The cross-border king of entertainment

Chapter 143 0143, Engaging in comics is a dead end?
There is an old saying, "If you have a thousand dollars, you want ten thousand dollars", which means that if you have 1000 yuan, you still want to get 1 yuan.

Yunfeng is like this now.

Since earning 700 million a month is not enough, then set a small goal and earn 7000 million a month first.

Whether it is on the earth or on the blue star, money is indeed very important. It is also the guarantee of survival, and the amount of wealth can actually prove a person's strength.

But having said that, even if Yunfeng's firepower is fully activated, and novels, songs, and comics are full, the small goal of earning 7000 to [-] million a month is very difficult to achieve at present.

Difficulty is a challenge.

The weather in Shanghai today is as stuffy as an airtight jar, there is no wind at all, and the thick air seems to be congealed, making it hard to breathe.

In the afternoon, Yunfeng came to Youxianqi Magazine. As soon as he entered, he saw a young lady at the front desk.

Seeing someone coming, the young lady asked with a smile on her face: "Hello, sir, welcome to Youxianqi Magazine, may I help you with anything?"

The fact that Yunfeng became a shareholder of Youxianqi Magazine has not been officially announced yet, except for Zheng Rong, other employees do not know about it.

Yunfeng replied: "I'm looking for your editor-in-chief Zheng."

After finishing speaking, he added: "I have an appointment with him."

The young lady checked the appointment form, but there was no one who made an appointment to meet with the editor-in-chief this afternoon, so she asked, "Sir, may I ask your surname?"

Yunfeng replied: "My name is Yunfeng."

"Please wait a moment." The young lady picked up the internal phone and was about to call the editor-in-chief.

At this time, Dong Jie just came out of the magazine office, saw Yunfeng standing at the front desk, and immediately asked: "Master, are you here to find Brother Zheng? Why don't you go in?"

Yunfeng smiled at her, but did not answer her question, but asked, "Is Brother Zheng here?"

"Yes." Dong Jie nodded and said, "I just came out of Brother Zheng's office."

Yunfeng nodded slightly and went inside.

The young lady hurriedly asked Dong Jie: "Sister Dong, I heard you call him 'Great God'. Is he the legendary 'Crossover Heavenly King' and 'Chao Yun Du Yu Yu'?"

Dong Jie smiled slightly and said, "You remove the word 'what'."

The young lady said in surprise, "He's really young..."

"That's not true." Dong Jie said admiringly: "I heard from Brother Zheng that he is only a freshman."

While the two were talking, Yunfeng had arrived at Zheng Rong's office.

"Didn't you say you didn't come here until five o'clock?"

"Oh, I just thought of something, come here earlier and discuss it with you."

……

Zheng Rong made a cup of coffee for Yunfeng, put it in front of him, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Yunfeng didn't answer and asked instead: "What positions are our comic studio recruiting now?"

Zheng Rong replied: "One artist is responsible for the design of comic covers and promotional posters; the other is responsible for typesetting, packaging, publicity, and release."

Yunfeng was taken aback when he heard the words, and said, "Just the two of you?"

Zheng Rong nodded and explained: "Because Fengyun comics are all done by you alone, so other positions are not needed for the time being, because there is nothing to do when recruited."

This……

It seems right.

After thinking for a while, Yunfeng said, "Let's hire the screenwriter, lead writer, line drawing assistant, and coloring assistant, too."

Zheng Rong asked: "Do you want our comic studio to open new comics?"

Yunfeng nodded and said, "Well, that's what it means."

Zheng Rong said again: "It's not difficult to recruit people, but the difficulty is to create a best-selling comic. There are dozens of large-scale comic studios in China, and there are hundreds of comic studios with small teams of three or five people. There are not many who can really make money, and most of them rely on love to generate electricity."

Yunfeng understood the meaning of what he said, which was that "engaging in manga is a dead end".

There are exceptions, of course, but they are rare.

The main reason is that the style of drawing tends to be cute and cartoony, and the quality is not high, and they are basically short comics, most of which are less than 100p.

This is also one of the reasons why the long-form comics of MD in the United States can steal more than 70% of the domestic market share.

Zheng Rong also chose to publish the comics after reading the manuscripts of Fengyun comics given by Yunfeng. If Yunfeng had only spoken with his mouth at that time without the manuscripts of Fengyun comics, the result would have been different.

