Yan Ding first raised a bag of oranges in his hand and said, "The factory director was worried that you were working too hard, so he sent you oranges."

So soon, the few who had just finished their supper began to gather around the table and eat fruit again.

"Afanti's image problem is really not what I said," Tewei, who was chewing a piece of orange in his mouth, had to explain himself.

"The old factory director did not say this," Qu Jianfang said, "It was other leaders in the factory who criticized Afanti's bad image."

"I was puzzled. The public's response was not very good."

"Anyway, we people think it's pretty good," Chen Peisi turned and looked around: "Am I right?"

Uh-huh, several people in the room responded immediately.

"Speaking of it," Qu Jianfang elaborated on Afanti:

"The characters in this puppet film can really stand the test of the people. Every film produced by our unit must be collected on the spot."

"Well," Tewei was also very positive about the other party's work: "They brought back a lot of local stories, all of which are very interesting. One of them is a story about buying shade trees, which is also very exciting."

Yan Dingxian: "There is also the treasured donkey one."

Qu Jianfang: “It’s a lot of fun!”

"Since it's so fun," Jiang Shan simply suggested, "then just film it all!"

"Did they all be filmed?" Tewei waved his hand: "We can still discuss a sequel. If we film them all, it will become an animated series."

Before the "Afanti" series appeared, there had not been a cartoon series in China.

There were only 13 episodes of "Afanti" but it took eight years to film, which shows how much resistance Qu Jianfang encountered at that time.

"Wouldn't it be great to make a series? Disney's cartoon series are so profitable," Jiang Shan strongly suggested: "Speaking of which, our country doesn't have any cartoon series yet, right?"

Upon hearing this, Te Wei and Qu Jianfang's eyes lit up at the same time, but soon darkened again.

"The idea is very good, but the higher ups won't agree to it," Te Wei was not afraid to show off his wealth to those sitting here:

"First of all, the fees cannot be approved. Cartoon short films are no better than movies and cannot be sold separately."

"Xiao Jiang," Yan Dingxian, who is considered an old acquaintance of Jiang Shan, said, "Our factory currently has many movies that cannot apply for filming funding, let alone TV series."

Tewei: "You know we're so late, why are you here at the factory?"

Jiang Shan: "Didn't you give us oranges?"

"That's just one of them," Te Wei smiled:

"Tomorrow, the British BBC TV station will come to our factory to discuss cooperation on an animated film. They will provide the funds and we will provide the technology."

"Really? Is there such a good thing?"

"I heard that the script has been prepared!"

Jiang Shan knows without guessing that "Tales from the Heavenly Book" is coming.

After watching China's "Havoc in Heaven", the British BBC was shocked.

So we decided to co-produce a similar animated film with Pujiang Meiying Studio.

But after everything was ready at the American Film Studio, the British side announced that they were quitting.

Angrily, American Film Studio decided to do it on its own, and later generations continued to hype it up as "The Book of Heaven".

"The film bureau attaches great importance to it and asks the factory to do a good job in reception," Yan Ding looked at Jiang Shan first and said, "I will come over and meet with the director to see if there is anything we haven't prepared for."

Cold night, warm house.

This meeting in China highly welcomes any investment from foreign investors.

"Outsiders are still outsiders after all," Jiang Shan couldn't reveal too much: "The only one we can really rely on is ourselves."

Tewei felt that there was something in Jiangshan's words, and he also knew that this kid had a lot of tricks up his sleeve.

So he asked: "Xiao Jiang, there are no outsiders here, please tell me, how should we rely on ourselves?"

Yan Dingxian had already guessed: "Comrade Xiao Jiang, you don't want to suggest that the factory set up an animation advertising department, do you?"

"What a great idea. Setting up an animation advertising department is indeed a good suggestion." Everyone in the country wanted to applaud Deputy Director Yan.

"It's time for us in Pujiang to have one," Huang Hua revealed to Meiying Studio: "Two years ago, an advertising company in Xiangjiang filmed an animated commercial for White Rabbit Milk Candy, and the production cost alone was 100,000.

