"The four animated films, Pokémon, Dragon Quest, The Legend of Zelda, and Final Fantasy, must be produced well and of high quality. They will be the cash cows of the Shanghai Animation Film Studio!"
The Shanghai Animation Film Studio is not currently profitable, and its animated films are given away for free. Therefore, Zhao Ye gave 30% of the revenue from the merchandise related to these IPs to the Shanghai Animation Film Studio.
Don't underestimate this 30%; the profit margin is huge, and the surrounding revenue is the real money tree!
In the future, if these IPs become popular, Shanghai Animation Film Studio can also produce animated films and release them directly in theaters, making money at the box office and generating revenue from related merchandise.
Japan's animation industry accounts for more than 10% of Japan's GDP, making it the third largest pillar of the Japanese economy.
This demonstrates just how enormous the development potential of the animation industry is!
Zhao Ye now controls China's most powerful animation studio; it would be an injustice if he didn't seize the opportunity.
However, the barrier to entry for animation is relatively high; it's not something that just anyone can do, and usually requires a professional production team.
The reason why Japan's animation industry is so developed is that their country's comic book industry is very well developed.
Zhao Ye pondered whether to have the Shanghai Animation Film Studio publish a comic magazine, so that in the future, the studio could adapt some of the more popular comics into animated films or even live-action movies.
In order to maximize profits, the Shanghai Animation Film Studio will inevitably have to get involved in live-action films sooner or later; Marvel Studios is an example.
After Zhao Ye understood, he ignored Xu Xiangming's surprise and directly instructed him, "Director Xu, I plan to have the Shanghai Animation Film Studio create a comic magazine called 'Youth Weekly.' You should prepare for it carefully."
Xu Xiangming was stunned upon hearing this, and almost couldn't keep up with Zhao Ye's train of thought.
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