Chapter 181: The Hidden Cartoonist
Shen Jie spent a day tricking her two roommates back to school.
On Sunday, Phoenix had a collective holiday, and some departments worked for two weeks in a row, and no amount of overtime pay could compensate for the employees' grievances.
Meng Huo also didn't have to go to work, which made Shen Jie happy. She was planning to do something, but just after breakfast, Meng Shu actually put on her coat and went out.
"What are you going to do?"
Shen Jie followed and asked.
"Go meet a CCTV director." Meng Shu turned around and replied: "She wants the animation rights of "Detective Conan", and I have to meet with her." ”
In order to prove his words, Meng Huo took out his business card and showed it to Shen Jie and asked, "Do you have anything else?" ”
"Nope." Shen Jie looked very lost.
She felt that she had been hit, but even if she knew that Meng Shu was deliberately avoiding her, Shen Jie still couldn't stop him from working, she didn't want to make Meng Huo angry.
"Have a nice trip."
With a reluctant smile, Shen Jie stood at the door and watched Meng Shu leave.
She was very sad, although she could ask for leave from school, it was actually very difficult to spare two days a week to be with Meng Shu.
Shen Jie's life is very busy, in five working days, she took a day off to go to Phoenix Company to dub, and she had to learn singing skills with Huang Ye every day. Normally, in order to prevent falling behind others in her studies, the girl had less than five hours of sleep.
But Shen Jie has never felt that this kind of life is bad, as long as she can be with Meng Shu during the holidays, she is usually willing to be busy. It's a pity that in the past two days, they haven't had much contact, which makes Shen Jie's heart empty. She wasted two days in vain.
She was going back to school in the afternoon. But apparently...... Meng Shu will not return.
Phoenix Inc. Except for a few security guards and a front desk girl, the whole building was quiet.
Meng Shu met Su Yuhua, the female director of CCTV animation, a woman with a capable temperament, wearing glasses, and looking around 30 years old, but her actual age may be more than 40 years old.
After saying hello, the two talked about animation.
"I'd like to ask first." Meng Shu took the lead in asking: "The animation of "Detective Conan", is this what you or the CCTV animation team mean?" ”
Su Yuhua glanced at Meng Shu unexpectedly. Wan Er said: "It's a pity that although the teacher is young, his way of thinking is very similar to that of an adult. Frankly speaking, the animation of "Detective Conan" is indeed the decision of the entire animation team. ”
"It's a pity that Sensei's Pokemon was treated unfairly, which is our mistake, and we would like to apologize to you for making a new animation this time."
Su Yuhua's words sounded very comfortable.
But Meng Huo can't fully accept this statement, CCTV wants to apologize to him, why don't you apologize directly or express it from other aspects, but want to adapt his animation?
It seems to be taken for granted, but the popularity of "Pokemon" has caused many media to question CCTV animation. They want the copyright of "Detective Conan", perhaps also to clear their own stains.
However, Su Yuhua's attitude was quite polite, and Meng Shu didn't think deeply about it. Regardless of CCTV's purpose, there is nothing wrong with it coming to him to cooperate.
"How are you going to buy Detective Conan?"
Meng Shu asked.
"1.5 million per episode. One-time buyout. Su Yuhua quoted a number, the price of 2 million is very good for ordinary comics, but it is a bit less for "Detective Conan".
"Can you divide it?"
Meng Shu asked.
"Divided?" Su Yuhua immediately refused: "We don't accept the share, how about 2 million?" That's the highest price, we still have to adapt and animate, and we don't have the budget. ”
Her expression was solemn, and the next step was the main event. The price was actually not nailed to two million, Su Yuhua said a lower price code at first, and then Meng Shu would definitely increase the price.
It's a process of bargaining and compromise that used to be cumbersome. However, Su Yuhua didn't expect Meng Yu's answer to be - "Okay, there is no problem with the price, but I have the conditions." ”
Hearing this, Su Yuhua shook his head in his heart, in the end, he was a child, and he believed it when others said a number.
"Tell me, what's the condition?"
"Let me be the assistant director......" Meng Shu said slowly: "I am fully responsible for the soundtrack, as long as I agree to these two conditions, I will hand over "Detective Conan" to you." ”
He doesn't care how much profit "Detective Conan" can earn, 2 million, Meng Shu can accept this number, but he is very worried that CCTV will make the animation poor.
The best way to do it, of course, is to participate in it yourself and watch it.
"Assistant director?" But after listening to the conditions, Su Yuhua's face became cold: "What a pity teacher, the assistant director of CCTV will not hand it over to others casually, you can take back this sentence......
"As for the soundtrack, we have a very good music team, and you don't need to interfere with it."
