Chapter 18: Solicitation Arrangements
"Miyazaki-san, to be precise, my company "Insect Production Co., Ltd." needs your help? My teacher was Osamu Tezuka. Kamaike Teiichi and Izuku said that he was not worried that Miyazaki would backtrack.
"Since I have promised you, I will pass, but 10 years ago I witnessed the rise and fall of Insect Production Co., Ltd., and I no longer have any hope for such a company, because I can't realize my ideals, and it is purely your talent that has moved me. I need your comic book breakout. Miyazaki looked at the manga on the table and pondered.
Although the truth was as he expected, seeing Miyazaki's appearance, Kamaike Teruichi felt that it would be better to tell him some of the plans first.
"Miyazaki-san, this is not the same as in the past, and the teacher is reforming the company, or to be precise, preparing to revolutionize the manga market. Now that the comics have degenerated, the teacher needs to raise a banner again. ”
"What, is it...."Miyazaki sat up excitedly, his love for manga has been out of control since he was a child, and he has been following in the footsteps of Osamu Tezuka for the past few decades, but gradually he found that this was wrong, and the idols he worshipped seemed to have brought manga to a point where they could never recover, and manga artists became a noble but cheap identity.
Having tasted the bitterness of the market, he wanted to jump out of the circle of the past and find a new direction, but everything around him seemed to stop him. It wasn't until he heard the so-called "innovation" just now that he felt the breath of not being simple.
"Does Miyazaki-san know that I drew Naruto?"
Hayao Miyazaki was instantly pulled back to reality and looked at Kamaike Keiichi in surprise.
"Naruto is just a stepping stone, if you don't mind, can Miyazaki-san go back to the company with me, I want you to see the project of "New Era". ”
"Expand the role of IP, promote and sell around? Invest in serialized comics at a low cost and produce movies at a high cost? Hayao Miyazaki looked at the thick business plan carefully, and his face was solemn.
"Miyazaki-san, it's really been a long time since I've seen you." Osamu Tezuka opened the door and walked in, smiling and greeting Miyazaki.
Tezuka-senpai smiled." Miyazaki was suddenly a little awe-struck.
"The teacher has been helping you connect with Toei, hoping to get you the investment to change "Love", but Toei didn't give face." Pu Chihui said.
Seeing Miyazaki cast a grateful look, Kamoike took out the proposal book from the "Dream Island" studio from the drawer.
"The most important part of the innovation plan is the production of the film, and I need Miyazaki-san to be the head and director of the 'Dream Island' studio. Miyazaki-san, I believe in your strength, the club will not interfere in any part of the filmmaking, the flow of money will be solved by society, as long as you can direct a masterpiece, we will fully support you. ”
Hayao Miyazaki looked at the contract and plan on the table, and couldn't see through the young man in front of him, but he could feel the change in the production of worms, as if everyone was waiting for him, and other projects were in full swing.
I don't know if it was "Your Name" that moved him, or if the current predicament was difficult to solve, he chose to believe in the former idol and the unfathomable young man in front of him.
The contract was signed, and everything seemed to be in order, but it always felt like something was missing. Ka Chi Teiichi knocked his head, and there was one person he had forgotten, Miyazaki was a treasure chest, but there was only one key missing.
Leaving idols and fans to exchange experiences in the office, Kamachi Keiichi began to be busy with work again.
Regarding the issue of funds, whether it is export sales or serialized comic income, Pu Chi Huiyi knows very well that far water is not good to solve the thirst of the near. He can only add a layer of insurance on top of that.
Since the 70s, the cross-border cooperation model of multi-party funding, risk sharing, and benefit sharing has been gradually established in the RB animation industry, and this model has also followed the name of the film industry [Production Committee] model. But there is a big drawback to this model, and that is monopoly.
Kamachi Keiichi needs to add another corner between the [production committee] and the film production, cross-border cooperation, through cooperation with surrounding production factories and media publicity, but he also knows that there is still a problem that must be solved in this [production committee] iron triangle model.
The company must firmly hold the copyright of the comic IP in its hands, and Bug Production does not need to worry about copyright affairs because of its cooperation with Disney in the United States for many years.
What is really needed at the moment is to find companies outside the industry to join the [production committee], and the name of Toshio Suzuki comes to mind of Kamaike Teiichi, the man who started the "Miyazaki era" should still be the publisher Tokuma Shoten, and he knows very well that this person's accumulated contacts and experience are enough to support the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the "Yumenoshima" studio.
It was easy to meet Toshio Suzuki, but Kamoike soon discovered that this man was an extraordinary man of words, and it was no wonder that he later became world-famous with the arrogant Miyazaki.
Toshio Suzuki, who didn't know much about the studio at first, didn't say anything, but after reading Hayao Miyazaki's manga and "Your Name", Toshio Suzuki agreed to join the "Dream Island" studio without hesitation, like an avid fan.
In this dreamlike era, perhaps some people are born with affection.
Kamaike Teru, who had been busy for a few days, looked at the night in Tokyo, and the urge to go home became stronger, but the moment he opened the door, a sense of loneliness came to his heart again, looking at the "good night" on the black notebook, but he couldn't really say good night to it.
Such days are always repeated, working, eating, reading books every day, and hiding feelings in "good night".
Perhaps there is a lot of expectation for the future, and from the moment the "Dream Island" studio was established, even if he didn't know what the future would be, Kamachi Keiichi would continue to do it.
If a person stays in the room, he more or less remembers the past in his past life, but when he is working, he feels that he has completely integrated into this era, and the daily coffee, newspapers and project progress allow him not to be "silent".
But the time to be fulfilled is limited, and four months have passed, Sachiko has not returned, only a few occasional phone calls, as if everything is a little stagnant, and after a few days Christmas begins, the company will take a month of annual leave.
Looking back on the past four months, they have all been spent in a busy way, and "Naruto" has lived up to expectations and become even more popular, and the president of the weekly JUMP asked to meet the author himself, that is, Kamaike Keiichi. The media has also been hype.,Of course, this is also the handwriting of Mr. Tezuka.,The mystery has brought a huge publicity effect.,The outside world has been guessing where the student of this god of comics is sacred.,It's such a masterpiece as soon as it comes out.。
Of course, there are also some people with bad intentions, and many parties inquire about the copyright issues of "Naruto", and many publishing houses even want to cut it off. Maybe it's because Weekly JUMP is so powerful, and soon the voices disappear.
The film production of the "Dream Island" studio is very smooth, whether it is the timeline or the logical line of "Your Name", it is not something that ordinary people can do under the premise of two protagonists, and considering the plot of the "world line" in the film design, the producer must plan the logic and technique of the story before the storyboard. The production progress is very slow, and even a genius like Hayao Miyazaki needs to be carefully considered. It's only a quarter of the way through 4 months, not to mention the follow-up dubbing editing. When the annual leave arrives, the company employees can finally put down their work for a while.
Considering that Kamachi Teruichi might be alone, Osamu Tezuka also specially invited him to his house to rest. After the euphemistic refusal, Kamachi Teiichi was also thinking about how to spend this winter, and it seemed that the mood was not so important to him.