Chapter 399 303 Is Qing Zhiyuan Living in Fantasy All Day Long?
After making a promise to Shinjin Makoto, Qing Zhiyuan discussed this matter with his wife after returning.
Nao Tsuda readily agreed.
Originally, Yuehe was going to develop the film and television industry after its establishment. In the future, it will not only enter the European and American markets but also the Japanese market.
In Japan, a strange country, animated films are the most profitable. They have a longer production cycle and are more difficult to produce than live-action films, but the box office results are often higher.
If Qing Zhiyuan had such animation production talents, Nao Tsuda would be more than happy.
"I didn't expect that your company is really full of hidden talents. How come there are all kinds of people?"
"That's right," Qing Zhiyuan said with a little pride, "don't you see who discovered it?"
In his previous life, Shinjin Makoto was hailed as the successor of Hayao Miyazaki in Japan. The films he produced were known for their beautiful and delicate pictures. The only shortcoming might be his lack of control over the script story.
As an animation director, or original artist, he is very qualified. Every frame of Shinjin Makoto's animation can be used as wallpaper.
This is why his animations are so appealing.
However, there is definitely a certain difference between the thinking of artists and the thinking of script writers, and Makoto Shintsu is also a latecomer, so there will be some flaws.
In his previous life in Neon, even though Makoto Shintsu relied on Suzu Meido to win the box office championship and created a box office record of more than 20 billion yen, and was tried as the successor of Hayao Miyazaki, it was only at the animation level.
To put it bluntly, the story he created, in terms of its own structure and ideological depth, will still be a level lower.
However, apart from him, there is no other flag bearer of such a high-grossing animation in the world.
Let's see if Makoto Shintsu's animation path can go better in this life.
After some communication, Nao Tsuda had a certain understanding of Makoto Shintsu. "I didn't expect him to be a rich second-generation."
"Yes." Qing Zhiyuan nodded, "Makoto Shintsu's family is very famous in the local area, and Shintsu Group is also a very famous construction company in the country. In fact, we don't need to run this animation and film production company.
If Makoto Shintsu wants to do it, his family can build a company."
"Then why did he agree to your proposal?"
Nao Tsuda didn't quite understand this. If his family had money and connections, they could help him realize his dream. Although setting up an animation and film company with us can achieve the same goal, Makoto Shintsu will not be the majority shareholder in terms of equity distribution.
If she had such talents and conditions, Tsuda would definitely choose to start her own company without hesitation.
"Makoto Shinkai is a very strong-willed child." Qing Zhiyuan smiled, "This guy doesn't seem to want to rely on his family. I seem to have heard him say that he is reluctant to go back to inherit the family business, so he is desperate to develop in Tokyo.
He came to the company to make games in order to make animations.
It's just that after working for a while, he found that being the original artist of the game might be somewhat different from his dream, so he fell into confusion and anxiety."
"He doesn't want to rely on his family." Nao Tsuda couldn't help but smile bitterly, "He is really a strong and willful guy."
"By the way, in order to express his determination, he wants to change his name to [Makoto Shinkai]." Qing Zhiyuan added.
"Ah..."
It's really amazing, Nao Tsuda thought:
An invisible rich second generation, in order to pursue his dream, came to Tokyo alone, experienced some twists and turns, and finally moved towards his ideal. .
Even the name was changed, I have to say that this guy is still very determined.
It feels like watching a myth, the story of a prince becoming a Buddha, right?
When she thought of this, she couldn't help but laugh.
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According to the original development plan of Ichibashi Bunei for Yuehe Co., Ltd., several subsidiaries will be established under it.
Two of them are second-tier companies with distribution capabilities acquired from the United States. The purpose of these companies is mainly to allow Yuehe to have distribution rights in Europe and the United States.
Don't underestimate the distribution rights. Production companies with distribution rights and those without distribution rights are completely different.
The box office of a movie is divided into half by the theaters first, and then the distribution company intercepts its own part. The rest belongs to the production company. If the box office fails, after the distribution company intercepts it, it is basically gone.
