Chapter 285 The arrogance of the West (7K chapters, please subscribe~)

  Chu Huan came to Los Angeles not just to meet Spielberg. For Chu Huan, the most important thing in this trip to Los Angeles was to meet Jeremy Grant, the person in charge of Hasbro!

   Hasbro's headquarters is not in Los Angeles, but in Rhodes, Northeast North America.

   But after Chu Huan got in touch with Jerami Grant, the other party said that he was on vacation in Los Angeles, so the two made an appointment to meet here!

   After Chu Huan and Lin Qingxia rested in Los Angeles for two days, Chu Huan met Jerami Grant in a coffee shop.

   After greeting each other, the two sides began to discuss business.

   "Mr. Grant, I don't know what else you think about the offer we made before "Fantasy Comics"?"

  The meeting with Hasbro was actually Chu Huan's preparation for the youth toy factory that had already started construction.

  Youth Toys Factory started construction on Huaye City one step ahead, but unlike the sensation caused by Huaye City in Xiangjiang, the construction of Youth Toys Factory seemed a bit dull.

  However, the start of the two factories of Youth Toys and Fantasy Printing still attracted the attention of some people.

  The bosses of real estate companies in Xiangjiang.

   These people all know that the workers of these two factories will be the main potential customers of Huaye City in the future, which means that the success of Huaye City depends largely on the success of these two factories.

  Other aboriginal residents of Xiangjiang and people who just came to their hometown in Xiangjiang are also paying attention to this matter.

  The current environment in Hong Kong makes employment very difficult. Even Hong Kong University students like Wu Xiaoshi are worried about whether they will be able to find a job after graduation, let alone these people.

  Before this, Chu Huan had already let out the rumor that these two factories will have a scale of 10,000 people in the future, which will provide these people with a large number of employment opportunities.

  So a lot of people are waiting for these two factories to be completed, and then start applying immediately.

  The last people who pay attention to these two factories are their colleagues.

   Other printing factories and toy factories in Xiangjiang.

The printing factory is better, they don't know that Chu Huan has reached a cooperative relationship with the four newspapers "Zhenbao", "Dongfang Daily", "Singtao Daily" and "Sing Pao", so until now they all think that the printing factory is just In charge of "Fantasy Manga" alone.

  Of course, such a large-scale imaginative printing will inevitably impact printing factories in the same industry in the future, but everyone thinks that there is always a buffer.

  But those toy companies and toy manufacturers in Xiangjiang are different.

  Since "Fantasy Comics" came out, they saw the profits of "Fantasy Comics" peripherals, so they began to imitate "Fantasy Comics" peripheral toys.

   But now "Fantasy Comics" has established its own toy factory, which will definitely have a huge impact on the toy market in Xiangjiang.

  So some people have already started to find Chu Huan actively, hoping to achieve the opportunity of cooperation between the two parties.

   But these people have never seen Chu Huan.

  When "Fantasy Comics" was founded, Chu Huan regarded "Dragon Ball" as the fist work of this comic.

  Now that Youth Toys is founded, Chu Huan wants to regard "Transformers" as the flagship work of the toy factory!

You know, in another time and space, Hasbro's "Transformers" peripheral toys immediately caused a huge sensation around the world as soon as it was released. In just half a year, it brought Hasbro 111.6 million US dollars. net income!

   Have such a net income, thanks to two points!

   The first point is Hasbro's mature sales channels.

  The second point is that Hasbro launched the cartoon of the same name that year, which caused a huge sensation in Europe, America and Japan.

   It is precisely based on these two points that Hasbro was able to earn more than 100 million US dollars in less than a year with just this one IP!

  The purpose of Chu Huan coming to Jerami Grant now is to reach a cooperation with the other party, and the other party will help him produce the animation of the same name of "Transformers". At the same time, Chu Huan also wants to use the other party's sales channels in Europe and America.

Jeremy Grant sat across from Chu Huan, gently shaking the spoon in front of him, and said with a smile: "Your company's quotation is very good, but we, Hasbro, have a more suitable cooperation plan. Let's see what Mr. Chu thinks."

  Chu Huan didn't change his face, and asked with a smile: "I don't know if Mr. Grant has a better way?"

