Chapter 268: Piracy
During the meal, Chen Lang and Tang Xiaomei confided in the bitterness of lovesickness, like glue.
After returning to school, Chen Lang took the notes given by Tang Xiaomei and began to review, and Tang Xiaomei would explain to Chen Lang from time to time.
Chen Lang looked at Tang Xiaomei who was seriously explaining, Tang Xiaomei looked at Chen Lang who was listening attentively, the two people who discussed from time to time under the sunset, handsome men and beautiful women, unintentionally looking at each other with strong love in their eyes, the two were immersed in each other's world, warm and sweet, and others who watched were envious.
The time of serious happiness is always very short, and soon the time of the day has passed, Chen Lang said goodbye to Tang Xiaomei in front of the campus and went home with his "escort army".
A group of people chatted about the topic of "the old and the new".
"Last week's "Unforgettable You, Paper Boat" has surpassed the weekly sales of "Catchy", I don't know how it will be after this week."
"Isn't there still a gap of 2,000 sheets, Chen Lang should still be able to suppress Ah Sam."
"This can be said, in a week, Sam recovered the gap of 4,000 photos, I can only say that "Best Partner" is really fierce, but it is really funny and beautiful."
"Lang Lang is such a beautiful boy, he should also make movies, and when the time comes, he can also use the power of the movie to promote the increase in sales, so that he is not afraid of Ah Sam's movie."
"By the way, Lang Lang, have you received the movie script and invited you to participate in the movie?" A classmate asked curiously, and then everyone stared at Chen Lang curiously.
"Yes, it's been there for a long time, but going to school, writing novels, and singing have distracted me from all my energy, and if I go to make movies again, I may not be able to do well, and I don't want to present works of poor quality to everyone." Chen Lang shrugged and said.
The fans of the same company looked at each other when they heard Chen Lang's words, but they didn't expect Chen Lang to think so, strive for excellence in their works, and not fool their fans, no matter what, the fans who heard these words were a little moved in their hearts.
"Actually, the main thing is that I don't have time, my parents want me to be admitted to university, so I have to study hard, otherwise I might go to the movie." Chen Lang then explained.
This is also what makes Chen Lang a little entangled, his parents' requirements are not easy to ignore, but he really can't take care of all aspects with his limited energy.
"That's good, Chen Lang can be classmates with us and grow up together, isn't it great."
"Yes, yes, so that we can see Chen Lang often, how good!"
Chen Lang laughed happily when he heard everyone's words.
"Lang Lang, the sales of "Catchy" seem to be overtaken by "Unforgettable You, Paper Boat", what are you and Huaxing going to do?"
"Let it be, I've worked hard, you've done your best, if you lose, you lose, anyway, I'm still young and can afford to lose. In fact, I and the company are very satisfied with this achievement, of course, the most important thing for me is your support, to be able to have your fans who have never given up and have always supported me, is my greatest harvest and wealth. ”
Chen Lang looked at the worried immature faces and said.
Everyone looked at each other for a while when they heard this, and when they heard Chen Lang's words, they felt a huge sense of identity in their hearts, their own efforts, idols can feel it, and they are very grateful to themselves, and the feeling of being rewarded for their efforts is really intoxicating.
After saying goodbye to everyone, Chen Lang returned home and saw Brother Qi Wenjie sitting on the sofa.
"Brother Jie, why did you have time to come over today, has the fourth episode of "Zhu Xian" been drawn?"
"The third episode has just been published, and the fourth episode is not so fast." Qi Wenjie shook his head and said.
"Don't talk about it yet, let's eat, talk while eating." Mother Chen had already brought dinner to the dining table, looked at the two people in the living room and said.
"Then I'll bother today." Qi Wenjie said politely to Mother Chen.
"It's okay, it's all my own family, what's polite, hurry up and sit down to eat." Chen's mother waved her hand and continued to serve food in the kitchen.
Then everyone had dinner together, Qi Wenjie also drank some wine with Chen's father and chatted about some things about the company, Qi Wenjie also knew that the Chen family opened a LL commodity company, and the main industry was Langlang Qiankun store, which he was no stranger to.
Because now Hong Kong's ten Lang Lang Qiankun business is very prosperous, the things sold in it are fashionable and fashionable, and the service attitude is excellent, very popular with customers, if you buy the same thing, everyone is willing to buy in the Lang Lang Qiankun store, forming a shopping habit, this habit is a valuable wealth.
More importantly, now the ten Lang Lang Qiankun stores have become a very important sales channel for Hong Kong comics, novels, records and other entertainment products, and this sales channel has a large number of shipments, and has occupied a very important position in the hearts of major entertainment companies, and everyone wants to have a good relationship with Lang Lang Qiankun.
Qi Wenjie is still a little happy about this.
