Chapter 8 Science Fiction Director Shooting Hot Pot Promotional Film
Doraemon is an anime character that cannot be bypassed in his previous life on the island and even around the world.
Since Fujiko F. Fujio used his pen to draw this anime character that is a combination of a roly-poly and a cat in the 1960s, Doraemon has quickly swept the island nation and around the world, becoming one of the most well-known anime characters in the world.
Not only that, on the occasion of the millennium in 2000, Doraemon's 30th anniversary celebrations were held in TW and XG and other places. In 2000, Doraemon became the only anime character to appear at the island country's Millennium Gala.
In addition, in 2002, Doraemon was selected as an Asian Hero by the American "Times" magazine. Not only was he the only virtual character to receive this honor, he was also the only island animation character to be included in "Times".
Of course, there are too many legends about Doraemon, which are enough to prove the charm of this fat blue guy.
So Jiangbei thought that drawing this fat blue guy should be able to solve the problem of Liangliang being expelled from the school.
The fact was as he expected. On the second day after returning to school, Liangliang ran back excitedly and brought an international friend - Nozawa Kana.
"Brother, this is Nozawa Kana, the person in charge of the island country Kyoto Animation. She wants to buy the copyright of Doraemon's works." Liangliang pointed at Nozawa Kana.
"Hello Mr. Jiang, this is my business card." Nozawa Kana respectfully took out a simple business card and handed it over with both hands.
"Copyright? Are you going to sell the script?" Li Youqing smoothed his clothes and asked suspiciously.
"It's the fat blue guy that Liangliang drew before." Jiang Bei replied, then took the business card from Nozawa Kana's hand and looked at it, with a bit of surprise in his eyes.
KyoAni?
Such a familiar name.
This was a well-known animation company in the island country in its previous life. It had produced many best-selling animations under its name, but what made it most famous was that its first studio suffered a malicious arson incident that resulted in dozens of deaths and injuries, and countless original paintings of many works were burned.
But this was all in the past life. I didn’t expect Kyoto Animation to exist in this world.
"The character drawn by Liangliang was spotted by the animation company?" Li Youqing didn't know much about Kyoto Animation, but he understood that someone wanted to buy the copyright, and looked at Liangliang in surprise.
"No, who am I? The omnipotent Anseong Gambling King, he can create a trend by just drawing an anime character." Anseong Gambling King is not only a superb gambler, but also very thick-skinned. He directly takes credit for drawing Fatty Blue.
Give credit to yourself.
Jiangbei didn't have time to listen to her bragging. He looked at Nozawa Kana and smiled: "I'm really sorry, Miss Nozawa, we will not sell the copyright of Doraemon's work. It can only belong to Zhang Jiuliang alone."
Others don't know what kind of sensation Doraemon can cause, but he knows it. Isn't he a fool to choose to sell the copyright directly now?
Even if he doesn't plan to enter the animation industry, he can't just 'give' a classic animation character to others casually.
Nozawa Kana didn't understand Jiangbei's idea at first, thinking that he just wanted to raise the price, so she said sincerely: "Mr. Jiang, we at Kyoto Animation are willing to pay one million Chinese dollars to buy the copyright of Doraemon's work, and
If Doraemon becomes a hit in the future, Kyoto Animation will give Ms. Zhang Jiuliang an additional profit share of no less than one thousandth for three years."
One million buys an anime character who is not yet famous.
And after making a profit, there will be a profit share of no less than one thousandth for three consecutive years.
This condition is indeed not low. In fact, even if a famous animation artist has just drawn an anime character, the value of the anime character will not be too high without the background of the comic and animation story.
In fact, even Li Youqing's eyes were full of surprise after hearing this. He quietly leaned into Jiang Bei's ear and said, "Beibei, one million paintings! This is a treatment that only Chinese painting people get! Sell it!"
"Yes, yes, brother. It's one million. We'll split it 50-50 after the sale. We won't lose money this time." The gambling king's eyes were filled with little stars, thinking that if he could get the 500,000, he could make a bet.
It’s a game of half a million.
How exciting.
But no matter how much the sisters-in-law turned a deaf ear to him, the old man refused to agree to sell the fat blue man. Seeing how persistent he was, Li Youqing and Zhang Jiuliang stopped mentioning it and sat aside obediently.
