Gennori Kumagai scratched at his thinning hair and said helplessly, "I'll try it as much as I can." ”

After saying that, Kumagai Gennori began to pack up the original manuscript, thinking about how to communicate with his superiors and talk about what was destined to be a very difficult cooperation.

"Kumagai-san, don't worry, it's only a condition to cooperate with Masami Cheda, this manga is serialized in the weekly Shonen Sunday, and there is a second condition."

Hideki Hanyu stopped Gennori Kumagai, who was leaving.

"What conditions, Hanyu-san, please say."

Gennori Kumagai stopped his movements and listened.

After the sales of "Love, Go Home" exploded, the entire elementary school hall was eager to offer Hanyu Hideki as a bodhisattva.

No, it shouldn't be a bodhisattva, it should be offered like the God of Wealth.

The total sales of the entire Shogakukan Co., Ltd. announced last year through all channels totaled more than 100 billion yen.

Since Hideki Hanyu debuted in April, not counting the peripheral income and the sales of "Children's Literature and Art", only counting the sales of published books, Neon alone has exceeded 2 billion.

One person has increased the turnover of the primary school hall by 2%, and if you calculate the peripheral income and overseas sales results, this proportion will continue to increase.

In addition to making money, Hideki Hanyu's astonishing rise speed, as well as the social popularity it carries, is the best intangible advertisement for the Shogakukan.

It is difficult to measure the brand value of Shogakukan and the attractiveness of talents in terms of money.

The most important point is that Hanyu Hideki is not like those manga artists who have signed a contract of sale with Manga Weekly, he is a traditional literary writer, and his relationship with Shogakukan is only a partnership, which is basically equivalent to a free body.

The pre-release agreement for picture books, as long as the opponent's bid is high enough, can be bypassed.

In case Hideki Hanyu is unhappy with the cooperation, he can switch to other publishing houses, and if someone is willing to take over, he can break the threshold of Hideki Hanyu.

Therefore, for the conditions of Hanyu Hideki, Kumagai Gennori did not dare to be sloppy at all.

"I hope that for this comic, we will set up a separate copyright management club to jointly operate the peripheral income of this comic."

Hideki Hanyu was poor and said his most important condition.

In the previous life, this "Saint Seiya" seemed to be popular, but the sales of the manga single book in Neon were not as exaggerated as imagined, far less than "Dragon Ball" in the same period.

Compared to manga, anime made with 2.5D technology for the first time is far more well-known than manga.

And the most profitable thing about "Saint Seiya" is actually peripheral derivatives, figures, toys, game development, various image authorizations, and so on.

Shueisha, Toei, and Bandai Games have made a lot of money from the periphery, but Masami Sada has only made a small profit, but the sales of the most profitable single comics are not ideal.

This uneven distribution of benefits is also one of the important reasons why Masami Sada fell out with the publishing house, which eventually led to the dismal end of "Saint Seiya".

Now that the problem is known, it is naturally impossible for Hanyu Hideki to repeat the mistakes of the past.

As for whether Shogakukan would agree, he wasn't worried at all.

Based on his identity as a best-selling picture book writer, and on two different genres, he has proved his ability to create and sell well in multiple genres, and Hideki Hanyu already has the capital to initially negotiate with Shogakukan about the distribution of benefits.

Besides, he's not one of those cartoonists who signed a contract of sale with the weekly magazine, and the Shogakukan is unwilling, so he can change partners.

And he wants to jointly operate the copyright, in addition to the profits, there is another reason.

That is to learn the operation methods of the Shogakukan in this regard, and accumulate experience for the future development of "Pokémon".

So for Hideki Hanyu, "Saint Seiya" is just an experiment.

"Hanyu-san, I don't have the right to decide on this, it needs to be decided by the leadership."

Gennori Kumagai knew that Hideki's conditions would not be simple, but he didn't expect that this kind of proposal involving the distribution of benefits was no longer something he could decide.

"It's okay, I can wait for Kumagai-san's reply, but I hope I won't be kept waiting too long."

"I'll give Hanyu-san an an answer as soon as possible."

"Okay, hope to hear the good news."

After saying the conditions, Hanyu Hideki didn't stay long, and left the Elementary School Hall after saying goodbye to Kumagai Gennori.

As soon as he left, Gennori Kumagai immediately approached the editor-in-chief of Weekly Shonen Sunday and reported that Hideki Hanyu wanted to cooperate with Masami Mada and that he wanted to jointly operate the copyright.

As soon as they heard that Hideki Hanyu wanted to cooperate with JUMP's pillars, several of the people in charge immediately felt a little embarrassed.

But when he heard that Hideki Hanyu wanted to operate together and share the surrounding benefits, even the heads of "Weekly Shonen Sunday" couldn't calm down.

Originally, I went to JUMP to talk about cooperation, but they were already reluctant.

Now it involves the sharing of copyright revenues, and they are only the persons in charge of "Weekly Shonen Sunday", so how can they manage the distribution of interests of the publishing house?

"Let's let President Aiga decide."

Seeing that no one has the right to decide, someone has put forward such a proposal.

Soon, the original manuscript with "Saint Seiya", the evaluation of the work given by "Weekly Shonen Sunday", the cooperation plan with Masamoto Cheda, and the request for Hideki Hanyu to share the copyright revenue, were placed on the desk of the president of Shogakukan Co., Ltd., Totsuo Soga.

……

In the cloud screening conference room, after watching the apology press conference of Genesys & Partners together last time, Hideki Hanyu and the three partners gathered again.

This time, in addition to discussing some specific work of the cloud screening, we also summarized the preparation for "Love, Go Home".

Regardless of the cooperation negotiations with Shochiku Films, the work they should move forward still has to be promoted.

At least by the end of the year, the planning of the film project should be completed, and they should know what work they have to do, what they can do independently, and what they need to work together.

As a result, after working for a while, I realized that there were a lot of problems that needed to be solved.

"The recruitment of film-related staff has not been smooth, and some professional positions need to be seconded from major photo studios."

Asako Hirohashi, who is in charge of staffing, was the first to speak out about the problem.

"This can be solved after the cooperation is negotiated." Shinsuke Ito said.

"It's just a stopgap measure to find a secondment from a photography agency, and we still have to build our own team."

As the saying goes, it's better to rely on others than on yourself, and Hanyu Hideki always believes that those big picture clubs are unreliable.

It's okay to make less money, but once you make more money, maybe people will smoke the stool standing under your feet, and when the time comes, you go to borrow someone, just wait for the lion to open your mouth.

This is also the reason why Hideki Hanyu collaborated with Fujidai on "Magical Confectionery Shop" and sent someone to learn from the experience.

"In terms of actors, I have already contacted several brokerage agencies that I work with, and they have provided a lot of information about the actors, so Hanyu-san can take a look."

Shota Yoshioka handed over a stack of actor information.

Hanyu Hideki found that there were not many people, so he casually flipped through them, but soon frowned.

(End of chapter)