Actor: Thank you.

"Next, we congratulate "Baby Daughter Good Mom" ​​for winning the Special Award for Domestic Animation issued by Shanghai Media Group!"

"Please welcome the production representative, Mr. Huang Weimin, to the stage to receive the award!"

clap clap clap...

In SMG's large conference hall, Director Huang trotted onto the stage, holding up the medal given by Shanghai Television and a 5 yen bonus check... the kind that had been magnified.

In the back, a group of media cameras were flashing.

Zhang Yuan, along with a group of middle-level leaders from Shanghai TV, sat in the audience and applauded Huang Weimin.

Originally, Li Ruigang wanted Zhang Yuan to go on stage to receive the award.

But he refused.

First of all, he didn't want to be exposed too much at the same time.

Overexposure will not only fail to further increase the audience's interest, but will easily make people bored.

"Why is it him again?"

Similar emotions will arise.

It's like drinking a can of Coke, it makes you feel refreshed.

But if I feed you ten cans in a row, you have to drink it!

Most people, except heavy cola lovers, will feel nauseous.

The same goes for celebrities.

One of the main reasons why Liu Qianqian has been undefeated for 20 years and still has a large number of loyal fans every time she appears is because Xiao Longnu often lies flat...

Apart from occasionally fluttering around like a salted fish and filming some movies, he rarely appears on variety shows, reality shows, or accepts commercial performances.

Sometimes we don't see them for several months, and when we occasionally see them, it's like a giant panda in the zoo going out for a walk, with a bunch of people rushing to take pictures and watch them.

It was better in the early days, especially after Hua Yi's surgery, the frequency of her period became like her period, and it was good enough if she could have one a month.

She didn't show up for several months, just like her period hadn't come, so a bunch of media suspected she was pregnant...

On the contrary, there are actresses like Dabaobei and Yang Mi who appear in shows too frequently and thus lose interest in the show among the audience.

Zhang Yuan felt that he had been a little too excited recently and did not intend to add fuel to the fire.

Secondly, as a major shareholder of the animation company, I have already made a lot of money.

When you're out there, all you want is fame and fortune.

If you take all the profits and also take all the fame, at best you will lose the hearts of the people, at worst you will be suppressed by the industry.

Jack Ma wants to gain fame after gaining the benefits.

After gaining fame and fortune, he wanted to move up... and then nothing happened.

Letting Huang Weimin, a man who gets things done, come to receive the award and show his face will not only make him feel good but will also be conducive to unity.

After the small award ceremony, he, Huang Weimin, and the directors and leaders of Shanghai TV discussed future work plans.

The complete content of the first four episodes of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" was handed over to the other party as a pilot episode.

The film is the same as the previous "Baby Daughter, Good Mom", with each episode lasting about 15 minutes.

As an animation that uses FLASH as the main production software, the production efficiency and cost are actually not high.

Therefore, the picture is not its main selling point, the focus is still on creativity and content.

Zhang Yuan was not in a hurry at all and just waited for the broadcast effect.

Anyway, the ratings of "My Baby Daughter, Good Mom" ​​have proved the ability of the animation company and also brought them sweet rewards.

Now, it's time to make some good money from this sheep and that wolf!

After leaving Shanghai TV Station, Zhang Yuan took Huang Weimin and Nicholas Tse, who had not left yet, to have a meal together.

They both lived in the Cantonese-speaking area, so they quickly became familiar with each other.

But just when the two of them thought that Zhang Yuan just wanted everyone to make friends, he spoke.

"Next, Tingfeng and I will co-found a post-production special effects company in Shanghai."

“Its content includes post-production of film, television and animation.”

“So I think the two companies can communicate more.”

"Oh, that's for sure." Huang Weimin immediately responded.

But I also wonder, what relationship do we, who make FLASH animations, have with post-production special effects companies?
Zhang Yuan is still an amateur. Although both use animation, it is not the same animation.

But then, Zhang Yuan's words made him understand that this was not a professional issue, but a planning issue.

"I'm thinking about a question." Zhang Yuan sat up straight and said seriously.

“If a TV animation can become popular and have a large enough audience base.”

“Then is it possible to package this TV IP, put it on the big screen, and make it into an animated film?”

Hiss... Huang Weimin was stunned, and then his brain started spinning rapidly.

The pinnacle of domestic animated films is "Havoc in Heaven".