  Jerami Grant said with a smile: "We, Hasbro, are willing to buy all the copyrights of "Transformers" under "Fantasy Comics" except comics at a price of 5 million US dollars."

"Fantasy Comics" is now very successful in North America, and Jeremy Grant naturally knows about "Fantasy Comics", especially after Fantasy Comics proposed to cooperate, and seriously analyzed the IP of "Changing Kong" in the field of toys After analysis, Hasbro found that this IP is definitely a cornucopia.

  So Haizhibao Company had other ideas.

Now just as the animation producer of "Transformers", how much money can you make? Although in the previous contact, "Fantasy Comics" also proposed that they want to strengthen cooperation with Hasbro, for example, with the help of the other party's sales Channels to open sales in European and American markets.

   But there is still no way for Hasbro to get the maximum value they think.

  So Hasbro finally held a meeting and decided to buy all the copyrights of "Transformers" and develop this brand independently!

  Chu Huan didn't expect Hasbro's appetite to be so big, but it was definitely impossible for Chu Huan to agree to the other party's request.

   Smiling and refused: "I'm really sorry, we at "Fantasy Comics" are also very optimistic about the potential of the toy "Transformers", and it is impossible to sell it!"

  The net income of "Transformers" toys in half a year has reached 111.9 million US dollars, and now the other party wants to buy it for 5 million US dollars. From Chu Huan's point of view, it is simply not knowing the so-called insatiable greed.

   You must know that what Chu Huan needs is that Hasbro provides animation production, and the other is to use the other party's sales channels in Europe and the United States.

  Chu Huan himself controls the sales channels in Xiangjiang, Japan, and various places in Southeast Asia. If this is the case, the toy revenue of the "Transformers" brand alone may reach 150 million US dollars.

Jeremy Grant chuckled and said: "Mr. Chu, although the value of "Transformers" is not small, it also depends on who owns it. In the hands of our company, it can be made into an animation at the fastest speed. At the same time, it can also be successfully broadcast on European and American TV stations, as well as the counters and toy stores of major European and American shopping malls.

   But all this, can "Fantasy Manga" do it?

  I think that without the help of our Hasbro, let alone entering European and American TV stations, I am afraid that even animations will not be able to be produced, right? "

  Jerami Grant was very proud after he finished speaking. As one of the largest toy companies in North America, he had the confidence to tell Chu Huan that.

  He believes that Chu Huan will give in in the end, because it is useless not to give in, and without Hasbro, "Fantasy Comics" might not even get the five million!

  Chu Huan was silent for a while, and then said: "Our company can increase your sales share."

  Jerami Grant got up directly, and said indifferently: "I have just said that our company only wants to acquire the copyright of "Transformers", and does not want to cooperate with your company.

   Besides, Mr. Chu, this is North America, not Xiangjiang, and you are just a newcomer here!

  That’s all for now, think about it carefully, I still have some things to do, so I’m leaving first.

   By the way, thank you for the coffee, but I'm still not used to the taste here! "

   After saying the last sentence, Jerami Grant smiled happily and left.

   "This person is too hateful!"

   Lin Qingxia, who had been silent all this time, saw the back of Jerami Grant leaving at this moment, and preached angrily.

  Chu Huan didn't change his face, he couldn't tell whether it was joy or sorrow, and said: "The current Hasbro really has the confidence to tell us these things!"

  Hearing what Chu Huan said, Lin Qingxia immediately asked Chu Huan worriedly: "Brother Huan, don't you really want to agree to his proposal?"

  Although Lin Qingxia didn't know the true value of "Transformers", seeing that Chu Huan was in charge of this project, she already knew that Chu Huan definitely valued it very much.

  Chu Huan smiled at Lin Qingxia and said, "Of course not. Hasbro has the confidence, but they are not the only toy company and animation company in North America!"

  When Lin Qingxia heard what Chu Huan said, she immediately showed a happy expression, and asked Chu Huan: "So Brother Huan, you already have other solutions?"

   "Hehe, no!"

  Lin Qingxia: "."

