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As a close partner of PD Group and a good brother of Meng Tsai, the relationship between TBS and ANB is hard to describe.

How to describe it?

Of these two, one is the Ultraman royal TV station, and the other is the Kamen Rider royal TV station.

You could say they have a bad relationship. Cooperation and exchanges are common. The leaders of Neon and other major TV networks have close personal relationships...

You say they have a good relationship, but in order to compete for viewership share and advertisers, you are almost losing your mind!

In Meng Lang's opinion, this relationship should be a typical case of love and kill each other.

It's normal for them to fight.

After all, Yarang is a special drama produced by PD. With the solid foundation laid by many popular works, the ratings prospects are very optimistic.

Let me ask, who wouldn’t want this kind of work, TBS or ANB?

If it is a bulk work like Alienated Girl and does not develop into a series, then it doesn't matter.

But Yarang is a series!

According to the gossip from PD Neon Branch and the statement of director Amamiya himself, it can be 100% certain that Yanglang is a complete special photography series.

The nature is equivalent to Ultraman and Kamen Rider!

What a series!

Even Kiba cannot reach the heights of Ultraman, Kamen Rider and Super Sentai. At least it's a complete tokusatsu series worth fighting for.

TBS and ANB, which own the two major special series Ultraman and Kamen Rider, know very well how much profit an excellent series can bring them.

without any exaggeration……

Even if TBS and ANB decline in the future and no other film and television dramas are broadcast, they will still be able to obtain a large amount of advertising sponsorship due to the amazing influence of Ultraman and Kamen Rider.

Destroying someone's wealth is like killing one's parents!

Both TBS and ANB wanted the rights to broadcast Yanglang, and they did not hesitate to fight in public.

This makes Director Amamiya very helpless.

He is a native Neon film and television person, and no one knows better than him how powerful the consortium behind TBS and ANB is.

He can't afford to offend anyone!

In this case, no matter which company he sells the broadcast rights to, he will offend another media giant.

What are the consequences of offending a media giant?

hehe!

Among the four major fields of government, academia, industry and media, which one is easy to mess with if the word valve is mentioned in it? It’s only March, so I’m asking you whether the sea water in Tokyo Bay is cold?

Director Amamiya is cautious and unwilling to do such offensive things. So he thought about it and chose to throw this hot potato to Meng Lang who was far away in Jiangchuan.

Can't afford it! Can't afford it!

You are all big guys, so don’t embarrass me as a director on the set. Go talk to Meng Zai!

After all, he is the investor.

Who is Mengzi?

The majestic little bully of Jiangchuan, the cancer of East Asia, the cancer of children, the founder of the PD empire, he is not afraid of TBS and ANB!

What Director Amemiya saw as a hot potato was a trivial matter in Meng Lang's eyes.

It doesn’t matter who you are!

PD company only plays with reality!

Give me money!

Whoever pays the most money will get Yarang!

What happened to the media giants? I’m giving you face, right? No matter how silly you are, be careful if Mengzi gets angry and takes back all Ultraman and Kamen Rider!

Meng Sang, don't be like this...

We are good friends!

Facing the aggressive Meng Zai, TBS and ANB did not dare to speak loudly and could only play emotional cards, hoping that he would be merciful.

However, this trick was ineffective against Meng Lang.

What emotional card to play? People and pigs are on different paths, how can there be any emotion? Just pay and that's it. Who is your good friend?

Stop being so sentimental!

Mr. Ishikawa from TBS and Mr. Murakami from ANB looked at each other and sighed in unison.

What is happening to this society?

It’s not just girls who have become materialistic. When discussing marriage, they only care about money. Now that even a black pig has become such a reality, how should we live our lives?

Talking about feelings doesn’t work, so let’s talk about money!

However, before talking about money, Mr. Ishikawa and Mr. Murakami need to have an in-depth understanding of the specific situation of the Yarang project so that they can make a quotation.

This is also how it should be.

If you don’t have the right to know, you have no right to speak. You must understand the product before buying something. How can you set a random price?

Meng Lang also agreed.

Through a remote online video conference, Shirakura, Omori, Amamiya, President Ono and others introduced the relevant situation of Yarang to TBS and ANB through simple PPT and shooting materials.

The result is unexpected!

