Hello 1983

Everyone used the communal kitchen, all crowded together.

Compared with those lanes, their conditions here are pretty good.

"You're so skinny, are you coming to my place for a drink again?" A hearty voice came over.

Then Liu Qingshan saw a half-old man, he looked less than 60 years old, very energetic, wearing an old man's shirt, pulling slippers, and waving a big cattail fan in his hand.

"If you don't eat your ears, you will get more than 1 yuan in royalties, which is worse than moving a hamster. Sooner or later, the Black Cat Sheriff will have to arrest you."

The old man Zhou insisted, the manuscript fee he said was after the cartoon of Sheriff Black Cat was released, it was printed as a comic book and sold, and Director Dai earned more than 2 yuan in manuscript fee.

As a result, the original author quit after seeing it, and directly took Dai Dao to court.

In the end, the two parties settled in court, and Director Dai compensated the original author part of the money, and everyone was happy.

"You."

Director Dai pointed at his old friend. He would be impatient if someone mentioned this.

Together, we entered Dai Dao's hut, which was not very big, and there were not many furnishings in the room. Some trophies and certificates were placed and hung in the more conspicuous places on the cabinets and walls.

"This is Comrade Xiao Liu. Liu Qingshan is also engaged in animation. He still has a company in the island country." Mr. Zhou began to introduce.

Liu Qingshan hurriedly handed over the things he had brought to an aunt, and then shook hands with Director Dai: "Hello, Mrs. Dai, this is the fourth and fifth child of my family. I like to see your black cat sheriff the most!"

"What's the age? I'm not yet sixty."

Director Dai waved his hands, then looked at the two little girls cheerfully, and asked his wife to bring them candy. He was always very enthusiastic towards the little fans.

After sitting down and chatting for a while, old man Zhou got to the point: "Old Dai, Comrade Xiao Liu's animation company is also planning to make animations. Please come out of the mountain. Your salary will be doubled and you will get a bonus."

Director Dai's eyes flashed brightly. In fact, he really didn't do enough.

Especially when he became famous as Sheriff Black Cat, he stopped filming after only five episodes. This was the biggest knot in his heart.

As for money or something, that's secondary.

"Xiao Liu, what is the scale of your company now?" Director Dai was obviously tempted.

Liu Qingshan blinked and did not hide anything: "Our company has just been established, and now it is still a grassroots team. Currently, there are only two studios, and two comic works are serialized in the island country. There is still no animation production."

That's it, Director Dai leaned back on the sofa, and a look of disappointment flashed across his face: You can't even be considered a grass-roots team, you are simply poor and useless.

Then I heard Liu Qingshan continue to say: "However, the two comics of our company are currently developing well, and they have already earned more than 2 million yen in revenue."

"The ability to attract money in the future will definitely become stronger and stronger. The company has sufficient funds, but it lacks professionals like Director Dai to help us set up a shelf."

More than 2 million yen?

This number made Director Dai suddenly stand up from the sofa: "It's easy to handle if you have money. If you plan to plan for the retired old guy in this building, I can pull out a team of hundreds of people!"

"And each of them is responsible for their own duties, all of them are experts, so you just say whether you dare to take it or not?"

"want!"

It was Xiao Lao Si and Shan Xing who answered him with crisp voices.

The corners of Liu Qingshan's lips curled up unconsciously: These two little girls are also small shareholders of Qingshan Animation.

5 Chapter Twenty It is enough to have a confidant in life!

By the time Liu Qingshan returned to the original hotel to pick up his things, it was already dark.

Including Xiao Su, those waiters were still a little bit reluctant, and after a few days, they all showed affection.

Seeing that the manager was not present, Liu Qingshan cheerfully wrote a note to them.

"Our company is going to set up a branch factory here to specialize in the production of instant noodles and ham sausage. If you are willing to go to work in the factory, then you can take this note to Mr. Yang, and he will definitely take care of you first."

Big cities these days are all overcrowded, and it is the easiest to recruit workers, especially for jobs that do not require skills.

"Unified Foods."

Looking at the name on the note, Xiao Su couldn't help but think of the Braised Beef Noodles in TV commercials.

It's just that what they sell here is a certain master's brand of braised beef noodles, which tastes good.

She has a junior high school classmate who works in that factory. Hearing that it is a foreign-funded enterprise, the salary is higher than that of ordinary factories, so she can't help but be moved.

The next day, Liu Qingshan had to go to Shangmei Factory, as for his family, he asked his mother to lead his grandfather to Yu Garden for a stroll.

