Hengdian, in the hotel room of the "New Liaozhai" crew.
Director Huang Weimin sat on a chair, rubbing his trouser legs with his hands like a primary school student.
Just now, at the small dinner party between Tangren and Hua Yi, he learned from Wang Zhonglei that Zhang Yuan was also engaged in film and television investment.
He was very surprised, after all, the other party was too young.
But then I thought about it, this person was obviously far superior to his peers in terms of ability and emotional intelligence, so it didn’t seem so strange that this happened to him.
As mentioned before, Huang Weimin was originally an animator.
After the boss of the animation company where he worked ran away, he became a successor with passion and for the livelihood of several brothers in the company.
After all, he was a person who had the conditions to study abroad in the 1990s, and his family still had some wealth.
But it’s okay to use these family funds for eating, drinking and having fun, but for business... it’s not enough.
We are not afraid that our children will become young masters, but we are afraid that our children will start their own business.
The cost of starting a company is far beyond this person's imagination.
One month's rent, labor, water, electricity and coal are enough for him.
Then there are also sales channels for the works, which are all problems.
Over and over again, the brothers’ salaries could not be paid, the office lease was about to expire, and the sales of previous animation projects were not good.
In short, the animation company is in a precarious situation.
He found a relationship with Wu Jingyuan and came to the crew to be a director. It was completely the plot of the boss going out to work to earn money to support the company.
He is also a very idealistic person.
It’s not like Huang Weimin has never looked for investment before, but failed.
He even talked with Cai Yinong, but Sugar Man had basically no interest in cartoons.
Having been hit repeatedly, he now becomes instinctively nervous and inferior when facing investors.
Even though the person sitting in front of him is Zhang Yuan, an actor who is younger than him and still under his management.
“Investment?” Zhang Yuan thought for a while, and recently had some savings from the repayments from advertisements.
Does this person have my account password and check my bank balance?
As soon as I have money, people come to my door?
Zhang Yuan himself knows very well that his current economic situation is not good.
All previous filming and advertising funds have been invested.
The real estate certificates are all held in the bank.
Coupled with the gambling agreement between himself and Hua Yi, his financial leverage has been fully stretched to a frightening level.
My mentality is so bad that I will collapse just looking at these numbers.
If expressed in color, the risk level of Zhang Yuan's whole person at this time is almost dark red, so dark that it turns black.
But, finding wealth through risk is a price that must be borne.
But because of this, he is extra careful now. Not only does he plan to receive advertising and business returns after filming this movie, but he also plans to save some money for emergencies.
So Zhang Yuan actually has little interest in ordinary small investments.
He has neither money nor energy to engage in projects with long cycles and low returns.
"Yes, investment, my animation company plans to develop new projects." Huang Weimin smiled honestly: "We need some start-up funds."
"The investment is not high, and the advantage of animation is that if an IP is successful, not only the works, but also peripheral products, dolls, posters, albums, etc. can make quick money."
Zhang Yuan nodded, That is true, but the prerequisite is that the work must be successful.
No one reads the works, so these are all empty talk.
"Director Huang, I don't know much about the animation industry..." Zhang Yuan spoke cautiously.
"It's okay. You can listen to our company's plan first. Just listen to it without suffering any loss." Director Huang was like a small vendor on the roadside.
"It's good to take a look whether you want to buy it or not!"
Zhang Yuan thought, after all, the other party is the director of the unit drama, and this person will often cooperate with Sugar Man in the future.
You can’t see someone when you look up but you can’t see someone when you look down. You still have to give this face.
“Okay, I’ll listen to what you say, let’s talk.”
“Hey, okay!”
[Received thanks from Huang Weimin, animation production +1! 】
When Zhang Yuan took a look at the attributes, he said in his heart that he was willing to listen to the other party and thanked him. This shows how humble this person is, how many people he has begged for.
"There is a sitcom that is very popular recently, you know it."
"It's called "Family with Children"."
"I know." Zhang Yuanxin said that I was too I know, the director of this drama and I were playing mahjong together a while ago.
"Our new animation project this time is based on this style."
