Chapter 53: Published! Publication! (Above)
Early November, Hong Kong, Shangguo Publishing House. Riki's new manuscript finally arrived in the office, containing 60 pages of the highly finished "Steel Forge" and 40 pages of the hilarious brain-dead manga "Q3".
President Lu Lingling supported half of her face with her hand and slightly puffed out the other half of her cheek.
"President, don't sit there and don't talk - please change your decision, this is our last chance, once the book is out of the book, it will be irretrievable! We can't get our magazines at all, and the excellent teachers have long been snatched away by other publishing houses, and the 'leftovers and cold burns' left for us can't draw anything decent at all. ”
At this moment, the last 60p is in hand,The number of pages has been put together.,Now it's either a single book.,Or serialized in a magazine.,The plan will damage the company's interests if it drags on again.,The materials in hand don't need to go out, I'm afraid it will change later.。 The focus now is that once "Steel Forge" is published as a single book, it will no longer make sense to be serialized in magazines. However, if it is serialized in a magazine first, it can be said to be a warm-up before the sale of a single book. The 300p manuscript deposit can help the magazine support half a year, and Wang Bingyu believes that the publishing house can at least find a decent teacher in this half year.
300p is saved in the hands of Shangguo Publishing House, and a single book is not published in a magazine. If the magazine is published first, you can help the publishing house "slowly draw it", whet the appetite of readers, and prevent them from becoming a big fat man (300p) in one bite.
The arrival of the final 60p means that Shangguo Press must make the final decision,
"Since we are a development company, we shouldn't take care of our personal interests, in fact, Riki also signed a 10-year contract with us, since he agreed to let us decide the relevant matters last time, he won't be angry about what we do, right?" From the perspective of the interests of the publishing house, Wang Bingyu believes that the first publication of the magazine can bring more profits to the publishing house.
Blinking her eyes that kept turning, President Lu Lingling nodded her head "mmmm", but she still held her cheeks, and if she paid a little attention, she would see that her eyes were fluttering towards Elisabel and Ryoko.
“…… Uh-huh"
Lu Lingling always nodded, took a chocolate bean and stuffed it into her mouth, which was the real reason why she puffed out her cheeks.
"According to what you said, it's really good for the company, but as for Mr. Xiao Limu, I think it's better to maintain the company's image of keeping its promises, and it would be good if I could continue to renew my contract with him after 10 years. Uh-huh, do you think we'll be able to find a teacher who can draw 100 pages of comics in a month like Riki-chan? Although 40 of them are four-slots. Lu Lingling's focus is on "company image" and "long-term interests", and her perspective has been dialyzed to 10 years later, and her eyes have already locked on the potential of Limu.
"If you want to talk about 10 years later, you have to get through the current difficulties first, the company is in deficit! President! Wang Bingyu is worried about the company's continued deficit, and it will cost 170,000 yuan to rent an office, not to mention other operating expenses and public relations expenses.
At this time, the method of mixed sales of "Steel Refining" and magazines will definitely allow the company's income and expenditure to slowly recover. What's more, once "Steel" enters the magazine, it may also lead to the growth of other cartoonists.
As long as there is an example...
“… If you have the manuscript fee to support them to paint, those teachers who have good ideas and lack some painting style still have potential! ”
The level of drawing can be improved through exercise, it doesn't matter if the comic is not good at drawing, the most important thing is the comic conception. There are two ways for a comic company to recruit authors, one is to directly recruit mature cartoonists, and the other is to train cartoonists themselves. Obviously, the latter is a disadvantage for the company, and it is possible to make a wedding dress for others if it is cultivated.
"Then wait until they're done practicing before contributing." Lu Lingling was a little more serious, denied Wang Bingyu's point of view, and said confidently from somewhere, "The company's deficit is trivial, as long as you win this game." ”
"President, please don't think things so easily!"
"Got it, got it. Let's set the difficulty, so this first edition of the single book, we have to sell 5 million copies, at least 1 million dollars - dollars! ”
“……”
“……”
Elisabel and Ryoko have a bad premonition.