The most recent masterpiece is "The Lotus Lantern".

And they all have one thing in common.

That's just freeloading on IP!

Classic IPs are in the minds and blood of Chinese audiences. They have a strong mass base and are naturally very close to the audience.

And in the annual Spring Festival period in later generations, besides the major New Year films, what other types of films are the most popular?

It's an animated movie!
It’s the New Year and parents are taking their children out.

An adult comedy that fathers love to watch but children can't understand.

Mothers love to watch romance movies, but children can’t understand them.

Only animated movies are the most suitable family-friendly films for the whole family to watch together.

Therefore, this part has almost become a solid ticket base for theaters.

He can earn hundreds of millions to billions of dollars every year without fail.

The initiator of this animation movie trend is none other than "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf"!
Because this animation is the first national IP of Chinese domestic animation after the new century.

"I think..." After thinking for a while, Huang Weimin felt that Zhang Yuan had a long-term vision.

I have thought of ways to take animation to the next level.

"It mainly depends on the broadcast effect of the animation."

"Yes, if the effect is good, we can start planning in advance." Zhang Yuan agreed with him.

Don't rush things, but think and plan ahead.

"So I asked everyone to get familiar with each other first to facilitate future cooperation."

Mr. Xie also understood what he meant.

I didn't expect that my partner had such great ambitions.

If you don’t take action, it’s fine. But if you do take action, you have to do it in a big way.

I talked with these two about future work plans.

After the meal, Zhang Yuan sent Huang Weimin to the airport, then turned around and went with Mr. Xie to visit several office buildings located in prime locations in Shanghai, led by an agent.

After reading it, Zhang Yuan had only one thought.

"It's worthy of being the Demon City!"

In 06, the unit price of offices in the downtown area of ​​Shanghai had reached one yuan per square meter per day.

But the unit is US dollars!

The Magic City is different, the money spent is different from other places.

That is to say, at this unit price, the monthly rent for a small office of 100 square meters would be 25000.

This does not include other expenses such as property fees, water and electricity bills, cleaning fees, etc.

The price in Lujiazui even reached over US$1.3.

The price of Huaihai Road is more than 1.5 US dollars.

The most expensive one is even a luxury office building that costs only $2.

Although Pudong's Lujiazui is nationally famous, in fact, the most expensive area in Shanghai is still Puxi.

Especially in those days, Pudong had not yet been fully developed and most of the working-age population was in Puxi.

If you rent an office in Pudong, many employees will have to take a ferry or subway across the river to get to work, which will obviously be an obstacle to attracting talent.

In the end, he and Master Xie decided to locate the office in the core area of ​​HP District in Shanghai, which is near Xintiandi.

This place is considered a super luxurious area with an average price of 20 in later generations.

"The two floors are 800 square meters in total, and the unit price is US$1.5..." Zhang Yuan calculated.

The rent alone is 30 a month!
It has to be paid every six months.

But there is no way. If you want to become a big company, you can't stay in the suburbs.

The office is a storefront, so not only must the location be good, the decoration must also be top-notch.

In this way, visitors from large companies will not lose face.

Otherwise, the office would be in a suburb with an area of ​​only 100 square meters, all the employees would be covered in dust and dirt, and they would like to turn on fewer lights to save electricity.

Once the big film and television companies and brands see you, they will immediately exclude you from cooperation.

"Fortunately, I have made a lot of endorsement fees recently." Zhang Yuan gritted his teeth and made up his mind.

Including rent, decoration and equipment preparation, if you want to complete it within a few months and catch the first order of "Magic Phone", the initial investment will be nearly 10 million.

Zhang Yuan has already made up his mind to not make any money in the first three years, and even to pay for it himself.

We have to keep this company going no matter what.

After all, this is an important supporting component for his preparations for future blockbusters.

Small countries can rely on imports, but big countries must develop everything on their own, otherwise they will easily be strangled by others.

The same goes for the film and television industry: it’s easy to be a small fry if you want to.

But if you want to become a hegemon, you have to call yourself a system, otherwise you will be restricted everywhere.

After chatting with the agent for a while, Zhang Yuan decided to find a lawyer to do background check and sign a long-term contract.

After all, there are many pitfalls in renting a house, especially in Shanghai, a place where you are unfamiliar with.

I was busy until dark.

"Let's go find a place to have a good meal."

"I heard there's a good big intestine noodle restaurant in the Magic City."

