Chapter 801 Chapter 101: Ambition

April 22, Saturday, afternoon.

At this time, "Once Upon a Time" had only been in theaters for four or five days. It was the time when all major theaters across the country were sweeping and had no rivals. It was also the time when the movie was hotly discussed on the Internet and in newspapers.

At this time, in a high-end western restaurant in Songjiang Mansion, Li Qianku sat on his seat and had already waited for a full hour.

The waiting person hasn't come yet.

Sun Yuting came back and said, "Why don't you order something first? It's okay to be so hungry all the time!"

Li Qian shook his head.

Sun Yuting couldn't help frowning, and complained, "This group of people are too disrespectful! It's another matter whether the business can be negotiated or not. We have agreed to have a meal together, so what if we don't come!"

Li Qian shook his head and said, "It's okay, I'll wait a little longer. Brother Cao hasn't called yet, so it means that there should be other circumstances, and it wasn't that the other party deliberately released pigeons."

Sun Yuting looked at him, sighed, and was about to leave, then stopped and asked, "You really like and want to buy this Jiangnan Animation so much? Are you really so optimistic about our domestic animation?"

Li Qian nodded, "I can't do well at first, but I have to learn to do it well! By buying Jiangnan Animation, we can avoid some detours and open the way as soon as possible."

After a pause, he explained: "The older a person is, the more he knows, the more difficult it is to communicate. On the contrary, when a child doesn't understand anything, there are no so-called language barriers, cultural barriers, skin color discrimination, and social barriers." Influence and so on, everyone is a child, a piece of blank paper, what I show you, what will be stored in your mind! Chinese movies want to go to the world, fight against Hollywood blockbusters, and even spread Chinese culture, ten years There is no hope of a head-on victory within a few years, but what about ten years from now? It depends on how much homework we have done now."

Speaking of this, he smiled, "So, we have to come up with good animation stories that can be liked by all children in the world, so that they can leave a 'Chinese concept' in their hearts from an early age, let them have a good understanding of Chinese culture, Not to mention accepting it, at least we must repay it with a certain amount of goodwill, without resistance or disgust. If we do it one day earlier, we can influence a generation earlier, so... there is no delay."

Sun Yuting thought for a while after hearing the words, then shrugged, "I see, it seems that your so-called winning must not compete with Hollywood movies at the box office in China, right?"

Li Qian smiled, "It's too high to think of myself if I go to North America to compete with others at the box office. Let alone ten years, twenty years later, our original Chinese movies may not be able to sell well in North America, but they must be sold in China. Fighting for the box office, even if you win, it’s just a frog in a well of Yelang’s arrogance! So... Europe! Europe, Japan, South Korea, no one takes advantage, everyone is away, I hope ten years later, our Chinese movies, with the Hollywood movies are fighting head-on, at least they can win 50/50, so they won’t be completely beaten and have no power to fight back.”

Sun Yuting looked at him seriously, and after a while, she muttered and walked away.

Li Qian couldn't help laughing wryly when he heard that mumbling.

Because, she said, "How ambitious!"

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Another twenty minutes passed, and the person finally arrived.

Sun Yuting was guarding a booth outside. Seeing Cao Zhan open the door and come in, followed by a man and a woman, Sun Yuting hurriedly greeted Li Qian, and then stood up to greet him.

Li Qian also stood up afterwards, waiting for the other party to come over with a smile on his face.

It was already past lunch time, and there were only a few tables of guests left in the western restaurant.

The two people who came, a man and a woman, had somewhat similar faces. Because they had done their homework in advance, Li Qian knew that they were not only a father and daughter, but in fact, they were also the real talkers of Jiangnan Animation Company. and largest shareholder.

Ma Aikui, and his daughter, Ma Yuan.

Both father and daughter are typical southerners, looking delicate.

As far as Li Qian knew, they should have all come directly from the company, and they didn't have time or thought to change clothes, but even though they were just dressed casually, they were all cleaned up very cleanly.

At first glance, it is the kind of person who pays attention to exquisite details.

Ma Aikui can be regarded as the third generation of animators in China. Jiangnan Animation, which was founded by his father, had already gathered a large number of high-level talents by the time he developed it in the 1990s. Exquisite, none other than Jiangnan Animation.

It's a pity that animation is too expensive.

The characteristic of this thing is that people who are not idealists, who are not willing to study hard, can't do it well, but pure idealists, if they do a good job, they may not make money.

Today, Jiangnan Animation is dying.

But here comes the problem again. If it’s a businessman’s thinking, a company that only invests in a company that doesn’t get any returns and always loses money, how can there be any ideals that are not ideal? Just be able to stand up to death, and resolutely not sell it!

Ma Aikui was the biggest problem facing Li Qian.

Everyone shake hands and sit down.

This was the meeting that Li Qian finally waited for for more than three days after he came to Songjiang Mansion.

After taking their seats, Sun Yuting called the waiter over, and everyone ordered food one after another. Then, Sun Yuting went to the seat next to her and ordered food herself.

At this time, before Li Qian could speak, Ma Yuan, who was sitting across from her, took out a box of CDs from her bag, and handed them a pen together, with a look of nympho looking at her idol, "Master, let's talk about things after dinner." Before that, can you sign me first?"