"Similar to the animated version of Family with Children, or "I Love My Family", it takes a family as a unit and focuses on several generations. The collision of stories and values between people.”
“The content is also exaggerated and funny like a sitcom.”
“Because the audience group we designed is children and teenagers. The tentative name of the animation is "Baby Girl, Good Mother""
Zhang Yuan touched his lips.
Actually, this project sounds pretty good.
Seize the current hot spots and ride on the popularity of "Family with Children".
After all, the audience of "Family with Children" is mainly teenagers and families, and it overlaps with cartoons.
In this way, the target positioning is no problem, and the subject matter is no problem. The next step is the production and content, as well as the effect of the broadcast platform.
The direction is correct, but the level is questionable.
"Hey..." I was thinking about it, and the finger touching my lips suddenly stopped while thinking.
Zhang Yuan put down his legs, leaned forward, and asked with a frown.
"What do you think you have tentatively proposed for this animation?"
""Baby Girl, Good Mother"." Seeing the sudden change in his expression, Huang Weimin thought he was not satisfied with the name. Satisfied.
“This is just a tentative name and can be changed at any time if necessary.”
"No, no, no, that's not what I meant..."
Zhang Yuan waved his hands repeatedly.
Because he suddenly remembered that he had heard of this animation.
Although I haven’t seen it much, I seem to have heard people mention it.
Because this animation is a famous work of a certain animation company in Guangdong Province.
And this company later created a top animation IP that became popular.
"Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf"!
Zhang Yuan looked at the new TV drama director in front of him, who was not very good-looking but had average skills.
He didn’t expect that the person he worked with, chatted and ate with for so long, turned out to be a master!
Zhang Yuan now feels that he is "sightless" and has not seen it at all, nor has he thought about what the other party is doing.
After all, today's Chinese animation industry, not only prosperous, can also be said to be in decline.
Except for the "returning light" of "Lotus Lantern", it is basically a stagnant water.
Who makes the most money in this world?
Children and women!
The target customers of animation include children, teenagers, and mothers, all of whom are easy-to-consume and high-consumption customers.
This thing is a typical low investment and high return, and it has extremely strong customer stickiness.
Because the childhood animation images will be firmly engraved in every child's heart and will not be completely eliminated even when they grow up.
Zhang Yuanxin said that he was still too careless.
He only knew the work, but did not care about the creator. This was a serious mistake.
I almost let the fat hanging around my mouth fly away.
After experiencing a pupil earthquake for a while, Zhang Yuan finally calmed down.
“So, are you interested in this project?” Huang Weimin asked anxiously, for fear of missing any opportunity.
“The investment amount is not high.”
Zhang Yuan clasped his hands together and replied with a smile.
“I am not going to invest in this project.”
Director Huang's eyes dimmed, but he wasn't too sad.
He has heard the same answer countless times these days and has long been used to it.
But Zhang Yuan’s next words made him freeze.
“I want to invest in your company.”
Huang Weimin was stunned for a long time before replying.
"Ah?"
"Is your company for sale?" Zhang Yuan looked at the other party with a very sincere look and held the other party's arm at the same time.
This is because I am afraid that he will run away.
"Director Huang, during these days of cooperation, I found that we get along well. We are not only colleagues, but also friends."
"I know your company is very difficult."
"So I thought, since we are friends, we have to help each other."
"Investing in a project can only give your company a breath of relief, for a few months at most."
"It's better that I do my good deeds to the end and directly fund your company."
Zhang Yuan patted him on the shoulder: "I will work with you to support the company!"
After hearing this, Huang Weimin As he spoke, tears welled up in his eyes.
So good!
How about he gets along well and is really a good person to make friends.
"I..." He was so excited that he couldn't speak.
"It's okay. You make a price, how much money you need, and how many shares you are willing to sell. We can discuss it easily." Zhang Yuan lured the other party step by step.
The whole company is in turmoil and is still in debt. Why does Director Huang care about whether there are shares or not?
He wanted to sell it all, as long as he could continue to develop animation.
But Zhang Yuan understood that eating alone would have no good consequences.
The biggest problem of sugar people, or the biggest problem of Cai Yinong and Li Guoli, is that they eat alone.