When Nozawa Kana saw that money could not impress Jiangbei, she could only leave with one sentence of regret: "Mr. Jiang, we at Kyoto Animation are really sincere, and we hope you can give it more consideration."
After Nozawa Kana left, Li Youqing and Zhang Jiuliang immediately came up to ask questions.
"Brother, why don't you sell it? I think Ms. Nozawa Kana is quite sincere. She even came to our house to discuss the matter in person."
"It's just that Liang Liang's paintings can sell for one million, I simply can't imagine it. Now someone is willing to pay, but you actually refused."
Jiang Bei was helpless when asked, so he had to spread his hands and reply: "Do you believe me when I say this fat blue guy is worth a fortune?"
Li Youqing and Zhang Jiuliang looked at each other, then shook their heads: "I don't believe it."
"If you don't believe it, just give it a try." After thinking about it, Jiang Bei said.
Now that this fat blue man has appeared, we should be responsible for it to the end, so that it can regain its former glory on Blue Star and leave a strong mark on the history of Blue Star animation.
Of course, I would also like to help Zhang Jiuliang plan his future life path to avoid thinking about gambling every day.
"What are you going to do?" Li Youqing asked curiously.
"Save up enough dowry for Liang Liang."
Can a fat blue man save enough dowry for Zhang Jiuliang?
Li Youqing didn't believe what Jiangbei said.
Even Zhang Jiuliang himself didn't believe it.
Their disbelief is not that Fatty Lan can't make money, but that there is no one else in the world who can make money as fast as Anseong Gambling King spends money.
If you don't believe it, there is nothing you can do. One day the facts will prove everything.
Anseong gambling king spends money like water?
So what, Fatty Blue is making money like water.
Won’t we know when the two of them touch each other?
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Cultural and Creative Entertainment Office Building, Li Youqing, Sui Xi, and Ji Yingzi were sitting in a lounge drinking coffee and eating snacks.
"I heard that you haven't received any resources lately and have been idle?" Ji Yingzi asked, holding melon seeds in her hand and leaning casually on the sofa.
Li Youqing took a sip of the milk tea, nodded slightly and replied: "Yes, the company said that the domestic film and television drama market is not going well this year, and there are no extra resources for me, so let me wait."
"You are in the midst of a big fire, so even if Beijing's film and television resources are in short supply, you shouldn't be left out, right?" Sui Xi took a spoon and gently mixed the coffee, and frowned when he heard this.
She knew some secrets and was very sure that even if other artists under Erjing Film and Television did not have the resources, they would not be able to treat this de facto boss lady badly.
"That's right, the queen of tens of billions of box office. She has participated in the filming of all the movies and TV dramas since her debut. Is it possible that those investors and directors are blind? Can I ask you to guarantee the box office?" Ji Yingzi spoke more openly and opened her mouth if she had anything to say.
Come on, don't care if you offend others.
However, the words are crude. As China's first billionaire box office queen, it is indeed a bit abnormal to come to her without resources.
"Maybe the company has other considerations. Anyway, I am also busy with the promotion of the hot pot restaurant. It is a good thing that I don't have the resources. At least I don't have to take care of both sides." Li Youqing forced a smile and took the initiative to change the topic.
She also found this aspect strange.
But I had no choice but to avoid talking about it.
"I heard that Mr. Jiang has established a catering company to build a hot pot brand chain?" Seeing that Li Youqing didn't want to discuss the matter, Sui Xi wisely followed him to a new topic.
In fact, compared to the former, for some reason she wanted to talk about the hot pot brand chain. As for the reason... maybe she wanted to know Mr. Jiang's movements...
"Yes, Beibei said he wants to run the hot pot restaurant into a well-known brand chain across the country and even the world." Li Youqing said truthfully.
"It seems that Boss Jiang is not only talented, but also ambitious. However, I think it is more suitable for him to be in the entertainment industry than in the business world. After all, it seems that he opened a farmhouse before... and it closed down." Ji Yingzi said at the beginning
It was still praised, but the style of painting suddenly changed at the end, with a bit of ridicule.
Of course, no one discussed this with her, and Sui Xi directly asked Li Youqing: "When is the hot pot restaurant going to open?"
"It's scheduled for November 1st, but now we haven't even produced a promotional video or slogan, and we don't know if we can make it in time." Li Youqing replied with a worried look on his face.