Because Huang Yulang insisted on buying the comic adaptation rights of "Zhu Xian" and "Ethereal Journey", and at the same time was responsible for adapting the comics of "Zhu Xian", he not only caused a change in the style of painting in the comic industry, gained fame and fortune, but also narrowed the relationship with Lang Lang Qiankun, and the sales channels were guaranteed.
After dinner, Chen Lang and Qi Wenjie sat on the sofa, and Qi Wenjie took out a check to Chen Lang, "This is the dividend of the second episode of the "Zhu Xian" comic so far, a total of 4.536 million Hong Kong dollars. ”
Chen Lang happily picked up the check, but saw Qi Wenjie's unhappy face, so he asked curiously, "What's the matter, Brother Jie, you must have made a lot of money, why is your face so ugly?" Is it because I'm taking too much? ”
"Of course it's not your reason, I'm not angry because of the "Zhu Xian" comics." As soon as Qi Wenjie said it, he hated it.
"The comic "Zhu Xian" is making trouble?" Chen Lang's face was incredible, thinking that he had auditory hallucinations, Brother Jie, you became popular because of "Zhu Xian", could it be that someone wants to rob the main writer of the "Zhu Xian" comics?
"Now "Zhu Xian" because of the gorgeous and delicate painting style, coupled with the wonderful content and the influence of the novel itself, of course, you are also an important reason to attract everyone, a variety of factors make "Zhu Xian" popular in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and even Japan, more and more people like "Zhu Xian", so that the popularity of "Zhu Xian" has climbed to a very high level."
Qi Wenjie couldn't help but show a hint of pride when he talked about the results of "Zhu Xian".
"Isn't that great?" Chen Lang saw Brother Jie's smug expression, and the corners of his mouth twitched, this guy said so much, but he still didn't get to the point.
"It is because the popularity of "Zhu Xian" is too high and it can bring great profits, so it has attracted the attention of a group of bastards, and now piracy has appeared in the entire Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, and it is still rampant." Qi Wenjie said viciously.
"Piracy?" It turned out that it was for this reason that although Chen Lang had long been prepared for piracy, he was also a little helpless and hateful when it came to him.
"The second episode of the comic of "Zhu Xian" has a higher popularity because of the good reputation of the first episode, but compared with the same period, the sales volume is not as good as the first episode.
The first episode, "Zhu Xian," sold 220,000 copies in Hong Kong, 430,000 in Taiwan, 450,000 in Southeast Asia, and 850,000 in Japan, for a total of 1.95 million copies.
Sales of the second episode have dropped to 200,000 copies in Hong Kong, 370,000 copies in Taiwan and 380,000 copies in Southeast Asia, and only Japan has increased to 940,000 copies, but the cumulative sales of the second episode are currently only 1.89 million copies, which is 60,000 copies less than the first episode.
It's obviously more popular, but sales are declining, do you think I can't be angry? Qi Wenjie spread his hands, angry and helpless.
Because in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, where copyright awareness is weak and relevant laws and management are very weak, you really have no effective way to combat piracy, and even if you do, it is purely thankless.
Chen Lang was also very helpless when he heard this question, not to mention now, even decades later, this problem still exists in many countries in the East, and this is not a problem that one person or a few people can deal with.
"With the popularity of the "Zhu Xian" comics, will the piracy of future distribution be more severe, and our losses will be greater? How much profit can we probably make? ”
Chen Lang can't think about piracy, and I believe that Yulang International can't deal with this problem, so it's better to care about how much benefit he can get now.
"This is for sure, the more popular "Zhu Xian" is, the more piracy will definitely be, and our interests will continue to decline, but it should be maintained at a relatively stable limit after falling to a certain extent.
Another factor is to look at the reaction of the Japanese market, and most of the benefits in the future should be in Japan, where there is a strong awareness of copyright and the market is the largest, so Japanese sales are very important.
My master estimates that if the sales in Japan can reach one million, then "Zhu Xian" should be able to sell at least about 1.5 million copies per episode, and you can still get about 3.6 million Hong Kong dollars per episode. ”
"In the future, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Southeast Asia can only sell 500,000 copies?" Chen Lang was a little disappointed when he heard 3.6 million Hong Kong dollars, thinking that he could keep it at the level of 4 million, but he didn't expect it to be around 3.5 million.
Chen Lang is still quite convinced of Huang Yulang's business vision.
The older generation of cartoonists such as Shangguan Xiaobao is actually not much different from Huang Yulang's painting skills, and the biggest gap is the commercial vision and operational means, which makes Huang Yulang dominate the Hong Kong comics industry and become the godfather of Hong Kong comics.
"Piracy is hateful, but there's no way to eradicate it." Although he was also a little depressed about the loss of interests, it only disappointed Chen Lang a little, and it was not enough to make Chen Lang lose his temper.
"yes, abominable piracy." Qi Wenjie cursed a few more words before getting up to say goodbye and leave.
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