Grandpa has been paralyzed for many years and has no chance to visit Yu Garden.

The fourth and fifth children originally wanted to follow, but this time Liu Qingshan was meeting with the factory leaders, so he didn't take them along.

When I came back to the gate of Shangmei Factory, I saw that Director Dai was neatly dressed, and he was waiting for him under the shade of a tree with Old Zhou Tou.

As soon as they met, the two old men said excitedly: "Qingshan, we went around the community last night and found more than 20 old guys, all of whom are experienced masters."

Liu Qingshan is also quite happy: Although he is older, he has rich experience, and it will be no problem to take apprentices when the time comes.

The three of them were chatting while walking, and when they entered the factory, they were led by these two old workers, so it was naturally unimpeded.

I went all the way to the factory director's office, and soon saw the factory director Yan, and there was also the old factory director in the room, who is now serving as a consultant Sheng Dao.

This one is amazing. The ink animations such as Little Tadpole Finding His Mother and Reed Piping that were filmed back then are all well-known and classic.

Seeing Liu Qingshan's face that was too young, Director Yan thought it was the grandchildren of the two old men who came here to arrange work through the back door.

So he said with a smile: "Lao Dai, Lao Zhou, if you want to arrange someone, please don't hold your breath. Our factory is overcrowded now."

After finishing speaking, he gave Director Dai a meaningful look: "Old Dai, you should know best that there are more than 20 newly graduated directors idle."

Lao Dai's retirement is actually somewhat related to this.

Guide Dai held his glasses with his hands, and said solemnly: "Old Yan, if you find it troublesome if there are too many people, then let us deal with them all."

Then he raised his hand to introduce Liu Qingshan: "This is Comrade Liu Qingshan from Qingshan Animation Company, who came to our factory to discuss cooperation."

After hearing this, Factory Manager Yan was slightly surprised, and then stepped forward to shake hands with Liu Qingshan: "Welcome, welcome."

Old Zhou Tou introduced Director Sheng again, exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then sat down.

A young man came over to pour tea, and everyone started chatting. Director Yan first asked about the basic situation of Qingshan Animation Company.

Liu Qingshan didn't hide anything, he explained that they planned to set up an animation department to produce animations.

Factory Manager Yan understood as soon as he heard it, and he couldn't help laughing: "It turns out that they really poached people, Lao Dai and Lao Zhou, you have already been poached, right?"

Director Sheng also pushed his glasses with his hand: "I'm afraid you won't be able to dig out the regular employees in the factory."

This is also something that can’t be helped, the concept is like this, and it won’t be able to change in a short time, so Liu Qingshan is not in a hurry, let’s take it step by step.

So he said with a smile: "Mr. Sheng, there are many ways to cooperate. You can also outsource, that is, we provide the script of the animation, and then contract it to Shangmei Factory for production, and compensate part of the production fee."

After hearing this, Factory Manager Yan's eyes lit up immediately. Last year, the Shangmei factory implemented reforms to explore a new path of development.

But in the end, it is still a matter of changing the soup and not the medicine. If this kind of cooperation is adopted, it will make a steady profit without losing money, and you can study it carefully.

Liu Qingshan followed suit and opened up the conversation: "Our Qingshan animation was established in the island country, and we plan to set up a branch company in China, and then promote our excellent domestic animation to foreign countries."

"It's like Brother Gourd, which is about to be completed, so you can try the water."

When the two leaders heard this, they became more interested: "Comrade Xiao Liu, how can you promote it?"

If it is possible to sell the copyright abroad, it will be a considerable income, and it is still foreign exchange.

Liu Qingshan has already made plans: "Our idea is this, Qingshan Animation, buy out your cartoons with money."

That's it, it's quite simple, and it's guaranteed to make money without losing money.

It doesn't matter whether Qingshan Animation loses or earns after buying it, anyway, they have no losses when they go to the US factory.

The two leaders looked at each other and agreed in their hearts. After all, life is not easy now, and the factory really needs funds.

Only when you have money can you dare to apply for filming projects with your superiors. Otherwise, if you just count on the funding from your superiors, you will not be able to get a few projects that year.

Factory Manager Yan considered it for a while, and finally asked Lin Qingshan with a cheeky face: "Xiao Liu, since we are talking about business, then I will ask, what price can you offer for Qingshan Animation, and how much is a book?"

