Dad Academy

"This is it."

Xin Xiaoguang said to Wu Shiying in the passenger seat while driving.

"This is my first time coming to Pujiang Film Studio." Wang Yinghu, who was sitting in the back row, said, looking at the studio building outside the car window. He is a cartoonist, and everyone in this circle regards Pujiang Film Studio as a dream place. Which artist doesn't want his comics to be popular among people one day, and be electrocuted and widely publicized.

He was very excited. Today he entered the studio for the first time, and he came to talk about a comic he was responsible for.

Xin Xiaoguang and Wu Shiying performed well. When Wang Yinghu saw this, he secretly warned himself to be calm, calm, and a little aura.

"Teacher Zhang will come down to pick us up soon." Wu Shiying said, putting away her phone.

The three of them waited in the hall for a short while, then saw Zhang Tan striding over, smiling and saying to them: "Here we go, come this way."

Xin Xiaoguang smiled and said: "Boss, this is the first time for the three of us to come here."

Zhang Tan pressed the elevator button, and just as the elevator door opened, a group of men and women walked out, calling him Teacher Zhang.

Zhang Tan responded one by one, entered the elevator with several people, pressed the floor button, and then said to Xin Xiaoguang: "Okay, I will show you around later. There is a dedicated floor of the building for the exhibition hall."

Hearing this, Xin Xiaoguang and the other three were eager to give it a try. They are not very young. It can be said that they grew up watching the animations of Pujiang Film Studio. They have had a feeling since they were young and regard this place as more than just a company.

However, before visiting the exhibition hall, the four of them had business to do. They came today to discuss the adaptation of "Coco" with the studio.

Originally, Xin Xiaoguang and the others were negotiating with the studio, but after learning that the boss behind Little Red Horse was Zhang Tan, they wanted to talk to him directly, and today's meeting took place.

Today Zhang Tan is not participating as a studio employee, but as the owner of Little Red Horse Comics Studio, discussing cooperation with the studio.

He specially asked Xin Xiaoguang and the others to come an hour early and have a small closed-door meeting in his office before going to the animation department. They met Du Wei, the director of the animation department, and Feng Dong, the leader of the third screenwriter group. Three people, namely the deputy director of the marketing department, the deputy director of the legal department, and a deputy director of the animation department, all knew Zhang Tan, especially Du Wei and Feng Dong, who had worked together before and were very familiar with each other. As for the others, I've seen them all before, but I'm not familiar with them.

The deputy director of the animation department was the person in charge. After joking with Zhang Tan for a while, he turned to the topic of the meeting, discussing the adaptation of "Coco".

In fact, we have talked a lot before and reached a consensus on cooperation. The biggest uncertainty now is whether to adapt it into a full-length animated drama or work towards an animated movie.

Once the direction is determined, the conditions can only be discussed, otherwise there is no way to start.

Zhang Tan’s opinion is to make an animated film. The animation department prefers full-length animation, thinking that it is safer and requires less investment. However, it does not rule out making an animated film, otherwise this meeting would not have happened.

As for the "Fantasy Night of the Tang Dynasty" magazine, they don't care. Whether it's a feature-length animation or a movie, it's all good for them, and each has its own advantages.

The goal of Zhang Tan and others is to dispel the doubts of the animation department and convince them to make a movie.

The meeting lasted all afternoon, and when it got completely dark, we reached a consensus that "Coco" should be made into a movie, and the conditions were agreed upon. Little Red Horse Studio not only received a generous adaptation fee, but also participated in the box office divided into.

Negotiating the box office share was very difficult. In the end, Zhang Tan proposed a gambling agreement and divided the box office expectations into five levels. Each level has a different box office share ratio. If it reaches that level, the proportion of the box office share will be given to Xiaohongma according to that level. studio.

The lower the box office, the smaller the share Little Red Horse Studio gets, and vice versa.

"Let's have dinner together tonight." said the deputy director of the animation department.

Zhang Tan had no problem and readily agreed.

In fact, the project has not yet been completely finalized, and it still needs to be submitted to the studio director’s office meeting for final review, where it will be finalized.

However, the animation department is confident that there will be no big problem.

