Hong Kong Comic Master

As "Astro Boy" continued to air, the ratings gradually stabilized, and finally stabilized at around 38%.

This is no wonder. Although the animation of "Astro Boy" is classic enough, it is an animation work in the 1960s after all. The time span makes the picture quality of this animation somewhat outdated.

Whether it is "Pokemon" or "Master Chef", the picture quality has surpassed the 1970s and is more than one generation ahead of "Astro Boy".

In addition, although the ratings failed to stabilize above 40%, which was somewhat disappointing to the TVB, it is more cost-effective to buy animations to create higher ratings with less cost.

In contrast, Phoenix TV invested a lot of money, but the ratings were only 10 percentage points higher than that of TVB, which was somewhat thankless.

Under this self-consolation, TVB officially embarked on the road of animation comprador.

The familiar Mercedes-Benz SE300 slowly stopped at the door of Shenlong Animation Company.

After parking the car, Chung Chu-hong walked out of the cab carrying a classic Chanel Classic Flap bag with interwoven leather and double C buckle.

This bag was a Christmas gift from Li Wannian to Chung Chu-hong. Chung Chu-hong liked it very much and has been carrying it with her all the time.

Since the two of them got together, although Chung Chu-hong always asked Li Wannian not to give her anything, over time, Chung Chu-hong still got a lot from Li Wannian.

Li Wannian put his hands in his pockets and walked into the company with Chung Chu-hong. ‘6’‘9’‘s’‘h’‘u’‘x’‘.’‘c’‘o’‘m’

Although the current Shenlong Animation Company is still in this old office building, it has attracted the attention of the entire Hong Kong Island and even overseas.

A mountain is not high, but it is famous for its immortals, that’s about it!

“Manager Cai, we have a pleasant cooperation this time!”

“Happy cooperation, welcome Manager Li to come again in the future!”

When Li Wannian just walked upstairs, he saw Cai Zhizhong and someone walking out of the general manager’s office and shaking hands and saying goodbye at the stairs.

"Who is this?"

"Boss? Let me introduce you, this is..."

"Oh, you are Teacher Wansui, right? I've heard of you for a long time! I like your work the most!"

Without waiting for Cai Zhizhong to introduce, this young-looking Manager Li quickly came to Li Wannian, held Li Wannian's right hand with both hands, and shook it up and down with excitement.

The man in front of him was less than 30 years old, handsome, with a big back hair, and looked like a business elite, but Li Wannian felt that he was a little stupid?

Is he too enthusiastic?

"Hello... hello?"

After shaking hands, Manager Li took out a comic book from his arms and said, "Teacher Wansui, I am your loyal reader, can you sign for me?"

Good guy, he came prepared!

"No... no problem! What's your name?"

"Li Derong!"

Cai Zhizhong took a pen from the office, and Li Wannian signed his name on the "Death God" comic book in front of him and handed it back to the other party.

"Oh, thank you so much. This time I went against all odds and cooperated with you because I think highly of you! It's a pity that I didn't bring a camera today, otherwise I would have taken a photo with you!"

Even after taking the comics, Li Derong kept talking, not giving Li Wannian a chance to talk back.

"Manager Li, our boss has something else to do, what do you think?"

"Oh, sorry to bother you, sorry!"

After Cai Zhizhong's reminder, Li Derong finally reacted, apologized repeatedly, and left happily holding the comic book.

"Who is this guy?"

Looking at the other person's back as he left, Li Wannian finally asked the question he had always wanted to ask.

"He is Li Rongde, the deputy manager of the eighth channel of Lijiapo Radio and Television Station, and he is here to introduce cartoons! Boss, this is the fourth country in Southeast Asia to introduce our cartoons!"

Cai Zhizhong explained with a bit of pride.

Hong Kong Island has always been the vane of Southeast Asia's pop culture. As long as it is popular in Hong Kong Island, it will soon spread to the whole of Southeast Asia. In the past, it was movies, music, TV series, etc., and now it is finally the turn of animation.

Since the animation of Shenlong Animation Company was broadcast on Phoenix TV in August, it immediately became popular in Hong Kong and was quickly noticed by these TV stations in Southeast Asia.

However, since there are too few animation series and there is no precedent before, everyone has been waiting and watching until October, when a TV station was finally willing to take action.

The first to take action was Malaysia, followed by Thailand, Brunei and other countries, who also came to Hong Kong to purchase animation copyrights. Now it is Leesburg's turn.

Four of the 11 Southeast Asian countries have come, and everything is developing in a good direction.

As for this eighth channel, it is not simple. It was later MediaCorp Channel 8, which became Leesburg's first Chinese TV channel to broadcast news and entertainment programs around the clock. Many well-known TV series in the 1980s came from this channel.

"Which animation did they buy?"

"They bought Pokémon and MasterChef Junior, and even asked about Bleach and Gundam, but I didn't agree!"

"Very good, well done!"

Li Wannian praised casually and didn't ask any more questions.

However, he didn't expect that these foreigners had such a keen sense of smell. They were thinking about the animation before he finished it!

"Are you ready?"

"Of course!"

"Then take me to the screening room!"

Li Wannian did not think much about this matter. He had something more important to do today, that is, the first episode of "Bleach" has been made, and he came here to test it today!

The employees in the company were naturally nervous about the boss's visit, especially the boss's professional ability was quite strong, and they had no chance to fool the boss.

Just like this, not long after Li Wannian sat in the screening room, the rough cut version of the first episode of "Bleach" began to play.

Not long after, Li Wannian finished watching the 20-minute first episode.

In general, the content is almost exactly the same as the comics, and Li Wannian is also quite satisfied with the picture quality. The only thing that makes Li Wannian dissatisfied is the dubbing.

"It is difficult to find a large number of suitable professional dubbing actors in Hong Kong Island at present. Many dubbing actors are temporary guest appearances and their professional ability is not up to standard!"

At this time, Cai Zhizhong on the side saw the point that Li Wannian was dissatisfied with, so he hurriedly explained.

"Well, let's do this for now. It seems that the TV station training class should be carried out as soon as possible!"

"By the way, boss, are you also preparing the theme song for this time?"

The first episode just now still has no opening and ending credits, so naturally there is no OP and ED.

"Well, it's already being recorded. When they finish recording, they will bring it to you!"

"Okay!"

After hearing Li Wannian's words, Cai Zhizhong did not ask any more questions.

Needless to say, the singer is the Moonlight Girls Band again!

Whenever there is an animation by Li Wannian, this band will sing a song. Although Cai Zhizhong also knows that Li Wanyue is Li Wannian's sister, there is no need to pamper her so much, right?

"How is the production of "Gundam" going?"

"It's still a little short. As you know, there are more action scenes in the first episode, and we have more original drawings!"

"Okay, hurry up! Try to broadcast it a week later than "Bleach"!"

"I'll do it as soon as possible!"