Chapter 43 of the text The King of Painting is born

After Lei Weidong issued an employee mobilization order in Xiaomi Comics, although there were still questions, everyone officially entered the working state.

The comic team led by Master Ma carried out the comic version of "Xun Qin Ji" and the creation of "Fist of the Big Dipper".

Cheng Xue and Sun Xiaohong led the four sisters to be responsible for the creation of "City Hunter".

Xu Xiaoying, Xu Xiaoling, plus the three sisters introduced by Wen Bixuan and Cheng Xue, six people are responsible for the creation of "Sailor Moon".

As for Lei Weidong himself, he is responsible for the overall coordination.

After more than 20 days of hard work, by June 24th, under the leadership of Lei Weidong, everyone not only completed the creation of the first phase of the painting king, but also basically completed the second, third, fourth and even fifth phases in the later period.

In fact, for several people in the company, it is actually very simple to create comics, and it takes no brainpower, because Lei Weidong has already drawn drafts for the characters in it, designed the appearance of the main characters in it, and the comic style has also been decided. The plot of the story has also been set, and everyone just needs to cooperate well.

You must know that this is a classic comic that has been tested by the market in history, for Lei Weidong, he only needs to do a copyist, and he doesn't need to make changes, in case his own random comics cause comics to hit the street, it will be miserable.

After the fifth issue of the comic came out, the plot of the follow-up story was roughly told, and the sample was required to be drawn for himself to be reviewed before it could be confirmed for publication, and Lei Weidong no longer cared about the comics, and let the editor-in-chief of each comic be responsible for himself. After all, the most important thing after the comics come out is to publish, and Lei Weidong is not a cartoonist, professional things are still left to professional people, and he only needs to be responsible for describing the storyline.

In 1977, the magazine was not used for the color paper of later generations, but the usual newspaper paper, so the price of the material was not very high, and since the painting king template had been set, and the release time was also set for Monday, June 27, then production was to begin.

At this time, the equipment and printing materials of the printing house have been prepared, and the first issue of printing Lei Weidong is ready to print 50,000 copies, because "Xun Qin Ji" has become popular in Hong Kong, and for those comic fans, 50,000 copies can be completely digested by the market.

And when there were three days left before June 27, Lei Weidong placed an advertisement on the "Star Daily", in order to attract everyone's attention to the greatest extent, Lei Weidong used a suspense advertisement

On June 24, a huge picture advertisement appeared on the front page of the "Star Daily", in which Huang Yulang's latest comic book "Dragon Tiger Gate" floated over Victoria Bay, leading to a column of large red letters on the side: "Dragon Tiger Gate, will be eliminated by the new comics!" "The address of the Xiaomi comic company, the phone number only occupies a small place in the lower left corner of the whole picture. Other than that, there is no other information.

Suspense advertising will become sparse and ordinary after twenty or thirty years, but love 77 years, this is definitely a very new form of advertising, making full use of people's curiosity, setting up suspense, and attracting the attention of the public.

In the conference room of Yulang Book Company, Huang Yulang was admonishing the company's executives: "Our future goal is to go public, comics, newspapers, magazines, and movies must go hand in hand, not only to carry out government public relations, but also to create public opinion that is favorable to us......" Although Huang Yulang has not yet established Yulang International at this time, his ambition to unify the Hong Kong comic industry has been revealed.

After the two-hour meeting, Huang Yulang returned to his office with confidence, and his assistant suddenly ran in, put down a copy of the daily newspaper of the stars, and said, "Boss, take a look at this!" ”

"Dragon Tiger Gate will be eliminated by new comics?" Huang Yulang saw the news in Xingchen Daily at a glance, and then took a closer look at the content classification of the newspaper, and immediately asked in surprise, "Who opened Xiaomi Comics Company, and why does it have such a big tone!" To eliminate "Dragon Tiger Gate""

The assistant said, "I don't know, it's a company that just popped up." ”

"Check it out! Look who's so big of the tone! Huang Yulang said.

The next day, June 25, the front page of "Star Daily" published a huge picture advertisement with the same background, except for Victoria Bay in the background, there was no figure of "Dragon Tiger Gate", only a line of red letters: "Who will replace "Dragon Tiger Gate" and become Hong Kong's new comic book overlord?" "The lower right corner is still the address and phone number of Xiaomi Comics.

While retaining the suspense, the answer is destined to be revealed quickly, which can further increase the public's attention.

