I originally thought that it would be very easy to start a comic studio, but I didn't expect Zhang Lexing to encounter some very troublesome things at the beginning: first, he is just a business comic enthusiast and has no idea how to operate a comic studio; second, he doesn't know much about the situation in the Hong Kong comic industry, and he doesn't know if he can recruit suitable talents; third, he can be said to be unknown in the comics industry, will anyone be willing to come?

Zhang Lexing told Yang Xinxin about the confusion in his heart, and finally said helplessly: "Actually, I also want to solve this problem, but now I don't know how to start." ”

"It's not a problem," Yang Xinxin said nonchalantly: "I have a high school classmate, who is doing this now, although I haven't produced any works that I can eye, but I am still in the industry, and I should be able to help solve this problem." ”

"That's great, why don't you see when it's convenient, let's find a place to talk together. Zhang Lexing said happily.

Miss Yang readily agreed.

The next day, Zhang Lexing received a notice from Yang Xinxin: "Three days later, at three o'clock in the afternoon, Sogo Coffee Shop in Causeway Bay. ”

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Three days later, it was still the silver shadow in the back row, and Yang Xinxin took Zhang Lexing to the Sogo coffee shop in Causeway Bay. Pushing open the door, there was a pleasant sound of "Lingling" on the door, and a male waiter quickly greeted him.

"Miss, how many are there?" asked the waitress in a white shirt and black trousers respectfully, apparently he could tell at a glance which of the two in front of him was in charge.

"My friend must have arrived. Yang Xinxin waved her hand, signaling that the waiter didn't need to follow, and then looked for her friend as she walked.

Zhang Lexing followed closely behind, he was unfamiliar with the place, and he didn't want any accidents. Without taking two steps, Yang Xinxin noticed that a man in a suit was waving to her not far away, apparently her friend had really arrived first. Yang Xinxin quickened her pace and came to the seat of the man in the suit, and Zhang Lexing also hurriedly followed.

"Jenny, I haven't seen her in a long time, but it's getting prettier. The man in the suit looked very happy to see Yang Xinxin, while Zhang Lexing next to him was selectively ignored by him.

"Chris, I can't believe you're so flattering now. Yang Xinxin smiled like a flower, and it seemed that this compliment was still very useful. After a few words of greeting with the man in the suit, Yang Xinxin thought of Zhang Lexing standing stupidly next to him.

"Chris, this is the Zhang Lexing I mentioned to you, that is, he wants to start a comic studio. Yang Xinxin introduced.

"It's a blessing. The man in the suit said hello, then continued: "Let's stop standing, sit down and talk, and try the signature coffee here." ”

The three of them sat down on two sides, and the man in the suit greeted the waiter next to him: "Waiter, three glasses of Blue Mountain." ”

Yang Xinxin introduced to Zhang Lexing: "The person on the other side is what I said before, high school classmate Cao Zhilin, whose English name is Chris. ”

"Mr. Cao, it's a pleasure to meet you. Zhang Lexing stretched out his hand.

Cao Zhilin shook it lightly and took his hand back, saying, "Just call me Chris." When I first heard Jenny mention it, I thought it was a young talent, but I didn't expect you to look so young, Mr. Zhang. ”

"Chris, I don't have an English name, but you can call me Lexing. I heard Sister Xin say, you are in the comics industry, I don't know which company you are in?" Zhang Lexing asked.

"I worked in Yulang Group for a while, but I felt that my painting style was too different from theirs, and I didn't like the working atmosphere, so I worked alone, but unfortunately I haven't made any achievements. Cao Zhilin said with some self-deprecation.

"Chris, I don't know if you know any cartoonists, I have a work in my hand and I've already drawn some of it, but I may not have much time to draw it myself in the future, so I want to ask someone to help. Zhang Lexing said his intentions.

"Did you bring it? Can you show me first?" Cao Zhilin said casually, looking at his expression, he obviously paid more attention to Yang Xinxin.

Zhang Lexing took out more than 20 drawings that had been prepared a long time ago and handed them to Cao Zhilin. When he first took over the sketch, Cao Zhilin didn't care, and chatted with Yang Xinxin from time to time about his middle school days. After looking at a few photos, Cao Zhilin quieted down and took the sketch and looked at it carefully.

Yang Xinxin suddenly felt bored, so she asked for two more egg tarts. After eating the egg tart, Zhang Lexing poured three cups of coffee in a row, and Cao Zhilin finally finished reading.

"Le Xing, did you finish this manuscript alone?" Cao Zhilin asked.

"yes, what do you think?" Zhang Lexing asked rhetorically.

"Your style of drawing has a very Japanese manga feel, but seriously speaking, the art of this drawing is relatively amateurish, but the story is very gripping. After all, Cao Zhilin is still a professional, and he can see the problem at a glance.

