Chapter 218: Popularity Explosion! (Ask for all kinds of tickets!) Ask for a commuter pass! )
The signing of the contract went quite smoothly, and the problem that Shen Wuhuan was worried about without precedent did not happen at all.
Naturally, she didn't think that the industrial chain behind this was the most important thing.
To put it bluntly, the two-dimensional culture in CN is always a subculture, unlike Japan, which is the absolute mainstream culture, and the two cannot be compared.
The annual income generated by the industrial chain is quite amazing, which is by no means comparable to the emerging culture of CN.
So even a comic editor can see where the monetization can be.
Speaking of which, I have to mention that, in essence, comic editors are the same regardless of the country, and they pay more attention to whether the comic can have monetization value, that is, commercial value.
It's just that because Japan has been developing for a long time, practitioners can find a balance between personal style and commercial elements, and the genre of manga is quite complete, so their editing is not so utilitarian.
This can actually be compared to an online article.
In fact, our country's online literature industry is far ahead of the world, in terms of the effect of translating online texts to foreign countries, this culture does not produce barriers, as long as the language barrier is solved, people all over the world can read without pressure.
This is very similar to the development of comics.
Straight to the point.
"Four Lies" was eventually announced for serialization in a monthly magazine under the umbrella of Kodansha.
When Shen Wuhuan signed a contract with the editorial department, it was agreed that the first issue would be promoted in the form of a head-to-head color page, which can be said to be a rare publicity method for a new manga, which shows that Kodansha attaches great importance to Shen Wuhuan as an agent, even more than the manga itself.
Businessmen think differently than ordinary people, and they can see all the ways to make money behind a decision.
Of course, if it weren't for the efforts of Hashida, Yamazaki, and Reiko, Kodansha's upper echelons would not have noticed a small manga artist.
The upper echelons of Kodansha are quite interested in Shen Wuhuan, a valuable agent.
Her identity has also been dug quite thoroughly.
This directly led to the manga "Four Lies" becoming an opening advertisement for a business plan in the eyes of Kodansha's upper echelons.
If "Four Lies" can't make any waves in Japan, they will at most waste some paper resources.
But if the response was enthusiastic, they formulated a series of commercial performances centered on Shen Wuhuan.
And sell records in the name of merchandise.
Not to mention the future adaptation of comics, animation, film and television, which are also very good ways to monetize.
As for the rumors that Shen Wuhuan doesn't like commercial performances, although they have also noticed it, in their eyes, how can there be people in the world who don't like money?
As long as you earn enough, are you afraid that people won't come to Japan?
In this way, on the first day of the manga's release, Kodansha spared no effort to promote the manga.
As one of the Big Three, Kodansha is very powerful, and there are many bookstores under its umbrella, and a lot of publicity continues.
Manga lovers are pouring in, all curious about this new manga.
"There is a headpiece color page in the first sentence? The first issue was published in two consecutive words, with a total of 128 pages? I'll just say why this monthly magazine is so thick.,It turned out to be specially added for this comic! ”
"Who is this cartoonist? Kreice... Haven't heard of it, are you a foreigner? ”
"I don't know... It's strange.,It stands to reason that Kodansha wouldn't promote a newcomer like this.,Is there any inside story? ”
"Don't worry about that, let's see what the content is, Kodansha won't smash its own signboard, right?"
"Indeed, let's see first."
It's a great sight.
Kodansha's upper echelons are not stupid, and if this manga is not of considerable quality, it is not even worth being an advertisement, how can they put such a lot of publicity into a shoddy work?
And their vision was fed back in this issue of the monthly magazine's popularity poll.
"The weight of a sentence is more than 60 pages, each storyboard is very well drawn, the rhythm and suspense of the story are very powerful, people want to read it very much, such quality is rare in monthly magazines, I vote for "Four Lies"!"
"The relationship between the four people makes people look like a clichéd four-cornered love, but the identities of the two protagonists are eye-catching, the encounter between the pianist and the violinist, this element that is quite far away from our lives, but it immediately attracted me, and I voted for "Four Lies" and looked forward to the follow-up development."
"This is the first time I've seen a comic that talks about classical music, I have long imagined that there will be such a day, but I didn't expect it to be really expected, I am an older reader, I love classical music very much, I voted for "Four Lies"."
"I went to enjoy it, the 'Beethoven Ninth Violin Sonata "Kreice" that appeared in the second episode of the comic, that is, the "Violin Sonata in A Major" by CN composer Ms. Shen Wuhuan, this is simply a masterpiece, this cartoonist must have something to do with Ms. Shen Wuhuan, which makes me full of more confidence in this comic, and I vote for "Four Lies".
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The popularity of "Four Lies" is like a boiler that can't control the temperature, and it explodes in an instant!
It turns out that the popularity of the world's "Four Lies" when it first started is simply not comparable to this world!
This is also determined by the potential commercial value of the name Shen Wuhuan.
Although few Japanese people know Shen Wuhuan's name, as long as they check the information and see her resume that seems to be made up so awesome that it explodes, there will always be a feeling of uncertainty.
Thanks to this, "Four Lies" entered the top three of the monthly popularity voting list in the first month of serialization!
Yamazaki, as the editor in charge of "Four Lies", was naturally ecstatic, but when he thought of the cartoonist agent with an indifferent face, he felt a stomachache.
Originally, he wanted to contact Reiko and celebrate with the other party, at least an online party, but he didn't expect the other party to refuse directly on the grounds that he was too busy and had no time.
Do you say it's uncomfortable?
In fact, with the forced nature of Shen Wuhuan's work, there is no need to have any intersection with the two-dimensional things.
But she once said that she wanted to create a new era, an era of classical music, and these subcultures, which some people considered scum culture, would be an indispensable help for her.
Because this simple and relaxed literary and artistic form is very easy to accept, not to mention that IP is popular now, adaptation is also commonplace, once this IP is established, it will definitely affect more than a small number of people!
Shen Wuhuan has a "blank script" as the backing, and it is by no means difficult to achieve her goal, because she only needs to stick to the music path, and she will not be allowed to really draw comics.
It is precisely because she doesn't need to actually paint that she can take care of school work, otherwise, she wouldn't have so much time to deal with school affairs.
But even so, a trouble named Xin Xiangyang once again swept through her life and made her irritable.