"President, your brain hasn't burned out - just a rookie comics, there is no one who knows him, how can the comics he drew sell 5 million copies! It's even better if the reader could stand at the door and look through it, but do you expect 5 million people to buy it? Wang Bingyu blamed the president who put forward this bold sales target.
"Ah-that's no problem, since the Hong Kong market can't be handled, let's sell it in Japan, Taiwan, Europe and the United States." Lu Lingling's bold ideas are based on the vast market, "Ryoko translates the book into Chinese and is responsible for the sales of the book; Elisabel translated the book into English and was responsible for sales in Europe and the United States; Bingyu made the characters into traditional and simplified characters, and we went to the mainland and Taiwan to sell them. ”
"That, private, I can't do it~" Ryoko said not very confidently.
"Ryoko, don't worry, I'll let Bingyu help over there." Lu Lingling uses Wang Bingyu as a soothing, and in terms of work, Ryoko is a little dependent on Bingyu.
"President's !!" Wang Bingyu pondered the loopholes of this exaggerated plan.
"Am I wise...... By the way, you see, "Fullmetal Alchemist" said that it was originally set in Europe, and Elisabel was not obsessed with it. And I like to eat this set too.,I like the bungalow.、The president.、Alchemy or something.。 Mainland sales may be a little troublesome, but for the sake of the author being Chinese, it should be able to add some impression points. It seemed that she suddenly thought of the superior surname of her plan, and Lu Lingling immediately analyzed the sales situation in various places.
Indeed, the background of the era of "Steel Forge" submitted by Riki can be seen as Britain, France, or Germany in the industrial era, and the most similar of them should be Germany, which has the strongest surname in the invasion of World War I and World War II. At the same time, it can also be seen as a swallowed, unified, and merged Europe, and to the east is the "Qing State", which has a huge geographical area at that time. At the same time, alchemy originated in Europe, and "Steel Forge" must have looked very exciting in the eyes of Europeans.
Needless to say, it must be a big market.
The Chinese mainland, with its large population, is also a major market.
But to break through these markets and tackle key problems in various countries, it is also an extremely labor-intensive thing! If we can make a multi Chinese-language version and create a sensation when it is published, both the Shangguo Company and the manga artist Riki can be quickly sold, and the number of manga submissions will surely surge, and the company will turn a profit......
But...... Can we do it?
"President—"
"Ice Language, I believe in you......"
Since being forcibly abducted by Lu Lingling to Shangguo Publishing House, Wang Bingyu has seen all kinds of stupidity of the president, and he founded a comic company without even knowing what the "draft" is. However, the president's ability to witness various events is not good, but he can often come up with strange ideas that are different from ordinary people.
The president can grasp certain things.
Just like the words of sustenance that I heard in my ears at this moment, what is slowly flowing in my mind is unconditional trust.
"Since the president has decided to say this, so be it, Ryoko, Anya, do you have trouble translating? I will write a plan by tomorrow, and tomorrow I will propose which steps are difficult for me as soon as possible. Wang Bingyu stood up, propped his hands on the table and said.
"Translation, private, should be fine." Ryoko agreed.
"Anya?" Wang Bingyu turned his head with a cold face.
"Huh? Oh, no problem, just give me the plan......" Elisabel looked through Riki's manuscript wholeheartedly, not paying any attention to the progress of the meeting, and until now she didn't know what Wang Bingyu was asking, and replied completely in accordance with Ryoko's words.
Lu Lingling propped up her cheeks again and chewed on the chocolate beans "mmmmmmmm She knew very well that Elisabel could complete the tasks in Europe and the United States, but she probably didn't even look at the plan and just left it to their good employees to deal with. Therefore, for the laziest Elisabel, Lu Lingling is the most assured.
What's more, Elisabel has recently become a big fan of "Steel", and obviously won't let its first publication plan die in Europe and the United States.
Ryoko has Wang Bingyu's help, so it must be fine.
Wang Bingyu may be tired, as long as he is not tired to death.
Taiwan has no problem, but the mainland has ......