Hong Kong Comic Master

The editorial department of Weekly Shonen Century is located in Fujimidai, Nerima-ku, Tokyo, next door to Mushi Production.

The editorial department covers an area of ​​about 800 square meters, which is not a big place. It only rents one floor of a building.

The reason is that the editorial department has few staff, less than 100 people, and does not need such a large area at all.

It is amazing that compared with other major publishing houses in Japan, which have hundreds or thousands of people, the editorial department of Weekly Shonen Century only uses a fraction of the number of others, but can create several times the sales volume.

Of course, everyone knows that it is not because this editorial department is so powerful, but because Li Wannian is so powerful.

Just like Osamu Tezuka could make three magazines rise by himself, Li Wannian also relied on one person to suppress the entire Japanese comics industry.

As the eldest son of Osamu Tezuka, Makoto Tezuka is naturally very proud recently.

Only two years after graduating from college, he was already the president of the most famous comic publisher in Japan when other people of the same age were still complacent about finding a good job.

Of course, Tezuka Shin himself knew that this had little to do with his ability, but was mainly due to his good luck. Not only did he have a good family, but he also met Li Wannian.

Relying on Li Wannian, he was quite comfortable as the president, and he didn't have to worry about the sales of his magazines like other magazines.

At this time, Tezuka Shin was sitting in the office, looking at the recent financial report of the magazine.

As the comics continued to rise, the reputation of Century magazine was also increasing, which made the magazine's financial report look better and better.

Although the magazine was not a listed company and was not that important, seeing such dazzling data still made Tezuka Shin very happy. Who would have trouble with money?

"Knock, knock!"

At this time, the door of the office was knocked, and the director of the marketing department walked in with a panic.

"What's the matter? Why are you so panicked?"

"President, something big has happened! The three channels we cooperated with suddenly announced that they would terminate their cooperation with us!"

"What?"

Tezuka Makoto immediately slammed the table and stood up.

There is an industrial chain in any industry, and the comics industry is no exception.

Authors and magazines belong to the upstream production end, and distributors in various places belong to the transportation end and sales end. Although everyone's attention is focused on the production end due to the particularity of comics themselves, the sales end is also very important.

After all, in this era, there are no online stores, and there is still a layer between magazines and readers. Readers distributed all over the country cannot go directly to magazines to buy comics.

Therefore, channels are needed to purchase, generally supermarkets, convenience stores, newsstands, etc., but these stores are large and small and widely distributed. If you want to connect one by one, then the magazine doesn't have to do anything else!

So, they usually connect with distributors in a large area or supermarket headquarters, which not only takes less energy, but also can be comprehensive.

However, at this time, these distributors have problems.

"What happened? Why did they break the contract?"

"This... I don't know!"

"Why don't you investigate?"

Before Tezuka Shin woke up from his surprise, someone else broke into Tezuka Shin's office.

"President, there are a lot of slanderous content about our magazine in today's newspaper!"

The person who came in was the head of the publicity team of the magazine. He held a stack of newspapers in his hand and handed them to Tezuka Shin.

After taking the newspaper, Tezuka Shin saw that there were black pen circles on various contents.

"The culprit who destroyed Japanese comics-Century magazine!"

"For personal gain, you can let the wolf into the house?"

"His father made Japanese comics rise, and his son made Japanese comics die!"

"..."

Newspapers like these made Tezuka Shin feel like sinking into an ice cellar, and his brain was blank.

At this time, someone else walked into the office.

"Come again?"

Tezuka Shin was numb at this time.

The person who came in this time was Sawajiri Fumi. When he saw that the office was so lively, he did not speak immediately after entering, but looked at the other two.

"Just tell me what you have to say. It must be bad news, right?"

"President, just now my cartoonist Takaya Yoshiki told me that another magazine wants to poach him and is willing to pay him a penalty!"

"What?"

Tezuka Makoto's eyes were red with anger. If the first two were just the black hands of the business, then this move would shake the foundation of their magazine.

Tezuka Makoto is not without any ideas as president. He is also actively recruiting local cartoonists in Japan, and Takaya Yoshiki is one of the best.

His cartoon "Strong Armor" has become the most popular cartoon among readers of Century magazine, second only to Li Wannian's three cartoons, and its popularity is even higher than that of Hojo Temple.

The other party actually wants to poach him, which is too much!

"In addition, I have contacted several editors, and their cartoonists seem to have received inquiries. Fortunately, they have no intention of moving for the time being!"

"Who? Who is targeting us?"

Tezuka Makoto asked the most soul-searching question.

This question made the three people present look at each other, and then they said in unison: "Those competitors may have it!"

After saying this, Tezuka felt a headache.

If it was just a magazine company, Tezuka would still have the confidence to deal with it, but now that several other magazine companies are targeting him, how can his magazine company continue to operate?

"Do you have any solution?"

This time, several people did not speak again.

"What should we do?"

Seeing that there was no sound in the office for a long time, Tezuka had no choice but to say: "Forget it, you go out first!"

The other two heard Tezuka say this and hurried out of the office, but Sawajiri Fumi did not leave and stood there.

"What's wrong? Do you have anything else to do?"

"In fact, President, you don't need to worry so much!"

Seeing the other two leave, Sawajiri Fumi stepped forward and quietly comforted Tezuka.

"Several major publishing houses are jointly besieging us? Do we still have a way to survive?"

Tezuka said with a sad face.

Looking at Tezuka's panic, Sawajiri Fumi sighed in his heart. After all, he is a young man of the second generation of rich people. It is difficult for him to become an excellent businessman with his appearance!

"President, don't forget, what is the core competitiveness of our magazine? What are they afraid of that they will unite against us?"

"Of course it is... Mr. Li... What do you mean?"

Under the guidance of Sawajiri Fumio, Tezuka Shin slowly reacted, and the panic on his face seemed to be less.

"That's right, go and invite Mr. Long Live!"