Chapter 94 Autonomous Operation
After watching "The Evolutionary Forty-Six Billion Extra", Jiang Anhong strongly wanted to introduce this animation.
But this is not easy.
CCTV is the leader among domestic TV stations - at least in name.
However, the average price they bought for a playback right of an animation was about 500 to 1,000 yuan per minute.
What does this concept mean? For example, "The Evolutionary 4.6 billion entries", a movie that is equipped with about twenty minutes per episode, can cost 20,000 yuan per episode.
To be honest, this is not even enough for a professional artist to earn a month's salary.
But this is what the more common animation industry is facing now.
For an animation, even if the production budget is low, it is difficult to lower it to this level. If you want to make money by selling animations to TV stations, then you should go bankrupt as soon as possible.
In a corner that ordinary people cannot see, a large number of animations are sold at such a price.
Even the price they offer is already the highest in the industry. It is very common for many small TV stations to buy an animation for a few dozen yuan a minute.
Of course, it’s not to forget about "One Under One Man", "A Full-Time Master", and "Soul Street". They are not following the way they are taking the TV station.
The key reason for this situation is that the domestic animation market for children is dominated by TV stations and driven by domestic animation subsidies.
Animation subsidies can reach thousands of yuan per minute, which is a very attractive price for many animation manufacturers.
But if you want to get a subsidy, the usual condition is: to play on TV.
Only those who have been broadcast on TV are eligible for animation subsidies.
So, the TV station sitting upstream is fully qualified to kill the price.
Sometimes, let alone expecting the TV station to pay money, many animation manufacturers really beg their grandparents to sue their grandparents, and they beg the TV station to broadcast animations and pay for it.
Most animations cannot make money by selling playback rights, and may even lose a lot. If you want to make a profit, you have to rely on animation subsidies and then make some money by selling peripherals, video discs, toys, etc.
In fact, many animation manufacturers simply produce toy factories.
It is conceivable how the quality of this kind of animation will be.
But "Dimension Entertainment" is not such a company, and "The Evolutionary Four Six Billion Extraordinary" is not such a work.
It was just about twenty minutes I saw in this first episode. Although it only involved cells and primitive oceans, from the perspective of an expert like Jiang Anhong, the production cost of this work is not comparable to that of those small workshops.
Especially when he went online and checked the situation of "Dimensional Entertainment", he realized more clearly that if he wanted to take the animation subsidy, he couldn't control himself.
That little money can be at best when you invest in this "Popular Science Animation Competition". As for the production cost? Forget it.
There is no way to go from this path. Jiang Anhong rubbed his eyebrows and considered other ways.
It's interesting to say that a few weeks ago, Tang Zhiqi begged him to help get the quota for the "Popular Science Competition". As a result, it has become that he has to think carefully about how to make "Weidu Entertainment" promise to put the film on his own.
As he thought about it, he probably had some ideas in his head.
"I hope it can impress Weidu Entertainment..."
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News of Weidu Entertainment's animation "The Evolution of 4.6 billion entourage" has also been spread.
Multi-party video websites, smelling fishy.
Although, when the film is called and the subject matter, it is definitely a niche work. However, with the animation "Special Events Task Force" ahead of the film, it is hard to say that "Four Six Billion Decorating" will be lost.
What's more, the style of "Four Six Billion Extra" is not niche. After reading the concept picture, the beautiful style does not look like the dull popular science work I remember.
Faced with the tentative quotes from many companies, Ye Jiayi offered a quote of 2 million per episode, with a total price of 30 million.
No one bought it.
Ye Jiayi didn't care. This was originally a way to scare off her opponent. She had never considered doing copyright sale like before.
In the past, the 'dimensional entertainment' lacked the ability to operate itself, but now that she has taken over it, it is impossible to play like this roughly.
At present, what she is really talking about is the premiere of this animation. As for whether it is exclusive, I have to watch it again.
According to her goal, in the first season of "Four Six Billion Extraordinary", as long as the results are not disappointing, Weidu Entertainment must at least reap more than 20 million in the market, which can be considered a success.
The current online premiere rights are priced at around 500 to 8 million, and are still being discussed. In addition, Ye Jiayi is also discussing the model of participating in the sales and on-demand sharing of broadcast rights.
Of course, since you choose to operate independently, the income is unlikely to be like selling copyrights, and it can be quickly received. It takes a longer time to slowly recover the cost. But there is no doubt that as long as your operating ability keeps up, the long-term income will definitely be more than simply selling copyrights.
Fan Zhe had no objection to this and threw it all to Ye Jiayi.
The company's financial situation is now very healthy, and there is no need to sell the copyright immediately to recover the money to maintain the company's operations.
In this case, the best choice is to fish for a long line and maximize the commercial profits of a work.
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At this time, it was time to present the awards of the "Popular Science Animation Competition" held in Shangjing.
Half a month ago, the organizer of the competition issued a notice saying that the works were to be delivered for the organizer of the competition to judge.
At that time, "The Forty Six Billion Deco" was far from finished.
However, in the rules and regulations of the "Competition", it is clearly stated that companies participating in the competition must submit a film of at least 100 minutes and be delivered to the committee for viewing and evaluation.
With a hundred minutes of content, there is no need to finish the entire film, which is about five episodes. After grabbing a little work hours, Weidu Entertainment successfully completed the production of the first five episodes of the trial before.
At this moment, in a venue in Shangjing, the "Popular Science Animation Competition" is in progress. On the red carpet of the stage, several hosts who were invited from unknown places are announcing their rankings one by one.
The Excellence Award has been announced, and the top three are left.
There is no difference between the second and third places, and you can ignore it, but the title of the first place is the most important.
Chapter completed!