As Tang Congsheng came to the next door, he saw four tables in the small room, and several people were burying their heads to write and draw. There were piles of paper, various colored pens and other painting tools on the table.

"Everyone, President Xia Tian is here to see everyone! Welcome everyone!" Tang Congsheng clapped his hands and greeted with a smile.

Hearing the sound, the employees quickly put down the paper and pen, stood up, clapped and looked at Xia Tian curiously.

They are not unfamiliar with Xia Tian and have all seen movies he acted in.

However, when he saw him being in front of him, he was so young and so handsome, everyone was still a little shocked.

This young man has only been twenty years old and has only been in his career for half a year. He has already made such a big name. It is really amazing.

"Thank you all." Xia Tian nodded, "I am Xia Tian, ​​everyone should be familiar with me. But I am still very unfamiliar with everyone. Can you introduce yourself first?"

"Hello, President, I am Xu Jingchen. I used to be an assistant to Mr. Ma Rongcheng at Yulang Comics Club, and was responsible for helping "Chinese Heroes" with faces." A boy in his 20s, who was about 20, introduced himself to Xia Tian first.

Xia Tian was slightly stunned. He thought Xu Jingchen was at least thirty years old, but he didn't expect that he was so young, just like a big boy with a stinky breast.

However, he became Ma Rongcheng's assistant at such a young age and participated in the creation of "Heroes of China", which is really amazing.

"Hello, Achen!" Xia Tian smiled and shook hands with Xu Jingchen, "Welcome to our comic club."

"Hello, President, I am Tan Peng. I studied under Shangguan Xiaobao, and my works include "Bruce Lee" and "Bird Star"."

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"Hello, President, I am Li Zhengyu, I am twenty-one years old this year. I used to be an apprentice in "Newcomer"."

"Hello, President, I am Mao Jun. I was the editor of "Warrior World" before, and I am now responsible for editing scripts."

...

The six people present introduced one by one. Xia Tian was stunned when he heard Mao Jun introduce himself as the editor of "Martial Arts World".

"World of Martial Arts" is a well-known martial arts novel magazine in Hong Kong. Martial arts novel writers such as Huang Ying, Wen Rui'an, and Ximen Ding have written manuscripts for him. Logically speaking, if you get to the editorial position in the magazine, you should have a considerable income, so you don't need to come to the comic club to write scripts again.

"Is it a spy?" Xia Tian said in shock.

His "Fantasy World" is also a novel magazine. Although it publishes fantasy novels, the target group is consistent with "Fantasy World", and it is okay to be a mortal enemy.

Now its employees are putting on editing this very promising job, but they come to write scripts. There must be a reason for this.

"Mr. Mao, you did a good job in "World of Martial Arts". Why did you think of coming here to write scripts?" Xia Tian asked with a smile, while paying attention to Mao Jun's expression.

"President, you don't know yet. "Martial Arts World" is about to be discontinued." Mao Jun said with a wry smile.

Xia Tian was stunned and suddenly said, "What? How is it possible?"

"World of Martial Arts" has a history of at least twenty years, with sales of up to 150,000 copies at its highest. I heard that there were still 70,000 or 80,000 copies last year, but why did it stop publishing all at once?

"It's true, Mr. Xia." Mao Jun's face darkened and he quickly explained, "Since the publication of "Fantasy World", its themes have been updated, its imagination is richer, more exaggerated, and more fantasy, so it has been loved by readers. Compared with "Warrior World", the themes are outdated and the routines are old, and it has gradually been abandoned by readers. Last month, its sales volume was less than 10,000 copies, and even the author's manuscript fee was not enough to pay. So the boss finally decided to stop publishing, and we were also unemployed."

Xia Tian nodded, "So that's the case, that's a pity."

"President, there is nothing to be a pity. The Yangtze River pushes the old waves, and a new generation replaces the old ones. Who made the boss of "World of Martial Arts" not change and did not turn the direction in time? Now fantasy novels are so popular that even "Oriental Daily" and "Sing Tao Daily" are rushing to publish them, but he still has to stick to the martial arts novels. Shouldn't he be eliminated!" Tang Congsheng curled his lips.

"Okay, don't talk about others' mistakes when chatting, don't mention this matter." Xia Tian waved his hand and said, "Which comic were you just drawing?" he asked curiously again.

"President, you haven't made the decision yet, how dare I let them draw? Now they are just designing characters and writing scripts." Tang Congsheng explained, "Look, which comic is better to adapt in our first issue?"

Xia Tian was stunned for a moment, then he started to think about it.

There are six novels currently being serialized in "The Legend of the Immortals", "The Legend of the Soldiers", "The Legend of the Soldiers", "The Bright Moon in the Qin Dynasty" and "The Journey of the Ethereal".

