Text Chapter 55, the devil retreats
Not long after Ishii Saburo went out, Zhong Chuhong brought Ye Yan Gu Zhi and Matsushima Sansuke in.
"You two may be seated." Lei Weidong said.
There is also not much enthusiasm for Ye Yangu Zhi and Matsushima Sansuke Lei Weidong, except because the other party is Japanese, but also because the other party is a representative of the White Spring Society, you must know that the White Spring Society is different from the Shogakukan and Shueisha, the comics published by the Shogakukan and Shueisha are for all groups of people, and the White Springs Club specializes in girl's comics, mainly for the girl comic crowd, and the White Spring Society, which has the four major shoujo manga magazines in Japan, is the NO1 publishing house in the Japanese shoujo manga industry.
After Ye Yanguzhi shook hands with Lei Weidong, he said, "Mr. Lei, Baiquan Club is very interested in your company's two comics, "Sailor Moon" and "City Hunter", and hopes that we can cooperate. ”
Lei Weidong asked, "What kind of cooperation method?" ”
"First serialized in 'Flowers and Dreams', then Shiraizumi Society and Tokuma Shoten published single books of 'Sailor Moon' and "City Hunter", and finally cooperated with the company to produce the anime, we can definitely tap the potential of this manga to the extreme. ”
"Then what profit can I get" Lei Weidong didn't dare to be interested in these kind words, but still valued how much manuscript fees and copyright fees he could get.
"Don't worry about this, Mr. Lei, our company will definitely be able to meet your requirements!" Ye Yangu thought about it for a while and said: "The manuscript fee can be 1,000 Hong Kong dollars per page, and the copyright tax for a single book is 8%.
"No way!" Lei Weidong refused without thinking about it, what are you kidding, I can agree to this kind of brain-dead condition, hell, the 8% copyright tax on the single book is called Huazi!
"Mr. Lei! Our Baiquan Club came with sincerity, and its conditions are already very generous! Seeing that Lei Weidong didn't even think about it, he refused directly! Ye Yangu was very unhappy, so he persuaded him.
"Sincerity!" Lei Weidong sneered: "I don't see sincerity in this condition, I only see insults!" ”
Mr. Lei laughed! In that case, let's talk about it next time! Hearing Lei Weidong's words, Ye Yangu also became quite dissatisfied, because Ye Yangu himself has the idea of Yamato national supremacy, looks down on the Chinese, and feels that Xiaomi Comics Company is too unfamiliar, and the cooperation from Japan's White Spring Society is being pushed back.
In the past, whenever a Japanese comic company came to Hong Kong to buy comics, the Hong Kong comic company was not welcome. Just like the last time the company called Yulang Comics, he just came to the door to mention it, and their boss Huang Yulang took out all the comics and let him pick them at will. It's as bad as this Xiaomi comic company, it's simply unreasonable.
After walking out of the Xiaomi Comics Company, Ye Yangu kept complaining and let Lei Weidong die.
"Ye Yanjun, I seem to have seen Saburo Ishii from the Shogakukan at Xiaomi Comics just now!" Matsushima Sansuke, who was silently following behind, suddenly spoke:
"Really?" Ye Yan Gu Zhi was taken aback by Matsushima Sansuke's words, could it be that other Japanese comic companies are also here.
"Yes, Ye Yanjun, I did see Ishii Jun just now!" Matsushima Sansuke affirmed:
It's troublesome, hearing Matsushima Sansuke's affirmative tone, Ye Yangu Zhi felt very hot, since the people from the Elementary School Hall are here, there are some things that he may not be able to decide, and he must report to the headquarters.
"Adong! Japan's three major publishing houses have arrived! But their conditions are too harsh! After Ye Yan Guzhi and the others left, Zhong Chuhong complained.
"No way! Who told us not to be angry before, people looked down on us! Lei Weidong sighed.
"Then do you want to agree to their conditions!" Zhong Chuhong asked.
"Without Zhang Butcher, I will eat hairy meat!" Lei Weidong shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "Contact Kadokawa Bookstore and Tokuma Bookstore directly!" At the same time, we will send someone to register a manga company in Japan! If I can't talk about it, I'll do it myself for the Japanese market! ”
For the next period of time, Lei Weidong has been spent in negotiations, and Lei Weidong, who is particularly confident in the comics, is firmly seated in Diaoyutai. And Ishii Saburo and others began to be unable to do it. In addition to the increasing sales in Hong Kong, it is in Southeast Asia, through cooperation with Lotus Publishing House, it continues to occupy the local comic market, and the total sales have reached the million mark.
