In Chen Ze's previous life, the cartoon "Slam Dunk", which was accompanied by the huge popularity of the manga, immediately caused a sensation throughout Japan. It set a record of 21.4%, with an average of 15.3%. It even surpassed the World Cup viewership ratings for a time.
Of course, Chen Ze was not prepared to sell the animation rights of such a national level animation so easily.
"I have another idea. Why don't we make a bet?”Chen Ze smiled.
"What bet?" Li Yun Tian asked.
"The copyright fee is the wager." Chen Ze said,"If the average viewership rating of Slam Dunk is below 5%, then I won't take a single cent. If it exceeds 8%, I want to take 5 million. If it exceeds 10%, I want 10 million. If it exceeds 15%, I want 20 million. If it exceeds 20%, I want 40 million.”
Hearing Chen Ze's words, everyone present was stunned.
Is there anything wrong with Chen Ze? Li Yun Tian thought that although China was a big country in animation, with the increase in various entertainment facilities, the viewership ratings of animation had long since lost its former glory.
Last year's most popular animation had barely broken 10% of the viewership ratings, and the average viewership rating was only 8%. Now that he was offering 10 million, was Chen Ze that confident that the average viewership ratings would definitely exceed 10%?
Initially, Lin Lan was also surprised by Chen Ze's request. However, when she thought of the miracles he had created and saw Chen Ze's confident face, she suddenly had confidence in him.
"How about it, President Li? Are you willing to accept my gambling agreement?”Chen Ze laughed.
Li Yun Tian looked at Chen Ze carefully, trying to figure out why he was so confident. However, after a long time, he could only read the word 'confidence' on Chen Ze's face. As for the source, he still had no idea.
"The younger generation is really formidable!”Li Yun Tian sighed. At Chen Ze's age, he was still working hard for a job that paid thousands of yuan a month. Chen Ze, on the other hand, dared to bet tens of millions of yuan on an agreement with him. In that instant, Li Yun Tian felt that he had aged.
"Alright, since Chen Ze didn't want a contract worth ten million yuan, why wouldn't I dare to make such a bet?”Li Yun Tian was influenced by Chen Ze and spoke heroically.
However, Li Yun Tian had also thought about it carefully. Although he was very confident in Slam Dunk, he also felt that the average viewership rating was between 8% and 9%, which was about the same as the popular animation last year. According to Chen Ze's bet agreement, he could still save five million.
And even if a miracle happened and broke 10%, it would still be his original bid. As for 15% or 20%, Li Yun Tian didn't even dare to think about it. It had been 20 years, and the last animation that reached 20% viewership ratings was the work of China's number one god, Li Ming.
Could Chen Ze really reach that level? Li Yun Tian felt that it was impossible.
"Alright, then it's a deal, CEO Li.”
Chen Ze nodded in satisfaction when he heard what Li Yun Tian said.
"Alright, then let's sign the contract another day after I print it out!”Li Yun Tian said. He looked at his watch,"Yo, I still have my own things to do, so I'll leave first. Let's have a good cooperation in the future.”
"Happy cooperation!"
Chen Ze and Lin Lan walked Li Yun Tian to the door of the guest room and said. After he left their line of sight, Chen Ze said to Lin Lan,""Is there anything else, chief editor? If not, I'll go back first.”
"Yes, I'm not only looking for you today about the copyright of Slam Dunk, but I also have two other things to discuss with you.”Lin Lan said.
"Two things? What is it?" Chen Ze was very curious. What did this beautiful female chief editor want to discuss with him?
What Chen Ze didn't know was that Lin Lan had been studying abroad and didn't have many friends in China. Moreover, she had fallen out with her father, so she could not find anyone to discuss anything with. She could only bear everything by herself.
Chen Ze had helped her a lot when she was in trouble at the magazine agency. Therefore, Lin Lan thought of him at the first moment.
"The first thing is that our magazine agency's middleman has recently come to look for me. It seems that he wants to distribute our magazine on behalf of us again.”Lin Lan said.
"Middleman!" Chen Ze said in a deep voice," Those bastards who forsake justice for profit! Last time, it was them who received benefits from Lotte Society and refused to publish our magazine, causing the magazine to almost go bankrupt. Now that we've blocked Lotte Society's attack, they want to represent our magazine and make money from it. There's no such thing as a cheap deal in the world.”
Before Chen Ze started his online serializations, he had already expected that this group of middleman would be a bunch of people who would forsake their own interests for the sake of profit. At that time, Lotte Society was powerful, so they naturally hit them while they were down. And if he could make it through, they would definitely come back and think of continuing to represent magazines to make money.
This was also why Chen Ze was confident that he could use the online serializations to keep the magazine company going. The money earned from the online serials was not enough to sustain the expenses of the entire magazine, even with the popularity of Slam Dunk.
However, what Chen Ze wanted was not to rely on the internet to make money to run the magazine agency, but to tide over the urgency of being banned. As long as the magazine company could survive that stage, the agent would definitely come to them. This was determined by the businessmen's desire for profit.
Even so, when Chen Ze heard the news, he was still furious at those shameless agents.
"You mean you won't accept their request? However, if we only rely on online serializations, our magazine agency won't be able to last long without them.”Lin Lan said worriedly.
"No, I didn't say I wouldn't accept them.”Chen Ze shook his head." But there's no such thing in this world. Our magazine is not something that they can just take or leave if they want it.”
"What do you mean?"
"Raise the price. In the past, our magazine agency had to share a large portion of the profits with them. Now, hmph hmph, he had to let them know what regret was.”
Chen Ze gave his own suggestion. However, he would not be lenient when dealing with people who hit him when he was down. Moreover, with the popularity of his manga, if one agency didn't do it, there would always be another agency willing to accept the conditions.
Lin Lan listened to Chen Ze's suggestion and nodded. She seemed to be thinking about something. After a while, he continued," There's also the second thing. You were nominated as the Best Newcomer of the Year at this year's National Manga Festival.'Slam Dunk' was also nominated as the Best Newcomer's Work.”
"National Manga Festival?" Chen Ze narrowed his eyes.
The National Comic Festival was the biggest event of the year in the Chinese animation industry. It was like the Oscars in the American film industry. Every year, it would give out all kinds of awards to promote the development of the entire animation industry.
But the force behind him was Lotte Society! A few days ago, the Lotte Society wanted to ban him and fight him to the death. Why was he suddenly nominated for Best Newcomer now?
This was like a weasel paying a visit to a chicken!
"This is an invitation from the organizing committee. It invites you to attend this year's National Manga Festival.”Lin Lan took out an invitation from somewhere and handed it to Chen Ze.
Chen Ze took it and flipped through it. It read," I hereby invite Mr. Chen Ze to participate in this year's National Manga Festival.”The time was December 28th, and the location was Beijing.
"The Lotte Club might not have good intentions. I think we shouldn't go.”Lin Lan said worriedly. From the looks of it, she was also worried that if Chen Ze went there, the Lotte Club would have other tricks up their sleeves.
"Yes, why not? Since someone else invited me, of course I have to go.”
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