However, Yunfeng smiled and said, "Can't my novels be edited?"

Zheng Rong's eyes lit up, and this is different. Yinmei Studio, a subsidiary of Penguin Comics, relied on the manga adaptation of Nan Yuan Limeng's novel "The Great Confucian Man", as well as Guan Hu's novels "Fengshen Xinshuo", "White Snake", etc. "New Talk", and became the first comic studio in China.

The popularity of several of Yunfeng's novels is unmatched in China, and it is definitely possible to use them for manga.

But ah...

It also depends on the ability of the screenwriter and lead writer.

In China, many popular novels have failed in manga adaptation.

After thinking about it for a while, Zheng Rong asked, "Do you own the comic copyright of your novel?"

He knew that the copyright of the novels serialized on Panda Chinese.com belonged to the website. Unless there was a novel with more than one million words and it was determined to be more than one million, the website would return the copyright if it became the contracted author of the master.

He also knew that although Yunfeng's several novels had broken records, they did not exceed one million.

Yunfeng shook his head and replied: "The comic copyright of my novels is still on Panda Chinese, but..."

After a pause, he smiled and said, "Copyrights can be bought."

That's right.

However, comic copyright is not cheap.

Zheng Rong was lost in thought.

It is impossible for a comic studio to only work for Yunfeng all the time, and it is impossible for Youxianqi comics to serialize by accepting other people's comics, so it is inevitable to take the path of original comics.

Whether to become bigger and stronger, or to be content with the status quo, a decision needs to be made.

Who is not ideal yet.

When Zheng Rong established the Novel Monthly magazine, it was not just for the sake of living. At that time, he had great ambitions and wanted to become a first-class magazine in China and even in the world.

Although it was almost bankrupt and closed, the ideal has never been discarded.

At this moment, Zheng Rong ignited the fighting spirit in his heart, and said loudly: "I did it!"

Yunfeng was taken aback, but he didn't have to think about it for such a long time, so he said immediately, "I will settle the comic copyright of my novels within a month or two."

Zheng Rong nodded. Regarding the matter of copyright, it must be more convenient for Yunfeng to discuss.

After talking about some related matters, he got up and said, "I'll take you to your office and introduce the staff to you."

Yunfeng said, "Do I still have an office?"

Zheng Rong said: "Of course."

The office is spacious enough, and there are a lot of things in it, even more than Zheng Rong's office. There are drawing boards, brushes, paints, etc. for painting, not to mention computers and tablets.

Yunfeng was quite satisfied.

It's almost time to get off work.

Jung Yong called the employees into the meeting room.

When everyone arrived, I found that the magazine had grown again, with more than a dozen employees.

And here, only Guo Chuan and Dong Jie are known.

Yunfeng suddenly became nervous. This was his first time as a boss, although it was only half.

At this time, Zheng Rong said with a smile on his face: "Let everyone come here, there is an important matter to announce."

All the employees were looking at the young guy next to Zheng Rong, guessing that this important matter should be related to this young guy.

But Guo Chuan and Dong Jie, who knew Yunfeng's identity, thought: Brother Zheng signed someone to the magazine, right?

Zheng Rong continued: "Now, let me introduce you grandly. This is the 'Great God' you talk about all day long."

As soon as these words came out, all the employees were shocked.

The idol I've been longing for is right in front of me now!
They are all fans of the novels of "Crossover Heavenly King" and the comics of "Morning Cloud and Dusk Rain".

Although it is the same person.

but……

It is precisely because they are the same person that they like them even more.

Next, Zheng Rong's last sentence made them even more excited: "At the same time, he is also another boss of our Xianqi magazine."

Not only to meet idols, but also to work together.

Suddenly, there was thunderous applause in the meeting room.

Yunfeng smiled and introduced himself: "Hi everyone, my name is Yunfeng, the cloud of Baiyun, the peak of the mountain."

As soon as the name came out, everyone in the room gasped for a moment.

Yunfeng?

No way……

They all think of one person.

For those who like to listen to music, the spectacular scene of nine songs hit this year's new song popularity list is still vivid.

And the person who created this spectacular scene is called Yunfeng.

It's been a long time.

