As long as Boss Jia gave the order, the detailed ownership structure of Gainax would be presented to him.
The main shares of Gainax were in the hands of Hideaki Anno and some of his friends. Among them, Hideaki Anno held about 20% of the shares. In addition, some investors also held about 40% of the shares. Therefore, Hideaki Anno and his friends could completely control Gainax.
However, Boss Jia's subordinates quickly reported to Boss Jia a new piece of news. That is, the copyright of "Neo Evangelion" was a little special.
Gainax was the first to adopt the unprecedented production committee system in Fusang. The entire copyright of "Neo Evangelion" belonged to the "Neo Evangelion" production committee. This production committee was formed by various investors. Therefore, the copyright of "Neo Evangelion" was actually in the hands of many different investors.
This was a brand new animation production system. Before this, all the costs of an animation production were completely borne by the production company. This caused a very serious problem. Once the animation did not sell well, it would cause the entire production company to explode.
This kind of thing was very common. Many companies that had produced more than a dozen classic animations would lose all their funds because of a single mistake. The animation company with more than a decade of history would then close down.
Therefore, before this, Fusang's animation production was actually not high. They were very resistant to original animation. They preferred to change the animation that was based on manga or novels. This way, they could ensure the popularity of the animation after it was broadcast and earn back their capital.
This was also an important reason why Fusang's animation production standards were generally not high. Because when the production standards were high, the demand to earn back their capital would increase. It was even easier for the animation company to collapse.
In this state, the animation industry was very miserable.
However, with the birth of the groundbreaking production committee system, Fusang's animation ushered in a complete prosperity.
The so-called production committee system was a joint investment by many investors. Then, they would share the benefits brought by the animation itself.
In the beginning, these investors were generally companies in the animation industry. For example, they sold toys, clothes, figurines, and video products, etc. These investors only needed to invest a small amount of money to obtain the copyright of the animation after it was broadcast.
This way, if the animation was popular, they could use the IP rights to make a lot of money. Even if the animation did not perform well, they would only lose a small amount of money. It was not a big deal. It would not be to the extent of directly closing down.
The animation committee system could be said to share a lot of the cost. At the same time, these investors would definitely develop all kinds of peripheral products for their own benefits and then sell them.
Compared to before, the animation companies would get the TV stations to broadcast the animation first. After the broadcast, they would sell the peripheral products. This way, it would be difficult to sell some peripheral products.
This would naturally lose a part of their profits.
All in all, the birth of the production committee system could be said to be a huge impetus for the reform and opening up of the entire Japanese animation industry.
As the cost of animation production decreased, countless animation companies swarmed in and produced more animations. In the past, Fusang would only produce about 20 animations a year. However, in the future, more than 50 animations would be produced in a season. The animation industry had completely entered a state of super prosperity.
This also laid the foundation for the further expansion and development of Fusang's two-dimensional culture in the future. Fusang eventually became the holy land of two-dimensional culture. The entire two-dimensional culture industry also accounted for an astonishing 10% of Fusang's economy. It became one of the four major industries in Fusang, and the second major industry in terms of culture.
Ahem, what is the first? You can guess for yourselves.
In short, the production committee system was an unprecedented medicine for Fusang's animation industry. It directly laid the foundation for Fusang's two-dimensional culture.
Therefore, when he thought about how this was the first time the production committee system was born, Boss Jia could not help but feel emotional. Then, he said to his subordinates, "Buy it, buy it all for me!"
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"What! The Daqian Group sent someone to look for me!! " Early the next morning, Yoshida Shoshi, who had just returned to the company, received a visitor.
When he saw that the visitor was from the Daqian Group, Yoshida Shoshi could not help but feel terrified. He had ridiculed the chairman of the Daqian Group yesterday. They were not here to take revenge on him, right?
Yoshida Shoshi was terrified. After returning home yesterday, he asked his subordinates to investigate the Daqian Group. Although it was only a simple investigation, Yoshida Shoshi was so scared that he almost peed in his pants.
The company had total assets of more than three billion USD. It owned many well-known brands and animation in Fusang. At the same time, it had close cooperation with large enterprises such as Nintendo and Ito Hanado. It was as easy as squashing an ant for them to kill him.
This made Yoshida Shoshi anxious like an ant on a hot pan. After all, Long Zhizi Studio was deteriorating day by day. It was no longer as prosperous as it used to be. It did not even have the ability and funds to produce an animation alone. It could only assist Gainax in producing animation as a collaborator. This made Yoshida Shoshi very unhappy, but there was nothing he could do. After all, Gainax had the ability to attract so many investors!
Just as Yoshida Shoshi was feeling nervous and did not know the purpose of the Daqian Group's visit, the other party said, "Hello, Mr. Yoshida. We are employees of the Daqian Group's legal department. We only have one purpose today, and that is to buy all of your studio's rights in the production committee of 'New Age Evangelion'!"
"I see!" Yoshida Shoshi was stunned for a moment, then reacted.
Right, yesterday, the Daqian Group's chairman had already proposed to buy the copyright of 'New Age Evangelion', but it was rejected by that idiot Anno Hideaki. So now they were looking for him. After all, 12% of the rights of 'New Age Evangelion' was also in the hands of Long Zhizi Studio.
As for whether Yoshida Shoshi was willing to sell it or not, of course Yoshida Shoshi was willing. He did not want to work for others, but the premise was that the money was generous enough.
"How much are you going to pay for it?" Yoshida Shoshi asked nervously.
"We know that this time, Long Zhizi Studio has actually invested a total of 20 million yen. Of course, our purchase price will be higher than this. As for the specific number, we would like to hear Mr. Yoshida's offer first!"
"My offer!" Yoshida Shoshi thought about it. He had to think about the offer. From the attitude of the Daqian Group's chairman yesterday, and the speed of action today, this should be able to sell for a good price. It was estimated that it would not be a problem to sell it for twice the price, or even three times the price, but it should not be too high. Otherwise, the other party was not a fool, how would they be willing to spend such a sum of money?
"50 million yen!" Yoshida Shoshi finally quoted a price, but this was not his bottom line. His bottom line was that as long as he could get 40 million yen, he would be satisfied.
"Understood!" The Daqian Group's people stood up and prepared to leave. This made Yoshida Shoshi a little anxious. Could it be that the price he quoted was too high, and they were not willing?
Then they could talk about it, everyone could talk about it, and he could lower it a little bit!
Just as Yoshida Shoshi was about to speak, the other party stretched out a hand to him and said, "Within 24 hours, the money will be transferred to your studio's account, and we will sign the contract!"
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