Lei Juewen and Xia Meng did not leave the airport together in He Chaoqiong's car, and before leaving the airport, Lei Juewen and Xia Meng had already separated. Xia Meng, www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion, was worried about being discovered by acquaintances and didn't want to walk with Lei Juewen, but fortunately, she agreed to stay in the hotel set by Lei Juewen, otherwise Lei Juewen would not have agreed to let her leave alone.

Sitting in the car brought by He Chaoqiong, Lei Juewen and Lei Guang followed He Chaoqiong to the hotel together.

When he arrived at the hotel, He Chaoqiong invited Lei Juewen to have dinner, Lei Juewen refused, he was going to have lunch with Xia Meng, but after hearing He Chaoqiong say that she hadn't eaten yet, he swallowed the words of refusal, agreed, and secretly asked Lei Guang to inform Xia Meng and let Xia Meng solve the lunch by himself.

The place to eat lunch was on the second floor of the hotel, and Lei Juewen and He Chaoqiong did not order Japanese food, but ate Chinese food.

Lei Juewen and He Chaoqiong's lunch was naturally very rich, although the two of them did not waste too much, they did not save either.

After the meal, Lei Juewen asked He Chaoqiong: "What is the situation of the comic company now?" Because he was coming to Japan, he didn't specifically ask He Chaoqiong before he came, so he didn't know what the situation of the comic company was now.

He Chaoqiong replied: "When I took over the comic company, I was still a little hindered, and many people in the company were a little dissatisfied with becoming a subsidiary of a Hong Kong company, and some people resigned and left directly, but there are many unemployed people in Japan, so they were not affected." But there is some trouble on the writer's side, several writers and companies have stopped cooperating, and even Kazuhiko Kato, the writer of Lupin III, is hesitant to leave, but fortunately I have appeased him, if he has the idea of leaving, I believe that several major Japanese manga companies are still very willing to pay liquidated damages for him. ”

Hearing this, Lei Juewen asked, "How much is Kazuhiko Kato's liquidated damages?" ”

"Converted into Hong Kong dollars, it is more than 10 million, that is, 500 million yen."

He Chaoqiong replied, and then asked, "What, are you going to let him leave in default?" Lupin III's influence in Japan is very high, and the liquidated damages of 500 million yen are nothing at all, if Kato Kazuhiko didn't think that he started serialization in Futaba Society, and it was a little bad to leave Futaba Society, he would have been poached by other comic companies. ”

"Don't worry, I didn't mean to let him go."

Lei Juewen comforted He Chaoqiong, and then said: "Find a time, mention Kazuhiko Kato's treatment, and then sign a ten-year contract to increase the liquidated damages to more than 2 billion yen. We can't put our hopes on his character, we want to poach people, yes, as long as we can afford to pay a large amount of liquidated damages, if we really leave, we will not lose much. It's one thing to make money in the future, and it's good to get your hands on it now. ”

He Chaoqiong nodded and said: "It's not difficult to do, but the higher the liquidated damages, the higher the treatment given to him, and he is not stupid, it is impossible to sign a contract with too high liquidated damages, unless the treatment really makes him unable to refuse." ”

Lei Juewen said: "You can do this, I won't express my opinion." ”

He Chaoqiong said: "I will solve this matter in the next few days." ”

Lei Juewen asked: "How many cartoonists does the company have now, that is, the so-called writers?" Those who already have serialized comics don't count, and even those who have become assistants don't count. ”

He Chaoqiong smiled bitterly: "Although I also recruited people after the writer left, there are really not many people recruited, I don't know how many people there are, but there should be only seven or eight people who don't have works." ”

Lei Juewen nodded and said, "Have Fengyun and Chinese Heroes been released in Japan?" ”

"It's already been issued."

He Chaoqiong said: "After all, there is a template, as long as you recruit a few people, imitate the painting style of Hong Kong Island, and match it with Japanese lines, it is not a difficult task." ”

"How's the sales?"

Lei Juewen raised his eyebrows and said, he was very curious about the sales of Fengyun and Chinese heroes in Japan, if it was a big sale, then the adaptation rights of martial arts novels and comics he bought from Jin Yong could really come in handy. Jin Yong's martial arts novels were adapted into comics, perhaps because of the existing relationship between novels, the sales in Hong Kong and Taiwan are not very good, but they are not bad. It can only be said that he can make money, but what he earns cannot be satisfied, at least Lei Juewen can't be satisfied.

In fact, the comic adaptation rights of Jin Yong's martial arts novels don't have much money, in terms of cost, Lei Juewen has already made a lot of money, but it can't be compared with Fengyun and Chinese heroes, it's too bad, Lei Juewen is naturally dissatisfied.

He Chaoqiong shook his head and said, "It's not ideal. I set these two comics into a separate weekly magazine, and even recommended them on Lupin III's comics, but after two weeks, the sales were only about 50 of the weekly sales of the week, one forty-six, one forty-eight, and the same for two weeks, no change. ”

Lei Juewen said: "Japan is a big country in comics, even if it is only ranked forty-sixth, I believe that the performance is not bad, right?" ”

He Chaoqiong smiled when he heard this: "That's right, even if it is only ranked forty-sixth, it has earned more than one million Hong Kong dollars, and four million Hong Kong dollars a month, this is just a weekly magazine." The two comics of Fengyun and Chinese Heroes, even if there are only such sales all the time, the monthly income will not be less than 10 million Hong Kong dollars, not to mention that the big head is still with Lupin III. ”

Lei Juewen just nodded, in fact, he was not satisfied with this result, but in the end, Fengyun and Chinese heroes are Hong Kong comics, and it is normal that they are not so popular in Japan, he is ready to come up with comics that will be popular in Japan in the future, and kill all sides in the Japanese market, how can the monthly income not be less than 30 million Hong Kong dollars, otherwise it will be too much of a failure. Japan's comic market is definitely bigger than Hong Kong and Taiwan combined, and the income of 30 million Hong Kong dollars is only Lei Juewen's bottom line, and if it is lower than this bottom line, it will be considered a business failure.

"I'm going to play in Japan for three days, and in these three days, you recruit manga artists and form two teams, and I will come up with two stories, and let these two groups work on the fundamental story and art style, and draw the finished product I want."

He Chaoqiong raised his eyebrows and said: "It's like a cartoon like Fengyun and Chinese heroes?" ”

Lei Juewen nodded and said: "The status in Japan is definitely not inferior to the status of these two on Hong Kong Island, maybe it is not necessarily higher." ”

"In three days, I will definitely do this, you can have fun for these three days."

He Chaoqiong nodded heavily, if there is a good work, with her means, if she can't make the Futaba Society develop, then she won't have to do it anymore.

Lei Juewen and He Chaoqiong then chatted privately, and then separated. Since He Chaoqiong's birthday banquet, the relationship between the two has become a lot closer, at least one is no longer called Chairman Lei Juewen, and the other is no longer called Miss He Chaoqiong.