Yuan Che led several colleagues from TopCraft Studio to stand at the door to welcome the arrival of Yang Ye and Deng Lijun.
Yuan Che is fifty years old this year, his hair is a little gray, but he is in good spirits. He shakes hands with Yang Ye and Deng Lijun with a smile on his face.
"Yang Sang, Deng Sang, welcome to visit the TopCraft studio!"
"Mr. Yuan Che, I have long admired your name!"
"Don't dare to worry, Yang Sang and Deng Santo is a well-known figure in Japan, and it is our honor to meet you two.”
Yuan Che and Yang Ye were polite and introduced his two colleagues to Yang Ye.
"They are my colleagues, this is Hayao Miyazaki, and this is Isao Takahata."
Miyazaki Hayao wears a pair of glasses. Because of his poor health since childhood, He rarely exercised, so he was a bit fat.
This animation master who will become world-famous in later generations is already in his forties and is still unknown.
Yang Ye shook hands with Hayao Miyazaki with great interest: "Mr. Hayao Miyazaki, I just watched "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" directed by you. It was a very good work."
Hayao Miyazaki was very embarrassed because "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" was a blockbuster, with a box office of only 65 million yen.
And this is not the first time Hayao Miyazaki has hit the street.
"Lupine the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro" produced in 1979 suffered a disastrous box office failure and was labeled as "stale planning", which almost interrupted his career.
After that, Hayao Miyazaki worked hard for several years to produce "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind", which again failed miserably at the box office. Now he makes a living by working for European and American animation companies.
Yang Ye took Deng Lijun and quietly visited their studio under the guidance of Yuan Che and the others.
There are a large number of animation manuscripts created by the three of them. Yang Ye even saw Totoro, which has not yet come out, and Princess Mononoke riding a white wolf, which made Yang Ye very interesting.
The studio is not big, and the tour was finished quickly. A few people drank tea in the reception room and started talking about business.
Yang Ye said straight to the point: "I really like "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" produced by Mr. Hayao Miyazaki. It is a masterpiece. The failure at the box office is more a matter of distribution, so I hope to buy "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind". The global distribution rights of "The Valley""
Miyazaki and others looked at each other with ecstasy in their eyes. Yang Ye set off a box office frenzy in Japan with a frequency of one movie per year, which lasted for ten years. It has not faded over the years, and there are not many people in Japan who have not seen his movies.
The innovative fighting modes and refreshing storyboards, editing, and compositions in Yang Ye's films have influenced countless filmmakers around the world, so much so that in the past ten years, many people have taken him as their teacher and learned from his films. Nutrition.
Although Hayao Miyazaki is in the animation industry, he is also in the film and television industry. He has watched Yang Ye's movies countless times. When he was making storyboards, he would also refer to Yang Ye's movies.
Originally, Hayao Miyazaki was very depressed because of the box office failure of "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind". Suddenly, people like Yang Ye came to visit, expressed their appreciation for his film, and even helped him distribute the film overseas. , how could he not be excited?
For a blockbuster work, Yang Ye casually threw away 100 million yen to buy the overseas copyright of "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind". Hayao Miyazaki burst into tears of gratitude and felt that the offer was too high.
This money can not only make up for his shortfall, but also make him a slight profit.
In fact, "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" will continue to make profits in the future, generating profits of at least several billion yen, which can be regarded as a small investment for Yang Ye.
But this amount of money is just a drop of money to Yang Ye. He is just buying horse bones with thousands of gold.
After the two parties discussed it, Yang Ye went one step further.
“To be honest, to buy the copyright of a cartoon, my distribution company can come and talk to you.
I came here mainly because I watched "The Wind" I became interested in the movie "Valley" and wanted to meet the real person. This can be regarded as star chasing!"
Miyazaki said: "Thank you!"
Yang Ye said: "After visiting your studio and having long conversations with you, I realized that you are very talented. I wonder if you have any new projects? I want to invest!"
These days I was originally depressed, but suddenly the God of Wealth came and I was very excited.
But after all, they are all in their forties or fifties, so naturally they don’t dance like young people, and they look relatively calm.
Miyazaki Hayao thought for a while and said: "The film "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" was invested by Tokuma Shoten, but unfortunately it did not make a profit. Before this, I had also done several other projects, It’s a pity that it was not adopted.”
Yang Ye said: “Can you take it out and take a look?”
"Of course!"
Miyazaki stood up and went to get the abandoned project. Yang Ye took a look and realized that it was Totoro. He pretended to flip through it and listened to what Miyazaki created. The original intention of this image was about the folklore he heard in his childhood.
