Chapter 99: BD, DVD, and VHS
TBS agreed to the proposal.
This is the news that Ikeda relayed to him over the phone after Gu Miao left Neon and returned to his kennel.
Wuhu, take off!
Gu Miao, who was excited, jumped up and down in the office several times, but she didn't take off her clothes and ran to the street to celebrate.
Fortunately, Jiang Keke stopped him.
"My President Gu Da, let's talk about serious things, please calm down, OK?"
Rolling his eyes, Jiang Keke continued: "Is it okay to solve the problem I said first, and then open champagne to celebrate?" ”
"Yes, no problem."
Gu Miao was very obedient, and decisively put away her smile and said: "Regarding the DVD and videotape licensing issues of "Pig Man", "Sailor Moon" and "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" you said, I actually considered ......."
This part of the DVD tape.
Maybe there is some "decline" in the country, which is half a "sunset" industry, and there is no oil and water. But overseas, especially in places where neon is used in Europe and the United States, this is a piece of fragrant bun.
It's greasy!
Taking the North American market as an example, the main way to make money for many popular "American dramas" or "American comics", in addition to "peripheral derivatives", is to rely on DVD and video tape rental and sales.
The movie "Wanted in the Universe" starring Mr. Li Lianjie is believed to have been watched by many people. Its production cost is about $50 million, and the box office is about $70 million.
At first glance, I want to cry!
But in fact, the film's revenue from the rental and sale of DVDs and videotapes alone in the North American market has reached a staggering more than $66 million, and that's not counting other revenues.
It's a lot of money.
Don't ask why this is the case, ask about Europe and the United States, the number of "home video recorders" is really amazing.
The scale of the retail and rental market for audio-visual publications is also huge......
The audience over there also likes or is used to watching the latest film and television animation works through "buying" or "renting".
The neon market is actually not small.
After all, the old two-dimensional country, buying anime-derived DVDs and videotapes is almost a commonplace operation.
But in general, Lao Mei is richer, the market is larger, and the distribution system is more mature.
Authorize its animation works to a third party and engage in DVD and videotape rental and sales business, Gu Miao has no opinion.
But what format does the Lord do?
Although DVD is a well-deserved industry leader, VHS tapes have not been eliminated, and there are still many people using old "home video recorders".
And the new industry star Blu-ray, the so-called BD disc, is also the first choice for the trend.
"Mainly do DVD and BD!"
After pondering for a while, Gu Miao said slowly: "Although VHS video tapes are still rented and purchased, the market share is getting smaller and smaller. ”
No matter what point of view, DVD and BD are the preferred formats, no matter how bad they are, it is okay to have a VCD alone in Asia.
VHS tapes......
I can only say that it is all regrets!
No matter how brilliant it was before, now it has to be eliminated by the times. Gu Miao, as a staunch Blu-ray DVD fan, is still in the VHS camp, isn't that ......
03/04 Becoming an Arsenal fan after the unbeaten season is a proper big injustice!
Of course, this is a joke.
The main reason why VHS tapes are not made is that the picture quality is too bad. Live-action films and television look better, but the animation works are obvious when you look at them.
"Okay, I see."
After writing down the two keywords BD and DVD in the notebook, Jiang Keke asked again: "Are we burning and distributing it ourselves in China?" Or do you want to work with another publisher? ”
"Do it yourself."
"It's just a matter of selling a few CDs, so why bother to ask for help? With my appeal, it can be done in minutes! Gu Miao waved her hand and said.
If there is no channel abroad, forget it.
Domestic e-commerce is so developed, he still has millions of Weibo fans, as long as he yells, he is still worried that the disc will not sell?
Are you kidding?!
In order to prove the authenticity of this sentence, Gu Miao took out her mobile phone to open Weibo in front of Jiang Keke, and pointed to the number of fans as high as 6.253 million.
"See, 6.25 million fans!"
"I don't expect everyone to buy my discs, as long as half of them are willing to buy them, that's 3.125 million copies......"
Seriously?
Are you sure it's not 6 million black fans?
Looking at the triumphant Gu Miao, the corners of Jiang Keke's mouth twitched: "But I heard Vice President Ma say that your Weibo comment area is full of miasma, and you can't turn a single fan who praises you for more than a dozen pages?" ”
"This is a misunderstanding!"
Gu Miao refuted the rumors: "Do you understand the anti-black? They just love me so much that they wear the skin of black powder and try to get my attention with their words. ”
I hope so!
Shaking his head, Jiang Keke was not optimistic about Gu Miao's so-called "fan economy", let alone that his fans could drive disc sales.
But the boss said so, what else could she do before the results appeared?
Of course they obeyed him!
……
It turns out.
Gu Miao miscalculated, and paid attention to his fans, so he didn't have the idea of helping him bring goods at all.
It's not a big problem, though.
Compared with the comic "Dragon Fighter", which caused heated discussions, the magazine sold more than 200,000 copies for the first time. The sales of discs are not good, what can Mr. Gu be counted as being whipped corpse?
After entering April.
Not long after its inception, the weekly magazine "Comics World", which had only been published for less than five issues, once again added a "serialized" comic written by Nan Tong.
The name is Dragon Fighter!
The advent of this comic instantly ignited the enthusiasm of some robot/mecha fans and young boys.
Magazine sales are on the rise!
According to the news that Gu Miao learned, when the first two episodes of "Dragon Fighter" were first serialized, the magazine's sales barely exceeded 100,000 copies, ranking among the most popular children's books.
But with the continuous serialization of comics and the continuous fermentation of influence, "Dragon Fighter" has become a rising star in the comic industry this spring.
100,000 copies, 150,000 copies......
Affected by this, the originally well-known "Comic World" magazine also ushered in a round of "reprinting" craze.
Especially the seventh installment!
Gu Miao heard that this issue was going to print 200,000 copies for the first time, so as to deal with more and more readers and fans.
As a result, the quality of this issue exploded!
The 200,000 copies of the magazine were sold in less than half a day after they were placed in major bookstores and newsstands.
Nantong was stunned!
You must know that before this, the highest sales of a single issue of "Comic World" magazine were barely about 170,000. The seventh issue of the magazine sold more than 200,000 copies in half a day.
Really?
"Comic World" has been published for less than two months, and the sales of a single issue are almost catching up with "Zhonghai Boy", which has been published for nearly 25 years.
"Xiaodu, I'm Superman!"
Nantong monster shouted: "What the Pleasant Goat failed to do, what the Moon Hare also failed to do, Xiaodu did it!" Mr. Gu, you don't understand what I mean, do you? ”
Gu Miao: "......"