Good projects, the most important projects, as long as the company has sufficient funds, I wish I could do everything from actors to production to production myself, and put all the money I earn in my own pocket.
The consequence of this is that the relationship between Sugar Man and the TV station platform is very ordinary, and the loss of important personnel is also serious.
If you don't give enough benefits to both the outside world and the inside, who cares about you? Of course Zhang Yuan could take advantage of the opponent's weakness and swallow up the animation company in one go.
What then?
After the success of the work, the creator became more and more angry when he saw that the company was making a lot of money while he only received a pitiful salary. In the end, he ran out to set up his own business, and the company became an empty shell.
What is valuable is always the person and the work, not the shell of the company.
And works are all created by people, so the most valuable thing is, after all, people.
Zhang Yuan and Huang Weimin discussed until midnight before roughly finalizing the plan.
He will first spend one million to allow the animation company to pay rent and back wages, maintain operations, and start project production.
After that, it will be "recharged" one after another, reaching a scale of about three million within a year.
For an animation company with less than ten people, the premium of this acquisition price is simply sky-high.
And Zhang Yuan also promised to help the other party find broadcast channels.
As for the shares, he holds 70% and Huang Weimin holds 30%.
But of his 70%, 10% will be used as dividends every year to reward the company's main backbone.
This will allow the company's founders to stabilize their work and ensure that in the future, these veterans will receive more benefits as the company's performance increases.
After Huang Weimin left, he returned to his room and was so excited that he didn't fall asleep all night.
He didn't dare to sleep, for fear that when he woke up, he would find that it was all a dream.
Zhang Yuan was also excited for a long time before falling asleep. He was chasing the wool happily in his dreams.
What a waste!
Both of them felt that they had taken a big advantage and caught the pie falling from the sky.
Early the next morning, Zhang Yuan called Cheng Hao and asked her to prepare legal documents for him to take over the animation company.
Naturally, this attracted a storm of criticism from my good sister!
“You can burn money faster than you can spend it!”
“You have just made some money in your account. If you don’t spend it all, you will feel uncomfortable, right?”
“I￥ %&*&%￥#￥……”
Cheng Hao is a person who lives his life. He likes to arrange everything well and does not like risks.
This personality is suitable internally, but a bit too conservative externally.
I scolded him for more than ten minutes, wheezing on the phone.
But Zhang Yuan’s words stopped him.
"Good sister, you look so cute when you are angry."
Cheng Hao:...
"Okay, okay, I understand." Once she was discouraged, she reluctantly agreed to the job.
What a damn man, spending money faster than making money... Cheng Hao complained to the air after putting down his mobile phone.
“It’s because he is too generous with his actions that he always provokes so many women.”
“It’s so annoying!”
She was complaining, but little did she know, Zhang Yuangang When he arrived at the set, he was spotted by a woman.
"Zhang Yuan, hello."
"Hello." After the props team, Zhang Yuan met a man in the corridor of the dressing room wearing a cyan dress with hair tied on both sides of his head. Standing up, wearing tassel earrings of the same color as her clothes, she is a beautiful figure with a delicate face and a smile on her lips.
Compared with ordinary actresses, this woman has two characteristics.
First, this person has a "broad mind".
It is almost the same as Yang Mi, just a little smaller.
Second.
Zhang Yuan glanced at this man's arm.
The proportions are very strange, much shorter than ordinary people.
It is almost as short as a whole palm.
With these big breasts and short arms, she looks a bit like a Tyrannosaurus rex.
Of course, this person’s appearance is not “dinosaur”, he is quite beautiful.
He has a slightly bulging face, and his smile is pure and somewhat lustful.
This person is Huo Siyan, one of Hua Yi’s leading actresses, who participated in the filming of the "Xiao Xie" unit.
In terms of strength and appearance, this one certainly cannot compare with Shuang Bing.
But there are people behind me.
"The company held a press conference a few days ago. I happened to be filming here and didn't have time to go."
"I thought I missed the opportunity to see you."
"I didn't expect to be here. We met."
Huo Siyan said, then raised her hand to shake his hand.
Huh?
