18. Contract signing!
"I'm still a student, and my spare time is very limited, so it's difficult to create a stable comic, so I need a few helpers. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info But in China, I'm afraid it's difficult for me to find professional assistants, can you consider sending a few assistants from the island country to China to assist me in my creation? ”
Zhang Han stopped the old man who was about to sign, looked up at Kazuhiko Torishima opposite, and said crisply.
As soon as he said this, the old man sitting next to him was stunned, and then he suddenly remembered the gap between the Chinese comic industry and the island country. Indeed, if you want to complete an entire manga on your own, it is not impossible, but it is also very energy-consuming. Zhang Han is still a student, he has to go to school during the day, and he has to review his homework and write homework when he goes back at night, and the time is already very tight.
If you have to create comics now, you will inevitably be distracted, and if you fall behind in your studies because of this, then it is okay not to draw this comic.
The old man put down the pen in his hand and looked at Kazuhiko Torishima as well, although he didn't say a word from the old man, but this silent attitude made the pressure even greater.
Kazuhiko Torishima obviously didn't think about this problem either, but now that Zhang Han said this, he suddenly remembered the gap between the comic industries of the two countries. He was a question that an adult didn't think of, but he was actually thought of by a nine-year-old child, and was even reminded by the other party, which made Kazuhiko Torishima, who was already middle-aged, feel very ashamed.
"Yes, this is a lack of thought, after all, we have rarely received submissions from foreign authors before. But rest assured, we will take this matter seriously, and I promise you that we will definitely send our best assistants to Huaxia to help you with the creation of the comics. We will be responsible for all costs. ”
Kazuhiko Torishima said loudly.
With such an excellent work, he can't let it disappear, how much profit can an excellent work bring to the magazine? It's just a few assistants' labor fees, and it's not worth mentioning at all.
"That's not necessary, the labor fee can be taken from my remuneration."
Zhang Han will not take advantage of such a small advantage, so it is easy to fall into people's mouths. Since it's for yourself, the labor fee is drawn from your own manuscript fee, and the simple magazine serialization fee is not much, but the single book is divided into a lot! A work like the Hokage is not allowed even by Shueisha without a single book, so he won't worry about this kind of thing at all.
"In addition, please help me solve the tools I need in the process of comic creation, and also draw ...... from the manuscript fee."
"No, no, no, our magazine will provide a variety of raw materials and tools for each author of serialization free of charge, so please rest assured that we will provide all of this project for free!"
Of course Kazuhiko Torishima has to do something, in fact, the magazine doesn't care whether the author has no paper or brush, these things are purchased by the author himself, after all, each author's habits are different, and it is impossible for the magazine to sort out a suitable list.
But again, in order to keep this excellent work as much as possible, or even become better, he is willing to pay a big price.
At this point, there is no longer a problem with the contract.
Regarding the manuscript fee for the publication of the original manuscript, Zhang Han is currently given 5,000 yen for an original manuscript, which is already the average level of a famous author, but it still seems to be a little inconsistent with the Hokage's excellence. Kazuhiko Torishima also explained this, it is nothing more than a trial period of two or three months, etc., in short, if the manga is very popular, the magazine will increase the remuneration of the original manuscript within two or three months, and finally reach the level of 30,000 yen to 40,000 yuan per copy.
According to the price of 400 yen for a single book, as long as a single book is sold, Zhang Han can get a share of 60 yen. Don't read a book, he can earn 60 yen, which is equivalent to a few yuan in yuan. But I can't stand the horror of comic book sales!
According to the survey, the well-known cartoonist Yoshihiro Fujian in the island country can earn 300 million yen a year in 93 years, which is equivalent to more than 20 million yuan. And the first god book in the later world, One Piece, its author Oda, can earn 3.1 billion yen a year, equivalent to 200 million yuan, which is definitely a super terrifying gold-absorbing machine.
Zhang Han asked himself that he couldn't reach the level of Oda, but the Hokage was definitely not bad, and its original author made a net profit of 1.8 billion yen a year in 13 years, which was as much as 100 million yuan in RMB. Therefore, the single book is where the author really makes money, and at this point, Zhang Han resolutely refuses to give in.
Maybe it's because Shonen Weekly really needs a work that can stand up to the door, and Kazuhiko Torishima finally agreed to Zhang Han's insistence, and took the highest standard of 15% as his share amount, which exceeded the vast majority of local authors.
Of course, Kazuhiko Torishima also has his requests.
