There is indeed a problem with my summoning spirit system

Chapter 134 132. The bitter wine enters the throat and makes the heart feel cold

Turn right 100 meters away from the back door of the school, which is a pedestrian street with a not-so-famous reputation in the city.

On both sides of the street, there are a variety of shops with colorful neon signs.From mutton kebabs, barbecue, egg-filled pancakes, candied haws and other snacks, to coffee shops, milk tea shops, tea houses and other leisure drink shops.

And somewhere in this street, there is a small bar. The owner named it Siyuan, which means drinking water and thinking of the source. This name is often jokingly called "forced elegance" by several regular customers.

Li Xiang often comes to sit at Siyuan Bar on weekdays, observing the passers-by coming and going outside the transparent window, or the every move of the guests in the bar, and sitting for an afternoon.

It's a clean bar, without the atmosphere of a nightclub or disco like some bars.The music is also relatively soothing and emotional light music, and the overall atmosphere is relatively quiet, so it is also more suitable for meeting people for business talks or on Saturdays and Sundays, come to order a few drinks with friends and get a little drunk.

Li Xiang pushed the door open, sat in front of the bar, and said to the bartender:
"Mr. Tony, have a glass of Gold Fizz."

The bartender at Siyuan Bar is a young handsome guy about 27 or [-] years old. In order to improve his "B status", he has an English name Tony. The name seems a bit bad, but according to himself, he gave himself This "stage name" was chosen because of the stalk of the barber Tony. In this way, many young people can smile knowingly when they hear this name, and the distance between him and the guests is shortened at once.

Tony put down the wine glasses he was wiping, and took out a few bottles.

The bartender was making cocktails while chatting with Li Xiang:

"came back?"

"Well, I went home for the Spring Festival before, and now that the new semester starts, I naturally came here. I made an appointment here today, and I will go to the booth there later."

"Well, there are not many guests now, so sit by yourself."

The appropriate proportion of gin, syrup, lemon juice, lime juice and soda water makes a classic Gin Fizz.Some people may feel that drinking like this is like drinking a drink.However, Li Xiang doesn't like spirits very much and thinks the taste of spirits is a bit too exciting.If you want to drink it, you usually mix it with water or add some other ingredients to make a cocktail.

Of course, if you have to drink for entertainment or for some reason, although you don't like strong alcohol, Li Xiang can still drink.

In the world of eating halberds, Li Xiang occasionally drank a little, and even tried to learn bartending for a while for his own little hobby.Gold Fizz is his favorite "alcoholic drink".Because of this, he is also often joked about in good faith by some friends.Said he is a child's taste buds.

The purpose of his coming to this bar today is not to entertain or observe passers-by, trying to imitate their actions and behaviors.Instead, he had discussed with Japanese people before, and had an interview about the copyright dispute of the Sword Art Online Saber chapter that is now published on the Internet.

According to Li Xiang's understanding of the islanders, many of them don't drink very well, but they like to drink inexplicably.It would be great if you can get the other party half-drunk before negotiating.

With such calculations in mind, Li Xiang made an appointment here for the meeting place of the two parties.

"By the way, can I trouble you to mix two glasses of Mizuki whiskey for me later?"

The bartender stopped pouring soda water and rolled his eyes at Li Xiang:

"You're not sincerely trying to make things difficult for me, are you?"

Whiskey is brewed from barley and other grains. After aging in oak barrels for many years, it is blended into a strong distilled spirit of about 43 degrees. The alcohol content of 43 degrees is already a bit too exciting for many non-heavy alcohol lovers.Adding an appropriate amount of water can achieve the purpose of making the whiskey taste softer and better.

The so-called water cutting whiskey is actually whiskey mixed with water.The reason why the bartender said that Li wanted to make things difficult for him was because generally in bars, this kind of "watering" is not adding water directly to the wine, but adding ice cubes into the glass, and using a long bar spoon to stir and rotate the ice cubes , lower the temperature of the glass and pour off the melted water, but keep the ice cubes still in the glass.Then add whiskey to the cooled wine glass, continue to swirl the ice cubes in the glass, and dilute the whiskey with the water produced by the ice cubes melting until the surface of the glass is frosted.

