The Shangmei factory that Yin Jun and Miyazaki talked about is indeed not at all what it was in the previous life.

In the previous life, Shangmei Factory, by 1983, had already passed the heyday of their creation.

Because of the development of the new era, the state has focused on economic construction, so there is a certain degree of contempt for these departments and factories under culture.

Or laissez-faire.

Even the famous Bay.1 Studio gradually disappeared later, let alone an art film studio like Shangmei Factory.

In fact, even in 2020, Huaguo doesn't pay much attention to animated films.

The gray wolf was banned within a few years.

Under the powerful correction, the stinky bear has also become a "little bear bear".

But it's much luckier than the Big Wolf, at least every year on TV and in cinemas.

As for such a strange thing as "Big Head Son and Little Head Dad", if they can be regarded as cartoons and animated movies, then Yin Jun has nothing to say.

Look at Hollywood and Japan, which have directly made animated films into a huge industry, affecting the market of tens of billions, and conveying their own country's culture and values through animation, what a great cultural achievement?

This is another kind of cultural export, and it is silent, and the coverage is stronger than ordinary movies.

Because animated films are first and foremost watched by children, whether they understand it or not.

Once the impression of "this country's cartoons are well done" is erected in the children's hearts from an early age, when they grow up, do you say they have a good impression of the country's culture, or even the country?

Absolutely!

Otherwise, by the end of 2020, how could there be so many people who like the United States and speak for the Americans?

Yin Jun saw this and did his best to do more such cultural output in the field he was familiar with, so as to contribute to the rise of China in the future.

If it is accompanied by the strength of our economy and national power, and there are many people who identify with and like Chinese culture, then their hostility will be greatly reduced, and they will not be so directed against China.

Therefore, Shangmei Factory, a film factory with strong animation production capabilities, has always had a very important position in Yin Junzhong.

Otherwise, Yin Jun would not have worked hard to cooperate with them from the beginning, and actively used talent delivery and orders to make them stronger.

Unconsciously, since the beginning of the digging in March 79, Kirin Culture and Shangmei Factory have been cooperating for four and a half years.

From the initial employment of artists and animators from the Shanghai Art Factory, to the later commissioned production of cartoons, the cooperation between the two companies is getting closer and closer.

The real development of Shangmei Factory was after the start of the production of "Oolong Temple".

Kirin Culture entrusted Shangmei Factory to help produce "Oolong Courtyard", giving a price of 40,000 yuan per episode, and if you pay enough 30 episodes every six months, you will be rewarded with another 500,000 yuan.

Then the second part of "Tomb Raider" was slow to produce at the beginning, but with the continuous increase in personnel, the production process has become more and more smooth, and now it is almost guaranteed to have one episode per week.

Last year, Shangmei Factory and Science Film Studio won "The Hilarious Life of the Tropical Rainforest" together, and together with Changying Studio, they won "Little Master of China" together.

Now these two cartoons have begun to be broadcast around the world.

Although they are sold at the price of cabbage in Europe and the United States, they are still quite popular in Asia, especially in the economically developed countries of Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Therefore, the selling price of the cartoons they produced has naturally increased a lot.

Together with "Oolong Courtyard", each episode has been increased to 100,000 yuan.

No way.

First, prices in the mainland have skyrocketed in the past two years, and compared with two years ago, ordinary wages have also increased by more than 30%, and it would be too unkind if it was still maintained at 40,000 episodes.

Another reason is that now Yin Jun can't take out a penny of money to do business in the mainland, and Le Yiling has some opinions on this.

Therefore, since the end of the previous year, the remuneration and dividends paid by Kirin Culture to partners such as Shangmei Factory have all been settled directly in RMB.

Because there is a lot of RMB in hand, in order to avoid depreciation, and in order to increase support for Shangmei Factory, it is not a big deal to increase it to 100,000 episodes.

In fact, for Shangmei Factory, there is nothing unacceptable about this.

Anyway, the equipment they want to buy has been bought, and they can't use any foreign currency in China.

Not to mention that the price has now increased to 100,000 episodes, and the production of 30 episodes is paid every six months, and the reward amount is as high as 1 million yuan, and their overall income has greatly increased.

Take last year in 1982 as an example, and the overall income of the Shangmei factory of Kirin Culture has reached 20 million yuan.

By September this year, their income had exceeded 20 million yuan, and it was expected to reach more than 30 million yuan in 1983!

