Resting on the plane has never been very peaceful. Although he took a short rest, Li Yiyang felt that he was even more tired.
It was past four o'clock when he woke up. After having a simple lunch, Li Yiyang went to the nearest bar.
He knew that this place was where Zhou Qing would often come to relieve stress. Zhou Qing was the boss of the animation company he was planning to cooperate with this time.
This young man is not very young, but he is very creative. He founded this company entirely with his own passion.
They should be the first company in China to produce Chinese comics, but in the early stage of this company, their development was not very smooth and they repeatedly ran into obstacles.
Their concepts and ideas are good, but the investment is not adequate, and Chinese comics are not the trend now.
Their company also experienced failure again and again before finally producing a very perfect work.
After the completion of this work, they did not look for other companies to cooperate. Instead, they spent a sum of money themselves, almost all their assets.
It can be said that they put everyone's hopes on the line and released this film on their own. Unexpectedly, this time, they succeeded.
In just a few years, they have become a relatively well-known animation company in China.
Of course, right now, their company is still very small and is in the stage of attracting investment.
After most people heard that they were producing Chinese comics, they had no idea of investing.
It's not what those people want. It's really because Chinese comics are not a general trend now.
Although they don’t want to admit it, Japanese comics have always been developing better than them.
For a long time, Chinese comics have not had much capital injection, and no one has paid attention to it.
It was indeed glorious for a period of time in the 1990s, but with the development of the times, those things can only become memories in the minds of one generation.
Due to backward technology, low capital investment, brain drain and other problems, the current Chinese animation has no way to compete with those commercial animations.
Even if it has fallen into a trough, it will be difficult to develop again.
In everyone’s impression, Chinese comics have become products for younger audiences.
To put it bluntly, the first goal of those businessmen is to make money. It is not that they have no feelings for their family and country, but that their first thought is to support their families.
These days, having money is not everything, but having no money is absolutely impossible.
That's why their animation company has been unable to develop.
If they hadn't tried their best in the end, I'm afraid their rising star would have been buried.
In recent times, Zhou Qing has been under great pressure due to successive failures in attracting investments.
Except for him, most of the people in their company are constantly working, as if they have been in the company forever.
In the beginning, he took the initiative to invest funds to create this company, but now he can't make ends meet. It's difficult for those people to even survive. Naturally, he feels very guilty.
But Zhou Qing was unwilling to give up easily. He felt that if he persisted for a while, he would definitely see the light of day.
But using these words to tell people in the company is like giving them a shot of blood, and it is a completely empty promise.
Even Zhou Qing himself doesn't know when this dawn will come, and sometimes he wonders if he is being selfish in doing so.
Maybe he shouldn't persist anymore, since all of those people are quite old.
If you keep wasting money here, if everything comes to nothing in the end, you will owe them too much.
With a long sigh, Zhou Qing drank the wine in front of him in one gulp.
After finishing the drink, he realized that he had taken the wrong cup. He quickly looked at the man beside him and said, "Sorry, I didn't pay attention just now."
The man waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter. I'll treat you to the cup just now."
Zhou Qing said quickly: "How can this be possible? I accidentally drank your wine. I will help you pay the bill later."
"It really doesn't matter. We are all of the same kind. It's already time to drink and drink away our sorrows here. It seems that you have something to worry about?"
Zhou Qing sighed, "I have too many things to talk about. I'm afraid I won't be able to finish them."
Under such circumstances, it is always easy for people to confide in strangers, since no one knows anyone.
Moreover, under the catalysis of alcohol, this dark environment makes it especially easy for people to relax their guard.
After a few drinks, Li Yiyang had already finished explaining the current situation of his company before he even asked Zhou Qing.
These things had been accumulating in his heart for such a long time, and he felt very stressed.
He doesn’t even drink every day. After all, those people in the company are working around the clock. What qualifications does he have to come here to drink?
Today, it was only because of an investment failure that he was under great pressure, so he came here.
Unexpectedly, after he finished talking about these things, he became more and more troublesome and drank a few more drinks unconsciously.
When Zhou Qing got up the next day, he was already at home. He beat his aching head. He couldn't remember what happened yesterday. It was obvious that he drank too much.
After checking his phone, he quickly gave it to the nearest contact, Xiaohu from his company.
"Last night, you went to the bar to send me back?"
Xiaohu shook his head and said: "It's not me, it's a strange man. Boss, you are really awesome. You drank so much with a stranger you don't know."
"When I went there, you dragged me along and kept talking. If you were a woman or he was a woman, you two might have slept together today."
Zhou Qing was extremely embarrassed, "That's just a misunderstanding. I've been complaining for so long, but you didn't leave any contact information?"
"Of course I kept it. And I didn't bring any money yesterday. Someone paid for the wine. I said I would pay it back to him."
Zhou Qing said quickly: "Then give me his contact information quickly, and I will contact him now."
"I'm sorry about the investment thing. Tell your brothers not to be so tense lately and take a break."
Xiaohu sighed, "This is done voluntarily by everyone, not forced by you. Although we are working very hard, everyone is very happy."
"Boss, don't be so stressed. Don't you always encourage us? Persistence is victory?"
After hearing his words, Zhou Qing felt a little better. What he was most afraid of were these brothers, and he felt that he had cheated them.
However, they all knew each other's hardships along the way.