According to Xiao Guo, the reason why the project was initially named "Little Carp Jumping over the Dragon Gate" was mainly to highlight the allusion of "Carp Jumping over the Dragon Gate".

The title of the film is a point!

This is a naming method that many film and television dramas and animation works will use, and it is not uncommon in the industry.

But Gu Miao felt that it was inappropriate.

This is inappropriate, on the one hand, because of the deep impression left on him by the original "The Adventures of Little Carp", and on the other hand, because this name is suspected of "spoilers".

Yes, spoilers......

The little carp jumped over the dragon gate, pondering these six words carefully, and there was always a feeling of writing the answer on his face, and there was no sense of expectation.

It would be better to use "Adventures" as the title, of course! You don't have to have this name, you can also change it, such as "Little Carp Adventure", "Bubble Adventure" and so on.

In a word.

"The Carp Leaping the Dragon Gate", as the core of the story and the inspiration for the entire animation, is not appropriate to appear in the title.

Guo Hongwei took the suggestion.

Perhaps in his opinion, it doesn't matter what the name of the animation is, what matters is whether the project can be approved by the master and approved by the company.

As long as it can be approved, let alone changing the name to Little Carp Adventures, even if it is renamed [A Thousand Ways to Eat Little Carp], he has no opinion.

But Gu Miao said so much, but he never gave a clear attitude about whether he approved the production of this animation.

This made Guo Hongwei very anxious.

No matter how nice the words are, it's nonsense not to approve the budget, and the plan has been read, and the faults that should be picked out have been picked out, so will it succeed or not?

"Listen to me first."

Seeing that the apprentice was a little anxious, Gu Miao pondered for a moment and replied: "Your idea is very good, I may have nodded and approved it in normal times, but ......"

I knew it!

Guo Hongwei didn't listen to the previous words at all, he just wanted to know but what?

"But the company's funds have been a little tight lately, and they can't squeeze out enough budget for you." Gu Miao spread her hands, her expression a little helpless.

There is really no money!

A project like "The Adventures of Little Carp" can definitely be approved in normal times, as long as Guo Hongwei dares to apply, the budget will be approved with his eyes closed, and he will not hesitate at all.

But now the situation is somewhat peculiar.

The group has just allocated a large amount of funds for the development of Beep Reading, that is, the online text business, and there is not much of the available budget left on the books.

It's not a small amount.

Judging from the planning of "The Adventures of Little Carp", if you want to produce the desired effect, tens of millions will definitely be spent, if it is only a few million, then Gu Miao will not hesitate.

"Okay, then I'll wait."

Guo Hongwei was a little disappointed when he heard this, but he also understood that Wanbao's recent large expenses were indeed a bit much, and it was normal for finances to be tight.

"The main reason is that the timing is very embarrassing, and a lot of money has not been recovered, including the box office share of the movie "The Lion King" and the derivative copyright income......"

When Gu Miao said this, she also felt very irritable in her heart.

Pinch the numbness!

How long has the movie been out? Box office spoils...... Can't you hurry up with your account? It's really unpleasant.

After all, the movie "The Lion King" was released simultaneously in many overseas countries, and the box office statistics and accounting, including tax payment registration, foreign exchange circulation and other processes are indeed troublesome.

It's useless to rush.

The work efficiency of foreigners can only be understood by those who understand, and the construction of a station can toss the goods for several years, and it will be thankful to see this money next year.

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In addition to the box office and derivative copyright income of the movie "The Lion King", which have not been received for a long time, in fact, Wanbao still has a number of foreign debts that have not been recovered.

Who owes Wanbao money?

Naturally, it is the partners who come to Wanbao, sign an IP licensing agreement, and print the image of Wanbao animation characters on their own products, hoping to make a profit.

Taking a certain orange juice drink as an example, it was agreed at the beginning that it would be linked to the animation of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" to produce about 5 million bottles of orange juice with the images of animation characters such as Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf, and sell them in mainland China.

The license fee is very cheap~

Converted, it looks like 1 yuan for 1 bottle of orange juice, which is a total of 5 million copyright fees.

But the orange juice was produced and began to be sold in major shopping malls and commissaries, but the orange juice company, as a producer, owed Wanbao the copyright fee and was reluctant to give it.

Hooliganism, huh?

It stands to reason that Wanbao's legal department is not a vegetarian, and it is a piece of cake for Jiangchuan Pizza Hut to deal with such a low-level old man.

But if you can't stand the "procrastination trick" of others, they will drag on your time, and they would rather spend the money on the lawyer than return it to you.

Disgusting!

Originally, it was expected that the payment would be returned in 2-3 months, but it turned out to be a lawsuit and go through the process, and it took more than half a year, or even a whole year, to return the money.

In this process, countless manpower and material resources were wasted, even if he won in the end and got the money, Gu Miao still felt extremely disgusted.

Eat a trench, grow a wisdom!

Gu Miao is not a stupid person, after being like this a few times, he also has a long memory.

Since then, he has changed the rules. Any enterprise that wants to cooperate with Wanbao, engage in IP linkage, and purchase authorization will adopt the model of "paying money first and then authorizing".

What? Overlord clause?

If you're not happy, don't come to Wanbao Linkage, even Wanbao is so domineering, you have the ability to do IP and anime by yourself!

Don't really say it......

Wanbao's IP operation model of "paying money first and then authorizing" seems to be arrogant and unreasonable, but it does solve the problem of being authorized by the old prostitute and not being able to collect the money for a long time.

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Partners are also buying it.

The main thing is that you can't buy it, except for Wanbao, you can't find a second one in China, with "Digimon", "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf", "Pokémon", "Yu-Gi-Oh", "Sailor Moon" and other super popular IP animation companies.

This is also an alternative monopoly.

Although the change of IP operation strategy has barely solved part of the problem, Wanbao's investment in the online text market is too large, and this trick alone cannot alleviate the "financial crisis".

If you want to make a quick buck for the company as soon as possible, you still have to rely on animation works, especially TV animations that are easy to do with "peripheral derivatives".

For example, "The Adventures of Lolo"!

As Gu Miao's personal director, another masterpiece after "The Prince of Tennis", "The Adventures of Uncle Long" and "Bear Infested", there is no need to worry about the ratings.

Gu Miao's gold-lettered signboard may not be so easy to use abroad, and foreign children don't know him as a person.

But in China, especially for children under the age of 16, the name Gu Miao represents "boutique" and "hot style"!

The ratings are definitely hot.

Under such a premise, how to do a good job in the peripheral derivatives of "The Adventures of Luoluo" and create higher returns for the company has become Gu Miao's biggest headache.