This process of melting and diluting the ice cubes often lasts for more than 10 minutes. Even if you just hold a bar spoon and spin it for 10 minutes, no one with a trained iron hand will never be able to take it off. Even if it is an iron hand, the bartender will drink it. My wrists are definitely sore.

"Come on, it's not that you don't make money, just a word, okay?"

"OK, OK. The guests are the biggest, I'll adjust, I'll adjust."

Tony had to succumb to Li Xiang's lust.

After Li Xiang slowly drank the cup of gold fizz he ordered, Watanabe Junichi, who came from the island country, opened the door and entered.

Li Xiang made a gesture to the bartender, indicating that the other party could start making Mizuki whiskey, then got up to greet him, and said in fluent Japanese:
"Hello, sir, I am Li Xiang. Are you Mr. Watanabe?"

"Hey, um. I'm Junichi Watanabe. Hello, Mr. Li."

"Standing here is not an option, Mr. Watanabe, come with me."

Li Xiang led the other party into a booth.

Generally speaking, at the beginning of the meeting, both parties should talk about some issues that are not very important in order to get closer.According to this practice, Li Xiang and Watanabe first introduced themselves to each other.

"I didn't expect that Mr. Li is only a college student now. You must know that our boss has always felt that Mr. Li's tone in the email is very mature and rational, so we always think that Mr. Li should be at least over 40 years old now, and we will not wait until we actually meet. I know, Mr. Li is still so young now."

Watanabe said with a smile.

"Is my tone in the email really so old-fashioned? It seems that I have to pay attention in the future."

Li Xiang also smiled.

"In fact, it's not just a problem in this aspect. We always felt that Mr. Li Xiang should be the main producer of that season's animation. An animation production supervisor who has a good relationship with our agency told us that based on the narrative of this animation From the perspective of rhythm and storyboarding level, the supervisor can’t get it without 30 to [-] years of experience. So we really thought that Mr. Li must be quite old at that time.”

After a few minutes of chatting, Watanabe felt that the time was right, so he tentatively tried to explore the situation.

He needs to know as much as possible where the production team of this animation is.

This animation is not the point.The real focus is whether the other party's production team has the ability to stably produce the same works as before.And if so, are there any tricks or special methods and techniques?

Dengeki Bunko has the largest number of new writers in the light novel library of the island country. In recent years, it has also been committed to adapting the light novels in the library into animation and comics to increase its influence and sales.

It is often said why the animation of light novels has become so popular in recent years?It's because the library and magazines are rich!However, the cost of animation production is not a small number. The specific figure may vary due to reasons such as the animation production cycle and the complexity of the scene. in the same order of magnitude.

After analyzing the video uploaded by Li Xiang to Station B, the island country believes that it can be seen from the completely unified style before and after the video and the painting quality with almost no change.The other party is likely to have mastered the technology of using computer software to directly model and produce 2D plane animation.

Generally speaking, when a painter draws scenes and characters, because people are working, there will eventually be some small flaws and pictures that do not conform to the laws of nature.The body proportions of similar characters are distorted, and the layers between objects are placed incorrectly, causing problems such as mold penetration.In layman's terms, such a situation is a "collapse".

The vast majority of serial animations have more or less broken problems. The difference is that good-quality works have fewer and less obvious breaks, which does not affect the viewing experience.And some of the works released directly without proofreading and review due to rush work may have some serious mistakes, such as the animation "Mei Fei Mei" that will eventually enter the annals of history.

Of course, there are many other factors that affect the quality of the animation, too much would be a stretch, but overall.From the quality point of view, the animation video released by Li Xiang does not seem to be a product produced by using the current common production modes and methods in the island country.