Yang Ye said: "It's very interesting! How about this, Baiyang Pictures will fund it and invite you to set up an animation studio, and the cartoons produced will be distributed globally by Baiyang Pictures."
In this world, apart from the eight major Hollywood companies, the only one with global distribution capabilities is Poplar Pictures in Hong Kong.
Hollywood relies on the wealth brought by the huge local market, while Baiyang Pictures relies on Yang Ye's personal influence.
Ten years ago, Yang Ye's first movie "Shaolin Temple" became popular all over the world, making global film companies a lot of money.
Since then, relying on its stable output, Baiyang Pictures has established an unbreakable relationship with global film producers.
The success of Studio Ghibli in the world was largely due to Disney, because Disney was responsible for the overseas distribution of Ghibli.
If Disney can do it, so can Topol Pictures.
Yang Ye is already preparing to enter the animation industry, and helping Hayao Miyazaki establish Ghibli is only the first step.
The next step for Yang Ye is to set up an animation studio in Hong Kong. However, there are no animation talents in Hong Kong. If Yang Ye wants to do this, he can only go to Meiying Studio.
American Film Studio has created countless classics. When it was at its strongest, even Disney looked at it with side eyes. However, with the market reform, the animation talent of American Film Studio has been severely drained, and it has gradually turned into a piece of shit.
No way, I am poor!
I work so hard and earn dozens of dollars a month that I can’t even support my wife and children.
You can earn hundreds of dollars a month by taking on an overseas OEM job.
If you are willing to work in Japan or the United States, you can earn more.
Who doesn’t want to leave? In the 1980s, even dogs wanted to go abroad because they were poor.
Yang Ye thinks that if these people go to the United States and Japan, they might as well come to Hong Kong. I will accept them all!
Yang Ye has a lot of good things in his hands, such as Mulan, Kung Fu Panda, The Lion King, etc. If they are handed over to the people of Meiying Studio, they should be good at making them.
In the entertainment industry, Baiyang Pictures is the thickest thigh in Asia. With the investment and distribution channels of Baiyang Pictures, Hayao Miyazaki no longer has to worry about money and only needs to concentrate on creation.
As a result, everyone quickly reached an intention to cooperate. Yang Ye did not need to come forward to discuss the following details. It would be enough to send a person in charge from Baiyang Company to discuss the details.
Before leaving, Yang Ye threw an animated short film to Hayao Miyazaki and asked him to help make it. This animation was going to be used in "Female Boxer".
That was a dream of the young girl Aning. In the dream, she became a kung fu master and defeated all the bad guys who bullied her mother.
Finally, the blood splashed by the bad guy gathered into a red eye. When the eye opened, the little girl woke up.
Yang Ye and Teresa Teng said goodbye to Hayao Miyazaki and drove slowly through the streets. Teresa Teng asked: "Why did you suddenly become interested in cartoons?"
Yang Ye said: "It's useless to just leave money. I'm in the entertainment industry and I know this industry more accurately, so I'll invest in the entertainment industry!
This Miyazaki Jun has been working in the animation industry for 20 years. Although he has not been successful, I think he will have extraordinary achievements in the future. "
Deng Lijun still admires Yang Ye's vision. , she said: "You are really a contemporary Bole!"
Yang Ye smiled proudly and said: "Thank you! Thank you!"
"So, Yang Bole, where should we go next?"
"Go see a small toy!"
"Toy? What toy?"
"Transformers !”
……
Domeka Company!
President Takashi Matsui introduced: "This is Brian Goldner, the president of Hasbro. This is the famous Hong Kong director and action star Yang Ye."
Published Ryan shook hands with Yang Ye enthusiastically and said: "Hi! Nick, I am your fan, your kung fu is so cool!"
Yang Ye smiled and said: "Mr. Brian, I like you too The company’s toy!”
After a few polite words, we sat down and started talking about business.
Teresa Teng played a guest role as a secretary, taking out two copies of documents from her bag and handing them to Brian and Matsui Takashi.
Yang Ye made a gesture of invitation and said: "This is the story setting I made, you two can take a look!"
At last year's Tokyo Toy Fair, American Children's Representatives of Bao Company accidentally discovered two series of transforming robot toys, "MSI Superboy" and "Diaclone" launched by Japan's Domeka Company, and recommended them to the company's senior management.
Hasbro executives discovered business opportunities in this kind of robot toys that can transform into cars or daily necessities, and decided to cooperate with Domeca to bring some of these toys to the North American market.
