"I told you from the beginning that I entered the animation industry and founded Shanhai animation and other related studios, not to share a piece of cake in the animation market with popularity, but to expand the cake with more practitioners."
Meng fan took a sip of water and continued, "I spend this ten million yuan every year to hold the Shanhai Animation Award. The purpose is to help Huaxia animation develop better and faster, increase the influence of the industry, increase the income of practitioners, and prosper the whole industry. This ten million yuan will be used to reward excellent practitioners, including comic writers, original painters, directors, screenwriters, sound actors, animation singers and musicians, and so on."
"My preliminary assumption is to set up several awards, each award has several people, and there are two ways to win the award. One is to vote purely by popularity, and the other is to recommend by insiders, with half of the quota and half of the awards. If the bonus is allocated, it will be based on the actual situation. In short, 10 million yuan and the amount of possible sponsorship will be divided!"
"The sponsorship I'm talking about here can be free sponsorship, that is, people in the industry or all walks of life who want to make a contribution to Huaxia animation can sponsor; there is also paid sponsorship. In other words, if it is sponsored by relevant companies and other units, I can give you advertising space during the event. Even if you sponsor more, the name of Shanhai Animation Award can also let you name!"
"I have to make a statement here. I am going to set up a fund to help low-income people in the animation industry and provide them with creative life security! If the amount of sponsorship exceeds a certain amount, such as 10 million, that is, the total bonus is 20 million, and the extra part will be remitted to this fund“
"Of course, all this is based on the premise that you trust me. To be honest, I just hesitated to tell you about sponsorship and funds now. After all, I'm suspected of forcing donations from some angles. But I think carefully that Huaxia animation is not my own business. I'm famous, capable and willing to make my best contribution to Huaxia animation, but I can't do it alone Ah, we still have to work together. In addition, I think there must be people who want to contribute to Huaxia animation among all of you here and those who may see this sentence in the future, but they just haven't found the right opportunity and trusted organization, so I should stand up. Even if a hundred people say I'm fishing for fame and even pretending to be strong, it's worth it if one person is willing to stand with me. "
Meng fan didn't say these words with emotion, but thought about it for some time. There is a god of wealth whose achievement task is second, but really wants to do something for Huaxia animation. In the past, I wanted to do it because I had limited ability. Now I have the ability, popularity and money, so I took advantage of the press conference (live broadcast) of "underground spirit".
The Shanhai Animation Awards imitate the Animation Awards and film and television festivals on the neon side. They are going to create an award ceremony, and the rewards given are real cash rewards in addition to honors. Money came from Meng fan alone. Besides promoting Shanhai animation studio and "Shanhai strange people" by the way, the name of Guanshang Shanhai is mainly domineering.
Meng fan recently thought of this fund to help low-income people in the animation industry, which is complementary to the Shanhai Animation Award. The latter is used to build height, and the former is used to lay the foundation. In an industry, it is healthy for groups at the top of the pyramid to make money. It needs a good living and creative environment at the lower level, otherwise it will collapse sooner or later.
Of course, this fund definitely needs professionals to take care of it and follow the formal procedures and transparency. Meng fan doesn't want to do bad things with good intentions and cause some disgusting things.
At present, Meng fan plans to spend 10 million on this fund for the time being, and first try it for a year or half a year to see the effect.
In addition, in addition to these two "ten million", Meng fan also plans to set up an animation student scholarship with ten million to reward and help students with animation. In this case, Meng fan can't come alone and needs to consult with the teachers and leaders of the Academy of fine arts. In an industry, the power of academism can never be ignored.
After the broadcast, Meng fan sent three consecutive messages on his Weibo to allow them to comment on suggestions and comments related to messages. Maybe some people think he's a little crazy, but he's serious. He really wants to listen to the most popular ideas - if he wants to listen to the words from a strategic height, some people are willing to go to the door and chat with him for three days and nights without taking a break - maybe there are not many nutritious words in the message area, but there will certainly be.
In an industry, the upper level has a position, the middle level has hope, the lower level has food, dignity and talent reserves, which in Meng fan's view is the most direct embodiment of the health and prosperity of an industry.
For the upper and middle-level, what Meng fan can do is to add to the icing on the cake. The main purpose and energy will still be on the low-income people and reserve talents in the industry. As for himself, belonging to the upper class group, what he can do is to raise the ceiling, although it may not be all related to comics.
After updating Weibo, Meng fan contacted Tao Dongli and Hu Yijing.
If you want to hold an activity like "Shanhai Animation Award" and run it smoothly, you must have someone inside, and Tao Dongli can give Meng fan the most direct help in this regard. This is a good thing, Tao Dongli will not refuse, even if there may be some "criticism" of personal friendship.
As for the establishment of the fund, we still have to discuss with Hu Yijing first. Although she is not an animation practitioner, she will know more about this than those in the studio. At least she can give some suggestions on the direction, who to find and how to find, which can make Meng fan have a clearer understanding.
Hu Yijing came the next day. After talking, she helped Meng fan get in touch with a professional who was good at managing funds through several layers of relationships. She made an appointment to meet and talk in detail to see if she could help build a team. As for professionals who need animation, Meng fan doesn't lack resources. No matter how Meng fan is sure about this, Penguin animation and 8 stations will help.
In the afternoon, Meng fan made an appointment with Gentiana macrophylla to find the dean of the school of media and animation of the Academy of fine arts. As soon as the Dean heard that Meng fan was going to spend 10 million a year to set up a student scholarship, he was of course happy. Immediately, he called the head of the Department to have a two-hour meeting with Meng fan and Gentiana macrophylla macrophylla, finalized the general content and direction, and then slowly improved the final plan in the next period of time.
The general content is to attract art students to choose animation majors, solve some students' practical difficulties, create a more creative learning environment, and reward excellent students