"Mr. Zhang, I seem to have some understanding."

Jiahui felt that she had grabbed something, and said, "Mr. Zhang, you mean that we are going to dig out those buried genius works?" ”

"Yes."

Zhang Ning nodded, "It's not just those buried genius works, in fact, general comic works, as long as they have commercial value, as long as readers like to read them, they are also okay." ”

"So I know how to do it?"

"Tell me?"

"I know a lot of manga authors, including my classmates, and a lot of friends who study manga in Japan. There are a lot of them, and they actually have good comic skills. It would be nice to pull them to our platform. ”

"Yes, then what are you going to do, do you want to advertise in major colleges and universities, or something else?"

"For the time being, I'll let the editors of the website bring in some acquaintances in a friendly way. Of course, we will definitely have to advertise more in the future, and promote it more on the Internet and in reality. ”

"Is there anything else you can do?"

"Other measures? Mr. Zhang, do you want anything else? ”

"This ......"

Zhang Ning didn't continue to say, "Okay, you have a good idea, let's try it first." ”

Although Zhang Ning knew that Jiahui's strategy was not very good, he still nodded and asked her to try it first.

As a result, a week later, Jiahui reported to Zhang Ning again guiltily.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Zhang, I didn't have many author friends."

"Why, something went wrong."

Although Zhang Ning had known for a long time, he still asked.

"When you told me that as long as you found some buried genius authors, I thought of those people who have never been famous and have been drawing comics. However, despite the many methods I have used. I also asked the editors to use a human touch to pull them in. However, most people still have no special interest in creating and drawing comics on the Internet. At the moment, we have only pulled some authors with some strength. ”

"Hehe, Jiahui, in fact, I already knew it would be like this."

Zhang Ning was not angry, but replied with a smile.

"Mr. Zhang, you already knew?"

"Almost, don't we have an old saying in China, the world is all for profit. Those buried geniuses, or, those authors who have been insisting on drawing comics, why do they want to create on your platform. On your platform, there is no money. You say, yes......"

"That's right."

Jiahui nodded, "However, we also played an advertisement that if their work is good, if it becomes popular, they can directly publish, adapt film and television, and become famous overnight, don't they want to try it?" ”

"That's right, but there's not a penny, so how do you let them choose to paint with you? Or, some authors who are still learning comics, that is, elementary school students as many media outlets, are willing to draw comics here. For those friends who have laid a good foundation and are already very skilled, they are not very interested. ”

Through the online video, Zhang Ning was not anxious at all, and patiently explained to Jiahui.

It's a brand new market, and any of his settings is a step-by-step groping.

Fortunately, Zhang Ning has the online literature market of later generations as a reference, so he seems to be confident.

"So what should we do, we are now relying on the purchase of a large number of comic electronic copyrights, attracting a large number of IP streams. But these IP streams are all aimed at those purchased electronic comic works. We are an original comic platform, and if we don't have our own comics, we can't run our entire website at all. ”

"I know, so we should think of a way to get them to come to us and draw comics."

"Think of another one?"

Jiahui has a headache, she has thought of countless ways in the past few days, but she didn't think of it.

"Actually, it's a relatively simple solution, but I'd like to know the current situation of some Japanese manga writers. Jiahui, do you have any information on this investigation? ”

"Mr. Zhang, there is no need to investigate, I came out of this line. Nowadays, there are tens of millions of manga writers in Japan, and of course, there are not so many professional manga writers, but there are also millions. Although top manga authors earn hundreds of millions of yen a year just for their contributions, this is only a minority. Most comic book authors don't actually earn much. There is also a group of manga authors, in which more than 90% of the comic book authors, they do not earn a penny. There are many authors who have been drawing manga all the time, and they all work part-time while maintaining their own manga creation. ”

Speaking of which, Jiahui suddenly had countless sorrows for the comic industry.

It's a bit ridiculous to think about a comic book industry that has a global impact and can't sustain the lives of those comic book authors.

It's just that the comic book industry is like that.

Either you become a top comic book star and are watched by hundreds of millions of people, or you may even have a problem eating.

This is what Jiahui told her in the first class when she came to Japan.

At that time, Jiahui didn't take this sentence to heart at all, and was full of longing for the future.

