Hong Kong Comic Master

"Next, let's vote on whether the comic "Ulongyuan" will be serialized. Please raise your hands!"

In the meeting room of the two-dimensional magazine, there were seven people sitting, including the editor-in-chief He Bo, five editorial team leaders and Li Wannian.

When the host Xie Zhirong made the announcement, six people, including Li Wannian, raised their hands.

This is an extremely exaggerated approval ratio, even higher than when Li Wannian's "Dragon Ball" was serialized!

Under normal circumstances, as long as four people agree to the serialization meeting, it can be serialized. Of course, Li Wannian has a veto!

Therefore, it has been very difficult for the two-dimensional youth weekly to be serialized in recent years, and only six comics are being serialized so far.

"Very good, "Ulongyuan" passed, and the next is whether "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" will be serialized. Please raise your hands!"

This time, there were only four people who raised their hands in the audience.

"Reason!"

He Bo, who was sitting on the stage, said concisely at this time.

After three years as the editor-in-chief, Uncle Ho’s energy is running out as he gets older.

When he left the “Happy News”, he was actually too old, and was rehired by Li Chongjun after retirement.

Now 70 years old, Uncle Ho is obviously getting closer to retiring again.

“The subject matter is too old, and although the style is good, it feels like reading a comic book, and it doesn’t seem to meet the market demand!”

The speaker is Xie Zhirong. As the leader of a group and also Uncle Ho’s most proud disciple, he is obviously the most suitable candidate to be the editor-in-chief.

More importantly, in the magazine, he is already second to none.

“On ​​the contrary, I think that the comics on this subject still have potential. If they are well drawn, it is very likely that young people in Hong Kong will like the history of the Three Kingdoms!”

The person who sang the opposite tune with Xie Zhirong was the editor-in-chief Yang, the leader of Group 5.

The two have always been at odds.

Editor-in-chief Yang thinks Xie Zhirong is too proud and self-righteous.

Xie Zhirong thinks that Editor-in-chief Yang is flattering and lacks principles.

Since the Dragon Ball incident, the two have become incompatible.

Although Xie Zhirong has a higher status, the team leaders are at the same level, and Editor-in-Chief Yang is not afraid of him at all.

"Gambling with the interests of the magazine is irresponsible to the magazine!"

"Isn't every decision we make a gamble? If Editor-in-Chief Xie can really predict the real feedback from the market every time, then why are we holding a meeting here?"

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm just telling the truth!"

Seeing that the argument between the two became more and more intense and their tempers grew, Uncle He had to stand up and act as a peacemaker.

"Okay, stop talking! Since four people agree, then this comic will be approved!"

"Wait, Editor-in-Chief, if two comics are approved this time, then the number of comics serialized in "Weekly Shonen" will reach eight, exceeding the red line drawn by General Li back then!"

At this time, Xie Zhirong brought up the goal set by Li Wannian.

When the "Weekly Youth" was first established, Li Wannian planned to serialize seven comics in the magazine at the same time. Unfortunately, this goal has not been achieved in the past three years.

Now, with the emergence of two new comics, the goal has not only been achieved, but also exceeded!

"Isn't it just one more? Wouldn't it be better to serialize them together?" Editor Yang asked again.

"How to control the cost? How to pay the author's salary? The cost of printing? The cost of publicity? Which one doesn't cost money?"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Uncle He spoke again: "I say again, don't quarrel! There will be a detailed answer to this in the next topic!"

As Uncle He spoke, the argument between the two died down again.

Xie Zhirong looked at the next topic and said: "The next topic is proposed by General Manager Li, the questionnaire system!"

"Haven't we always done questionnaires before?"

At this time, an editor-in-chief in the audience also raised his own question.

Yes, before this, the two-dimensional magazine often conducted surveys to determine which comics were popular and which were not, and used this as an important criterion to sign different levels of contracts with authors.

But this time, Li Wannian obviously didn't want to talk about this.

During the entire meeting, Li Wannian didn't say a word, letting the people below speak freely.

Even when there was a need to speak, it was Editor-in-Chief Yang and Uncle He who asked and answered questions, but this time, Li Wannian had to explain the topic himself.

"The questionnaire system I'm talking about is different from the questionnaire we conducted before!

This system originated from Neon's "Weekly Shonen Jump". I made corresponding modifications to the special environment of Hong Kong Island. The details are as follows:

The comics are based on the ten issues after the new serialization, and the opinions of readers in each issue during the period are combined to determine the fate of the work!

The data of each issue will be reflected in the front and back positions of the comic layout, but the first place in popularity will often be reserved for the mainstay or works that have experienced special moments.

If the survey ranking is the last for four consecutive issues, the work will be directly cut off!"

When Li Wannian said the word "cut off", the faces of several team leaders present all changed.

For a long time, the editors of the two-dimensional magazine have been used to being comfortable.

With Li Wannian's works, the magazine has always been profitable, so they have come to think that the serialization of comics in the magazine is strict in entry and lenient in exit, as if as long as the comics can be serialized in the magazine, the author can make a lot of money without doing anything.

And as long as they editors see that a comic has passed Li Wannian's final review, then their entire team can get the bonus.

But now it has changed. They editors not only have to kill but also bury. It is not enough to just find enough comics to be serialized, but also to ensure that the popularity of the comics is not too low, otherwise there will be the risk of being cut in half.

"Will this dampen the interest of authors in submitting?"

This time, it was not Xie Zhirong who had always raised objections, but Editor-in-Chief Yang who had always supported Li Wannian who spoke up.

"Editor Yang, let me ask you, do you think those authors earn more by submitting to our 2D magazine or to other magazines?"

"Of course it's our 2D magazine. The money they earn from us is enough to make three or four times what they earn from Yuhuangchao."

"Since there is an opportunity to make a lot of money in front of you, if you have the ability, why don't you come and take it?"

"I..."

Editor-in-Chief Yang immediately understood what Li Wannian meant.

"People with real ability are not afraid of competition at all!"

Li Wannian said firmly.