my animation era

Chapter 940
Kyoani is a well-known animation studio in the Tokyo area, and has participated in the outsourcing production of many classic animations.

But being famous doesn't mean they are big and the company is very valuable...

Quite the opposite.

When judging the value of an animation company, it mainly depends on their asset volume and copyright library.

This amount of assets is very general. It can be a specific animation work, it can be a popular animation character, or it can be a two-dimensional scene that has appeared in an animation.

If it is 3D animation, the modeling of animated characters can also be included in the assets.

Speaking of Kyoani Studio, as an animation studio that has just transformed, they used to make outsourcing orders for others.

The only asset that can be called valuable is probably the animation "Bingguo" that the company is producing and broadcasting.

Therefore, Kyoani studio is not worth much, after all, there are too few things that can be sold. If I have to say, the value of employees is higher than the value of the company.

"The office space is rented, the equipment is not valuable, the data files are not valuable, and there are not many big contacts among the employees..."

When it came to the end, Seto was a little speechless: "Small workshops and small teams like this, the industry will catch a lot of them. What's the use of us buying them?"

Don't waste your money!
From Seto's point of view, this so-called Kyoani studio was useless, Mr. Gu didn't know why he went crazy, and wanted to buy the team back.

Not so much, right?

Even if Mr. Gu really likes the animation "Bingguo", wouldn't it be nice to just buy out the copyright?Even the production team bought it together, which is really puzzling.

"Okay, no need to persuade."

Gu Miao understood Seto's good intentions, but still said stubbornly: "You said it yourself, it doesn't cost much to buy this kind of small team, so let's treat it as the company recruiting a group of new people!"

"What if the other party is unwilling to sell?"

"There is no such thing as willingness to sell or not, only whether the bid is suitable or not. All items not for sale are due to insufficient price."

Gu Miao said with a smile: "Besides, if the other party really doesn't want to save face, and the lion insists on biting us, wouldn't you dig out the bottom of the pot and just poach someone?"

Non-compete agreement? !
Don't be ridiculous, do you know that a non-compete agreement requires compensation from the employer?Not everyone is qualified to sign a non-compete agreement, at least this kind of small team does not have this problem.

As long as Wanbao doesn't talk about martial ethics, and is willing to poach the wall, he can dismember these small teams in minutes, leaving only the boss alone.

As the old saying goes, courtesy comes first.

It would be the best if we could negotiate in a friendly manner and let the Kyoani studio collectively join Wanbao. If it wasn't necessary, Gu Miao didn't want to poach people randomly.

It’s good to say that if you dig a lot of money to poach people, it’s a big deal. If you poach a bastard who pretends to be a fake, it will easily cause dissatisfaction among other employees and destroy the company’s salary balance and team atmosphere.

Gu Miao focused on Kyoani studio, partly because the animation "Bingguo" really made him see a trace of Kyoani's shadow.

On the other hand, the Wanbao Neon branch is indeed short of staff, and many of its projects are facing the pain point of shortage of manpower.

……

"Kyoani? I know this!"

Koizumi, who was working as an assistant director in the production team of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", learned that Wanbao was interested in Neon Kyoani Animation Studio, and immediately said that he and the president of Kyoani Studio were acquaintances and could help match up.

To be precise, they are alumni.

Koizumi knew the president of Kyoani studio before, and even asked Kyoani to outsource his production of his popular Warring States-themed animation.

"Is there such a thing?"

Gu Miao didn't expect that Koizumi knew the president of Kyoani, which made him sigh that the neon is so small, and it's full of acquaintances walking around.

"What's so strange about Koizumi knowing the president of Kyoani? Neon is only the size of our province, and we are still in the same industry. The companies used to be close to each other. It's strange not to know each other, right?"

Ma Kui said speechlessly: "I want to know more than this. You transferred Koizumi to Nihong as a lobbyist. What should I do here?"

Mr. Gu is too despicable.

Originally, the production progress of the animation "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was very slow, and he needed to negotiate and communicate with Koizumi in many places.

This is all right, Koizumi was temporarily transferred to Neon to act as a lobbyist, and the production team of the animation "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" suddenly lost a pillar...

"What are you in a hurry?"

Gu Miao glanced at Ma Kui, and scolded angrily: "Koizumi just went away for two days, and it's not like he won't be back. What? After leaving Koizumi, you won't know how to do animation anymore?"

Who is the real director?

It is obvious that Koizumi is only an assistant director with foreign aid, and Ma Kui is the speaker of the production team of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".But Gu Miao always felt that Koizumi's right to speak was greater than Ma Kui, a genuine director.

Even sometimes, Ma Kui could not make up his mind and needed Koizumi to help him make a decision.

Is this emptied?

In ancient times, there was a saying of a puppet emperor, but aside from the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" animation production team, there is also a puppet director, right?
"How should I put it... It's a bit outrageous to say that I have been excluded, but I am indeed actively delegating power to Koizumi!"

Ma Kui said embarrassingly: "For professional things, let professional people do it. Since Koizumi has this talent and ambition, let him play the main role. It's okay for me to be in charge of logistics support."

"It's a good thing that you have self-knowledge, but you can't let Koizumi lead you by the nose. You have to distinguish who is the big and small king!"

Gu Miao frowned and reprimanded: "Can you guarantee to me that what Xiao Quan did is correct? If you can't guarantee it, then you can't follow him in everything."

In all fairness, since Koizumi joined the production team of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", his work attitude is indeed good, and his contributions are obvious to all.

But Gu Miao always wants to emphasize one point, the director of the animation "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is Ma Kui, not Koizumi.

If Koizumi is doing his best throughout this animation, and Ma Kui is only responsible for raising the flag and cheering, then it's better to just promote Koizumi as the chief director. What's the use of keeping Ma Kui?
"Besides, there will be a leader coming to inspect it in two days. When you introduce the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" animation to others, no foreigner can explain it clearly. Isn't that embarrassing?"

"Leader inspection?"

"That's right! Director Wang just informed me that a big leader is very interested in our "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" animation, and he will take a look when he passes by Jiangchuan."

Gu Miao raised her eyebrows and said, "Don't ask about the specific level. In short, don't embarrass me and our company. You must show the most exquisite side of animation."

Otherwise, why would he send Koizumi away?
Could it be that an acquaintance is really needed to be a lobbyist for the acquisition of Kyoani studio, without Koizumi as a bridge, this matter cannot be negotiated?

impossible!

The reason why Koizumi was asked to be the lobbyist was not to distract him, so as to prevent the leaders from seeing Koizumi as a foreigner in the production team, causing bad associations or misunderstandings.

(End of this chapter)