Because of their participation in the creation of "The King of Paintings", Ma Rongcheng, Cheng Xue and others know that "The King of Paintings" surpasses popular comics in the market such as "Dragon Tiger Gate" in terms of painting style and storyline, but if the sales volume wants to exceed "Dragon Tiger Gate", Ma Rongcheng thinks that it will take a few months to cultivate the market.

After all, "Dragon Tiger Gate" has been created for 7 years and has a deep mass base in Hong Kong, but I didn't expect Lei Weidong to come to this experience, and directly use "Dragon Tiger Gate" as a stepping stone, I believe that "The King of Paintings" can exceed the sales in just a few issues.

In the past two days, Xiaomi's phone has almost exploded, and the door is also full of "Dragon and Tiger Gate" comic supporters, protesting with banners, it can be said that "The King of Paintings" has become a household name in Hong Kong before it is published.

Of course, Zhong Chuhong was still a little worried: "Ah Dong, posting such an advertisement will make people think that we are attacking Huang Yulang, will it not be good?" ”

Lei Weidong smiled and ignored it, and said: "The whole report is just to tell the facts, as long as "The King of Paintings" surpasses "Dragon and Tiger Gate", so we are not considered cheating, of course, even if we don't exceed it, we will not break the law at most if we lose face at most!" ”

"You're too cunning, how can you come up with such a rancid attention!" Zhong Chuhong said.

"That's because you haven't seen how crazy network marketing is in the future!" Lei Weidong said in his heart: "Compared with those bottomless propaganda, what am I!" ”

On the third day, June 26, "Xingchen Daily" did not continue to whet the appetite of Hong Kong citizens, and on the huge picture on the front page, the position of "Dragon and Tiger Gate" was replaced by the cover, "The King of Painting" with the beautiful woman Xiang Shaolong in his arms, and a column of big characters was drawn out on the side: "As soon as "The King of Painting" comes out, the comic version of "Xun Qin" will be first published in "The King of Painting" and will be listed on major newsstands in Hong Kong on June 27! ”。

"It seems that the Hong Kong comic industry is about to enter the situation of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms? , Looking at the front page guide of "Xingchen Daily", the words "Painting King", "Lei Weidong", "Xun Qin Ji" and so on, Huang Yulang said to himself.

In the 1977 Hong Kong comic industry, Huang Yulang's "Dragon and Tiger Gate" and Shangguan tabloid's "Li Xiaolong" were still competing for hegemony, fighting to the death, and now suddenly there is a strong opponent. Although Lei Weidong is only a newcomer to the cartoonist, Huang Yulang does not dare to ignore this new opponent at all.

Because the comic version of the best-selling novel has always been Huang Yulang's dream, not only "Looking for Qin", but also Jin Yong's novel and Gu Long's novel Huang Yulang have always been eyeing him. It's a pity that the Hong Kong cultural circles look down on comics and think they are children's books, and Huang Yulang has been rejected several times to visit Jin Yong.

In the history of Lei Weidong's previous life, the comic version of Jin Yong and Gu Long's novels was only carried out after the 90s, and the social atmosphere at that time was completely different from now.

And now the comic version of "Xun Qin" is written by Lei Weidong himself, which means that Lei Weidong's novels will continue to be changed into comic versions in the future, which can be said to be Huang Yulang's strongest opponent in the Hong Kong comic industry.

Unlike Huang Yulang's worries about the future, comic fans who have been attracted by the advertisement are very eager for this news. Especially those lustful men, they are very yearning for the meat scenes inside "Looking for Qin", I don't know if Lei Weidong will draw them.

Of course, because of Lei Weidong's high profile, everyone's expectations for "The King of Paintings" have also increased infinitely, and once their requirements are not met, Lei Weidong will definitely taste the treatment of being blocked in protest.

Of course, before the publication of "The King of Paintings", Lei Weidong made special arrangements for the copyright ownership of the comics, otherwise the comics would be popular at that time, but the version would be taken away by others, and he would not cry to death. You must know that these cartoons Lei Weidong only provide content and guide in the general direction, but the people who really wrote were Master Ma and Cheng Xue. If you don't settle everything in advance, there will be trouble in the future.

Because Hong Kong's copyright center is registered with the United Nations and is used in many countries, you only need to find a lawyer, register with the Hong Kong Copyright Center, and report.

And the copyright of these comics is not given to the company, all belong to Lei Weidong personally, originally Lei Weidong also gave himself a pen name, but later gave up after thinking about it, and directly wrote Lei Weidong's name on the comics.

All the preparations have been completed, and now it depends on the market.