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201. Ultraman's broadcast rights

After coming out of Sega, Su Budong bought a plane ticket for tomorrow. He didn't go there for the rest of the time. When he passed by a toy store, he saw an Ultraman's toy in a conspicuous position on the counter. He slapped his thigh and said, "Go to Asahi TV to buy Ultraman's broadcast rights!"

In 1986, Ultraman was born 20 years ago. This live-action special drama born in 1966 is also called "Showao". Now, it has been 6 years since Ultraman Eddie's birth, and there are still 3 years before the birth of the Three Heisei. In the middle, it happens to be a bottleneck period for Ultraman's filming drama.

At this time, I went to Tsuburaya Co., Ltd., and it was time for me.

I took a taxi all the way to the headquarters of Tsunya Co., Ltd. in Shibuya District. After explaining the purpose of the trip, the front desk staff looked at Su Budong with an incredible look. Is this guy who claims to be coming to buy the right to broadcast the TV station the famous person in charge of Zhanlong?

Soon, President Tubaya Gao, the second son of Ultra's father Eiji Tubaya, came out to receive him.

"Mr. Su, I have long admired Daqie." Tsunya Gao said with a smile. It is said that anime and games are not separated. Not long ago, Su Budong won four major awards in the Tokyo Game Awards not only spread in the game industry, but also in the animation industry, he also heard about his daqie and Zhanlong.

"I came here without any invitation today, and it was also a risk, but I came to do business." Su Budong said.

"Oh, you said you want to buy Ultraman's broadcasting rights on TV, right? Where to broadcast it?"

"This is exactly what I want to come. I want to play Ultraman in China after I buy it."

"Mr. Su, that's right. Our current Ultraman broadcast rights are 1 million yen per episode. Here is the picture album. I don't know which Ultraman you want to buy."

Subodong didn't read the Ultra Alt album. Showa O was so familiar to him. He smiled and said, "Mr. Tsunya, I came here to buy the copyright. One million yen per episode is too expensive, right?"

Tsunya Gakuen said: "To be honest, twenty years ago, the cost of filming an Ultraman episode would cost about 600,000 yen. That was the case when prices had not depreciated at that time, and the cost now was even higher. 1 million yen is equivalent to 10,000 yuan. This money is nothing to Mr. Subudong, right?"

"No, it's very expensive. I'll do some calculations for you. Now the annual per capita income of Chinese employees is only 800 yuan, which is only a few dozen yuan per month. Their children can spend less on entertainment. And China now has an average cost of buying one TV series in an average of only 1,000 yuan. I buy it for 10,000 yuan per episode. Each provincial TV station comes to me to buy the broadcast rights, and it takes more than 10 provincial TV stations to buy me to make money. Isn't it good for me to work hard to make games? Is it thankless to work hard?" Su Budong said.

"What do you mean?" asked Tsunya Gao.

"I don't cheat you either. From the first Ultraman to Ultraman Eddy, I sold me 100 million yen in packages and authorized my exclusive broadcast rights in China for 10 years. It means I spent money and helped your company cultivate audience in China. What do you think?" Subodong opened his mouth and cut the price half. From the first Ultraman to Ultraman Eddy, Tsunya shot a total of 7 Ultraman episodes, which combined with a total length of more than 300 episodes. Subodong bought more than 300 episodes at the cost of 100 million yen, which is equivalent to more than 4,000 yuan per episode. He obviously took advantage, but he still had to think about it for the other party.

"I don't understand, Mr. Su, why did you think of buying Ultraman's copyright to go to China?" Tsunya Gao didn't mind the other party's statement, because this really touched him. After all, everyone in business knows that children's money is easy to make, especially after having a fan base.

"Because everyone has a childhood, I can't have no Ultraman in my childhood."

"You are really a fan of Ultraman." To be honest, Tsunya Gakuen did not expect that the rising star of the Japanese gaming industry today would actually say that Ultraman could not be without Ultraman in his childhood. As a descendant of Tsunya Eiji who has the most affection for Ultraman, it is impossible to say that it is not touched in his heart without any touch.

Su Budong actually didn't think so much about it. The first special drama he watched when he was a child was "Dinosaur Special Express". The line: "Human cannon, first-level preparation.Human cannon, second-level preparation.Human cannon, fire!!" "Human cannon, come to report." It almost affected their generation.

There was even a nursery rhyme at that time: "I am Ksai, and I came to buy vegetables. Potatoes are 50 cents, vegetables are one piece. I don't sell them, and I bid for two yuan. I don't sell them for two yuan. I don't sell them for two yuan. I kicked and kicked. Ksai's fart shook the world. When the shaking shocked the Cretaceous period, the dinosaurs in the Cretaceous period were jumping on the thunderbolt."

The children's favorite cartoons also include Kesai's foreign paintings, which were treasured at that time.

But when Su Budong grew up a little longer, he found that there were special film dramas like Ultraman in this world, such fun giant stories, and he could even fight monsters. This made Su Budong very much like it.

But unlike the children in big cities who have rich Japanese animation resources, the TV station in the third-tier city where Subudong is not rich enough to buy Ultraman's broadcast rights. So Subudong has always heard about Ultraman in other people's mouths until he first watched it, when he was 10 years old, and he was watching the last Ultraman in Showa - Ultraman Eddy. The friends around him no longer have the mood of Ultraman fighting against small monsters. He often sees children on the roadside playing games similar to scissors and stone cloth, but this game has become wave-defense-attack. He has stopped for a long time and doesn't know who beats who.

Later, when Tiga was broadcast, it was already in the 21st century. At that time, Subudong had long stopped watching Ultraman, but turned to watching the animal world in Japan.

After living for a lifetime, Su Budong wanted to make up for the regrets in his heart and let more children get in touch with Ultraman as soon as possible. He wanted the children in China to discover a wider and fantastic world earlier and make their imagination richer and more full. There is no need to guard the TV station like he was like at that time, watching Ultraman Eddie over and over again.

Looking at Su Budong's eyes, Tsunya Gakuen nodded: "I understand that this is a win-win situation. I'll call now. If it works, I want to sign a contract with you."

"Hey, wait, I bought so many episodes of you, will your Tsunya Club no longer buy anything?"

Tsunya Gao: "..." As you said so much, you are waiting for me here? You said, "Why are you so stingy, the general manager of Zhanlong Company? It's fine if you spend less than half of the money to buy a full set of Ultraman playback rights, but you still want us to get something. Why are you thinking so beautiful?

"I know this condition makes you a little embarrassed, but it doesn't matter. I want your company to take advantage of "Dinosaur Express". I wonder if you can agree to this humble condition?"

Still humble conditions? The touching brought by what Su Budong said just now has dissipated. "Dinosaur Express KS" was broadcast in the 1970s and was not well received in Japan when it was released. Gao Tsunya didn't understand why Su Budong insisted on using this special photo.

"This is also my childhood." The childhood in Su Budong's mouth and the childhood that Tsunya Gao understood were not the same era, but this did not prevent Tsunya Gao from having a sudden expression.

"So that's it, so the cooperation is so pleasant, Su Jun."
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