Chapter 12 Publishing Houses and Game Companies
With the establishment of the gentleman's agreement, Wu Ming also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After all, because I was too young before, it was not very convenient to do anything, and I would be tired after walking for a while, let alone making money, and no one would recruit such a young child as an employee.
And in the past, the family had no money at all, so they couldn't make full use of the memories of their previous lives, and a lot of ideas were useless. After more than a year of development, his family's toy company has grown up at least a cash cow, and he has grown up very quickly because of his rebirth, and he is almost six years old and has grown almost like a nine-year-old child. Now Dad has also set aside 2 million Hong Kong dollars at his disposal, and the sky is high and the birds can fly, and he can develop arbitrarily in the future.
Father Wu Bingan saw that the matter had been decided, and he also began to give advice to his son, although he wanted his son to be sobered up after some setbacks, but he didn't just let his son mess around. So he said: "Jianning, now the company is almost on the right track, and all aspects of the plan have been agreed on in the past few days." You can help Xiao Ming for the time being, he is still young after all, and everything is definitely not clear. You go and look at it, I'm so relieved, I'm not afraid of him coming nonsense. ”
Huo Jianning was not unhappy when he heard the boss say this, he just went to help temporarily, and his position in the company was still retained, what were he afraid of. Even if the boss's son fails, he can come back to the toy company. And he was also very interested in how far Wu Ming could go, and from Wu Ming's words, he could know that he had a plan and was not acting recklessly.
After a pause, he said, "I know, I will temporarily follow Xiao Ming in the future and help him take care of the game company." Now the company is not a big deal, these days I will go to the company to explain, put everything to the end, and go to see if there are no mistakes in the future. ”
"Thank you, Dad!" Wu Ming was very moved when he saw that his father had given up all his capable officers to him.
Dad Wu Bingan nodded with relief.
Then Wu Ming looked at Zhang Dexin again and asked, "Uncle Zhang, before I came, my father should have told you that I wanted to buy a comic publishing house!"
Zhang Dexin was a little excited, and replied: "I said, the boss told me that he would help you buy a comic publishing house and publish and serialize your comics." But now the boss only gives you 2 million Hong Kong dollars, in this case, will you still buy it?"
Speaking of this, Zhang Dexin can't help but be a little gloomy, now that the little boss is thinking about opening a game company again, it is hard to guarantee that the little boss will not change his mind and not buy a comic publishing house. Although the toy company is very profitable now, Zhang Dexin still misses his old profession very much. Although it was a manga and not a novel, it was very satisfying.
And now the comic market in Xiangjiang is very hot, and I am not afraid that I will not be able to play my skills. As for the publishing house after buying the publishing house, the distribution of Wu Ming's comics is too poor and no one reads it, so it is not a problem. After getting along for such a long time, he already knew that Wu Ming was a reasonable person, and when the time came, the comics would not sell, and presumably Wu Ming would not force it.
Wu Ming replied categorically: "Buy, the game company didn't spend much money at first, after all, it was only for the release of two small games, and it was not a research game console." The real money will have to wait until enough people are recruited to develop some complex games and game hardware. Now there is enough money to buy a comic book publishing house. When the arcade and game cartridges for Great Wall Blocks and Snake are released, you can get a lot of money. There will be no shortage of money for the time being. ”
Wu Ming also stands and talks without backache, he has the memory of his previous life to support him, so he is not afraid of how much money will be consumed to develop such a simple game, other game companies are not as confident as him.
Hearing Wu Ming say this, Zhang Dexin was also relieved and relieved.
Wu Ming walked to the desk at this time, took out the sketch of "Hulu Brothers" from the cabinet and handed it to Zhang Dexin, saying, "Uncle Zhang, take a look, this is the cartoon I drew, you can take a look." ”
Although Zhang Dexin used to be engaged in novels, he also knows a little about comics, and he can also comment a little on how "Hulu Brothers" is, whether it looks good or not.
Zhang Dexin took the sketch and looked at it carefully, and Huo Jianning, his father Wu Bing'an, and his mother Li Feng next to him also came over to see how Wu Ming was painting.
After just a few glances at the sketch, Zhang Dexin knew that this was the style of painting in the mainland, which was somewhat different from the style of painting in Xiangjiang. After watching "Hulu Brothers", Zhang Dexin was even more surprised.
Although this comic is only one word now, it can already be seen that it is a kind of comic that is very suitable for children to read, and there are really not many such comics. And the plot is okay, it shouldn't be too big on the street, maybe it can sell well. After all, there is only one word, so Zhang Dexin can't see that "Hulu Brothers" is a very good comic.
This gave Zhang Dexin a little confidence, and then said: "It's okay, you can try serialization." ”
Father Wu Bingan and mother Li Feng were also relieved when they heard Zhang Dexin say this, it seems that their son is not messing around, but really has this talent.
