Rebirth of the Father of Anime

After the completion of "EVA", the animation department was already determined by "Kids", "Slam Dunk", "Gintama", "Mobile Suit Gundam", "Idiot Test Summons" and "My Neighbor Totoro". The animation production schedule for five TV animations and one theatrical version is full.

Fortunately, the animation of "Sailor Moon" had been completed before, and its production team was also free. It happened that the two films were both shoujo cartoons. Except for the different themes, the styles were similar, so He Chen immediately asked them to continue to produce "I Want It So Much." Tell you".

"I Want to Tell You" does not have any fighting plot, and its production process is much simpler than that of "Sailor Moon", so the production progress is very fast.

"EVA" has been produced, dubbed, and submitted for review. After everything is passed, He Chen still needs to discuss scheduling issues with the TV station.

The plot of "EVA" He Chen used the first 24 episodes of the original TV version and the old theatrical version that was completed after Anno got rich. There are 30 episodes in total, one episode per day, which is exactly one month of broadcast.

Regarding the broadcast time of "EVA", he requested prime time.

The reason why prime time is called "prime time" is because it is more cost-effective than prime time. During this time period, it is the time period with the highest viewership. Therefore, the prime time time slots of TV stations all have their own important programs.

Due to the duration of the program, etc., they all vary. Therefore, if you want to give He Chen a full month of prime-time synchronized broadcast time, you must wait for the core programs they are currently playing to finish playing, and make some adjustments to the broadcast time of each subsequent program. .

They have cooperated with He Chen several times, and the cooperation is very pleasant. Everyone at the TV station attaches great importance to He Chen, a golden brand that has brought them huge benefits.

Therefore, He Chen will be asked in advance every time if there will be any new animations in the near future and what schedule the new animations will take, so that they can make program arrangements for this in advance.

When "EVA" started filming, the TV station had already prepared the prime time for its premiere.

However, He Chen's eyes didn't stop there.

This time. He not only wants to let audiences across the country see "EVA", but also wants the gospel of "EVA" to spread around the world.

"He Chen, long time no see!"

At He Chen's home, Quincy Jones from Universal Pictures came to visit and greeted He Chen warmly in Chinese with a strange accent.

“Quincy, it seems like you’re doing pretty well lately.

I almost don't recognize you. "

He Chen also greeted Quincy familiarly.

"He Chen, are you laughing at me for getting fat? It's all because of the damn high-calorie food. I still prefer Huaxia. Not only is there a lot of delicious food here, but it's also very nutritious and healthy. I spent several years in Huaxia. I have never had stomach problems. But here, even though our food is advertised as the greenest food, I still have to go to the hospital at least once a year because of my stomach."

Quincy touched his already protruding belly and complained to He Chen.

He Chen greeted him and talked about Chinese food culture.

At this point, China is recognized as a gourmet country regardless of East or West. A foodie's paradise, as long as it has to do with food, even if you talk about it for three days and three nights, it won't be enough.

But Quincy couldn't wait that long. After chatting for a while, he went straight to the topic: "He Chen, we also listened to your opinions when adapting your work. We definitely didn't hide anything about the box office. You should All the money I get will be given directly to you. It’s quite a pleasure for us to cooperate!”

"Yeah! It's very pleasant." He Chen brought some fruit to Quincy, but Quincy didn't want to eat it, so He Chen just ate it himself.

"Then why did you contact Fox? Didn't you agree that as long as we agree to your adaptation conditions, you will continue to cooperate with us in future works?" Quincy said eagerly.

"I never said this. What I said was that I would 'prioritize'." He Chen corrected Quincy's language trap. The two were clearly divided. The initiative of the former was in their hands, while the initiative of the latter was in their hands. The power is in He Chen's hands.

He Chen continued: "It seems that you are not interested in the introduction of the "Dragon Ball" animation. In this case, of course we went to Fox, who is very interested in this."

Universal Pictures also has its own television station, so when it introduced the other three movies, he was lucky enough to see the animation of "Dragon Ball". Quincy was very interested in it and reported it to the company.

As the "Dragon Ball" animation became popular on the Internet, a "Kung Fu" hurricane blew up throughout the Western world.

Chinese, comics, porters, Dragon Ball, Sun Wukong, Kung Fu, etc., have instantly become the most popular words nowadays.

Young people all regard reading comics as a trend, and even use the classic lines in them as catchphrases.

All products related to comics are selling well.

So Universal Pictures decided to introduce "Dragon Ball".

