Chapter 269: The Legend of the Son of Heaven and the Divine Soldier Xuanqi
On the Tokyo Metro, a large number of commuters commute with the help of the subway every day.
After all, Tokyo, Japan, is also a megacity in the world from a demographic point of view. This is because the population of Tokyo alone is already more than 13 million, and the population of the Tokyo metropolitan area, which is the satellite cities around Tokyo, is 35 million. One-third of Japan's population is gathered here.
Housing prices in Tokyo are so expensive, so office workers who can't afford to rent a house in Tokyo have to choose cheaper satellite towns to live in, and then have to wait on time for the subway and other commuter transportation every day.
The fact that Japanese people are more punctual may be that they miss the time of the commuter because they are not on time, which may delay the whole day and even affect their future work.
Of course, it still takes a long time for the subway to arrive at the place of work, so many people have become accustomed to reading newspapers or playing handheld computers in the car to pass the time.
"Taro, what kind of magazine are you reading?" a young man in a tie looked at his neighbor, Taro Kobayashi.
Kobayashi Taro looked up and said, "Oh? "Juvenile Marvel Weekly", buy a game console promotion, subscribe to a quarterly magazine, you can get a nine-percent discount." Buying it together in a package is cheaper than just buying the console, of course, it's bought, and most of the comics are rubbish. A small part is quite interesting.,For example,This "Fairy Sword Q",It has something to do with the "Fairy Sword" game.,But,It's mainly jokes and complaints.,Comics that interact with gamers.,It is said,If it's popular.,Will make a "Fairy Sword Q" game......"
"Can you lend it to me?" asked the young man.
"No problem. "Anyway, the part that Kobayashi Taro is interested in has already been read, and the rest is some content that is not very interesting, although, you can barely watch it, but this is not so interesting anymore.
"This ...... "Legend of the Son of Heaven" Ancient Chinese Emperor Ji Fa and the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty. "That young man still knows more about history, and knows that Ji Fa is the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, and the Spring and Autumn Period of the Zhou Dynasty and the Warring States Period have influenced a lot of later Chinese culture and history.
Japan has been influenced by Chinese culture on a large scale since the Tang Dynasty, and many historical figures are still relatively clear.
However, the painting style of this Son of Heaven is a little different, practicing the magic skills handed down by Nuwa, and the battle between the Heavenly Demon Descendant King Shang.
Soon, the young man was deeply attracted to "The Legend of the Son of Heaven", and he decided to order a follow-up comic to watch the follow-up plot.
"You also like "The Legend of the Son of Heaven"?"
"yes! The theme is very novel, and I haven't seen anything like it in Shonen Jump. I mean, Chinese mythology and martial arts style is so pure. ”
"This comic has been serialized in Hong Kong for more than 30 issues, and there is another "Divine Soldier Xuanqi" that is also a sister article. These two comics can sell 100,000 copies in a single book in Hong Kong alone. ”
"Awesome!"
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At present, it is difficult for "Shonen Marvel Weekly" to attract first-tier cartoonists to join in Japan, and even second- and third-tier cartoonists will probably not consider contributing to "Shonen Marvel Weekly" as long as they can have something to eat.
However, after all, the new venture publishing group is a Hong Kong comic giant, and it has Hong Kong comics first-line cartoonists in Hong Kong. Only a small amount of text translation is needed to transplant the manga to the Japanese market for distribution.
At the same time, many Hong Kong comic artists have also begun to move their studios to Shenzhen, where they can hire cheaper assistants, so ordinary serial cartoonists on "Hong Kong Comic Shonen Weekly" can have their own studios.
Due to the use of a large number of cheap artist resources in China, the quality of the comics serialized in the "Hong Kong Man Juvenile Weekly" under the New Venture Publishing Group is far better than the quality of Hong Kong comics in history.
Moreover, under the impetus of Lin Qi, many comics that were originally in the future also came out in advance. For example, "The Legend of the Son of Heaven" and "Divine Soldier Xuanqi", the two best of the later Hong Kong comic works, at present, the author is no longer Huang Yulang. Because, Lin Qi handed over the ideas of these works more than ten years later to his own people.
The main writer and producer of "The Legend of the Son of Heaven" and "Divine Soldier Xuanqi" have become Shangguan Xiaobao. Although there are differences in the painting styles of these two comics, because Lin Qi provides a complete outline of the plot script, there is no deviation between the plot and the setting.
To a large extent, the charm of "The Legend of the Son of Heaven" and "The Mysterious Soldiers" is not the so-called painting style, but because of the inspiration drawn from history and mythology, which makes them full of compelling style.
These two works, in the current Hong Kong market, the circulation of each episode of the single book is more than 100,000 copies, which can be called the best-selling works in the market.
At present, "The Legend of the Son of Heaven" has been translated into Japanese and serialized in "Juvenile Marvel Weekly", and during the serialization period, it has gradually received praise and feedback from many readers.
Lin Qi is also very satisfied with this, after all, only the Hong Kong market is sought after, and the popularity is still relatively shallow, if it is like Japan, which has a high consumption level and a population of hundreds of millions, the largest developed country in Asia is popular. Then, the value of the copyright has become ten times greater.
Works like "The Legend of the Son of Heaven" have the potential to be adapted into games and animations, and if the adaptation is successful, it will even become a masterpiece. Later, the IP of these two works was not well developed, also because the pattern of the Jade Dynasty, the company established by Huang Yulang later, was too small.
In other words, if it is a company of the level of NetEase and Tencent, and the copyright in hand is completely owned by its own god-level IP, then it will be adapted into a game that can make money compared to spending money a long time ago. By the way, for the purpose of advertising the game, animations will also be released.
And the later Jade Dynasty Company, in essence, the profit of the main comic business is also very meager, if it weren't for the boss Huang Yulang still has a little comic feelings, then, I'm afraid, I don't do that kind of thankless comics a long time ago, after all, even Huang Yulang in the 90s, is still a billionaire, after the resurgence of the Jade Dynasty, most of the business results of the company he founded have become villas and real estate purchased by Huang Yulang. The real estate of those villas is naturally not comparable with the top real estate giants, but it is definitely worth more than 1 billion. It can be said that after tossing for a lifetime, perhaps his most profitable business is to invest in buying a house and appreciating its value.
As for the worldview of "Divine Soldier Xuanqi", it is close to "The Legend of the Son of Heaven", but it can be regarded as a parallel world. Moreover, in order to fight with "The Legend of the Son of Heaven" at the beginning, "Divine Soldier Xuanqi" was serialized in Japan, staggered with "The Legend of the Son of Heaven", for example, the first episode of "The Legend of the Son of Heaven" was serialized in the first issue, and the first episode of "Divine Soldier Xuanqi" was serialized in the second issue. The second episode of "The Legend of the Son of Heaven" will be serialized in the third issue......