Chapter 616 Baiqian Media: It is me (Third update, please give me a monthly ticket)
Zhou Ming underestimated his influence in "October Culture", while You Zhihong overestimated his influence in "October Culture".
The news about October Culture being acquired by Dongyi Film and Television has been officially reported by the media.
In the report, the media did not say how much money "Dongyi Film and Television" spent on the acquisition of "October Culture", but it is said that it cost as much as 1.5 billion. If it were before, this price would not be considered high, but now everyone thinks that "October Culture" is not worth it.
In any case, neither Dongyi Film and Television nor October Culture has publicly confirmed or denied this price.
However, industry insiders revealed that October Culture has a lot of original IPs. Some of these original IPs seem to have failed, but the potential of these original IPs in the future is estimated to be limitless.
Dongyi Film and Television has bought all the original IPs under "October Culture", so these original IPs will actually be very valuable in the future.
It can also be said that these IPs are long-term investments.
As mentioned before, the most valuable thing about October Culture besides its IP is its talent. All of these people have been absorbed by Dongyi Film and Television. At that time, the animation department of Dongyi Film and Television will be greatly enhanced.
In the forum of 'Anime House', many people also started discussing it excitedly.
"I think it's a good thing that October Culture was acquired by Dongyi Films. The ability of October Culture has been obvious to all over the years, but they always fail. So having a big company to support them from behind is a win-win situation for both sides."
"Yes, in recent years, Chinese animation has indeed fallen into a low ebb, so I hope that Dongyi Film and Television can bring some hope to Chinese animation."
"After all, the Big Eight and Dongyi Film and Television have invested the most in animation among all film and television companies."
"Yes, the revival of Chinese animation depends entirely on Dongyi Film and Television. If Dongyi Film and Television can't do it well, then no one can do it well."
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Speaking of it, in the current animation field, besides October Culture, which is relatively strong in China, there is another company called Xundongli. This company was actually separated from October Culture. It was Zhang Yan's collective departure eight years ago. Later, Zhang Yan established the company Xundongli.
Among the current domestic animation companies, those that focus on animation are "October Culture" and "Xundongli" which are relatively outstanding.
In addition to these two animation companies, there are hundreds of companies of all sizes that focus on animation. These companies are all struggling to survive. Some of them outsource the production of animation for foreign countries, while others make their own children's animations, or do other things to support their families.
To repeat, what You Zhihong said before that many people who make Chinese animation do so for a dream, for the dream of making Chinese animation, cannot be said to be wrong, because some people do have the dream of reviving Chinese animation.
During this period, the 'Anime House' forum was looking at the 'Science Fiction House' next door with envy and hatred.
The movie "The Wandering Earth" has brought a revival to science fiction.
The success of "The Wandering Earth" can be said to have made many investors see the huge potential of science fiction. In just these two months, there are too many science fiction movies, TV series, web series, and even some science fiction essay competitions to count.
Although the industry has called on everyone to calm down, even Yu Xiaoshu said in an interview that everyone should not do this. What science fiction needs is high-quality works. After all, before this, many people have jumped into the pit of science fiction and failed.
But it's useless.
As I said, everyone only sees people eating meat, but never sees people being beaten.
But to be honest, the effect that "The Wandering Earth" has brought to the science fiction industry is huge. At the very least, it has improved the treatment of many science fiction practitioners a lot.
If science fiction is taken seriously, then of course the treatment of science fiction practitioners will improve. After all, there are only so many outstanding people.
Compared to science fiction, it seems like spring has arrived, but for Chinese animation, it is still in the cold winter.
A real cold winter.
Everyone thinks that a large number of practitioners will die in the next two years.
It's good to have dreams, but dreams can't be eaten after all.
If there is no more phenomenal domestic animation to give confidence to the industry and to all capital.
Then, Chinese animation will inevitably decline further.
At such a time, Dongyi Film and Television is going to directly acquire October Culture, while increasing its investment in the animation department, and is preparing to further invest in domestic animation.
