Chapter 131 Death of Primary School Student
Yang Guiren was convinced, "Brother Liu, you are right, I am too greedy."
Liu Hongmin expressed his thoughts, "I will be responsible for publishing the comics, Sanlian Publishing House will be responsible for the distribution in Southeast Asia and supervise Random House, and Random House will be responsible for the distribution in Japan, Europe and the United States."
Yang Guiren nodded, Liu Hongmin had already considered the interests of Sanlian Publishing House. Otherwise, he could have completely abandoned Sanlian Publishing House and cooperated with Random House.
Liu Hongmin said, "Brother Ren, with the cooperation on "Lies", Random House will definitely be much easier to talk to. So, you should try your best to get some share, and also help me get more royalties."
"That's no problem!" Yang Guiren agreed readily, "President Zou will try to get more share even for his own sake."
The two men had almost finished their discussion, and the three of them drank. After they had enough food and drink, they sent Yang Guiren away.
After returning to the hotel, Zou Shifang asked, "Hongmin, comics are not like novels. They can't be handled by one person."
Liu Hongmin smiled and said, "Old Zou, there are so many people studying art in Beijing, isn't it easy to draw a cartoon?"
Old Zou suddenly realized, "That's right, you have money, just hire a few people."
On the third day, Maizishan edited the rough film.
Liu Hongmin took a look at it, and then discussed with Mai Zishan the effect of the presentation. Mai Zishan was very surprised that although the boss could not edit, he was really good at storytelling.
Inspired by Liu Hongmin, Mai Zishan also had a new understanding of editing.
After writing down all the editing suggestions, Mai Zishan immediately said, "Boss, I know how to edit it. You can wait and see the finished film in half a month."
Liu Hongmin nodded, "Okay, I'll leave it to you."
After sending Maizishan away, Liu Hongmin made a phone call to Beijing and asked Ma Weidu to find some art students who were willing to draw comics.
The comics industry in China is almost non-existent, with only a few magazines producing it. These comics magazines seem to have divided up the domestic market, but in fact, they are all half-dead.
Comics require too much from authors. If one person draws, it will be very slow. Without setting up a studio or company, updating one chapter every six months is considered fast.
The current domestic policy only allows individual businesses to register, and does not allow the establishment of private companies. This severely restricts the development of comics and causes the loss of excellent authors.
Over time, the comics became less and less interesting, and the magazine sales dropped. After the income was insufficient to cover the expenses, the magazine could no longer operate and had to be closed.
This problem is not a problem for Liu Hongmin. He can advance the funds in advance and hire art students to help him draw comics. The advance funds may seem huge to others, but for Liu Hongmin, it is not a problem at all.
Liu Hongmin himself was not idle either. He asked people in the company to purchase comics on the market, especially Japanese comics, so that he could take them back and let the art students imitate them.
He himself was writing the story outline. The story was set on the Japanese side, and the protagonist's name was - Conan!
Liu Hongmin has been following the Dead Elementary School Student for over a thousand episodes. Each comic book has five episodes, which is enough to publish 200 volumes. If one volume is published per month, it will be enough to publish for 16 years.
This is the real cash cow. As long as it is maintained well, it can earn hundreds of millions of dollars from the Japanese every year.
After all, this was a quick money-making business, so Liu Hongmin didn't bother to change the story content. He just followed the cartoon, saving time and effort. Half a month later, Maizishan produced a refined version and invited Liu Hongmin to watch it.
After reading it, Liu Hongmin nodded with satisfaction and said, "Just make a few more changes."
Maizishan readily accepted the advice and finally satisfied Liu Hongmin after a few days.
Xu Xiaoming has already contacted people for dubbing and composing music. Now that the refined version is ready, the dubbing and composing people will arrive immediately and start working.
Liu Hongmin also took Chen Yu away from Hong Kong and went to Pengcheng. Xu Xiaoming would be able to return to Hong Kong in another month, and the final review would be done by Xu Xiaoming.
He needed to go and see the toy factory in Pengcheng, which covered tens of thousands of square meters and had three workshops. Only one workshop had been completed so far, and only two of the four floors were in use, housing more than 30 molding machines that were used to make Transformers parts.
There are also 20 production lines for assembling and packaging Transformers, which can produce 40,000 to 50,000 Transformers per day, and more than 2 million per month.
The most important thing is that each Transformer only costs two or three yuan. If it is sold abroad, it can be sold dozens of times, which is really profitable.
This made Liu Hongmin a little uneasy. If Transformers were targeted by international toy companies, it would be impossible for him to make as much money as he did now.
So, he told Wang Yaowei, "Ship the goods as soon as possible and make as much money as possible. After the funds are recovered, add more production lines immediately."
Wang Yaowei nodded, "I think so too. I have asked a nearby factory to do the OEM. We can ship 500-1000 million units this month."
Liu Hongmin nodded, "Pay attention to the capital chain and don't take big steps. We have just established the company and it is easy for others to target us."
Wang Yaowei: "I have visited the Huo family. They have a lot of connections in finance. If there is any movement, they will inform us."
Among the major families in Hong Kong, the most trustworthy one is the Fok family. The Fok family has many contacts with the mainland. Wang Yaowei has been in Hong Kong for more than ten years and has had many contacts with the Fok family.
Liu Hongmin met his childhood friends again. They all worked in toy factories. The wages in toy factories were very high. As long as they were willing to work overtime, they could earn at least 150 yuan a month.
The friends didn't know that the toy factory belonged to Liu Hongmin, but they were still grateful to Liu Hongmin for introducing them to jobs. With the current salary, they could go back to their hometown to build a brick house in more than a year, and they could earn enough to buy a wife in three years.
If he had some talent, it would not be impossible for him to be promoted in the toy factory and settle down in Shenzhen. After the toy factory was completed, Liu Hongmin would let Wang Yaowei apply for land and build a staff building, and all treatment would be in accordance with that of a state-owned enterprise.
As long as they keep working in the toy factory, they can live a peaceful and stable life.
Liu Hongmin returned to Beijing and immediately screened the art students. It was not because he did not trust Ma Weidu, but because the current college students had a bright future and were inevitably lazy in their thinking.
"Detective Conan" is intended to be a world-class comic, so Liu Hongmin will not allow any unstable factors. Poor thinking and poor drawing skills will affect the quality of the comic.
Therefore, all those who were arrogant and ambitious were picked out by Liu Hongmin.
He gathered the remaining art students together and asked them to imitate the Japanese cartoon style. Whoever drew the most similar style would be the main writer.
(End of this chapter)
