Although most of the cartoonists are gone, Wu Ming has no regrets at all.

In his opinion, most of the cartoonists who left were cartoonists on the street, and only a few took advantage of the opportunity to be good, but there were no master-level characters, and they were not worth keeping at all, even if they were gone, he would not feel distressed.

In the future, the top group of people in Hong Kong comics will either be in Yulang International, or worship under Shangguan Xiaobao as apprentices, and many people will not enter the comic industry in two or three years.

As long as the comic magazines of the Order of the Phoenix can succeed, Wu Ming will not believe in those talents, and will not come to the Phoenix Society, which has good treatment conditions in all aspects, but will go to other publishing houses to be squeezed.

In addition to Shangguan Xiaobao and his apprentices, there are only nine cartoonists left in Phoenix Publishing House, some of whom used to be assistants to Wu Ming in the Huluwa series, and are now imitating Wu Ming's style of painting to draw some children's comics. Backed by the big tree of the Order of the Phoenix, coupled with the scarcity of children's comics in Xiangjiang today, the sales of comics are quite good.

Some people think that the treatment of the Order of the Phoenix is good, and they may not get good treatment if they go to other comic companies, so it is better to stay in the Order of the Phoenix.

Some also agree with Wu Ming's idea and want to make a new world.

Wu Ming saw that there were still people who were willing to stay and follow him, and he was also quite happy in his heart, after all, not everyone was that kind of old feudal thinking, and they just wanted to squeeze apprentices.

"Since the irrelevant people are gone, let's move on to the meeting. According to my opinion, our Phoenix Society should have at least one weekly shonen manga, a monthly shonen manga, and a monthly shoujo manga in the future. ”

"At the same time, I learned from my island counterparts, three comic magazines, and at the end of each issue, a reader survey was appended to let readers vote for their favorite comics. The editorial department then organizes these questionnaires into a list of the popularity of the works that are being serialized. ”

"The comic weekly magazine has been transferred to the comic monthly magazine, and the comic monthly magazine has been lowered to the bottom of the list. And if you can always be at the top of the manga monthly, you can transfer it to the manga weekly to be serialized. Implement the rules and regulations of the capable and the mediocre. Do you have any opinions?"

After speaking, Wu Ming looked at Xiang and everyone, wondering what their opinions were.

Shangguan Xiaobao first agreed, "Boss, your method is indeed feasible, so that in order to maintain their status, cartoonists will naturally improve themselves and draw high-quality comics that readers like to read." ”

Zhang Dexin frowned tightly and made a bitter face. Said: "Boss, your idea is naturally good." But where do we have so many cartoonists in the Order of the Phoenix now that we can support the distribution of three comic magazines at the same time. Especially now that there are so few girl cartoonists in Xiangjiang, they may not necessarily join our Phoenix Society, how can they start a monthly girl comic magazine. ”

Wu Ming smiled and replied, "I also know what you said, so for the time being, we will only start a weekly shonen comic." Now we have only eleven cartoonists in the Phoenix Society, including me and Mr. Kwong, and my "Go Boy" has been completed, and there will be another comic in the next two days, and there will be thirteen comics, and more than a dozen comics will be needed to start the publication, and tomorrow you will send a message to solicit submissions from outside. ”

After speaking, Wu Ming turned to those cartoonists again.

"Nowadays, we in the Order of the Phoenix need a lot of excellent comics, and when you go back, you can ask your apprentices to submit some manuscripts, and if they can stand out, you who are masters will also be rewarded. ”

Then Wu Ming discussed the specific affairs of the Juvenile Comics Weekly with the senior management of the Phoenix Society. The weekly comic book will be called "Weekly Shonen Star", which is about 500 pages thick and priced at 20 Hong Kong dollars, and like those comic weeklies in the island country, it will not increase in price unless there is a major change. In order to save costs, the content of "Weekly Shonen Star" is naturally black and white, and there will only be six or seven color pages on the cover.

"Weekly Shonen Star" will serialize about 20 long-form manga at the same time, plus a few short comics, and then add about 20 pages of advertisements to form the content of this manga weekly.

Wu Ming is not ready to make money from comic magazines, and it is almost the same to keep it from losing money. If the Order of the Phoenix wants to make money, it still has to rely on the comics to make money after the fire of the comics, as well as various comic peripherals. is like the gourd baby series painted by Wu Ming, which made millions of Hong Kong dollars by selling dolls and dolls.

In addition to this single book and comic peripherals, there are also comic adaptations, animations, movies, games, etc., which can make money. Therefore, Wu Mingkai's manuscript fee to cartoonists has also increased a lot.

After everyone's discussion, the rank of the Phoenix Society's cartoonists was once again systematically subdivided, divided into five levels: S, A, B, C, and D.

D-level is the most basic contract, that is, the salary of the comic assistant, which is about 1,500 Hong Kong dollars per month, which can maintain food and clothing.

The C rank is the contract between a newcomer and a third-rate manga artist. The manuscript fee is HK$100 per page, and each single book can receive a 5% royalty. According to the calculation of 16 pages of a sentence, you can get 1,600 Hong Kong dollars a week, and 6,400 Hong Kong dollars a month.

In this era, the average person in Xiangjiang has a salary of more than 1,000 Hong Kong dollars per month, even if these cartoonists can't draw cartoons occasionally, as long as they draw for a month, they can support themselves for half a year, and if they are diligent, they can become a well-off family.

Class B is a contract for second-rate cartoonists, with a manuscript fee of HK$200 per page, and 8% royalties for each single book. You can get tens of thousands of manuscript fees every month, plus the royalties of a single book, and you are already middle-class in Xiangjiang.

Grade A is a contract for first-class cartoonists, and the manuscript fee is HK$400 per page, which is double that of Grade B, and each single book can get 10% royalties. If you add some comic peripherals and copyright adaptation fees, it is not a dream to earn millions of Hong Kong dollars a year.

S-grade is the top-tier cartoonist contract, with a manuscript fee of HK$600 per page and a 13% royalty for each single book. According to the highest sales of 200,000 copies in Xiangjiang in Wu Ming's previous life, plus various peripherals and copyright adaptations, it may earn tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars a year.

The Order of the Phoenix's salary changed, and the cartoonists who stayed at the Order of the Phoenix couldn't help but cheer, and they were indeed right to stay, and the treatment was much better than before.

The apprentices under them are also very happy, because they will also have the opportunity to serialize in the future. As long as the manuscript submitted to the publishing house is favored by the editor, it is possible to serialize, unlike before, whether there is a chance of serialization or not depends on the master's decision. Some of those who thought they were talented couldn't help but gear up for the dozen or so spots left in the comic weekly.