Wu Ming then instructed: "Then Uncle Zhang, you will go tomorrow to find out which comic publishing houses are suitable for us, nothing else, and the distribution channels must be complete." When the time comes, we'll figure out which one to buy. ”
Zhang Dexin nodded and said that he knew.
"It's a pity that the money is not enough, otherwise you can directly buy the Holy Flame Publishing House, Shangguan Xiaobao's large group of people are still very powerful. Wu Ming sighed.
Not many people in later generations should have heard of Shangguan Xiaobao, after all, most people pay attention to Riman. What is Hong Kong Man, and who is Shangguan Xiaobao? Sorry, I don't know.
In fact, although the Hong Kong comics of this era are not as good as the Japanese comics, they are also unique, and the small projectile land can also sell more than 100,000 or 200,000 copies, and many people have heard of "Fengyun", "The Legend of the Son of Heaven" and "Divine Soldier Xuanqi" are all Hong Kong comics. It's a pity that the local style is too serious, it's all comics that fight and kill, and love love, and the pattern is too small. It can't be sold at all when it comes out of Xiangjiang, unlike Riman, which can be popular all over the world.
Shangguan Xiaobao is one of the comic masters of Xiangjiang in this era, and his work "Bruce Lee" has swept the entire Xiangjiang and has been serialized for nearly 40 years, deeply influencing generations of Hong Kong people.
His apprentice Ma Rongcheng is more familiar to us, because his work is "Fengyun". I don't know how many people have watched the TV series and movie "Storm and Clouds" adapted from the comic "Fengyun".
Zhang Dexin was a little speechless at Wu Ming's words: "Now the comic market in Xiangjiang is so profitable, even if we have money, we can't buy the Holy Flame Publishing House, how can they be willing to sell it." Unless acquired at a premium regardless of losses. ”
Wu Ming replied with a sneer: "Now that Yulang International is going to dominate the world, other comic publishing houses are not so good, if the funds are enough, I am afraid that I will not be able to buy the Holy Flame Publishing House." After the game company made money, it acquired the Holy Flame Publishing House and accepted Shangguan Xiaobao and his gang. ”
Zhang Dexin was shocked by Wu Ming's words, if he could really acquire the Holy Flame Publishing House, he would be able to compete with Huang Yulang for the position of the leader in the Xiangjiang comics market.
After Wu Ming finished speaking, he turned around and took out a large stack of papers from the cabinet, and then discussed the game company with Huo Jianning: "Uncle Jianning, this is the program code of "Great Wall Cube" and "Snake", you can help me apply for the copyright tomorrow." Also, when recruiting employees, remember to recruit more electronic technicians, and be strict. Hong Kong's current electronics factories are relatively low-end, these aspects of talent have been lost overseas, and can only be short and tall, and then our company will become famous and then attract talents back. ”
The two discussed for a while and decided to find someone to register an offshore company in the Cayman Islands tomorrow. Then find an office location and recruit staff. The legal representative is temporarily replaced by his father Wu Bing'an, after all, Wu Ming is so young, the law does not allow such a young child to be the legal representative, he must be at least 18 years old, Wu Ming is still very early.
At the door of Wu Ming's house, it was already more than nine o'clock in the evening, and Wu Ming also discussed the affairs of the publishing house and the game company with Huo Jianning and Zhang Dexin. The family is seeing off Huo Jianning and Zhang Dexin.
Wu Ming didn't forget to remind them when they left, and said, "Uncle Zhang, Uncle Jianning, remember what I told you, don't forget." ”
"If you know, you won't forget, you can rest assured, we will do it as soon as possible. Zhang Dexin and Huo Jianning both replied helplessly. was obviously annoyed by Wu Ming's verbosity.
After saying that, the two took their leave, turned and left.
Seeing that Zhang Dexin and Huo Jianning had already left, the family also entered the door and returned to the living room.
"Xiao Ming, you can be regarded as getting what you want, you must work hard in the future and make some good results. As soon as he returned to the living room, his mother Li Feng instructed Wu Ming.
Father Wu Bingan also instructed Wu Ming, saying: "In the future, you have to listen to your Uncle Zhang and Uncle Jianning's opinions." One of them is experienced and the other is capable, and they will definitely be able to help you deal with a lot of tedious and complicated things, and they can also help you solve difficulties if you have them. Again, you're still young, and you don't know much about those intrigues. I definitely can't fight some old foxes, and some of the things in the negotiation are left to them. ”
Wu Ming nodded in understanding, and said, "Dad, Mom, I know, I will take your words to heart." I will definitely work hard to live up to your expectations. You will be proud of me in the future. ”
In this way, a night passed under the advice, teaching and persuasion of his father Wu Bingan and his mother Li Feng.
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