During the dinner, Zhang Tan drank a lot, and people in the animation department tried to persuade him to drink. Who told him to keep "hiding" his identity as the boss of Little Red Horse Comics Studio until the end?

After dinner, someone suggested that they continue singing. At this time, Zhang Tan received a call from Xiaobai. Balabala asked him when he would be back. She wanted to see him for something.

After asking, she found out that her silkworm baby had hatched. She was so excited that she talked a lot on the phone. Zhang Tan could feel her joy even through the phone.

Zhang Tan made an excuse and asked Xin Xiaoguang and Wang Yinghu to accompany everyone. He refused and sent Wu Shiying, the only girl, home.

"Boss, let me drive and take you home first," Wu Shiying said. She didn't drink today, she drank drinks.

"Isn't that good? I'm calling for a driver to take you home first." Zhang Tan said, waving to the roadside, and a man in a yellow vest rushed over before anyone could react.

Zhang Tan was startled and shouted quickly: "Slow down, be careful when crossing the road!"

The other party was desperate for his life and rushed over from across the road. How dangerous it would be if a car happened to pass by.

Those drivers who were left behind him cursed:

"This kid is desperate. Something will happen sooner or later."

"Don't risk your life, Xiao Hu!"

"This idiot."

Zhang Tan also said a few words about the man driving in front of him. He looked about 27 or 8 years old, tall, with a Chinese character face, thick eyebrows and big eyes. He should have been an image that made people feel close to him, but because of a tattoo on his right cheek The long and slender scars put off the scenery, but fortunately his smile was warm and a bit silly.

Wu Shiying saw the scars on his face and looked at Zhang Tan. Zhang Tan understood the meaning of his eyes. Let's find someone else. This person looks a bit uneasy.

It seemed that this was not the first time the other party encountered this situation, and he quickly said with a smile: "It's okay, boss, I'm just watching the road. Where is the boss going? I have ten years of driving experience and I can drive very steadily."

He was afraid that Zhang Tan would worry about him driving so recklessly and not want him. This happened before, and the customer was worried that he was driving recklessly, so he changed the driver.

"Boss, where are you going? Let me take you there." The other drivers who were on the other side of the road did not give up and followed them slowly.

"Boss, let me come." The scarred man who arrived first begged.

Zhang Tan hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, drive more carefully. Let's go. The car is over there."

"Hey, okay, don't worry, I can drive very steadily."

Zhang Tan gave the other party the car keys, and got into the car with Wu Shiying. He first sent Wu Shiying home, and then returned to Huangjiacun.

When Wu Shiying got off the car, she was still a little worried, and specifically told Zhang Tan not to sleep in the car and to stay awake.

Zhang Tan promised not to sleep, but just leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes to rest.

When the driver heard that he was going to Huangjia Village, he looked up in the rearview mirror, glanced at him, and concentrated on driving.

He was right, he drove very steadily and very fast. Not long after, the car parked in the parking lot of Huangjia Village. Zhang Tan got out of the car and the other party handed him back the key and introduced himself as Xiao Hu. Hu Mingkai also lived in Huangjia Village. If he needed a driver in the future, he could do it. Find him.

After saying that, Hu Mingkai looked at Zhang Tan and smiled.

Zhang Tan looked at him again and confirmed that he had never seen him before, but it was not surprising. Huangjia Village was very big and full of people. Many migrant workers rented houses here and people came and went.

"Are you new here?" Zhang Tan asked.

"Yes, boss, you may not have seen me. I just came here at the beginning of this month, just a week ago."

He wanted to ask for Zhang Tan's phone number, but he was too embarrassed to ask and he didn't have a business card.

"Okay, then leave your phone number. If I need anything in the future, I'll call you directly."

"Ah, thank you, thank you."

Hu Mingkai quickly reached into his left trouser pocket to look for his cell phone, but couldn't find it. He also touched to the right and couldn't find it. He searched all the pockets on his body and still couldn't find it.

"Boss, please wait a moment while I look for my phone."

Zhang Tan reminded him funny: "Hang it around your neck."

"...Oh yes, I forgot, I'm such a pig. Boss, what's your phone number? I'll dial you."