A detached villa in Flushing near Queens, which was specially leased by Li Jie as the headquarters of Marvel. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe rent here is about $160,000 a year.

Because the villa is big with a nice garden. There are also many rooms in the villa, which are enough to meet the needs of the early stage of the business after being divided.

Why not rent an office building in Manhattan or Queens, Li Jie still has his own considerations.

The first is that office space in the Manhattan area is too expensive to rent. And the office conditions in Queens are slightly better, and the prices have also taken off in recent years.

And the key is that you can't sign a long-term contract, the rent price has to rise every year, and now I have 10 million dollars of capital in my hands.

But it's actually very fast to spend, so the main purpose is to save.

Moreover, the first task of the new company was not to directly expand into any film and television or something big, but to start with comics relatively simply.

After all, it was the first time to do something like this, and Li Jie had no experience in this area, and Peter didn't have to count on it. Harry is because the Osborne Group is on the right track, and it just needs to stay in the general direction. So in fact, I don't have much experience in the company's grass start-up.

Therefore, although Li Jie has hired a professional manager to take charge of the company's future operations, he still does not want to take too big a step at once.

Moreover, the creation of comics also takes into account the inspiration of artists and screenwriters, and Li Jie does not think that he can hold back anything good in an office building with oppressive space.

There is an open park near this part of Queens, and the villa is surrounded by a nice view, with the bay just a fifteen minute walk to the north.

In addition, because it is a quiet community, this environment is more conducive to the artist's peace of mind. So Li Jie directly signed a two-year long-term lease to lease this property.

Metropolitan High School has closed for the holidays, and December has officially begun the countdown to Christmas, one of the most important holidays in the United States.

The whole country is preparing for this most important holiday, and Jack's company has chosen to start hiring at this time.

According to his idea, the artist and some necessary personnel were finally recruited around Christmas, so that the inaugural issue could be launched in January next year.

With Harry Osborne's support, the legal process for the new company went very quickly, and it was easy to recruit administrative professionals of all kinds.

The only thing to consider is the artist and screenwriter, after all, this is the most important person in this company, you can't draw good comics, you can't make up a good story.

No matter how popular Spider-Man and Nightkin are, it's still hard to make the comic a bestseller.

And today is the day when Li Jie is the examiner and the boss of the reviewer. He has already set a few good painters in the past, and their skills are very good, and their brains and stories are also good.

Unlike Japanese comics and Hong Kong comics, most of these comics are written by the artist, and sometimes the artist will refer to the opinion of the editor-in-chief of the publishing house, but more often the story exists in their own minds.

As a result, if a publishing house loses an important artist, it will seriously affect the business of the entire publishing house.

And in order to maximize the profits, the publishing house often allows the artist to continue the story without restrictions. Many Japanese comic artists have already squeezed out all their talents in the later stage of painting, and it is too difficult to draw five or six hundred words or even thousands of drawings from one person's idea for a comic.

However, because each Japanese manga artist has a different understanding of the story and characters, it is easy for many artists to form their own unique style, and because of this unique style, they have a large number of fans around the world.

American comics, on the other hand, are more focused on assembly line work, and the ideas of the artists are only part of the story, and there are more opinions from the screenwriter and the company's editor-in-chief.

It's not uncommon for a dozen artists and writers from different studios to meet together to discuss the plot and then fill in each other's gaps.

And because American comics are more likely to create one or several long-term popular characters, and all the stories revolve around this popular character.

The copyright of the character or story itself belongs to the company, and all the artist does is draw him, and of course, sometimes the artist will innovate some popular characters to fill in.

But all the copyrights belong to the company, and maybe some artists may get a special share for a certain role, but the vast majority of artists are just assembly workers in this industry.

The advantage of this is that all the manga works under the company can have a unified style, and there is no need to worry about the company's industry being shaken by the departure of a certain artist.

But the downside is that sometimes in order to maintain the consistency of the company's style, it will be forced to modify some very shiny ideas.

However, Li Jie still decided to industrialize according to the standards of American comics, because the main purpose of this company is to create superhero-themed comics that have appeared in reality.

You don't need the artists to create the characters alone, you just need the artists to communicate with the screenwriter, and then you can also make some of the stories vague and modify them and put forward opinions, and finally the artists can draw them.

This is the production model that is most in line with this company. After determining the first few painters, Li Jie ushered in a more familiar person next.

It was Ivey, Gwen's classmate, whom he had seen that day. She was invited by Li Jie to apply, and her ideal career in life was to become a specially hired foodie for food magazines.

So that she can eat all over the United States, and she will have an income, and the other is to become a professional cartoonist.

Both careers are ideal for her. And she currently has quite a few fans on the Internet who follow her comics.

"So this is your album?" After seeing the album handed over by Ivey, Li Jie's face was dying, he really didn't expect Ivey to take out this kind of album to apply.

Although painting is personal freedom, Li Jie really doesn't want to see this work.

The applicant is required to provide previous drawings, and if there is a manga that has become a plot, it is of course the best. So Ivey brought her proud work with her.

Coincidentally, her proud work Li Jie happened to have seen, which is the Nightcrawler and Spider-Man series.

What kind of development is this! I opened a comic company and wanted to promote my positive image, how did I meet such a ghost! Li Jie's heart was frantically complaining.

"Yes, this is one of my personal proudest works. Ivy raised an eyebrow. "Maybe BL doesn't fit the mainstream market theme right now, but as an artist, I can accept the company's storytelling. ”

"I think that since I am applying for an artist, the most important thing to look at is my painting skills. Saying this, Ivy is confident.

Well, compared to the overly rough lines of the general Meiman's painting skills, Ivey's painting skills are very detailed. It's not like the soft texture of Riman, and it's not as stiff as Meiman.

It should be said that it has a considerable advantage, and it will not paint everyone as muscular brothers. However, this collection of paintings is too detailed.

Li Jie decided to close the album so that his spirit would not be unbearable. "Your painting skills are the best I've ever seen. ”

This is the truth, so although Li Jie is very unhappy with what Ivey paints, he did not let a potential painter be eliminated like this because of this kind of thing.

"But in the future, the company's main business direction and paintings are also superheroes, but the customer base will be 14~25 years old, so you can't bring your personal interests into your work. ”

Li Jie knocked on the table and reminded Ive.

"Don't worry, boss, I will only draw related works on private websites, and I will definitely not bring emotions into my work. Ivy smiled and reassured with two tiger teeth.

"And I know who the heroes of the company's future operations are.,Some related fanworks can also drive the sales of the company's own works.。 ”

However, her assurance made Li Jie want to vomit blood, should she use legal procedures to stop her? But she was right, a certain degree of fandom can indeed drive the company's main product sales.

At this moment, Li Jie was really entangled. Li Jie soothed the responsible emotions in his heart and asked. "The plots in these albums of yours are all of your own ideas?"

I have to say that running away from Tanmei is such a thing, many of the plots and ideas in it are very imaginative, and there is a refreshing feeling.

"Partially, but not all. Ivey explained. "In fact, quite a few of the plots and plots were created by Gwen. ”

"Gwen is very talented at this, she's the smartest girl I've ever met, and I thought I could hire her as a part-time editor. ”

Poof, Li Jie was drinking water when he heard this sentence and couldn't hold back, and a mouthful of water sprayed on the ground.

The screenwriter of this story is Gwen, oh my God, Peter, the girlfriend you are looking for is really too strong, I can only wish you happiness in the future. Li Jie thought so, with a solemn expression on his face. (To be continued.) )