For example, Zhang Han must ensure that the speed of one word a week to two words a week is updated, if there is really a special situation, he must be notified in advance, and he must not wait for the matter to come to an end.
But Du Teng is in a distant China, and it is of course unrealistic to want to send the latest content every week, and finally the two sides discussed the result, Zhang Han provided the original manuscript for the first time, and he wanted to provide at least one quarter, that is, the content of 12 words in three months. After that, the manuscript will be delivered once a month, but you don't have to come in person, you can just send it directly to Shueisha's office in the capital of China, where someone will be responsible for picking up the original manuscript and some necessary contacts.
There were many more terms, and after all the negotiations were no longer any more problematic, both parties signed the contract.
At this point, the contract was established, and Zhang Han's cartoons could finally be published in Juvenile Weekly.
"Happy working together!"
When two big hands and a small hand are held together, time seems to freeze here.
Many years later, Kazuhiko Torishima, who is already old, is still embarrassed when he recalls today's scene.
"It was a very talented young man, really, he was the most gifted young man I have ever met. Whether it is the ability to draw pictures, or the ability to write screenplays, or the ideas that are integrated into it, it is not something that a child of that age can have.
What, who is he, you ask? Check out those classic comics...... You must see his name, he is called Zhang Han, a cartoonist from China, a super genius who moved everyone.
But it's a pity that his ambition doesn't seem to be entirely in the comic industry, although he eventually became the youngest richest man in Huaxia and achieved far more than a cartoonist, but I still feel sorry for her, his excellent talent has not been fully developed, and he was sealed by his own hands, but it's a pity, it's a pity. ”
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When he left the Shueisha building, the old man was still dizzy. Although the old man has extremely rich social experience and does not know how many winds and waves he has experienced, he still has an unreal feeling when he looks at the contract in his hand.
Especially the numbers above, the old man quietly calculated...... 5,000 yen, calculated at an exchange rate of about 15:1 between the yen and the yuan, Zhang Han can earn more than 300 yuan as long as he draws an original manuscript and sends it here?
You must know that in the land of China now, the monthly salary of most people is only about the same amount, and Zhang Han earns so much money, only one comic is enough? One word a week, about 15 or 6 words a word, four words a month, add up to sixty pieces, more than 300 a word, and sixty pieces are 18,000?
The monthly income is nearly 20,000 yuan...... The old man felt that his thinking was already a little out of pace.
Although people's living standards have been high in the past two years, some of the people who do business have become 100,000 yuan households or even million yuan households, but their old Zhang family is a responsible person. eats public food, earns a dead salary, and only a few thousand yuan if you don't eat or drink all year round, and now your little grandson can earn nearly 20,000 yuan a month just by casually using a pen?
How many people will believe this kind of thing? If he hadn't experienced all this himself, even the old man himself couldn't believe it at all.
Looking at the little grandson who was bouncing in front of him and leading the way, the old man couldn't help but smile knowingly. His grandson, although he has done things that even he can't imagine, he is still his grandson after all, and he is still the heir of their old Zhang family. has such a grandson, this life is worth it, and when the old brothers get together again in the future, see whose grandson can be better than their own? I must envy them to death!
The more the old man thinks about it, the happier he becomes, when he gets old, he will want this for the rest of his life. In the previous life, Zhang Han was not angry, and the old man did not see the scene of his descendants until he died. Now Zhang Han has repeatedly taken action, first helping his mother solve the laid-off crisis, and then he also sent the comics to the island country, and serialized them in the top magazines in the island country, earning more money in a month than the family earns in a year.
Having such a good grandson, even if he dies right now, it is extremely satisfying.
No, you can't die, it is precisely because of such excellent descendants that you should live well, and you have to watch your little grandson grow up, and then start a family, and truly become the most qualified heir of their old Zhang family before you can consider death.
The old man also silently made up his mind in his heart.
If Zhang Han knew that he had unconsciously affected the old man's thoughts, he would probably laugh happily. Of course, he didn't know what the old man was thinking, and he was still happy about his success.
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Back at the hotel, the grandfather and grandson returned to the room after eating some food.
In fact, Torishima invited them to dinner, but they excused themselves on the pretext that there were other people who were with them. The grandfather and grandson have been out for a day, and it will inevitably worry others if they return too late, and it will not be good if they cause unnecessary trouble at that time.
In the remaining two days, the grandfather and grandson did not go out alone, but followed the army to visit some scenic spots in Tokyo, bought some souvenirs, and then got on the plane to the capital and set off for China.