Chapter Ninety-Nine: Comics
"Yulang International? Huang Yulang? Father Chen asked in surprise when he heard Yulang International.
"Yes, Huang Yulang is my master, I came to find Chen Lang today for something, is he at home?" The man said with a smile.
"Lang Lang is at home, please come in." After hearing that Qi Wenjie was Huang Yulang's disciple, Chen's father immediately invited him to the house, because Chen's father had already heard of Huang Yulang and Yulang International, and Huang Yulang's comic "Little Rascal", which is now "Dragon and Tiger Gate", is his favorite comic.
Chen Lang saw that Chen's father had brought a person to the house, and although he didn't know him, he still stood up politely. When Father Chen saw Chen Lang, he introduced, "This is Qi Wenjie of Yulang International, a disciple of Huang Yulang." ”
"Huang Yulang?" Chen Lang was also stunned when he heard this name, this is a legendary figure.
Huang Yulang's original name was Huang Zhenlong, and his early pen name was Huang Xuansheng. Hong Kong's famous cartoonist, the godfather of Hong Kong's comic industry, is the founder of Hong Kong's largest comic publishing group, Yulang International (now Wenhuaxin) and Jade Dynasty, and his comics are not only extremely popular in Hong Kong, but also occupy an important position in Chinese-speaking regions such as Southeast Asia, Taiwan and Chinese mainland.
His masterpiece Dragon Tiger Gate has been popular for 30 years, creating a historical record of long-form comics in Hong Kong, and he introduced the modeling and painting techniques of Japanese comics, combined with traditional Chinese comic book forms, and created a new era of Hong Kong comics.
Chen Lang also has some understanding of Huang Yulang, knowing that this is a guy who has been defeated repeatedly, in the early days, he failed to run newspapers and serialized comics, but he accumulated rich experience, and then finally succeeded with "Dragon and Tiger Gate", and then founded his own company Yulang International, in the seventies, only Shangguan Xiaobao's "Bruce Lee" could compete with "Dragon and Tiger Gate", but it was still slightly inferior.
Shortly after this year, Huang Yulang will negotiate with Shangguan Xiaobao and put his "Bruce Lee" into "Yulang", and from then on, the country will be officially unified, and all comics will be owned by Yulang Comics.
At the same time, Huang Yulang also purchased and published a number of magazines, namely "Fresh Weekly", "New Era", "Youth", "Yulang TV", "Star TV", "Hong Kong Daily", "Financial Japan", "Daily Daily", etc., in order to open sales, Huang Yulang shouted a sky-high price of 500 yuan for Ni Kuang, which shocked Hong Kong.
Now is the peak years of Huang Yulang's life, unlike when he was imprisoned later, of course, Chen Lang can't remember the specific time. However, the current Huang Yulang is definitely wealthy, and he is busy bringing Shangguan Xiaobao's "Bruce Lee" under his command, and today I am afraid that he has seen his novels "Zhu Xian" and "Ethereal Journey".
"Hello, I'm Chen Lang. Is there anything you came to me for today? Chen Lang knew Qi Wenjie's intention, but he still pretended to be confused.
"We at Yulang International have taken a fancy to your novels "Zhu Xian" and "Ethereal Journey" and want to buy the copyright of these two novels." Qi Wenjie was also simple and direct, and he said the purpose of coming today.
"Yulang International wants to buy the rights to "Zhu Xian" and "Ethereal Journey"? That's great.,Before, the two TV stations wanted to buy the TV rights of two novels.,But I don't think the effect of Xianxia can be made at the current level of special effects.,So I refused.,But if it's a comic.,It's a certain effect.。 Chen Lang looked at Qi Wenjie and said happily.
"It's true, with the current level of special effects, it is impossible to shoot the flavor of Xianxia, but the comics can undoubtedly make up for this shortcoming, and can also make these two novels more widely known." Qi Wenjie heard Chen Lang's words and smiled approvingly.
"So, what kind of purchase method are you Yulang International going to make?" Chen Lang knew that these people were all goods that ate people and did not spit out bones, so he asked carefully.
