Chapter 226: Comprehensive Publishing House
There is no other reason, although Kodansha and Tianxiasha are competitors, but Kodansha's focus has always been on the fiction section, not manga, which can actually be seen from the fact that Kodansha has never maliciously competed with Tianxiasha.
The reason why Kodansha will stand on Zhao Chen's side this time is completely a relationship of interests, after all, Kodansha's biggest competitor has always been Shogakukan, and which of the two biggest bigwigs in the publishing industry of the two island countries does not want to strangle their opponents in order to obtain greater benefits. Now that the opportunity has come, Kodansha naturally seized it, and used its own energy to help Tianxia Society in secret, so the disadvantage of public opinion shifted to the Shogakukan again, and the reputation of the Shogakukan was damaged.
In fact, piracy is also a frequent occurrence in the comic and novel circles of the island country, but it has never had such a big impact. The most important of these is Zhao Chen's massive fame in the island country.
Not to mention the massive number of comic book fans he has, just one "Breaking Dawn" has laid the foundation for Zhao Chen's reputation as a grand pianist, and it is true that the sales of the piano album "Breaking Dawn" in the world have reached more than 9 million copies, and breaking through 10 million copies is just around the corner, which has brought him unimaginable fans.
In addition, Duan Chen will release two or three blockbuster Hong Kong films every year, although he is only a screenwriter, but due to his fame, the stars in the film will be under his shadow again, and over time he has brought him a lot of fans, and each movie has sold a huge box office in East Asia.
If you add a large number of comic fans, it can be said that Zhao Chen's fan base is huge and widely distributed. has almost reached the Cheng dù that no one in the world knows you. Under the influence of such a huge fame, there will be fewer people who pay attention. As long as the sales of newspapers concerned about this matter have not been low, and these media newspapers have reported one after another, given Zhao Chen's influence, they are often biased towards Zhao Chen's side.
It was under such attention that Zhao Chen finally appeared, and held a press conference, at which he made a public statement confirming that the original author of "Football Knight" was him. It's just that he wasn't satisfied with this work, so he handed it over to Yoichi Takahashi.
At the press conference, Yoichi Takahashi naturally appeared, explaining the situation of the stolen manuscript at that time, and severely condemned Matsushita Aohiko.
Most reporters don't know Yoichi Takahashi, but it's this little person in their eyes who releases big news one after another, which shocks these reporters at the same time. It is also the excitement to record it.
First, Zhao Chen did hand over the outline and character modeling of "Football Knight" to Yoichi Takahashi, and judging from Zhao Chen's reputation, this matter is basically true, because he has no need for that at all.
The second is that Yoichi Takahashi will paint "Football Player" in the future, and Zhao Chen will do the storyboarding. The football animation "Soccer Player" has a lot of influence, both in the island country and internationally. Both have a lot of influence, and they are one of the few comics that can sell well in most countries.
None of these reporters are ghosts, as soon as they heard that "Football Player" would be painted by Yoichi Takahashi, on the other hand, Zhao Chen had time to create new works.
"Mr. Zhao Chen, do you have any ideas for creating the next work?"
The reporter's question was obviously expected by Zhao Chen. He didn't hesitate or hide that a new work was about to come out. Of course, he only explained the name "**", and the necessary mystery is still required. He believed that these reporters in front of him would promote his new work for free.
"Teacher Zhao Chen, why did you just hand over "Football Player" to Teacher Takahashi?"
"Mr. Takahashi used to be the assistant of "Soccer Player", and his painting style is very suitable for this comic, especially he is the best at sports comics, and I am relieved to hand over "Soccer Player" to Mr. Takahashi to draw."
Zhao Chen's answer was a bit unexpected by reporters, it was obviously a compliment to Yoichi Takahashi, but it also made some unknown reporters pay their attention to Yoichi Takahashi, but Zhao Chen was surrounded by a large number of reporters.
"By the way, Mr. Zhao Chen, I don't know what you think of this manuscript theft incident?"
"For this kind of thing, everyone must be deeply disgusted. However, Matsushita-sensei used to be my assistant after all, as long as he immediately stopped painting "Football Knight" and compensated for the corresponding losses, this matter will be settled! ”
"What if Matsushita-sensei doesn't stop?"
