Chapter 50

Before meeting Jin Hyun-tae in person, Annie could only understand him through the textual information she had gathered and the surveillance cameras.

But these were not helpful in truly understanding a person.

And when Annie really got close to Jin Hyun-tae and "lived with him," she discovered his strengths.

Although she had only "been with him" for two days, it was enough for Annie to understand some things.

He had a good cooking skill, especially in making Chinese-style dishes.

His personality was not showy, more mature and steady than his peers, without the restlessness of a teenager, making it feel as if there was no generation gap when with him.

He cared about the family and the child... but he was not without flaws.

In just two short days, Annie had already discovered many strengths and weaknesses in Jin Hyun-tae. The strengths were what she greatly admired, and even the weaknesses seemed trivial to her.

For example, he did not like going out to play and preferred staying at home.

His personality was somewhat rigid, to put it bluntly, a bit like a little old man.

These were Jin Hyun-tae's flaws.

But such flaws made Annie find him quite cute.

Anyway, after interacting with Jin Hyun-tae, Annie felt very comfortable communicating with him, without any pressure or generation gap, feeling at ease and relaxed. Wasn't that enough?

And now, Annie had discovered another strength Jin Hyun-tae inadvertently showed: his keen business acumen, clearly indicating he had the potential to be a good businessman.

As for the political talent he displayed during lunch, it needed further observation, so Annie did not count it as a strength, which was a bit disappointing for her.

But Jin Hyun-tae's business acumen surprised Annie.

Who knew what made Annie so happy? Could it be that in her heart, her attitude towards Jin Hyun-tae was like choosing a husband?

Would they stir up the business world together in the future?

Oh, only God and she herself knew.

"The William Fairy Tale Collection" sold well, reaching 9.6 million copies in just two days. Although the population in this world was ten times that of the original world, this sales performance was still quite impressive.

Considering the current novel sales, starting to launch some peripheral products was a good idea and showed some foresight.

At least, after understanding some things, Annie felt this way.

The children's toys in this time were not much different from those in the original time. Most toys were teddy bears, various cute dolls, and popular children's animation peripheral products, etc.

However, in this time, there were no Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, or Snow White, but rather some unfamiliar cartoon animation peripheral products, most of which came from Japan.

The reason for this was simple: the cartoon animation industry in Japan was very developed, and due to the global recognition and circulation of cartoons, Japanese merchants' animation peripherals were very popular.

Other countries also had related industries, but they could not compete with Japanese cartoon animations and toys. After all, Japanese toys first gained influence and a potential customer base through animated cartoons, and then began selling peripherals after the cartoons became popular.

Therefore, it was not surprising that other countries could not compete with Japan in this field.

However, since Jin Hyun-tae already had a plan, and the fairy tale stories had a large audience that was still expanding, considering peripheral products was quite reasonable.

Annie thought about it for a moment and realized there was a lot of potential.

"Come, take a look. This is the sketch I drew. When I wrote the fairy tales, I also included hand-drawn illustrations. I think this might be one of the reasons for the sales success. Also, help me advise, do you think if we launch peripheral plush toys based on these characters, children would accept them?"

When Jin Hyun-tae submitted the fairy tales to Dave, he included some hand-drawn sketches. Although he gave some to Dave, Jin Hyun-tae still had many original sketches left.

Just right, these original sketches could be shown to Annie to help analyze whether the cartoon characters would make popular toys and if children would like them.

Annie took the sketches from Jin Hyun-tae with a look of surprise and began flipping through them.

In the hand-drawn sketches, Snow White and the seven dwarfs, Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse, the mermaid princess, and other characters leaped onto the paper, each one vivid and very cute.

Although she was unsure if children would like them, Annie immediately fell in love with a few characters.

Unexpectedly, this guy could draw such good hand-drawn illustrations.

Annie discovered another shining point in Jin Hyun-tae.

Jin Hyun-tae was becoming increasingly mysterious to Annie, as she found many talents and strengths in him that he only revealed inadvertently. If she had not been by his side, she would never have known these things.

Annie was very grateful that she had impulsively left New York for Los Angeles and used some means to get close to this young man.

Otherwise, just relying on surveillance cameras would not have allowed her to understand these things.

