Japan is a country of comics.

Compared with the United States, their comic culture is more popular.

Although this comic culture came from the United States, Japan has carried it forward even more.

Especially after the birth of cartoonists with all kinds of wonderful imaginations, the enthusiasm of the Japanese people for manga has been rising.

Of course, the main force of comics is teenagers between the ages of 12 and 24, but many people in their thirties and forties often hold comic books and read them.

In recent years, there have been at least dozens of major comic weekly, semi-monthly, and monthly magazines led by Kirin Weekly, which have been placed in newsstands and convenience stores, which have really consumed the pocket money earned by teenagers from part-time work.

Although I am very proud of everything I make in China, including food, authors, celebrities, electronic craft products, etc., they also have to admit that the most prosperous and stimulating the growth of the comic economy in recent years is a comic weekly from a foreign country.

It's Kirin Weekly.

Kirin Weekly now has 21 serialized comics, plus a single copy of Resident Evil, firmly occupying the top spot in the sales charts of Japanese weekly comics.

With 8 million copies per week, Kirin Weekly sells an unprecedented amount of time!

The total population of Japan is only 150 million now, which means that one out of 20 people on average is reading Kirin Weekly!

If you exclude the elderly, children and most of the women, this is basically a quarter or a third of the people, all of whom are watching "Kirin Weekly"!!

The sales volume of Kirin Weekly is already the sum of the three major Japanese manga weekly, which ranked second to fourth.

In the past few years, these comic magazines, as well as Japanese cartoonists, have not tried their best to catch up.

The sales of their three major weekly magazines have changed from a few dozen to a million copies to more than one million or two million copies now, which is already a very big progress.

But compared to the leap from 3 million to 8 million copies of "Kirin Weekly", it is still not enough.

It can even be said that you can't even see the tail.

"Mr. Yin Jun is the true king of manga!" said Osamu Tezuka, a legendary manga artist of the Japanese generation.

Another very famous Japanese manga artist, Akira Toriyama, who relied on "Aralei" to pull up hundreds of thousands of copies of "Shonen JUMP" in one go, said bluntly, "It's good that we follow Mr. Yin Jun, if you have to compare with him, it's purely self-immeasurable and self-aware." ”

Akira Toriyama's words are very frustrating, but all the manga artists of the Japanese book agree very much.

Yin Jun presided over the 22 comics that wrote the story and gave the setting, no matter which one is taken out, it is an absolute masterpiece.

Not to mention the masterpieces such as "Dragon Ball", "Conan", and "Slam Dunk" in it, which are simply monuments, and there is no way to compete with them.

Oh, by the way, and "Bleach Grim Reaper", which has also slowly started to become popular recently, has also attracted the attention of many people because of its unique style, very sharp setting and plot.

Many veteran comic book fans feel that if the setting and plot of "Bleach are not jumpy", it will be able to go out of an unprecedented path and become a classic among classics in two years at most.

For their view, Yin Jun is very appreciative.

It's worthy of these loyal fans of the country of comics.

As one of the three major migrant worker comics, "Death" is absolutely qualified to be compared with the above works.

In addition to the "Kirin Weekly", in fact, the Kirin culture is in Japan, and there is also a "Kirin Semi-Monthly" launched in cooperation with Tokuma Bookstore.

This semi-monthly magazine was created to encourage excellent manga artists in Japan.

It didn't sell well at first, but the treatment it gave was one of the best in the whole day, and it was basically paid 10,000 yen per page.

If the results are good, the remuneration per page can continue to increase, ranging from 20,000 to 50,000 per page.

If you wait for the release of single books, animations, and peripheral products in the future, the income of manga artists will make a further leap.

Even if there is no follow-up income, the minimum remuneration is 10,000 yen per page, which is 300,000 yen according to the average length of about 30 pages at a time.

I delivered the manuscript twice a month and received 600,000 yen.

Even with the rapid economic development of Japan and the increasing salary, an income of 600,000 yen a month can still make a family of three live comfortably.

And then "Kirin Semi-Monthly" has another advantage that others can't compare.

It is the industry of Yin Jun, the "king of comics"!

If you can get Yin Jun's praise and get his guidance in "Qilin Semi-Monthly", isn't it the greatest honor of your life?

Besides, the editor-in-chief said that once the work is good, it can be serialized in "Kirin Weekly".

Serialized in Kirin Weekly!?

Just this one big cake of the future is enough to make everyone's mouth water!

Who doesn't know that Kirin Weekly is the holy book of the comic world?

So far, only Yin Jun's works have been serialized on it!

