In late December, a sudden news shocked the entire Chinese animation circle.

At an ordinary press conference at Angel Studio, as the reporters packed their notes and were about to leave, Jiang Tianshi suddenly walked in.

"Don't hurry, wait until I announce the news before leaving." His words made the reporters sit down again, but Jiang Tianshi did not come on stage, but said directly: "Next month, Angel will cooperate with Phoenix to make Teacher He Xi's "One Piece" animated."

For a moment, the reporters present thought they had heard it wrong.

"...It seems that you have nothing to ask," Jiang Tianshi looked around for a while, then turned around and walked out.

The reporters reacted, jumped up with a huh, and chased after him quickly.

"Wait! Mr. Jiang, what you said just now is true?", "Making the animation of "One Piece", Mr. Jiang, you weren't kidding just now, are you?", "Next month? Why is there no news from Phoenix Company?"

These reporters surrounded Jiang Tianshi at once. Jiang Tianshi waved his hand and said, "Don't panic, this is true. As for "Phoenix Company", they should have announced the news now."

He was right. Although Phoenix Company did not hold a press conference, five minutes ago, the news also appeared on the homepage of the official website and He Xizhi Home Forum.

The announcement time between the two parties is basically the same, because Angel and Phoenix just reached an agreement on the list of members of the new studio.

Two weeks ago, Meng Huo had already ended the discussion on the details of the cooperation when he came to Angel's studio. However, both parties decided to wait until the final list of members was decided before officially announcing it. The main obstacle to the list was also Phoenix Company.

Fortunately, Phoenix Company was already selecting several weeks in advance. After discussing the list with He Xi and Jiang Tianshi today, neither of them had any objections and the matter was completely settled.

Compared with Jiang Tianshi's concise speech at the press conference, the news from Phoenix Company on its official website introduced the details of this cooperation in more detail.

The cooperation model this time is very similar to the previous Qinglong Studio. Angel and Phoenix each account for half of the equity and member quota to form the animation studio "Piracy". The name of this studio is simple, but it was established to create "One Piece". There will be no cooperation in other animations in the future.

This also satisfies the psychology of most people in Angel and Phoenix Company. Angel members do not want to completely lock themselves in He Xi's chariot, so they took the initiative to propose the idea of ​​setting up an animation exclusive studio. Once "One Piece" is over, the studio will be over.

When they made such an opinion, Phoenix was happy. Angels didn't want to lock their future, but why did Phoenix want to continue to share more profits with others?

He Xi and Angels collaborate on producing "One Piece", which is a temporary measure in Phoenix Company, mainly because Phoenix Company's animation team is not enough. But this situation will not continue forever. Now Phoenix Company has begun to reserve future teams. Assuming that He Xi will launch new animations in the future, it is mostly unnecessary to rely on external forces.

Just like this, someone is willing to beat the other one is willing to be beaten, the studio's name uses the word "Pirate" in "One Piece". Even the studio's logo is simply "Skull wearing a straw hat" which is the logo of the Straw Hat Pirates in the comics.

Of course, no matter what internally there is behind the logo and cooperation, the announcement of this news still caused a huge sensation.

The He Xizhi Home Forum is about to make a fuss. The comic section of "One Piece" refreshed hundreds of pages less than ten minutes after the news was announced. When the news was finally going to be animated, the comic fans felt like they were dreaming.

"One Piece is going to be animated! Haha. It's finally going to be animated. I'll wait until the flowers are about to fade!"

"Oh my God, this is the best news I have received this year. I want to go out to celebrate with my classmates in the dormitory tonight, and they are almost thrilled!"

"Our whole office is in full bloom. One Piece is funny and passionate. I have always been looking forward to it being made into an animation! After waiting for so many years, it finally appears!"

"I don't know if "One Piece" can be broadcast before the New Year. Teacher He Xi will watch many animations as soon as he comes back. There will be new animated movies next month, so I can't watch them!"