After discussion, they explored a cooperation model with marketing from the US and supply from Japan, and achieved initial success.
At this time, Domeka and Hasbro received a letter from Yang Ye at the same time. In the letter, Yang Ye made an original design for this toy.
For example, the robot toys manufactured by Domeka need to be controlled by a driver, but Yang Ye directly changed the robot to be an alien life form.
Unfortunately, this collection of settings is unclear. In order to get more information, the three parties decided to meet in Tokyo after a simple phone call.
It was only then that Takashi Matsui and Brian saw the relatively complete setting of "Transformers".
There is a planet in the distant universe - Cybertron.
There is a kind of metallic life form on the planet. They have differentiated into the righteous Autobots and the evil Decepticons in nearly a million years.
The two sides have been at war for millions of years, and the planet's energy has been exhausted. The Decepticons followed the Autobots to the earth, and the spacecraft crashed into a volcano.
Four million years later, a volcano erupted, and the main computer of the spacecraft, Imaging No. 1, was activated, and the two armies were transformed into airplanes and cars. In order to seize energy, a war started on the earth...
In addition to the story setting, there are also character settings, Brother Zhuzi, Megatron, Bumblebee...each one has a distinct personality.
In addition, there is also a very simple comic, with Yang Ye's ability, although it is short, it is extremely exciting.
After reading it, Brian sighed: "Nick, you are indeed the world's top director. This story setting is so wonderful!"
Matsui Takashi also praised: "After seeing Yang Sang's setting, , I now believe that the toys produced by our company are really alive!”
Yang Ye said: “Since the two are interested, let me tell you my plan now”
Matsui Takashi! and Brian both acted like they were all ears.
“I think the best way to sell a product well is to give it cultural value. Do you two agree?”
Matsui Takashi and Brian both nodded in agreement!
Yang Ye smiled and said: "That's right, I am the one who can add cultural value to this little thing!"
Next, Yang Ye detailed his plan, which is roughly comics, TV animation, games, animated movies, live-action movies...all in one!
The extravagance that Yang Ye talks about is actually repeating the future routines of Tomica and Hasbro!
Yang Ye said confidently: "Our annual box office revenue of Baiyang Pictures is more than 200 million US dollars, ranking first in Asia, and not losing to the big Hollywood companies.
Although this plan is grand in scale, it is not difficult to complete it based on my ability. What do you think? "
Brian and Matsui Takashi do not doubt this. After all, Yang Ye is now the strongest director on the surface.
Brian asked: "What is the specific cooperation plan? What about? "
Yang Ye said: "It's very simple. Our three companies divide the labor. Domeka is responsible for manufacturing, Baiyang Pictures is responsible for promotion, and Hasbro is responsible for sales.
Both of you can share a share of the profits earned by our Baiyang Pictures cultural products about Transformers, but I also want a share of the profits from toy sales! ”
Matsui Takashi and Brian looked at each other, with a hint of hesitation in their eyes.
After all, what they can come up with is on the table, and whether what Yang Ye comes up with is feasible or not has not been tested by the market.
Yang Ye added another word: "I can also help you sell toys to mainland China!"
Brian said: "The per capita income in mainland China is very low, and consumption is not high. I'm afraid if our toys enter, there won't be much market."
Yang Ye said: "We are businessmen and should have a forward-looking vision. In order to fight against the furry bear country, the United States and Japan are now. Help China develop.
China’s current GDP growth is double digits every year. Within ten years, it will become a huge economy. We should plan ahead and cultivate the market, right? "
Both of them felt that Yang Ye's words made sense and nodded.
Yang Ye added: "Moreover, the mainland has made great progress in science and technology. Over time, they have created a computer with performance that is not inferior to that of IBM. I believe that the future development level is worth looking forward to. ”
The mainland’s manufacturing of advanced computers is something that shocked the world. No one knows why they suddenly cheated.
But the fact is that if it was really built, it would still be Very useful!
Many people think that this must be a stolen technology, but IBM has otherwise leaked the technology.
Because the mainland has applied for many patents related to it, their technology... seems to be more advanced.
It’s a bit funny for you to say that someone who scored 60% on the exam plagiarized you.
Yingjiang also pointed at the rabbit to help fight against the bear. The pressure from the bear was too great. That was the point. We will talk about other things later.
So this matter was treated coldly and there was no hype. Of course, a behind-the-scenes investigation was definitely indispensable.
Both Brian and Matsui Takashi were convinced by Yang Ye, and the three parties initially established their intention to cooperate. (End of this chapter)