Our Rise Era

Chapter 78 New animation Tom and Jerry? (Third update)
February 2007th.

It passed quietly in a gust of cold wind.

Looking back on 2007.

China ushered in an era of stock speculation by all the people, and at the end of the year, it also ushered in an unprecedented stock market crash...

Some people become rich overnight, while others become rich overnight.

In December, the stock market once again saw a small rise...

This small surge has excited the media and investors.

Even Inspur News conducted an interview with stock investors, and nearly 44 percent of the respondents believed that the stock market in 08 would surge from 5200 points to 8000 points!
This survey is undoubtedly encouraging...

Under the hype of the media and news, countless stockholders seemed to have forgotten their pain all of a sudden, and with the belief that the market would rush to 8000 points, they all rushed to the stock market...

In January 2008, during a light rain...

The new year has arrived quietly.

On January 1, the morning news was broadcasting a piece of news from the United States: "Jadon Orr, CEO of Merrill Lynch, the world's largest brokerage firm, became the first CEO on Wall Street to lose his job directly due to the subprime mortgage crisis."

But, except for a few people, this news did not attract much attention.

China's booming stock market seems to have ushered in a bull market again. From 5200 points, it rushed to a peak of 5520 points in just one week. The future is bright!
However, when countless people were shouting the slogan of 8000 points and rushing into the stock market...

A disaster without any warning suddenly struck countless people, even in the midst of a revelry. In just one week, the Shanghai Composite Index fell from 5522 to 4511 points...

Immediately afterwards, the stock market was like a carriage without a leash, rushing towards an abyss that no one could see, amidst one piece of news after another.

January 1th was known as "Black Monday". The London FTSE 14 Index recorded its largest single-day drop. European stock markets also recorded their largest drop since the September 100, 2001 attacks. Asian stock markets fell by as much as 911%. The Shanghai Composite Index fell by 15%. Although the US stock market was closed that day, its index futures also fell sharply...

A financial tsunami that swept the world roared in under the horrified gaze of countless people...

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"Brother Zhang, someone in France has gone crazy!"

"I saw someone jump off the building with my own eyes!"

"Right beside me..."

"I was very scared at the time. Really scared. If we hadn't stopped in time and continued to speculate in stocks, would we have been one of them?"

"..."

On the morning of July 1.

Zhang Yang, who had just woken up, received a call from France.

Fatty Yuan's voice on the phone was urgent, with an unprecedented sense of panic.

After Zhang Yang finished the call, he looked at the news on his computer.

In every corner of the Internet during this period, you can see news about the financial crisis. Even some entertainment news reported that a certain star was deeply trapped in the quagmire of stock speculation and could not extricate himself...

In the countless news, some people are worried, some stop losses in time, and of course, there are still some people who continue to wait for the stock market to rebound...

Zhang Yang didn't feel any emotion after reading this news...

He knew very well that the financial tsunami sweeping the world had just begun.

This financial tsunami is bound to be a river of blood.

but……

Zhang Yang turned off the computer and looked out the window quietly.

The winter of 08 was really cold.

On the busy streets in the distance, young people wrapped in coats can be seen everywhere.

There is already a thin layer of ice in some areas of the West Lake scenic spots.

However, the feeling of staying in the office with air conditioning and basking in the sun was very warm. He stretched comfortably and thought about where to go to soak his feet in the afternoon.

Alas, these are all bad habits I caught from Mr. Chen Tiangui...

Thinking of this, Zhang Yang shook his head.

Not far away, [Magic Core VX] has officially moved from northern Jiangsu Province to an office building in Hangzhou.

During this period, the boss Xu Ziyang was still collecting debts every day.

However, little success was achieved.

The special effects cost more than 10 million yuan, and after half a month of hard work, only more than 100,000 yuan was returned...

Other debts will never be recovered.

Xu Ziyang went to court several times and was sentenced to some compulsory executions and deadbeat cases, but in the end Xu Ziyang got nothing at all.

Debt? The other party admits that they do owe your company money. We are not running away. We can get through on the phone, but we just don’t have the money!

Besides, apart from my life, I have nothing else I can do. Do you want the debt?
sure!
Go line up!
I don't have money, but I have my life. You decide...

Faced with such a party, Xu Ziyang had no way out at all.

I can only sigh that the overall environment is getting worse and worse.

Just as Zhang Yang was lost in thought, there was a knock on the office door.

"Dong dong!"

