Dreams of the Fragrant River

Hong Kong Broadcasting Channel, Ryo Aida walked out of the TVB building, feeling particularly comfortable. {starter}

As a marketing staff member of a Japanese animation company, Aida Ryo just made a big business with TVB. He combined the TV animations of "Dora A Dream" and "Lucky Star Boy", together with the company's ongoing production of "Golfer Ape" ", packaged and sold to wireless tvb.

The future animation company is famous in Japan, and has produced many popular animations including "Rurouni Kenshin", "Ghost Eyes Crazy Blade", "Hell Girl", "Doraemon" and so on. It's just a new company on the rise.

Founded ten years ago, it is a studio of a subsidiary of the well-known Bandai Company. It specializes in painting, coloring and other work for the parent company. It was not independent until four years ago.

So far, only "Fu Xing Kid" and "Doraemon" have been produced by the animation company, and the other two TV animations are still in production.

Animation production is a very expensive business. Although the parent company of the parent company is Bandai, a super giant in the industry, it has now become independent from profit and loss. Now that four TV animations (including the sequel of "Fu Xing Kid" and "Doraemon"), one ova animation and one theatrical animation are being produced at the same time, the company's capital turnover has encountered serious problems, and it has to open up overseas markets to make some money money to spend.

Now the TV animation of "Doraemon" has been sold to Taiwan. Today, I will sign a long-term cooperation contract with a wireless station in Hong Kong, which can bring a lot of benefits.

"Mr. Aida, Section Chief Wu set up a banquet tonight, I hope you two can enjoy the honor." The TVB employee who sent Aida Ryo out sent an invitation.

Aida Ryo bowed: "Thank you for your hospitality, see you tonight!"

The two sides were polite, and Aida Ryo took his assistant Hirai Saburo to take a ride to the hotel where he was staying.

The reason why the people of the wireless station are so enthusiastic is not only that they bought the cartoon of "Doraemon". Also because of the technical cooperation intention with the animation team of tvb.

The reason why Japanese comics can enter the Hong Kong market is that TVB plays an important role.

More than ten years ago, tvb began to introduce Japanese cartoons. Hong Kong people who had never watched tv cartoons were immediately captured, and even adults often watched children's programs.

Comic publishers in Hong Kong saw the popularity of Japanese cartoons, so they copied a large number of TV-version animations into comics and distributed them. For a time, Japanese pirated comics flooded the Hong Kong comics market. The influence of this move has continued to this day. I don’t know that the production process of Hong Kong comics is learned from Japan, and even the style of painting is also influenced by Japanese comics. Today’s Hong Kong comics are actually a blend of American comics and Japanese comics, mixed with traditional Chinese paintings. collection of styles.

The company also attaches great importance to this single business with tvb. Because from the previous ten years. A cartoon that was shown on tvb and became popular. It will be popular in the Southeast Asia in the next year or two.

Once the TVB business is established, the equivalent cartoon will enter the Nanyang market, which is very important for those who are eager to develop overseas markets.

In the taxi, Saburo Hirai, an assistant, asked in Japanese, "Aida-kun. There is also a Phoenix TV station in Hong Kong. Why don't we try to get in touch with them?"

Aida Ryo shook his head and said, "Phoenix Channel has signed a long-term contract and purchased the Hong Kong holiday broadcast rights for seven cartoons at a low price. It is impossible to buy Japanese cartoons in the next one or two years."

Saburo Hirai didn't say more. Although it was only 3 years earlier than the establishment, he had been outsourcing to large companies before 1981. He was much less experienced than making animations himself at the beginning, and the animation libraries of the two sides were completely incomparable. .

People can pack and sell seven or eight cartoons in one go, but only two TV animations have been completed so far.

(Actually, it is in the same vein. Thirteen years ago, the company of Osamu Tezuka, the **** of Japanese comics, had a crisis, and two independent groups of people were established and the former parent company.)

The two got off the car and entered the hotel, and Ryo Aida said to Saburo Hirai: "Now that the business is over, you can help me buy a copy of various famous comic publications in Hong Kong."

Every time you go to a place, you must carefully appreciate the local comics. This is a habit that Ryo Aida has developed over the years.

Saburo Hirai smiled and said, "What's so good about comics in Hong Kong? It's not the first time we've come here. All the best-selling comics here are kung fu comics. Hong Kong cartoonists don't have the slightest bit of creativity."

