Those Years when Marvel was a Superhero

An independent villa near Flushing in Queens, which was leased by Li Jie as the headquarters of marve1 company. Liwen.com's rent here is about 160,000 US dollars a year.

Because the villa is very large, with a beautiful garden. There are also a lot of rooms in the villa, which is enough to meet the needs of the initial stage of the business after a good division.

Why not rent an office building in Manhattan or Queens, Li Jie still has his own considerations.

The first is that office buildings in Manhattan are too expensive to rent. And the office conditions in Queens are slightly better, and prices have also taken off these years.

And the key is not to sign a long contract, the rent price will increase every year, and now I am looking at a capital of 10 million US dollars.

But it really takes a lot of time to spend, so the main purpose is to save.

And the first task of the new company is not to directly expand what movies and TV or big moves, but rather start with comics.

After all, it was the first time to do something similar, Li Jie had no experience in this area, and Peter did not have to count on it. Harry is because the Osborne Group is on the right track, and only needs to maintain the general direction. So, in fact, there is little experience with the company's drafting.

So although Li Jie asked a professional manager to take charge of the company's future operations, he still didn't want to take too many steps at a time.

In addition, the creation of comics also takes into account the inspiration of painters and screenwriters. Li Jie does not feel that he can hold back something good in a space-constrained office building.

There is an open park near the location of Queens, and the scenery around the villa is not bad. You can see the bay in 15 minutes walking north.

In addition, because it is a quiet community, this environment is more conducive to the creative creation of painters. So Li Jie directly signed a two-year long-term lease under this property.

Metropolitan High School is already on holiday, and in December has officially entered the most important holiday in the United States, the countdown to Christmas.

The United States is preparing for this most important festival, and Li Jie ’s company also chose to start hiring at this time.

According to his vision, he finally recruited painters and some necessary personnel around Christmas, so that he could launch the first issue in January next year.

With the support of Harry Osbourne, the legal process of the new company is going very fast, and various professional administrative talents are also easy to recruit.

The only thing that needs to be considered is the painter and screenwriter. After all, this is the most important person in this company. You can't draw good comics and you can't write good stories.

No matter how popular Spider-Man and Night Crawler are, it is still difficult to make this comic a best seller.

Today is Li Jie's day as an examiner and boss reviewing painters. In front of him, he has appointed a few good painters, his skills are very good, and his brain and story are also good.

Unlike Riman and Gangman, most of these cartoons are screenwriters. Sometimes the artist will refer to the editor-in-chief of the publishing house, but more often the story is in their own minds.

This causes a publishing house to lose an important painter, which will seriously affect the entire publishing house's business.

Moreover, in order to maximize profits, publishers often allow painters to continue writing stories without restrictions. Many Riman's painters have already squeezed out all their talents in the later period of painting. It is too difficult for a manga to draw five or six hundred words or even thousands of drawings based on the idea of ​​one person.

However, because each Japanese cartoonist has a different understanding of stories and characters, many painters can easily form their own unique style, and because of this unique style, they have many fans around the world.

The American comics are more focused on assembly line work, the painter's ideas are only a part, and there are more opinions of the screenwriter and the editor-in-chief of the company.

It often happens that dozens of painters in different studios and screenwriters meet together to discuss the plot, and then fill each other's deficiencies.

And because American comics often create one or more long-term popular characters, all the stories are centered around this popular character.

The copyright of this character or story belongs to the company itself. All the artist does is draw him. Of course, sometimes the artist will innovate some popular characters to fill in.

But all the copyright belongs to the company. Maybe some painters may get a special share because of a certain role, but most painters are only workers in this industry.

The advantage of this is that all the comics under the company have a unified style, and there is no need to worry about the shock of the company's industry due to the departure of a certain artist.

But the disadvantage is that sometimes in order to maintain the consistency of the company's style, it will be forced to modify some very bright ideas.

However, Li Jie still decided to follow the standard industrialization of American comics, because the main purpose of this company is to create the heroic comics that have appeared in reality.

There is no need for the painters to create a separate role, only the painter and the screenwriter have to communicate well, and then they can give some opinions to the ambiguous modification of the story, and finally the painter draws it.

This is the production model that best fits this company. After identifying the previous painters, Li Jie ushered in a relatively familiar person.

It was Ivy that he saw that day, that is Gwen's classmate. She was invited by Li Jie to apply for her job. One of her ideal careers in life was to be a special foodie for food magazines.

In this way, she can eat all over the United States and have income. The other is to become a professional cartoonist.

For her, both occupations are ideal choices. And she currently has a considerable number of fans on the Internet to follow her comics.

"So this is your painting set?" Li Jie, who had seen the painting set handed over by Aiwei, had a dying expression on his face, and he really didn't expect Aiwei to come up with this kind of painting set to apply.

Although painting is a personal freedom, Li Jie really doesn't want to see it in this work.

The applicant is required to provide the previous paintings. If there are comics with a plot, it is of course the best. So Ivy especially brought her proud works.

Coincidentally, her proud work Li Jie also happened to be seen, it is the Night Walker and Spider-Man series.

What is this unfolding! I started a comic company and wanted to promote my positive image. Why did I run into such a ghost! Li Jie's heart is talking crazy.

"Yes, this is my personal favorite." Aiwei raised his eyebrows. "Maybe BL Xiang does not meet the current mainstream market theme, but as a painter, I can accept the plot creation provided by the company."

"I think since I am an applicant for a painter, the most important thing is to see my painting skills." Ivey said that he was very confident.

Well, compared to the rough lines of Meiman's painting skills, Aiwei's painting skills are very detailed. It's not like the soft texture of Riman, nor is it so stiff.

It should be said that it has a considerable advantage, it will not draw everyone as a muscle brother. But this collection is really too detailed.

Li Jie decided to close the painting collection, lest his spirit could not bear it. "Your painting skills are the best among the painters I have seen."

This is the truth, so although Li Jie was very upset about what Ivy painted, he did not let a potential painter get eliminated because of this kind of thing.

"But in the future, the company's main business direction and paintings will also be class heroes, but the customer base will be 14 to 25 years old, so you cannot bring your personal interests into your work."

Li Jie knocked on the table, reminding Ivy.

"Reassure boss, I will only paint related works on private websites, and I will not bring emotions into my work." Aiwei smiled and promised two tiger teeth.

"And I know who the hero will be in the future. Some related fan works can also drive the sales of the company's own works."

However, her promise made Li Jie want to vomit blood, UU reading www.uukannshu.com Do you want to use legal procedures to stop her? But she was right, a certain degree of doujin can really drive the company's main product sales.

At this moment Li Jie is really tangled. Li Jie eased his inner responsible emotion and asked. "Did you plot the plots in your paintings?"

I have to say that running away from this kind of thing, many of the plots and ideas in it are very unpredictable and have a refreshing feeling.

"Part, but not all." Ivey explained. "In fact, a considerable part of the plot and the bridge section were created by Gwen."

"Gwen is particularly talented in this regard. She is the smartest girl I have ever seen. I think she can be hired as a part-time editor."

Poof, Li Jie couldn't hold back when he was drinking water, and a sip of water sprayed to the ground.

Is the writer of this story Gwen? God, the girlfriend you are looking for is really too strong, and I can only wish you happiness in the future. Li Jie thought this way, with a solemn expression on his face. (To be continued.)