"We Yulang International want to use 500,000 Hong Kong dollars to buy all the copyrights of "Zhu Xian" and "Ethereal Journey", of course, "Oriental Daily" can complete the serialization of "Ethereal Journey", but if you want to operate these two novels in the future, you must get the authorization of our Yulang International." Qi Wenjie said with a smile.
Hearing Qi Wenjie's words, Chen Lang's family gasped, this Yulang International is really wealthy, and it is 500,000 Hong Kong dollars as soon as he makes a move, but Chen Lang is not an ordinary person, and he knows the importance of copyright in future generations.
"Zhu Xian" and "Ethereal Journey" can be made into TV series and movies, and can also be made into games and some other peripherals, which are all money, 500,000 yuan now is a lot, but it will be more in the future, and now Chen Lang is not short of money, there is no need to sell all the copyrights of the two novels early.
"Huh...... I am very grateful to Yulang International for its attention and sincerity, but each novel is like the author's own child, and I can't sell my own child to others. If it's just a manga adaptation, then it's negotiable, but if your company wants to buy all the rights to two novels, I can only say that it's not possible. Chen Lang looked at Qi Wenjie and said firmly.
Everyone here heard Chen Lang's words with a burst of weirdness, you yourself are only 15 years old and you are still a child, and now you are talking about your own child, how weird and weird it is. Qi Wenjie said with a strange face, "It's not that serious, buying and selling the copyright of novels is a very common thing, which is beneficial to both parties, and we have already given a sky-high price, which shows our sincerity." ”
"I know it's normal to buy and sell copyrights, so I agree to sell you the comic book adaptation rights of your novels, as for the rest, it's impossible, I know that 500,000 is indeed a heart-warming price, but our family is not short of money now, and it's only a matter of time before I earn 500,000, what do you say?" Chen Lang looked at Qi Wenjie and said confidently.
Qi Wenjie heard Chen Lang's words and knew that it was impossible to complete the task this time, the other party was a famous young talent in Hong Kong, and the two novels earned almost 300,000 Hong Kong dollars just by serialization, and he was about to enter the entertainment industry and become a big star, but he was afraid of earning more, I thought that shouting out the sky-high price of 500,000 at one time could shock this kid, but people didn't care at all.
"In that case, then it seems that we have nothing to talk about, so I will take my leave first." Qi Wenjie realized that it was impossible to achieve his goal today, so he simply got up and said goodbye and left directly.
Chen's father sent Qi Wenjie out of the house, looked at his son and said with a smile, "We are also people who treat money like dung, 500,000 yuan if you don't want it." ”
"It's just 500,000, I'll give you 50 500,000 in the future." Chen Lang lay on the sofa again and touched his little belly and said indifferently, the family shook their heads when they heard Chen Lang's words, with Chen Lang's money-making speed, he may really earn 50 500,000 in the future.
"By the way, Mom and Dad, do we have any relatives who sell clothes and small goods?" Chen Lang suddenly remembered something and sat up and asked.
"Why do you want to buy clothes?" Chen's mother saw that her son had been touching his stomach, and knew that she had stuffed too much at lunch, so she hurriedly came over to rub her son's belly, and asked curiously.
"I don't want to take care of our relatives, the so-called one person attains the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven." Chen Lang said triumphantly.
"What chicken dog ascends to heaven, who is the chicken and who is the dog?" Mother Chen gently knocked Chen Lang's head when she heard this.
"Oh, the wrong word. I want to buy a store. Chen Lang rubbed his head and said.
"Buy a store?" The family of three was stunned by Chen Lang's idea, and asked in unison.
"Yes, but there is something special about the clothes and small goods I sell, and I don't sell clothes, but myself." Chen Lang continued, but the family of three seemed to be more and more confused the more they listened.
"I mean everything that sells in this store is printed with my avatar, or the classic quotes I said, as well as the names of the characters in the novels I wrote, the song titles of the songs I wrote, and a short section of the lyrics, in short, I printed interesting and meaningful things related to me and sold them on clothes, pants, scarves, hats, and even cups, do you think I can sell them?"
ps: Please raise your noble hands greatly, point out a collection and recommendation, and thank you on your knees!!