This certainly makes many Chinese animation practitioners feel hopeful.
The revival of Chinese animation, Dongyi Film and Television, depends on you.
For a while, Dongyi Film and Television’s popularity in Animation House was really rising, and it directly topped the list of ten topics.
At the same time, Dongyi Film and Television is also highly praised on major social platforms.
Just one hour later, Dongyi Film and Television confirmed the news and said: "We have the responsibility and obligation to revitalize Chinese animation. At the same time, please believe us. Dongyi Film and Television will have three heavyweight animated films to meet you..."
This statement has regained a wave of goodwill.
"Hahaha, it's worthy of being called the Big Eight."
"That's right, this is the Big Eight. The Big Eight should have some sense of responsibility."
"Yes, that's true. MMP, if the Eight Greats don't have a sense of responsibility, then what kind of Eight Greats are they?"
“Can people from other film and television companies learn from this?”
"Dongyi Film and Television is really good, far better than other film and television companies."
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After Dongyi Film and Television confirmed the news, many people began to give Dongyi Film and Television thumbs up.
It can be said that this is the highlight moment of Dongyi Film and Television.
As a result, the highlight lasted less than half an hour.
That is to say, after the news that Dongyi Film and Television had acquired October Culture was officially confirmed and announced, it topped the hot search list. It can be said that everyone gave Dongyi Film and Television various positive reviews.
But less than half an hour after the highlight, a person named "Guoman Xiaozi" on the social platform broke the news directly: "Brothers and sisters, big news, big news, October Culture has been robbed, Zhou Ming and two-thirds of the people have directly invested in Baiqian Media. Haha, I heard that October Culture is now in chaos."
One sentence made many people explode.
"Fuck, is this true?"
"Oh my god, why is there still a matter about Baiqian Media???"
"What's going on??? What is Baiqian Media doing?"
"No, is Baiqian Media trying to steal the tower?"
"Wait, didn't Zhou Ming have a very good relationship with You Zhihong? And Zhou Ming didn't leave eight years ago."
"I heard that You Zhihong has not been very kind to Zhou Ming over the years, but Zhou Ming has always been diligent and conscientious. Many people in the industry want to poach him but fail."
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Obviously, for people in the animation industry, many people know Zhou Ming. After all, October Culture is so popular in the industry and You Zhihong is often exposed, so it is normal to know Zhou Ming.
In recent years, You Zhihong actually has a very good reputation among college students, because he often goes to some universities to give speeches, and he is extremely good at fooling people, or has a very strong talent for public speaking.
Why were many people in October Culture fooled by You Zhihong before? ?
What’s more important is that college students like to listen to you talk about your dreams and ideals. If you talk about money, many college students may look down on you and think you are superficial.
For this reason, You Zhihong's personal influence is still quite strong. He has more than 5 million fans on social platforms, and these 5 million are all real fans. Basically, each of his posts on social platforms has thousands of comments. It's not horrible, but it's quite impressive.
What’s more important is that the character that You Zhihong created himself is really strong.
The first is that You Zhihong is the first person to revive Chinese comics. He has always regarded himself as such. Even every time, no matter where he is, he always talks about the revival of Chinese comics. It is my responsibility.
The second is the character of never giving up. You Zhihong's character is that he has fought and failed many times, but he has fought again and again. In short, he must have positive energy. He often said that he was once penniless, so what is there to be afraid of? It's nothing more than falling down and getting up again. For the dream, everything is worth it.
Of course, You Zhihong would definitely not tell everyone that what he meant by being penniless was that he only had his house left.
After all, what everyone likes to listen to is chicken soup, not poisonous chicken soup.
The third is You Zhihong’s good popularity. Although he PUAs employees and is quite harsh on many employees, this person is sometimes sincere and is a trustworthy person in the hearts of many people.
Otherwise, why do people think he is the core of "October Culture"?
Before this, everyone believed that no matter what, You Zhihong was definitely the absolute authority in "October Culture". This was the view of the outside world.