If it can be serialized with Yin Jun's works, this is the supreme glory!!

Just for this glory, you don't need money!!

Therefore, since the establishment of "Kirin Semi-Monthly", countless young Japanese cartoonists and famous cartoonists have submitted articles.

Don't look at the "Kirin Semi-Monthly" is only published once every half a month, but their requirements are still very strict.

A semi-monthly comic magazine, which is about the same length as a weekly comic magazine, is about 500 pages.

In addition to the advertising space, a maximum of 15 comic books were serialized in the "Kirin Semi-Monthly".

And once the work is not performed well, it will take up to 3 months to end the serialization - this is the rule of the Japanese manga industry, and everyone understands it.

If the grades are not good, and the dead face goes to receive the remuneration, it will be despised.

Therefore, the competition of "Kirin Semi-Monthly" has always been very fierce.

The fierce competition naturally brings good comic works.

Since its inception at the end of the 80s, the sales of Kirin Semi-Monthly have steadily increased to 800,000 copies in more than three years.

This has already occupied the first place in the comic semi-monthly magazine.

Among these comics, the most famous one is "Demon Boy BT", which began to be serialized at the end of the previous year, and the author is a cutting-edge cartoonist who is not a newcomer.

His name is Toshiyuki Araki, and he is a manga artist who won the 20th Tezuka Award in the second half of the 80s.

"Demon Boy BT" has already released a single book last year, and the sales of each episode have exceeded 80,000 copies, bringing a lot of royalty income to Araki Toshiyuki.

Since last year, he has basically left the category of novices, and the tens of millions of yen he has earned have allowed him to have enough time and energy to think about his next work.

It was at this time that Toshio Suzuki, the editor-in-chief of Kirin Semi-Monthly, invited him to his office.

This young cartoonist, who has not yet turned 24 years old this year, looks clear and polite, and does not look like that kind of comic otaku.

At the same time, he is also very polite, and after several contacts, Toshio Suzuki has a very good impression of him.

After a few pleasantries, Toshio Suzuki talked to Toshiyuki Araki about business, "How are you preparing for your new work?"

"I'm still thinking about it, and when "Demon Boy BT" is over, I should be able to figure out some of the main outline. Araki Toshiyuki said respectfully, "But this time I'm going to plan a little more carefully, and I may not start serializing until next year." ”

"Are you interested in taking on a manga idea?" asked Toshio Suzuki.

Comic book ideas?

Araki Toshiyuki looked at Toshio Suzuki in surprise, very strange about his proposal.

Comic creation is actually divided into two parts.

On the one hand, it's the drawing, and on the other hand, it's the story—what I call it a "script."

Generally speaking, the script and drawing of a manga are done by one person, and basically a famous manga artist can't let people interfere with their own manga.

In terms of previous lives and future generations, only Tetsuo Hara and Wu Lunzun of "Beidou God Fist" are the perfect combination to create such a super classic.

Toshiyuki Araki is naturally an ambitious manga artist, so he creates his own stories and draws them himself.

And now that he is the top manga artist of "Kirin Semi-Monthly", how can Toshio Suzuki allow himself to draw other people's manga ideas?

Seeing his confused eyes, Toshio Suzuki smiled unconsciously, "Don't be too busy refusing yet, do you know who wrote this script?"

"Who?" Araki Toshiyuki was also curious, and asked casually, "Could it be that Mr. Yin Jun wrote it?"

Now it was Toshio Suzuki's turn to be stunned, "You know?"

Toshiyuki Araki: "......"

His eyes widened, and only after a moment did he become excited, "Really, is it really Mr. Yin Jun's work!?"

Seeing him like this, Toshio Suzuki was sure that this kid was a blind cat who hit a dead mouse and guessed it randomly.

However, seeing his excited appearance, Toshio Suzuki also knew that this time he would definitely succeed.

Actually, this is also nonsense.

Even the most proud cartoonist will not be indifferent when he hears that there is a script written by Yin Jun himself.

Because in the whole world, no one can compare to Yin Jun in the ability to write stories.

Whether it's comics, TV series, movies, variety shows...... Wait, as long as it involves stories and ideas, Yin Jun can do it.

With such an unborn genius, his works are naturally sought after by everyone and are eager to go.

Even if you are a collaborator, you will be very proud!

Not to mention that in terms of comics, in addition to asking the screenwriters of Kirin Culture to expand the script, Yin Jun has never asked an outside cartoonist to draw his creativity!

It is no exaggeration to say that such an unprecedented thing, Toshio Suzuki was really shocked when he received a call from Yin Jun!

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