303 How to get rid of knots
"Aoyama-sensei, I believe that Detective Conan will be successful, please work hard!" said Isamu Konishi.
"Don't worry, I've been drawing comics for eight years, and I've grown a lot. Aoyama Gangchang touched his increasingly shiny head.
If Qin Han saw the comparison between Qingshan Gangchang's appearance ten years ago and now, he would definitely pat him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Qingshan, you have become bald and stronger." ”
After hanging up the phone, Isamu Konishi was full of confidence.
"There are Takahashi-san, there are Andasang-san, there are Aoyama-san...... In addition to other writers who are the backbone of the work, our lineup of manga artists will not be lost to JUMP! With the release of "Baseball Heroes" and "Detective Conan", I will be the one who will lead "Weekly Shonen Sunday" in the future! That guy Inomata is no longer suitable for this era. Poaching people at any cost is inherently undesirable. Although Qin Han is very powerful, can his new work really compare to "Detective Conan"?"
Compared with "Weekly Shonen Sunday", which has become full of confidence after having Aoyama Gosho's "Detective Conan", "Weekly Shonen Jump" is still struggling with how to recruit Qin Han.
With the unremitting efforts of Kazuhiko Torishima, the top management of Shueisha finally made up their minds to recruit Qin Han to JUMP.
Despite a slight decline in the past year, Shueisha is still the largest publishing house in Toei, with annual revenues almost double that of Shogakukan.
Shueisha has a lot of money, so naturally it can also offer better conditions when poaching people.
In the 70s of the last century, the three major magazines also experienced a wave of poaching wars. At that time, "Weekly Shonen Jump", which was founded almost ten years later than the other two, had a relatively weak foundation, so it couldn't compete with "Weekly Shonen Sunday" and "Weekly Shonen Magazine" at all.
It is precisely because of the hardships that "Weekly Shonen Jump" pays more attention to the cultivation of newcomers, and introduces an exclusive contract system that binds magazines and manga artists together.
Since then, this magazine has embarked on the road of counterattacking and becoming king.
Now that the situation has turned upside down, and after making up his mind to poach people, Shueisha is far more atmospheric than Shogakukan and Kodansha.
Kazuhiko Torishima discussed with Shueisha executives and came up with a contract. Other minutiae aside, Shueisha gave 12% and 6% for the two that have the greatest impact on the income of manga artists, royalties and peripheral sharing.
Don't look at the comparison with "Weekly Shonen Sunday", it's just 1% more than the peripheral share. However, with the huge strength of Shueisha, as long as the manga is popular, after promotion and publicity, a variety of peripheral products are made, and 1% of the sales revenue is also a great number.
By the time the comic is over, relying on the extra 1% of the surrounding share income, Qin Han may be able to buy a luxury apartment again.
However, it is not difficult for Shueisha to come up with a lucrative contract.
The difficulty is how to eliminate the knot between the previous and Qin Han.
In the evening, after work, Kazuhiko Torishima drinks at a bar with Masamin Koyama, the vice president of Shueisha who is in charge of "Weekly Shonen Jump" and other JUMP-related shonen manga magazines.
"Torishima-san, you are the person in the editorial department who has known Mr. Qin Han for the longest time. What kind of person does he think he is?"
"When I first met him, Qin Han was a very talented young cartoonist, but his personality was a bit awkward and paranoid, and he didn't understand the world. But later, after the banning incident, when Qin Han and I met again, he had changed a lot. When you deal with him, you don't think he's a young man in his twenties. All in all, we don't have to worry about the other person acting in a bad way. ”
Listening to Kazuhiko Torishima's words, Koyama Masamin felt a little relieved. He threw his head back and took a sip of the cocktail, eating even the cherry trimmings.
Smacking his lips, he said, "If it's really as Torishima-san said, then Mr. Qin Han should know that for him, and for his football comics, our jump is the best choice." ”
Masamin Koyama felt that he was not boasting, but stating a fact.
First of all, although "Weekly Shonen Jump" is about to face the dilemma of the departure of signature cartoonists and the shortage of talents, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and it is still the king of the Toei shonen manga field - or rather, the entire manga field.
This kind of platform advantage is incomparable between "Weekly Shonen Magazine" and "Weekly Shonen Sunday".
Moreover, there are no eye-catching sports manga on "Weekly Shonen Jump" these days. Occasionally, new works on this theme are published, often with poor results, and after two or three months of serialization, they end hastily with a cut in half.
Therefore, if Qin Han came to "Weekly Shonen Jump", he would not have the homogeneous competition that he needed to face when he went to the other two magazines.
After all, "Weekly Shonen Magazine" was originally known for producing all kinds of excellent sports comics, and "Weekly Shonen Sunday" has Anda Chong.
Although "Weekly Shonen Jump" is known for its royal bloody battle comics, the editorial department is also trying to increase the diversity of its comics.
It is precisely for this reason that Masami Madada, who was able to attract female readers with the beauty of her characters back then, was vigorously cultivated.
It is precisely for this reason that Katsura Masakazu, who was good at drawing beautiful girls and love comics last year, was able to get the favor of the Tezuka Award judges.
If Qin Han can come to "Weekly Shonen Jump" to serialize sports comics, it will be a win-win situation for both the magazine and the author.
Kazuhiko Torishima glanced at Masamin Koyama, who was quite confident, and said, "Vice President Koyama, although you are right, but for Teacher Qin Han, the best choice is not necessarily the most desired choice. Human, in the final analysis, is a sensual creature that will not always be dominated by reason. ”
Koyama Masamin thought for a while, nodded and said: "At the beginning, although there was clear evidence that Shueisha was wrong to blame Teacher Qin Han for the blockade incident, but at the strong request of the Ministry of Justice, the decision was not changed at the meeting of the directors, so that Teacher Qin Han paid 20 million liquidated damages, and then left Baiquan Society...... Although it's a bit of a dead end now, but in order to bridge the relationship with Teacher Qin Han, obviously you should start from this aspect, am I right, Torishima-san?"
Kazuhiko Torishima took a sip of wine: "It's worthy of a small mountain mulberry, and he immediately grasped the point." ”
Xiaoshan Zhengmin shook his head and smiled: "In order to eliminate the knot in Teacher Qin Han's heart, it seems that I have to visit in person to show my sincerity." And you can't go to ...... empty-handed."
The next day, Masamin Koyama told his intentions and sought the president's approval, and then went to the finance department.
On the morning of the third day, Masamin Koyama, Kazuhiko Torishima, and a temporary bodyguard captain of Jiei Insurance, came to Qin Han's apartment building.