Zhang Yuan looked at him with some disdain.

Last time in Hong Kong, he dragged me to eat stinky intestines, and this time in Shanghai, he also wanted to eat large intestine noodles.

You had sex with your intestines, didn't you?
If that's the case, you and Brother Qian should have a lot in common. "Forget it, next time." Zhang Yuan patted his shoulder: "I have to have dinner with others tonight."

"You are so busy... Could it be that Little Dragon Girl?" Master Xie smiled sideways.

"No, she and her mother went back to the capital..." Zhang Yuan felt a little resentful when he said this.

Liu Xiaoli was watching too closely, and he had no chance to make a move at all.

"It's Brother Zhiwei, we have a movie to discuss."

Seeing that he was busy like a top, Nicholas Tse stopped disturbing him.

But he still didn't give up on the large intestine noodles and went there with his assistant.

Later he complained that even the large intestines in Shanghai were sweet and he couldn't get used to it.

What made him even more uncomfortable was that he said the intestines in the Magic City were processed too cleanly and didn't have that smell...

It’s not as good as that one... If you want it to taste good, you can just lie behind the pig and eat it.

After these words were spoken, Zhang Yuan became more suspicious of whether he and Brother Qian were related by blood.

Came to a high-end restaurant by the Huangpu River.

This place was booked by Zeng Zhiwei.

After all, they wanted him to invest money and switch the host and guest during the game.

This cheerful guy not only has a good alcohol tolerance, but also has extremely strong social skills.

Zhang Yuan rarely encounters people who beat around the bush and almost confuse him.

And it was the same as when Li Ruigang pointed to the luxury house on the other side of the river outside the floor-to-ceiling glass when he came to Shanghai before.

Zeng Zhiwei also pointed to a residential area under construction across the street in Lujiazui.

But it is not the famous Tangcheng Yippin.

But it is the World Trade Center Riverside not far away.

"Where did Jialin buy a three-story duplex for investment?"

“I bought one, too.”

"Are you interested?"

"Do you have any real estate connections in Shanghai?"

"Hahaha, this property is endorsed by Tony Leung." Eric Tsang said with a big laugh.

No wonder... Zhang Yuan thought to himself. He had heard that Liu Jialin and other veteran Hong Kong actors had started buying properties in Beijing and Shanghai a few years ago.

It turns out that this plate is endorsed by Liang Chaowei, no wonder there is an internal price.

The housing prices in this community are a little cheaper than those in Tangcheng Yipin, and not as hyped up as the other side.

Although Zhang Yuan has developed a certain immunity to luxury houses, he was still shocked by this house.

The house that Liu Jialin booked has three elevators, two for the owner and one for the nanny.

The property management also arranges a personal assistant for each household, from taking the car out, to indoor maintenance, and even calling chicken in the middle of the night... Even if you are hungry and want to eat roast chicken, you can get it done with just one phone call...

For those Hong Kong people who have experienced the skyrocketing housing prices, they are well aware that housing prices in the mainland still have great room for growth.

So in those days, the most luxurious properties in big cities were packed with all kinds of Hong Kong businessmen and celebrities.

These people who "get rich first" use their financial advantages to buy more high-quality assets and become richer.

Zhang Yuan just thought that he had earned so much in endorsement fees, which was already good enough.

Until he heard Zeng Zhiwei say that Liu Jialin's house cost nearly 40 million, he felt that he was still poor...

After dinner, Eric Tsang took him to a bar in the city to have fun...which was owned by Liu Jialin.

The renovation alone cost seven million.

Zhang Yuan sighed and said he understood why those mainland artists all wanted to develop their careers in Hong Kong.

I just feel jealous when I see how rich these people are!

But they don’t even think about why these guys with a keen sense of smell flock to the mainland to invest?

It is because they have seen that the future continent will be truly full of gold.

A few hours later, Zhang Yuan, who was drunk and had his head buzzing from the music, left the brothel with Brother Chen.

He didn't like this kind of place.

He prefers the feeling of having a happy drink with a few good friends in the yard.

But it's for socializing.

He thought the other party would take him to a quiet place to have a good chat.

But he was taken to a high-end club.

"Brother, take your pick!"

After sitting down, Zeng Zhiwei pointed at the twenty or so women in colorful and revealing clothes who were led into the private room by the manager and said.

Wang Gang stays, everyone else go out… Zhang Yuan suddenly thought of this.

