"I have told everyone from the very beginning that the purpose of my entering the animation industry and founding Shanhai Animation and other related studios is not to share a piece of the animation market with popularity, but to communicate with more practitioners. Make the cake bigger."
Meng Fan took a sip of water and continued: "I spend 10 million yuan every year to host the Shanhai Animation Awards, the purpose is to help Huaxia Animation develop better and faster, increase the influence of the industry, increase the income of practitioners, and prosper the entire industry. This ten million will be used to reward outstanding practitioners, including manga authors, original artists, directors, screenwriters, voice actors, anime singers and musicians, and practitioners in various positions."
"My preliminary idea is to set up several awards, with a certain number of people for each award, and there are two ways to win awards. One is to vote purely by popularity, and the other is to recommend people in the industry. The distribution of the prize money will be based on the actual situation. In short, all 10 million and the amount of possible sponsorship will be allotted!"
"The sponsorship I'm talking about here can be free sponsorship, that is, people in the industry or from all walks of life who want to contribute to China Animation can sponsor; there is another kind of paid sponsorship, to put it bluntly, it is the sponsorship of related companies and other units. I can give you advertising space during the event, and even if you sponsor a lot, the name Shanhai Animation Award can also be your name!"
"I have to make a statement here. I am going to set up a fund to help low-income people in the animation industry and provide them with a guarantee of life in creation! If the sponsorship amount exceeds a certain amount, for example, 10 million, that is, the total bonus will be two yuan. Ten million, I will remit the extra part to this fund."
"Of course, all of this is based on the premise that you trust me. To be honest, I was still hesitant to tell you about sponsorship and funds now. After all, from some perspectives, I am suspected of forcing donations But when I think about it carefully, Huaxia Animation is not my business alone. I am famous, capable, and willing to contribute to Huaxia Animation within my ability, but I can’t do it alone. I still have to work together. In addition, I think that among all of you here, and among the people who may see this passage in the future, there must be people who want to contribute to China Animation, but they have not found a suitable opportunity and a trustworthy organization. Come out. Even if a hundred people say that I am trying to gain fame or even pretend to be strong, but there is one person who is willing to stand with me, it is worth it.”
Meng Fan didn't say these words out of emotion, but after thinking about it for a while, there is a "God of Wealth" achievement task that comes second, but he really wants to do something for Huaxia Animation. I used to want to do it because my ability was limited, but now I have the ability, popularity and money, so I took advantage of the press conference (live broadcast) of "Spirit Underground" to announce it.
The Shanhai Animation Award imitates the animation awards and film and TV festivals over at Neon, and plans to create an awards ceremony. In addition to honors, the rewards are real cash rewards. The money was provided by Meng Fan himself. Apart from promoting Shanhai Animation Studio and "Shanhai Stranger" with Shanhai's name, the main reason is that the name is quite domineering.
The fund used to help low-income people in the animation industry was Meng Fan's idea recently, and it can be regarded as a complementary role with the Shanhai Animation Award. The latter is used to build heights, and the former is used to lay foundations. In an industry, it is very healthy for the group at the top of the pyramid to make money, and it needs the lower level to have a good living and creative environment, otherwise it will collapse sooner or later.
Of course, this fund definitely needs to hire professionals to take care of it and follow formal procedures and be transparent. Meng Fan doesn't want to do bad things with good intentions and have some disgusting things happen.
Meng Fan is currently planning to spend 10 million yuan to get this fund, and try it for a year or half a year to see the effect.
In addition, in addition to the two "10 million", Meng Fan also plans to use 10 million to set up an animation scholarship to reward and help students who study animation. If this is the case, Meng Fan must come alone. If it fails, you need to discuss with the teachers and leaders of the Academy of Fine Arts. In an industry, the power of academics can never be ignored or ignored.
After the broadcast, Meng Fan posted three consecutive messages on the scarf to ask them to comment and leave relevant suggestions and opinions. Some people may think that he is a little messed up, but he is serious, and he really wants to hear the most popular ideas, and some people are willing to come and chat with him for three days and three nights without a break. Maybe there are some in the message area. There are not many words about nutrition, but there will definitely be.
In an industry, the top has status, the middle has hope, the bottom has food and dignity, and reserves talent. In Meng Fan's view, this is the most direct manifestation of the health and prosperity of an industry.
For the upper and middle levels, what Meng Fan can do is to add icing on the cake, and the main purpose and energy will still be on the low-income people in the industry and reserve talents. As for himself, belonging to the upper class, all he can do is to raise the ceiling, although maybe in a way that is not all related to comics.
After updating the scarf, Meng Fan contacted Tao Dongli and Hu Yijing.
If you want to hold an event like the "Shanhai Animation Award", and run it smoothly, you still need someone inside, and Tao Dongli can give Meng Fan the most direct help in this regard. This is a good thing, and Tao Dongli will naturally not refuse, even if there may be some "criticism" of personal friendship.
As for the establishment of a fund, you still have to discuss it with Hu Yijing first. Although she is not an animation practitioner, she will know more about this than those in the studio. At least she can give some advice on the direction. Who should I turn to? What to do, let Meng Fan have a clearer understanding.
Hu Yijing came the next day. After chatting, she helped Meng Fan contact a professional who is good at managing funds through several layers of relationships. She made an appointment to meet and chat in detail to see if she could help build a team. As for animation There is no shortage of resources on Meng Fan's side for professionals who need it. No matter how Meng Fan is sure about this matter, Penguin Animation and Station 8 will help.
In the afternoon, Meng Fan asked Qin Geng to find the dean of the School of Media and Animation of the Academy of Fine Arts. The dean was of course happy when he heard that Meng Fan wanted to spend 10 million yuan a year to set up a student scholarship. The head of the department held a two-hour meeting with Meng Fan and Gentiana Qin to finalize the general content and direction, and then slowly improve and come up with the final plan in the next period of time.
The general content is to attract art students to choose animation major, solve the practical difficulties of some students, create a more creative learning environment, and reward outstanding students