"Hey, it's my turn. I'm going to sacrifice the Two-Star Earthly Fiend Hero, Skilful Star Jade Armed Craftsman Jin Dajian and Guardian Star, Long Armed Ape Hou Jian, to summon the Three-Star Big Dipper Hero, Speed Star Magic Traveller Dai Zong. Haha, I already have the Big Dipper Star. You're no match for me, idiot! "
"You've been tricked. I'm going to flip open my Ambush Card. The Two-Star Earthly Fiend Hero, Bright Star Ten Feet of Blue Hu Sanniang, will activate her special effect of Son-In-Law Summoning. Any male hero will be her husband and become her Hero Spirit! From now on, your Dai Zong will be mine! "
"Wow, you're shameless. You can't play like this!"
Looking at the two kids who were already fighting not far away, Jia Yapeng's lips curled into a smile.
At this time, it was already August of 1991. It had been three months since the broadcast of "Water Margin Hero Battle". The animation had also been broadcast to the 24th episode, and the plot had fully unfolded. All the children in Huaxia were fascinated by this animation.
And it wasn't just CCTV. Within three months after the broadcast of "Water Margin Hero Battle," more than 20 local TV stations had already approached Dynasty Film and Television, expressing their desire to purchase the broadcast rights of "Water Margin Hero Battle" and broadcast it on their own TV stations.
Many TV stations were already prepared to be ripped off. Some TV stations even approved the purchase price of 1000 yuan per episode.
Don't look at how a random episode of a TV series could be sold for millions. It should be known that in the 1990s, a TV series that was considered a big production only cost about 50,000 yuan.
Using 5000 yuan per episode to purchase the second broadcast rights of an animation was already a sky-high price.
If it weren't for the fact that children really liked it and wanted to watch it every day, and that there was a huge business opportunity in it, these TV stations wouldn't be willing to pay such a high price for an animation.
As a result, when they started to negotiate the price with Dynasty Film and Television, Jia Yapeng's group, which had already benefited, directly gave all the TV stations a uniform purchase price.
That was 1000 yuan per episode.
This price immediately moved all the television stations to tears. This was definitely a cabbage price. Even the worst cartoons had never been sold at such a cabbage price. This price was basically no different from giving it away for free.
In the words of Dynasty Film and Television Group, they did not intend to make money from this cartoon. They only wanted the children to be happy, the television station to be happy, and everyone to be happy. That was enough!
Jia Yapeng had never expected to make money from cartoons. He was even willing to pay for TV stations to repeat the show. The more they repeated the show, the more his Elfin Crispy Noodle Snacks would sell.
Every day, he could get a few dozen minutes or even an hour of super advertising space on various local TV stations. Not only did he not have to spend any money, but he could also earn 48000 yuan. Was there anything more blissful in the world than this?
As a result, all the major TV stations had a much better impression of Dynasty Film and Television Group. Then, they all forked out 48,000 yuan to buy the rights to broadcast the first 48 episodes.
In the end, Jia Yapeng did not expect that in the end, a total of 32 TV stations would fork out money to buy the animation rights. Dynasty Film and Television Group received a total of 1.536 million yuan. The cost of the entire first episode of the cartoon was less than 1 million yuan. This cartoon, which had not been expected to make money, actually made 530,000 yuan. When the final result was in Jia Yapeng's hands, it gave him a big shock.
Soon, the satellite TV station also released "Water Margin Hero War." However, according to the agreement signed by both parties, the local TV stations had to keep their broadcast speed two episodes slower than CCTV. After CCTV broadcast the first two episodes of the cartoon, the local TV stations had to wait a week before they could broadcast it.
Logically speaking, most of the traffic would still be attracted to CCTV. However, the local TV stations had a trick up their sleeves. Their program schedules were not that many, so they actually had a lot of free time every day.
Therefore, these local TV stations began to crazily replay the episodes from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., which was the time when children were the most active in watching TV. They played six episodes in a row, from the first episode to the sixth episode. When they could no longer play it, they would start from the beginning and play it again.
Do you think that's the limit?
I don't know which clever person from Weian TV Station came up with an idea. They used Saturday and Sunday to play it from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., from the first episode to the 22nd episode in one go. They directly played all the episodes that could be played at the moment, and then inserted advertisements in the middle.
Do you think children will be bored?
No, absolutely not. Scientific research has shown that children will not be bored because of too many replays. As long as it's something they like, they will watch it again and again, even if they have watched it more than ten times or even dozens of times.
With such a high-intensity broadcast, it was easy to guess how intense the battle between the Water Margin heroes was.
Now, as long as Jia Yapeng walked around a park or neighborhood with more children, he would see several groups of children holding Water Margin Hero Cards. They were engaging in a simple version of the Water Margin Hero Battle.
To put it bluntly, Water Margin Hero Battle was now the most popular game in Hua Xia. Especially in the city, if anyone did not have a few Water Margin Hero Cards and did not know how to play this game, then he would be outdated and out of touch with the masses. This was absolutely unacceptable for children who actually had more social needs than adults.
And behind each of these cards was a pack of Little Raccoon Crispy Noodle Snacks that cost 50 cents a pack!
Back at the factory, the new financial director finally straightened out the financial situation of the factory. Then, he handed the financial reports of the first and second quarters of 1991 to Jia Yapeng for review.
This financial director was originally the financial director of the Yuzhang Food Factory. He was an old colleague of Jia Yapeng's parents and had a good relationship with them. He was already 65 years old and had just retired.
It was reasonable to say that a person of his level would not have to worry about food or clothing after retiring, but the old man could not stay idle and always wanted to find something to do. It just so happened that the financial affairs of the Daqian Food Factory were getting bigger and bigger, and the original accountant in the factory could not handle it anymore.
Considering that finance was in a sense the most important department of a company, Jia Yapeng invited this old man over to check for him. This way, he could be more assured. After all, some of the old people in state-owned enterprises had retired from the hard and simple era and were basically absolutely trustworthy.
When the financial reports of the two quarters were in Jia Yapeng's hands, Jia Yapeng did not look at them carefully. He flipped directly to the last few pages. He wanted to see how much money he had earned now.
Soon, Jia Yapeng saw this number and could not help but swallow in the next second.
"I've earned so much money in six months?"
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