Chapter 361: The Current State of the Comics Market
Mingyuan spent most of the next half a month running at both ends.
Or to be more precise, it's a three-headed run, the crew, keyeast and JYP, of course, the effort spent on JYP is relatively least.
Whether it's twice or a new girl group that hasn't debuted, JYP has a mature system to operate, and although the new operation system also requires innovation from each headquarters, it is still relatively easy overall.
Especially a middle manager like him.
The man is already considering resigning from his position as the head of the two women's groups and retaining a position that is more secure than that of a special assistant in preparation for his independence in the future.
But this kind of thing still needs to be done slowly, not in a hurry, just breathe with Xu Zai first.
His current focus is still on Keyeast's acquisition of comic websites, and copyright reserves are too important for a company that does content output.
Whether in China or South Korea, there will be many blockbuster works adapted from webtoons in the future.
It's just that there are some things that I don't know if I don't investigate, and I am shocked when I investigate.
Mingyuan thought that webtoons were a new track, but in fact, Korean local comics began to develop at the beginning of the century, and the largest giant OON even had a terrifying market share of more than 80%, which can be called a monopoly.
There are only 50 million people in South Korea, and OON's monthly active users can reach 40 million, of course, more than half of them are overseas users.
South Korea's webtoon industry has achieved explosive development in recent years after the exploration and promotion of enterprises such as portals in the early stage, and with the debut of specialized webtoon platforms in 2013, the market scale has been expanding and the industrial model is relatively mature.
In 2017, the size of the Korean webtoon market was about 724 billion won (about 4.3 billion yuan), and it is expected to reach 1 trillion won (about 6 billion yuan) by 2020.
If you want to fight with this kind of old website that started early and has deep roots, there is almost no possibility.
As an important source of IP, webtoons have great development space and value, and they can derive and develop rich cultural products by combining different forms of cultural expression, which has been realized by the elders.
However, it is not entirely out of the ordinary.
“Lezhin ics……”
A comic website that has only been established for a few years and adopts a paid model, focusing on providing adult-oriented content and richer and more diverse themes.
The fact that this website can make a gap between Oooon shows that the founder is not simple.
It's kind of interesting, but now it can only be said that I am barely surviving in the cracks.
"Brother Junxiong, what's the current situation with this website?" He looked up at Pei Junxiong, who had provided him with the investigation documents, and the two of them had been busy with this matter recently.
"Poor management, in a word, lack of money."
South Korea's business environment has always been winner-takes-all, and it can be said that it is very unfriendly to small and medium-sized enterprises, and it is very unlikely that they will want to survive independently, and in the end, it is difficult to escape the fate of being swallowed up by large enterprises.
Mingyuan had been avoiding Keyeast repeating the result, and until then, he had to look strong enough.
"Do you have any concerns?" The document also noted Pei Junxiong's opinion, and he was more optimistic about a small website called Toptoon.
"The founder of this site is strange and demanding."
"Huh?"
The man mentioned a little interest, and generally people with ability tend to have a weird temper, and they don't strictly belong to the kind of domesticated model workers: "Help me make an appointment." ”
"Yes, President."
Pei Junxiong is an excellent worker, he is only responsible for putting forward opinions, and the final decision still depends on Mingyuan.
After discussing the matter, Mingyuan stretched his waist greatly, he seems to have worked a little too hard recently, if he hadn't been able to see Han Suxi when he went to the crew, it is estimated that he would have to quit being a woman for most of the month.
TWICE is still as busy as ever, Sakura Korea runs on both sides, and has the time to release the first official album in Japanese, and there are several concerts in the future, which will make the children choke enough.
Minami Nai: I'll go to the audience to support the members.
In this case, he and Sasha Minato have little chance to meet, and often only find time to open a video to see each other after running the trip, and the girl often falls asleep after saying a few words, but the video is not allowed to hang up.
Mingyuan felt that he was now used to his girlfriend's snoring, and it was not much worse than Huang Lizhi.
Huang Lizhi: Ah, I don't snore.
A few days ago, September 22 was Lin Nalian's birthday, and the children got together to relax after a long absence, but unfortunately Yu Dingyan had to go to the baseball stadium during the day, and there were only eight people at lunchtime.
The eldest sister originally wanted to wait for her friend, but Mingyuan didn't have time, and it was really difficult for people to take care of it when they were busy.
The man's gift was chosen with the help of Kim Da-hyun, and Sasha Minato was careless in this regard, far less careful than Tofu, and the girl could clearly understand what each sister liked.
It's all a bloody experience.
It turns out that Lin Nalian really likes it very much, and she doesn't even pursue the fact that Mingyuan laughed at her front teeth before.
It's quite easy to keep the rabbit from holding a grudge.
As for Zhou Ziyu...... He called the relationship between himself and the little guy the new cold war, one deliberately did not say it, the other pretended not to understand, but the girl still subconsciously wanted to seek help from her brother many times.
For example, naturally handing the unscrewed water bottle to Mingyuan or sitting directly in the co-pilot's position when driving, after reacting, he sat next to him and sulked by himself, looking very cute.
TWICE's unscrupulous sisters also like to see the little guy make an awkward appearance, and they will tease Zhou Ziyu from time to time, but in the end, they have to be obediently coaxed.
Sasha Minato would often snort coldly at such times, Bai Mingyuan glanced at it, and then hugged him in his arms.
Shiba Inu is very satisfied with her boyfriend's approach, but she is a little unbearable.
Alas, let it be.
The progress of the new girl group is also relatively smooth, and the five girls are practicing intensely every day, according to Huang Lizhi, even the angle of the squat must be as consistent as possible, which requires hard work day after day.
Gorillas also pay more attention to it, and occasionally go to the practice room to guide the children.
"PDnim is horrible."
Huang Lizhi is full of awe every time he mentions gorillas, and Park Jin-young, who has entered the state of guidance, is different from the smiling Park Jin-young who usually has a smile.
Some people sing red-faced, and Mingyuan is naturally the one who sings white-faced, which can be seen from the skyrocketing food bills of the five girls.
As their current supervisors, the men have done their best to open the door for them.
Shen Youna, that little guy, couldn't keep his mouth shut, he was severely reprimanded for failing to pass the weight in the last assessment, and now he is on a diet to lose weight.
Shin Ruzhen is not much better, his face is rounded, and his double chin is more obvious than Sasha Minatosaki.
Men are already thinking about giving them strength, otherwise if they continue to develop, the Korean entertainment industry may have the first girl group that can't debut because of weight problems.
In short, the days are going on in full and orderly.
Before I knew it, it was October.