For example, if a game sells for 10,000 yen, the distributor will take a proportion, right? There is always a part of the money for the producer.
But for the box office, the theaters take half, and then the distributor must first deduct the distribution points they have spent, and then deduct according to the agreed proportion (this proportion is the proportion of the total box office, not the proportion of the remaining part).
So if the box office fails, then the distributor will deduct it, and it will be gone.
The producer may not get a penny.
Hollywood is really a scam, they even dare to scam Wall Street.
For example, the common distribution share in North America is 20% of the box office + publicity and promotion fees. If a film costs 30 million to produce, the distribution company spends 10 million on publicity, and the box office is only 40 million, then the theater takes 20 million, the distributor takes 18 million, and the producer has 2 million left.
If the box office is lower, the producer will not have a penny.
This kind of box office is not a failure, at least it is higher than the production cost.
If it is a big hit, the box office is lower than the production cost, so the producer can just prepare to cool off.
Therefore, after Yuehe wins the distribution rights, it will not need to be cut off by other distribution companies in the middle. It can directly share the accounts with the box office of the theater chain, and the returns will naturally be higher.
Otherwise, according to Hitotsubashi Fumi-e, you may be cheated and lose all your money.
It's possible for a movie to appear to be a hit at the box office, but end up with little money left in the hands of the producers.
In this way, the Moon River cannot be built.
Looking at it this way, it is actually much better to be a game company. No matter what, as a game producer, as long as the game can be sold, there will be some returns, and you will not get a penny.
Of course, if the R&D costs you invest are not as high as the return, you will run into a deficit and cause the company to go bankrupt.
But even this is better than the movie industry.
On the other hand, there is actually an invisible operation hidden here——
After owning the distribution rights and a production company, if the distribution company and the production company are separated, the production company can be used to steal investors' money.
Of course, if Qing Zhiyuan is a moral person and wants to achieve success in the future global market, he would not do this.
But in fact, such operations to deceive investors are common in Hollywood.
In addition to the U.S. subsidiary that owns distribution rights, Hitotsubashi has also acquired some less necessary companies that are used to exchange interests with Dentsu.
Then on the Neon side, Yuehe established two subsidiaries. One is Yuehe Films, which is mainly responsible for all the film and television production of Neon itself. The other one is to open a subsidiary under this subsidiary. , used alone to create animated movies.
The tentative name of this subsidiary company is [Xinghai Studio]. It adopts a studio model like Ghibli, and it also wants to become a company like Ghibli in the future.
After establishment, it will be handed over to Makoto Shinkai for management, and after Qing Zhiyuan discussed with Nao Tsuda, Makoto Shinkai was allowed to become a shareholder and president through technology investment.
In other words, Yuehe seems to have only produced one "Proposal Battle" now, but the structure is already quite huge.
According to Qing Zhiyuan and Tsuda Nao, this is called preparing for a rainy day. Before doing something, figure out the structure first, make the tools first, and then roll them out.
But in the eyes of the outside world, this may be called poor students having too much stationery. They have spread their stalls so big before they even start making movies. Do you have the goods?
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After the planning was completed, Qing Zhiyuan and his wife held a board meeting with Hitotsubashi Fumi and Shinkai Makoto to discuss all relevant matters and formulate detailed processes and plans.
Then you just need to follow the plan.
It is not difficult to register a local company in Neon, and it will take at least a month or two to get it all done.
However, although the company's structure has not yet been fully realized, this does not hinder Qing Zhiyuan's planning for Yuehe's future products at all.
"Now we can proceed simultaneously. One is to acquire and start companies, and find Dentsu for exchange and cooperation. On the other hand, we can first plan the product, that is, the development of the project."
Qing Zhiyuan said.
"What I'm thinking is, didn't our pokeni place release a galgame called "Your Name" before?"
"Uh-huh."
"Almost all the original paintings of this game were done by Shinkai-san, so this is a good time. If Shinkai-san takes over Xinghai Studio, then this game can be adapted into the company's first animated film."
