Chapter 135: Comic Company
"Brother Jun, why do we want to buy a comic company" Zhao Yazhi asked on the way, Mu Junliang couldn't say that I wanted to create the world, so he said: "In the media, comics are very profitable, so I naturally can't give up, or I can't afford to support this big family."
"I hate it, anything can happen to us," Zhao Yazhi said angrily.
With a history of decades, Yulang International has become a leading enterprise in the Hong Kong comics industry. However, the comic market in Hong Kong is too fiercely competitive, and if you are not careful, you may be surpassed by your opponents!
What's more, there are foreign comics such as Japanese comics and American comics in Xiangjiang, which are sharing this cake.
Before the 60s, the manga industry did not form a climate at all, and until the mid-70s, the manga reader market was still dominated by Japanese manga.
However, Hong Kong's local comics have developed rapidly, and a large number of local comics artists have appeared one after another, snatching local comic readers back from Japanese comics with Hong Kong comics that are more in line with the tastes of local Hong Kong readers.
Although not many people regard the Hong Kong cartoonists as "national heroes".
However, in the field of comics, Japanese comics have been squeezed out of the mainstream of the local comic market, which shows that the comics artists of this era have really reflected the national spirit in their actions!
Of course, judging from the themes chosen by Hong Kong comics, American superhero comics obviously have the most profound influence on Hong Kong comics!
The mainstream elements of comics in the two major markets of Hong Kong and the United States are superpowers, genetic mutations, peerless martial arts, super technology, gods and other reasons to create incredible strong people or superheroes, and it is usually the conflict between such strong people or superheroes and evil forces as the main line of the story.
In addition to the differences between the values of the United States and the values of the Xiangjiang region, the elements that can be found in American comics, Hong Kong comics can basically find works with similarities.
If there is any essential difference, then the biggest essential difference is that the population of the United States is more than 50 times larger than that of Xiangjiang, so the comic market in the United States is dozens of times larger than that of Xiangjiang, and the American hero comics in the United States have formed a vast domestic market during World War II.
Although he doesn't know much about the manga Mu Junliang, he didn't watch it less at the beginning, of course, the most is actually Japanese anime, and Mu Junliang is most impressed by "One Piece", "Naruto" and "Inuyasha". As for the Xiangjiang comics, I read "Chinese Heroes" when I was a child, and later because of this Mu Junliang, Ma Rongcheng was born.
In his previous life, Mu Junliang had heard that cartoonists made a lot of money, so since he planned to set up a film and television city, how could Mu Junliang give up this piece. It's a pity that although Mu Junliang remembers the story, the problem is that he hasn't learned to paint, so Mu Junliang plans to recruit people, in addition to recruiting people, Mu Junliang plans to recruit Ma Yucheng in person.
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Peninsula Hotel, Mu Junliang has also become a frequent visitor here, and now Ma Rongcheng is just a painter under Yulang International, so he did not hesitate to come when he received an invitation from a big man like Mu Junliang, he knew that this was his opportunity, this is Mu Junliang's current reputation, and now the whole Xiangjiang knows that Mu Junliang is very generous to people, especially women and partners, Ma Rongcheng naturally knows.
"Mr. Mu, I don't know what's going on with the invitation" Although he was a little nervous, Ma Rongcheng still said calmly.
"Mr. Ma, that's the case, I plan to set up a media group, of which the comic industry is also one of them, but I don't have the right person at hand, I know that Mr. Ma is known to be talented, so I want to invite Mr. Ma as the manager, I don't know what Mr. Ma thinks" Mu Junliang got straight to the point.
"Is this true~~~~~~~~~~" Ma Rongcheng's eyes widened in disbelief. It's no wonder that he is so, he has struggled for many years, and he is still just a painter, he was shocked to hear this news, just like a wage earner in later generations suddenly heard that the boss of the company wanted to see him, giving him a reason for his future. Originally, he thought that Mu Junliang saw him and just wanted to dig him, but he didn't expect him to be the boss.
"Mr. Mu, you're not kidding," Ma Rongcheng swallowed his saliva and said seriously.
"Mr. Ma thinks I'll make fun of this matter" Mu Junliang played with it, "Eh, it's me who lost my words, and I don't know anything else······" In this regard, Xiangjiang inherited both the subtlety of the Chinese and the directness of the Westerners.
"Mr. Ma's manager position is the same as other managers, with an annual salary of one million plus commissions and bonuses, and Mr. Ma's own works can have half of the profits" Mu Junliang said with a smile, and then said: "The commission and bonus I said are calculated based on the group's annual income, Mr. Ma should know how many companies I have, and more importantly, each of my companies has an annual profit of millions, tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars, and none of them lose money, so Mr. Ma should know my sincerity."
"Since Mr. Mu is so loving, then he will not be respectful and disobedient," Ma Rongcheng raised his head and drank the wine in his hand, and said with a red color. Originally, he didn't want to agree, after all, comics are different from other industries, and the comics industry is very profitable.
An ordinary painter who works hard for a month can sometimes exceed the income of an ordinary working family in a year! If you are a popular painter, your annual income will even exceed that of some famous film and television stars in Xiangjiang! The income from comic publishing alone can be much higher than the annual salary of Hong Kong's first-class celebrities.
At this time, the big-name stars in Xiangjiang started with hundreds of thousands of dollars to make a film, although Ma Rongcheng was not a famous painter at this time, but he had been in the industry for many years and was also famous, Mu Junliang's million was indeed quite high, but if he counted his own works, he would not be happy. He is now working on "Chinese Heroes", and after many years in the industry, he knows all kinds of information in the circle well, and he also has an unusual insight into the market.
He believes that "Chinese Heroes" will definitely be popular, and one million will be a little less at that time, but Mu Junliang's later conditions have knocked out his careful thinking, and he silently calculated, if that is the case, he will be able to open at least 10 million per year in the future. What is the concept of 10 million in Xiangjiang, he can basically be regarded as a little rich, and now he is only 100,000 a year, even if "Chinese Heroes" is popular later, he is sure that 10 million will be 'hehe', so he made a choice.
Mu Junliang nodded appreciatively and said: "Mr. Ma, believe me, you will be happy with today's decision, but in business, since I can offer such high conditions, I naturally hope that Mr. Ma can always cooperate with me, so our contract time is 10 years, Mr. Ma should understand that the comic industry is different."
Ma Rongcheng, who had just made a decision, was a little unhappy in his heart, but he also understood that Mu Junliang was telling the truth, if he didn't do it or started a new business at that time, as long as he could offer the same conditions as Mu Junliang, or even better, many people would definitely follow him, after all, he was the old boss.
"Yes, but the company's command, I don't want others to interfere" Ma Rongcheng said, this is also no way, there must be gains and losses, he can only fight for the greatest rights.
"Of course, except for the board of directors will regularly check some issues, the management is up to you," Mu Junliang said.
"Then I will ask the chairman to take care of me," Ma Rongcheng said, "Then the cooperation will be pleasant," Mu Junliang said.