However, He Chen refused to give in on the price of "Dragon Ball".

The cost of "Dragon Ball" is very high. For China, He Chen can follow the general animation pricing with the idea of ​​"contributing to China's animation industry". But when it comes to foreign countries, He Chen will not be merciful. Who makes them a "developed country" with per capita income several levels higher than China?

Without relying on them to recoup the cost of "Dragon Ball", what would He Chen do to make the next movie-level animation?

Although Universal Pictures has a lot of money, they are not a prodigal. Although they can afford this price, it is not the best price psychologically. So Universal Pictures started a tug-of-war in negotiations with Tianman, hoping to lower the price.

Tianman was not in a hurry and slowly talked with Universal Pictures. By the way, he heard that Fox, Warner, Columbia and other companies were also very interested in the animation of "Dragon Ball", so he had some cordial and friendly talks with their envoys.

Seeing this situation, Universal Pictures became anxious.

This is different from the script!

So Quincy Jones was thrown to Yanjing by Universal Pictures. If this matter couldn't be solved perfectly, he probably wouldn't have to go back.

"How could it be? As long as it is your work, we are all very interested!" Quincy immediately expressed his stance to He Chen and said: "There must be some misunderstandings. This time I am here specifically to resolve these misunderstandings. "

"Well, you know about "Dragon Ball". You must know how high its cost is, and how high its value is. You must know better than me. I will ask you one last time, I will not give in on the price. , do you still want "Dragon Ball"?" He Chen asked calmly.

This price is also the highest price that Zhou Zhe can accept after conducting in-depth analysis.

Fox had shown his intention to move, and this was He Chen's confidence to not give in.

Unless all TV stations in North America unite to boycott He Chen Animation, making it impossible for him to sell.

However, they are all businessmen and they all come here for money. Although the price Zhou Zhe gave is very high, since they are sure that they can accept it, there must be enough profit.

How can a qualified businessman have trouble with money?

"He Chen, you deceived me... I thought you had created so many wonderful stories and were willing to produce "Dragon Ball" for the fans regardless of cost. You were a great artist who devoted himself to the animation industry, but now look at it. , you are a cunning businessman who competes for money!" Quincy said to He Chen aggrievedly, as if he thought he was a little girl who had been deceived.

It sounds like he is not that kind of person.

He Chen pouted: "Are you making up your mind again? When did I become an artist?"

"Everyone thinks you're an artist."

He Chen shook his head and smiled: "Money is very important to me. Without money, I can't make animations. Only with money can I make movie-level animations like "Dragon Ball" for everyone, or even surpass it." Animation! Money is my tool for making animations.”

"I don't understand you." After hearing this, Quincy shrugged and said to He Chen, "This cooperation is very unpleasant, but even if it is unpleasant, we can't let Fox get it. Let's continue to cooperate."

He Chen smiled slightly: "Something has changed now."

"! Are you going to raise the price? There is no such dishonest businessman as you! If you dare to raise the price by even one cent, Tianman's products will never enter North America! We, Universal Pictures, still have some influence!"

"The price will go up a bit, because this time there are two works. "Dragon Ball" and "EVA" are sold as a package, and "EVA" must be released simultaneously around the world at the time I set."

"We only want "Dragon Ball"." After hearing He Chen's price, Quincy frowned.

Packaged, the price has not increased much, it can be said to be very cheap, but for the broadcast time of "EVA", Quincy feels it is very troublesome because he has to adjust the time of many programs.

The popularity of the "EVA" comic is too low. Although it seems to be highly rated, Quincy has no interest at all.

"Without "EVA", there would be no "Dragon Ball"." In any case, He Chen will use all means to make "EVA" enter as many TV stations around the world as possible.

"...Okay, you win." After thinking for a long time, Quincy was finally forced by the temptation of "Dragon Ball" and agreed to He Chen's conditions.

He thought that no matter how unpopular "EVA" was, as long as it bore the title of "the work of the original author of "Dragon Ball"", it should be worthy of his value.

However, this will also be the business with the greatest potential that he has ever made in his life.

The enthusiasm of the North American market finally attracted the attention of the proud European market.

Prompted by those European toy dealers who had long been associated with Tianman, several TV stations came to China to watch and introduce animation.

He Chen also took advantage of the opportunity to negotiate the world premiere plan of "EVA" with him.

Therefore, the "EVA" animation, which was produced earlier than "I Want to Tell You So Much", was released after the broadcast of "I Want to Tell You So Much". (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian.com () to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please read it.)