Our Rise Era

Chapter 38 Getting started!

12 month 3 day.

The sun is shining brightly.

But the chill in the air was biting.

Zhang Gui couldn't sleep all night and left the Tianxin Toy Factory with a group of workers, some unwanted toys and some small machines.

When they arrived at the village ancestral hall, they saw Zhang Yang already waiting for him at the door.

The workers in the toy factory are no strangers to Zhang Yang...

Zhang Yang, whose spine was once exposed, still has a very bad reputation on the Internet at this moment.

Just open the Internet, or even the local TV platforms, and all you can see is a series of angry curses from people who have been deceived, almost like their ancestors being cursed.

But at this moment, no one scolded him. Instead, many workers excitedly surrounded him and called him "Mr. Zhang".

ten days ago.

Zhang Yang followed Zhang Gui to this toy factory that was on the verge of bankruptcy. Holding a notebook, he observed every corner of the factory.

five days ago.

The toy factory and Zheng’s Food Co., Ltd. reached an order of about 10,000 yuan and purchased a batch of small toys.

I heard that this batch of toys has all been sold out.

two days ago.

[Zheng's Food Co., Ltd.] purchased another batch of unbranded toys through Zhang Yang and customized some picture cardboard.

This batch of toys is worth more than 20,000 RMB, and I heard they are still selling well...

Yesterday, there was a rumor that Zheng's Food Co., Ltd. sold 15,000 packs of children's instant noodles in one day, and each pack contained pictures and cardboard...

……

"Second uncle!"

"Uncle Zhang..."

"Aunt Li, Brother Chen..."

"..."

in the sun.

Zhang Yang, dressed in a suit, was smiling and greeted everyone enthusiastically.

He has a very good memory. In addition to people from his own village, he can call out the names of people from other neighboring villages just by taking a glance and combining them with a little information.

After a brief greeting and understanding of the general situation, Zhang Yang came to Zhang Gui, his smile gradually fading: "Second Uncle, I brought about 30,000 orders this time. The orders are not many, but at least we can have a meal for the time being..."

"Zhang Yang, it's all thanks to you that my uncle is in trouble this time. I will never forget this time, uncle..." Zhang Gui's voice was complicated and he didn't know how to continue for a moment.

"Uncle, we are family, don't say these things. I was in trouble some time ago, and you helped me... Now that we are at this juncture, everyone is sad, we should unite and move forward."

"Okay!" Zhang Gui nodded after looking at Zhang Yang's sincere eyes.

Then, he watched Zhang Yang take out a business license from the briefcase he carried with him and looked at the ancestral hall in the distance.

"Uncle, I have already registered a new company named [ZY International Toys Co., Ltd.], and the operation has been approved. Since you are still in some disputes with [Tianxin Toy Factory], it will take some time to cut off the disputes. The company cannot give you shares openly for the time being, but I had a brief chat with Lawyer Shen and gave you a 49% share agreement. After you have officially cut off the disputes with [Tianxin Toy Factory] and there is no debt left, I will include you in the company's shareholder system..."

"Okay." Zhang Gui nodded.

"However, we have to pay back part of the material costs of the original [Tianxin Toys Factory] company. In this way, when we [ZY International Toys Co., Ltd.] make some profits later, we [ZY International Toys Co., Ltd.] will temporarily pay part of it until it is paid off. This is our commitment and statement to the society... It is also the beginning of our reputation for [integrity]..." Zhang Yang handed Zhang Gui a contract.

After receiving the contract, Zhang Gui was a little embarrassed: "I want this contract. I'll go back and take a look at it slowly..."

"Okay! But don't worry, Uncle, there's no problem with the contract this time. I won't cheat you..."

"No, that's not what I meant. I was just careless before..." Zhang Gui's face turned red. He suddenly felt that if he continued to talk, it would make things worse. So he simply took the contract and signed it.

After signing the contract, Zhang Gui followed Zhang Yang into the ancestral hall, cleaned up some of the debris in the hall, and put some machines and equipment in it...

After doing all this, Zhang Gui heard Zhang Yang's cell phone ringing.