One book is the length of a standard 10-minute animation. At that time, even CCTV imported cartoons, and a book cost a few hundred to several thousand yuan.

Liu Qingshan smiled: "Our Qingshan Animation has not been established for a long time, so the price will definitely not be too high."

The two leaders looked at each other again: mosquito legs are also meat.

At this time, Old Man Zhou coughed lightly: "Mr. Liu also told us about this matter yesterday. Take Old Dai's Black Cat Sheriff as an example. Qingshan Animation is willing to offer 20 yuan to buy it out."

The old man definitely did it on purpose, seeing Factory Manager Yan holding up the teacup, he reported the figure of 20 yuan.

Sure enough, as he expected, Director Yan shook his hand holding the teacup, and the tea in it spilled out, splashing all over his hands and trousers.

But he didn't care about these, put down his teacup, and stood up abruptly: "How much did you say?"

Old man Zhou cheerfully stretched out two fingers: "20."

Factory Manager Yan was stupefied standing there, old man Zhou shook his finger in front of his eyes: "Old Yan, your heart is not good, so don't get too excited."

"Don't talk nonsense."

Only then did Director Yan come back to his senses, he pulled old man Zhou's fingers aside, and then faced Liu Qingshan: "Mr. Liu, is this true?"

If they really have the 20 yuan, their factory can start working immediately, and it will be no problem to make two or three cartoons together.

He and Director Sheng were researching together just now, worrying about the filming expenses, unexpectedly, someone sent money to the door in a blink of an eye, it was like a pie in the sky.

At that time, it was relatively cheap to shoot movies or TV shows.

Just like the 300 edition of Journey to the West, the funding for the first fifteen episodes was only [-] million.

The salary of the actors is even lower, and Brother Hou is the most expensive, only 70 yuan for one episode, can you believe that?

This is still for TV dramas, costumes and props, and people eat horses. As for making cartoons, it is even cheaper.

Liu Qingshan smiled and nodded towards Director Yan: "However, the 20 yuan is a full buyout of the entire cartoon, including copyright, adaptation rights, sequels and peripherals, etc."

"Let's put it this way, it's equivalent to this cartoon, and it will belong to our Aoyama Animation Company in the future."

At this moment, the two leaders also understood. Director Sheng pointed to Director Dai: "Okay, old Dai, why are you so active? It turns out that you are holding back and want to continue filming the black cat sheriff!"

Director Dai also laughed, this cartoon has become his heart disease.

Factory Manager Yan also frowned. This kind of matter is quite sensitive, and it is equivalent to selling state property.

And the most important thing is that there is no such precedent before, maybe he will take responsibility.

Therefore, this matter must be reported to the superiors, and a factory leadership meeting must be held to study a charter first.

Thinking of this, he immediately couldn't sit still: "Mr. Liu, let's discuss it first, do you think it's okay?"

Liu Qingshan smiled: "Director Yan, don't be in a hurry, what we need is not a black cat sheriff."

Old man Zhou was also grinning, and stretched out another slap in front of Director Yan: "Brother Hulu, buy out for 50 yuan!"

Ah!

Factory Manager Yan covered his chest with his hands, this time he really felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

Consultant Sheng was also shocked, and muttered in his mouth: "When did cartoons become so valuable..."

In this era, the economic benefits of cartoons have not been fully developed, such as adaptation rights and peripherals, they are not valued at all.

On the other side of the island country, a complete industrial chain has gradually formed, so the income of cartoonists is so high.

Liu Qingshan's price, now it seems, is indeed a bit scary.

But if this kind of classic animation was bought out for 50 yuan, it would be a huge profit.

Needless to say, shooting sequels in the future, even if you just sell portrait rights to those manufacturers casually, it will not exceed this amount.

No matter how many pirated copies there are, there are those who use genuine authorization after all.

After a long time, the two leaders of the Shangmei factory recovered from the shock. The two looked at each other again, and they had made up their minds.

A factory leadership meeting must be held immediately to finalize this matter, and then they will go to the top to make connections, no matter what, they must facilitate this matter!

Factory Manager Yan took a deep look at Liu Qingshan, he could not understand this young man at all now.

Is this money with no place to spend it?

But no matter what, he can't think of it now, the Qingshan animation is the only way to make money without losing money.

At this time, Director Sheng spoke again: "Boss Liu, if you have any big plans, just tell them. Don't worry, we two old guys can still handle it."

Because of their age, they always called Liu Qingshan Little Liu.

Now, the title has changed to Mr. Liu.