Chapter Seventy-Five: Confidence or Arrogance
Obviously, Taniyama Naoyoshi was moved, and the initial capital of 50 million yen was undoubtedly very generous for a manga company, and it seemed good to be able to make the leap from the editor-in-chief of a manga magazine affiliated with Shueisha to the president of such a manga publishing house.
But that's all, as he said earlier, the Japanese manga industry is very developed, and correspondingly, the competition is also very fierce. Moreover, after so many years of survival of the fittest, the Japanese manga publishing industry has formed a situation in which the Shogakusha, Shirakusensha, and Shueisha are among the top three.
Almost all of Japan's best manga artists are concentrated in these three publishing houses, and other manga companies are barely surviving under the oppression of these three publishing houses, and it is really difficult to make great achievements, at least he has no confidence to change this situation.
"An investment of 50 million is enough, but if you want to do a good comic club, it is not enough to have funds alone, the most important thing is to have good works. At present, most of Japan's best manga artists are in Shueisha, Shogakusha, and Shiraizumsha, and it may not be easy for Mr. Wei to get involved. ”
Taniyama Shangyi didn't say it explicitly, but Wei Xiong couldn't hear the other party's shirking, so he smiled disappreciatively: "You're right, the competition is so fierce, the most important thing to get out of the position is the work, huh...... Well, I wonder when Mr. Taniyama will return to Tokyo?"
Taniyama Shangyi said suspiciously: "Well, I'm here for a vacation this time, so I should stay for two more days, why does Mr. Wei ask this?"
"I happen to be a little interested in manga, and I used to create one when I was bored, and although I didn't bring it to Japan, I can redraw the beginning, and after reading my work, if Mr. Taniyama still thinks about it, then I haven't been here tonight. ”
Hearing this, Taniyama Shangyi couldn't help frowning slightly, this passage may be confident in Wei Xiong's own eyes, but in his opinion it is arrogance, he has been engaged in the comic industry for more than 20 years, and no cartoonist has ever dared to say that his unreleased works will be popular.
Even Akira Toriyama didn't know that "Dragon Ball" would be so popular before the release of "Dragon Ball", let alone Wei Xiong, a complete layman.
However, thinking that Wei Xiong is a big star after all, how can he give some face, and people look up to him when they want him to be the president, so in the end he nodded: "Yes, I will leave the afternoon after tomorrow, and I will wait for Mr. Wei's masterpiece at any time before that." ”
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As soon as he left Taniyama Naoyoshi's room, Le Zhenghong, who acted as a translator, immediately couldn't help it, and asked eagerly, "Do you still draw comics?"
"What's so strange about this, I also took Chinese painting as an elective in college. Wei Xiong looked careless, facing Le Zhenghong's eyes as if he was looking at aliens, he didn't even turn his head: "Time is a little urgent, I'm going back to the room to draw comics, you can go shopping by yourself." ”
Le Zhenghong then remembered that the newspaper had reported that Wei Xiong had taken music and Chinese painting when he was in college, but Chinese painting and comics are the same thing?
He didn't understand Chinese painting, so he naturally couldn't figure it out, and when he came back to his senses, Wei Xiong had already walked out for several meters, and hurriedly caught up: "Are you serious?"
To be honest, at this time, he really had the urge to open Wei Xiong's head and see what Wei Xiong was thinking in his head, you must know that comics and movies and music belong to completely different systems, if Wei Xiong wants to make a comic into a movie, he may still be able to understand.
But Wei Xiong is going to open a comic publishing house, and he plans to create it himself, this crossover is too exaggerated, there is no logic at all, he feels that his brain is really a little insufficient, and even at a certain moment, there is an illusion of living in a different space with Wei Xiong.
"I have already answered this question just now Taniyama Shangyi, aren't you going shopping, if you want to go, hurry up, I need to be quiet now. ”
Facing the door that was close at hand, but had been closed, Le Zhenghong was really speechless, if he hadn't moved fast just now, his nose would have hit the door panel.
"It seems that genius really can't be inferred by common sense. Unlike Taniyama Naoyoshi, who thinks Wei Xiong is arrogant, Le Zhenghong knows Wei Xiong's character better, and has seen Wei Xiong's musical genius too many times, so he is more curious about the comics in Wei Xiong's mouth.
"Alas, it's not interesting to go shopping alone, just go back to the room, the masseuse looks good in the afternoon, I don't know if there is any special service. ”
Thinking of this, he immediately went back to the room and called the main station, as for whether he would be discovered by Wei Xiong, he didn't think about it at all, the two have been working together for so long, they have already become acquainted, and they are business partners, otherwise they would not have come here to soak in the hot springs together.
A few minutes later, a woman in a kimono entered Rakku's room...... This scene happened to be seen by Wei Xiong, who was about to go out to buy paper and pencils.
"Hehe, I said I was going out shopping. In this regard, Wei Xiong just smiled, although Le Zhenghong has a wife and children, he doesn't think there is anything in it, it's just a show, as long as he knows that he has a family, a wife and children, it doesn't matter if he relaxes occasionally.
After going to the mall and buying what he needed, Wei Xiong went back to his room and began to 'create', which he called "Slam Dunk", which appeared in the early 90s and then became popular throughout Asia, with a circulation of more than 100 million copies, and was known as the king of Japanese sports comics.
Because the content of the original version is clearly engraved in his mind, and he has the painting skills of Chinese painting, the process of 'creation' seems to be very smooth, with almost no pause, as if flowing water, not only perfectly restored the original, but also very fast.
On the morning of the third day, Wei Xiong came to Taniyama Naoyoshi's room again with the first ten words drawn, and the reason why he came alone was because at the end of the conversation the day before yesterday, he already knew that Taniyama Naoyoshi could speak English, and the two could communicate normally without Le Zhenghong's translation.
The slightly polite defender Wei Xiong didn't talk nonsense, and directly put the thick manuscript in front of Taniyama Shangyi: "Due to the hurry, it may be a little sloppy." ”
"I understand that. Taniyama Shangyi nodded politely, then picked up the manuscript and looked at it, it should be said that his actions were just out of respect for Wei Xiong, or it can be said that he coped, and he didn't have much expectation for Wei Xiong's work itself, but soon his mind changed.
As soon as he finished reading the first sentence, he looked up at Wei Xiong in surprise, and Wei Xiong smiled back faintly, and then gestured to the manuscript in his hand, meaning please continue...... In the process of reading, Taniyama Naoyoshi let out a chuckle that he couldn't help but chuckle many times, and his expression was completely attracted by the comics, and it wasn't until nearly an hour later that he couldn't finish putting down the manuscript that had been turned to the end.