Her Mandarin has a little Wu Nong soft accent, but it sounds good.

Li Qian smiled, took the CD and the pen, opened the box, and signed his name on the CD, then closed the box, put away the pen, passed them together, and asked with a smile: "Like this album?"

This is Li Qian's solo album "Jiangnan" in the first half of last year.

Ma Yuan smiled and nodded, "Actually, I like rock and roll, but I have asked Brother Cao to sign all the rock and roll albums for me."

Li Qian smiled, very happy in his heart, thinking that this might be a good beginning.

But soon, Ma Yuan put away the CD and pen, put them in her bag, immediately put away her smile, and sat there with her head down, as if she couldn't see Li Qian anymore.

Li Qian turned his eyes and was about to speak when Ma Aikui took the initiative to say: "Mr. Li, thank you for investing money and coming here in person! I know you want to buy our company, but I still say the same thing." , give me a few more months! After a few months, if we finish this job, if we still can’t do it, or we’re going to close down, I’ll definitely sell it to you, okay?”

Li Qian smiled, he had already rehearsed in his mind countless times the conversation that might happen today.

Hearing this, he said, "Mr. Ma, have you watched "Huang Feihong"?"

Ma Aikui shook his head when he heard the words, and said with a wry smile: "I don't have time, and I don't have the heart to watch it! But since you said it, Mr. Li, I will definitely watch it later. Mr. Li's movie must be very good!"

Li Qian smiled, and was not moved by his few words of praise. He still followed his established steps and said slowly: "How to turn the story into an animation to present it, you are an expert! But how to tell a good story?" The story, and how to ensure that the story can be liked by everyone, I am an expert!"

Hearing this, Ma Aikui frowned slightly, smiled reluctantly, and said, "That's right, that's right! "My Sassy Girlfriend" has sold more than 100 million yuan, right? "Legend of the New White Snake" and "My Fair Princess" ", our whole family also likes it very much, Mr. Li is indeed a master of storytelling! He is a master of making movies and TV dramas!"

Li Qian responded: "But now, I want to sell the stories I tell to Europe and the United States, but Americans don't like my stories!" Nearly 70 million, 72 million in Japan, 31 million in South Korea, add up to more than 320 million, equivalent to 160 million in US dollars, but the release in North America is a buyout, only It sold for three million U.S. dollars, and as far as I know, it was released on Valentine’s Day this year, and it was released in less than twenty days, and the total box office was less than ten million U.S. dollars.”

Ma Aikui didn't seem to understand what Li Qian wanted to say, and looked over with a frown.

Li Qiandao: "There is a big gap between Chinese and Western cultures. It is not easy to make Chinese culture well and send it out, so that foreigners can also pay for Chinese culture!"

Suddenly Ma Aikui's eyes lit up, as if he had thought of what Li Qian was going to say.

At this time, Li Qian turned his head and glanced at Cao Zhan who was sitting beside him, and said, "Brother Cao is not short of money, and I am not short of money either. To tell you the truth, Mr. Ma, there are more than one billion people in China, but whenever I want to relax , there is no need to mess around, I can make a lot of money with one movie and one album a year. Brother Cao doesn’t even need to earn money. His family has money. But, you can see it, Cao For this matter, brother ran over and over again, and even condescended to our Minghu culture to help me, why?"

Hearing this, Ma Aikui probably understood what Li Qian meant, but he did not interrupt, but listened carefully with a serious face.

Li Qian said unhurriedly: "We all do this! Mr. Ma, I want to ask you, watching foreign cartoons being sold to China in a hurry, every TV station has and will show foreign cartoons. Do you feel uncomfortable when you watch foreign cartoons and turn them into movies, and when you come to China, you will earn a lot of money at the box office?"

Ma Aikui still didn't speak.

But Li Qian ignored him and continued: "Brother Cao and I are both people who are not short of money. In order to make money, we will not work hard, at least we will not make ourselves so tired. We can lie down easily. But for the sake of ideals, to send Chinese culture, Chinese movies and Chinese animation movies abroad, I, Brother Cao, we can forget about eating and sleeping.”

Hearing this, Ma Aikui took a deep breath, as if he wanted to speak.

But at this time, the waiter came to serve the meal.

The atmosphere was suddenly interrupted.

Li Qian was a little depressed.

But after thinking about it, he still had a relaxed look on his face, and when the side dishes and the main meal were served one after another, he smiled and said, "Everyone is hungry, please, let's start! No matter how big the ideal is, you have to eat first! "

So, eat.

When the meal was almost finished and everyone wiped their mouths, Li Qian picked up the cup and drank two sips of lemonade before slowly starting the conversation, "I just said so much, and Mr. Ma didn't disagree. Actually, what I meant was One, I want to make Chinese animation into movies, good-looking movies, and then sell them all over the world, so that children in Europe, the United States, and Japan can also grow up watching our Chinese animations and animation movies from an early age !Cultural export, starting with children! And to do this, I need the help of a group of top experts in China, such as Mr. Ma, and the Jiangnan Animation in your hand.”

