Chapter 41: Bet
"Make your own animation?"
Alice brought Meng Huo to the company to ask about animation, but chairman Xu Jing refused: "Teacher He Xi, what you said is very simple, but we don't have an animation department."
He was making tea, pouring out all the tea with his own hands and pouring hot water into the teapot. After several procedures, he completed it.
"Dongting Biluochun, Teacher He Xi tasted it..." Xu Jing put the tea that was radiating the fragrance in front of Meng Huo and said with a smile: "As for animation production, let's forget it. The company will not enter the animation industry within five years."
Phoenix Company is a publishing company, and a single publishing company with comics as the core. They do not have enough funds and technology to get involved in animation, and it is also a very dangerous behavior to easily get involved in an industry.
Meng Huo picked up the teacup and took a sip. He could find that the tea was the same as the tea leaves used by Alice, but it tasted much better. As expected, the ginger was still spicy, and her daughter was not as good as her father after all. Meng Huo glanced at Alice standing next to him, and the latter frowned slightly, as if he knew what he was thinking.
"Then, Chairman."
Meng Huo wants to seek the initiative in making animations, but he doesn't have to do it himself: "Do you have a familiar animation production company?"
"No."
Xu Jing shook his head, holding the teacup, a glimmer flashed in his eyes: "But Teacher He Xi, if you really want to make an animation, I have a suggestion."
“What proposal?”
Meng Huo's eyes lit up.
"The development of the company is determined by shareholders. As long as you convince shareholders, you can enter the animation industry, but..." Xu Jing said with a smile: "80% of the company's shares belong to me, as long as I don't agree, you can't do it."
Then you can't say anything!
Meng Huo almost vomited out his thoughts. Xu Jing seemed to understand his thoughts and said calmly: "So I want to make a bet with you. As long as you win, the company will add an animation production department. But if you lose, you have to agree to do something for me."
"What's up?"
"I haven't considered it yet." Xu Jing smiled and said, "But I won't make things difficult for you, I won't force you, and it's not a matter of harming the world."
Meng Huo was moved: "What is the content of the bet?"
"In half a year, your royalties exceeded 100 million Chinese coins." Xu Jing stretched out a finger: "You can also use royalties to buy shares of the company. Add the previous 5%, which is a total of 25% of the shares, but it cannot be calculated together with money, you can only choose one standard."
It is either the royalties of 100 million Huaxia coins or the 25% stake in Phoenix Company. This requirement is very strict in anyone's eyes. Meng Huo's first single-line book "Detective Conan" has become saturated, with a royalty of more than 20 million, and at most three more in half a year. To achieve the standard of 100 million Huaxia coins, it is better than the present. The average royalty of each single-line book is more than 33 million!
"Can I draw two comics?"
Meng Huo asked, and Xu Jing began to think. In fact, his purpose was to deeply explore Meng Huo's talents. If the authors could get the royalties of 100 million Chinese coins, the money earned by Phoenix Company would be very amazing.
"Yes, but the second comic must be serialized in "Weekly Girls".
Xu Jing nodded and agreed. In fact, it is almost the same where you can make money, but Xu Jing hopes that the company's department development can be more balanced. Meng Huo's painting style is very suitable for girls' comics, and it will definitely increase the sales of "Weekly Girls".
However, this sentence made Meng Huo a little nervous. Girl comics? He had never read any girl comics in his previous life, and even if he could not forget them, he could not think of them out of thin air.
"……All right."
However, after thinking for a long time, he still agreed. Although there are no girls comics, there are many neutral boy comics. For example, "Detective Conan" is a typical boy comic. Isn't there a large number of female readers watching it?
So the bet was established, and the animation production of "Pokemon" had to be postponed. Meng Huo was a little regretful, but he was confident that he would win the bet and he could make the animation himself at that time. The copyright did not have to be handed over to others. You should know that any copyright of this animation will have amazing benefits.
After improving some details, Meng Huo was about to say goodbye. Xu Jing looked very satisfied, but just as he was about to send Meng Huo away, suddenly, Alice coughed a few times.
"What's wrong?"
Meng Huo turned his head strangely and Alice looked away with embarrassment.
"She's fine." Xu Jing smiled bitterly: "Can I have another request for this bet?"
Meng Huo understood that these two people were just talking about the secret code!
"Teacher He Xi, during the half-year period of the bet, I hope you can follow Alice's teaching arrangements." Xu Jing did not pause, and he said: "She prepares you for the courses, but it will not restrict your daily life."
Alice and Meng Huo have been together for a while. Meng Huo is very proactive in doing things, and Alice can never get involved. Even in her usual study, as long as Meng Huo doesn't want to learn, Alice can't restrain herself.
This made Alice feel very failed. She hoped to guide Meng Huo better, so she asked Xu Jing to help her speak.
"I absolutely have no intention of forcing you." After Xu Jing finished speaking, Alice added: "If you don't want to learn anything, you can stop learning, but you should listen to my and Sister Qin's opinions more often, and don't just focus on comics all day long."
Meng Huo was shocked. Did he give Alice this feeling? He looked back and thought that he seemed a little willful. The days ahead are still long. If it weren't for compulsive study, it would be a bit too much to reject Alice's kindness.
"no problem."
So Meng Huo agreed to this condition.
After returning home, Meng Huo released the news about "Pokemon" on his official website. He did not give up on this animation. Since CCTV felt it was worthless, then half a year later, the animation will be produced by He Xi himself.
This news is to appease the excited fans, and Meng Huo is very confident in the bet.
Of course, this passage was ridiculed by many media, saying that He Xi retreated, but it was still Jiang Lang's talent. Meng Huo was too lazy to argue with them, but he found that the cartoonist Xifeng jumped off the Internet and was so unsatisfied, so he kindly reminded him anonymously to maintain the image of the cartoonist.
But I don’t know if the cartoonist adapted from the novel has a problem with his mentality or something. Xifeng not only did not accept frugality, but instead boasted that if "Pokemon" succeeded in anime in half a year and exceeded the ratings of "The Cat and the Mouse", he would live broadcasting and eat SHI.
Many people lose their IQ as soon as they speak online. Of course, this is just Xifeng's casual words, and most people forget it after seeing it. As a kind person, Meng Huo just left the screenshot of this passage.
Longteng Company is so "taking care of" him, and he doesn't mind giving it back at all. But this return cycle is a bit rude. Didn't Longteng Company say that he had enough talents? The sales of Girl Comics in this company are also very good, and you can tell in this regard.
But before that, the day he met his fans has come.
Chapter completed!