Chapter 294: Ridiculously high variety show appearance fees
After all, Cherry Animation is a large company. This time, because "Tiandi" is on the verge of bankruptcy, many companies are interested in this relatively high-quality asset.
Even g-sites are actually thinking about acquiring Cherry Animation.
Station G has its own animation studio, but the scale is not particularly large, and some of the self-made comics it has published have not had a great response.
But as the website with the most copyrights for Chinese animation, they naturally have pursuits.
Because the most popular anime on the G site are basically from island countries, and there are very few from China.
Every time a new anime comes out, the slogan of the rise of Chinese comics is shouted loudly. Unfortunately, in the end, the publicity was very effective, but the audience did not buy it, and it ended hastily.
Therefore, the acquisition of Cherry Animation this time is definitely a very important strategic plan for them.
People in the animation department of G station are still thinking about how to persuade Yu Longwu.
The other party's suspicion has long been spread throughout the entire circle, and it has even been said that even if it goes bankrupt, it is absolutely impossible for it to agree to be acquired.
But even before G Station could come up with a solution, they suddenly received news.
Cherry Animation was taken over first.
Moreover, the news came out that it was acquired by Tongji Entertainment, which had no animation business before.
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"Mr. Chi, what's going on at Tongji Entertainment?"
"Why did you suddenly acquire Cherry Animation?"
Chi Jiang was also stunned for a moment when he heard the words of the vice president of the animation department.
Because he didn't know about it at all.
Why did Tongji Entertainment acquire the animation company?
But what made Chi Jiang unhappy the most was the tone of voice of the vice president of the animation department.
It's like you owe the other person something.
"Although Tongji Entertainment has a cooperative relationship with our film and television department, it is only a cooperative relationship. How will I know their next action?"
After hearing the tone of Chi Jiang's words, the visitor also realized that he was a little impulsive.
He quickly spoke up and said:
"Sorry, Mr. Chi, it's mainly because Cherry Animation is a company we originally planned to acquire."
"Now that something like this has happened, it really makes us very passive."
Although Chi Jiang's expression softened, his attitude did not change much and he still looked cold.
Since the film and television department has become more and more influential, the animation department has naturally suffered the most. Not only has its status declined, but its copyright budget has also been reduced a lot.
Chi Jiang is used to it, so it doesn't matter. Although they are a company, they are inherently competitive, and Chi Jiang has no intention of being a good guy.
He calmly replied that he would go and ask and said nothing more.
The subject came running in angrily, but in the end he could only leave angrily.
As for asking questions about Tongji Entertainment, Chi Jiang is naturally unable to help.
This is obviously the next development plan of Tongji Entertainment. Why would Chi Jiang rashly ask about it? There is no need.
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The acquisition of Cherry Animation by Tongji Entertainment only attracted a small range of attention.
After all, there are only a few companies in the animation industry. Although the three major companies have their own animation departments, they are basically free-range.
The revenue it brings is basically negligible for the size of the three major companies.
Although Penguin and Kiwi also purchase animation rights from time to time, most of them are animations for children.
The influence is limited, and it is at best a consideration to supplement its own film and television library.
The one that really takes this matter seriously may be G Station, the largest company.
Many people in the animation circle have noticed this.
But no one thought that a layman like Xu Ji could make a big splash even if he entered this industry.
It is estimated that after being hit by reality, he will run away in despair.
The only thing worthy of attention is why Yu Longwu agreed to be acquired.
The previous attitude was so tough that many companies in the industry refused to agree, with an attitude of preferring to be in pieces rather than in ruins.
As a result, the company was sold to a layman company like Tongji Entertainment.
The only explanation is that Xu Ji gave too much.
Thinking of this, colleagues inevitably became angry at Yu Longwu for being behind his back.
How noble to say, for dreams and so on, in the end it is not because you don’t give enough.
I still compromised for money.
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Of course, the news about Cherry Animation did not attract much attention, but the subsequent actions of Tongji Entertainment are impossible to ignore.
After the domestic Cherry Animation was acquired, Tongji Entertainment successively acquired an animation studio in the island country and the United States.