Zhang Lexing was also very helpless, the sketches he brought were still painted when he was in China, not only the painters were more amateur, but the painting tools were even more amateur.

"But this problem is easy to solve, as long as a professional painter re-processes it, the effect should be much better. Cao Zhilin continued.

"Actually, I want to start a comic studio with this in mind, but I'm still very new to this industry, and I don't know how to start if I want to find someone. Zhang Lexing expressed his confusion.

"Then let me first introduce the composition of the comic studio," Cao Zhilin began to popularize the basic knowledge: "To put it simply, it mainly includes text authors, cartoonists, painting assistants, promotion assistants, studio managers, etc. The text writer is responsible for providing the story (the plot of the comics, dialogues, etc.), the cartoonist conceives the drawing according to the story, the drawing assistant can help the cartoonist to stroke and color the sketch or deal with a part of the draft, the promotion assistant is responsible for publicity and promotion, copyright transactions, contact the comic book to be published in the magazine and publish a single book, etc., and the studio manager is responsible for the daily management of the studio equivalent to a housekeeper. At the heart of the studio is the manga artist, who controls the direction of the entire comic. ”

"Then in my situation, how should I start?" Zhang Lexing humbly asked for advice.

"If you only have one comic for the time being, you don't have to arrange so many people at once, and the most urgent thing at the moment is actually only one manga artist plus two or three drawing assistants, and I think you should be able to provide a story. If you want to take a little less work out of the text, you can also add a writer to help you organize the story and make up the dialogue of the characters. In the future, personnel can be adjusted according to the development of the studio. Cao Zhilin took a sip of a little cold coffee and said.

Zhang Lexing thought about it in his heart, this gradual development model should be suitable, so he said: "Chris, I don't know if you have any suitable people to recommend it." ”

"There aren't many manga artists who are suitable for Japanese-style manga, but I know a few, but I won't know if I can come until I get in touch. As for the painting assistant and the text writer, but it's easy to find, I'll contact you first, and I'll notify you when there's news. Cao Zhilin said.

"Chris, you have to take this matter seriously, and you can't find someone who doesn't make it up. Yang Xinxin seems to be quite interested in this matter, of course, the main reason is that she is very interested in comics.

When Yang Xinxin wrote her contact information to Cao Zhilin, the first meeting of the three once again turned into a class reunion, and Zhang Lexing became a superfluous person again.

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Under the urging of Yang Xinxin, Cao Zhilin quickly found five cartoonists to come over for an interview, and talked for several days, and finally Zhang Lexing finally finalized a cartoonist named Li Guozhu to become a cartoonist in the studio. The office location of the studio was personally chosen by Yang Xinxin, which is in the office building of Yang's enterprise, downstairs of Yang Xinxin's office. Although Yang Xinxin's banner is to facilitate Zhang Lexing, Zhang Lexing understands in his heart that it is actually to facilitate Miss Yang to see the latest sketches immediately.

In less than a month, all the manuscripts accumulated by Zhang Lexing in the early stage were redrawn by professional painters, and the original amateur traces were gone, and the sketches immediately became professional, and even Yang Xinxin praised them after reading them, of course, the plot and painting style did not make any changes under Zhang Lexing's insistence. After a month of running-in, the operation of the studio is also on the right track, and with the support of the painter and the writer of the text, Zhang Lexing has finally become a story provider, and no longer has to invest too much energy in this area.

As a business family, Yang Xinxin certainly won't let this studio become a money-burning tool, and after the operation of the studio was on the right track, she quickly used her family's connections and connections to promote this comic to Japan, and gave the comic a nice name - "Dragon Ball", of course, Cao Zhilin also has the credit for this. The manga was first serialized in magazines, attracting many fans, and then made a single book, which turned out to be a huge hit and sales, setting off a Dragon Ball craze in Japan.

With the popularity of "Dragon Ball", the manga studio called Kunpeng also became famous in Japan, and at the instigation of the discerning Cao Zhilin, Zhang Lexing added some additional investment, expanded the manga studio into a comic production company, and added a lot of staff, and added a few manga studios. The company's business is mainly oriented to Japan, Cao Zhilin became the company's first general manager, and as one of the investors owns 10% of the company's equity, Zhang Lexing as the main investor owns 80% of the equity, and the remaining 10% is Miss Yang's private money. In order to make the company's development go smoothly, Zhang Lexing relied on his memory to write a few future Japanese comic cattle, ready to absorb it while it is low and make good use of it in the future.

Of course, these are all later words, this will be Zhang Lexing has nothing about comics in his mind, and he is working hard in the Yang family's mansion to pile up the code, because Dr. Yu came to Hong Kong with three microcomputers, and Zhang Lexing's working hours are up.

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