"Your animation is amazing. I'll prepare a schedule for you. We'll start broadcasting next week!" After the review meeting, Director He was even more excited than Jia Yapeng. He announced to Jia Yapeng on the spot.
"I'm afraid I can't …" Jia Yapeng smiled bitterly. "To be honest, I only have 10 episodes now. If I don't have any more, how can I broadcast it next week?"
"Didn't you already have 10 episodes two months ago?" Director He was shocked.
"Actually, I didn't have a single episode at that time. If I had to say that I did, it would be that they were all in my head!" Jia Yapeng said.
"In two months, you've already produced these ten episodes!" Director He was so surprised that his face was about to fall off. This speed was completely beyond his understanding.
"Alright, what do you plan to do?" Director He asked helplessly.
"The premiere will be in three months. I should be able to produce 15 episodes by then. However, I can't broadcast one episode a day. I'll see if I can only broadcast one episode a day on Saturdays and Sundays!" Jia Yapeng said.
"Only two episodes a week? Won't that make people feel that it's intermittent and not satisfying? "Director He asked worriedly.
"Absolutely not. Besides, this can also block some parents' mouths. Our animation will only be broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays. It's completely for the sake of children's learning!" Jia Yapeng said with a smile. "Besides, Fusang broadcasts one episode a week. Our speed is already twice as fast as theirs!"
Jia Yapeng didn't know how much resentment his words had caused the children in the future.
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"He, I want a refund. Get out here, I want a refund!" A fat middle-aged woman with a face full of pockmarks was cursing outside a dark, narrow, and shabby little house in the capital of Zhejiang Province.
"Hello, why do you want a refund?" He Guagua hurriedly came out of the shop and asked with a smile. He remembered this woman. It wasn't easy for him to develop this store. He had just sent two boxes of crispy noodle snacks to her the day before yesterday. Why was she returning them today?
"You still have the nerve to say that? No one is buying your stuff. I've only sold one pack in two days. Give me a refund, give me a refund right now, and pay me back for my ticket!" the middle-aged woman scolded angrily.
"Sister, you've only been selling for two days. It's hard to say. Why don't you sell for a few more days?" He Guagua said with a smile.
"You shameless …" In the next second, the middle-aged woman pointed at He Guagua's nose and scolded him crazily. She scolded He Guagua's eighteen generations of ancestors. Soon, everyone on the street began to surround He Guagua.
"I'll retreat! I'll give you a refund right now! " Sweating profusely, He Guagua could only take back the two boxes of crispy noodle snacks and return 11.7 cents to the middle-aged woman.
"Not enough money! Don't I need to take the bus to bring you trash to your door? Give me back the 20 cents for the ticket! "The middle-aged woman said angrily.
"But your shop is only one stop away from here. Do you really need to take the bus?" He Guagua said.
"Nonsense, I took the bus here. Are you going to refund it or not? If you don't refund it, I'll go to the Industry and Commerce Bureau and sue you. How dare you bully honest people like us! " Seeing that the middle-aged woman was about to start scolding again, He Guagua could only give her another 20 cents for the ticket. Only then did she leave cursing, and the commotion was over.
After the middle-aged woman left, a guy with a face as dark as charcoal said to He Guagua, "Boss, we're done for if we continue like this!"
It wasn't that this guy was dark, but that his expression was as dark as charcoal.
He was actually from Yuzhang City, and He Guagua had specially brought him from Yuzhang City to help him. He had spent a total of 150 yuan a month to hire him.
Originally, He Guagua had thought that with the huge Jiangzhe Province under his control, he would be able to sell his goods like a fish in water.
But reality was cruel. In this huge Jiangzhe Province, He Guagua had no relatives or connections. After three months, he hadn't even fully opened the market in the provincial capital. In total, he had sold less than 2,000 boxes of crispy noodle snacks.
And this was the result of He Guagua's stomach almost perforated from drinking too much.
Even in the prefecture-level city of Jiujiang City, He Guagua could sell 5,000 boxes of crispy noodle snacks a month. The sales of this province couldn't even compare to the sales of a prefecture-level city in Xijiang Province. He Guagua and the others were about to collapse.
