Tianniu came to Xiaoxiaomi and proposed the next development plan to Li Ze.

"Slam Dunk has now been serialized for more than 260 pages, and it's time to release a single book, which will be distributed nationwide, and will bring a lot of royalty income to Xiao Xiami."

Issuing a single book?

This is certainly a good thing, and it's also a surefire for long-form comics. By selling a single book, it can bring a lot of income, and at the same time, it can also make it more convenient to make comics popular all over the country and even the world.

It's just that Li Ze has a little concern.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Ze said: ""Slam Dunk" is a long-form comic, and for long-form comics, the sales results of a single book are even more important than the results of serialization in magazines. ”

Tianniu nodded and said, "Yes, the manuscript fee we provide to your company is fixed. The theoretical income of a single bank will be unlimited. ”

"During the long-term comic series sales period, as long as it is a genuine single book, it will bring a share of income to Xiao Xiami."

"This revenue process will be the pinnacle when a single book is released, but it will continue to generate revenue for your company for a long time to come."

Li Ze also said: "Yes, the promotion and sales of single books are very important for the income of our small shrimp. ”

"Iwate Shoten's magazine circulation is not outstanding in the industry. I'm a little worried, if the single book is not sold well, or if it is more average, will it be equivalent to missing out on a lot of money? ”

Tianniu understood, this was Li Ze questioning the strength of Iwate Bookstore!

Belch...... Well, Tenniu admits that the strength of Iwate Bookstore is indeed not strong.

This is the case in the manga circle, when Xiao Shrimp was unknown, it was Xiao Shrimp who was weak and Iwate who was strong.

And now, Xiao Shrimp has become a new talent in the industry, and Iwate has to count on Xiao Shrimp to feed, so Iwate Bookstore has to maintain its relationship with Xiao Xiami!

So Tenniu explained: "Although the circulation of Iwate is not very large, our boss is also an old man in the industry for many years, and his network of contacts is definitely enough!" After the release of the single book, we will use all our network resources to promote "Slam Dunk" through channels. ”

"Mr. Li can rest assured, when the time comes, I guarantee that all major bookstores across the country will be able to buy "Slam Dunk"!"

Li Ze smiled, "Haha, that's beautiful!" ”

After negotiating the share ratio, Li Ze entrusted the distribution of the single book to Iwate Bookstore as an agent.

Of course, it is also a common practice in the industry to let serialized magazines handle these things.

After all, cartoonists have to concentrate on creation, so naturally they don't have time to deal with manufacturers, sales channels, and so on.

And the boss Li Ze, as long as he can ensure that he has a sufficient share ratio, it is better to let the more professional and well-connected Iwate Bookstore be responsible!

Iwate Shoten was in a hurry to make money, so the sale of the single book was done quickly.

After all, this is a world where the comic industry is very developed, and everyone is familiar with all kinds of matters, and making money quickly is the king!

So a few days later, Tianniu contacted Li Ze again and said: "The release of the single book has almost been prepared, but our boss said that this is the first single book of "Slam Dunk", and it still has to show a certain sincerity. ”

"We hope that Xiao Xiami can provide a new, full-color original painting that has not appeared on the market as the cover of the single book."

"Then it's better to have two more full-color original paintings, which also don't appear, as the title page of the single book, and the accompanying poster."

Li Ze thought about it for a while, the first issue of "Slam Dunk" has more than 260 pages of text.

And now it comes with a decrypted original painting poster?

It's really an increase in quantity without a price increase, and my conscience is to the extreme.

And Li Ze has always been the last conscience of the industry!

So Li Ze agreed: "Okay, I am also a conscientious boss in the industry, of course I will accept a conscience proposal like this, just leave it to me." ”

After agreeing, Li Ze distributed the task.

"How? This task should be completed as soon as possible, should be fine, right? ”

Xiaomi rubbed her tired eyes, stretched her waist by the way, nodded and said, "It's nothing more than drawing one more cover, a title page, a poster, and three original paintings." Even if you ask for a little more refinement and coloring, that is, half a day's work, no problem. ”

Brother Prawn also nodded and said: "The reader is the friend of the cartoonist, the sunshine of the cartoonist, the oxygen of the cartoonist, and the three-quarters of the cartoonist's life." Giving back to my readers is an endless source of motivation for me. ”

Three original paintings, the shrimp brothers and sisters quickly drew the first one together.

This original painting, a family photo of Sakuragi's Xiangbei basketball team, including the five main Sakuragi, Akagi, Rukawa Kaede, Mitsui and Miyagi; and the substitutes Mu Twilight and Tsunoda the Great. Of course, the coach of the team, Coach Anzai, and the manager Ayako.

Such a family portrait is really good to use as a poster as a bonus.

Stick to the wall, steady!

Seeing the first original painting, Li Ze was very satisfied and said happily: "Very good! It's a work of conscience full of sincerity! Well done. ”

Xiaomi smiled and said, "Hehe, boss, let people be humble!" By the way, boss, what do you want the second original picture to look like? ”

Q: What kind of original painting does Li Ze want?

Li Ze thought about it, and the classic action of Sakuragi and Rukawa Kaede crossing their hands came to mind.

So Li Ze said his thoughts without hesitation: Sakuragi and Rukawa Kaede jumped at the same time, the two crossed their hands to grab the ball, and looked up at the perspective!

According to Li Ze's intentions, the Xiami brothers and sisters began to create, and Li Ze was not very satisfied with the first draft.

"Well, it's a bit of a drag, and I feel like I could cut out the bottom half and just show the upper body of the character. But this requires more expressive, delicate, and tense movements, even if you don't need to look at the lower body of the jump, it can also give people a sense of high in the air. ”

“Yes Sir！” Xiaomi said there was no problem.

Under Li Ze's personal guidance, after a repainting and two fine-tuning, the second original painting that satisfied Li Ze was also successfully released.

This original picture of the two protagonists is cool and handsome enough! Li Ze intends to use it directly for the cover.

Sakuragi on the front, Rukawa Kaede on the back, open the comic book, and it's a complete picture!

The effect should be very good.

As for the third original picture...... Li Ze was entangled for the time being.

"The third original drawing is the title page, which is usually a draft, an unused artwork, or something interesting outside of the text. My idea is to be light-hearted and funny, uh, but I haven't had a specific idea yet, do you guys have any good ideas? ”