The reason for such a breakthrough is the increase in their efficiency and the increase in production staff.

Including the retired employees, the total number of employees in 80 years is 416, and 475 in 81.

As a result, by '82, the number of their employees had skyrocketed to 650!

So far, the number of employees in Shangmei Factory has exceeded 900!!

With so many manpower, of course, they can concentrate their advantages and try their best to complete the production of the four comics - you read that right, although two of them are in cooperation with the Science Film Studio and the Changying Studio, but they all sent people over there, and everyone produced cartoons together in Shangmei Studio.

There are more than 700 people on the front line, and a large number of elite backbones have been trained.

So in August, Shangmei Factory specially applied with Kirin Culture to take over the production of the fifth comic adaptation of the animation work.

They chose Dragon Ball!

Needless to say, what is the status of "Dragon Ball" in Kirin culture.

Although its merchandise definitely can't sell Transformers and Saint Seiya, "Dragon Ball" itself, its plot content, and global popularity are definitely the first in the world.

The bi-monthly episode of "Dragon Ball" has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide!!

The other most sold were only about 50 million copies of "Conan".

With such a big influence and so many people who like it, the major cooperative TV stations have long been urging, so that Kirin Culture can quickly produce the animation and broadcast it on the TV station, which will definitely attract countless audiences.

The South Korean partner offered $60,000 a episode, setting a record for their purchase of an animated film.

Japan's Asahi TV offered a shocking price of $120,000 per episode, and asked Kirin Culture to animate it as soon as possible.

Even the Disney TV channel gave a price of $100,000 per episode, which shows the popularity of "Dragon Ball".

Therefore, everyone knows that "Dragon Ball" must be a lot of money when it is produced, and the price must be higher than those previous animations.

And the length of "Dragon Ball" is enough.

From September '81 to now, 2 years have passed.

The length of "Dragon Ball" has passed the length of the Piccolo Great Demon King, and has entered the more enthusiastic Saiyan stage, and if it is made into an animation, it will be at least 200 episodes.

Don't doubt it.

That's what Dragon Ball did in the previous life.

The 150-episode cartoon only wrote about Goku and Kiki getting married, and it was also the time when the Piccolo Great Demon King ended.

Fighting cartoons are different from ordinary plot cartoons, and the fights that pass by in the book often don't have any problems after two or three minutes of fighting.

Coupled with the atmosphere rendering that I am good at, even if it drags on for so long, there is no embarrassment, but it makes children and young people watch it with relish.

Shangmei Factory already has a very market-oriented vision and planning, and they think that they can make at least 150 episodes of cartoons with their current length.

Produced at this rate, and broadcast at a frequency of two episodes a week, after about a year and a half, a new plot can be connected, at least for about five years without worrying about interruption.

The five-year production time is at least about 400 episodes, and even if Kirin Culture only gives 120,000 yuan for one episode, it will bring more than 50 million yuan of income to Shangmei Factory.

In this era when the per capita monthly income of Huhai City is only 80 yuan, what is the concept of increasing the income of 10 million yuan every year?

With an income of 50 million, almost 200 people can do it, how scary is such an output value ratio?

How much profit will it bring to Shangmei and how much effect?

Therefore, "Dragon Ball" is something they must strive for.

It's a pity that, unlike the previous comics, Shangmei Factory met an incomparably strong opponent this time.

It is the Asahi Group.

The Asahi Group is Yin Jun's largest partner in Japan, and it has a wider range of cooperation than Tokuma Bookstore.

Because all the comic derivatives of Qilin culture are exclusively distributed by them, and it happens that Japan is the country of comics, so in recent years, they have relied on this comic derivatives, such as toys, clothes, dolls, authorized products, etc., to make a lot of money.

Moreover, the Asahi Group is also producing cartoons of Kirin culture.

"Saint Seiya", "Conan", "Cherry Maruko", "Prince of Tennis" and "Inuyasha" are all produced by them, and they are no worse than Shangmei Factory.

But what company would dislike that it has developed too well?

Under the call of thousands of animation fans, it just so happened that the Asahi Group also took a fancy to "Dragon Ball" and was ready to actively take over the production list of this super classic.

If it succeeds, then the Asahi Group will reach a new level of prestige and become one of the meccas in the hearts of all animation fans.

That is a huge benefit to their prestige.

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