From a certain perspective, the current animation production system in the island country is almost the limit of traditional animation production methods.The video released by Li Xiang is even higher than this, indicating that Li Xiang may have mastered the epoch-making new animation production technology.

What exactly is this technology, and how to get it, has become the most interesting question for Dengeki Bunko, who has been troubled by the cost and benefit of animation production.

You must know that Dengeki Bunko is like the starting point of China. They have a lot of light novel resources.If they can get new technology that can produce animation quickly, well and cost-effectively, they can recruit people to set up an animation branch, produce animations to promote their own authors' novels, and produce and sell them themselves.Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have no middlemen making the difference?

The opponent came prepared, but Li Xiang, who has lived twice as long as the opponent, is definitely not a fuel-efficient lamp.He had expected this situation, or in other words, the current situation was caused by himself.Moreover, as the owner of this imaginary "technology", although he is the infringing party, at the same time, as the demanded party, he actually holds the initiative in the negotiation.

"It is true that animation production requires experience. But I personally feel that although animation has been increasingly commercialized in recent years, it is ultimately a form of story expression, which can be said to be an art. Art is a unique thing. It emphasizes one’s talent for artistic understanding. There’s no reason why you can’t do animation without experience, right?”

Li Xiang's answer was irrelevant and ambiguous.It was like a slippery loach, leaving no room for the opponent to attack.

At this time, the waiter brought two glasses of Mizuki whiskey that Li Xiang ordered.

A piece of crystal clear ice is suspended in the amber liquid. On the surface of the glass, a layer of "frost" is formed due to the temperature difference between the low temperature of the liquid and the room temperature, which makes the liquid in the glass more dreamy. Mystery.

"Mr. Watanabe, you ordered a glass of Mizuki whiskey, I will not be polite."

As soon as Li Xiang raised the wine glass in his hand, he took a sip himself and signaled the other party to be free.

"Having said so much, I think it's time to get down to business. Mr. Watanabe should be negotiating with me on behalf of Dengeki Bunko, right? What conditions do you plan to put forward regarding copyright?"

Li Xiang took the lead and took control of the conversation.

"Ahem, Mr. Li, I think you are also very clear that there are a lot of characters, dialogues, and world view background settings from the work "Sword Art Online" by our author Chuan Yuanli in your works. And you have published them on the Internet , which is a fairly clear infringement..."

"Mr. Watanabe, you should be able to understand that although the animation we mentioned has indeed become popular on the Internet, I have not used it to charge money or seek any benefits. If I really want to say it, the animation I released has promoted it instead. Your company's light novel Sword Art Online. Your company will even benefit from it. Since you sent you to negotiate with me, doesn't it mean that your company doesn't actually care about copyright issues, but is willing to reach a cooperation with me? Is it me Did you misunderstand what you sent in the email before?"

Li Xiang continued:

"Let's be straightforward, I have the simplest plan. You will collect a certain percentage of my works, and then give us some special treatment. I will no longer pursue the copyright issues of my works. This is what I have done before. As agreed with you in the email correspondence."

"We agree with this plan." Watanabe Junichi said that a blush was already visible to the naked eye on his face due to the entrance of a glass of whiskey. different perspectives."

Li Xiang spread his hands: "I would like to hear the details."

Watanabe Junichi said: "We believe that your ability in animation production is very strong, and that your ability is now being used by small talents. After repeated discussions, we now have a new plan. About We will not pursue the infringement of this previous work. We are willing to sign a new agreement with you directly, hoping to reach cooperation in the animation of works by other writers under our agency. We believe that with your production strength , the works produced will definitely have a strong role in promoting the sales of our company's works."

"But, before that, to be on the safe side, as 'customers' we hope to actually observe your animation production process. Of course, Mr. Li Xiang, don't worry, this is just our agency's wish to have a practical understanding of the situation, so that my superiors can We can also have a correct understanding of your strength, which is also to facilitate our cooperation."

Li Xiang heard the words, first nodded, and then shook his head.

(End of this chapter)