The Fantasy Entertainment Empire

Jiang Anhong had a strong desire to introduce this animation after watching "The 4.6 Billion Ensemble of Evolution".

But it's not easy.

CCTV, that is the leading TV station in China—at least in name.

However, the average price they pay for the right to broadcast an animation is around 500 to 1,000 yuan per minute.

What is this concept? For a film like "The 4.6 Billion Ensemble of Evolution", an episode of about 20 minutes long costs 20,000 yuan per episode.

To be honest, this is not even enough for a month's salary of a skilled artist in 'Dimension Entertainment'.

But this is the situation facing the animation industry more generally.

For a cartoon, no matter how low the production budget is, it is difficult to lower it to this level. If you want to make money by making animations and selling them to TV stations, then forget about closing down as soon as possible.

In the corners that the general public cannot see, a large number of animations are sold at such prices.

Even, the price they offer is already the highest in the industry. It is not uncommon for many small TV stations to buy an animation for tens of dollars a minute.

Of course, things like "Under One Man", "Full-time Master", and "Soul Street" don't count, they don't follow the path of a TV station.

The reason for this situation is that the domestic animation market for children is dominated by TV stations and driven by subsidies for domestic animation.

Animation subsidies can reach thousands of yuan per minute, which is a very attractive price for many animation manufacturers.

But if you want to get a subsidy, the usual condition is: broadcast on TV.

Only those that have been broadcast on TV stations are eligible to receive animation subsidies.

Therefore, the TV station sitting upstream is fully qualified to suppress the price.

Sometimes, let alone expecting the TV station to give money, many animation manufacturers really beg their grandparents to sue their grandma, begging the TV station to broadcast animation, and they can pay for it.

Most of the animations can't make money by selling broadcast rights, and they will even lose a lot of money. If you want to pay back, you have to rely on animation subsidies, and then make some money by selling peripherals, DVDs, and toys.

In fact, many animation manufacturers are simply produced by toy factories.

It is conceivable how the quality of this kind of animation will be.

But "Dimension Entertainment" is not such a company, and "Evolutionary 4.6 Billion Ensemble" is not such a work.

It’s only about 20 minutes in the first episode. Although it only involves cells and primitive oceans, from the perspective of an expert like Jiang Anhong, the production cost of this work is not comparable to those of small workshops.

Especially when he went to the Internet and inquired about the situation of 'Dimension Entertainment', he realized more clearly that if he wanted to take the animation subsidy, he couldn't control it.

That little money, at best, can be used to invest in the money invested in this 'Popular Science Animation Contest'. As for the production cost? forget it.

There is no way to go this way, Jiang Anhong rubbed his brows, thinking about other ways.

It's interesting to say that a few weeks ago, it was Tang Zhiqi who begged him to help secure a spot in the 'Science Popularization Contest'. As a result, now, he has to think carefully about how to get 'Dimension Entertainment' to agree to release the film to him.

Thinking about it, he probably had some ideas in his head.

"I hope to impress Dimension Entertainment..."

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The news of Dimension Entertainment making the animation "The 4.6 Billion Ensemble of Evolution" has also spread.

Multi-party video sites, smell fishy and move.

Although, once you hear the name and look at the subject matter of this film, it is definitely a niche work. However, with the gem of the animation "Special Events Task Force" ahead, it's hard to say that "4.6 Billion Ensemble" will rush.

What's more, the painting style of "4.6 Billion Ensemble" is not niche. After looking at the concept map, the beautiful style does not look like the dull science-oriented works in the impression.

Faced with many tentative offers, Ye Jiayi made an offer of 2 million yuan per episode, with a total price of 30 million yuan.

No one bought it.

Ye Jiayi didn't take it seriously either. This was originally a way to scare off opponents. She had never considered selling copyrights like before.

In the past, "Dimension Entertainment" lacked the ability to operate by itself, but now that she has taken over, it is impossible to play in such a rough way.

At present, what she is really talking about is the premiere rights of this animation. As for whether it is exclusive or not, we have to wait and see.

According to her goal, as long as the first season of "4.6 Billion Ensemble" does not hit the street, Dimension Entertainment must reap at least 20 million in revenue in the market to be considered a success.

The current network premiere rights, the price is around 500 to 8 million, still negotiating. In addition, Ye Jiayi is still discussing the model of participating in the sale of broadcasting rights plus on-demand revenue.

Of course, since you have chosen to operate independently, it is unlikely that this income will be credited quickly like selling copyright. It takes a longer time to slowly recover the cost. But there is no doubt that as long as one's own operating ability can keep up, the long-term income will definitely be more than simply selling copyright.

Regarding this, Fan Zhe didn't have any opinion, and left it to Ye Jiayi to decide.

Now the company's financial situation is very healthy, and there is no need to sell the copyright immediately to recover the money to maintain the company's operations.

That being the case, it is the best choice to take a long line to catch big fish and maximize the commercial profit of a work as much as possible.

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And at this time, it's time to award the 'Popular Science Animation Contest' held in Shanghai.

Half a month ago, the organizer of the competition issued a notice, saying that it would deliver the work for the competition organizer to judge.

At that time, "4.6 Billion Ensemble" was far from finished.

However, in the rules and regulations of the 'competition', one item is clearly stated-companies participating in the competition need to submit at least a 100-minute film, which will be submitted to the committee for viewing and evaluation.

With a content of 100 minutes, there is no need to finish the whole film, which is about five episodes. Taking a little bit of man-hours, Dimension Entertainment successfully completed the production of the first five episodes of the trial.

At this moment, in a venue in Shanghai, the 'Popular Science Animation Contest' is in progress. On the red carpet of the stage, several hosts invited from nowhere were announcing the rankings one by one.

The Excellence Awards have been announced, and the rest are the top three.

There is no difference between the second and third places, which can be ignored, but the first place name is the most important.

After the announcement of the third place, among the shortlisted works on the field, only the works of 'Ming Animation' and 'Dimension Entertainment' were left, and they had not been mentioned yet.