"boss Zhang……"

"Come in." Lu Wei from [YW Animation] walked in wearing a suit and tie.

During these twenty days, Lu Wei was undoubtedly the richest half month in his life. He had the money, production fees, and equipment for Popeye.

In this environment, "Pope Superman" was updated to 22 episodes at once, almost one episode every three days...

"Mr. Zhang, our 'Pope Power' has received more than seven million hits on iQiyi Video, and has been played by more than two million people. On average, each video has 100,000 views..."

"We are ranked third among domestic animations..."

"Our rating on Douban has also increased from more than 2 points to more than 5 points..."

"..."

Lu Wei excitedly reported a series of data to Zhang Yang.

During these twenty days.

Lu Wei has gained some weight and is no longer as thin and frail as he was when Zhang Yang first met him!

In early 08...

The Internet's animation industry is booming.

There are already thirteen Japanese comics with a total of over ten million views...

One of them, the "Gundam" animation series, has a global viewership of an astonishing 13.2 billion...

The total number of views on the Internet has exceeded 100 million very early on.

In fact, "Pope Superman" is not too impressive among these broadcasts, and its total ratings have just exceeded one million viewers nationwide...

but……

"Mr. Zhang, our "Pope Island" has finally made a profit for us!"

"I did the math last night. For our 22 episodes, after excluding costs and various labor costs, and including the share of viewership and traffic, as well as some TV station rebroadcast fees, we made 53 RMB..."

"..."

After reporting the data, Lu Wei sat down on the chair, muttering to himself.

At this moment, his emotions were complicated.

There is excitement, excitement, trance, and relief.

As I was talking, my nose started to feel a little sore.

They have persisted for so long, experienced so many lows, and suffered so many grievances. This time, they can finally let everyone see "Popetta" and their company!
Zhang Yang looked at Lu Wei.

He stood up slowly and patted Lu Wei on the shoulder: "Everything is just beginning!"

"Yes! It's just started!"

Lu Wei nodded, wiped his tears, and took a deep breath.

"Next, do you have any animation projects? There seem to be about 40 episodes of Popeye the Dragon in total? Halfway through..."

"There are no other plans at the moment. We will start producing Popeye first. It doesn't have to be just 40 episodes. As long as people still watch it, we will make more... Mr. Zhang, success is too hard for us. Really, I dream every day that one day our next work will lose all the money and fail miserably... So, I want to make this project longer..."

“Well, actually, we can do another project in this module…” Zhang Yang looked at Lu Wei.

"What does it mean to do another project in this module?" Lu Wei was stunned when he heard this.

"The current performance of Popeye the Dragon, apart from the publicity, is mainly due to its core selling points of humor, boldness, funnyness, and imagination... But it is undeniable that it still has many flaws. What if, I say, we can condense all the core selling points of Popeye the Dragon and make a more relaxing and funny animation?"

"what?"

"I hope that the new animation will be suitable for all ages, and can attract the audience's attention whether at home or in public places. Its animation style is unique, showing interactions through more exaggerated actions and more humorous plots. This style makes it not restricted by age and can attract audiences of all ages... The ratings and Internet playback volume are definitely higher than "Pope Man"..."

"for example?"

"For example, the story of a cat and a mouse..."

Zhang Yang looked at Lu Wei with a smile on his face, and then took out a notebook from the drawer.

Lu Wei looked at the notebook and found four words written on it: "Tom and Jerry".

Opening the book, Lu Wei saw some animation settings, as well as sketches of a cat and a cute mouse...

Lu Wei was stunned.

"What do you think?" Zhang Yang looked at Lu Wei and asked.

"Let's try it first..." Lu Wei looked at the sketch and fell into deep thought.

"it is good!"

Just as Lu Wei was holding the sketch and preparing to stand up and leave the office...

He saw Zhang Yang calling out to Lu Wei.

"By the way, Mr. Lu..."

"Mr. Zhang, what do you say?"

"Pope Immortal won four awards in Paris, including the Best Chinese Animation Broadcast Award, the Most Popular Award, the Best Animated Short Film Award, and the Best IP Award..."

"Ah, how did you win the award? I don't know... I wasn't notified..." Lu Wei looked confused.

"I just thought of that..." Zhang Yang looked at the data of "Popper Man" with a smile on his face, and then took out his mobile phone: "Mr. Yuan, yes, go to Paris and make a few more awards and send them over... Yes, the awards for "Popper Man"..."

"..."

(End of this chapter)