My Animation Era

  Chapter 981 Returning Gu Sanshui

  The new year is here.

  As the so-called new year and new atmosphere, on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Gu Miao not only ordered the cafeteria to make a hearty Laba porridge for the staff, but also announced a good news at the meeting.

  Wanbao Group will start the staff dormitory construction project this year!

  Today, the total scale of Wanbao Group has reached a staggering level. Even without counting labor-intensive subsidiaries like Wanbao Toys, the total number of employees of all other companies has exceeded 20,000.

  If you count Wanbao Toys and those ordinary assembly line workers, the total number of employees has already exceeded 100,000.

  As a large enterprise with a population of 100,000, the employees' eating, drinking, and sleeping are also a concern of Gu Miao, the boss.

  With so many employees, does everyone buy a house or a car in Jiangchuan?

impossible!

  Employees who buy houses and cars are only a minority after all. Most employees rent houses and go to work by bus or subway.

  "The housing prices in Jiangchuan have risen too fast. Many employees are complaining that if the housing prices continue to rise like this, they will not be able to afford to rent a house, let alone buy a house."

  This is an objective fact. Jiangchuan is developing faster and faster, and the cost of renting houses for employees is getting higher and higher. Some people already have the idea of ​​resigning and leaving Jiangchuan.

  The salary offered by Wanbao is already the top in the industry.

  However, the rate of increase in housing prices could not be sustained, which made many people feel desperate. Seeing that there was a trend of brain drain, Gu Miao immediately called the leader and took a piece of land at a low price for the construction of a staff dormitory building.

   "If you want to retain talents, you must be willing to invest! How much will it cost to build a few buildings?"

   Facing Lao Zhang's doubts, Gu Miao explained with a smile: "You need to take a long-term view, don't always stare at the three melons and two dates in front of you."

  The construction of staff dormitories will take up a lot of cash flow, but in the long run, it is definitely a good thing for the company's development.

  When employees have a sense of belonging to the company, are they afraid that they will not earn back the investment if they are not serious about their work?

"All right!"

Lao Zhang reluctantly accepted this statement, but he still had doubts about another matter, so he asked: "Forget about building staff dormitories, but is it a bit too exaggerated to spend 100 million US dollars to reshape the "Superman" series?" gone?"

   That’s $100 million!

  No matter where it is, 100 million US dollars is not a small amount. Even if it is the world's top 500, it must be carefully considered when facing this level of funds.

   But without thinking about it, Mr. Gu allocated 100 million U.S. dollars to Wanbao's North American branch, and specified that the money could only be used for the reconstruction of the "Superman" series.

  Even though Lao Zhang is used to Mr. Gu's grand gestures, this time he still can't understand.

  It is just the IP of "Superman", does it need to spend so much money?

"You do not understand…"

   "On the one hand, the labor in North America is more expensive, on the other hand, high input leads to high output."

  Gu Miao patiently explained: "The "Superman" series is almost rotten. If you want to revive it, you must be willing to spend money. With the idea of ​​searching and searching, Superman will never get up in this life."

  Only $100 million.

   It cost 250 million to buy this IP, how can a mere 100 million be enough? The 100 million allocated by Gu Miao was more used for the animation production of "Superman" 96 version and the updated iteration of "Justice League" comic series.

   This is not counting movies and TV shows.

   If the "Superman" series plans to produce live-action dramas and live-action movies, let alone 100 million, another 100 million may not be enough.

   "High input, high output?"

   Lowering his head to ponder Mr. Gu's words, Lao Zhang showed embarrassment and said, "That's what I said, but can the Superman series really earn back its capital?"

   "Don't worry about it, since I dare to vote, I'm not afraid of losing money."

   "Instead of worrying about Superman losing money, it's better to worry about whether our Pleasant Zodiac movie can get back its money!"

  Gu Miao said with a serious expression: "The Year of the Rooster movie has placed the hopes of many people. If it fails, the consequences will be disastrous..."

   This is not alarmist talk.

   The movie "Golden Rooster Dawn" seems to be just an ordinary zodiac movie, but it is actually of great significance.

  Because the word-of-mouth box office of last year’s Year of the Monkey movie was mediocre, coupled with the poor ratings of the TV animation “Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf”, it can be said that the turning point of the entire series is pinned on this movie.

   This year of the rooster movie performed well, and the follow-up zodiac movies, including Gu Miao's re-production of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" TV animation, also have the confidence and confidence to fight "Bear Infested".

  But if the big movie of the year of the rooster also falls, then I'm sorry, no one will really watch Pleasant Goat in the future.

  …

  The situation of the Pleasant Goat series is very bad. The word-of-mouth of the new series itself is declining day by day, and it is also facing strong competition from "Bear Infested".

  Many people are not optimistic about it. The "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" series can still return to the glorious heights of a few years ago.

  But there is also a small group of loyal fans who always believe in Pleasant Goat, and believe that this former emperor will not fall in disgrace, but will stage a drama of the return of the king at the right time!

Last year's new TV work "Come on Happy" still maintained a consistent production level, and the two plot chapters "Little Huihui Going to School" and "Lazy Sheep as a Chef" also received good reviews, but the popularity has declined. It's obvious.

   The first season of "Bear Infested", which has never played a rerun, is an ironclad proof.

  No matter how loyal a diehard fan is, it is impossible to say that you are not sad or regretful when you see the former Pleasant Goat reduced to such a situation, and even want to watch the rebroadcast but cannot find the TV station broadcasting it.

   But what about regrets?

   Pleasant Goat has fallen to this point, no one is to blame, if you want to blame, you can blame the time passing too fast, which caused the children in the past to grow up slowly.

  In this situation, unless Gu Sanshui comes out again, the Pleasant Goat series will not be saved even if the gods come...

  【Madden! Wanbao's latest registered animation series information is disclosed, Gu Sanshui re-directs Pleasant Goat's new work, tentatively titled "Yangcun Guardian"! 】

   Fans: "???"

  Reports from various marketing accounts and self-media have stunned old fans who have watched Pleasant Goat animation and are now paying attention to the series.

real or fake?

   After many years, Gu Sanshui returned to the animation production team of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" and served as the director of the new work?

   I'll be good!

  When many people saw this news, their first reaction was that they couldn’t believe it. After confirming that it was true, they couldn’t help expressing the emotion of “childhood is back”.

   How many years has it been...

  From the 530 first edition of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" that started as a dream, to the present, it has been seven or eight years at least?

  The children who watched animation at the beginning are now in college, and some are even married and have children.

   Never expected that after so many years, everyone could still see the latest masterpiece of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" with Gu Miao as the chief director.

   Isn't this really a dream?

  (end of this chapter)