In fact, not only "Shonen Jump", but even the other two major manga magazines "Weekly Shonen SUNDAY", "Shonen MAGAZINE" sales have declined sharply, many people blame this on the rise of online media, but people of insight know that this is because the level of manga is declining, although now Shueisha still has "Bleach ", "One Piece", "Naruto" these three pillars, but the second echelon has dried up, which is the main reason for the decline in sales, Manga fans are now preferring to pay for a single book......

The 80s and 90s can be described as Japan's golden age, not only the economic development rate is amazing, but a large number of elite talents have appeared in film, television, and comics, and after 2000, all of a sudden, Japan's talents have dried up.

The shrinkage of the comic magazine industry has caused newcomers to be unable to get ahead, the income of low-level cartoonists has been greatly reduced, and there are no young people willing to join the industry.

Li Xiaole said in his heart, could it be that Shueisha has really reached this point and wants his capital injection? Didn't that give him a big advantage...... You must know that the Black Pearl Company is not short of money now, and it is not impossible to buy part of Shueisha's shares.

Thinking of this, Li Xiaole also nodded and smiled: "If Mr. Yamashita wants us to cooperate deeply with Shueisha, we can also talk about financing......

"No, no~" Hideki Yamashita knew that Li Xiaole had misunderstood, and quickly shook his head and explained: "Our Shueisha belongs to the Hitotsubashi Publishing Group, and I, the little president, have no power to decide on financing......"

I don't want money, I don't want financing, what do you little Japanese want? Li Xiaole couldn't understand it, and looked at Hideki Yamashita and waited for him to say his request.

"Actually, that's true." Hideki Yamashita finally said Shueisha's thoughts: "We hope that Director Li will be our Shueisha's special script writer. ”

As soon as he said this, Li Xiaole was also stunned, Shueisha actually wanted a layman to be a comic script writer? What are they going to do?

The so-called script writer is actually the deputy of the manga artist, that is, the person who is responsible for writing the story plot for the comics, and the country has invested a huge amount of money in the animation industry and cultivated a large number of talents with excellent comic skills, but they ignore that a good story is the foundation of comics, and the industry has not developed, and there are many writers in Japan who have their own script writers, and even if they don't, the plot is checked by the editors of the manga club.

Senior editors of top manga artists such as Akira Toriyama and Yuhiko Inoue actually play the role of script writers...... Otherwise, according to Akira Toriyama's hospital "Dragon Ball", it should be over when it hits the Piccolo Great Demon King, and there will be no later classic Frieza and Saru chapters.

ShueishaShueisha actually wants to be the script writer himself? Which one is this singing? However, Li Xiaole thought about it carefully, and quickly understood Hideki Yamashita's intentions, and frowned and asked: "You mean, let me be the author of the script in name, I don't need to do anything in terms of the actual content of the work, right?" ”

To put it bluntly, Shueisha wanted to use its fame to promote its manga works, and they used this trick in the famous "Chess Soul", which was first serialized at the time, and it was advertised that it was the famous Japanese beauty chess player Yukari Umezawa as the technical supervisor, and the result was a sensational success, and its author, Ken Obata, also became one of the pillars of Shueisha, which is one of the classic strategies of "Shonen Jump" to become popular with new writers.

"Suffice it to say, of course, we will take your plot opinion as an important reference." Hideki Yamashita nodded and admitted Li Xiaole's guess.

The president of Shueisha seems to be respectful to himself, but he is actually quite cunning...... The money for the movie copyright of the comic is not a problem for him at all now, but this movie does not make much sense for the finished comics or for the increase in sales of the comics that are being serialized, after all, the three pillars of comics are already deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and there is not much more to expand the impact, but if he, the Oscar-winning director, the legendary screenwriter H, suddenly announced that he will be the script author of a new comic, how much publicity effect will this bring to the comics and "Shonen Jump" itself~~~

Hideki Yamashita's abacus is indeed very shrewd~~

Maki Horikita looked at Li Xiaole and lowered his head in contemplation, seized the opportunity, blinked his big eyes and pretended to be very "worried" and said: "Director Li, the new comics that have been jumped recently are very ordinary, if you serve as the author of the nominal script, I'm afraid it will damage your reputation, you must think about it carefully." ”

Hehe, this little Japanese girl is trying her best to get rid of herself, Li Xiaole also narrowed his eyes when he listened, looked at the innocent Maki Horikita and asked, "Miss Horikita, do you usually read comics?" ”