   At this time, Chu Huan really has no good solution, nothing more than contacting other toy companies or animation companies, but it is hard to say whether the other party can meet his requirements.

   In addition, there is also a question mark whether the other party has a sales network as broad as Hasbro.

  The two returned to the hotel at the coffee shop, and Chu Huan called Kelly over.

   "Have you contacted all the animation companies I asked you to contact?" Chu Huan asked Kelly.

Chu Huan's character has always been to make two-handed preparations for any matter, and the cooperation with Hasbro is also the same. It is true that in Chu Huan's heart, cooperation with Hasbro can maximize the benefits at the fastest speed. However, if the other party wants to take away all the benefits, then Chu Huan will definitely not agree.

   Isn’t this a wedding dress for Hasbro?

  So after contacting Hasbro, Chu Huan also asked Kelly to contact a Hollywood animation production company.

  As for Pixar and Dreamworks, which are very famous in later generations, the two animation companies have not yet been established.

  In the North American animation industry at this time, the most well-known animation companies are the animation studios under Disney and the animation studios under Warner.

  However, Chu Huan has already ruled out Disney animation first, because the animation genes of Disney animation and "Transformers" are different.

  Chu Huan not only asked Kelly to contact a Hollywood animation company, but also asked Kamakura Yasuo to contact his teacher Osamu Tezuka to see if the other party could accept the job.

  However, Chu Huan still prefers to cooperate with Hollywood animation companies, because the peripherals of "Transformers" must be mainly in the European and American markets in the early days.

  In addition, the most important thing is that for the East at this time, they can accept Western cartoons, but for the West, it is very difficult for them to accept cartoons made by Orientals.

"I have already contacted three companies. Warner Animation said that they want to acquire part of the rights and interests surrounding "Transformers" before agreeing to cooperate with you. Although the other two companies do not have this requirement, can their cartoons meet your requirements? Request, then not sure!"

  The top companies naturally have the top talents.

  If the animation of "Transformers" is handed over to Warner Animation, Chu Huan will indeed be less worried about the animation adaptation of "Transformers".

  Although the other party does not want to directly buy all the copyrights of "Transformers" like Hasbro, the other party also wants to buy part of the rights.

   "How much are they bidding?" Chu Huan asked.

  If the price is right, Chu Huan doesn't have to firmly grasp all the profits from "Transformers".

  Kelly said: "For 2 million US dollars, buy 40% of the usufruct rights! And the other party is very arrogant and does not agree with any of our demands for bargaining."

  Hearing this, Chu Huan understood that it was impossible to reach a cooperation with Warner Animation.

   "Contact the other two animation companies, first meet with their person in charge, and see the other party's ability before we talk!"

  Now that Chu Huan no longer has the extravagant hope of entrusting animation and sales to the same company, the other party will definitely be like Hasbro, and the lion will open his mouth!

   It seems that the time has come for "Fantasy Comics" to set up its own animation department!

  Chu Huan thought helplessly.

  If you have a mature animation production team in your hands, all this will not be a problem now.

   It's just that "Fantasy Manga" has been working on the manga business with all its strength before, and there is no time to set up an animation department, but it is much better now.

  As "Fantasy Comics" itself tends to stabilize, Chu Huan will also have a lot of time to set up the animation department and make more time.

   Then Kelly met with the heads of two animation companies for Chu Huan.

  The person in charge of the first animation company is called Bagley, a young man who looks gentle and gentle. Except for the top animation companies, other animation companies don’t actually make much money.

  The production cycle of animation is long and the rate of return is uncertain, which has caused many unpredictable problems for animation companies.

  Maybe you watched this animation company just launched a hit cartoon, but you don’t know why the other party declared bankruptcy not long after.

   It's really an animation company that burns too much money!

  With the support of a large consortium behind the head, you don't have to worry about this, and you can naturally be a little more arrogant when you do things.

  But the animation companies in the middle and lower reaches can't have such an idea, otherwise, they must be the first to be photographed to death on the beach when the huge waves come.

  So Bagley was very humble when he saw Chu Huan.

   It’s just that I told you ten sentences and didn’t get a single response. What’s the use of saying that I like the comic book “Transformers” very much?

