"Yes, Director Yang, when are you free? Let's meet and talk about the movie."
"Sure, Director Zhang, I'm free at noon today. Let's arrange a place. Okay, see you there."
"..."
Starlight Films.
After ending the call, Yang Kai gathered his thoughts. Since Director Zhang had called personally, he needed to make arrangements for his work at noon.
Moreover, The Truman Show has indeed done quite well at the box office these past two days. The subject matter is niche, and in a niche market, earning $35 million in three days is already very impressive.
This movie needs to gross at least $40 million to break even before it can start making a profit.
The movie will be available for one month, but if you apply for a key extension, it can be extended to two to three months.
Therefore, the final box office of this movie should be around $250 million, which is roughly a little over 1.8 billion.
This niche art film managed to gross nearly 2 billion yuan at the box office, making it a top seller.
It's worth noting that most mainstream, popular, and trendy films only gross around $200 million at the box office.
For high-quality, popular themes, the box office is around $400 million, while a blockbuster of the year can approach $500 million or more.
For example, the two films that were fiercely competing, "Iron Man" and "All-Star Heroes," invested hundreds of millions of yuan, but their final box office could only be locked at over 700 million yuan.
If not for so much funding at the time, the company would have only reached a little over 400 million yuan at most, given normal development.
Therefore, for an art film like Truman with a relatively low budget, securing $250 million in the end is already a very profitable venture.
As a result, Yang Kai's attitude towards Wanxia has changed drastically.
Moreover, Starlight and Sunset have already signed a deep cooperation agreement, and the two companies are currently in a honeymoon period, so the leaders of both sides will definitely have frequent interactions.
"Director Yang, where are we going?"
Li Gui's voice came from behind; he was holding a stack of documents.
"Huh?" Yang Kai was confused by the way he was addressed: "Brother Li, what are you talking about? Just call me Xiao Yang."
“It’s not appropriate to call him Xiao Yang now.” Li Gui skillfully ended the topic and continued, “Take a look at this document first. It’s about the establishment of our Anime & Comics Department. After unanimous discussion by the board of directors, it has been decided that you will serve as the head of this Anime & Comics Department.”
"I'm going to be a minister?" Yang Kai was immediately flattered: "Brother Li, President Li, is this for real?"
The head of a department is the top leader.
This also means that he will be eligible to participate in the board of directors in the future, and may even receive a small share of the company's profits.
His power and position rose several levels in an instant.
Li Gui nodded: "President Guan personally recommended you, but in that case, you'll have to put aside filming and other work for now. You'll be in charge of expanding the market for anime and manga."
The market prospects for anime and manga are very promising. Not only film and television companies are eyeing this big market, but also companies in the gaming and comics industries.
The reason why those investors are interested in the ACG (Anime, Comics, and Games) market is that many young people can't find partners in real life, or their partners' requirements are too demanding and they can't afford them, so they can only choose to find solace online.
The world of anime and manga is the ultimate aspiration for many young people.
Yang Kai suddenly became serious and straightened his back: "President Li, rest assured, I guarantee I will not let the board of directors down."
Li Gui patted him on the shoulder and laughed, "The first task assigned by the board of directors is for your anime and manga department to achieve results within six months."
"What?" Yang Kai suddenly felt like he was being scammed: "The department has only just been established, and many things are not yet perfected. You're asking us to produce results in six months?"
Isn't that ridiculous?
Once the department is established, it takes at least a month to build rapport with the technical staff and familiarize them with the workflow. Then it takes another two months to find scripts, polish them, and then do the modeling.
Li Gui: "I wasn't precise enough. I mean, we just need to come up with a profitable script within six months."
Hearing this, Yang Kai breathed a sigh of relief, but it seemed quite difficult: "Okay, I'll try my best."
If he handles this matter well, his position as minister will be completely secure.
After figuring this out, Yang Kai displayed the same enthusiasm and drive he had when he first entered the industry.
"Keep it up, I'm going to get busy now."
After handing over the documents, Li Gui was about to make herself a cup of hand-drip coffee when she saw Yang Kai leave less than a minute later.
"Minister Yang, where are we going? I need to organize the documents and materials I gave you first. The department was established today, and a group of technical personnel will be coming over this afternoon to take over," Li Gui said.
"Director Zhang from Wanxia has made an appointment with me. I have to go there. I'll take care of it when I get back."
"Oh? Director Zhang asked you out? Between you two...?"
"No, Director Zhang asked me to talk about the movie. Truman's reputation is getting better and better, and the online rating has reached 9.5. If this trend continues, I feel that it will be no problem to reach 9.7."
"About work, that's fine, you can go ahead and get back to work."
"..."
After Yang Kai left, Li Gui put the freshly brewed hand-ground coffee aside and went to the newly established anime and manga department next door.
As the name suggests, this department is dedicated to expanding into anime and manga-related topics.
They have experience in everything from anime modeling and comic book production to game posters.
The department is still quite empty, with only a few employees occasionally carrying things in to choose their workstations.
Half of these employees were transferred from the production department, and the other half were newly recruited.
Prior to this, the board of directors had already conceived the idea of expanding into the ACG (Anime, Comics, and Games) market, and Guan Feng had posted a recruitment advertisement a month in advance.
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Some of the veteran employees who were transferred here didn't seem very satisfied.
"I was so comfortable in the production department, why was I suddenly transferred to this new department?"
"The boss said we had the production quality, so he transferred us here. And on top of the base salary, he added bonuses, which is pretty good."
"It's all about performance. The production department's performance is at least in the top three in the company, so the bonuses they get are quite substantial. If this new department doesn't perform well, keeping the salary is pointless, and the bonuses will only be lower."
"I'm fine. I've always wanted to get involved in the animation industry, and now this company has fulfilled my wish."
"The premise is receiving a good script. Without a good script, no matter how good the character model is, it's all for nothing."
"That's not right. The script can be a little bad, but if the character modeling is good, it can attract a lot of LSPs."
"We've expanded into the anime and manga market, so just attracting casual viewers isn't enough. We also need to attract those who like anime storylines. Otherwise, why would the company spend so much money to establish an anime and manga department?"
"In short, I think this department will be disbanded within six months."
"Shh, keep your voice down, Mr. Li is still here."
"..."
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