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It’s the beginning of school again!

At the age of seven, Xiao Tao finally left kindergarten and entered elementary school, becoming a glorious Young Pioneer.

The red scarf on the chest is particularly bright!

Because it was difficult to reveal their identity, Meng Lang and Tao Mi did not send him to Pengda Primary School in person to witness their son's first lesson.

But he's not alone.

The kindergarten that Xiaotao attends belongs to PD Group, and the parents of many classmates are employees of PD Group and Big Bird Group.

This also leads to...

The children who were promoted to Pengda Primary School were almost from the same batch. Xiaotao saw all familiar faces, so there was no problem of integrating into the new environment.

The only thing that has changed is the system!

Elementary school is no better than kindergarten, and Xiao Tao is not used to all kinds of restrictions.

But he must get used to it!

His parents, who had always been gentle and tolerant, suddenly became strangers when he entered elementary school. Not only is he required to go to bed early and get up early, but he is also required to check his study status regularly.

Even grandparents, grandparents and others are also very concerned about achievement.

I don't want to study...

If you don't read, will you become illiterate?

Meng Lang, who had finally found time to help his son with his homework, saw his attitude and immediately became furious and said, I'm telling you, if you don't know all these pinyin today, don't even think about going to bed!

I know……

Then how do you pronounce this?

Pop Touch Buddha...I forgot!

Are you the memory of a fish?

Meng Lang couldn't help but reached out and took out his belt and asked, Have you remembered? I haven't remembered. Let me help you think about it?

I remembered!

Children are like this. All they can think about is playing. If you don’t put some pressure on them, how can they learn knowledge?

Meng Lang is rather vulgar.

He doesn't know anything about happy learning methods or quantum reading methods. He only knows methods such as filial sons emerge from under sticks and fried meat with bamboo shoots.

Not to mention, it works!

As the saying goes, if your butt is swollen, you will understand everything in the textbook. In addition, primary school knowledge is simple, so it is easy to tutor.

Not even in middle school!

After so many years of graduation, the knowledge I have learned has long been returned to the teacher. It was okay for Meng Lang to tutor primary school students, but it would be too difficult for him to tutor middle school students.

Children's education is a top priority.

Only if there are no problems in this area can Meng Lang have time and energy to solve problems at work.

Actually, it's nothing...

Just as Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders VS Overhaul is in theaters, apart from keeping an eye on the box office trends, his only other jobs are Hotboy: Forbidden City and Zero Movie!

The top of the Forbidden City is easy to say!

After all, this series has already been filmed with N works and accumulated rich experience, so there is no need to worry too much.

The Zero movie is more troublesome!

This theatrical version, as the sequel to Legend of the Super Galaxy, is the story after Zero defeated Beria. In order to introduce the Mirror Knight, Red Lotus Flame, James Bert and others, the story takes place in another universe.

A question was born!

The original version gathered the power of the entire Kingdom of Light to barely send a racing rabbit across the parallel universe.

This makes sense, after all, at this time, the ability to travel between different worlds has not yet become a standard skill.

But the streets behind it are terrible!

Meng Lang is faced with a choice: should he maintain his strong ability to travel through different universes and prevent him from getting into trouble, or should he lower the difficulty and facilitate cross-universe linkage?

Lower the difficulty!

Meng Lang decided to lower the difficulty without much thought.

When Sai Rabbit goes to other universes, he no longer needs to gather the power of the entire Kingdom of Light, he can just use the plasma spark tower!

Mainly to facilitate linkage!

If traveling through parallel universes is too difficult, how can we produce works such as Ten Warriors and Eight Brothers? For example, how can Ultraman from different universes such as Tiga and Xiaonai interact with the Kingdom of Light?

What? Can the settings be edited?

This is indeed true!

If there is a linkage, you can create a new setting to bring together Ultraman from these different worlds.

But the audience will complain!

In the past, gathering the power of the entire Kingdom of Light could only send Zero through alone. How about now, just wear it casually?

The settings conflict with each other!

In order to avoid this situation, we might as well lay the groundwork now to reduce the difficulty of traveling through different universes. In this way, the audience will not be able to complain after traveling through bad streets in the later stage.

Traveling through time is a trivial matter!

As for the plot setting, even if it is all added up, it is not a difficult problem.

The main problem that gave Meng Lang a headache and found it difficult was the special effects.

