When Wei Xiong arrived in Tokyo, Japan, it was already eight o'clock in the evening, and it was Taniyama Naoyoshi who came to pick up the airport, and now Taniyama Naoyoshi can be described as high-spirited, and the big sale of "Slam Dunk" made the Hero Club spread all over Japan at once, and his status also rose with the tide.

Although the Hero Club is now unable to compare with an established manga company like Shueisha in terms of scale and strength, the outside world is very optimistic about the prospects of the Hero Club, and with this shareholder wind, Taniyama Naoyoshi has successfully invited several more famous manga artists to join in a short period of time.

On the way to the hotel, Taniyama Naoyoshi briefly introduced the current situation of the Hero Club to Wei Xiong, and the focus was naturally "Slam Dunk".

"Of the manga being released in Japan right now, only "Dragon Ball" can compete with "Slam Dunk", but it is no longer very good, and there are several issues that have surpassed "Dragon Ball" in sales. As time goes on, Slam Dunk will grow in fans. ”

"At that time, the position of "Slam Dunk" will become more and more stable, and some animation companies have contacted me, hoping to buy the adaptation rights of "Slam Dunk" animation, but I think the current popularity of "Slam Dunk" is far from accumulating to the highest, so I refused."

Wei Xiong nodded and said: "Your idea is right, the overseas distribution of "Slam Dunk" has just begun, not only in Asia, with its sports theme, there should be a lot of markets in European and American countries, and in another year, it should be able to sell at a better price at that time." ”

"Mr. Wei's thoughts coincide with mine. In addition, in the past two months, the club has invited several good artists to join, although the works they create cannot be compared with "Slam Dunk", but they can make the comic club's work more diverse. ”

"And it also helps to cultivate loyal fans of the manga club...... "Taniyama Naoyoshi talked a lot, and after talking about the present, he began to talk about future plans, including when he arrived at the hotel and when he accompanied Weixiong to dine, which shows that he is a very conscientious manager.

After finishing dinner and sending Wei Xiong back to the room, Taniyama Shangyi left first, leaving Han Jiaying to report to Wei Xiong on financial matters.

In fact, Han Jiaying will fax the monthly financial statements back to Hong Kong, so what needs to be reported today is mainly some details, such as how the company's various budgets are used? Is there any deliberate waste or overspending when using?

After reporting to work, Han Jiaying asked with a little hesitation, "Boss, you said that coming to Japan was only temporary, when will I ......?"

"What, miss Fan Wei?" Wei Xiong couldn't help but smile and teased, and when he saw Han Jiaying lowering his head embarrassedly, he continued: "Of course I am talking about it, but if you hold on for another month or two, I will send someone to take over your work at that time." ”

"Yes." Han Jiaying nodded hurriedly, it would be good if she could be transferred back to Hong Kong, she had almost forgotten what Fan Wei looked like. And Wei's movies are getting bigger and bigger now, and Fan Wei is the president of Wei's films, who knows if there will be some actresses who will take the initiative to dedicate themselves to becoming famous.

After Han Jiaying said goodbye and left, without outsiders present, Cui Muqing immediately sat on Wei Xiong's lap unscrupulously, and wrapped his hands around Wei Xiong's neck: "Although this Gushan Shangyi is a little verbose, he is quite reliable, and he is also very supportive of Jiaying's work." ”

"Without 100% loyalty, especially to the Japanese, the necessary supervision is still required. Okay, let's not talk about that, I haven't taken a mandarin duck bath with you yet. After speaking, Wei Xiong dragged Cui Muqing's buttocks with both hands and stood up, and then walked quickly towards the bedroom.

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At 10 o'clock the next morning, Wei Xiong arrived at Shueisha on time in the car sent by Taniyama Naoyoshi, and as soon as he stepped out of the elevator, he saw Taniyama Naoyoshi leading the company's main employees to wait at the elevator entrance, and they were not only dressed very formally, but even in a standing posture.

"Welcome Mr. Wei to visit the company, let me introduce to you, this is Ishihara Tadayoshi, is the company's chief cartoonist, his shoujo manga "Devil's Girl Diary" has begun to be released in a single book, the market response is very good. This is ......"

Since the scale of the Hero Club is still relatively small, only one weekly magazine is issued, and there are two comics in the distribution of single books, so there are not many managers, such as the editor of the weekly magazine is Taniyama Naoyoshi himself, even if the cleaners are added, the number of personnel will not exceed twenty.

There are even fewer who came out to greet Wei Xiong, mainly a few cartoonists who were newly invited to join, and Taniyama Naoyoshi obviously attached great importance to them.

Wei Xiong smiled and shook hands with everyone on the surface, showing the demeanor of a boss, but in his heart he was full of slander, just because these little Japan looks like a lewd, in comparison, Taniyama Shangyi is good. Of course, this may have been his psychological problem.

