On the morning of this day, Zhao Chen came to Chai Wan again, today was originally the day of class, but at this time, Zhao Chen obviously had the special treatment of skipping class in Zhengda Guangming, and those teachers would only turn a blind eye and treat it as if they didn't see it.

Even if there are jealous students who secretly make a small report to the school leaders, it is useless, because these school leaders are relatively shrewd, with the ability that Zhao Chen is showing now, this government middle school is likely to expand its influence in the name of Zhao Chen in the future, and it is Zhao Chen who will be so blatant.

This time I came to Chai Wan mainly because of two things, one of which was naturally to find two favorite assistants, and the other was to come specifically for Ma Rongcheng, during this time, Ma Rongcheng finally completed the first issue of "Chinese Heroes" and asked Zhao Chen to discuss the treatment in the past. If the manuscript fee and royalties are appropriate, Ma Rongcheng is willing to join Zhao Chen's World Comic Company.

When Zhao Chen entered the Holy Flame Publishing House, he was stunned to find that in addition to Ma Rongcheng and other cartoonists or assistants, there were more than a dozen strangers inside.

These strangers are of all ages, men and women, and they talk to each other, but they all have one characteristic: they carry backpacks or toolboxes with them, and they are all cartoonist assistants to apply for this job.

"Okay, Zhao Chen is here!"

As Shangguan Xiaobao's words sounded, the originally noisy environment suddenly became quiet, and the dozen or so cartoonist assistants no longer spoke, but looked Zhao Chen up and down.

"Sure enough, so young!"

This was the first glimpse of these cartoonist assistants, but it wasn't much of a surprise, as they already knew.

"Uncle Shangguan, why are there so many people?"

"Ahem, well, this is mainly because you are relatively famous, and they all know that you are applying for assistants, so they all came to sign up! You don't know, there were originally more people, but I have eliminated some rookies with rough painting skills! ”

"Oh, then I'm going to trouble Uncle Shangguan again this time!"

"Where, isn't it specifically looking for an assistant who specializes in painting the background of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", this was originally the job of the Holy Flame Publishing House!"

Zhao Chen didn't say anything more, in fact, the reason why he applied for an assistant for "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" was completely to replace Ma Rongcheng, otherwise if the assistant work was pressed on Ma Rongcheng again, Ma Rongcheng was afraid that he would not even be able to handle the weekly magazine.

"The content of this assessment is very simple, you just need to draw these few copies of the characters in the background! There are only two assessment indicators, one is naturally to look at the quality, and the other is the degree! I'll finally decide on the assistant based on these two items, okay, I hope you can use your normal strength! ”

Zhao Chen took out dozens of manuscript papers that only drew characters from a text folder, these manuscript papers were actually copied from two copies of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" and "Football Player" each, and each cartoonist's assistant would be assigned four sheets for them to complete the background, which was the content of Zhao Chen's assessment.

Each assistant sat in their assigned position, and did not immediately start after receiving the manuscript paper, but carefully looked at each one and imagined what background would be better to use.

It's just that when these assistants saw the sketch of "Football Player", they couldn't help but have some doubts in their hearts, this was obviously not a character of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", and subconsciously glanced up at Zhao Chen.

In addition to the characters, the two "Soccer Players" drawings have iconic footballs, and these assistants took a closer look at them several times before they were stunned to realize that this was a football cartoon.

"Could it be that Zhao Chen is going to release a new comic? Or football comics! ”

This is the inner thoughts of these assistants, although they know that kung fu comics occupy most of the market in Xiangjiang today, but even if "Football Player" is unpopular in Xiangjiang, whether it is the painter or Zhao Chen's current reputation, as long as the plot is not bad, the sales will naturally not be bad.

They are all professional cartoonist assistants, which allows them to quickly let go of these thoughts and carefully analyze which style is suitable for this new comic. As for "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", it is undoubtedly much simpler, because they have studied it before they came.

