After witnessing her uncle's car leave, Miyahara rushed into his room without even eating dinner, and the lights in his room were not extinguished all night. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The next day happened to be the weekend, and there were no classes at school, so in the morning Miyahara Jing hurriedly ate a little and then rushed to the Hibiscus Society.

The Hibiscus Society's address is located in Yurakucho, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, and the headquarters is a five-story building with an area of 160 square meters, and he arrived here an hour after an hour from his home.

At the door of the Hibiscus Society, he happened to meet Yoshishi Kubo, who had also just arrived, and after saying hello, the two walked into the slightly old building together, and then went to the president's office on the fifth floor.

Shizune Miyahara put a few thick file bags on a desk, and then said to Yoshishi Kubo, "Editor-in-chief Kubo, have all our editors arrived?" ”

"They should all have arrived, except for those who will never come again." Kubo said with a wry smile.

"Please gather the editors here and discuss the next steps."

"I see."

Kubo nodded and left the president's office, and soon he returned with five other editors.

Miyahara observed the five editors, all of whom were men, ranging in age from 20 to 50, and none of them looked very spiritual, and it seemed that what happened yesterday had a considerable impact on them.

It's no wonder that the cartoonist ran away, the president fell ill, and the current Hibiscus Society looks like it can't hold on anymore.

The editor-in-chief of Kubo was ordered to appease the members, but it seems that the effect is not very good, which is not good, and Miyahara Shizun is still counting on this group of editors to do a good job.

"Everybody sit." Miyahara beckoned the editors to sit down.

After everyone was seated, Miyahara Jing continued to speak: "The reason for gathering everyone may be known, and everyone must have heard of what happened yesterday, at present, there is a major crisis in our publishing house, and my father is currently unable to preside over the work due to physical reasons, so I am currently in charge of all the things in the club." ”

Editors, you look at me, I look at you, and they don't speak. It is impossible for them to expect anything from Miyahara Jing, a hairy boy, but they still have to listen to what he has to say, after all, the Hibiscus Society will not fall for a day, and this person in front of them is still their young president.

"Everyone should know me, I usually run here, and I don't introduce myself here."

Hibiscus is only a publishing house of forty people—that's the same size it used to be, and there are probably less than thirty people left, and Miyahara Shizun frequents here, so there probably won't be anyone who doesn't know the president's children's words.

"I don't have much to say about the crisis we are experiencing, there are some invisible enemies who have dealt us a fatal blow, which I will not hide and have no way to hide...... What I want to say is that our Hibiscus Society has a history of 20 years, and 20 years is not long or short for a publishing house, and we have encountered crises like this several times during this period, but what is the result? Hibiscus has always been there, and this time is the same, I believe that as long as we work together, the crisis in front of us is nothing. ”

The editors remained silent, and Miyahara had no choice but to continue:

"However, it should be understood that although we are facing a huge crisis right now, on the other hand, this crisis is not at all good for all of you......

"After the real estate bubble, Japan's economic situation was very bad, and all walks of life were busy laying off employees, and we didn't have to take the initiative to lay off employees in disguise, which greatly eased the financial situation of our company......

A disguised layoff finally made several editors laugh, although it was only a bitter smile.

Miyahara's heart was also relieved, and the atmosphere in the office finally eased a lot.

"Young president, we would rather not have such a disguised layoff." An older editor said.

"Don't think I'm joking, with less than half of the editors and cartoonists, our limited resources can be more focused on everyone...... I announce that starting today, the salaries of all employees of the Hibiscus Society will be increased by 30 percent. ”

The editors were finally moved.

"Jingjun!" The editor-in-chief of Kubo anxiously wanted to interrupt Miyahara's words, such a thing as a salary increase cannot simply come out of the mouth of the boss, if it can't be honored...... And although Miyahara Shizune is the young president, are his words effective? What if Yuichi Miyahara wakes up and doesn't recognize this resolution?

Shizuichi Miyahara waved his hand to stop Yoshishi Kubo from continuing.

"Although I can't rebuild everyone's confidence by doing this, even if the Hibiscus Club still can't avoid the fate of breaking the gap in the end, at least everyone's income can increase a lot from now until the 'last moment' really comes, I believe that everyone has feelings for the Hibiscus Society, no matter what the final result is, I hope everyone can maintain the original work attitude."

"Of course, I don't believe that the hibiscus society will go bankrupt, so everyone's salary level will be maintained forever, and then wait for the opportunity to raise the salary again in the near future."