Hearing this, Ma Aikui sighed, as if he was hesitant to speak.

At this time, Cao Zhan said, "Brother, you have seen and heard Qian'er's intentions, and that's what it means! Whether it's acquisitions or cooperation, our goals are actually the same. It is to do a good job in animation! To shock the world! It’s just that your brother is a technical madman, but he is not good at controlling the general direction, and he has never had a good story! In short, you are suitable for making things with you, but doing You can't do anything, how to make it, and how to sell it after making it!"

Speaking of this, he looked at Li Qian and said, "But Qian'er is good at everything you are not good at! Now, Qian'er, you, me, let's do it together! It just complements each other!"

Ma Aikui took another deep breath, his face full of confusion.

After a pause, he raised his head, looked at Li Qian seriously, and said, "President Li, do you think this is okay? I understand what you mean, what Mr. Cao means, and you give me two days. Go back and ask everyone for their opinions, and then give you the answer, okay?"

At this moment, without waiting for Li Qian to speak, Ma Yuan, who had been huddled aside and only cared about eating and drinking, suddenly raised her head and said, "Dad, don't bother!"

While speaking, she turned her head to look at Li Qian. The appearance of the fan girl just now had long since disappeared. At this moment, she looked very serious, and said: "First, give a suitable price. Second, this thing we are making, It is my father, and my grandpa Hong who value it very much. Even if the acquisition is completed, it must be stated in the contract that you have to pay for this thing and let us finish it; third, we will not go to Shuntian Mansion, we will To stay in Songjiang, fourth, even if we are acquired, we still have to exist as an independent company, except for the financial aspect, you can send someone to take care of it, and we require autonomy in other matters!"

Having said that, she concluded: "This is our condition."

Li Qian looked at Ma Aikui and then at her.

Ma Yuan turned to Ma Aikui, who was a little surprised, and said, "Grandpa Hong said that the voting rights of his shares are decided by me on his behalf!"

Ma Aikui showed a look of sudden realization.

Since it is going to be acquired, of course Li Qian has worked hard to understand the shareholding structure of Jiangnan Animation. The shares of the Ma family and Mr. Hong's shares are already close to 60%! This is the share with the right to decide!

So Li Qian knew that success or failure was decided at this moment.

It's just that he didn't expect that the last person from the Ma family to speak out was actually a girl named Ma Yuan!

But at this moment, without thinking about anything else, Li Qian looked at her seriously, and asked, "What kind of autonomy do you want?"

Ma Yuan answered in response: "We will keep our internal structure and personnel relations, and we will not lay off staff! And the personnel and management in the future must be handed over to the company's management."

Li Qian smiled when he heard the words, "Layoffs?"

After a pause, in the worried and puzzled eyes of the father and daughter on the opposite side, Li Qian smiled and said, "Not only will we not lay off staff, but we will recruit people aggressively! The Northeast parent, Baishan Animation, has been fully acquired by us. , is currently relocating and rectifying to Shuntian Mansion, as long as our acquisition is completed, the entire Changbai Mountain Animation will be completely merged in! So, if you want to become bigger and stronger, how can you just stick to the previous site?"

Ma Yuan was speechless, and turned to look at Ma Aikui.

Ma Aikui thought for a while and asked, "Did you also buy Changbaishan Animation?"

Li Qian nodded, "I know that Jiangnan Animation has a group of extremely high-level animators, but you have been unable to make ends meet for so many years, and your foundation is still too weak. The two animations need to be merged. The merger is not enough, and you have to recruit more people! So... ...If you agree to be acquired, and are willing to work with me to do things that you didn't dare to think about before, or you couldn't even think about it, then let's put down all the previous things, okay?"

Speaking of this, he added: "The assets of Songjiang Mansion can be kept intact, and the personnel can also keep some basic constructions. Anyway, in the Internet age, it is very convenient to communicate without delaying the joint action of both parties. But you Mr. Ma, and at least two-thirds of the company's backbone, must go with me to Shuntian Mansion to support the entire Minghu animation for me!"

Ma Aikui narrowed his eyes when he heard this, "Minghu Animation?"

Li Qian smiled, nodded, pointed to Cao Zhan beside him, and said, "Yes, Minghu Animation! This company will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Minghu Culture, Brother Cao will be the general manager of Minghu Animation, and you, Mr. Ma, Come on as the art director and be in charge of the whole art department."

Ma Aikui seemed to have come to his senses suddenly, and couldn't help but said, "So, you actually want to buy us?"

Li Qian laughed when he heard the words, "That's true! Talent, especially a talent like Mr. Ma, is the most valuable thing in my heart!"

Speaking of this, Li Qian thought for a while, and then said: "So, after the acquisition is completed, the label of Jiangnan Animation can still be retained, but you have to work at Minghu Animation. From now on, Minghu Animation will be responsible for making animated films. Animation is responsible for making TV cartoons and cultivating talents.”

Across the table, the Ma father and daughter looked at each other, and then Ma Aikui said, "Mr. Li, can we give you an answer tomorrow?"

Li Qian smiled, stood up, and stretched out his hand, "Of course!"