American manga: I drew Superman in the Great Depression

Although, their publishing house has long focused on vulgar magazines.

However, as a publisher.

Jack Leibovitz is somewhat familiar with the situation of major newspapers in New York City.

The Courier was just an unknown local tabloid two or three months ago, but all this changed with the serialization of the "Superman" comic.

Even, as far as Jack knew about the situation.

In recent days, all the publishing houses that you can name in New York City have gone to the newspaper office where The Courier is located, in order to buy the re-rights of the "Superman" comics.

"What if there were no other Couriers in New York City."

Shrugging, Colin said to Jack.

"What, The Courier wants to cooperate with us?!"

Hearing Colin's answer, Jack, who was sitting behind the desk, had not yet responded. Harry on the side first exclaimed.

With a look of excitement and a bit of disbelief, he asked: "What is cooperation for?"

"The publication of Superman, of course."

Turning his head and looking at Harry beside him, Colin responded with a smile in his excited and expectant eyes.

"Oh my god, Jack, did you hear that, or was this all a dream?"

"'Superman', this is 'Superman'. The re-rights that so many big publishing houses have been unable to obtain have actually fallen into our hands. I must be dreaming!"

"You're not dreaming."

Under the desk, Jack's fingers holding the handle of the gun began to tremble slightly. He took a deep breath and tried to suppress his inner emotions, while adding silently in his heart.

The premise is that Colin Looper, who claims to be the boss of the Courier, is the real boss and is not some kind of fraud.

In the office, I waited until the excited Harry Donnerfield calmed down.

Jack Leibovitz then spoke, looking at Colin in front of him and said: "I'm sorry, Mr. Colin Looper, please forgive my companion's rude behavior. After all, this is too unexpected for us.

, it’s hard to imagine that you would be willing to serialize such a popular work as "Superman" in the magazine of our publisher..."

Although Jack's words may appear to express surprise and gratitude on the surface, if you look closely, you will find that hidden behind this layer of gratitude is his suspicion of what is happening in front of him. After all, as he said

Generally speaking, with the current popularity of "Superman", it would be better to find any publisher than them.

On the side, Harry's original excited expression became forced after hearing the meaning of Jack's words.

"Indeed, just as Mr. Jack said."

Seeing the reactions of the two people in the office, Colin nodded, expressing his understanding of Jack and explaining: "So, I said, the purpose of my coming this time is to seek cooperation, not just to

The "Superman" comics are entrusted to you for printing."

If Colin just wants to publish comics in magazines, then there are a lot of publishers in New York City for him to choose from, and many of them have excellent candidates.

"cooperate?"

After Colin's reminder, Jack and Harry realized what they had said when they first came to the office.

"So, Mr. Colin Looper, what is cooperation you are talking about?"

They looked at each other, put down the gun in their hands and stood up from behind the table. Jack looked at the calm Colin in front of him and couldn't help but ask.

"As far as I know, the current situation of your publishing house is not very good."

Without directly answering Jack's question, Colin glanced at the mountains of magazines stacked in the corner.

"It's no secret, sir."

To this, Jack could only reply with a wry smile.

"We are just one of many unlucky publishers."

"I don't think you are just unlucky."

Colin didn't believe that publishers would choose to publish vulgar magazines. They were innocent hapless people. At best, they were speculators who were hit by policies.

Of course, Colin's purpose in coming to the publishing house was not to make accusations about this.

Therefore, after saying this, he changed the topic and revealed the purpose of his trip: "However, no matter what happened before, it is already in the past tense, and the purpose of my visit this time is to

I need to cooperate with your publishing house to launch a new magazine. Of course, the premise of publication is that I take the lead."

Yes, this is Colin's main purpose.

Since they are all serialized comics magazines, then why should he serialize them under the hands of others? Why not take the initiative himself.

"You take the lead?!"

After hearing Colin's words, Jack and Harry finally understood the purpose of his visit.

Not for the magazine, but for the publishing capabilities they have.

"No, it's impossible..."

Hearing this, Harry refused without thinking.

"The publishing house was established by Jack and I with great difficulty. How could we let him go so easily?"

Compared to Harry's fierce reaction, Jack on the side was obviously much quieter. He lowered his head and thought about all this in silence.

After Harry finished venting his emotions, Colin spoke up and said with a chuckle: "But, we all know that judging from the current situation, without my joining, your publishing house will collapse sooner or later."

"Are you willing to watch the publishing house go bankrupt instead of giving it a chance to come back to life?"

"Think about your families. Once the publishing house goes bankrupt, what will you do to support them..."

Colin's words were like a sharp blade that stabbed Harry and Jack right in front of them, causing them to lose their resistance.

"So, what do you want us to do?"

After a long while, Jack who was standing aside spoke to him.

After hearing Jack's words, Colin knew that the purpose of his trip had basically been achieved.

The corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and he said with a smile: "I said, this is cooperation. I hope to become a shareholder in your publishing house and publish works that readers like, instead of the vulgar magazines that wandered on the edge of crime like before.

This will be good for both me and you..."

"From now on, you no longer need to worry about being jailed and fined because of the vulgar magazines published by the publisher. You can continue to continue your favorite publishing work in a stable manner."

After listening to Colin's words in silence, Harry on the side couldn't help but speak.

"I want to know, which work do you think readers like most?"

"About this, I think you should know better than me, Mr. Harry, "Superman", I think you should be familiar with it."

Hearing the name appearing in Colin's mouth, Jack was silent for a few seconds before stretching out his right hand.

"Welcome to our newspaper, Mr. Colin Looper. It will be a pleasure to work with you."

Looking down at Jack's outstretched right hand, Colin immediately shook it with a smile.

“A pleasure to work with.”