In addition to forums, various animation chat rooms have also set off a wave of cheering. The only exception is Weibo, where people are always quarreling.

The cause of this quarrel was that Angel fans made such a voice after hearing about this incident: "He Xi can't do "One Piece" well. So I come and ask Angel for help!"

When He Xi's fans saw this voice, they naturally began to argue: "Teacher He Xi cooperated with the angels, which obviously made them feel sorry for them. How could they be the angels? "

After a while, Weibo became lively and the quarrels became increasingly fierce. There was even a war of verbal war. Of course, after the scolding came, various personal attacks and slander about He Xi and the Angels came.

That night, Qin Ya did not come to paint, and only Bai Han and Meng Huo were in the studio.

Meng Huo turned on the computer and looked at Weibo while resting, with relish, which made Bai Han look very strange.

"Teacher, you..."

"What's wrong?"

"Don't you be angry when you see these people scolding you?"

Bai Han asked, there was a lot of content on Weibo, she couldn't bear to read, and she said everything.

Meng Huo's eyes left the computer and looked back at Bai Han: "Bai Han, no work is loved by everyone, and no cartoonist is scolded by anyone."

"But why can you still laugh?"

"Hmm?" Meng Huo said strangely: "Did I laugh? That might be because the reaction online was very positive, and I felt that I had made the right decision."

Bai Han was puzzled, Meng Huo pointed to the computer and said, "Didn't you notice that no one is saying bad things about One Piece?"

Although some people scolded him, none of these fans questioned the poor quality of his cooperation with the angel, but only quarrels about the dominance of their cooperation.

This means that everyone believes in the quality of the animation he produced after collaborating with Angels, and this trust is what Meng Huo wants. As long as there is trust, the audience will look forward to "One Piece".

Bai Han wanted to continue asking, but Meng Huo's cell phone rang.

"It's coming again." Meng Huo took out his cell phone and saw that the caller was the secretary. This was no longer aware of the first call. After the animation news of "One Piece" was announced, the phone kept coming. Meng Huo set up a mobile phone to prevent riots, but someone still looked for him through the secretary.

"Who is this time?" Meng Huo answered the phone and asked, "Didn't it be said that ordinary people don't need to notify me?"

"Of course, Vice President... the call was Mr. Guo from Ninghai TV Station this time. I think you might want to answer his call." The secretary said. He didn't want to disturb Meng Huo, but he still screened some important guests for him.

Previously, Tokyo TV and Su Hua TV had already spoken with Meng Huo on the phone, and this time it was Ninghai TV.

"National Music Children?"

Meng Huo frowned. The man surnamed Guo who he met on Ninghai TV was actually just a national musician.

"Yes, it's him." The secretary nodded: "Vice General, do you need me to pick up his phone?"

"...you take it!"

Meng Huo thought about it and asked the secretary to answer the phone. While waiting for the call, he stood up and told Bai Han to continue painting, and then walked outside.

The phone number came in less than a minute. I didn’t hear the voice of Guoletong for a long time. The other party was obviously much more enthusiastic.

"Teacher He Xi. You have such a great cooperation with the angel, why don't you notify me in advance?" After the greetings, Guoletong expressed his purpose: "Since we are working with the angel, we can also participate in the premiere of "One Piece" right?"

This is Meng Huo's expected purpose. Tokyo and Su Hua TV stations who came to the previous one also took a fancy to the premiere of "One Piece". By the way, there is also a little worried that if He Xi cooperated with Angels and the two divided their labours, "One Piece" cannot be said to be an animation exclusive to Phoenix. Does that mean that more TV stations can participate in the competition for the premiere?

Especially the two TV stations, Ninghai and Xiangjiang, they stood aside with Zhongxia. They had already died of their thoughts about "One Piece", but now the situation has changed suddenly, and they seem to be on the starting line like Tokyo and Suhua TV Stations.

"Minister of the State, was this call from Jiang Tianshi asked you to call?" Meng Huo asked.