Super Decisive Battle! Beria Galaxy Empire inherits the advantages of Super Galaxy Legend, there are as many big scenes as ever, and it burns a lot of money.

Just after the financial crisis!

Even if PD survives the crisis, he still won't be able to spare much money. At this time, the pressure of filming such a gorgeous special effects theatrical version is self-evident.

It’s not that Mengzi can’t get the money!

He has this money!

The problem is that the financial crisis has just passed and the market has not fully recovered. It would be terrible if this huge investment suffered a loss.

No one can guarantee that Beria Galactic Empire will definitely make money!

That's why he feels embarrassed.

But it's a dilemma. This theatrical version is related to the subsequent Zero TV drama, so it won't work if we don't film it.

Meng Lang gritted his teeth and approved the project.

fortunately!

The recently established TCA rating and appraisal agency has earned him a lot of handling fees. Even if the movie really loses money, it won't be a big deal.

In addition to TCA, there are also trendy toys!

This is a brand new product launched by PD Toys, Lebao Toys and Lego Toys to resist risks during the financial crisis.

Chaowan is the abbreviation of trendy toys!

There is no clear standard for a specific definition. But in terms of market division, it can be defined as Art Toy or Designer Toy.

This is a very fresh word!

Because the circle is niche and not well-known, many people may have never been exposed to trendy toys in their lives. But this does not affect the market value of Chaowan.

There is a big difference between trendy toys and ordinary figures/dolls.

It is not an IP derivative, but an artist derivative. In the field of trendy toys, the value of IP may not be as good as the designer’s reputation.

for example!

For ordinary hand-made dolls, consumers are more inclined to buy the IP they like. For example, if I like Izumi Sagiri, then I will buy a Sagiri figure, and I will not care who the prototype artist is.

But fashionable play is different...

Consumers don’t care about IP. They are more inclined to buy the designer’s works they like and the stories behind the works.

These are two different concepts!

Figures are IP\u003eprototype artist!

Chaowan is artist \u003e IP, it doesn’t even matter what the IP is...

The history of trendy toys is not that old!

It can be traced back to the 1990s. It was started by imitating the Lego minifigure and made a little bear, which was sold in a blind box. Many artists with great achievements in the art field were invited to create original works around this bear.

Then slowly form a brand effect!

actually……

Meng Lang didn't understand the meaning of trendy play, let alone why its value was so high, but that didn't stop him from making money with it.

Maybe the trendy toys of the past did have a certain value and significance.

But since entering the new era and starting to play with hype and blind boxes, Meng Lang felt that this product had deteriorated and became more and more like an IQ tax.

The material and workmanship are almost the same as those of the figures!

There is no IP premium value carried by the figure. If you just make up a story and talk about art, trends, personality and other topics, the price will go up. It is even more expensive than the figure.

perhaps……

This is art!

Not to mention, trendy games are quite profitable!

The premium is too high. The profit from selling one is worth several figures of the same workmanship and material.

The key is, it sells well...

The sales volume of the first batch of trendy toys almost exceeded 100,000 copies. The reason why it did not exceed 100,000 copies was mainly because the production capacity could not keep up.

The market is looking good!

There are indeed many people willing to pay for stories about art and trends, and they are not short of money.

This is like bags made of the same material. The donkey brand sells for five digits and is in short supply, while ordinary brands are priced at four digits. They are also criticized for IQ taxes and cannot be sold.

The same goes for trendy toys!

certainly!

Even if he doubted the value of this thing, Meng Lang would not say it himself. On the contrary, he must support the so-called artistic value and trend culture to encourage more people to buy it.

After all, he still has a family to support!

The launch of Chaowan not only made PD Toys, Lego Toys and Lebao Toys a huge profit, but also allowed many scalpers who were deeply in the unemployment crisis to smell business opportunities.

seem……

Can this thing be fried?

Sneakers can be sold, so why can’t toys? If you insist on saying this is a children's toy, then let me tell you, this is an art toy!

Art! trend!

understand?

PD did not expect the entry of scalpers.

This is not their fault. After all, no one expected that someone would speculate on toys to make profits and earn millions a month.

To be honest, Mengzi is envious!

But envy is envy, and if he is asked to take action to punish scalpers and resell the party at a higher price, then he really can't control it.

I can't control it!

There are many second-hand toy trading platforms and a wide range of channels. How do you distinguish who is a scalper and who is an ordinary seller?