  I still like banknotes, don’t I have to work hard to make money? Could it be that just because I like it, the banknotes will automatically jump into my account?

  So the conversation between Chu Huan and the other party was not very smooth.

   After meeting with Bagley, Chu Huan met Jerome, the person in charge of the second company.

  Compared to the stuffy Bagley, Jerome is obviously more prepared.

  After seeing Chu Huan, he directly took out a few chapters of concept drawings in his bag and handed them to Chu Huan.

"Mr. Chu, this is an animation sketch we designed based on your company's comic "Transformers". Of course, we know that these final images must be consistent with your company's toy design, so we can change it at any time. .

  Personally, I have bought all the separate volumes of the first few issues of "Transformers" on the market, and read the stories in them carefully.

   Not just me, but all the story editors in my company.

   Now we even wrote the story script for the first episode based on the content of the manga and our own understanding of the story.

  As long as Mr. Chu can hand over the animation of "Transformers" to our company for production, I guarantee that we will be able to produce the animation that Mr. Chu has in mind! "

   After finishing speaking, Jerome took out a stack of paper drafts in his bag, which was naturally the story script of the first episode of the "Transformers" animation.

  Chu Huan accepted the animation sketch and script from the other party with satisfaction, regardless of whether he would cooperate with the other party or not, the other party's attitude was enough to satisfy Chu Huan.

   "Mr. Jerome, I have to say that chatting with you is a very pleasant process!"

  Hearing what Chu Huan said, Jerome immediately showed a smile on his face.

  No way, the animation company is really burning too much money. Jerome Animation was founded by him alone. When Jerome was young, he was already madly obsessed with Disney and Warner cartoons.

  So after graduating from university, I joined Disney Animation immediately, but many times, beautiful things can only be seen from a distance, and cannot be touched up close.

  Otherwise, the beauty will be defeated by all kinds of bits and pieces!

   This is the same as how beautiful a woman is, if you watch her **** in the toilet, you won’t think she is beautiful!

  Jerome has his own animation concept. During his stay at Disney, he gradually discovered that his own concept and Disney's animation concept cannot be perfectly integrated.

   This once made Jerome very hesitant.

  In the end, Jerome followed his heart, left Disney Animation, and founded his own Jerome Animation.

  During this period, Jerome discovered that TV animation had great potential to be tapped, so he began to put the main projects of his animation company on TV animation.

   But at this time, North American TV animation was almost monopolized by Disney and Warner. Although his Jerome animation produced a TV animation during this period, it did not cause much response.

   This also caused Jerome Animation to fall into financial crisis.

   It was at this time that Kelly took the initiative to find Jerome and made a request for Chu Huan.

  Since Jerome works in an animation company, he naturally knows about "Fantasy Comics". It is now known as one of the three major comics in North America, as famous as DC and Marvel!

   At least in terms of sales!

   And outside of North America, "Fantasy Comics" has even surpassed the comics of DC and Marvel!

   Such a comic company's animation project found him, for Jerome, it was as good as a pie in the sky.

   Must win this project!

   This is Jerome's only thought now!

  Chu Huan took a look at the animation sketch brought by Jerome, and there were some discrepancies with the toy model designed by the toy company.

   But it doesn't matter, didn't Jerome just say that it can be modified according to the toy model.

   As for the changes in the script, Chu Huan felt that there was no problem.

   In Chu Huan’s mind, there is not much difference in this type of comic story. It is nothing more than the story of the upright being the weak side first, then being suppressed by the villain, and finally the upright erupts into a small universe and wins.

  Actually, this type of story is somewhat similar to an animation that Chu Huan watched when he was a child.

   I vaguely remember that this animation is called "Six Gods Fit"!

It is actually a story about robots, but unlike "Transformers", "Six Gods" is a separate individual of six autobots, who will be beaten up by the villain every time, and then use their big moves and shout : Six gods fit together!

  So the six Autobots combined to form a giant Autobot, and then easily killed the villain!

  The animation of this type of story also includes the two brothers and sisters, Sheri and Seaman, who first investigate various situations, then disappear, and run to a deserted place.

  Take out your own sword and shout: I am Heman (Ciri), please give me strength!