"Your Name" is Makoto Shinkai's masterpiece in his previous life. It would be a shame if it could not be made into a movie.
Kyoto Animation has always wanted the rights to adapt this game and make it into a TV animation, but Qing Zhiyuan has always suppressed it.
At that time, Qing Zhiyuan had a hunch that he would make this game into a movie in the future, but he has never been able to find a suitable opportunity.
Unexpectedly, Xin Haicheng was finally put in charge.
This is considered a wonderful arrangement of fate. (Arrangement by Qing Zhiyuan)
"In addition to "Your Name", should the company produce more film and television works?" Futoshi Hitotsubashi suggested, "Now Yuehe Group has taken a prototype, both in Omi and Neon. If you have the ability to produce and distribute, can you consider producing more works?”
Hitotsubashi Fumi opened her big sapphire blue eyes and looked at Tsuda and Qing Zhiyuan eagerly.
I've even sharpened my knife, why don't I try killing two cows quickly?
That's probably what it means.
"Yes." Nao Tsuda looked back at Qing Zhiyuan, "Qing Sang, is there anything you want to make?"
"In this case, I really have a movie I want to make." Qing Zhiyuan said.
When Yuehe was founded, he had actually thought about this problem countless times.
According to Qing Zhiyuan's idea, since pokeni has achieved leadership and various technical breakthroughs in the 3D field, many by-products will naturally be born, such as animation rendering, skeletal animation, motion capture technology, etc.
These things can be used to make games and 3D special effects movies.
From a technical perspective, Pokeni is no worse than Pixar in the United States.
The latter has already produced 3D animated movies such as "Toy Story" last year and achieved great success. Now Paradox has the same ability and can actually give it a try.
However, considering the current development of Yuehe and some limitations in software and hardware, Qing Zhiyuan decided to be conservative.
In another two years, when NVIDIA's graphics cards have been iterated more and 3D technology has been improved, I will make the big movie in my mind at that time.
After a while of silence, Qing Zhiyuan nodded and said, "The movie I want to make will also be put into Pokeni for game development, which can be regarded as a film and game linkage. This movie is called "My Girlfriend is a Robot"
"My Girlfriend is a Robot" is a science fiction film directed by Korean director Guo Zairong and starring Ayase Haruka and Koide Keisuke.
The film was released in Japan on May 31, 2008.
It mainly tells the love story between Jiro and a robot girl. The love between them creates miracles, overcomes Jiro's fate of dying in an accident, and transcends the barriers between biological humans and robots.
Jiro himself is a dead otaku, but one day when he returns home, he finds that his future self has developed a beautiful robot and sent her to the present, with the purpose of changing the present Jiro so that he can have a happier life...
At first glance, it looks like a otaku's fantasy, but the film is actually quite touching, and as a science fiction film, there will naturally be some demand for science fiction special effects, which can be used to try out the technology developed by Pokeni.
After listening to the story told by Qing Zhiyuan, the two girls present were very excited.
"It's a very interesting subject, and the ending of the story is something I have never imagined." Nao Tsuda sighed beside her.
Her husband is really talented, and she is now more and more curious about Qing Zhiyuan's brain.
What kind of brain can come up with such an interesting, romantic, and science fiction story?
Ichihashi Fumi also thinks this story is pretty good.
Especially now, because of the increasing popularity of computers, many people are actually concerned about what artificial intelligence will develop into in the future.
However, everyone is more of a panic or pessimistic mentality.
But Qing Zhiyuan's story is unique, telling the story of robots from another unique perspective, which can't help but make people's eyes light up.
Although she had heard of Qing Zhiyuan's name before, she found that the president was more powerful than she thought after contacting him.
A person with extraordinary talents.
You must live in fantasy every day, right?
No, it should be said the other way around, your daily life and work are constantly fantasizing, right?
"In this case, please ask Wenhui to prepare for it, and also recruit a few company-specific script writers."
"After the next script seminar, put the film production on the agenda."
Tsuda Nao said with a smile.
"Okay, President."
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There is another chapter in the afternoon (end of this chapter)