Chapter 139: Station C and Exclusive Online Broadcasting Rights
"Amamiya-sensei, look..." Akira said with a smile as he showed Ren the latest episode of "Edgerunners".
Ren observed the tenth episode of "Edgerunners", which was exactly the same as the previous one, except for the theme song, and nodded with satisfaction.
"The degree of completion and the impact are very strong, and the music here is very good...", Akira said with great emotion: "I really didn't expect Amamiya-sensei's English song, which sounded merely... a little pleasant, to be so appropriate here...".
As the music played, David's past memories resurfaced, and then he died and left the stage.
Then, the background music suddenly stopped with Lucy's trip to the moon.
And when David's illusion in Lucy's eyes suddenly disappeared with a smile, the climax sounded again...
It was truly... heartbreaking to listen to!
"Yes, it's very good."
Ren was also quite satisfied. The production level was exactly the same as in his previous life. It's absolutely stable!
As for the part where V appears in the afterlife bar and toasts David, it was also good.
However, the importance of this section is to promote the game together, so, even if there are problems, they are not serious.
"Next, we have reached a preliminary exclusive broadcast agreement with the children's animation television network. The condition is that "Edgerunners" will broadcast one episode of Edgerunners at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday night during prime time, for ten consecutive weeks."
Akira smiled and said: "Just wait until they see the full version of "Edgerunners" and then decide to sign the contract."
But even though he said it, he was completely confident.
The animation of "Edgerunners" is a high-quality work in terms of plot and fluidity.
The other party is not blind; there will be no problems.
Speaking of this, Ren almost forgot.
Due to the era of the parallel world, the internet has not yet become popular enough to occupy the living space of television and traditional media in the future.
Therefore, the animation broadcasting platform currently focuses mainly on television networks.
And it airs during prime time. Saturdays and Sundays are when adults and children are on vacation.
And at 6:30 p.m., practically everyone is already having dinner or finishing dinner.
This schedule is usually prime time. This situation is really very good.
It's understandable.
And the decision on where to broadcast is also made by Trigger Studios.
Ren can give his opinion on animation production, but he cannot interfere with others' decisions.
Although he cannot interfere,
he has an idea...
"Director Sato."
Ren asked: "Does your company have any idea of publishing "Edgerunners" online?"
"Online?" Akira nodded. Indeed, the internet is fundamental.
While the development of the internet in this era has not yet occupied the living space of television networks and traditional media, it is undoubtedly an undeniable presence.
For example, the video website of the time, Yuutube.com, has become the surprise of the moment thanks to its impressive ranking on the popularity charts.
Therefore, the internet is still an important resource today.
But ten years later, no one could have imagined that the internet would leave no room for television networks and traditional media.
Video websites, online media, and short video platforms, three giants, directly swept away television networks and traditional media.
The combination of immediacy, timeliness, and freshness directly brought down the veterans who "are still playing with tradition in this era" without any moral principles, and even their graves were desecrated.
"Well, then I'll go see if they have any ideas at Yuutube.com," Akira said. "After all the episodes of Edgerunners premiere on television, they will simultaneously premiere on Yuutube.com."
"No, no, no."
Ren extended a finger and said: "If possible, I think it would be better if all ten episodes of Edgerunners premiered online at once..."
"Premiere them all?!"
Akira was surprised. "But that wouldn't be good. The television network probably wouldn't agree."
"I think the internet is the top priority, and they haven't reached an agreement with the television network yet. They can lower the cooperation terms and then broadcast it traditionally on television," Ren said. "But... in my opinion, Edgerunners is not suitable for episode-by-episode broadcasting."
"Director Sato, think about it: the story of Edgerunners is destined to be tragic, and anyone with a discerning eye will discover that tragedy is inevitable after watching the subsequent episodes. If an episode is released every week, the emotion of the previous ones will be diluted over time, and the later ending will not be as impactful."
Ren said: "So I think it's better to release it all at once, so the impact is greater."
"But..."
It was obvious that Akira was not easy to convince. He frowned and kept thinking about the pros and cons.
At that moment, Ren sighed: "What do you think? My friend and I created a website and planned to use the traffic from "Edgerunners" to drive it. How about we pay for the online broadcasting rights of "Edgerunners"?"
Ren proposed to Sakura the idea of creating a two-dimensional website and planned to test it soon.
Her name is Sakura. Ren thought about it and suggested a more two-dimensional name: "Cilicili", also known as Station C.
He planned to invest his own money to drive traffic to Sakura. Anyway, he is not short on money now and has invested in Station C with technology and supercomputers, which are also his part.
Technology is the part with which he helped solve Mio's problem at first, and there is also a supercomputer exchanged from the System, which served as Station C's original server.
So he still retains some original shares.
Not many, only 50%.
Sakura, who paid the money, only owns 30% of the original shares, and the remaining 20% is equally divided among the other eight people in the creative team.
It could be said that half of Station C belongs to him.
"Amamiya-sensei, did you make a website?" Akira asked curiously.
"Yes, I made it with my friends, focusing on the two-dimensional aspect."
Ren replied: "Let's do it, we'll talk about it with the lawyer who was present at that time."
But even as he said that, time passed quickly.
Ren reached an agreement with Trigger Studios and bought the online copyright for the "Edgerunners" animation at a fairly good price.
However, Trigger Studios is still conscientious. Knowing that it was the original author, Ren, who came forward, they did not ask for an exorbitant price, but a slightly higher one than the television network, and then signed the contract.
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