When everyone was about to leave, Li Er patted Zhao Pang on the shoulder from behind: "Editor-in-chief Zhao, I still have something to trouble you." ”

Editor-in-chief Zhao hurriedly said, "Don't be so polite, Mr. Li." Now I'm not your leader, and you're mine. Do you have anything to do with me?"

Being called so by Zhao Pang, Li Er always felt weird. However, he corrected it several times, but Editor-in-Chief Zhao still insisted on calling it so, saying that if he didn't say this, he wouldn't show the difference between dignity and inferiority, and Li Er had no choice but to go with him.

"Just like you said. There are very few high-quality comics on our website, and the only ones we can get hold of are "Ghost Palm Lantern" and "One Punch Man". ”

"...... the work "Devil's Palm Lantern" is nearing completion, the first few volumes have been published through guò, and the potential of the work has been almost tapped. And "One Punch Man" can't reach the level of people who are willing to pay for it on the screen. I'm a little worried about how many members will be willing to pay for their works after switching to a paid model. ”

Zhao Pang nodded: "Indeed, if there are only one or two works worth paying to watch, many people are afraid that they will not be willing to pay for it." ”

"So I also thought about how to get readers to make them willing to top up on the site. Well...... Let's take an analogy. If you could see the entire set of "Young Grandmaster" comics online for ten yuan, would you pay out of your pocket?"

After listening to Li Er's hypothesis, Zhao Pang thought about it seriously for a while, and replied very sternly: "But I already have a complete set of physical books of "Young Grandmaster", or the signed version given to me by Potato Dou!"

Li Er pressed his eyebrows hard, and said with a speechless expression: "Let's just say that you are a poor student who has no money and is still studying! And you don't have enough money to buy a complete set of 'Young Grandmaster'." ”

Zhao Pang thought for a long time: "Hmm...... Probably. After all, ten yuan is the cost of a meal for students, and anyone can afford to spend it. ”

He reacted suddenly, and said dumbfounded, "You don't want to put their work on the website, do you?"

"You guessed it. Li Er suddenly smiled, "I've checked, the contract given by "Weekly Shangjing Boy" to the signed author does not include webtoon authorization. As long as we can get the copyright of the online serialization with the author, we can move all those classic comics to our website!"

"If you can really do this, you can really set off an earthquake. Zhao Pang's eyes lit up, and he walked back and forth with some excitement. No one knows the charm of those classics better than he does. If you can really spend a small amount of money to see classic comics, I believe that someone will definitely pay for this.

Zhao Pang has worked as an editor in "Weekly Shangjing Boy" for more than 30 years, and his relationship with those authors is not ordinary. Such a network is beyond the reach of Li Er. Since this is not a violation of the contract, Li Er also wants to use Zhao Pang's relationship to win the copyright of the network serial.

At this time, Zhao Pang also realized the true purpose of Li Er calling him over. He showed a look of sudden realization: "It turns out that you called me here because you took a fancy to my connections." ”

Well, that's a mutually beneficial thing for writers as well. After all, many cartoonists don't know that webtoon serialization can also get royalties. We can be the first to eat crabs. ”

Zhao Pang nodded, he also felt that this was a good thing for those writers. After all, if you can open up one more channel to make money, you can give cartoonists more income.

"Contact, I'm here to get in touch with you. But if they don't, I can't guarantee it. ”

"Not really. There's one more thing, I have to trouble you. ”

"Let's put a piece and say, what's the matter?"

"Do you know a cartoonist who has been in the industry for many years and has not become famous, and has a particularly good artist?"

"The painter is very good, and he has not been a famous cartoonist for many years?" Zhao Pang touched his chin and repeated in his mouth. If you want to say that you meet this condition, there are not a hundred, but there are dozens, but the most difficult one is one person.

Tian Xiaojian.

Thirty years ago, when this cartoonist first debuted, he was known for his slender pictures and beautiful characters. Today's LV5 cartoonist Potato Bean and LV4 cartoonist Shenyue have all worked as assistants under him.

Ironically, for thirty years, his assistants have been mixed up enough to form a reinforcement company, and he is still a LV3 cartoonist.

The reason for this result is that his stories are too weak. Heaven is equal, if you give a person super painting skills, you will take away his ability to write stories.

Counting the time, Tian Xiaojian has been in the industry for more than 30 years. It was a good painting skill back then, but now it has been refined to the point of pure love. But it's not enough to have a picture of a comic. His serialization has just been cut in half, and now even eating is a problem.

After relaying Tian Xiaojian's contact information to Li Er, Zhao Pang asked, "Why are you asking this, do you want him to serialize it on the website?"

"Sort of. ”

"Forget it. His level is really not suitable for serialization. Although he is indeed very diligent and hardworking, comics are not the only ones. Hey, but he's been really miserable lately, if there is any work as an assistant, a job with a relatively high hourly salary, it would be nice to introduce a few to him. ”

"Editor-in-Chief Zhao, have you forgotten what I do?"

"What do you do...... aren't you the general manager of this website? Oh! Why did I forget, you wrote the script for "The Ghoul of Shangjing"? You want to write the script yourself and find someone else to draw it? If so, it's really a bit interesting! I'm already looking forward to what kind of work you can come up with......

"Oh, how can I have the energy to get that now. Li Er hurriedly denied, "I want to make a remake of "One Punch Man". Boost the picture quality. Anyway, "One Punch" is now the most popular webtoon on the Internet, and if the plot can be raised to the serialization level of "Shangjing Boy", it should not be a problem whether it is paid or published. ”

"So you had that in mind. Zhao Pang suddenly realized, "But can the author agree?"

Li Er smiled mysteriously.

Can you not say yes? He's the author!

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What followed went smoothly.

On the side of the technical department, the system code that Li Er worked on overnight was successfully pre-installed in the background.

In several internal tests, the new system showed near-perfect efficiency. Not only has the original situation of stuttering completely disappeared as soon as there were too many people, but the user experience of reading has also been greatly improved.

On the editorial side, through the contact of Zhao Pang, Li Er successfully caught up with many authors who were or had been serialized in the "Weekly Shangjing Boy". The worst of them are LV4, and there are many fossil-level national treasure cartoonists like Gu Yong, who have been famous for a long time LV.5.

For such cartoonists, money is no longer an issue. They want their work to receive higher honor and praise.

After some persuasion, and Zhao Pang's assist, Gu Yong only charged a symbolic license fee of 1 yuan, and then authorized his classic comics to Li Er's website.

As for him and Illya's "Ghoul in Beijing", because he annoyed Bian Wenqing last time, it seems that he is going to be beheaded.

He also explained this matter to Illya. On this point, Illya took a firm stand.

"For an artist, his work is not to be defiled!"

He still remembered the sudden fire in Illya's eyes when he said this, when he had been angry with him. He had never seen her so strong, though Lear's reason for refusing to revise was not because he was an artist.

Originally, if a manga artist's work was cut in half in a magazine, he would no longer be able to serialize the manga.

However, now there is a second option, which is to continue the serialization of "Shangjing Ghoul" on the website.

Next week, the new episode of "Shangjing Ghoul" will be released along with many classic comic works of this time and space and the remastered version of "One Punch Man".

He deliberately set it on the same day as the publication of "Weekly Shangjing Boy".

Will the new charging model succeed?

Or will Bian Wenqing's "Weekly Beijing Boys" be more popular?

When that day comes, nature will be revealed.