"Brother Zhiwei, do you come to Magic City often?"

"Come occasionally."

You come here occasionally, but you are familiar with these places of feasting and drinking... Zhang Yuan saw that he came here quite often.

He is also a well-known sex addict in Hong Kong. It is said that he has been to all the clubs and bars in Guangdong Province.

This guy often played together with Chen Long when he was young, so you can imagine how crazy they were.

"Don't be shy." Zeng Zhiwei saw that he was still hesitant to make a move, so he simply waved his hand and said, "Everyone in the first row stay!"

What follows is the various outrageous performances of these women.

Using your mouth to suck the cork out of a wine bottle is only a minor skill, and one person even used XX to open a beer bottle...

Zhang Yuan looked at the bottle of wine in his hand that smelled of the sea, and was a little reluctant to drink it.

Zeng Zhiwei on the side was drinking very happily.

Moreover, Zhang Yuan discovered that this guy only liked tall and strong girls, and he was not interested in girls under 1.7 meters.

This should be a kind of psychological compensation.

After all, he looks just like Wu Dalang, and this person really played Wu Dalang.

Compared with him, Zhang Yuan is the living Wu Song.

Moreover, these women always wanted to pull him to "drink half a glass of remaining wine together."

Seeing Zeng Zhiwei looking like a fish in water, Zhang Yuan thought that the entertainment industry is the same everywhere.

"Brother Zhiwei, I'm a little tired from organizing the competitions these days and can't play anymore." Zhang Yuan found an excuse before his body was completely covered in the smell of powder and makeup.

"You are so young, how come your body can't handle it?"

"When I was your age, I could play with three or four girls in one night, hahaha..." Zeng Zhiwei said, and then he buried his head in the cleavage of a busty girl in the same way as he did with "a good judge of people".

How vulgar... Zhang Yuan covered his face.

Even if we play, can we be a little more restrained, at least not so unrestrained?

They were all stripped naked and twisted around, there was really no aesthetic appeal.

Besides, I'm very busy and I have to get up early tomorrow.

Besides, I came to talk to you about serious matters...

After Zhang Yuan made the suggestion, he asked the girls to leave temporarily, and then he started talking about the movie with Brother Chen.

He looked around and suddenly remembered what the screenwriter Mr. Wang Hailin said.

A coal boss asked him to meet at a club, with two girls in his arms, and he started talking...

"Our play must be elegant!"

So damn elegant!

"The budget is about five million, and we'll each take half."

"I suggest increasing the budget," said Zhang Yuan.

250 per person doesn't sound good.

"Can you let me take a look at the script first? I can then discuss it with Huang Bo and Yao Cheng."

"Okay, I'll contact the director right away and ask him to send me the script." Zeng Zhiwei was straightforward.

The reason why Zhang Yuan was willing to invest in this drama was not because of the profits.

This movie should make money, but probably not a lot.

It would be great if I could get a few million after splitting the profits.

His purpose in wanting this play was to provide work for his men.

Especially Huang Bo.

This guy is a smart guy among smart guys. It would not be easy for him to join the gang without enough benefits.

At the same time, it can also bring more work to later-stage companies that have made huge investments in the early stages.

After chatting for an hour or two, we roughly finalized the plan.

"Let's go back and play for a while?" Zeng Zhiwei rubbed his hands, impatient.

"Have fun, I have a plane to catch tomorrow morning."

"What a pity. Let's play together next time."

Zhang Yuan had no choice but to agree.

I went to the front desk and helped the person inside to settle the bill, and left an extra 10,000 yuan.

Because judging from Zeng Zhiwei's appearance, he must let someone perform today, and there is a high probability that there will be more than one person.

After finishing all this, I left the club and felt a light breeze blowing on the street.

When carnal desires come first, where will the soul go?

Rents of hundreds of thousands, mansions worth tens of millions, and women with top skills... Shanghai seems to be a paradise on earth for the rich.

In this heaven on earth, it is easy for humans to lose themselves.

If it were before, he might have been immersed in it.

But after seeing the Huo family's cautious words and actions recently, he understood.

If you want to go further, you have to control yourself, especially your words and actions outside.

After returning to the hotel, I quickly washed up and fell asleep.

The next morning, he went to the airport and rushed to Mango TV to record "Happy Camp".

"Crazy Stone" is already doing the final promotion before the release... (End of this chapter)