Su Yuhua looked at Meng Shu's slightly furrowed eyebrows, and continued to add: "I think you may have misunderstood, we want the animation copyright of "Detective Conan", including the follow-up value of the animation, music, live-action movies, etc., ......"
"We want to buy it all at once."
Meng Shu was stunned: "What do you mean...... Do I only have the copyright of the comics left? ”
"You also have a game right."
Su Yuhua replied lightly, Meng Shu was almost laughed at angrily, what kind of animation is this, CCTV took the copyright over, it was a robbery!
"I'm sorry." He said, "I don't agree to your conditions. ”
"No promise?" Su Yuhua's face turned even colder: "I suggest that the teacher think about it carefully, it's an honor for your animation to be broadcast on CCTV." ”
"We have the largest audience, the best channel, as long as "Detective Conan" is broadcast on CCTV, what a pity teacher, you can become a well-known cartoonist in China."
"And although we don't belong to the same department as CCTV News, we usually have contact, so why don't we do more advertisements than the teacher."
Her eyes looked at Meng Shu with a smile, how much benefit the last news brought to the Phoenix Company, it was impossible for this young man not to know how he could refuse to be tempted.
"If the teacher is unwilling, then we have to find a cartoonist from Zhongxia Company."
Su Yuhua is both soft and hard, which makes it
Meng Shu was very unhappy, she wanted to threaten him?
Indeed, he has seen the power of CCTV news, but can the news be on casually? If it weren't for the sales miracle of "Five Centimeters per Second", how much impact would it have even if it was in the news.
"The Cat and Mouse Couple" has been broadcast on CCTV News many times, but the result is still not as good as "Pokemon". Propaganda is very important, but what is more important is strength, and Meng Huo doesn't like to show his face, there are too many CCTV news, and he doesn't want it yet.
It only took half a year for Meng Shu to go from scratch to the present. His future is still very long, even if the speed is a little slower, in another year or two, the comic market in Huaxia will definitely be a blue ocean, and he needs CCTV's support?
The company has gone through the most dangerous moment, and Meng Shu is now very confident.
"You can find whoever you like......," he replied, "and if I can't be involved in the production and supervision of Detective Conan, I won't sell it." ”
Meng Yu's words made Su Yuhua secretly angry in his heart, he reminded this young man like this, he was still so stubborn, should he be stupid or stupid?
She sneered.
"What a pity, teacher, I don't think you understand the situation yet."
"Do you really think you're the No. 1 cartoonist in China? If so, then you couldn't be more wrong! If it weren't for the controversy caused by "Pokemon", our CCTV animation department would not have chosen your comics at all. ”
When she said this, Meng Shu had completely understood, and sure enough, CCTV's starting point was still for themselves.
But Su Yuhua's words have not stopped.
"Zhongxia Company has been established for a few months, and the teacher is very aware of its strength, but you must not know one thing." Su Yuhua raised his eyebrows and said: "The elite cartoonists of Zhongxia Comics have not yet come out, and the serialized comics they launch are all the works of ordinary cartoonists. ”
"The first batch of comic graduates from Yenching University is the highest quality batch, especially the top ten are elites, I have seen the fourth cartoonist works, his drawing skills are definitely not inferior to what a pity teacher!"
Meng Shu was stunned.
There were waves in his heart, Su Yuhua's words might be true. Meng Shu has had this feeling for a long time, and the Zhongxia company is menacing, but strangely there are no very good cartoonists.
This is obviously not normal, and Zhongxia Comics does not spend resources to support the actions of a cartoonist. For them, it should be a simple thing to become a cartoonist.
They didn't do it, and Meng Huo always wondered if it was because the outstanding cartoonists hadn't come out yet. The first thing Zhongxia did after its establishment was to enrich the library and develop magazine readers.
Relying on the dense bookstore channel, Zhongxia has already completed this step, and if it wants to develop further, it is almost time to launch a signature cartoonist.
"Don't underestimate those elites, Zhongxia Company has equipped each of them with a studio, which is responsible for researching their comic content and marketing, and the new serial will definitely cause a sensation in the market as soon as it is launched."
"They may not have as good a grasp of the content as you, but there is a team behind them, so you have no chance of winning, teacher!"
Su Yuhua warned.
"If those cartoonists come out and we choose their cartoons to animate. Then it's a pity that you're very dangerous, and you're not as good as them in terms of funds, channels, and promotion......"
"What a pity, teacher, think about it, you give us "Detective Conan" to have a chance to live when they come out!"
But Su Yuhua's words, Meng Shu was no longer listening, and there were still powerful cartoonists in Zhongxia who did not appear, and this incident attracted his attention.
What kind of person will it be?
Meng Shu really wanted to meet these people, and he even wondered if there were powerful cartoonists in several other areas of Huaxia who had not come out.
"Looks like I still have to work on ......"
Meng Huo gushed out a new fighting spirit. (To be continued......)