After learning that the theme and audience of Yarang tended towards adult darkness, Mr. Ishikawa from TBS frowned and said, Then it can only be a late-night show?

Bai Cang nodded: That's right!

As expected, the scale of the final edited version of Yarang may become the largest in the history of PD.

There is no other choice except late night!

Feel sorry!

Mr. Ishikawa hesitated: If this is the case, TBS may not buy Yalang.

So are we!

Mr. Murakami from ANB shook his head and said: I really don't know what you are thinking? To make such a late-night work, the investment is so large, are you not afraid of losing all your money?

I have confidence……

But we didn't!

Mr. Ishikawa objected: With all due respect, there are only a few works in late-night animation that can break through. But in late-night tokusatsu dramas, the children have all fallen asleep...

This is not a work for children! I stress again, Yalang is for adults! For adults!

Adult-oriented? Cool!

Murakami spread his hands and said: Then what? Are the ratings and popularity guaranteed? Will the audience pay for Yalang?

Most likely not!

Meng Lang finished the concluding remarks for him, and then added: But don't worry, according to the late-night market price, you will be given as much as you should, and we will never make a big deal!

Then you'll probably suffer a big loss!

Mr. Ishikawa smiled bitterly and said: As far as I know, Yalang's investment is very high, right?

More than just high!

The investment in one Yaro is as much as two Kamen Rider TV series.

Selling Yalang's broadcast rights for the price of a late-night drama would definitely be a huge loss for Meng Lang, or even a huge loss.

But he had no other choice.

If you set a high price, TBS and ANB will not buy it. After all, Yalang is too big and can only be broadcast in the late night slot, and late-night dramas are not worth so much money.

Can only be sold at regular price!

After some bargaining, TBS finally obtained the broadcast rights of Yanglang for 5 million yen per episode.

ANB has little interest.

Mr. Murakami raised the price twice and then decisively withdrew from the competition. Perhaps in his opinion, a late-night special drama is not worth spending so much money.

So Yalang gave TBS.

A single episode is 5 million yen, and fifty episodes is 250 million yen. For Yarang with a total investment of nearly 3 billion yen, this business is definitely a loss.

President Ono felt distressed.

The investment was 3 billion yen, and the return was 250 million yen. Taking into account the subsequent overseas broadcasting and DVD Internet revenue, it was probably only 1 billion yen.

Blood loss!

No matter how you calculate it, it’s a loss!

Can Yalang’s toy peripherals earn back 2 billion yen? This is a very critical question!

If you can make money back, that's okay. If he can't earn 2 billion yen from toy peripherals, will he still have the nerve to meet the president in the future?

Toy peripheral derivatives?

Meng Lang shook his head and said, Give up! Yalang is a special drama for adults. It may earn 2 billion yen, but it will take a long time!

What should we do?

President Ono hesitated and said: Are we going to give up Yalang and cut this series in half?

No! No!

Meng Lang said with a look of shame: Although we have lost a little, we won't be cut off in half. I have other plans for Yalang!

What arrangement?

Shirakura Amamiya and others fell into thinking one after another.

Broadcasting rights and derivative peripherals have been rejected by the president. So if you want to earn back your investment, you can only find other routes?

But……

What other way is there?

You can't post a Amamiya payment code on PD's official website and ask fans to scan it and press 0 to support Yalang, right?

That’s too ridiculous!

After much deliberation, he still couldn't figure out what the president's arrangements were. The worried President Ono asked about his doubts.

This matter is not suitable for discussion in a meeting.

Meng Lang thought for a moment and decided to reveal some news to President Ono to prevent him from having trouble eating and sleeping.

After Shirakura Omori and others left, Meng Lang left Keita Amamiya and President Ono alone, and then expressed his thoughts.

Brother Pachinko?!

President Ono exclaimed: How...how could it be this thing?

As a pure neon person, President Ono certainly knows what the Pachinko the president refers to is.

After all, he had been there too.

The nature is the same as a slot machine, the only difference is the gameplay. You can see this stuff everywhere on Neon Street.

In Neon, pachinko is a legal entertainment. Office workers usually go to play some pachinko to relax during their breaks...

Someone wins and someone loses!

After all, it is a product involving money and probability. President Ono couldn't figure out why the president would mention this even if he thought about it.

Do you make money from this?

He was curious, were the two related?