She thinks that she can become a manga artist in the future, just like Naruto Toriyama.

It was only now that Jiahui finally understood why her mentor said such a thing that day.

The current situation of Japanese manga writers is like this, and the polarization is shocking.

"Then things will be much easier."

Zhang Ning thought that Japanese comic book authors were mixing well, but as a result, it was just like that.

Beneath the glossy exterior are some of the top comic book writers, and most of them are obscure, and even survival is in question. Just like the big field he encountered back then, before the Dream Eater became famous, the big field had nothing.

"Jiahui, don't you think that among the more than 90% of comic book authors who have no income, there are classic works. Or, even if some are not classics, there are actually some that have commercial value and can be published. ”

"I believe it. That's why I'm just going to pull this group of friends for a while, but none of them are interested in our website. ”

"There's a reason for not being interested. As you said, most comic book writers have problems surviving, and they are not interested in publishing comics on our website. If I want me to think that we can solve their life problems, as long as they come to us and draw cartoons. ”

"Solve their life problems? Mr. Zhang, how to solve it, should not give them money. ”

"It's about giving them money. We give them basic living expenses a month, and I think some of the author's friends will be very interested. ”

"Ah, Mr. Zhang, this, this expense is too big, if every comic book author gives it, we will have to spend our current investment amount in a month."

"The expenses are big, but they don't reach the horror. When I say living expenses for those cartoon writers, I don't mean that I will give them to any cartoon author. First of all, they have to sign a contract with us, and the condition of signing the contract is that their comic works must be of a certain standard. In other words, their comic creation has a certain foundation, a certain number of highlights, and can meet some basic commercial elements. Then, they have to update how many words on our website every month so that we can give them the living expenses. No, we should change the name. Don't call it living expenses, call it a full attendance award. Yes, it's like going to work. ”

"But it's not good, we spend so much money, but it doesn't seem to do us much good."

"How can it not be good, the first point is that we can attract a lot of comic book writers who have no talent but have a difficult life, right?"

"That's true, but if we absorb them, we won't be able to generate benefits."

"No, no, no, there are many benefits, first of all, they have to sign a contract with us, in addition to ensuring how many words are updated every month, their copyright must be represented by us, or, we charge a certain intermediary fee, impossible, let's take the money out for nothing." Do you think, their comics can't be published? ”

"It's okay to charge an agency copyright or agency fee, as for the publication you are talking about. I think there may be some work that can be published. But not all works can be published, and some works that meet the standards but can't be published, what should we do, and do we still give them money? ”

"Yes, as long as the contract is signed, as long as he keeps creating, we will give money, and the right is to train the author."

"Oh my God, Mr. Zhang, I suspect you're not here to make a website."

"I'm here to make a website, what do you think I'm here for?"

"I think you're here to do charity."

"Khan ......"

Zhang Ning burst into tears, "Didn't you just give some living expenses to those comic book authors, this is also charity?" ”

"You don't give one, maybe a hundred, maybe even a thousand."

"A hundred or a thousand. As long as the comics we signed up for can produce valuable works, and even, among them, classic works appear, I feel that the initial investment is worth it. And I'm sure that our initiative to give living expenses to manga writers will cause a sensation throughout Japan and make us famous again, isn't it? ”

Naturally, this kind of system of signing a contract to give living expenses and signing a contract to give a full attendance award, in the first day of the launch of the Penguin Comics original platform, he shook the entire Japanese comic industry.

Not only publishers, but also comic book authors, they were all shocked by the generosity of Penguin Comics' original platform.

This simply overturned all the original system of comic publishing.

It doesn't matter if the manga can be published or not, as long as you can draw it, as long as you sign a contract with them, you can receive a month's living expenses.

Although this is not too much, it will not starve you to death.

With such living expenses, it is probably the dream of countless manga authors to devote themselves to creating comics.

Although among them, some media still bombard the Penguin Comics original platform as simply fooling around, and even disrupting the market.

However, they bombarded and bombarded, some originally unknown, some who have never met talents, some comic geniuses who have been buried, and some people who have always insisted on comic creation, they are already in action.

Among them, the genius Japanese cartoonist Kishimoto Kishi is one of them.