Miyahara wanted to directly double the editors' salaries to stabilize them, but in fact, with the financial situation of Hibiscus Society, a 30% salary increase was already the limit.

"I can make the decision on this matter, even if my father comes back, it is impossible to get back the part of everyone's increased salary, of course, if I am willing to take the initiative to pay it back, then it is another matter."

"Young President, don't worry, we will work together to survive this dangerous period."

"Yes, yes, we will work together with the young president to make the Hibiscus Society a century-old enterprise!"

Are you kidding, who will return the salary paid to their own hands to the boss, isn't this a brain pump?

The effect of the salary increase is surprisingly good, and Miyahara believes that even if he has just announced the change of family business to a joint-stock enterprise, it will not have such an effect, and with the current situation of the Hibiscus Society, where can the invisible shares compare to the cash that can be obtained quickly.

"The second thing is that Hibiscus will comprehensively improve the treatment of our cartoonists, and the maximum remuneration per page of serialized comics will be increased to 30,000 yen, as long as our cartoonists can sell more than 500,000 copies of a single book, or have more than 10 years of work history in Hibiscus Society, they can be promoted to the highest level of remuneration, and at the same time, the royalty of the single book of the cartoonists who enjoy the highest remuneration will also be automatically increased to 14%, and the treatment of the remaining cartoonists of various grades will also be increased in turn, which is decided by everyone and the editor-in-chief of Kubo."

"In short, to make our cartoonists feel respected, now is the time for us as a club to get through this together, and we have to stick together."

Using money to stabilize editors and manga artists, this is Miyahara's strategy, which is very cliché and not clever, but it should work well.

"30,000 yen? 14% royalties? The editors were talking again.

"Young President, are you sure?"

"Sure!"

30,000 yen is an unimaginably high price at Hibiscus, and the 14% royalty is believed to be absent from the entire manga industry, and generally speaking, the royalty of a manga artist's single book is only about 10%.

The price of a new serialized rookie manga artist is now 4,000 yen per page, while the current highest price of "Simari" is 15,000 yen per page.

For example, the remuneration for a one-page manga by Yuhiko Inoue, who is being serialized on Slam Dunk on Weekly Shonen Jump, is 40,000 days, and Slam Dunk is the hottest manga right now, and Inoue is now the undisputed top manga artist, so 30,000 yen is already the limit for Hibiscus Society.

Of course, with the conditions proposed by Miyahara Shizu, there will be no manga artist at the Hibiscus Society who can get a price of 30,000 yen per page, in fact, there are only a few works that have sold 500,000 copies of a single book in the entire history of Hibiscus Society, but at least the price limit of 15,000 yen has been lifted, and even if they don't get 30,000 yen, the treatment of manga artists will be increased accordingly.

"I know that you may think that this price will be a bit high, but in our current situation, this is the most effective way to win the support of cartoonists, and I hope that you can accurately convey this meaning to every cartoonist in your responsibility."

As long as the remaining manga artists can be stabilized, Miyahara Shizune can accept negative profits in the short term.

"As long as we work together, the 20-year glorious history of the Hibiscus Society will not end here."

"Yes, the Hibiscus Society will definitely be able to override the current crisis."

"I've said everything I want to say to everyone, so please pass on the content of the meeting to the cartoonists as soon as possible."

After the conversation, the editors left the president's office, and soon only Miyahara Shizune and Kubo Yoshishi were left here.

In fact, Miyahara Jing didn't take the editors' heartfelt expression seriously, in essence, the editors who are still here are not much different from those who have left, and no one can guarantee whether the competitors have found these editors, maybe some of them are because the interests paid by the opponent did not impress them, or maybe they didn't look for them at all, don't look at the thump of their chests just now, and mention the original colleagues who betrayed the Hibiscus Society gritted their teeth, But maybe secretly they still envy the people who left the broken ship of the Hibiscus Society.

If the Hibiscus Society can survive the current crisis, then the editors are telling the truth, and if they can't, they can't blame others.

"Jingjun, if the benefits you promised just now are realized, it will cause a great burden on our current financial situation." The editor-in-chief of Kubo said that as vice president, he was well aware of the company's financial situation.

"Let's get through this month or two." Miyahara said without thinking, "Nohara Shinzo was originally in charge of the manga artist and Yazawa Ai, right?" ”

"Right".

Ai Yazawa did not leave Hibiscus with him, which can be described as a blessing in misfortune, if he loses two of the highest-grossing manga artists at the same time...... The consequences were unimaginable.