What's more, why crack down on scalpers? They help hype up prices, don’t they just give PD room to raise prices? By the way, he also took the blame!

A win-win situation!

Trendy games may not last long. After all, they are products that rely on hype. If they really want to be successful, they must engage in IP operations.

As for IP operations...

After the completion of Super Star God and Fantasy Star God, PD Film and Television, including major overseas branches, has not had a new IP for a long time.

They are all sequels to old IPs!

This puts Chen Huan, the current PD president, into an extremely embarrassing situation. No new IP is born, and he is always making sequels and resting on his laurels. This cannot continue.

No matter how rich your family is, you can't just sit back and have nothing!

When these old IPs become obsolete one by one and the children don't like them anymore, and they can't come up with new IPs to replace them, isn't it doomed?

Therefore!

In the new year, he formulated an extremely risky plan to focus all resources on the Superhero series.

The stakes are a full $10 billion!

This money is not paid out in one go, but in five installments, with US$2 billion allocated each year, collectively known as the Superhero Five-Year Development Plan.

2030-2035!

Long cycle, grand plans, unclear goals, and unreliable profitability.

To be honest, quite adventurous!

The superhero series originated from the American Comics series created by Meng Lang, and was later integrated into the Chinese classical mythological hero system. Projects include Iron Man, Spider-Man, Superman and The Monkey King, etc.

All in all, a hodgepodge!

Originally, he did this just to support the PD film business, so as to avoid being criticized for the fact that the PD TV series is awesome and the live-action movies are too bad.

As a result, the Iron Man and Spider-Man movies became huge hits, and Chen Huan sensed business opportunities.

His intuition was right!

This series can indeed make money, but the risk is relatively high. After all, in this time and space, there are no so-called superhero comics.

So Meng Lang made a suggestion.

It is okay to increase investment and tilt resources, but stud is not necessary. And before the plan is implemented, you can first develop superhero comics or novels to cultivate a fan base.

Chen Huan accepted the suggestion.

Therefore, under his instruction, PD Comics received a large amount of funding and successively launched several superhero themed comics.

Let this matter come to an end first.

Until comics/novels have not had enough influence and cultivated enough fans, do not consider superhero series for the time being.

As for the new IP?

Stealing dreams...ah! Isn't it the top of the Forbidden City?

What kind of new IP is this?

Ma Teng said disdainfully: The title of the show is Fire Power Boy King. Even a fool can tell that this is the sequel to Fire Power Boy King!

At first, I had the same idea as you!

Meng Lang chuckled and said, But now, I have changed my mind! I have a sample video here, do you want to see it?

What catches your eyes……

Ma Teng said he didn't want to watch it. He was busy introducing Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders VS Overhaul Card to China. How could he have time to watch this?

What’s so cool about a broken yo-yo? How embarrassing was the original Huolinshiwang? Wouldn't it be embarrassing to have another remake of Forbidden City?

But Mr. Meng forced him to look.

In desperation, Ma Teng had no choice but to put down the documents in his hand and accompany Mr. Meng to the screening room.

The demo is short, only seven minutes!

There is not even a title, the opening is the Jiangchuan City YOYO Competition competition.

The protagonist Jiang Xiaoran makes his debut.

Seeing this, Ma Teng's expression didn't change much. Because all this was within his expectation, he also guessed what would happen next.

It was nothing more than Jiang Xiaoran's superb skills that conquered all the judges and Mr. Meng in front of the screen.

What a fuss!

Ma Teng would like to ask Mr. Meng, you have watched so many Yo-Yo competitions, are you still shocked by this kind of skill?

It shouldn’t be!

If you have never seen a real-life yo-yo game, just be shocked by this magical skill. Now that you have seen it, why are you still making such a fuss?

Before he could figure it out, Jiang Xiaoran started to perform!

He raised his right hand and the yo-yo shot up into the air...

Damn it!

It really broke through the air!

An ice dragon with scales flashing with cold light and hair and whiskers clearly visible followed the trajectory of the yo-yo and roared out cold air, freezing the entire venue.

The judges were so cold that they backed away.

Ah this...this...

Ma Teng stammered, confused as to whether he was playing with a yo-yo or releasing forbidden ice magic.

Why are you so bluffing?

The funeral is over, it's a bit hasty. Maybe many relatives have to go back to work after celebrating the fifth and sixth day of the lunar month. Updates will resume tomorrow.