Resource Tycoon Reborn

Chapter 10 Weekly Shonen and Shonen Monthly

Miyamoto Oriichi anxiously wandered back and forth in the guest room. Although this room was considered high-end in Fengyuan, in Japan, it can only be said to be quite simple. But Miyamoto Oriichi simply doesn't know what to do now.

I don't want to pay attention to these.

As a recently established comic magazine, "Shounen Monthly" naturally has an inconspicuous status in the Japanese comics industry, but its backend boss is the famous Enix Co., Ltd. in Japan, which is the Japanese national game "The Brave Fighter".

The production company of "Dragon". This company was founded in 1975. It was originally a small club engaged in real estate appraisal and street automatic cameras. It was not until early 1982 that it began to operate PC games. At the end of 1985, in the drama

At the instigation of writer Yuji Horii, Enix Co., Ltd. signed a contract with Nintendo to develop games for the popular FC console at the time.

Enix's first work "Dragon Quest" was a huge success. This game drew on European and American game styles while opening up a new path for Japanese RPGs. It can be called a landmark masterpiece. From the perspective of future generations, it is really

It is unimaginable that "Dragon Quest I", which has sold a total of 1.5 million copies, was completed in less than five months from script planning to production; and the producers Koichi Nakamura and the Takahashi brothers later became powerful players in the industry.

The twenty-member team of the creators can be called the most luxurious lineup in later generations. Yuji Horii also invited the manga artist Akira Toriyama to design the characters of "Dragon Quest I", and published it in "Weekly Shonen"

There was a lot of publicity and momentum. In fact, "Weekly Shonen", a publication with sales exceeding 7 million at its peak, made a huge contribution to the success of the Dragon Quest series of games.

For Enix Co., Ltd., which was previously involved in PC games, this result is simply unimaginable. Its previous sales of "Morita Shogi", which had the best sales performance of about 80,000 copies, are already a record in the field of PC games.

An achievement worth bragging about. Faced with the money rolling in, President Yasuhiro Fukushima led the developers to make persistent efforts and grandly launch "Dragon Quest: Evil Spirits of the Gods" to the market on January 26 of the following year. At that time, Japan

It suddenly became a social phenomenon for people to miss school and work because they waited in line all night. And the impressive sales figures of 2.4 million copies made the console manufacturer Nintendo look at Enix with admiration and offered preferential terms without waiting for the expiration of the contract.

Modified to the same level as veteran manufacturers such as namco.

After these two successes, Enix Co., Ltd. became more confident in developing games on Nintendo consoles, and soon decided to make this business the company's main business.

The establishment of "Shōnen Monthly" was because the executives of Enix Co., Ltd. realized the huge role that "Weekly Shōnen" played in promoting the game "Dragon Quest". At the same time, they also realized that excellent

The huge profits brought by adapting comic works into games. Therefore, having a magazine controlled by oneself is undoubtedly a weapon for future business development. Therefore, at the end of 1987, "Shounen Monthly" was officially established.

Although the magazine was established, it was not easy to obtain their works because the most outstanding cartoonists in Japan at that time had already moved to other countries. The new generation of cartoonists were more optimistic about the old magazines.

In addition, those old magazines have intentionally or unintentionally suppressed it, so in the past few months, the performance of "Youth Monthly" has not been ideal. Fortunately, they are a monthly magazine. So far, they have only published four issues, and it is difficult to balance the income and expenses.

The problem is not serious yet. But finding excellent works to fill the gaps in the magazine has become a top priority for everyone at the magazine.

At the end of February, a staff member of the magazine who went to China to participate in a book fair suddenly sent back a message, saying that he had found a good comic book in the capital of China, and copied part of it and sent it back to the magazine

Society. Although it is just the beginning, the plot is quite vivid and lively, and the four protagonists are very vivid. The protagonist Zhuge Yusuke, who is a Chinese-Japanese mixed race, serves as a detective in the spiritual world, and together with his companions eradicate the monsters doing evil in the world...

This kind of story is quite popular in Japanese juvenile comics. Miyamoto Oriichi immediately applauded it, but he encountered some troubles with other people in the club. Some people in the club believed that the author was Hua Xia

People may have a lot of influence on publishing, and it is difficult to get recognition from Japanese people. So this matter was delayed. But recently, the club suddenly heard that "Weekly Shonen" also took a fancy to this comic, and

He intends to send people to China to discuss copyright matters. At this time, the objections in the sub-club were immediately wiped out. How to sign the author before "Weekly Shonen" has become the focus of everyone's attention. Oriichi Miyamoto is responsible for this.

Came with this important responsibility.

However, although he has already arrived in Fengyuan and has contacted the author, he has just received another bad news. The editor of "Weekly Shonen" has also arrived in the capital of China. He will surely arrive in Fengyuan tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow at the latest.

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Facing a veteran magazine in the Japanese comics industry, what reasons should I use to convince the author to choose my own magazine?

At this time, Fang Mingyuan and his two men had arrived at Fengyuan's second uncle's home. With the support from the Fang family, Fang Ya had already established a firm foothold in Fengyuan City, and was still less than half a station away from Fengyuan City Hall.

I bought a small courtyard. The courtyard is not big, and there are only seven large and small rooms, and an old-fashioned toilet outside. In summer, the smell in this courtyard will be worse. But Fang Ya is already very satisfied.

Su Aijun has been waiting for him here for two hours. Now Su Aijun is also the dean of Fengyuan Jiaotong University. He just got married last year, and the bride is also a teacher of Fengyuan Jiaotong University. Regarding this marriage,

Although Mr. Su was a little unhappy, he finally nodded in approval.

"You kid, you did such a big deal again without saying a word!" Su Aijun smiled and patted Fang Mingyuan on the shoulder. This kid has grown up quite quickly in the past four years and has become somewhat mature.

"Ah?" Fang Mingyuan looked at the information handed over by Su Aijun in disbelief. Needless to say, "Weekly Shōnen" was a long-established Japanese comic magazine. Fang Mingyuan was already familiar with it in his previous life. It published

Among its comics, there are many classics of later generations, such as "City Hunter", "Rurouni Kenshin", "Slam Dunk", etc., and it was the original publisher of "Yu Yu Hakusho". Those who can get it

Recognition, this is undoubtedly a good thing. With its status in the Japanese comics industry, the success of "Yu Yu Hakusho" can be said to be a matter of course.

However, the background of the other publishing house is not small. As a loyal player of Final Fantasy, I will naturally be familiar with Enix Co., Ltd., which will merge with Square in the future. Moreover, "Shounen Monthly" will play a major role in the Japanese comics industry in the future.

Its status cannot be underestimated, but most of its works focus on video games. But... Fang Mingyuan remembered that in the previous life, "Youth Monthly" was only founded in the early 1990s. It seems that history has changed slightly.

"I have already inquired about the situation of these two magazines for you. All the information is here. Personally, I feel that Weekly Shōnen has a greater influence in Japan." Su Aijun pointed at the information and said,

"But their editor has just arrived in the capital, and he probably won't be able to come to Fengyuan until tomorrow. The editor of "Youth Monthly" has already arrived in Fengyuan, and I have arranged a place for him. What is your name, Miyamoto Oriichi? Do you want to meet him this afternoon?

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