"What do you think? Are you still willing to support me after reading all these?" Old Man Dai asked calmly after Boss Jia finished reading all the original art.
The reason why Elder Dai asked again was because Boss Jia now knew what kind of movie it was.
It was a super 2D animated movie that required at least 200 million USD. Even if more than 1,000 artists were employed, it would still take four to five years to produce.
"Yes!" Boss Jia nodded. It was no longer a matter of money. Boss Jia really wanted to see the finished product of the movie. It was definitely a super animated movie that did not exist in his previous life. It would be a pity if he could not see it.
Besides, was Boss Jia the kind of person who lacked money?
"But there's one thing that you have to be clear about. Once you do it, at least 50% of Dynasty's manpower will be transferred to the production of the animated movie. There might be a serious shortage of manpower in Dynasty in the future!" Old Man Dai hesitated and said, "Moreover, I'll be using Dynasty's special effects too!"
"I see …" Boss Jia pondered for a while. Dynasty's future mission was still very important. He could not allow half of their manpower to be transferred away just like that!
Therefore, he continued, "How about this? You can take 30% of Dynasty's old employees and I'll hire 2,000 new employees for you. Although these new employees won't be able to do anything big, they're still students who graduated from a professional art school. It won't be a problem for them to help you with some mechanical work!"
"2,000 students? That's a lot!" Old Man Dai smiled. "Alright. This reminds me of the first time we met back then. We went to Shanghai Academy of Art to recruit those students to work part-time. Now that I think about it, it's still vivid in my mind!"
"Yeah, five years have passed in the blink of an eye!" Boss Jia sighed. He then calculated in his heart. Even if only 110 of the 200 students could be successful, Dynasty would have an additional 200 core members after the movie was completed. It was not a bad deal. It was just a matter of money being unlucky!
"Alright then, I'll spend the rest of my life making this movie!" Old Man Dai stood up. His eyes were full of lofty aspirations. He didn't look like an old man in his seventies at all.
Old Man Dai left with a heart full of pride. As for when his "Treasured Lotus Lamp" could be completed, only God knew. As for whether this movie could make money, Boss Jia was not sure.
After all, 2D movies had never made any money in the movie industry.
The investment for this movie was as high as 200 million USD, which was equivalent to 1.6 billion RMB. According to the calculation that the producer could earn about 40% of the box office, this movie had to sell at least 4 billion RMB in the domestic box office to make money. In this era, it was completely impossible.
Of course, the movie could also be released worldwide. However, a movie like "Treasured Lotus Lamp" that was completely in the Eastern mythological style might have some market in Southeast Asia. However, in the world, it could only participate in film festivals. It was almost impossible to make money in the box office.
Therefore, the Treasured Lotus Lantern would most likely lose money. However, just like what Boss Jia said, he no longer cared about the two hundred million USD. Two hundred million USD in exchange for a 2D animated film that would go down in history was not a loss at all. Who knows, he might even be able to win all the awards in the animation industry!
Just as Boss Jia was thinking about the awards, the secretary sent the February schedule to him. Boss Jia looked at it and found that it said that he would attend the Oscar Award Ceremony on February 12th.
"What a boring place!" Boss Jia muttered. To be honest, he didn't want to go. However, the problem was that this time, "Titanic" was nominated for almost all the Oscars. The entire crew of "Titanic" would be happy to receive the awards. It would be inappropriate if Boss Jia, as the chairman, didn't go.
Moreover, Cameron personally invited him to attend the Oscars. Boss Jia thought about it and decided not to embarrass Cameron. Moreover, the Digimon series of toys would be released in the United States soon. There was also Wang Chuanfu's electric bicycle.
Oh, no, it was the environmentally friendly motorcycle. It had been around three months in the United States. Boss Jia wanted to see how it was doing.
Oh right, 51 was also going to be released.
Therefore, after arranging various production work for Daqian, Boss Jia boarded his Wandering Earth private jet and flew directly to the United States.
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"Taji-kun, welcome to Nintendo!!!" Yamauchi personally received Tajiri in his office. Tajiri never expected this kind of treatment, and he was extremely touched.
One of the hottest rumors in the gaming industry right now was that Yamauchi Hiroshi was dead. According to industry rumors, Yamauchi had been hospitalized in the emergency room at least 12 times, and he had died in the ICU eight times.
Of course, with the appearance of this tyrant in the gaming industry in front of Tajiri, all the rumors were dispelled.
However, although Yamauchi forced a smile, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Yamauchi's skin and body were trembling. At the same time, although he was sitting on a chair, his body was wrapped in a thick blanket. He didn't get up from his seat. He just sat there.
Obviously, it was Yamauchi's limit to meet Tomoaki Tajiri.
However, this made Tajiri very touched. The famous tyrant Yamauchi actually dragged his sick body to meet him. What a great honor!
Just a few years ago, Tajiri didn't even dare to imagine that one day, he would be received so warmly by Yamauchi. Tajiri was so touched that tears almost flowed out of his eyes.
Well, he didn't think about whose credit it was that he was able to reach such a position that Yamauchi valued him so much.
Of course, humans were all like this. They only saw the various shortcomings of others and their own strengths, and they would infinitely magnify their own contributions.
Some people would say that in the previous life, even without Jia Yapeng, Pokemon was still the best in the world.
However, these people only knew one thing and didn't know the other. At least half of the credit for the great success of Pokemon was due to Shigeru Miyamoto.
When Pokemon was first handed over to Nintendo, it was only a half-finished product, and it had all kinds of bugs. The gameplay wasn't perfect either. It was Shigeru Miyamoto who personally helped Tajiri modify it and taught him how to improve it. He even added in a lot of game content himself, and that was how Pokemon came to be.
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