And the scale is not small. It is estimated that the acquisition of the animation company alone will cost more than 200 million.
Cherry Animation is the company with the smallest expenditure.
Tongji Entertainment’s big move surprised many people.
"What is Tongji Entertainment doing? Entering the animation industry?"
"Xu Ji is committing suicide! Before, he established five film and television projects at once, and now he spends a lot of money to buy three animation companies. No matter how healthy the cash flow is, this is not how to spend it!"
"I can't understand. Forget about domestic companies, why go to island countries and the United States to buy animation companies?"
"You don't understand this? Xu Ji obviously has big intentions! But the risk of becoming fat in one bite is also very high."
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Many people in some groups of second- and third-tier artists are discussing this matter.
They don't have many announcements, most of them depend on luck. When they are bored, they like to chat about entertainment industry gossip.
It will make you feel like you have integrated into the core of this circle.
Youman flew back from the United States, but she actually didn't quite understand Xu Ji's decision.
Originally selling the copyrights of "My Leader, My Team" and "White Night Chaser", plus the share from G station, the company's funds finally returned to the previous situation of sufficient cash flow.
But this time, the sudden acquisition of three animation companies made the financial situation tight again.
The key is that Xu Ji also emphasized that the company's quality should not be too bad, and its level should at least be above average in the industry.
Fortunately, competition in the animation industry in the island country is relatively fierce. Many companies cannot survive and have declared bankruptcy. It is easy to negotiate the price.
The bulk is still in the United States, and the scale and number of people are obviously similar to those of the island country and Cherry Animation's studio.
But the price difference is more than double.
The boss Xu Ji is indeed very capable of making money, but he also spends money without blinking an eye.
The acquisition alone is actually fine, but the key is that the company buys it, and these people can't just be left idle like this.
If it works, Xu Ji's new project will probably require a large amount of investment.
Youman really has a headache now.
I just hope that the five film and television projects this time can be completed quickly, and then part of the funds can be recovered.
Otherwise, we really can only let artists like Ji Yiyang rush to make announcements to make money and relieve stress.
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Youman just returned to Chengdu, but he didn't expect that the announcement to ease the economic pressure would come.
In the past, Youman might not have cared about the appearance fees offered by these announcements.
But this time the price offered by the other party made even Youman feel a little confused about how to reject it.
"What? Rap show?"
"I can't..."
"Not going."
During this period, Sha Yetong has resumed the frequency of performing as before. Although she is not very busy, she is still quite satisfied with the days of regular performances.
But Youman suddenly found her and asked her to participate in a program, and it was rap that she had never been exposed to before. Of course, Sha Yetong subconsciously refused.
Youman naturally knew that it was not appropriate for Sha Yetong to participate in this rap show, but the appearance fee offered by the other party was too high.
Just one performance is close to 10 million. This program group is indeed very wealthy.
During this period, as "The Masked Singer" was suspended for a long time, this program called "New Rap" began to slowly become popular.
Although rap has been popular for a year or two, it still did not affect the ratings of this show, which ranked first in the same period.
And in terms of the level of hype and marketing, even Mo Jianwen can only be regarded as the younger brother in the director team of "New Rap".
The other party is backed by Tianwu, one of the top three companies, and it is broadcast on Penguin Video, so there is indeed no shortage of money.
Sha Yetong's rejection was within Youman's expectation.
After all, Sha Yetong directly promoted many previous programs without asking.
But this time it was different. Youman began to show his hard work.
"Why don't you ask Xu Ji if he can help write a song?"
Seeing that there was no effect, Youman simply proposed Xu Ji.
She knew that although Sha Yetong didn't say it, she still wanted to sing a new song.
Since the release of the second album, Xu Ji has not written many new songs for her.
She is busy filming and her new album was only released this year, so Sha Yetong is too embarrassed to mention the third album.
After hearing Youman's suggestion, Sha Yetong suddenly became interested.
If there are new songs to sing, it’s not impossible to participate in this show.
Although she has never been exposed to this field before, Sha Yetong is not completely ignorant.