Even though the headhunters found out that You Zhihong was mainly deceiving the employees of October Culture and also used some PUA, to be honest, the headhunters still felt that You Zhihong still had a certain authority in the company.
Of course, the headhunters were quite dedicated, so they regarded Zhou Ming as the second-in-command and also marked him as a key person.
But no one expected that everyone underestimated Zhou Ming and overestimated You Zhihong.
In the afternoon, You Zhihong was almost on the verge of exploding with rage.
He didn't expect that two-thirds of the entire "October Culture" would leave, including all the people in the editing department and the screenwriting department.
That's right.
The people in these two departments are all talented and are of top priority. It can even be said that these two departments are related to You Zhihong's voice in Dongyi Film and Television, and the people in these two departments are also carefully trained by You Zhihong.
He treats these two departments much better than the director department where Zhou Ming is.
To put it a little more simply, one is the biological son and the other is the adopted son.
Do you think this can be the same?
What a result.
Except for Zhou Ming, the person in charge of the director department, everyone else chose to stay, but everyone in the editing department and the screenwriting department left.
No.
Not all of them left.
There is still one person left in the screenwriting department, and that is Xiao Ning, You Zhihong's brother-in-law. It is impossible for him to leave.
As for the rest, leave.
Obviously, if Zhou Ming had not taken the lead, the people in the screenwriting department might not have left.
More importantly, Zhou Ming has already made it clear to the public that Baiqian Media will help pay the penalty for anyone who wants to leave.
Firstly, Yu Xiaoshu's halo effect played a decisive role. Secondly, everyone had indeed been somewhat dissatisfied with being in October Culture for a long time, and everyone could feel this dissatisfaction.
In such a situation, there is almost no need for Zhou Ming to raise his arms and shout. Even if Zhou Ming's assistant Ma Xiu reveals a little bit, everyone will choose to ask.
Didn’t you see that even Zhang Chao was leaving? ?
The entire editing department has been managed quite united by Zhang Chao over the past eight years, and no one is very grateful to You Zhihong, so basically when Zhang Chao said go to Baiqian Media, the salary would be doubled, the year-end bonus would be doubled, and everyone knows that Baiqian Media is famous for its good treatment. All these factors added together, there was no need to say anything, just go and it's done.
As for the screenwriting department, there is no need to mention that all the screenwriters in the department are fans of Yu Xiaoshu.
Fans.
Everyone feels that being able to work in an idol’s company in their lifetime is simply the best thing.
What's more, everyone is fed up with Xiao Ning's stupid leadership.
In that case, let’s do it.
For this reason, everyone chose to leave.
"Are you a waste??"
You Zhihong looked at Xiao Ning without any respect at this time. He gritted his teeth and said, "I gave you the screenwriting department, but you have been leading me like this for so many years?"
"Zhihong, don't lose your temper with me. Haven't you always had the final say in the scriptwriting department? I gave you some opinions and suggestions before, did you listen?"
At this time, Xiao Ning looked at You Zhihong and shook his head and said, "You said before that I am your mouthpiece. Every time I want to do something, you told me not to make trouble. Why are you blaming me now?"
"you…"
You Zhihong was so choked by his brother-in-law that he was too lazy to say anything else: "Go and call Zhang Chao over to me."
If Zhou Ming was considered to have resigned, then Zhang Chao was considered to have betrayed him.
How good I am to him.
He actually betrayed himself.
Xiao Ning looked at You Zhihong and had to advise him, "Zhihong, I told you before that Zhang Chao is not the same kind of person as us, but you didn't believe me. Now, he is leaving with his friends, and you should talk to him nicely. I don't care if you say a few words to me, but if you do that, he won't give you any face at all."
"Okay, brother-in-law, I know. I'm sorry. I just couldn't control myself for a moment."
You Zhihong looked at Xiao Ning and sighed, "You also know that Dongyi Film and Television acquired us because of our talents, but now, two-thirds of them have run away. Tell me, what should I do?"
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(End of this chapter)
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