Next, Wei Xiong began his own inspection work under the leadership of Taniyama Naoyi, perhaps because the company is located in a commercial area and the rent is expensive; Or perhaps it is because the working environment of the Japanese company is like this, and the office space of the entire company does not exceed 1,300 square feet according to his eye.

In such a small office area, in addition to almost half of the area as a hall for collective work, the rest is divided into seven rooms, a pantry, a president's office, a vice president's office, and the last four are manga artists' studios.

These seven rooms are very small except for the president's office and the vice president's office, which are slightly larger, and the pantry is fine, but it may be difficult for a manga artist to create in such an environment, so he immediately raised this question to Taniyama Naoyoshi.

"Comic creation is very much in need of inspiration, and a good creative environment is more conducive to the generation of this kind of inspiration, I don't think our current environment meets this requirement. In addition, a good, promising, and future-oriented comic company should have its own corporate culture. ”

"This not only improves employees' sense of belonging to the company, but also stimulates the creative inspiration of cartoonists, just like the two major comic book giants in the United States: Marvel Comics and DC Comics, each of which has its own unique corporate culture. I hope that this area will continue to improve in the future. ”

Hearing this, Taniyama Naoyoshi's attitude was very humble and upright: "This is indeed my lack of consideration, when I was looking for an office, I didn't expect the company to develop so quickly. As a result of the current situation, I will implement your suggestion as soon as possible, Mr. Wei. ”

"Well, I believe in Mr. Taniyama's ability to do things...... He is ......" Wei Xiong came out of a studio and was walking with Naoyoshi Taniyama to the president's office, when his eyes were suddenly attracted by a young man with glasses who came out of the pantry with two cups of coffee.

Taniyama Shangyi looked at the young man who was standing and didn't dare to move suspiciously, and he didn't know why Wei Xiong asked this for no reason, but he still opened his mouth and introduced: "His name is Fujian Yoshihiro, and he is now an apprentice, I think his talent is very good, and he should be able to write in a few years." ”

As he spoke, seeing that the young man was still standing stupidly, his face immediately pulled down: "Yibo, what are you still standing for, why don't you say hello to Mr. Wei." ”

At this time, Yoshihiro Fujian came back to his senses, hurriedly put the coffee in his hand on the desk next to him, didn't even care about spilling it, and then bowed respectfully to Wei Xiong almost 90 degrees, and said excitedly: "My name is Yoshihiro Fujian, please give Mr. Wei more advice." ”

Yoshihiro Tomiyasu!

Wei Xiong suddenly felt that he must have the halo of the protagonist on his head, otherwise how could such a coincidence and such a good thing happen to him. This young man, Yoshihiro Tomiyatsu, who looks a bit of a nerd with his glasses, will be one of Japan's most famous manga masters in the future.

His representative works are Yuyu Hakusho, which began serialization in 1990, and Full-Time Hunter, which began serialization in 1998, both of which have sold more than 50 million copies and are in the top 10 of Shueisha's single book release list.

This future god-level figure in the Japanese manga industry actually worked as an apprentice at the Hero Society? Is there anything more? What does it mean to step on iron shoes and find nowhere to find them, and it takes no effort to get them? Here it is. In an instant, he made a decision: let "Youyou Hakushu" come out early.

The author is still Yoshihiro Tomiyasu. That's right, he doesn't want to do it himself, because the time it takes to create comics is too huge, which is why many comics are serialized for years, or even more than ten years, even if he has an invincible cheat,

Basically, you only need to 'copy' the comics you remember on paper by hand, and the amount of work is also amazing. You must know that drawing comics is different from creating a storyboard script, although the storyboard script looks a little similar to a comic, but it does not have high requirements for character images and effects.

It can even be very sloppy, just show the general form of the character and note the lines. Drawing comics, on the other hand, requires meticulous crafting, which is time-consuming, as evidenced by the fact that "Slam Dunk" has not been finished until now, even though he has scribbled it.

Before the official printing, there must be a painter who specializes in beautification and retouching.

To put it bluntly, he doesn't want to spend too much time on such a small and boring thing as drawing comics, so the work in his mind is bound to need someone to help him realize it, and the choice is naturally the original author of the work, such as Yoshihiro Tomiyasu, the author of "Yuyou Hakusho".

"Very nice, you bring a pen and paper to the office."

Looking at Wei Xiong who walked into the president's room, Yoshihiro Fujian's head was full of question marks, and he was a little skeptical that he had heard it wrong, but looking at the eyes of his colleagues around him, he knew that he had heard it right, but what did Wei Xiong ask him to do in the office? Bring paper and pen with you?

In any case, the big boss's orders must be listened to, and after slamming down, he hurriedly ran back to his seat and went to get paper and pen.