But Meng Lang knew very well that the continuation of the Yalang series was inseparable from the fact that Northeastern News Agency was not short of money and was also inseparable from Pachinko.

Of course, fans all know this.

When it comes to the Pachinko industry, how can it not be profitable?

The audience of The Wolf is adults, and the audience of Pachinko is also adults. I want to relax after get off work. It doesn’t matter which machine I play, why not play Pachinko?

Some people may be curious!

Since Pachinko can make money, why don't Tsuburaya and Toei make money? Ultraman, Super Sentai and Kamen Rider, haven't heard of them showing off their talents in this field?

The reason is ridiculous.

In this field, Tsuburaya Toei can only sell IP licensing at most, while Tohoku Shinsha itself operates this industry!

So, get it?

No matter how much it is avoided, the success of Yarang is always inseparable from the keyword Pachinko.

It is a fact that Northeastern News Agency is rich!

Everyone has said that Neon Company spends the winter, Tsuburaya burns firewood for heating, Toei burns coal for heating, Tohoku Shinsha burns money for heating...

But money is money. If Yarang is worthless, how can the producers make a sequel? Therefore, Yarang Pachinko came into being!

President, I have a question!

President Ono hesitated and said: Neon seems not to allow foreign companies to get involved in the pachinko industry, right?

yes!

It's normal to have this kind of rule, and Meng Lang also knows about this rule. However, he had already thought of a response strategy.

There are policies and measures to counter!

In capitalist countries, wealth can help gods is not an empty phrase. As long as it costs a little money, all the so-called policy regulations can be bypassed.

The only problem is!

Even if Meng Lang started this business, what method should he use to attract customers?

Pachinko's business is a regular customer business. As long as they come a few more times, customers won't go anywhere else.

For a new store, it’s not that difficult to win over other people’s regular customers!

The only way Meng Lang could think of was IP implantation.

In other people's stores, you can only play with traditional fruit and ninja machines, but in Mengzi's store, you can play with Ultraman, Kamen Rider and Yarang machines .

It’s all about fun too!

Where to play differently? There are so many types of IP machines in Mengzi's store, why not give them a try?

Well, this is not Mengzi’s shop.

After all, things like pachinko will never make it onto the stage. Even if Meng Lang wants to do it, he will control a puppet company to do things for him, and there is no way his identity will be revealed.

After all, he is afraid of being scolded!

This stuff is legal in Neon, but not legal in China. What would parents and children think of him if the news spread back to China?

Damn it!

Uncle Meng actually engages in this kind of business?

So bad, so bad!

When you earn this kind of shady money, are you really not afraid of having a son who won’t have a wife, being struck by lightning while drying your clothes, and suffering retribution in the next life?

I'm not afraid!

Faced with Taomi's accusation, Meng Lang said righteously: My son has PY, and you have to dry the clothes. We'll talk about the next life for the next life!

Tao Mi: ...

Meng Lang felt guilty!

Saying one thing with his mouth and thinking another in his heart is his standard operation.

Just in case, he did not tell the fourth person except Tao Mi, President Ono and Keita Amamiya about Pachinko.

The fewer people who know, the better!

When something went wrong, he immediately passed the blame to the puppet tool man and pretended not to know anything about it.

Just take the money, don’t take the blame!

This is Meng Lang's attitude!

Of course, this is not that terrible. After all, pachinko is a legal business in Neon. Even if his identity is exposed, he will only get scolded at most.

Neon has a dedicated Pachinko machine manufacturer responsible for producing and debugging Pachinko machines.

Meng Lang licensed IPs such as Ultraman, Kamen Rider and Tooth Wolf to a qualified puppet company. Let the puppet company come forward to customize the exclusive pachinko machine.

His requirements are very high!

The machine must be handsome, have cool lighting and sound effects, and highlight the characteristics of each IP. Change the gameplay and enjoy some special plots during the game.

Is there a plot?

Yes, you heard it right!

A machine like Pachinko really has a special plot! Especially for the Yalang series, many special plots and animated CGs were designed for Pachinko, which is a wonder of special photography!

Otherwise, why do you think so many people like to play Pachinko in Neon?

A bunch of LSPs! I obviously said that I was too tired to catch up the day before yesterday, which made me feel depressed yesterday. You actually suspected that I lost my virginity?