My Animation Era

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 large and the company is 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, a popular animated character, or a two-dimensional scene that has appeared in an animation.

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

Speaking of Kyoani Studio, as an animation studio that has just transformed, they used to do outsourcing orders for people. To put it bluntly, they just paid for things. How could they accumulate assets?

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

Therefore, Kyoani Studio is not valuable. After all, there are too few things to get out of it. If you have to say it, the value of the employees is higher than the value of the company.

"The office space is rented, the equipment is not valuable, the data and files are not valuable, and there are not many employees who have great experience..."

At the end of the conversation, Seto was a little speechless and said: "There are a lot of small workshops and teams like this in the industry, so what's the use of buying them?"

Don’t waste your money!

From Seto's point of view, this so-called Kyoani Studio was absolutely useless. Mr. Gu didn't know why he was so crazy that he wanted to buy the team back.

Isn't it?

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

"Okay, no need to persuade."

Gu Miao understood Seto's good intentions, but still stubbornly said: "You said it yourself, it doesn't cost much to buy such a small team, just think of it as the company expanding to recruit a new group of people!"

"What if the other party doesn't want to sell?"

"There is no saying whether you are willing to sell or not, only whether the price is appropriate. Everything that is not for sale means that the price is not enough."

Gu Miao said with a smile: "Besides, if the other party really doesn't give us face, and the lion bites us, wouldn't you just dig in and poach people directly?"

A non-compete agreement? !

Stop being ridiculous, did you know that a non-competition agreement requires compensation from the employer? Not everyone is qualified to sign a non-competition agreement, at least for a small team like this, this problem doesn’t exist.

As long as Wanbao doesn't follow martial ethics and is willing to go poaching, these small teams can be dismembered in minutes, leaving only the boss alone.

As the old saying goes, be polite before fighting.

It would be best if we could negotiate with Heqi and let Kyoani Studio collectively join Wanbao. Gu Miao didn't want to poach people randomly unless necessary.

Because they spend a lot of money to poach people, it’s okay to say that they are poaching a big deal. But if they poach a bastard who is just pretending to be a good person, it will easily cause dissatisfaction among other employees and destroy the company’s salary balance and team atmosphere.

Gu Miao set his sights on Kyoani Studio, partly because the animation "Hyouka" did allow him to see a hint of Kyoani.

On the other hand, Wanbao Neon Division is indeed short of people, and many of its projects are facing the pain point of tight manpower.

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"Kyoani? I'm familiar with 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 them.

To be precise, they are alumni.

Koizumi had known the president of Kyoani Studio before, and even asked Kyoani for outsourcing during the production of his Sengoku-themed animation that hit the street.

"Is there such a thing?"

Gu Miao also didn't expect that Xiaoquan actually knew President Kyoani, which made him sigh that Neon was so small, and all he saw around him were familiar people.

"Is it strange that Koizumi knows President Kyoani? Neon is only the size of our province and they are in the same industry. The companies used to be close to each other. It is strange that we don't know each other, right?"

Ma Kui said with a speechless face: "I want to know more than this. You transferred Xiaoquan to Neon as a lobbyist. What should I do here?"

Mr. Gu is so despicable.

Originally, the production progress of the animation "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was very slow, and many aspects required negotiation and communication between him and Koizumi.

Well, now, Koizumi was temporarily transferred to Neon as a lobbyist, and the animation "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" production team suddenly lost a pillar...

"What are you in a hurry for?"

Gu Miao glanced at Ma Kui and cursed angrily: "Xiaoquan is only gone for two days, it's not like he won't come back. What? Without Xiaoquan, you won't be able to do animation?"

Who is the real director?

Obviously Koizumi is just a foreign assistant director, and Ma Kui is the talker of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" production team. But Gu Miao always felt that Koizumi had more say than Ma Kui, a real director.

There are even times when Maguire can't make up his mind and needs Koizumi to help him make a decision.

Is this being ignored?

In ancient times, there was a saying about a puppet emperor, but the animation production team of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" also had a puppet director, right?

"How should I put it... It's a bit outrageous to say that I have been sidelined, but I am indeed taking the initiative to delegate power to Xiaoquan!"

Ma Kui said with embarrassment: "Let professionals do professional things. Since Koizumi has the talent and ambition, let him be the main force and I will be responsible for the logistics. It doesn't matter."

"It's a good thing that you are self-aware, but you can't let Xiaoquan lead you by the nose. You must distinguish who is the big king!"

Gu Miao frowned and reprimanded: "Do you dare to promise me that what Xiaoquan did is definitely correct? If you can't guarantee it, then you can't follow him in everything."

To be fair, since Koizumi joined the production team of "The 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 that the director of the animated "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is Ma Kui, not Koizumi.

If Koizumi is doing his best throughout the whole process of this animation, and Ma Kui is only responsible for waving the flag and cheering, then why not just promote Koizumi to the chief director? What is the use of keeping Ma Kui?

"Besides, in two days there will be leaders coming to inspect. When you introduce the animation of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to others, no foreigner can explain it clearly. Isn't that embarrassing?"

"Leader inspection?"

"That's right! Director Wang just informed me that a senior leader is very interested in our "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" animation and will take a look when passing 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 Xiao Quan away?

Did the acquisition of Kyoani Studio really require an acquaintance as a lobbyist? Without Koizumi's matchmaking, the matter would not have been negotiated?

impossible!

The reason why Koizumi was asked to be the lobbyist was not to get rid of him, but also to prevent the leaders from having bad associations or misunderstandings when they saw Koizumi, a foreigner, in the production team.