Chapter 173: The Ambition of Exporting Foreign Culture
Otherwise, if it was too late to get the comics that should have belonged to the island country, causing it to appear according to the original trajectory, then the strength of the island country's comics industry would be enhanced, which would cause Xia Yu a lot of trouble.
Those comics that are destined to be popular in later generations are like heavy artillery, of course Xia Yu has to grab them as much as possible, so that the cannon is aimed at the comic world of the island country, and help him conquer the city.
Otherwise, if Xia Yu turns a blind eye to these gold mines waiting for someone to dig up, he will simply find a piece of tofu and kill him, what kind of tycoon is he going to be?!
Then, Xia Yu thought about how to arrange benchmark comics with four major themes, which should not only fit the theme, but also ensure success as much as possible, and at the same time pave the way for the subsequent rise of independent comics.
There are many issues to consider, so it is natural to consider them carefully to avoid mistakes later.
After thinking about it for a long time, Xia Yu continued to write and wrote.
"Moe" theme, strengthen the feeling of love and a healthy and happy life atmosphere, the first Ding comic is because of the game, and later adapted from "Pokemon".
The theme of "fantasy", which means fantasy, refers to the fantastical elements of the imagination. The first Jiading comic is a masterpiece of Chinese fantasy comics, "Douluo Continent" by Tang Sanshao.
The theme of "Rui" means to move forward bravely, not afraid of difficulties and obstacles, and the first manga is "One Piece", which is known as one of the three major migrant workers in the island country.
The theme of "burning", symbolizing blood and enthusiasm, proves that the passion of youth is everywhere, and the first Jiading comic is the record holder of the highest sales of single books in later generations, with a cumulative sales of more than 360 million copies worldwide, and is known as the "national comic" of the island country's "Dragon Ball"!
As soon as these four comics came out, Xia Yu didn't believe that "Bosom Friend" would not become popular!
After all, these four are really hot comics!
Among them, "Dragon Ball" is one of the top three commercial value in the manga of the island country, which began to be serialized in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump" magazine in 1984 and was serialized until 1995, and it is precisely because of the existence of "Dragon Ball" that the circulation of each issue of "Weekly Shonen Jump" has been rising, and by 1995, it reached a record of 6.53 million copies per issue.
It was only with the end of the serialization of "Dragon Ball" that the magazine's circulation decreased rapidly, and Shueisha began to decline, until "One Piece" began to be serialized in 1997.
From this point, you can see the power of "Dragon Ball", a manga that supported the "Weekly Shonen Jump", which is the number one seller in the island country.
In addition, over the past few decades, the serialization and publication of the "Dragon Ball" manga, coupled with the peripheral derivatives market, as well as the pan-entertainment adaptation of IP, etc., have created at least five or six billion US dollars of commercial value over the decades, and will continue to create value in the future.
It is worth mentioning that Dragon Ball is also the manga that has been adapted into the most games in the world, and for this it is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Now Xia Yu is in front of Shueisha and snatched "Dragon Ball", with the influence of "Dragon Ball", "Bosom Friend" can definitely become popular and recreate Shueisha.
Xia Yu still can't forget that in his previous life, he and his friends hurried home after class, waiting for the good time of watching the "Dragon Ball" anime in front of the TV.
And now it's only 1978, and there are still six years left before 1984, and Akira Toriyama, the creator of "Dragon Ball", definitely has no idea, and Xia Yu copied it, without any risk.
Of course, in addition to the above reasons, there is another very important reason that prompts Xia Yu to snatch "Dragon Ball", that is, cultural issues.
The protagonist in "Dragon Ball" is called Monkey King, and the inspiration is from Huaxia's "Journey to the West", as well as the early Bull Demon King or something, the island people borrowed from the Chinese culture, and then came to make Chinese people's money, Xia Yu was very unhappy, what is this called?
Therefore, copying "Dragon Ball", Xia Yu has no psychological pressure at all.
As for "One Piece", it is a shonen manga work drawn by island manga artist Eiichiro Oda, which began to be serialized in the 34th issue of "Weekly Shonen Jump" in 1997, and is also the pillar of Shueisha.
The influence of "One Piece" (this is the Chinese name, the island country is called "One Piece", in order to have a sense of substitution, use the name of "One Piece") should not be underestimated.
As of June 15, 2015, "One Piece" has distributed a total of 320,866,000 copies in the island country, and is officially certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as "the world's highest-circulation single author manga series". As of July 21, 2017, the Island Nation Remembrance Day Association has certified July 22 as "ONEPIECE Memorial Day" every year.
In the previous life, "One Piece" was very popular in China, and the sentence "I want to be a man of One Piece!! made many teenagers enthusiastic.
In terms of commercial value, although "One Piece" is not as good as "Dragon Ball", it can at least rank in the top ten of the island country, it is definitely a golden mountain, if Xia Yu doesn't grab it, he will lose the face of the reborn.
Of course, the two most important pillars of Shueisha before and after were snatched away by Xia Yu, I don't know if it can sit firmly on the throne of the first place in the island country comic society, in Xia Yu's opinion, it is very hanging!
The third part, "Pokemon" (translated by Xiangjiang), another "Pokémon", is the translation of Taiwan Province, the official translation of the island country, and now it is "Pokemon".
This is a manga that has been changed because of the game, and the "Pokemon" anime produced has taken the world by storm.
The name of the game is "Pokemon", developed in 1995, is a GameBoy game released in 1996 by Nintendo Co., Ltd. of the island nation. Its unique game system is widely welcomed by the public, and its annual product sales exceed 10 million.
Nintendo took advantage of this craze to launch a series of games, comics, books, battle cards and merchandise, and also launched TV animation with the island nation of TV Tokyo, as well as an annual theatrical animated film, which successfully entered the United States in 1998 and expanded to the world. Become a world-famous cartoon character and a national anime of Japan. The sales of related products reached more than billions of dollars, definitely surpassing "One Piece".
This series of games is the second best-selling game in the world, second only to Nintendo's "Super Mario" series.
As long as you copy it, not only can the power of "Bosom Friend" be greatly increased, but at the same time, Xia Yu can also use it to enter the video game industry in the future, and it is completely worthwhile to work against Nintendo, which is definitely a great weapon.
As for the last "Douluo Continent", even if Chinese young people have not seen anime and comics, they have probably heard the name, and its influence is amazing.
This comic has high hopes for Xia Yu, but it is also his most bottomless one.
Because he didn't know if "Douluo Continent" would be unadaptable, but after thinking about it for a long time, he still planned to make "Douluo Continent" the culmination of the "fantasy theme" of "Bosom Friend".
Because this involves a long-term idea of Xia Yu.
With "Dragon Ball", "One Piece" and "Pokemon", it is difficult for "Bosom Friend" magazine not to become popular, Xia Yu wants to experiment to see if he can use the popularity to launch "Douluo Continent", as far as possible to avoid the situation of unadaptation to the soil and water, and increase the success rate.
When it comes to the issue of cultural export, Xia Yu has to be cautious.
After all, compared to those three comics, "Douluo Continent" is a real Chinese comic, and its addition contains Xia Yu's strong expectations and ambitions.
As long as "Douluo Continent" can be popular, then Xia Yu can also launch comics such as "Stealing Stars in September", "Breaking the Sky", and "Full-time Master".
At that time, if these comics are wreaking havoc in the island country, it will be the real export of foreign culture, and then it will be really cool.
"Dragon Ball" and "One Piece" are essentially manga of the island country, but they were copied by Xia Yu, and they are definitely not as cool as their own people's things.