Hong Kong Comic Master

"Renting books? Of course it has an impact! But it's not a big problem!"

Looking at Li Chongjun and He Bo who were very calm in front of him, Li Wannian immediately realized that he couldn't think of it because he didn't understand this era.

But after all, they have been in this industry for a long time and are familiar with the current situation of the industry.

It seems that I thought too much.

Sure enough, after Li Chongjun's explanation, Li Wannian finally figured out what was going on?

It turned out that the book rental stores now have the permission of the publishers, and it can even be said that the two sides have joined forces to crack down on pirated comics.

Although some sales have been sacrificed, it has made it difficult for piracy to survive, which can be regarded as the sharing economy of the 1970s.

After understanding this, Li Wannian was completely relieved.

"By the way, has the second volume of "Death" been drawn? The first volume was too rushed, and the comic book was very rough. This time we have to prepare at least five days in advance to make the comic more refined!"

He Bo put down the report in his hand and began to care about Li Wannian's progress.

"No problem, I'm bringing it to you today!"

As he said that, Li Wannian took out a stack of papers from his schoolbag, and Uncle He quickly took it with both hands, and at the same time took out his glasses and put them on his nose.

The name of this eleventh chapter is "Fake Products", and the first chapter picture at the beginning is a box, and then Lu Qia appears.

"There are not many left, and this is also missing a lot, it's time to replenish it!"

That's right, the content of this chapter has come to the Soul Chapter.

Compared with the first ten chapters of the first volume, there are three major chapters. In the ten chapters of this volume, Li Wannian only has two chapters, namely the Soul Chapter and the Mother Chapter.

Li Wannian is very clear that the real hot spot of "Bleach" is the Soul Society Chapter. At that time, the appearance of the Thirteenth Guardian Squadron, the various Zanpakuto's Shikai and Bankai, that is the real attraction of this comic.

Therefore, when Li Wannian was drawing "Bleach", he intentionally or unintentionally shortened the previous Real World Chapter. The original 50 chapters of the Real World Chapter, Li Wannian planned to finish it in 30 chapters.

Soon, Uncle He finished reading all 10 episodes.

"Very good, the standard is still very high, and the new plot has more highlights!"

For Li Wannian, Uncle He's praise was given directly to Li Wannian as if it was free!

"That's good, Uncle He, you will still be the one to proofread this time!"

Li Chongjun was relieved to see that the content of the second volume was affirmed by Uncle He.

In their plan, the first volume of "Death" was considered to make a lot of noise, and the second volume was the key to making a lot of money. Li Chongjun must pay attention to it!

"Dad, Uncle He, there is another thing I need to discuss with you!"

"What is it?"

"I think we still have to set up a magazine!"

As a comic, the best way to sell it is of course serialization. This is the best sales method that has been obtained after decades of efforts at home and abroad.

After all, comics take a long time to make, and they also need time to promote. For creators, if they finish drawing and then sell it, I am afraid they will starve to death!

More importantly, serialization can also keep comics in the spotlight for a long time and prevent piracy, etc.

As for single volumes, they usually wait until they are serialized and have good performance before selling them. What Li Wannian is doing now has reversed the order.

Of course, Li Wannian has to do this!

On the one hand, he has to do this to save his father's printing factory. On the other hand, if they want to serialize, they still have a biggest problem...

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"It's not that easy to run a magazine! The simplest thing is that our serialized magazine can't have only one comic, right?"

As an old editor who has worked in a magazine, He Bo raised the most practical question at the first time.

If you want to run a magazine, the first and most basic thing is people and departments. The editorial department, GG department, and distribution department are indispensable. If it is a little bigger, there are also marketing departments, finance departments, administrative departments, etc. These are simply not affordable for Li Chongjun's small workshop!

These are easy to say, but the more important thing is that a comic magazine can't have only one comic, right?

"I've thought about this, so I'm going to serialize three comics at the same time!"

As he said this, Li Wannian took out two stacks of paper from his schoolbag and placed them in front of Li Chongjun and He Bo.

"What?"

Looking at Li Wannian's actions, Li Chongjun and He Bo were completely stunned.

Especially He Bo, who looked at Li Wannian as if he were a monster!

As an old editor, he knew too well how hard it was to draw a comic!

From making a story draft, composing, drafting, outlining, blackening, pasting dot paper, drawing effect lines and adding lines, these eight steps almost exhaust a cartoonist.

And Li Wannian was actually going to serialize three comics at the same time, and each one was a masterpiece. Is this something a human can do?

However, what He Bo didn't know was that Li Wannian didn't need the previous steps at all. He could start directly from outlining.

Who would have thought that the most time-consuming part of his comic drawing would be pasting dot paper?

Seeing the two people staring at him in shock, Li Wannian couldn't help but remind them: "Do you want to see the works first?"

"Oh, yes! Yes, see the works!"

After coming to his senses, Uncle He quickly picked up the two stacks of papers on the table and opened them. They turned out to be two completely different comics, one called "Pokemon" and the other called "Chinese Little Chef".

In fact, "Pokemon" has many translations, such as: "Pocket Monsters", "Pokémon", "Pokemon", etc.

The reason why Li Wannian chose this name was mainly because it would be more convenient to translate it into foreign languages ​​in the future.

After all, this animation was originally adapted from a game, but it is a money-making tool, because how could it just flutter in this small pond of Hong Kong Island?

As for the other comic, its name should actually be "Chinese Cooking Master Boy" or "Cooking Master Boy".

When Taiwan introduced the animation, the sponsor was Uni-President, so many characters were named after their company's products.

For example, the protagonist Liu Maoxing was translated as "Xiao Da Jia" (Xiao Da Jia Crispy Noodles), Zhou Yu was translated as "Jidi Master" (Jidi Dumplings), Zhou Meili was translated as "Dudu" (Manhan Dudu Good Sausage), and the three heroes were translated as "Ah Q" (Ah Q Bucket Noodles), etc.

Therefore, the animation version and the comic version at that time were a mess.

Li Wannian would naturally not follow such a footsteps again. From the beginning, he designed the names of the comic characters and the names of the comics themselves.

First of all, Li Wannian is now drawing comics in Hong Kong Island. Who knows what the name "Cooking Master" is for?

It's better to call it the Little Kitchen God. After all, such a concise and clear name makes people clear at a glance.

Secondly, the names of the characters are also mainly in line with the habits of Chinese or Hong Kong Islanders.