Chapter 231 Three Publishing Houses
"You choose first, I'll go out and open the door first. ”
"Okay Dad!"
Seeing Xiao Bury's well-behaved appearance, Yi Qing touched the other party's little head and walked out of the bedroom door with a smile.
A minute later, Keiichi Kato and Iqing were sitting in the living room.
"Biluochun?" said Kei Kato in surprise after sitting down and taking a sip of tea.
"Oh... I thought most Japanese people like to drink black tea?"
Through the past two weeks, the black tea that Yi Qing has been drinking is a little nostalgic for green tea, so he asked Li Wei to get some Biluochun before.
"Yi Shao, I didn't just work in China for three years, and I also learned a lot about some classical Chinese culture. Keiichi Kato smiled confidently.
Yi Qing smiled, didn't say much, and changed the topic, "In the past two days, you should know something about the ACG circle, right?"
When it came to business, Keiichi Kato sat down and said, "Naturally... I find that the ACG circle in Japan is a bit sluggish now. ”
"What do you say?" said Yi Qing with interest.
"The reason why I say that is entirely because the two circles of ACG's main force, the light novel industry and the comic industry, are too mixed, and in simple words, the standard and quality of novels and comics are too poor.
Whether it's a light novel or a manga, it seems to be very routine, no innovation, this should be the two circles at this stage, entering a period of stagnation, unless someone comes out to break this situation, otherwise the Japanese ACG circle will fall into a dead loop. ”
Speaking of which, Keiichi Kato looked worried, knowing that the animation industry is the second pillar of Japan, and if this industry stagnates and its development is surpassed by other countries, it will be a major blow to Japan.
But this situation, he naturally can't change it alone.
"Go on. Yi Qing sat in his seat and listened quietly.
Hearing this, Keiichi Kato straightened out his thoughts, took a sip of tea, moistened his throat and continued, "Yi Shao, the current situation in Japan is very beneficial to your development.
The first point is that the current situation has led to the crisis that many small and medium-sized publishing houses are unavailable, and readers do not buy the author's book, which makes the publishing house fall into a cycle of economic losses.
So now a lot of publishing houses are facing the situation of going out of business, you said that you want to buy publishing houses, I listed three publishing houses, I think you should be very satisfied.
And the second point is that the market is much less competitive than it used to be, and if you develop ACG now, there will be much less resistance. ”
The two points that Keiichi Kato said made Yi Qing's eyes light up.
First, there is the problem of funding, if it was possible to acquire a publishing house in the past, the cost may be very large, but in this situation, various small and medium-sized publishing houses are facing a crisis situation, and he has an opportunity to take advantage of it.
The second is dispensable, after all, his development is mainly driven by the comics, animations, and light novels in his mind, and the things in his mind are of excellent quality and not afraid of any competition.
As long as the quality is good, the channel will naturally come to the door, and the opponent will naturally retreat.
As for those dirty methods, if the other party really dares to use them, he will naturally have a way to punish them.
"Which three publishing houses do you like?" Yi Qing said curiously.
"Tenmon Publishing House in Kyoto, Future Publishing House in Tokyo, and Immortalgawa Shoten. After a pause, Keiichi Kato continued, "These three are medium-sized publishing houses and should meet your requirements. ”
Yi Qing nodded, he can't look down on small publishing houses, and if they are large, he is afraid that the funds will not be able to keep up, so medium-sized is just right.
I have to say that Keiichi Kato has just the right grasp of his thoughts.
"What are the pros and cons of the three publishing houses?"
"The advantage of Tianwen Publishing House is that the channel is stronger than the other two, and there is even a channel point in Huaxia, but the disadvantage is that it is less famous and is very crowded out by its peers, so if you choose this publishing house, you need to deal with the suppression of other publishing houses in Kyoto. ”
"In the case of Mirai Press, it is more famous in the Tokyo area and has more die-hard fans, but due to the recent job change of a large number of authors, those fans have also run away, resulting in no new blood injection, and it is not as good as day by day, and in the long run, it will show the current weak situation. ”
"The Immortal River Bookstore is relatively modest, there are not many channels, but the relationship is well managed, but they are the same as the future publishing house, that is, there are too few authors, although they have been vigorously excavating newcomers recently, but it is a drop in the bucket, so the owner of the Immortal River Bookstore decided to sell. ”
Hearing this, Yi Qing couldn't help but ponder.
The advantages and disadvantages of these three are obvious, but Tianwen Publishing House makes him the most excited, because the other party has a channel in Huaxia, although there is only one channel point, but he can use this channel point to open other channel points.
As long as his books can be sold to Huaxia, he believes that other channels in Huaxia will definitely come to his door, and no one will turn away high-quality novels.
However, the suppression of other publishing houses in Kyoto made him frown, he was not afraid of dirty methods, but legitimate commercial competition was a bit of a headache.
Because he needs to wait for "Love Photo" to set off a wave of pure love frenzy before he decides to publish "Five Centimeters per Second".
It is only when the fame of "Love Photo" completely explodes in Asia that readers will notice him, and he can take the opportunity to expand the scale of the publishing house.
But in this case, if Tianwen Publishing House is acquired, according to normal development, he will be suppressed and will not be able to raise his head.
In addition, his focus at this stage is not on the publishing house, but on the side of creating games, so it is difficult to take care of the publishing house.
The most important thing is that he doesn't know when Moxiang Shuge will publish "Love Photo", after all, before it is published, there will be a wave of publicity.
As for the Future Publishing House and the Immortal River Publishing House, it is a bit bland.
But after a little thought, Yi Qing asked, "What is the situation of the editors and staff of these three publishing houses?" ”
"That's exactly what I'm saying... Except for the Immortal River Bookstore, the editors of the other two have gone for the most part, looking for a new owner. Especially for future publishing houses, the reason why their authors will change jobs is completely taken away by the editors. ”
Speaking of this, Keiichi Kato also shook his head, although he despised the practices of these editors, but he didn't say much, after all, this is a shopping mall.
"What about the Immortal River Bookstore?"
"In the case of the Immortal River Bookstore, there is not much loss of editors and staff, and their editors are all veterans who have worked for more than three years, which is the advantage of Immortal River, but other than that, it seems very mediocre in other aspects. ”
Fingers tapped on the table, Yi Qing's brows stretched slightly, "In that case, let's go to Ikebukuro in the afternoon." ”
After thinking about it for a long time, Yi Qing still decided on the Immortal River Bookstore.
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(The second is more guaranteed, and there are still 71 chapters owed) (to be continued.) )