After successfully buying out the Chinese copyright of "Cherry Maruko" at a low price, Ning Weimin was greatly inspired.

He suddenly realized that he had been a little blinding for a long time.

Perhaps because he was too focused on helping Keiko Matsumoto manage the studio and the firm, he was a little over-focused on the big heads of making money in the entertainment market in front of him - film, television, drama and music.

But it just ignores the IP advantages of Japanese animation.

The second-dimensional industry will have great growth potential in the future and can expand into a millet economy, which is actually a better cultural resource than live-action film library and music copyright.

In the long run, compared with live-action films and TV dramas, animation works are undoubtedly more operational in terms of business and can create greater economic value.

Especially in this regard, Japan is currently far ahead in Asia and has produced many large IPs.

Therefore, Ning Weimin immediately had a new idea and began to actively seek contact information from multiple parties. He contacted companies and authors with well-known animation IPs in the name of Wu Studio and Huiwentang Bookstore to discuss copyright transactions.

There is no need to think too much about it. Ning Weimin's first choice must be super IPs such as "Dragon Ball", "Saint Seiya", "Doraemon", "Beidou Fist", "City Hunter" and "Maruba King".

It has been proven in the previous life that these animation works can be popular in the country.

There is no risk at all, and anyone will choose this way.

But the problem is that these authors are all famous old birds.

Not to mention the animation versions of their works, they have even launched a variety of peripheral products.

Not only have I made a lot of money from copyrights, but I have also set up my own agency.

I have raised many people under my command, and I have specially provided them with the protection of copyright interests and dealing with related legal issues.

In addition, this kind of thing is not enough for the author himself to agree, and it often requires the consent of the publisher.

Because publishing companies like Shueisha, Primary School Hall, and Kotansha obtained the global distribution rights and adaptation rights of many works at the beginning of publication.

To put it bluntly, these cartoonists who have become famous have been completely different from Miki Miura who only entered the industry in 1986 with "Cherry Maruko".

Ning Weimin wanted to talk about copyright transactions, but he couldn't even meet these authors, so he could only deal with their company.

It is impossible not to let middlemen make a difference.

Needless to say, these "mother-in-law" who block the way care about their actual interests the most and are doing business.

Those who do business are all professionals and have a strong sense of copyright, so they are not easy to fool at all.

Ning Weimin talked to them about the significance of cultural exchanges between the two countries, the consumption capacity of mainland entertainment market in mainland China is very limited, and the current situation of China's lack of copyright protection. Now "Dragon Ball" and "Doraemon" have pirated reading materials sold in the mainland... All these topics are useless and people don't care at all.

Not to mention the price, it is impossible for them to give him any discounts.

Even if the filming rights of a movie are calculated in billions of times.

The key is that no one is stupid. Of course, those with a brain know how to keep flowing.

These obstacles did not agree to Ning Weimin's request to buy out the copyright for use in mainland China at a bargaining price.

He is willing to rent out the copyright to Ning Weimin based on ten years or fifteen years as a time period.

How to say it?

Now is the best time for Japan's economy, and these people who hold copyrights for well-known works have an amazing appetite for wealth.

Even if the transaction cannot be negotiated, it is nothing to these companies. Anyway, the wine is not afraid of being deep in the alley, and this kind of product is considered to be a semicolon, only this one.

So there is no way to talk about this. Ning Weimin is unwilling to use China's wealth to support several Japanese companies in the future. He is here to harvest Japan, but he is not sent to the door to make Japanese blood. This is contrary to his original intention.

So he could only disturb him and say goodbye and leave.

Unexpectedly, his approach actually made him contempt, which made some negotiating partners look dissatisfied.

I probably think that since Ning Weimin can't afford the price, I shouldn't disturb them and waste their time and a cup of coffee for reception.

In fact, it’s not like they thought. Ning Weimin is not the one who can’t afford to pay.

He just felt that it was not a business to go on, but it was a big loss to buy himself now.

Perhaps we can only wait until the Japanese economic bubble bursts before we talk again, so that we can get better conditions.

Anyway, as the saying goes, if you are anxious and can’t eat hot tofu, then wait slowly.

Of course, among these front-line cartoonists, not everyone is so powerful.

Hojoji, the author of "City Hunter", is different from others.

Because this guy is a loyal fan of Keiko Matsumoto, the name of Mite Studio is still useful to him.

In fact, Ning Weimin was rejected when the interview with Hojo Corporation's brokerage company was rejected, and there was a turning point the next day.

Someone from Hojoji's agency called him again and said that Hojoji was happy to learn that Ning Weimin was representing the Mizu Studio to discuss copyright transactions.

Regarding the timeliness of copyright transactions and prices, Hojo himself intends to make some concessions, and the specific terms can be discussed in person.

However, Hojo Ji also has his own conditions, which is to require the Kiris Studio to bring his work "The Three Sisters of Cat Eyes" to the screen first, and to let Matsumoto Kyoko play the eldest sister among the three sisters.