The courageous Dong Jie asked, "Master... May I ask if you are... the one who sang "Confession Balloon"...that Yunfeng?"

Yunfeng didn't deny it, nodded slightly, and said, "It's me."

All the employees were stunned and looked at each other in blank dismay: "..."

This information hit their brains.

and many more.

Kind of messy.

Take a good stroke first.

Yunfeng, who sings, is actually the cross-border king who writes novels and Chaoyun and Muyu who draws comics?
Zheng Rong smiled happily.

He likes this picture very much.

When I confirmed this information to Yunfeng, it was the same, and I digested it for a long time.

I still remember that I was willing to take the sales commission at the beginning because of Yunfeng's several popular and high-quality novels, and later agreed to take a stake in the magazine because of the heaven-defying Fengyun comics.

It is precisely because of this.

That's why he didn't expect that Yunfeng also possessed excellent talents in singing, writing lyrics and composing music.

"Clap clap clap..."

All the employees came back to their senses, and once again applauded enthusiastically and fiercely.

At this moment, in their eyes, Yunfeng was simply a monster-level genius.

It is an honor to be in the same company as him.

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The day when Yunfeng returned home was postponed again, because he had to participate in the recruitment of the comic studio.

With his checks, the selected painters are more in line with his requirements.

Many people came to apply.

Jung Yong Rae is responsible for reading resumes and asking questions.

Yunfeng was looking at the interviewer's own comics.

This is the most direct and effective way to judge whether a person has the talent for creating comics.

He used the skill book [Skills Manga: Standing out from the crowd·Professional Level] before, not only has top-notch painting skills, but also gained a lot of professional knowledge. How is it going, the ability to understand the plot, etc.

"The facial proportions of the characters are seriously out of balance..."

"Too much focus on light and shadow..."

"The storyboard is messed up..."

"The text box will not put..."

"The setting of the scene is too rough..."

……

Yunfeng frowned carefully, a little tired, not only physically, but also mentally.

Many interviewees can't even distinguish between the four major elements of comics.

Among characters, stories, worldviews, and themes, characters are the most important. They are the carrier of the author's thoughts or themes, especially the protagonist. Sometimes, the protagonist is powerful and vivid, and other elements can even be ignored.

"It seems that it is not so easy to run a comic studio well."

For a moment, Yunfeng wished that he had the ability to clone himself.

If it weren't for a person who was really too busy, he wouldn't have thought about starting a comic studio.

Drawing comics is not as good as writing novels, because the hand speed is too restricted.

After all, there is a huge difference between words and pictures. Words can be typed out after a few keystrokes, but pictures are different. Even copying requires a lot of patience and time.

Sometimes, the painting is very impatient, unable to meditate, and wants to end quickly, but the effect of the painting is not very good.

Until five o'clock in the afternoon, today's interview is over.

Zheng Rong entered Yunfeng's office with a stack of resumes, and asked, "How is your side?"

Yunfeng sighed and said, "One barely passed."

"Is there only one?" Zheng Rong handed over the resumes in his hand and said, "Look at these few? Work experience, graduate school, and overall quality are all fine."

Yunfeng looked through the resumes, and there was no one he thought he could barely sign. He probably did not perform well in the interview and Zheng Rong gave him a pass.

But it doesn't matter, he can catch it.

Zheng Rong asked: "How?"

Yunfeng put his resume aside and said, "Are there any interviewees?"

Zheng Rong replied: "Yes, the benefits we offer are so high, and there are a lot of people submitting resumes, it will take at least two days to complete the interview."

Yunfeng nodded and said, "Then take another look."

Zheng Rong chuckled secretly, this request is too high.

The few people selected are capable enough to enter a big comic studio.

They didn't even get noticed.

Could it be that Yunfeng made the selection based on himself?

that……

I'm afraid not many people can qualify.

If there were more like Yunfeng, Guoman would have risen a long time ago.

However, as a boss, it is understandable to be demanding.

After three days of interviews, the result was not too bad.

One manga editor, one screenwriter, five illustrators, and one studio assistant were recruited.

Finally, it looks like a manga studio.

And Yunfeng also arranged tasks for them.

Based on the short story "The Murder in the Bandage Monster's Villa", the manga is adapted.

(End of this chapter)