Kyoani is a well-known animation studio in the Tokyo area and has participated in the outsourcing production of many classic animations.

But being famous does not mean that they are large and the company is valuable...

Quite the opposite.

When judging the value of an animation company, it mainly depends on their asset volume and copyright library.

This amount of assets is very general. It can be a specific animation work, a popular animated character, or a two-dimensional scene that has appeared in an animation.

If it is 3D animation, the modeling of animated characters can also be counted as assets.

Speaking of Kyoani Studio, as an animation studio that has just transformed, they used to do outsourcing orders for people. To put it bluntly, they just paid for things. How could they accumulate assets?

The only asset that can be called valuable is probably the animation "Hyogo" that the company is currently producing and broadcasting.

Therefore, Kyoani Studio is not valuable. After all, there are too few things to get out of it. If you have to say it, the value of the employees is higher than the value of the company.

"The office space is rented, the equipment is not valuable, the data and files are not valuable, and there are not many employees who have great experience..."

At the end of the conversation, Seto was a little speechless and said: "There are a lot of small workshops and teams like this in the industry, so what's the use of buying them?"

Don’t waste your money!

From Seto's point of view, this so-called Kyoani Studio was absolutely useless. Mr. Gu didn't know why he was so crazy that he wanted to package up the team and buy it back.

Isn't that the case?

Even if Mr. Gu really likes the animation "Bingguo", wouldn't it be a good idea to buy out the copyright directly? Buying it together with the production team is really puzzling.

"Okay, no need to persuade."

Gu Miao understood Seto's good intentions, but still stubbornly said: "You said it yourself, it doesn't cost much to buy such a small team, just think of it as expanding the company to recruit a group of new people!"

"What if the other party doesn't want to sell?"

"There is no saying whether you are willing to sell or not, only whether the price is appropriate. Everything that is not for sale means that the price is not enough."

Gu Miao said with a smile: "Besides, if the other party really doesn't give us face, and the lion bites us, wouldn't you just dig deep and poach people directly?"

Non-compete agreement?!

Don't be ridiculous. Did you know that a non-competition agreement requires compensation from the employer? Not everyone is qualified to sign a non-competition agreement. At least this problem does not exist for such a small team.

As long as Wanbao doesn't follow martial ethics and is willing to go poaching, these small teams can be dismembered in minutes, leaving only the boss alone.

As the old saying goes, be polite before fighting.

It would be best if we could negotiate with Heqi Qi and let Kyoani Studio join Wanbao collectively. Gu Miao would not want to poach people randomly unless necessary.

Gu Miao frowned and reprimanded: "Do you dare to promise me that what Xiaoquan did is definitely correct? If you can't guarantee it, then you can't follow him in everything."

To be fair, since Koizumi joined the production team of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", his work attitude is indeed good, and his contributions are obvious to all.

But Gu Miao always wants to emphasize that the director of the animation "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is Ma Kui, not Koizumi.

If Koizumi is doing his best throughout the animation, and Ma Kui is only responsible for waving the flag and cheering, then it would be better to just promote Koizumi to the chief director. What is the use of keeping Ma Kui?

"Besides, in two days there will be leaders coming to inspect. When you introduce the animation of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to others, no foreigner can explain it clearly. Isn't that embarrassing?"

"Leader inspection?"

"Yes! Director Wang just informed me that a senior leader is very interested in our "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" animation and will take a look when passing by Jiangchuan."

Gu Miao raised her eyebrows and said: "Don't ask about the specific level. In short, don't embarrass me and our company. You must show the most exquisite side of animation."

Otherwise, why would he send Xiao Quan away?

Does the acquisition of Kyoani Studio really require an acquaintance as a lobbyist? Without Koizumi's matchmaking, the matter would not be negotiated?

impossible!

The reason why Koizumi was asked to be the lobbyist was not to distract him, but also to prevent the leaders from having bad associations or misunderstandings when they saw Koizumi, a foreigner, in the production team.
Chapter completed!