October is about to enter, and the time until the scheduled opening of the hot pot restaurant is getting shorter and shorter. However, none of the plans made before have been started, so from a time perspective, it may not be completed before November.
"Are there any promotional videos and slogans?" Sui Xi raised her eyebrows, slightly confused.
It's understandable to open a hotpot restaurant to promote it, but there's no need to make a promotional video...it's not like making a movie or TV series.
Li Youqing nodded and replied: "We are going to brand the hot pot restaurant, so we not only need to make promotional videos and slogans, but also have spokespersons."
"It tastes a bit like a brand." Ji Yingzi commented after taking a bite of the snack.
"So who are you going to find as your spokesperson?" Sui Xi asked.
"I am still somewhat well-known in terms of endorsements, so I plan to serve as the image ambassador myself. The advertising slogan will be polished by Bei Bei, but we have not yet found a director to shoot the promotional video."
After Li Youqing finished speaking, his eyes subconsciously glanced at Ji Yingzi who was eating snacks.
This is a well-known Chinese science fiction director who is said to have ‘opened a window in the door to science fiction and then welded it to death’.
If you can help me shoot a promotional video, that would be more than enough.
"What do you want me to do? I am a science fiction film director, not a music video director." Ji Yingzi could see Li Youqing's inner thoughts at a glance and waved her hand in refusal.
No matter which industry, there is a common problem. Talents who live at the top of the industry's technology always have a sense of arrogance, which means that people who have climbed to the top of the mountain are not willing to go down to the bottom of the mountain.
Although Ji Yingzi is not famous as a famous director, she has the disease of a famous director, so naturally she is not willing to lower her status to make a small promotional video.
Li Youqing didn't feel disappointed after hearing this. After all, she just wanted to test it out and didn't have any big expectations.
However, Sui Xi didn't think so. She picked up the cold coffee and took a sip, then said casually: "Mr. Jiang is very talented. He has poems and scripts at his fingertips. It shouldn't be a problem to come up with an advertising slogan."
It sounded like this was meant for Li Youqing, but when Ji Yingzi heard it, her heart moved, and her expression suddenly became cautious. She didn't even eat snacks, and sat there with her hands folded and lowered her head to think.
On the contrary, Li Youqing himself did not notice the strangeness of Ji Yingzi, and replied angrily: "Sister Sui Xi, please don't praise him. It's just such a slogan, and he couldn't come up with it for almost a week. It's really frustrating."
"Don't worry, Mr. Jiang will definitely be able to figure it out." Sui Xi glanced at Ji Yingzi with a smile and consoled her.
"I hope so." Li Youqing responded softly, took out his phone, looked at it, and said, "Sister Sui Xi, Teacher Ji, it's getting late, so I'll go back first."
Sui Xi nodded and was about to reply, but Ji Yingzi was the first to ask: "Youyou, what style do you plan to shoot in your promotional video?"
"ah?"
"Ah, what? You are my student. Teachers should support students' careers. Let alone making a promotional video, it's not a problem for me to be the backdrop."
…
Li Youqing was a little surprised by Ji Yingzi's change of attitude. When he went to bed at night, he remembered that he would inevitably mention this matter to his husband.
"You invited Ji Yingzi to help shoot a promotional video for the hot pot restaurant? Aren't you afraid that she will film you eating hot pot on a spaceship?" Jiang Bei kissed his wife on the forehead and teased.
Don't think this is a joke. If Ji Yingzi came to shoot a promotional video, she might actually be able to do this.
What makes this director not so smart is that he always has "unique" ideas.
"What's the matter? As long as the effect is good, it doesn't matter if you eat hot pot on Mars." Li Youqing didn't care, and said seriously: "Teacher Ji's directorial skills are there. If she were to shoot the promotional video, it would be great."
It can guarantee the quality of the promotional video, and we can also use a little bit of her popularity, so why not?"
There's really nothing wrong with saying that.
Jiang Bei hugged his wife's waist and nodded in agreement.
"By the way, why haven't you come up with the slogan you were thinking of? Teacher Ji is about to prepare for the filming. You have to give them a word so they can use it."
Shooting a promotional video is not a random shoot. In addition to formulating the theme, you must also stick to the advertising slogan. The two need to be perfectly connected together, otherwise it will be embarrassing if they look different.
"I've thought about it and will send it to you tomorrow."