   Anti-kill the big villain!

  The story of this model is the golden rule of creation of European and American animation.

"Mr. Chu, according to our company's calculations, if we want to adapt "Transformers" into an animation, the cost of each episode will be about 45,000 US dollars. I guarantee that this price is definitely the price of all companies in Hollywood that can provide services to Mr. Chu. The lowest of the bunch!"

  Jerome continued to introduce the advantages of his company. He really needed this project too much.

  Chu Huan naturally also saw the urgency of the other party at this time.

   “Can your company meet the demand for one episode per week?”

  Jerome immediately showed a happy expression on his face. Chu Huan had already expressed his interest in their company by asking this question.

"Mr. Chu, please rest assured. You are not afraid of Mr. Chu's jokes. If you can get your company's "Transformers" project, it will become the most important project of our company this year and the next two years, so we will definitely do our best to guarantee it." The progress of this project!"

  Although Jerome's preparation and performance were the best, Chu Huan did not just agree to cooperate with the other party, and there must be many other problems in the future.

  So the next step is the process of Chu Huan asking and Jerome answering.

"I am personally very satisfied with Mr. Jerome's performance, but the "Transformers" project is not only the most important project of your company in the next two years, but also the most important project of our company in the next two years, so this project I still need to think about it!"

  After their defense, Chu Huan still did not immediately agree to cooperate with the other party.

  This may be a common problem of reborn people, that is, they are more willing to believe in companies or people they have heard of in later generations, but they will have certain doubts about people like Jerome who have never heard of it.

  They failed in another time and space, so can they succeed in this time and space?

   It was this kind of skepticism that made Chu Huan not agree to cooperate with the other party in the first place.

  In the next few days, with Kelly’s efforts, she contacted two more animation companies, and Chu Huan also met with each other, but the overall feeling was not as good as what Jerome brought to Chu Huan.

   On the other side, Jerami Grant was waiting for Chu Huan to find himself again with the presence of the old god.

   It has been said before that Jerami Grant is proud.

  He was so proud that he didn't even find anyone to watch Chu Huan's side, because in Jerami Grant's view, winning the copyright of "Transformers" was a very simple matter.

   As for where his self-confidence comes from, it is naturally Hasbro behind him!

  But as time passed, Chu Huan never showed up again, which made Grant a little nervous.

So he immediately contacted the person in charge of Hasbro in Los Angeles to inquire about Chu Huan's whereabouts in Los Angeles, but Jeremy Grant is not the chairman of Hasbro, and his position in Hasbro is similar to that of the person in charge in Los Angeles. exist at the same level.

  So the person in charge of Hasbro in Los Angeles didn't take Jerami Grant's request to heart at all.

   "A manager of the animation department wants to order me to do something, or to pay attention to an oriental person, I don't know what to say!"

  The person in charge of Hasbro Los Angeles said privately.

  He looks down on neither Jerami Grant nor Chu Huan!

  Even if Chu Huan is here as the boss of "Fantasy Comics", what does that matter?

  It has nothing to do with Hasbro, okay?

  As for the income from the peripherals of "Transformers", not everyone thinks that it can become a blockbuster, otherwise, there would not be so many people who would be distracted by the blockbuster project.

   It was precisely because of this person's indifference that Jeremy Grant missed the best time to know Chu Huan's behavior.

  After many considerations, Chu Huan decided to cooperate with Jerome Animation, and it was not just a simple cooperation.

   When Jerome saw Chu Huan again, his expression became even more excited, because this meant that he would become the last partner of "Fantasy Comics"!

   Chu Huan's official statement also confirmed Jerome's thoughts.

  So Jerome said excitedly: "Mr. Chu, don't worry, our company will definitely let Mr. Chu see the most successful "Transformers" animation!"

  Chu Huan said with a smile: "Although we have preliminarily determined that your company is our partner, we still have to look at your company's finished products. If the finished products cannot meet our requirements, the cooperation can be terminated at any time!"

  Jerome has no initiative in this matter, so he can only agree to Chu Huan's request!

   "There is one more thing, I want to talk to Mr. Jerome!"

   Also, the next chapter is at eight in the morning~~

  

  

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