"Mr. Chen, this is the guest room where our chief editor is resting.”
The staff of the new animation magazine agency brought Chen Ze to a guest room and pointed at the door. After Chen Ze nodded, he turned around and left.
"Why are you looking for me?"
Chen Ze took a deep breath. He was a normal man. Although he didn't think that Lin Lan would have anything to do with him in such a short period of time, he still had some fantasies in his heart.
He pushed open the door, but the scene he imagined did not happen.
Lin Lan sat upright on the sofa in the room. Her expression had already returned to normal. Beside her sat a middle-aged man in his forties and a young man in his twenties. Lin Lan was chatting enthusiastically with the middle-aged man.
When she saw Chen Ze enter, she quickly stood up and said,"Chen Ze, you're here. Let me introduce you. This is Mr. Li Yuntian, the CEO of G City's Flying Dragon Culture Co., Ltd. Beside him is his assistant, Wang Liancheng.”
Flying Dragon Culture Co., Ltd. of Georgopol? Wasn't this the biggest animation company in Georgopol? Many platinum animations in the country were produced by this company.
Hearing the name of the company, Chen Ze instantly understood why Lin Lan was looking for him.
"Hello!"
Chen Ze extended his hand and shook hands with the CEO of the Flying Dragon Culture Company in Georgopol.
"The younger generation is really formidable. I didn't expect Chen Ze, the artist who created a comic like Slam Dunk, to be so young. My son is your fan. When he heard that I wanted to see you today, he made a fuss and asked me to get your autograph.”Li Yun Tian laughed.
He was indeed an experienced businessman. With just one sentence, he immediately closed the distance between him and Chen Ze.
"Those are just random doodles. They're not worth mentioning compared to President Li's career.”Chen Ze said," But since President Li has asked, I'll definitely sign it today. I'll sign as many as I want.”
"Haha, then I'll have to thank you on behalf of my son.”Li Yun Tian seemed to enjoy Chen Ze's flattery as he laughed loudly.
"Please sit down! Let's sit down and talk." Lin Lan said.
Chen Ze and Li Yun Tian found their seats and sat down. "Mr. Chen Ze, I believe you understand the purpose of my visit." Li Yun Tian said after he sat down. Your Slam Dunk is currently very popular in the country. We hope to buy the animation copyright of it and use it to adapt the animation.”
As one of the top animation companies in the country, Flying Dragon Culture Co., Ltd. in Georgopol was naturally very sensitive to new comics. Recently, Slam Dunk had become a hot topic on the Internet. They should have lined up to buy the copyright long ago.
However, after Slam Dunk was criticized for its violence, a large number of review magazines and authoritative figures in the comic industry criticized Slam Dunk. They were worried that Slam Dunk would only be a flash in the pan and would not get into trouble, so they shelved the plan.
A few days ago, People's Daily praised Slam Dunk, which was equivalent to correcting its name. It was selling well on the internet, proving that its popularity was not temporary. Naturally, the Flying Dragon Culture Company in Georgopol had their eyes on it.
"The copyright of the animation is still in my hands.”Chen Ze said.
Looking at Li Yun Tian, he suddenly felt a little emotional. In this world, was Slam Dunk finally going to be animated?
For those who were born in the 1980s and 1990s in that world and were around Chen Ze's age, an important part of their childhood memories was animation. Every day after class, he would rush home to watch " Slam Dunk ". The next day, he would go to school and argue with his friends about who was more powerful. These days were actually the happiest when he thought about it.
For most Chinese people, they knew about Slam Dunk through the animation, not the comic. Even Chen Ze himself was the same.
And now, with his butterfly effect, was the animation of " Slam Dunk " finally going to appear?
"I can sell you the rights to Slam Dunk, but you have to promise me one thing.”Chen Ze snapped out of his thoughts and said.
"What condition?" Li Yun Tian didn't expect to get the copyright so easily. This was beyond his expectations.
"I want to participate in the entire production of Slam Dunk and have the final say in the animation plot.”
He recalled the slow pace of Slam Dunk in his previous life, the poor quality of the graphics, and the original plot and actions that were far from the standard of a comic. Chen Ze made such a request.
In his previous life, Inoue Takahiko was dissatisfied with the animation team for cutting corners and wasting his own work. In the end, he refused to sell the copyrights to the National League in anger. This became the regret of all the fans of Slam Dunk for life.
And in this world, Chen Ze could not let this regret repeat itself. He wanted to personally participate in the production of the animation to ensure that Slam Dunk would not suffer from the regrets of his previous life.
"This, this doesn't seem to have such a rule!”Li Yun Tian said.
Ever since he established Flying Dragon Culture Co., Ltd. in Georgopol, he had negotiated the copyrights of more than a few hundred comics and animations. However, none of the cartoonists had made such a request like Chen Ze. Most of them only cared about how much the copyright could be sold for. As for the quality of the animation, they didn't care at all.
Could it be that this young man in his early twenties cherished his work very much?
"That's right, Chen Ze. Moreover, you have to draw every day. How can you have time like this?”Lin Lan also said from the side. She was not interested in the quality of the animation. She was mainly worried that Chen Ze would not be able to draw in time.
For a mangaka like Chen Ze who did not have a deep foundation, the most important thing was to maintain a steady stream of updates.
"It's okay. I draw very quickly. It won't affect the update.”Chen Ze explained to Lin Lan, then turned his head and continued," Director Li, I know there was no such rule in the past, but this is my personal wish. If you can't agree, then I can only regret that our cooperation can't be successful.”
Li Yun Tian listened to Chen Ze's words and thought about it carefully.
Although no one had done this before, it was not a big deal. He had also read Slam Dunk. From his professional point of view, this comic was very suitable for adaptation into an animation.
If it was produced well, it might even become a national cartoon. The last national level animation was more than ten years ago.
Thinking of this, Li Yun Tian's heart began to burn. Moreover, this was also a good gimmick. With the mangaka participating in the entire production process, this would be enough to attract readers to read it.
"Alright, I agree to your condition. I'll give you the position of animation director, and I'll give you the right to decide on the animation of Slam Dunk.”Li Yun Tian said.
Hearing Li Yun Tian's words, Chen Ze was satisfied.""Don't worry, President Li. Leave the animation to me. I won't let you down.”
Li Yun Tian nodded and said," Of course I believe you. This is your own manga. You can't destroy your own work!"”
"Then let's talk about the copyright purchase fee!”Li Yun Tian continued," Our company is planning to pay 10 million for the copyright of Slam Dunk.”
A purchase fee of 10 million was already a sky-high price. Other than a few old gods in the comics industry, no one could get a price higher than this.
Even so, Chen Ze clearly had other plans for the copyright fees.
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