Game development begins with destroying Girls' Frontline.

"That's why they came to us."

Lin Li was quite surprised after listening to Shichimiya Aina's story.

Unexpectedly, this young girl not only explained the matter clearly, but also shared her analysis.

Moreover, according to Lin Li's deduction.

This analysis seems to make some sense.

The whole thing is actually not complicated.

It's just that Nagano Tetsuya really lacks common sense, otherwise this whole thing wouldn't have happened.

Before I begin to tell this story...

We need to understand some background.

The copyright war in this timeline is very different from the one in the previous one.

The copyright war has started, but it hasn't fully escalated.

In the copyright war of the past, Chinese manufacturers found a major Japanese company.

Then, through major Japanese studios, they purchase broadcasting rights from animation production committees, and the revenue from these broadcasting rights is directly distributed as dividends to the production committees.

The whole process was very chaotic.

Sometimes, the copyright is sold without the approval of the production committee, or even by a member of the committee without authorization.

This chaos.

This also had an impact on the Japanese industry at the time.

then.

Many anime fans don't understand why China invested so much money in Japan during the copyright war.

Japanese animation companies, however, seem unmoved.

Essentially, it's because this money didn't actually reach the animation company.

on the other hand.

For the production committee, the money came quickly but without warning.

You have absolutely no idea which animations Chinese big spenders will buy.

How much money will they spend to buy it?

So naturally, they'll take as much as they can.

Therefore, the first wave of copyright wars in the previous life did not have any positive impact on the Japanese animation industry.

This situation persisted until the copyright war cooled down.

Bilibili began to steadily purchase copyrights, and after all the procedures were clarified, it generated relatively positive feedback, with some Japanese animation companies and voice actors starting to actively enter the Chinese market.

And on this world line.

Under the influence of sparks.

From the very beginning, the copyright war was under Xinghuo's control.

In China, any manufacturer that wants to buy copyrights can only contact Xinghuo.

Because the overseas broadcasting rights for all the animation companies are held by Spark.

From the perspective of underlying logic.

As long as Xinghuo is on the production committee of this animation, even if Chinese manufacturers approach an animation company separately, the animation company will not be able to sell the copyright.

Because the broadcasting rights are in Lin Li's hands.

They had no choice but to spend money to buy it from Xinghuo.

Lin Li was quite direct; he set up a copyright auction market where the copyright would be sold to whoever offered the most money.

Tencent is for sale, iQiyi is for sale, and Bilibili is for sale.

The market seems to be getting more competitive.

However, because all the openings come from sparks.

Therefore, the copyright war in this timeline was not as dramatic as it seemed.

Chapter 220 The smell of vinegar

The video websites in China aren't stupid either.

After bidding several times, I had a better understanding of the situation.

Therefore, judging from the results...

The Japanese animation industry in this timeline receives far less benefit than in the previous one.

At the same time, things have also become much more stable.

In order to secure its participation in the production committee, Xinghuo promised that if no one bought the broadcasting rights, Xinghuo would also pay a sum of money to broadcast it on its own platform.

Therefore, copyright revenue, which was originally a random income, was lost.

It then becomes a fixed income.

Spark will use the number of CDs sold as a popularity indicator to divide anime into three tiers.

Copyright fees are paid according to the level of the copyright holder.

In its previous form, the production committee used a gacha system.

Whoever gets the lottery draw from China's big spenders gets the money.

Currently, it's in a guaranteed minimum mode.

This is one of the reasons why Spark was able to integrate perfectly into the current production committee system in Japan.

Another reason is that Spark will also pay a copyright fee for game adaptations.

Both of these sources of income are available as long as Spark is on the production committee.

Anyone with even a basic understanding of business operations knows this.

What does stable income mean for the industry?

During the copyright war in China in the previous life, many people did not understand why animation companies did not bypass the production committee and directly accept capital from Chinese companies.

Looking back now, this is partly due to the inertia of Japanese companies, and partly because the Japanese are not stupid.

As it turned out, the copyright war didn't last more than a few years.

If any animation company had actually chosen to bypass the production committee back then, by the time the copyright war ended, the grass on their graves would probably be taller than a person.

anyway.

Because of this world line.

Spark provided a minimum guarantee, and Spark's revenue and market performance, coupled with Linli's influence in Japan, contributed to this.

This led to a consensus within the Japanese animation industry.

That means Spark's guarantee is sustainable.

In this situation.

The animation company, on the contrary, began to consider reforms.

After all, the production committee's original intention was to reduce risks, but now, there is Spark.

The risks of producing animation are already very low.

"It seems I really should go to this meeting."

Lin Li thought about it carefully.

This animation summit may be an opportunity for Spark.

Since the animation company wants to change.

He naturally supports it.

Incidentally, he can also share his ideas for interactive animated games.

This is an opportunity to further integrate the world of anime and manga.

Lin Li was quickly tempted.

~~~

Two days later.

Tokyo.

A hot spring hotel.

Lin Li was lying on the sofa, reading documents.

Su Shanshan called.

Unlike usual, this was a video call.

"This is... a hot spring hotel?"

Su Shanshan smiled.

"Yes."

"Who arranged this?"

"Who else could it be? It must have been arranged by Aniplex."

Spark was the organizer of this Japan Animation Industry Summit.

However, in terms of specific matters, it was actually done by a group of organizers led by Xinghuo.

For example, Aniplex handled the venue arrangements.

Aniplex is commonly known as "A-Dad".

It is an animation planning and distribution company under Sony.

It does not directly produce animations; its main responsibilities include establishing animation projects, participating in production committees, music production and distribution, and title sponsorship.

Aniplex's subsidiary, A1pictures, is responsible for producing the animation.

Simply put, Aniplex and Spark are doing very similar things; they both have their own animation teams, but their main business is not animation.

However, Aniplex is leading the effort with resources from Japan.

Spark, on the other hand, relies more on resources from China.

Of course, with the expansion of the Spark platform, Spark now also has the ability to expand globally.

However, the current collaboration between Sony and Spark is still in its honeymoon phase.

Therefore, in the animation field, Aniplex and Spark Animation are practically inseparable.

Aniplex and Spark Animation are often referred to as "the hidden dragon and the phoenix chick" by many animation companies in the current industry.

Don't laugh.

The terms "Sleeping Dragon" and "Young Phoenix" used here are not meant to be derogatory.

They used the phrase from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, "Having either Zhuge Liang or Pang Tong is enough to secure the world," to describe the current state of animation production in Japan, where you need to have one of these two powerful figures to succeed.

If you manage to hug both of them, your animation can spread worldwide.

"This room looks pretty nice."

Su Shanshan's tone was somewhat sour.

Lin Li seemed oblivious to what was happening and continued grinning foolishly.

"It's really nice. I heard that this room was previously occupied by celebrities."

Seeing that Lin Li was oblivious to the situation.

Su Shanshan couldn't hold back any longer. After thinking about it, she figured they were an old married couple anyway, so she decided to make things clear.