Nothing else, because Hojoji is the character created based on Matsumoto Keiko.

In addition, Hojoji also hopes that he can serve as the special consultant for props and costumes for this movie, and he asks that all the costumes be chosen by him.

And he is willing to shoot with the team so that he can answer all questions about this work at any time for Matsumoto Keiko at the shooting site.

I have to say that this guy showed great sincerity, and even a bit of a rush.

But the problem is that the motivation behind these conditions makes Ning Weimin doubtful.

Out of a man's consciousness, he felt that Hojo Ji seemed to be too eager to meet with Keiko Matsumoto and join the crew.

Moreover, although the story of "City Hunter" is good, there are too many things in this comic that cannot be published in the mainland. You must use castration surgery to create a clean body to meet readers.

Then think about it, who can design so many adult plots, so many pornographic jokes and various beauties? Who is Hojo Ji?

It would be strange if this guy wasn't a senior chromophore.

So Ning Weimin never considered agreeing, and only refused this on the grounds that Keiko Matsumoto was waiting for delivery and had to recover after delivery, so it was impossible to star in an action movie.

This is the side effect of having a beautiful wife. There will always be all kinds of bad motives who think about taking advantage of loopholes and plaguing you like flies.

But then again, even so, Ning Weimin did not find anything.

Except for him who is a good person who is good at communicating, he can always make friends anytime, anywhere,

The more important reason is that there are too many practitioners in the Japanese animation industry, which means that there are too many monks and less porridge.

Of course, famous authors whose works are so popular can get their money with various royalties and royalties.

But this kind of person is one of the top minority in the industry, and there are not many people in total.

Those comic authors who have only one work received positive reviews, or who have just become a little famous, and have not fully proven their commercial value, are the backbone of this industry.

Most of these people still live a life of not being rich or even tight.

Especially due to the family environment, like the author of "Cherry Maruko", some poor families were born in a family selling fruits and vegetables.

Even though the work started to sell well, because it was my first work, the rewards I received were much less.

Otherwise, it would not have been sold to Ning Weimin at such a cheap price.

For example, when Ning Weimin was discussing the copyright of "Bei Dou Shenquan" with Shueisha, he had a good chat with an editor named Hiroshi Nakano, although he still didn't get the talk in the end.

But this editor mistakenly thought that he wanted to buy "Beidou Fist" to make an action movie.

He recommended him another work that was serialized in Shueisha's "Young JUMP" magazine last year, which is the "Lei King" by the young cartoonist Tetsuya Arutoshi.

Hiroshi Nakano's recommendation is that "The King of Power" is somewhat similar to "The King of Power" in terms of coldness and bloody atmosphere, but because the story is in a modern city and the story is shorter, it may be easier to shoot.

Moreover, this work is only the second work of Takaya Suzudo, and it is undoubtedly much cheaper in terms of price.

It would be fine if you talk about other comics, Ning Weimin is really not familiar with them, but "The King of Power" suddenly evokes his youthful memory.

Among all Hong Kong films adapted from Japanese comics, this movie starring Fen Shaohuang should be known to everyone!

Those flesh-and-blooded shots, full of madness-based image styles, challenge the audience's nerves all the time, and indeed have the effect of destroying the three views and can be regarded as the shadow of childhood in the hearts of many children.

When Ning Weimin, in his previous life, was a junior high school student who had never been exposed to the word cult, he accidentally saw the video of this film in the school's ladder classroom.

The awesomeness of this film is that you know that most of the settings are very dirty, and the shooting cost is pitifully low.

But the blood and energy were splattered by a punch, and the blood and energy were scattered. Against the backdrop of powerful male hormones, all kinds of disgusting flesh and blood grinding rose into CULT aesthetics.

Although this film was too cruel and bloody, it was forced to be removed from the shelves just seven days after it was released in Hong Kong City, resulting in a terrible box office and even the shooting plan for consecutive episodes was cancelled.

However, this movie has received rave reviews throughout other parts of Asia. Even in the mainland, the Douban score has remained above 7 for a long time, and the videotapes have been sold even more crazy. The producers will definitely make a profit.

So Ning Weimin was really good at doing things. He went back and carefully read the original comic of "The King of Power" all night. He soon contacted the editor Nakano and wanted to meet the author.

In this way, with the promotion of Hiroshi Nakano, Ning Weimin finally bought out all copyrights of "Lei Wang" for a fee of 110 million yen.

Why is it so expensive? It's almost a million dollars!

That's because it's different from the animation version of "Cherry Maruko".

This time, Ning Weimin bought out the global distribution rights and adaptation rights of "Li Wang".

This means that he took over all the authority of "The King of Power" from the authors Takayasu Arutodo and Shueisha.

In the future, if any company is interested in this IP, it will have to release animations or sequels, or peripherals, it will have to obtain permission from Ning Weimin.

Moreover, after Ning Weimin received the authorization, he did not intend to stay idle. He was already determined to shoot "The King of Power" into a movie next year.
To be continued...