But then again, why did she care so much about Jin Hyun-tae's strengths? What did it have to do with her?

Suddenly, Annie's thoughts began to jump.

Okay, the angel and the devil appeared again, plunging Annie into a fierce internal struggle, which had no resolution.

"How about it? What do you think? Tell me if there's anything to pay attention to or modify."

Jin Hyun-tae interrupted Annie's daydreaming, pulling her back to reality.

"Oh! Ah!"

Annie blushed when she came to her senses, then lowered her head and pretended to look at the drowsy Coco to hide her embarrassment. Her mind raced, and after a moment, she thought of how to respond to Jin Hyun-tae.

"No... no need to modify. I think this is great. I actually like a few of the characters, and I would even be tempted to buy the plush toys if they were available."

"Really? No need to modify, just like this?" Jin Hyun-tae asked.

Annie nodded: "No need to modify, this is fine."

Phew!

Jin Hyun-tae also breathed a sigh of relief. After all, not needing to modify was a good thing for him.

After all, these hand-drawn fairy tale characters were based on the characters from the fairy tales of his previous life. If he had to modify them, Jin Hyun-tae wouldn't know what to change.

Of course, this was just Annie's opinion. Jin Hyun-tae felt that after buying a toy factory and an animation production company, he should discuss these matters in detail with the relevant personnel.

"If we make an animation, do you think any radio stations would be willing to buy and broadcast it?"

"It should be fine, I'm not sure, but if the content is really good, I think there will be radio stations interested in negotiating. So, William, you plan to buy an animation production company to produce specialized content and sell it to radio stations?"

Through their conversation, Annie had a clear understanding of Jin Hyun-tae's intentions.

The toy factory would be dedicated to producing plush toys, and the animation company would produce animated series, which would then be sold to various cable and broadcast TV stations.

The toy factory was easy to understand.

The animation company, in essence, was a content production company.

There were many such companies worldwide, some specializing in news, gossip, entertainment, current military affairs, livelihood issues, variety shows, etc. These contents would be quickly turned into videos and sold to TV stations and online video websites.

You could start a company or work independently, but you would be responsible for your own profits and losses.

In other words, they were downstream suppliers in the TV industry, providing 'content.'

This arrangement benefited both TV stations and production companies, especially the TV stations, as they did not need to hire staff, saving on salaries, and could select the best and most suitable programs from many content production companies to broadcast.

For production companies, this allowed them greater creative freedom without various constraints.

Annie, of course, understood this very well, so she immediately grasped Jin Hyun-tae's plan after he explained it.

"Right! That's exactly it," Jin Hyun-tae smiled and nodded.

But Jin Hyun-tae's true intentions and plans were not as simple as that.

Becoming a supplier of animation programs for TV stations?

Ha!

Jin Hyun-tae's true goal was to create a 'Disney' in this time. A mere animation production company was nothing.

It was not that Jin Hyun-tae's ambitions were overly grand, but since there was no Disney and no specialized animation film production companies in this time, he saw the opportunities and had no reason not to try.

Moreover, the chances of success were not small.

Most importantly, he held the copyrights to most of the fairy tales, which was a significant advantage.

Especially since he had the knowledge from another time, understanding how Disney was created and rose to prominence, which would allow him to avoid many pitfalls and directly take the right path.

"Alright, I need to go to school tomorrow, so I need to use this time to make a plan. Annie, take Coco to rest. I need a quiet personal space."

After chatting with Annie, Jin Hyun-tae's goals became clearer, and he felt it was necessary to write an executable plan.

Considering he would start school again tomorrow, he would not have much time in the future, so he needed to write down all his ideas and list them on paper today.

To avoid forgetting about it when he had more things to do in the future.

Annie nodded, picked up the sleeping Coco, and left Jin Hyun-tae's room, returning to her own.

"Hurry up and write. When you're done, I can sneak a peek. If it's really feasible, I don't mind making some money with you."

Putting Coco on her bed and covering her with a towel to prevent her from getting cold, Annie sat on the edge of the bed with a curved smile, thinking mischievously.

At the same time, she was very curious about what kind of executable plan Jin Hyun-tae would write...