Daily American Drama

Western restaurant.

After Captain of the United States Caroline made a dream statement, the atmosphere of the dinner party became better and better, and everyone gathered around Caroline to talk about the American dream.

Adam smiled wryly in his heart, but he could only carefully reduce his sense of existence, as if he had returned to the era of dramatists.

No one has noticed that there is also a dream blue hidden in the crowd.

Compared with Phoebe's various fragrances, Adam could see that Caroline really had the feeling of Captain America ​​Wei Guangzheng.

It seemed that her father's death had really had a huge impact on Caroline.

Adam respected this, but he didn't actively agree with it or mean it from above.

He is long past the age of the second year of middle school, and he divides everything into two.

Zhou Renshu once said: Don't look at what others say, but look at what they do.

Adam thinks so.

Like the audience, he couldn't help being a little dazed. Caroline's Captain of America ​​temperament was associated with the Avengers, and his thoughts diverged wildly: Captain of America couldn't beat Loki, and almost knelt down. Loki said: I Say, get down on your knees...

After the dinner, the next period of time.

Adam finally got a taste of being famous.

The reprinted 100,000 copies were fully distributed, and comments from the Lord of Mysteries began to appear in the newspapers. Every time Joey took the newspaper to wrap the ham, he would happily show it to Adam when he saw relevant reports.

Of course, the newspapers are just some tabloids, not the high-profile newspapers like the New York Times, and the hot scene is actually just the excitement of a small circle.

But it's much better than when no one cares about it before.

What really touched Adam were the comic companies and production companies he found through Jack, but they were all small production companies and small comic companies.

The idea of ​​these small production companies is to acquire some works that have potential but have not yet exploded, and then after the explosion, sell them to those big companies that want to buy them at a high price, and act as middlemen to earn the difference.

Adam naturally refused.

No matter how sincere the other party said, he would not agree if he was not a middleman.

Because that's even worse.

For example, the copyright of the works of hard science fiction masters in the previous life was sold cheaply to a small company, and this small company is indeed not a middleman to make a difference.

That's not too bad.

Think about it, if it turns out that there is a sci-fi romance film in the end, it would be really disgusting.

The comic company I found was slightly better.

But Adam still rejected those small comic companies, because the resources of the other party's channels and other aspects are too poor, and even the quality estimation of the manga version Lord of the Mysteries cannot be guaranteed.

Until the dark horse company came.

The three major companies in the comics industry in the United States, DC, Marvel and Dark Horse.

DC and Marvel need no introduction, they are both continuing their own superhero series, restarting if they can’t draw anymore, but comic fans just eat this, so naturally they don’t need to think about other things.

Dark Horse Company mainly adapts some well-known non-comic works into comics, and uses the fame of the original version to enjoy a wave of peripheral bonuses.

The Master of Mysteries gradually became famous, which naturally attracted Dark Horse Company.

After negotiations, under the impetus of Random House, Dark Horse Company offered a high royalty of 30%.

Comics are generally issued in single volumes. A thin booklet usually sells for $4, while the first volume of The Lord of the Mysteries, Joker, can be divided into more than 30 single volumes for sale, with a total price of over $120. , the starting point is more than twice that of the novel.

As long as the average sales volume reaches 50,000 copies, Adam can get 5*120*0.3*0.7=1.26 million dollars after deducting the 30% contact fee for Random House.

This is just comics, copyrights such as film and television, games, and commercial authorization are the big ones.

The entire copyright industry chain of Harry Potter, Star Wars, Marvel, DC and other fantasy universes can easily reach tens of billions or hundreds of billions.

So don't blame Dongguo for talking about IP in everything later, it is really full copyright development that is too fragrant and profitable.

Adapting from a novel is much easier than creating an original. Dark Horse Company is also a big company, and soon organized cartoonists to complete the first booklet. Taking advantage of the convenience of the novel's release, they simultaneously launched a comic of the same name.

Compared with the novels of the Lord of Mysteries, which are full of text, the coexistence of images and text in comics is more in the form of movie storytelling scripts. In addition, it is small and the unit price is less than one-tenth of the price, which is more suitable for large-scale promotion. spread.

4 U.S. dollars, if you can’t buy it, you will suffer a loss and you will not be fooled.

New Jersey.

Leonard finished class happily and walked out of the campus.

Since Adam scared Jimmy away with his 'I can fight all day', word spread that Leonard has a tough friend, and no one dared to bully him anymore.

After all, Jimmy's tall and strong figure is one of the best even in the football team. Otherwise, Sheldon's father, who has the same face and the same physical condition, would not have played football first, and then became a football coach... Serious face.

Not only that, Becky, whom he always thought was his girlfriend but had to hide underground for various reasons, was no longer the same when he was helping with homework while she kept pouring white Russian cocktails into her mouth One sentence: Leonard, you are so kind, I wish all men were like you.

Occasionally, I also care about where Leonard's ruthless friends come from.

At this time, Leonard's wit came out, and he summed up the routines in the comics and made up all kinds of nonsense.

But Becky, who often vomits drunk, really believes it. While vomiting, she dazedly discusses the legendary stories of Adam, Captain America, Spiderman, Batman... Duncan with Leonard who is supporting her.

In the future, such Becky will go to Cornell University, one of the Ivy League schools, with a thesis written by Leonard.

Of course, the real reason is not the thesis that Leonard helped to write and the GPA of after-school homework in high school, but Becky's good family conditions.

Not everyone can drink White Russian cocktails every day at such a young age.

Except for his cold and demanding mother Beverly, who has not changed from beginning to end, and the fact that he has never had a normal birthday or holiday, the sun really shines into his life.

In my memory, the only time that was closest to the birthday atmosphere was when his grandfather passed away, and all the relatives gathered together, um, and there was cake. Although he knew it was not good, he was still very happy that time.

From childhood to adulthood, no gifts were given on holidays, only papers were given to each other. For him who loves science, he actually quite likes this kind of thing.

As Leonard walked, he thought, as long as he shielded him from family trivialities like peeing his pants in public because of his indifferent and harsh mother, he would feel overwhelmed with happiness.

New manga~

When passing by the comic shop, Leonard's eyes lit up, he opened the door with a smile on his face and walked in.

Hey, Lord of Mysteries, Adam Duncan?!

Because of the publicity, the comic shop placed the Lord of Mysteries in a prominent position, and Leonard saw it at a glance. The style of painting was very different from that of superheroes, and it immediately attracted him. is given by the author's name.

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