"From the age of 30 to now, I have spent almost seven or eight years in this industry, and some things can be regarded as clear and figured out so far. To be honest, I don't think my persistence is meaningful, so I'm not going to continue to spend it......"

When people reach middle age, almost every man has his own story, but if you really want to summarize these stories, they are so similar and full of a sense of déjà vu.

For example, Zhang Xian in front of him, he explained his current situation in a very realistic tone: it's not that his company can't hold on, in fact, his company has no problem maintaining the status quo at all, but the problem is that he can't see any improvement in this career. Insisting on five years is like this, and ten or twenty years is estimated to be the way it is now, since this is the case, then maybe it is a correct choice to withdraw.

When the company was first established, there were five people who co-funded it, and these people didn't have any big plans, but they just wanted to make their own animations one day...... This goal seemed realistic at the time, but the reality was not so rosy.

The development of the company and even the entire industry could not keep up with their plans, so before realizing the common idea, Zhang Xian waited for the partners to withdraw one after another, and he was the one who insisted on it for the longest time, but this "longest" also came to an end.

"Mr. Zhang, didn't you think that the situation of this industry would change for the better in the future?" Miyadai asked. If it was only for the purpose of the acquisition, he obviously did not need to say such things.

A peer who can hold on for such a long time, he hopes that the other party will not make the kind of decision that he may regret in the future...... However, from the perspective of putting yourself in the shoes of others, there is nothing to be ashamed of being repelled by reality, and Gong Daisheng can be regarded as empathetic, after all, he was scurrying around everywhere with "a hammer in the east and a stick in the west" - the only difference is that he was not forced to run around, but took the initiative to jump.

"Will the situation improve...... I had this idea when I was 'Baolian Lantern', but now it looks more like the 'last ditch' of the entire industry. Just from the perspective of survival and working status, I agree with Mr. Gong's judgment that the industry should be better, after all, the number of episodes or duration of RB animation every year is increasing, and this increasing trend has become more and more obvious since last year, and it is not difficult for us to receive some downstream work, but ......"

"Let's put it this way, even in the worst of times, in the least developed industries, there are also the best opportunities; There may be many opportunities in the future, but the two situations are not very different to me...... Those opportunities are not something I can grasp. Zhang Xian seemed to say something, but he stopped again.

Gong Daiyu nodded, he understood the other party's words, some things are really difficult in China...... Of course, different situations dictate different dilemmas, and this is the same everywhere.

Think about Miyadai playing himself...... Basically, he is taking a path of "export to domestic sales".

"At present, most of the work we undertake is animation and coloring, the technical level and infrastructure are relatively simple, and there are more than 40 employees, most of whom are young people." Perhaps feeling that he had said a lot of meaningless things, Zhang first turned the topic to something more substantial.

And after these words enter the ears of Gong Daiyu, they will be naturally filtered, "most of them do animation and coloring links", and it is enough to understand "mostly" as all; "Mostly young people" is even simpler, because the situation in this industry seems to be able to only retain young people with enthusiasm, and once their persistence is exhausted, it is time to leave the industry.

Words such as interest and ideal will always be hindered by reality, especially in island countries where the industry is particularly developed, and the same is true in China.

"Can any of your 'young people' draw original paintings?" Miyadai interrupted.

"Draw the original picture...... To what extent? Zhang Xian was stunned, he didn't understand what the requirements for painting the original painting in Gong Dai's mouth were. There is no strict dividing line between animators and concept artists, and anyone who can animate can draw the original art, the difference is only what it looks like.

"You don't need to be of a high level, you just need to be able to draw and be willing to learn by heart." Miyadai replied that this criterion cannot be said to be high or low, because his statement itself is too subjective and somewhat ambiguous.

There is no shortage of super good people who have paintings in China, but due to the current situation of the industry, most of these precious talents have been lost...... Even if such a person can be found, he may not be able to look down on a company like Mad Poihat, so Miyadai still needs to pick seedlings from young people.

He was going to recruit some original paintings in the country and then delegate to work on Mad Poihat...... Don't discuss what "training", as long as you have the opportunity to paint and paint a lot, Gong Daiju is sure that some people can become talents.

And Mad Poihat clearly has no shortage of opportunities to paint original paintings. Although this opportunity to learn and practice will lead to a Japanese style of painting, it is certain that "something is born out of nothing...... Like the ink animation with the most Chinese painting characteristics, the production level requirements and production cost burden, Gong Daiju feels that he really can't play it.

In this era, if you can bring out an animation like "Little Tadpole Looking for Mother", it is simply a sword that catches whoever is second - of course, this kind of "second kill" refers to the technical level.

Technical achievements and commercial achievements have never been necessarily related, and in an industry like animation, one of the supporting elements is business-oriented and technology-supplemented.

"Young people who are willing to learn, as long as they look for it, they will definitely find it, but they ...... Is Mad Poihat going to gain a foothold in the country? Zhang Xian tried to judge Gong Dai's intentions, he thought that this acquisition was to improve the production structure of that animation company, but it seems that Mr. Gong's attitude is more than that?

"It's not Mad Poihat who wants to gain a foothold in the country, it's that I'm going to try to gain a foothold in the country...... But that's not something to start right now. Although Mad Poihat is also under his control, the two are not the same thing.

"So this acquisition is actually out of my personal will, if this matter can be determined, then the relationship between the two companies in the future is also the word cooperation."

"Although there is still a distinction between the upstream and downstream of the work that the two are responsible for for a considerable period of time, this does not mean that they are subordinate."

“……”

These words made Zhang Xian's understanding of Gong Daiju change a little, and now he felt that this young man really wanted to do something big.

In between conversations, the two arrived at their destination.