Zhang Yuan found that when the other party pulled his hand away, he slipped his index finger across his palm.
"You are more handsome in person than on the screen." Huo Siyan wore light red eye makeup and looked a little charming.
The character she plays is also a female ghost, so she is just charming.
"You too, more beautiful than on TV." Zhang Yuan also praised in a polite manner.
"Hahaha, you are really good at talking." The man covered his mouth with one hand and smiled, then raised his other hand and patted his chest gently, the action was very affectionate.
"You also signed a contract with Hua Yi, so from now on, we will be our own people." This person emphasized the words "our own people" slightly, and winked at him after speaking.
"Well, we are our own people, please help each other more." Zhang Yuan replied calmly.
“Not only should we help more, we should also communicate more, right?”
The communication you mentioned...is he serious?
Seeing that the other party has a lot of charm in the corners of his eyebrows and eyes, he keeps making small movements with his hands while talking.
Either pat him on the shoulder or touch his arm.
When he replied something, the other party would laugh like a bell, and they would have fun for a long time, and they would be very happy.
“I heard that you have a good drinking capacity, why don’t we have dinner together tonight?” Huo Siyan said with a smile, “Maybe something good will happen if you get drunk.”
After all, this person Fingers slid from his collarbone to his waist and abdomen.
Zhang Yuan quickly took a step back to avoid her little move.
drink wine?
Who doesn’t know that you are Hua Yi’s little “Wu Song”.
Others can say that Zhang Yuan doesn’t have much confidence in drinking with this girl.
Besides, the other party’s provocation is very obvious.
Obviously I thought about it.
But Zhang Yuan didn't figure it out.
Hua Yi From top to bottom, no one knows that you and Xiao Wang have a "good relationship".
Being a fellow-minded person with Wang Zhonglei is like a rat licking a cat, seeking death.
During the gambling agreement, I had to pretend to be obedient.
So you must not get involved with this woman, or something will happen.
"If you want to drink someday, you can come to me." Seeing that he kept his distance, Huo Siyan was not annoyed, but said a few words and left with a smile.
This person is considered a veteran in love and is not in a hurry at all.
"Huh..." Zhang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief after seeing her leave.
"Don't mess with me, stay away."
In terms of figure and appearance alone, this one is quite good, especially the early costume character, who is smart and beautiful.
However, this person was too deeply involved with Hua Yi, enough to make him afraid.
After straightening his clothes, he was about to go to the studio to start working. When he turned around, he saw a tall sister in black.
"Hello, Sister Zeng Li, long time no see."
"Hello." The lady greeted with a warm smile and waved her arm.
Compared with Huo Siyan’s short arms and short legs, the contrast between this person’s long arms and long legs is too strong.
"I'm going to work." Zhang Yuan nodded and said.
"Do you have time tonight? Let's have dinner together." Zeng Li took the initiative to invite.
Unlike Miss Huo, this person does not have such "secular" ideas.
It was just because of some small misunderstandings that she and Zhang Yuan were somewhat estranged.
I always wanted to apologize, but I didn’t know how to say it.
After she thought about it, she went to the "Xiao Qian" group, only to find that Zhang Yuan had left.
I was a little annoyed.
Now I see him returning to the crew.
Seeing his "invitation" to Huo Siyan again, he obviously showed resistance.
Zeng Li thought.
"Sure enough, I blamed him wrongly."
"He is not the kind of casual person."
"After all, Miss Huo is also very beautiful, but he politely kept his distance."< br>
“I must have thought too much about the painting thing before.”
In this way, she wanted to take the opportunity of eating to chat with the other party, make friends, and resolve the issue. Misunderstand.
In fact, Zhang Yuan didn't take it to heart at all. He had too many things to worry about on a daily basis and had no time to care about such a small misunderstanding.
But when the other party invited him, he smiled and agreed.
“I just happened to bring back local special mushrooms and old chicken from Yunnan.”
“I’ll find a restaurant to help cook them later and let’s eat them together.”
"It's so fresh."
"Okay." Zeng Li was very happy to see that the other party ignored the past grudges.
In this way, after the show ended in the evening, several people sat down at the dining table together... (End of this chapter)