Selling all 2,000 boxes of crispy noodle snacks would only bring them 2,000 yuan. But He Guagua had to rent a house in the provincial capital, recruit people, and set up a network in other provinces and cities in Jiangzhe Province. He Guagua's monthly expenses were more than 5,000 yuan. After three months, he would have to spend 20,000 yuan.
In the end, not only did He Guagua spend all the money he had earned in Jiujiang, but he also borrowed 10,000 yuan from his family. But now, the 10,000 yuan had been spent, and He Guagua couldn't afford to pay a single cent.
Even the wages of the workers had only been paid for a month. The helper he had brought from Yuzhang City was a relative of his, but now he was obviously thinking of retreating.
"Brother Guagua, I heard that the general managers of the four provinces of Dongguang and Chuan have given up. They returned all their products and returned to the prefecture-level cities in Xijiang. They said that a province can't even compare to a prefecture-level city. Even if a county earns more money, the expenses are more than ten times higher. Only a fool would be the agent of a province!" Liu Nianqing whispered.
"But I heard that Miss Dongmingzhu from Sujiang Province sold 20000 boxes last month. That's ten times more than us. Is that true?" He Guagua licked his lips.
"It seems to be true. But Miss Dongmingzhu is a civil servant, and Sujiang Province is rich. We can't compete with her!" Liu Nianqing said.
"But I also heard that the agent of the whole northern region has been taken by one person. He bought all the 50,000 boxes of crispy noodle snacks in the factory in one day!" He Guagua said again.
"I heard that the person in the northern region is a fool. Although he ordered 50,000 boxes of crispy noodle snacks, he didn't even sell 3,000 boxes in the entire northern market. He lost even more!" Liu Nianqing sighed.
"Enough!" He Guagua slammed the table hard. "The company came to inform us yesterday that they have invested a lot of money in the production of the cartoon. It will be broadcast on CCTV tomorrow. Our business will be better soon!"
"That's the most ridiculous thing!" Liu Nianqing snorted coldly. "I heard that the animation company has invested a total of one million yuan this time, and part of it was borrowed from the bank using the company's mortgage. I think our boss is really crazy. It's good that he spent one million yuan on advertising. Why did he go and make a cartoon? "
"This money is completely wasted. What does a cartoon have to do with our crispy noodle snacks?" Liu Nianqing said indignantly. He Guagua wanted to say something, but he didn't have the strength to. In fact, he couldn't understand why the company would use this money to make a cartoon. Was it to make money out of love?
"Look! Look! "He Guagua finally said in a low voice. No one knew what he was looking at.
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At this time, in a hotel in the capital, Chen Liren said to Jia Yapeng with a grin, "Brother, let's make a deal. If you miscalculated this time, I will return all the boxes!"
Chen Liren said that he had used all his assets to purchase 50,000 boxes of crispy noodle snacks. He also used his connections to send the goods directly to many small stores inside the school, waiting to make a fortune.
But after two months, he had only sold 3,000 boxes. This result made Chen Liren's balls ache. He even began to doubt his own business talent.
So Chen Liren's heart was now very shaken. If the cartoon broadcast this time was a failure, then he planned to withdraw early. In any case, Jia Yapeng promised to return the goods in full without charge. At most, he would lose a little favor.
"Forget it. If the cartoon fails, you can still ask me for a refund. If I fail, I can only find a rope to hang myself with. I'm not in a hurry, so why are you in a hurry?" Jia Yapeng rolled his eyes at Chen Liren. At this time, the image of a clock appeared on the TV. It was the CCTV hour. With the ticking of the second hand, it was soon going to be 6 PM.
At this time, it was also the time when the Central TV's evening animation program, "Tangram" would start airing. According to the plan, starting tonight, the animation "Water Margin Heroes" would be aired on the Saturday and Sunday tangram programs.
Chen Liren's expectations, the expectations of all the distributors, and Jia Yapeng's future all depended on the broadcast of this cartoon.
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