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Chapter 239 Manga Booklet!
Tianniu came to Xiaoxiami and proposed to Li Ze the next development plan.

"'Slam Dunk' has now been serialized for more than 260 pages. It is time to release a single volume. The single volume will be distributed nationwide and will bring a large amount of publishing fee income to Xiao Xiami."

Issue a booklet?
That's certainly a good thing, and the way to go for long-form comics.Through the sale of booklets, it can bring in a lot of income, and at the same time, it can make comics popular all over the country and even the world more conveniently.

However, Li Ze has a little concern.

After thinking for a while, Li Ze said: "'Slam Dunk' is a long comic. For a long comic, the sales performance of a single volume is even more important than the performance of serialization in a magazine."

Tian Niu nodded and said: "Yes, the manuscript fee we provide to your company is fixed. The theoretical income of a single book will have no upper limit."

"During the long-term comic serial release period, as long as it is a genuine single-edition book, it will bring income for Xiao Xiami."

"This income process will be at its peak when the single book is released, but it will also continue to bring income to your company in the long years after that."

Li Ze also said: "Yes, the promotion and sales of booklets are very important to our Xiao Xiami's income."

"And the circulation of magazines at Iwate Bookstore is not outstanding in the industry. I am a little worried. If the sales of single volumes are not good, or if they are relatively average, is it equivalent to missing a lot of money?"

Tianniu understands, this is Li Ze questioning the strength of Iwate Bookstore!

Uh... Well, Tian Niu admits that the strength of Iwate Bookstore is indeed not strong.

This is the case in the comic circle. When Xiao Xiami was unknown, Xiao Xiami was weak and Iwate was strong.

But now, Xiao Xiami has become a newcomer in the industry, and Iwate has to rely on Xiao Xiami to support him, so Iwate Bookstore has to maintain the relationship with Xiao Xiami!
So Tianniu explained: "Although Iwate's circulation is not very large, our boss is also an old man in the industry for many years, and our network of contacts is definitely enough! After publishing the booklet, we will use up all our network resources to contribute to "Slam Dunk" Master" for channel promotion."

"Mr. Li can rest assured that when the time comes, I guarantee that all major bookstores across the country will be able to buy "Slam Dunk"!"

Li Ze smiled and said, "Haha, that would be great!"

Li Ze entrusted Iwate Bookstore with full authority to deal with the distribution of booklets after discussing the share ratio.

Of course, it is also the practice of the industry to let the serialized magazines handle these matters.

After all, cartoonists have to concentrate on creating, so naturally they don't have time to deal with manufacturers, sales channels, etc.

As for the boss, Li Ze, as long as he can ensure that he has a sufficient percentage, he might as well let the Iwate Bookstore, which is more professional and well-connected, be in charge!

The Iwate Bookstore was eager to make money, so the sales of the booklets were done quickly.

After all, this is a world with a well-developed comics industry. Everyone is familiar with all kinds of matters, and making money quickly is the kingly way!

So a few days later, Tianniu contacted Li Ze again and said: "We are almost ready to release the single volume, but our boss said that this is the first single volume of "Slam Dunk", and we still need to show a certain degree of sincerity. .”

"We hope that Xiao Xiami can provide a new full-color original painting that has not appeared on the market, as the cover of the booklet."

"Then it's best to have two more full-color original paintings that have never appeared before, as the title page of the booklet, and the accompanying poster."

Li Ze thought for a while. The first issue of "Slam Dunk" has more than 260 pages.

Now comes with a decrypted original painting poster?
It's really an extreme increase in quantity without price increase.

And Li Ze has always been the last conscience in the industry, right?

So Li Ze agreed: "Okay, I am also a conscientious boss in the industry. Of course I will accept such a conscientious proposal, just leave it to me."

After agreeing immediately, Li Ze distributed the tasks.

"How? This task should be completed as soon as possible, right?"

Xiaomi rubbed his tired eyes, stretched his waist by the way, nodded and said: "It's nothing more than drawing one more cover, one title page, one poster, adding up to three original paintings. Lust is half a day's work, no problem."

Brother Xia also nodded and said, "Readers are the cartoonist's friend, the cartoonist's sunshine, the cartoonist's oxygen, and three-quarters of the cartoonist's life. Giving back to the readers is my endless source of motivation."

Of the three original paintings, Xiami brothers and sisters quickly drew the first one together.

This original painting is a family portrait of Sakuragi's Shohoku basketball team, including the five main players Sakuragi, Akagi, Rukawa Kaede, Mitsui and Miyagi; as well as substitutes Kigure and Tsunoda Daichi.Of course, team coach Anzai and manager Ayako are also indispensable.

Such a family portrait is really good to use as a bonus poster.

Stick it on the wall, stable!
After seeing the first original painting, Li Ze was very satisfied and said happily: "Very good! It is a sincere and conscientious work! Well done."

Xiaomi said with a smile: "Hey, boss, let me be more humble! By the way, boss, what do you want the second original painting to look like?"

What kind of original painting does Li Ze want?

Li Ze thought for a while, and the classic movement of Sakuragi and Rukawa Kaede crossing hands appeared in his mind.

So Li Ze expressed his thoughts without hesitation: Sakuragi and Rukawa Kaede took off at the same time, and the two crossed their hands to grab the ball, looking up at the perspective!
According to Li Ze's intention, Xiami brothers and sisters started to create, but Li Ze was not very satisfied with the first draft.

"Uh, this kind of picture is a bit procrastinated. I feel that the lower part can be deleted and only the upper body of the character can be shown. But this requires more vivid, delicate, and tense movements. It’s a feeling of being high above the sky.”

"Yes Sir!" Xiaomi said no problem.

Under Li Ze's personal guidance, after one repaint and two fine-tuning, the second original painting that satisfies Li Ze was released smoothly.

This original painting of the two main characters is cool and handsome enough!Li Ze intends to use it directly for the cover.

Sakuragi on the front, Rukawa Kaede on the back, open the comic book, it is a complete picture!

The effect should be very good.

As for the third original painting... Li Ze was temporarily entangled.

"The third original painting is the title page. The title page usually uses drafts, unused artwork, or interesting content outside the main text. My idea is to be more relaxed and funny, uh, but I don't have any specific ideas yet. Do you have any good ideas? ?”

　Thank you for the reward of the 00 old iron who switched to the right path.Although the grades in this book are very poor, and it is getting worse and worse, I am tired, but I can still persist.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)