"I ...... Look..."Maki Horikita was stunned by the question, and hurriedly said in order to prove that he was an expert: "I like to watch their "Meteor Garden" the most~~"

Li Xiaole smiled in her heart, knowing that Maki Horikita was fooling him, "Meteor Garden" was not published on "Youth Jump" at all, she just thought of a way to draw a line with herself, and she also touched her chin, and pondered in her heart, in fact, it is actually not bad to be the author of the comic script, which is also a very gimmick publicity means for their movie, and he himself is indeed very interested in making a new comic, after all, this is one of his childhood dreams~~

However, the most important point is to choose a good work, to hang his Li Xiaole's name of the comic, it must be an instant hit, otherwise he is a second-rate comic, then the movie version of "Slam Dunk" not only does not have a publicity effect, but will become a laughing stock, a blow to the movie itself, and now he is worried about what good works will be launched in 09 "Youth Jump"? Thinking of this, Li Xiaole asked Hideki Yamashita:

"Mr. Yamashita, my Japanese advisor, Ms. Horikita, is a manga expert, and she is very skeptical about the quality of the upcoming work of your magazine worthy of my reputation, can you tell me which work you want me to put my name on?"

Maki Horikita was stunned when he heard this, and his face immediately trembled, this Li Xiaole is simply ...... How can you tell her words directly to Yamashita, this is too rude......

"Translator, what are you doing in a daze?" Li Xiaole urged her with a smile.

There was no way, Maki Horikita reluctantly translated the original words to Hideki Yamashita, and obviously felt that the president of Shueisha glared at him, and Maki Horikita's face immediately turned red, and he lowered his head and cursed Li Xiaole in his heart......

After hearing this request, Hideki Yamashita also waved his hand to the secretary, asked her to bring three original art books, handed them to Li Xiaole and introduced: "Director Li, these are the three strong new writers that our Shueisha is going to launch in the second half of the year, our editorial department is very optimistic about them, you can choose any one of them, we will focus on promoting their comics and launch a double layout." ”

Li Xiaole picked up the album and flipped through the three newcomer works, which are "The Demon King's Daddy", "The Grandson of the Slippery Ghost", "The Grim Reaper in the Health Room", he frowned after only a few pages, in the previous life, although he didn't read any comics after 200 years, but he still knew a little about well-known anime, except for "The Demon King's Daddy", which is a little famous in the future, he has never even heard of the other two......

And this "Demon King's Daddy" is another funny comic, which is completely inconsistent with his style, and the pattern is too small, if you want him to be the author of the nominal script, these three are obviously not qualified.

"Is that all? There are no other works yet. ”

Maki Horikita was full of joy when he translated Li Xiaole's sentence, this arrogant guy couldn't even look down on the work promoted by "Youth Jump".

"Mr. Li, you take a closer look, these three writers are our newcomers of the year, and they have all won the grand prize......" Yamashita Hideki looked a little embarrassed, he never expected that Li Xiaole would not be satisfied with the high-quality comics selected by "Shonen Jump", you must know that the drawing skills of these three writers are much better than the "Chess Soul" Ken Obata who launched "Chess Soul" back then......

"I think so." Li Xiaole put down the teacup and proposed with a calm face: "Mr. Yamashita, I am also very interested in the work of manga, and I can also be the script writer of "Shonen Jump", but the condition must be that I personally select the work......"

"This ......" Hideki Yamashita was stunned when he heard it, obviously a little embarrassed, even the layman of Maki Horikita felt very ridiculous when he heard it, and he couldn't cry or laugh next to him, you must know that the so-called interlaced lines are like mountains, film and television creation and comics are completely two concepts, the audience group is completely different, Li Xiaole wants to pick his own newcomer's works, this is not realistic at all......

You must know that although the Japanese manga industry is huge, hundreds of thousands of people have their dreams into this industry every year, and success is indeed rare, and the probability is less than 1 in 10,000......

"President Yamashita, you don't have to worry." Li Xiaole saw Hideki Yamashita's concerns, shrugged his shoulders and said: "If the works of the rookie manga artists I selected do not reach the average of the three manga you mentioned above after publication, then we can sign a long-term contract with Shueisha, and I can be your script writer for the next ten years, and you can use my name as you like." ”

As soon as Hideki Yamashita heard this, his eyes immediately lit up, and his face couldn't hide his joy, what do you mean? This arrogant director actually thought that he would succeed and wanted to promote Shueisha for ten years, which was too surprising, Hideki Yamashita immediately had a high-speed brain, considered all the factors, and nodded fiercely: "Can this clause be officially written out in the contract?" ”