When they started, Zhao Chen didn't go to observe, but went straight to Ma Rongcheng.

"Ma Zai, let me see the sketches of the first issue!"

Ma Rongcheng nodded, and then carefully took out a bag of Wen Jiàn from the drawer and handed it to Zhao Chen, which was his hard work during this time.

Zhao Chen took out the sketch, sat on the chair next to him, and slowly looked at them one by one.

"Chinese Heroes" is based on the background of the early years of the Republic of China, when Chinese people were bullied by foreigners, and Chinese workers were used as selling piglets to work abroad as hard laborers. The characters in the comics, such as Hua Yingying, Hua Jianxiong, Arhat, Ghost Servant, Shengnu, Jin Taibao, Invincible and Black Dragon Commander, were deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in later generations. This book has set a record in the history of Hong Kong comic publishing to sell 2o million magazines, in terms of a Hong Kong comic, it is an unprecedented achievement, which is also the reason why Zhao Chen has to pull Ma Rongcheng on the thief ship even if he has to spend a lot of money, especially "Chinese Heroes" created the style of realistic comics.

There are only about 20 drawings in the first issue of "Chinese Heroes", but Zhao Chen has looked at it carefully for a long time and carefully appraised this classic Hong Kong comic.

Perhaps due to the factor of time advance, the first issue of "Chinese Heroes" can be said to be slightly inferior to later generations in terms of painting.

After Zhao Chen read it carefully, in order to let Ma Rongcheng join the world comic company, he couldn't help but point out some deficiencies in order to improve the overall quality of "Chinese Heroes".

Ma Rongcheng did not have any contempt because of Zhao Chen's age, especially in terms of painting, Zhao Chen's "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" combines Hong Kong comics and Japanese comics in terms of painting, and it can be said that it is better than "Chinese Heroes" in terms of painting. What's more, at this time, Zhao Chen has become a well-known cartoonist in Xiangjiang with "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", but Ma Rongcheng at this time is not famous, so it is naturally impossible not to listen.

Zhao Chen's explanation was quite detailed, and he corrected the various flaws of this issue of "Chinese Heroes" one by one, Ma Rongcheng not only listened to it in detail, but also took out a small notebook to record it. At this time, he did not become famous, and it can be said that he was quite studious.

"Okay, that's all, but how to modify it is mainly up to you, I just give it to you! I think it's time for us to talk about remuneration, and I sincerely hope that Ma Tsai can join Tianxia Comics! ”

After Zhao Chen revealed all the flaws, he went straight to the point, if he could recruit Ma Rongcheng, it would be equivalent to being able to start the reputation of the world comic company in Xiangjiang faster. The weekly magazine co-founded by "Football Player" and "Chinese Heroes" can be said to be able to easily overwhelm other comic magazines in terms of quality, even the current "Good News Magazine" is slightly inferior.

In fact, the reason why only comic magazines are founded instead of comic daily newspapers is mainly because the preparation time of comic daily newspapers is too hasty, which will correspondingly affect the quality of comics, especially in the painting work, which is also the root of the popularity of comic magazines in island countries, and the current Xiangjiang comic magazines are still in their infancy, and the market is larger. This was mainly due to the success of "Good News Magazine", which prompted other comic companies to start comic magazines.

"Ma Zai, in view of the good quality of this "Chinese Heroes", I can give you a manuscript fee of 15o Hong Kong dollars per page, and if it is published in the future, it will be divided into royalties of up to 7%, what do you think?"

When Ma Rongcheng used to draw short comics, the manuscript fee was almost 1oo Hong Kong dollars per page, and as for the royalties, not to mention, his short comics have not been published until now.

And "Chinese Hero" is Ma Rongcheng's first long-form comic, and even he doesn't know if he can control it in the end, and there will naturally be a lot of risk in directing it, not to mention whether this comic can succeed or not, it depends on the market. Ma Rongcheng is not Zhao Chen, he will not know the unnatural achievements of "Chinese Heroes" in Xiangjiang in the future.