These six novels are very popular, each with a group of loyal fans. And it is not very difficult to adapt. With existing painting skills, you can draw the scenes in the novel. (At the same time, Japanese comics already include "Saint Seiya", "Bully Die Fist", "Dragon Ball". American comics also include "Superman", "Iron Man", "Thor", etc.)

So how to choose is really a difficult problem.

"Let's do this, let's draw "Buddha is the Tao" first." Xia Tian thought about it and decided to make the decision.

"The Legend of Mortals in Cultivating Immortals" and "The Ming Yue in Qin" all belong to the theme of martial arts at the beginning. There are already many such comics in Hong Kong. For example, Huang Yulang's "Dragon and Tiger Gate", Ma Rongcheng's "Chinese Heroes", Shangguan Xiaobao's "Bruce Lee", etc., are all martial arts fighting comics, and they all have good sales.

If "The Legend of the Immortals in the Mortals" or "The Ming Yue of Qin", then it will be necessary to compete with these popular comics from the beginning, which is obviously not conducive to the development of the comic club.

"The Tomb Raiders' Chronicles" is a supernatural thriller novel, which is considered a niche subject. It is difficult to get high sales by adapting it into a comic. The truly popular comics are hot-blooded animes such as "Dragon Ball", "One Piece", "Naruto", and "Slam Dunk".

"Legend of the Soldier" is a science fiction novel. It is a bit difficult to draw magnificent air battle scenes with Hong Kong comics. And readers may not be able to accept it.

In addition to these four categories, there are only "The Ethereal Journey" and "The Buddha is the Tao". Among these two, Xia Tian decided to choose "The Buddha is the Tao". Because although "The Ethereal Journey" has rich imagination, the story is relatively weak, which is not as ups and downs as the story of "The Buddha is the Tao" and is fascinating.

"Okay, let's listen to the president and draw "Buddha is the Tao" first." Tang Congsheng said with a smile.

"When will I finish drawing a book?" Xia Tian asked curiously again.

"It's only five days." Tang Congsheng answered.

"Oh, so fast?" Xia Tian was stunned and said in surprise.

A comic book has more than thirty pages, at least 200 pictures, and it can be finished in just five days. This speed is indeed fast enough.

"We now have a main writer, four assistants, and one script editor." Tang Congsheng introduced, "As the main writer, Xu Jingchen is only responsible for drawing line drafts, and the remaining four assistants are responsible for drawing lines, coloring, background, etc. In this way, the division of labor and cooperation, and specializing in one, the drawing will naturally be faster."

"So that's it." Xia Tian nodded with a smile. He really didn't understand comic publication very much. After hearing his explanation, he understood it at that time. Isn't this the same nature as the factory's assembly line? When the division of labor and cooperation, each person is only responsible for one item. With the increase in proficiency, the efficiency will naturally be higher.

"By the way, go back and find a toy company to customize a batch of toys." Xia Tian ordered Tang Congsheng again.

"What are you doing for custom toys?" Tang Congsheng said in confusion.

"Select a representative magic weapon from each issue of comics, reduce the proportion, and let the toy company make it, and give it to readers with the book." Xia Tian explained.

He had read Ma Rongcheng's "Fengyun" comic before, and he gave him a small weapon with the book. This sales strategy was very popular at that time. Many students used up all the money for their meals in order to collect the top ten magic weapons.

"Can that work?" Tang Congsheng frowned and said, feeling that Xia Tian's idea was so unreliable.

If you customize toys, you may have to make a plate alone for 5,000 yuan. If you customize 50,000 pieces, it will cost at least 30,000 yuan.

A comic book has only sales of 70,000 to 80,000 copies. The wholesale price is two yuan, the cost is one yuan, and the profit is only one yuan. If you give a valuable toy, you will basically have no profit.

If you deduct the employees' wages, it will not only not make money, but on the contrary, you will have to lose a lot.

"President, it's too risky. We haven't made much money at all. If we give toys, we will lose a lot." Tang Congshengli advised.

"Don't worry, listen to me first. We will launch two types of magazines. One is to give away pocket weapons with the magazine, and the other is to give away pocket weapons. If the magazine is to give away weapons with the magazine, we will increase the price a little. If we don't give away weapons, we will still maintain the original price." Xia Tian explained.

"If this is the case, you can try it." Tang Congsheng nodded after hearing this.

Xia Tian smiled, "Then do it. Remember to find a good toy company and make it more decent. It would rather sell it more expensive than fool readers with some defective products."

"President, how much is more appropriate?" Tang Congsheng asked again.

"First set five thousand to try the water." Xia Tian thought for a while.

If there are too many customizations, it will not be rare and it will not be precious.

"Okay." Tang Congsheng nodded, "Then president, is our comics club still named "Fantasy World" magazine?" he asked again.
Chapter completed!