The brilliant achievements made Saburo Ishii and others more and more sure of the comics. In particular, "City Hunter" and "Hokuto Fist" are sure to be a hit in Japan. Several people swore in their hearts that they must get their hands on it, in case the opponent can't get it, and the leader can't afford to start a fire.
"Ishii-kun is not good!" Another day of ineffective negotiations, how can Lei Weidong's tone be so hard, and he won't let it benefit at all, Ishii Saburo sighed and just walked into the hotel, when he saw his assistant Nakajima Kawao running over.
"Nakajima-kun! What's going on so much! Is the sky falling! Be calm! Because Lei Weidong Ishii Saburo was in a very bad mood, he was very unhappy to see his assistant in a hurry.
"My friends in Japan told me that Mi Comics and Kadokawa Shoten have been connected, and that a Mi Comics branch has been established in Tokyo!" Nakajima Kawao said breathlessly.
"The news is true and fake! Could it be that Lei Weidong lied to us! Hearing Nakajima Kawao's words, Saburo Ishii couldn't hold his breath either.
"It's true, and the news has been verified by headquarters!"
"Yaga! Bastard! Ishii Saburo burst out of his mouth with a classic national scolding, during this time, although Lei Weidong has been biting the bite and refusing to back down, but Ishii Saburo has already discussed with Ye Yan Gu Zhi and others, the three major comic clubs jointly lowered the price to Lei Weidong, with the strength of the three major comic clubs, who in the Japanese comics industry does not give face, Lei Weidong must give in unless he gives up the Japanese market, or he must make concessions if he wants to enter the Japanese comics market.
But I didn't expect that Lei Weidong would directly contact a Japanese publishing house and open a comic publishing house in Japan, did he really have to give in. Saburo Ishii was a little undecided.
Negotiation is to see who can hold on, who can't hold on to concessions, it is possible to give up to the end, but also Lei Weidong is soft-hearted, seeing that Ishii Saburo took the initiative to give in, and he will give up some interests accordingly, after all, the Japanese market is notoriously xenophobic, even if Lei Weidong has countless classic comics in his hands, it will take countless energy to completely open the Japanese comics market, and now that Shogakukan and Shueisha have given in, Lei Weidong still accepts it when he sees it.
After a week of negotiations, Ishii and the others finally agreed to Lei Weidong's conditions. And after a few of them, in the end, the White Spring Club got "Sailor Moon", the Koizumuman got the "Hokuto God Fist", and the Shueisha got "City Hunter" and "Xun Qin".
For this, all three comic companies paid a lot of price. Fortunately, Baiquan Club is not a big fan of girl comics, and the sales results will not be too hot, so Lei Weidong does not have a lion to open his mouth.
The copyright fee for the single book of "Fist of the Hokuto" and "City Hunter" is signed at 45%, and the serial manuscript fee has set a record for the manuscript fee in the Japanese manga industry. Delivered at 10% of the magazine royalty.
In other words, for every magazine sold, Lei Weidong can receive 10% of the royalty. It is also required that no more than 2 comics should be published in each issue, and now the price of a manga acrobatic is about 200 yen, and according to the 10% magazine royalty, Lei Weidong can get 20 yen per copy.
According to historical sales, "Hokuto God Fist" is one of the driving forces behind the manga magazine "Shonen Jump" to break through the sales of 4 million copies, and it sold more than 16 million copies in a month. And "City Hunter" is not much worse than "Fist of the North Dipper".
It can be said that these two magazines can sell more than 32 million copies a month, which can bring Lei Weidong more than 600 million yen in pre-tax income. Not only that, because of Lei Weidong's request, both companies also paid 40 million Hong Kong dollars as a deposit for the Japanese copyright of the comics.
It can be said that Lei Weidong's negotiations not only fulfilled his own requirements, opened up the Japanese comic market, but also obtained a huge amount of cash. In the future, the Japanese manga market will continue to provide financial support for itself. You must know that the Japanese comic market is not comparable to the Hong Kong market. It provided strong financial support for Lei Weidong to carry out the later projects.
Although the two manga companies of Shogakukan and Shueisha paid a great price, they got more. In the coming days. Because of the popularity of the comics. In particular, the two manga "Fist of the Big Dipper" and "City Hunter" are selling well. As a result, the sales of both comic magazines broke the record of 4 million copies sold in the period.
For this reason, Ishii and others, who advocated the introduction of manga, were rewarded by the company. And Hahiko Ichisuke and Aida Qiong of the White Springs Club missed these two comics because of work mistakes and were criticized by the leadership, but fortunately, the hot sales of "Sailor Moon" saved some face for the two. Otherwise, the two of them will definitely lose their jobs and join the glorious unemployed army industry.
also suffered losses, so in the next cooperation, the two of them introduced "Meteor Garden" from Lei Weidong and made a lot of benefits.