Aida Ryo saw the disdainful smile on his assistant's face, and immediately lowered his face: "Baga, hurry up when I tell you to buy it, are you deaf?"

"Hay! Wait a minute." The smile on Saburo Hirai's face instantly condensed, and then he quickly ran to the front desk of the hotel.

Saburo Hirai can come to Hong Kong on business. There is no problem in Chinese, but Cantonese is a little awkward. He called a waiter, took out two hundred Hong Kong dollars and said, "Go and buy the most popular comic publication in Hong Kong. If you can satisfy me, I will add your tip."

40 minutes later, Saburo Hirai came in with a pile of daily comics, weekly magazines, and monographs, and said respectfully, "Aida-kun, the comics you want are here."

Ryo Aida picked out a copy of "Dragon Tiger Gate" at random, glanced at it and threw it aside, then looked at "Heroes of China", nodded in approval and said, "Although it is still based on kung fu, this realistic style is not Hong Kong can be considered innovative.”

Saburo Hirai works flawlessly. Before he came up, he inquired about all kinds of news and said, "This "Chinese Hero" was the best-selling comic in Hong Kong in the past two years."

Aida Ryo nodded, placed "Heroes of China" separately, and then took out a comic daily run by Huang Yulang, and after scanning it roughly, he lost interest.

"Hey, this comic is interesting!" Aida Ryo suddenly said while holding "The Misty Journey", "This is a rare magic-style comic in Hong Kong."

Saburo Hirai explained: "This comic is adapted from a fantasy novel, and the author is Kang Jianfei, who is well-known in Japan. A few days ago, "The Misty Journey" was published alone, and the first issue sold 230,000 copies, breaking the sales of comics in Hong Kong. record."

"That big director Kang Jianfei?" Aida Ryo said in surprise, "This is actually his comic, it's really interesting."

Aida Ryo read the more than 40 pages of "The Misty Journey" in one breath, and commented: "The imagination of this comic is too powerful. If it is released in Japan, it will definitely be able to sell very well. It won't be bad if it's an animated film."

Aida Ryo's job is not only to sell the company's cartoons, but also to collect good foreign cartoons. If you can buy the copyright and make them into cartoons at a low price, it will be an exciting surprise. .

The rise of the company is purely because of the copyrights of two good comics, "Fu Xing Kid" and "Doraemon", so they pay special attention to this aspect.

After reading several comic publications in a row, Aida Ryo finally turned to "Painting King", and the violent manga on the front page made his eyes shine instantly.

"The manga style I've never seen before, this author is a pioneering genius!" Aida Ryo said to look at the author's signature, but it was drawn by a man named "Zhou Zhou", he said to Hirai Saburo, "Go and find Take a look this week and see how his comic skills are."

How did Ryo Aida know that the violent manga of "Painting King" is open to all comic lovers, and this Zhou Zhou is just an ordinary reader.

Continue reading, the following "Pink Girl" is quite praised by Aida Ryo. This kind of life comics is also very popular in Japan. Wang Ze's "Old Master" also sold well in Japan.

Aida Ryo said: "This "Missionary Journey" and "Pink Girl" are good, and you can buy their Japanese comics agency distribution rights and TV animation adaptation rights."

Saburo Hirai flattered: "Aida-kun came to Hong Kong and not only reached a cooperation agreement with tvb, but also found two potential comics~www.wuxiaspot.com~ You are really amazing."

Aida Ryo smiled and nodded, and continued to flip through "The King of Paintings". It didn't take long for his eyes to stare straight at the newspaper.

"What's wrong? Aida-kun." Hirai Saburo asked.

Aida Ryo gasped heavily, pointed to the Comic Daily and said, "Go to Dark Horse Comics immediately, and buy this "Crayon Shin-chan"!"

Saburo Hirai looked at his watch and said, "Aida-kun, it's getting late, why don't you go another day."

"No, it may be bought by another company a moment later," Aida Ryo said, stood up suddenly, put away the pictorial, and ran out quickly, saying as he ran, "I have a hunch that "Crayon Shin-chan" will be with "Doraemon" is just as popular, as long as we can buy the copyright of this comic with our own hands, the bonus we get will be enough for us to eat for half our lives!"

"What? It's as popular as "Doraemon"! So what are you waiting for, Aida-kun, let's hurry up." Saburo Hirai instantly turned into a Scud, even before closing the door of the hotel room, he turned towards Aida in front of him. Cool chase.