Ma Rongcheng didn't expect Zhao Chen to give such a high manuscript fee, which made him suddenly excited, which was almost close to the manuscript fee of a well-known cartoonist, although the royalty was a little less.

In Ma Rongcheng's heart now, the status of manuscript fees in his mind is higher than royalties, and even he himself is not sure of publishing a single comic book.

However, although Ma Rongcheng was very satisfied with this price, he naturally still had to fight for it.

The final result is a great joy for both parties, Zhao Chen not only won the copyright of the comic "Chinese Heroes", but also did not even let go of TV and movies, because he knew that "Chinese Heroes" had TV series and movies.

As for Ma Rongcheng, he was even more pleased, because after his 'hard work', the manuscript fee was increased from 15o per page to 2oo Hong Kong dollars, which is already the manuscript fee of a well-known cartoonist, but the royalty share has not changed. The price was simply TV and film rights that he felt impossible, and becoming a contracted cartoonist for Tianxia Comics.

Signing a cartoonist is not just a contract, as long as it is a cartoonist's work, the comic company has priority. If you want to terminate the contract, in addition to the bankruptcy of the manga company, you will need to pay a lot of liquidated damages. It can be said that once bound, then Ma Rongcheng can be regarded as completely in the hands of Zhao Chen.

Ma Rongcheng naturally didn't know that he was cheated by Zhao Chen, he thought that it would be great if "Chinese Heroes" could be published, and as for TV and movies, he didn't even think about it.

Zhao Chen typed out the contract at the Holy Flame Publishing House, and Ma Rongcheng read it carefully and signed his name, his face full of excitement that he couldn't hide. For Ma Rongcheng, signing this contract is equivalent to having a guarantee, but he didn't know that he fell into Zhao Chen's trap.

Even if "Chinese Heroes" becomes popular in the future, unless Zhao Chen takes the initiative to increase the manuscript fee, it will be very difficult for Ma Rongcheng to increase the manuscript fee and royalties, because this contract is almost equivalent to a deed of sale.

With Ma Rongcheng's experience, he naturally knows this, but the manuscript fee given by Zhao Chen is difficult for him to give up.

After signing Ma Rongcheng, Zhao Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief, Ma Rongcheng's future can be said to be quite bright, if it weren't for Huang Yulang who established the title of the father of Xiangjiang comics very early, this title may be Ma Rongcheng's, it is really Ma Rongcheng's "Chinese Heroes" and "Fengyun" The achievements of these two comics are quite demonic.

After the two signed the contract, they each had a smile on their faces, and they both thought that they had taken advantage of each other, which directly led to a further development of the relationship between the two, and there was a faint tendency to become friends.

"Ma Zai, due to the start-up of the company, the talent gap is quite large, if you think there are good candidates, you can tell me! As for me being your editor for the time being, you don't mind! ”

Hearing Zhao Chen say this, what else could Ma Rongcheng say, he naturally nodded and agreed, not to mention that he wished that Zhao Chen could always be his editor, after all, he had seen Zhao Chen's ability to review works just now, and it could be said that he was quite clever.

If Ma Rongcheng knew that Zhao Chen was comparing it with "Chinese Heroes", which had already been completed in later generations, he didn't know how he would feel.

From this day on, Ma Rongcheng also became a member of the World Comics Company, and naturally wanted to contribute to the World Comics Company, so he hit the idea to the Holy Flame Publishing House and some of his friends, including cartoonists, professional assistants and even editors, who can be said to have rich experience.

"You two boys who eat inside and out, you dare to hit the Holy Fire Publishing House, do you want to turn your Uncle Shangguan over and wipe your willingness!"

Just when the two were exchanging opinions, Shangguan Xiaobao's voice suddenly sounded next to them, and the two looked up, and they were speechless now because the discussion was too enthusiastic, and they forgot to observe the surroundings.

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