"Then you have to sue slowly!" When Zhao Chen said this, a strange smile appeared on his face, the bigger the piracy incident, the better, just like hype, the fame of Tianxia Society and his fame will increase greatly, and at that time, there will be more cartoonists and novelists who will contribute to Tianxia Society, this is the benefit of fame.
Of course, after all, Tianxia Society is mainly based on comics, and even if it is a novelist who comes to contribute, I am afraid that they are not very famous. But even so, it can bring a lot of profits to the Tianxia Society, and when the time comes, after the Tianxia Society has established a reputation in the novel industry, more and more novelists will contribute to the Tianxia Society, which is a virtuous circle.
The reason why Zhao Chen publishes novels is mainly because the sales growth of comics will only get slower and slower in the future, and comics can also be adapted into novels, which is also an inevitable change in the comic society when it is stretched to the extreme.
Not to mention Kodansha and Shokukan, the two largest publishing houses in the island country, Shueisha and Shirasensha, both have more or less novel business, but the gap between the first two is too big. It's not that they don't want to expand, it's mainly that they aren't well-known enough in the world of fiction, and it's hard to take market share from both.
The reason why Zhao Chen wants to eat this cake is mainly because comics and novels are actually closely related, in addition to comics can change novels, novels can also be changed into comics, many anime in the island country are adapted from light novels or have prototypes, such as "One Piece" (several novels have prototypes, most of them are Nordic novels, lest One Piece fans scold me...... ), "Cool Palace", "Zero Messenger Demon", "Burning Eye Xana", etc., there is an inevitable relationship between the two, which can be converted at any time, which will inevitably generate a lot of benefits.
The current Tianxia Society has become the fourth largest manga club in the island country, and the total amount of manga is not far from Kodansha, so it will be completed this year! People's ** is always endless, and the same is true for Zhao Chen, since it has become the fourth largest comic club, why not give a bigger goal, let the Tianxia Society become a large publishing house in the island country, and control the cultural industry of the island country.
After the press conference, the reporters left Tianxia in a hurry, and rushed home to rack their brains and desperately rush the manuscript, using up all the ink to make the article better. They know in their hearts that as long as the article is released and promoted to become a cadre, the salary increase and bonus are not far from them.
The next day, almost all newspapers and periodicals in the island country entered the attack again, but it was obvious that Zhao Chen's side had a greater upper hand, they believed that Zhao Chen's status would not be untargeted at all, and they were also satirizing "Football Knight" as just Zhao Chen's "casual" work, thinking that "Football Knight" was bound to stop serialization, and some newspapers and periodicals even called on the majority of comic fans to stop buying related products. For example, the "Weekly Shonen Sunday" and "Soccer Knight" related peripherals of the Shogakukan and the single book that has not yet come out.
The newspapers and periodicals standing on the side of the elementary school hall think that even Zhao Chen must give relevant evidence, after all, "Football Knight" has the potential to become a popular comic, and how can it die because of some of Zhao Chen's words. Not only that, but it is also a repetition of the old saying, that is, calling on the people of the island countries to boycott foreign goods. At the same time, he thinks that Matsushita Aohiko is a talented genius cartoonist, and Zhao Chen can't tolerate sand in his eyes, and wants to stifle this genius.
There was a war of words between the media on both sides, but without exception, there was news and a date on it that Zhao Chen's new work was about to be released.
In fact, most of the media have a tacit understanding, and they naturally hope that this topic will be played as fiercely as possible, mainly because they have tasted the sweetness, looking at the high sales and high ratings, not to mention how happy they are.
After Zhao Chen's statement, a large number of cartoonists were also interviewed, except for some ambiguous cartoonists, the rest basically supported Zhao Chen, thinking that with Zhao Chen's status, this matter is quite likely to be true, and at the same time expressed disgust with such cartoonists and hoped that the relevant departments would sanction them.
At this time, the Shogakukan has fallen into a dilemma, and if you compromise, the reputation of piracy can be determined, and it is not that Matsushita Aohiko is finished, and even the reputation of the Shogakukan will be affected by Yanzhòng. But if you don't compromise, you won't have a good result, and in desperation, you have to make two results.
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