"Hello, Mr. Chen. I'm Zeng yuan, the head of marketing department of litchi TV station." In Chen Ze's office, a 40 year old man said.
He was Zeng yuan, the person in charge of litchi Taiwan marketing department, who called Chen Ze and planned to buy the copyright of the animated version of Detective Conan from Chen Ze.
On the phone that day, Zeng yuan learned that Chen Ze had actually made an animated version of Detective Conan, and immediately decided to buy the copyright.
Chen Ze also wanted to see what would happen if litchi terrace was so active.
So the two of them agreed a time to meet today to discuss the issue of copyright purchase.
"Hello, Mr. Zeng." Chen Ze nodded to Zeng Yuanyuan and sat him down.
"Mr. Chen, if I'm polite, I won't say much. Our lychee TV station is determined to buy the copyright of your" Detective Conan "animation version. The director told me before I came here that no matter what the conditions are, we can accept it as long as it's Mr. Chen." Zeng yuan opened his mouth and said.
Chen Ze was stunned by what he said. It's not the first time that he has sold animation copyright. But it's the first time that he's heard that. Do they want their own animation copyright?
Thinking of this, Chen Ze suddenly remembered the relationship between his lychee TV station and mango TV station. As the top two provincial satellite TV stations in the mainland, the competition between them has always been quite fierce.
Mango TV, relying on the advantage of first mover, has always maintained its position as the leader of domestic provincial satellite TV. However, although litchi terrace has only risen in recent years, it is not comparable to mango terrace in terms of financial resources because of its coastal location.
Therefore, although litchi terrace is only the second place, it has great stamina and is gradually catching up with mango terrace.
However, this momentum was completely broken some time ago. After the introduction of Chen Ze's "spirit of chess" and "head character D", mango TV's two prime time ratings were completely opened.
Even Lichi TV later took measures to buy the animation rights of other popular comics, but it didn't help. It was pulled further and further by mango TV.
In the end, the senior management of lychee TV discussed a way. Since the popular animation couldn't stop Chen Ze's ratings, they used Chen Ze's own animation to stop it, so they aimed at the famous detective Conan.
I hope to use the animation of Detective Conan to boost the audience rating and narrow the gap with mango TV.
Of course, the intention of their lychee platform is not only that. After more than half a year's broadcasting, Chen Ze's "chess soul" sold to mango platform is finally coming to an end.
The reason why lychee TV wants to buy Detective Conan is that it will not be bought by mango TV.
You know, "Detective Conan" is a long serial cartoon which is more popular than "chess soul". If the animation copyright of such a cartoon is bought by mango TV, I'm afraid that in a short time, let alone catching up with mango TV, the gap will only be widening.
Taking all the factors into consideration, the top management of litchi TV has decided to win the animation rights of Chen Ze's Detective Conan at any cost.
So that's what Zeng Yuan said.
"I'm free to make the terms! Mr. Zeng, you are going to make a lot of blood this time. " Chen Ze laughs.
"We believe in the popularity of Mr. Chen's cartoon. No matter how much money we pay for the animation copyright, we will not lose." Zeng yuan also said with a smile that he has been engaged in marketing for so long, and his art of speaking has reached its peak.
This is not light or heavy flattery Chen Ze, let Chen Ze feel quite comfortable.
"Since Mr. Zeng spoke so directly, I'm not polite. In this way, one thousand Chinese dollars a second, if it is the price, I will sell the animation copyright of "Detective Conan" to you lychee stage. " Chen Ze said.
He is quite clear about the popularity and money absorption of Detective Conan. Let's just say that castle peak has been holding Detective Conan for 20 years and is unwilling to finish it. We can see from this.
In addition, in Chen Ze's previous life, "Detective Conan" animation has been out to more than 700 episodes, in this case, the entire animation also has a huge popularity. Especially when the organization of people in black appeared, the popularity was even higher.
Chen Ze naturally wants to sell such a popular animation at a sky high price.
"A thousand Chinese dollars?"
Rao Shi had worked in the marketing department of lichitanai for so many years and bought countless animation copyrights. Today he is fully prepared, but he is still scared by Chen Ze's opening.One thousand Chinese dollars a second, that is to say, an episode of animation costs more than one million yuan. This is even in the animation country of China, but also a sky high price.
There are few animations that have reached this figure. Even Zhang Jiyi, with his popularity in China, the highest purchase cost of his animation copyright is only 800 Chinese dollars a second.
Before Chen Ze, there was only one person who really reached 1000 Huaxia coins per second, that is Li Ming. When he was at his peak, several comics reached or even surpassed this record.
If litchi Taiwan agrees to Chen Ze's terms, Chen Ze will immediately become the second person to buy the highest animation copyright in the history of Chinese animation.
"What's the matter, Mr. Zeng? Can you agree to my condition?" Chen Ze opens his mouth and stares at Zeng yuan.
In fact, every channel of Chen Ze's cartoon is gradually opening up now. He doesn't need to rely on the right to play animation to make a lot of money. Think about it, even if it's more than one million episodes, that one hundred episodes is only one billion.
Detective Conan has been in series for 20 years. Now there are more than 700 episodes of animation, which is just more than 700 million.
If you don't count the sales of your own comic books and the profits of the surrounding areas, you can say that if you make two theater versions, the revenue will certainly exceed this figure.
The reason why Chen put forward this one thousand Chinese dollars per second is more to prove his position.
At present, in China's cartoon industry, its own cartoon sales are huge. Two successive cartoons have defeated Zhang Jiyi and ASAKURA mirror respectively, causing a huge sensation.
With its popularity and commercial value, it should be a reasonable thing to get this price.
Zeng yuan seems to have thought of this after his initial surprise. With Chen Ze's popularity today, he is indeed qualified to get the price.
"Mr. Chen, your famous detective Conan is really worth the price, but because the price is too high, it is the second highest price in history. So I have to ask the leader of our station for instructions. " Zeng Yuan said.
After listening to him, Chen Ze also knew that with his position, he certainly could not decide the price alone. He nodded and asked him to go out and call the leader of Lichi station for instructions.
Looking at Zeng yuan's back, Chen Ze was not worried that the leader of Lichi station would refuse his offer. Not to mention its high popularity, its commercial value is worth 1000 Chinese dollars a second.
Let's say that with the competition between lychee and mango, both of them want to beat each other in ratings. Now his "Detective Conan" is obviously a ratings guarantee. Will the leader of litchi TV give up?
In addition, even if the leader of lychee TV lost his head and thought the price was too high, he gave up his famous detective Conan. The mango stage is still there. With the relationship they have established with mango stage, I believe they will not refuse their own animation.
Considering all the above factors, Chen Ze is not worried about the result of Zeng yuan's communication with his leaders.
Sure enough, after a while, Zeng yuan put away his cell phone and came in, with a faint smile on his face.
Looking at Zeng yuan's smile, Chen Ze knew that his communication with his leaders must have been good this time: "how about Mr. Zeng, what do you senior leaders of lichitai say?"
"Good news." Zeng yuan laughed, "our leaders think that the animated version of Detective Conan has great viewing potential, so they decided to buy the copyright of your animated version at the price of 1000 Chinese dollars a second."
"Congratulations, Mr. Chen. After Mr. Li Ming and Mr. Li, you have become the second cartoonist in the history of Chinese Comics whose animation copyright exceeds 1000 yuan per second." Zeng Yuan said with a smile.
"Thank you. I wish you a happy cooperation." After listening to Zeng yuan's words, Chen Ze was very happy and said with a smile.