"This... it's true that I can't hide it from Teacher He Xi." Guoletong smiled bitterly on the other side. Of course, he couldn't call Meng Huo after he got the news, but asked Jiang Tianshi immediately who was the leading of the new studio "Pirates" and whether Ninghai TV has the chance to get "One Piece".

But Jiang Tianshi only answered the four words "try to fight for it". The meaning of these four words is very simple, indicating that the dominance of "pirates" is still in Meng Huo's hands. This is indeed the case.

In the agreement between Meng Huo and Jiang Tianshi, the decision on the animation copyright of One Piece is in his hands, including the premiered TV station. Because the income is 50% or 50%, Jiang Tianshi doesn't care where it is broadcast. Even if it is broadcast on Tokyo or Su Hua TV station, it will increase exposure and popularity for the angels, and there is no harm.

Jiang Tianshi knew that the premiere was a hot potato, so he was willing to let go. Because of this, Guoletong called Meng Huo again to test his ideas.

"I can't tell you the answer to the premiere question for the time being." Meng Huo replied to Guoletong: "But I can explain to you that I treat all TV stations equally, so that the animation will be broadcast on TV stations at that time, and you can compete fairly with Suhua TV stations."

The Guolei Tong became ecstatic: "Teacher He Xi, do you think this is true?"

"Of course, take it seriously!" Meng Huo nodded, and then added in his heart: The premise is broadcast on TV.

In fact, he already has plans to broadcast "One Piece". This broadcast may be different from the past animations and may not be premiered on TV. So he played a text trap. When answering to Guoletong, he said that he could not answer the premiere, but he could answer the broadcast of the TV station.

Guoletong obviously did not realize this text trap. After receiving Meng Hu's answer, he was already ecstatic and made up his mind to take down One Piece no matter how much the price it cost.

After finishing contact with Ninghai TV, Meng Huo was about to return to the studio, but the secretary came again with news, this time it was CCTV.

The content of CCTV's inquiry was the same as that of Ninghai TV. Meng Huo also repeated it as he had just replied, but what he didn't expect was that his answer would have an unexpected effect.

"Fair competition?" After the call ended, Zuo Peng looked at his phone and was stunned. He Xi actually said that he wanted to let all TV stations compete fairly. Don't he plan to give discounts to Su Hua and Tokyo TV stations?

"Deputy Master, look at this answer..." Zuo Peng looked at Deputy Director Liu who was standing in front of him with inquiring eyes. The phone call just now was also heard by the deputy director, and the deputy director's face was a little confused.

"It's really surprising that He Xi actually made such a decision."

The deputy director said, walked a few steps left and right, and then said, "Then we can stop rushing to throw out the olive branch first, and we will talk about it after the premiere of One Piece is decided."

He originally wanted Zuo Peng to extend his opinions on strengthening cooperation to He Xi and Phoenix Company during this call. After a few days of investigation, the deputy director had already believed in the fact of Zhongxia's split.

But now when he heard He Xi's meaning, he obviously would not let the animation of "One Piece" be biased towards two intimate TV stations, so that CCTV's olive branch can be slowed down slightly. Since he does not favor that side, it is useless for CCTV to show kindness.

Moreover, if it is fair competition, CCTV will not lose to other TV stations. Assuming they can win the premiere of "One Piece", then maybe there is no need to have a closer connection with Phoenix.

The premiere of "One Piece" is enough to support a TV station, and it can also ensure CCTV's long-term animation ratings, giving them stronger confidence to make other decisions, and may even develop their own original animations in the huge audience brought by "One Piece".

Although it may be just a dream to develop original animations comparable to him in Youhexi's world, no matter what, CCTV does not need to be so anxious to make a choice. Even if it wants to show goodwill with Phoenix, it can still slow down now.

"Zuo Peng, go Tantan first and see how many TV stations want to buy the premiere of "One Piece"." Deputy Director Liu ordered: "And... try to find out the highest price they can afford, so we are ready."
Chapter completed!