."

"How many?"

All the employees of the American Film Studio sitting there shouted: "Our unit can't spend so much on one movie?"

"What a fool," Qu Jianfang simply couldn't imagine: "When I was filming "Afanti", I saved everything I could. It was all rags bought in a fabric store, and the stockings that were put on the puppets' faces were all used.

Just pick the cheapest one.”

"That's why I said it," Jiang Shan emphasized again: "It is still necessary to establish an animation advertising department. The other one is..."

"What's the next one?"

"Our Meiying Studio has produced a lot of cartoons since its establishment. Why not develop cartoon peripherals?"

"What is called……"

Before Yan Ding could speak first, Tewei asked directly: "Cartoon peripherals?"

"Disney in the United States and Astro Boy in Japan will release a batch of toys based on the cartoons every once in a while,"

Jiang Shan decided to help Meiying Studio with a preview: "Including the comic strips from your factory, these are called animation peripherals."

"Come to think of it," Yan Dingxian immediately thought of something: "For a while last year, the plastic toys from "Havoc in the Sky" appeared on the market."

"Yes, yes," Jiang Shan never mentioned that he did it himself: "But it is too simple and not interesting. We have so many art technicians in our factory, so it will be no problem to design a few toys."

"If you put it that way..." Tewei thought about it for a moment: "It's definitely not possible to rely on our factory alone. We have to cooperate with the toy factory. I just don't know how much profit there will be."

"Don't underestimate the profits from these peripherals," Jiang Shan said truthfully: "If you do it well, you can earn more than making a movie."

"Can you earn so much?"

"You can go to Japan and ask about the "Astro Boy" rag dolls, water cups, stickers, school bags, pencil cases... they have been best-sellers every year for more than 10 years."

"Can it also be made into a water cup?"

In 1950, a young man in Japan opened a doll factory using waste cloth from a relative's factory.

Although the factory is small, the name is not careless.

After flipping through books for a long time, I finally saw the Chinese "Six Tao".

One of the sentences, "It will never be easy for generations" deeply satisfied the boss, and it just matched his wish that his original intention would remain unchanged for thousands of generations.

As a result, this rag factory got a famous name "Bandai".

From the "Toyota" car model in 1956 to the "Astro Boy" in 1963...

"Bandai" products have always revolved around the concept of "peripheral".

As long as there is a bit of fame, it will have to rub it.

In the end, it became the largest comprehensive company in Japan involving entertainment, Internet, animation... peripheral products.

"Just like "Nezha Haohai" which was just released last year, we can definitely launch a Nezha gashapon."

"What is a gashapon?"

"Then the Third Prince didn't come from beating an egg," Jiang Shan started to draw on the paper on the spot: "Let's make a plastic egg, and when we unscrew it, Nezha will pop out of it."

"Hey, this is interesting," Yan Dingxian also became interested: "I can also design it as a lotus."

Qu Jianfang started painting directly: "It has to be the kind of lotus that is closed first, and then the spring is tightened."

Jiang Shan and Chen Peisi raised their hands together and gestured: "It's blooming."

As soon as this started, the whole studio immediately became active again.

"As for "Snow Child", which is about to be released in your factory," Zhu Fengbo helped think of a solution:

"I really like it when I see it. If I could have a doll like that, I would definitely be willing to pay for it."

In 2021, a promotional film designed by Meiying Studio for the Winter Olympics made all people born in their 70s and 80s shout "Ye Qing Hui".

The Great Sage Qitian said "My grandson is here" and brought back Snow Child, Calabash Baby, Nezha, Dansheng, Jiuselu, Black Cat Sheriff, Afanti... all of them.

Many netizens were completely moved by the reappearance of the "Snow Child".

They all said: "I cried bitterly for you back then, but I never thought that after so many years, I would still shed tears for you."

"So you are still alive!"

"I am too old to see such a scene."

"This is the unique romance of Chinese children."

"Seventy-two changes, all three heads and six arms are back together."

"My childhood, my Chinese comics."

“Beautiful Film Factory yyds.”
Chapter completed!