Zhang Yang nodded after answering the phone, and then without even drinking a sip of water, he gave the hand-drawn toy draft and gave a few instructions, then put on his suit and left exhausted.

Looking at Zhang Yang's back as he left.

Zhang Gui looked down at the design drawings again...

In the drawings, there are cars, puzzles, raffle tickets, and redemption coupons...

………………………………“The ratings broke Taifeng County’s record in the past three years!”

"How many?"

"National ratings 0.07%..."

"so tall?"

"It's a hot topic on the Internet. I've watched a few episodes. From a professional perspective, the quality is average, but it's not entirely flawed... I've researched the market and I might consider purchasing this animation..."

"..."

The evening of June 12.

[Songxiang County] Secretary Gao Changgong of the Radio and Television Station knocked on the door of the director's office.

After receiving the data, Director Zheng Mingli fell into deep thought.

12月1日到12月3日，《波派超人》收视率一路走高，12月3日当播放第五集第三轮的时候，全国收视率已经达到了惊人的0.07%！

What is the concept of 0.07%?
A set of data shows that among the 4 million viewers nationwide during the same period, 28 are already watching this animation!
For some TV series, even children's animations, this viewership rating is not worth mentioning at all.

However, for the entire [Taifeng County TV Station], this is the first time in history!
These days, words like "Pope Prince", [Zheng's Food Co., Ltd.], and Zhang Yang are indeed very popular on the Internet.

This kind of popularity made Zheng Mingli think of the word "traffic".

It seems to be a successful operation combining Internet traffic with offline real economy?
He narrowed his eyes.

He has been following this matter these days and has also watched "Pope Superman".

With so much attention, sometimes I have to sigh about this era. It is really strange at times.

Zhang Yang was severely criticized on the Internet.

"Pope Emery" has been criticized so harshly that it has been firmly nailed to the position of "the shame of Chinese animation" and is being cursed by countless people.

But in the era of traffic, these negative criticisms quickly turned into the most substantial attention, and then, inevitably, some of the attention turned into ratings.

in the office.

Secretary Gao looked at the director who was deep in thought, then took out a copy of an internet review and handed it to the director: "The quality of this animation is actually very average!"

"Its plot is very old-fashioned, a typical hero-rescues-beauty plot. In the early stages, the protagonist is abused. However, when he encounters a difficult situation, he takes out a pack of [Haikang Children's Instant Noodles] from his arms and chews it. His muscles instantly swell, and he becomes extremely strong, indestructible, and not afraid of water or fire. He is like a superman..."

"Its composition is also very rough. The lines and character design in all aspects remain in the style of the 90s, and the colors are very simple. Apart from black, white, gray and some red and blue, there are almost no other colors..."

"Its style of painting is even more exaggerated. In this cartoon, you can see people's heads being smashed into various shapes. You can see the powerful Popeye blowing away the water in the nearby river, and punching his opponent to the moon. You can see a person's body being stretched for hundreds of meters like rubber and still bouncing back. There are endless unreasonable and exaggerated scenes, accompanied by some funny music..."

"Well, this animation is full of all kinds of flaws and stupidity. It seems like you can criticize every detail. But after watching a few episodes, I still found it funny and relaxing..."

"More importantly, the first five episodes all followed the same hero-saving-life routine, but the children seemed to enjoy watching such a single, repetitive routine."

"According to the latest news I received and a set of public data from [Taifeng County TV Station], children will turn on [Taifeng TV Station]'s "Pope Superman" on time at 9:30 in the morning, 11:30 in the afternoon, and 7:15 in the evening..."

"..."

The afterglow of the setting sun finally fell on the mountainside.

in front of the window.

After listening to this, Director Zheng Mingli nodded and said, "You can go to the person in charge of [YW Animation] to discuss the authorization... I heard that it is 3 per episode, right?"

"Yes, I will contact you now."

"Go!"

Not long after Secretary Gao left the office, he came back with a complicated look in his eyes.

"Director, 3 per episode, I may not be able to afford it now..."

"why?"

“They’ve raised their prices.”

"How much has it increased?"

"I found out that it costs 6 per episode, and I made a small request..."

"any request?"

"Let us help open a TV shopping channel to sell toys to them..."

"???"

(End of this chapter)