother of his thoughts, and he was a little embarrassed, Hou Qingqing, who was relatively straight, did not twist after all, and directly talked about his communication with Sun Peng these days and his own decision, and then said with a little embarrassment: "Senior brother, this is a dream opportunity for me, so I agreed without consulting you...... But after all, I used to do more teaching and experimental animation, and the experience of commercial animation is a little lacking, so if you want, you can join in and do the martial arts animation you have always wanted to do! ”

“……”

did not respond to Hou Qingqing's invitation immediately, because Li Han's head was still confused at this time.

He didn't expect this result!

In the previous debate about whether it was an adaptation or an original martial arts animation, in fact, Li Han did not consider Sun Peng's insistence, but in the end he did not make up his mind. Because as a fairly successful commercial animation director, he knows very well that in the current environment, the adaptation of Condor or Xiaoao into animation may still be successful, after all, there is a considerable fan base, and it is still very promising to operate, but an original martial arts animation wants to attract the attention of the audience?

Where is it so easy!

Even if he likes Sun Peng's martial arts, Li Han is not willing to take this risk.

Martial arts animation is a genre that has never existed before, and the risk is already great, but that kid insists on doing something original...... Li Han felt from his heart that the other party was messing around! So after the last debate, Li Han's mind about doing martial arts animation gradually faded - he really didn't believe that Sun Peng dared to invest in it in the end!

Tens of millions, big brother!

That's all that kid earns from writing, right? How dare he smash it all in? How big does it have to be to dare to do such a thing?

So Li Han originally said that he was going to pull investment or something, and naturally there was no movement.

Compared with Hou Qingqing, who has no worries, Li Han, who is already quite famous in the industry, is too afraid of failure and cannot afford to fail. He didn't believe that Sun Peng really dared to invest all by himself, so he always thought about the consequences of if he pulled in the investment himself and then failed in business.

Not to mention what the investors who lost money will think, Li Han himself will also be labeled as a failure, and I am afraid that others will have to weigh it when they want to ask him to be a director in the future......

But even so, it's not going to be this result?!

The guy ......

I really want to throw money at it!

And it's tens of millions in one smash, whether it's the whole animation or the investment in a single episode, it's higher than all the animations directed by Li Han before!

How can he accept this?

At the thought that Hou Qingqing, a guy who only knew how to teach and do experimental animation, was invited to take charge of such a large investment project, while his own initiator was thrown aside, Li Han experienced the initial shock, and a feeling of loss gradually came to his heart......

Without thinking about his attitude towards this matter at all, Li Han only had one thought left in his mind at this time.

Why?!

It was me who proposed to do martial arts animation at the beginning, and it was also me who persuaded Sun Peng to be the author, why are you, a guy who has never rolled in the field of commercial animation?

And that Sun Peng, why do you dare to invest so much money to make an animation with an uncertain future?

And, still believe in a business rookie?

After the emotions of shock and loss flowed through, he clenched his fists under the table hard, and a feeling called anger burst out, rushing straight to Li Han's brain......