Considering her talent, singing a song like rap is not really a big challenge.
She had also sung some rap songs before when she was bored, and she didn't find it very difficult.
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"Rap show?"
The filming of "Infernal Affairs" has been going on for a month, and the progress is going very smoothly so far.
Moreover, this kind of shooting speed is actually not too slow in the eyes of the two movie stars, but Xu Ji still feels that he is not very satisfied.
After all, compared to when we were filming "Wushuang", the progress now is indeed much slower.
At that time, "Wushuang" was about to enter the final finishing stage.
The filming progress of "Infernal Affairs" is only just over halfway.
Of course, thanks to the fact that the actors are all experienced actors, and the two protagonists are international movie stars, otherwise it would probably be much slower.
Youman also told Xu Ji about the invitation from "New Rap".
Of course, the emphasis is on the fact that the company has just bought three animation companies, and now the company is short of funds, and the other party has offered a very high appearance fee.
Of course Youman was worried that Xu Ji would refuse without even thinking.
Although Xu Ji's attitude towards these variety shows is not that annoying, most of them are too lazy to participate and feel it is unnecessary.
This has also led to the current artists of Tongji Entertainment to have the same idea as Xu Ji.
Xu Ji understood immediately after hearing Youman's words.
I have to say that many times Youman is more like the boss than him and has to worry about everything.
On the contrary, he usually doesn't worry much about these aspects and leaves them all to Youman to deal with.
"There's nothing wrong with singing."
"Of course, the premise is that you have to convince Tongtong to go, I can't force her."
Xu Ji opened his mouth and answered.
After hearing Xu Ji's words, Youman breathed a sigh of relief.
From the looks of it, this matter should be stable.
Sure enough, after hanging up the phone and hearing Xu Ji say that writing songs was no problem, she immediately agreed.
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"Have you received any reply?"
From the program team of "New Rap", director Yao Ge asked.
"Director Yao, we have sent invitations to about thirty singers in total, and now more than ten people have clearly agreed."
"Five people declined, and the rest have not yet responded."
"Wouldn't it be a little bad if we did this?"
"If you agree but don't invite me when the time comes, you will offend others."
The assistant director said worriedly.
The main reason is that Yao Ge's operation is a little too confusing.
He doesn't understand very well either.
Why do we send invitations to so many singers?
If you regret it later, you will offend others.
Yao Ge was stunned when he heard the assistant director's words. He actually didn't expect that so many singers would agree.
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However, I still kept my calm answer:
"It's okay, didn't our invitation say tentative?"
"It also explains that temporary changes may occur, which leaves some room for negotiation."
Yao Ge’s words are actually just talk.
I am not a fool, I still know if I am being tricked.
"By the way, director, Sha Yetong also agreed."
"The email just came from Tongji Entertainment this morning."
Yao Ge was also stunned after hearing what the assistant director added.
"Agreed?"
"Really or fake?"
Yao Ge felt a little incredible.
Mainly because it is difficult to invite artists from Tongji Entertainment.
Sha Yetong basically doesn’t have to think about it.
If it is some commercial performance, it is still possible.
For this reason, Yao Ge directly asked the assistant director to pay a terrifying appearance fee.
Such a price is a bit exaggerated even if the other party is a top-notch singer.
I originally thought that Sha Yetong was unlikely to agree.
After all, the other party himself is the director of Tongji Entertainment, and he is indeed the owner who is not short of money.
I just didn’t expect it to be successful?
Yao Ge's first reaction was that it was a bit incredible, and the second he began to feel a little distressed about the money, and even felt that there was no need to include Sha Yetong in the guest list this time.
But soon I felt like shaking my head.
Since Sha Yetong agreed, even if the appearance fee is terrifyingly high.
But the popularity and traffic it brings are obviously unique in the entertainment industry.
This opportunity cannot be missed. Perhaps the next episode will be the most popular episode of "New Rap" so far.
At this point, Yao Ge has begun to think about what kind of script can maximize profits.
The appearance fee given to Sha Yetong will be the best value spent.