my animation era

Chapter 961 Superman and Dragon Ball GT
The news that Weller Company is looking for a successor for the "Superman" series due to lack of money has already spread all over the world, and the price they expect is no secret.

2.5 billion dollars!
No 998, no 98, only 2.5 million US dollars, equivalent to about 16.5 billion yuan, can bring home the world-famous "Superman" series.

This price scares away a lot of people.

For the "Superman" series at its peak, 2.5 million US dollars is definitely worth the money. After all, there were people who joked at that time: "A billion dollars can't buy a Superman's thigh!"

But that was the peak period.

As the old saying goes, everyone has a peak period, don't take a moment for eternity!

The "Superman" series has a history of 50 years, such an old IP, and its performance is so poor, how much value is left now?
Spending so much money to buy the copyright of Superman, assuming a net profit of 500 million a year, it will take a full ten years to pay back.

Then the problem is coming.

Can the entire series of "Superman" derivatives, including peripheral derivatives, earn 500 million US dollars a year?

The answer is no!
The Superman series, which has entered the darkest hour, now has a very high global reputation, but the results are rotten, let alone 500 million a year, and it is impossible to earn 1000 million US dollars a year.

Therefore, the offer made by Weller Company directly scared away 90% of the people, and most of the remaining companies that were very interested in "Superman" had the idea of ​​taking a gamble.

Bet what?
Of course, I bet that after I win "Superman", I can bring this series back to life.

At any rate, it was a superhero anime character that was once a smash hit and enjoyed a high reputation all over the world. Although his life is hanging by a thread now, what if he can live out a second life?
There are seven animation companies, film and television companies, and even comic companies that hold this idea. Among them, apart from Wanbao, which is a Chinese company, the remaining six are local companies in North America.

Now it's interesting.

Seven companies jointly sought to purchase the copyright of the entire series of "Superman", and only Wanbao was a foreign company.As soon as this news came out, many fans of the "Superman" series became anxious.

Whoever wins it is acceptable, but it must not be sold to the people of Huaguo!

Thinking that Superman is very likely to become Huaguo Superman, and being labeled as Huaguo by Wanbao, many North American fans feel as sick as swallowing a fly.

So they organized a protest.

But this is obviously useless, the Weiler company only cares about money, no matter how much fans protest, they don't care, on the contrary, they are very happy to see the appearance of Wanbao, a spoiler.

Because other companies lack confidence in the "Superman" series, they repeatedly asked Wheeler to lower their quotations during the negotiations, and they bought it when it was cheaper.

Only Wanbao is different.

Wanbao did not raise any objection to the price, and also stated that even if the copyright is in their hands, the comics will still be handed over to the current author to create.

Look, what is sincerity?
Wanbao was so sincere that he could not only accept the offer from Wheeler, but would even continue to hire the original author to create comics, which immediately impressed Wheeler.

Even though outside fans continued to protest and various media were appealing that "Superman" must not be sold to a Huaguo animation company, the two parties still reached an agreement.

[The "Superman" dispute has settled, do you expect the Superman made by the Chinese people? 】

【Shock!Wanbao actually...]

The news that Wanbao had successfully acquired the rights to the entire series of "Superman" at a cost of US$2.5 million spread all over the world almost overnight.

Huaguo netizens cheered.

Although Wanbao's purchase of Superman's copyright can't change anything, as long as they think that Superman belongs to the Chinese people, everyone will feel happy.

On the other hand, the attitude of North American netizens is not very friendly.

Many North American fans even chanted the extreme slogans of "Boycott the comic animation of "Superman"" and "Superman is dead", calling on everyone not to buy the follow-up comics of "Superman", and not to watch the follow-up animation of "Superman" and movies and TV series.

Not to mention, the momentum is quite huge.

It's just that Gu Miao was not frightened by them, on the contrary, he even felt that this scene was indescribably funny.

Boycott Superman?Don't watch Superman?
I wondered, before Wanbao took over, you didn't support "Superman", did you?Otherwise, at that time, how could the results of the "Superman" series be so poor?
"It's just a bunch of monsters."

Gu Miao smiled, and didn't take these so-called protests to heart.

If the follow-up works of the "Superman" series are wonderful and good-looking, no matter how much you resist, you can get up. If the follow-up is also bad, does it make a difference if you resist or not?

……

Gu Miao stayed for five days.

On the afternoon of the last day, he met with George, the chairman of Mardete Comics, and talked about the acquisition of Mardete.

But this time it still didn't work.

Old man George was too greedy, perhaps because he learned that Gu Miao had just bought the copyright of the entire "Superman" series. Not only did he not lower the price, but he actually increased the price.

Are you talking about a hammer?

It's not that Gu Miao is mentally ill, how could she accept such a condition of sitting on the ground and flying back to China that night.

Perhaps it was Gu Miao's actions to fly back to China overnight, which made George, a poor old man, realize that his food looks too ugly, so the second day after Gu Miao returned to Jiangchuan, he finally let go and lowered the price.

"Tell him, I won't buy it."

Gu Miao was so angry that she said to Dave directly on the phone: "Now you are talking about sincerity with me, why did you go earlier? Just tell him that not only will Wanbao not acquire Mardete, but we will also sell Mardete in the North American market." Mardete fucked!"

After winning the copyright of "Superman", Gu Miao said this with confidence.

After all, "Superman" is a well-known anime character in the United States. If it can live a second life in the hands of Wanbao, the mere Mardete comic company can easily suppress it.

of course!

There are too many problems in the "Superman" series. Wanbao, who has just won this IP, still needs to make some adjustments to address these problems. The progress of living out the second life may not be so fast.

But then again...

Even if "Superman" can't get up for a while, it doesn't matter, after all, Wanbao Comics also has a "super popular" serial work - "Dragon Ball"!
It just so happens that the manga version of "Dragon Ball Z" is almost finished, and it is time to release the manga version of "Dragon Ball GT" to give the manga company a wave of performance.

Speaking of Dragon Ball GT...

If Gu Miao remembers correctly, this thing is not a work created by Akira Toriyama, but a sequel to "Dragon Ball Z" produced by Aunt Dong after obtaining authorization?
It's embarrassing!
Other works in the Dragon Ball series are easy to talk about, but the legitimacy of "Dragon Ball GT" needs to be verified. Whether Akira Toriyama himself approves of this thing is also a question.

　The biggest problem with GT is that there is no manga...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)