As soon as Mu Xiuxing finished speaking, everyone over there was truly stunned.

It is undeniable that this is indeed a good idea. How much does a comic magazine cost? According to Blue Star’s average, the retail price is at most 10 credits, and the four IP-related peripherals proposed by Muxiuxing, even the cheapest bookmark

, the retail price on the official website is more than 10 credits.

What's more, what "Huaying Comics" gives away are not ordinary peripherals, but official limited peripherals that can only be obtained by purchasing the comic weekly!

Even though Huaying has no foundation in the comic industry, as long as he puts these words out intact, let alone a million sales, think about the millions of loyal fans of those animations, especially "

"Puella Magi Madoka Magica" has just been completed, and there is already a vacancy in the peripherals. Qiu Fengmao estimates that if it is done as Mujiuxing said, the sales volume of the first four issues of "Hua Ying Comic" may immediately enter the top sales of comic weekly!

But……

"In this case, doesn't it mean that the first four issues of "Huaying Comics" not only failed to make a profit, but also had to pay back money?" One of the editors couldn't help but said.

"No, you can't look at it that way," Qiu Fengmao was stunned for a moment, and soon realized: "In the short term, we are indeed losing money, but in the long term, this method is very strategic. "Painting

If "Shadow Comics" is like other weekly magazines and tries to rely solely on the quality of its works, its development speed will definitely be much slower, but if we adopt the form of sending peripheral products, at least we can quickly gain a large number of readers in a short period of time."

"Even if many readers only come here for the peripherals and have little interest in the comics themselves, they will definitely choose to open the comics and read them - after all, they have bought them."

Another editor continued: "At this time, as long as our comics are interesting enough, even if we no longer give away peripherals starting from the fifth issue, readers will definitely continue to buy them out of inertia and curiosity about the content of the comics."

As for the specific reader retention rate...

Thinking of this, everyone's eyes fell on the two comics in front of them.

At that time, whether we can retain as many readers as possible depends on the power of these two comics.

After settling the matters related to Huaying comics, Mu Xingxing turned around and returned to Huaying's office building. Taking advantage of the rare free time at the moment, he began to write the comic script of "Las Vegas Attacked".

He does not plan to write this comic himself, but will only be responsible for the script part. After several animations were produced, and with the help of the system, this area that he was not very good at has gradually begun to fill in the gaps, at least the core plot has been determined.

Next, there will be no problem in creating the script again.

The first is the character.

According to the convention of traditional comics, the three-person team is naturally two men and one woman.

In another world, "Storm of Las Vegas" was adapted into the movie "Blackjack", which tells the story of three protagonists who ran around in the casino and were eventually caught because of their greed. In the end, the protagonist used his sincerity and

The mind has found a friend - an educational story.

Mu Xingxing thought for a while and quickly gave up on adapting the movie.

The movie is a good movie, and there is nothing wrong with the themes highlighted in the ending - but is this really what the audience wants to see?

Mu Xingxing thinks otherwise.

The subject itself is actually a bit mediocre. Generally speaking, it is full of rebelliousness, pretentiousness, and coolness that teenagers will like. Most people watch this kind of movie and long for the protagonist to play with the world instead of being played by the world. As a result,

The ending of the movie was correct in three aspects, but the audience was really left feeling aggrieved.

He looked through the information related to the prototype of the protagonist, and finally decided to follow his original route - the plot is more comical and relaxed, the pace is fast, and it returns to the origin of an entertainment comic.

Why does the protagonist join a card counting group and play in all the top casinos?

The reason given in the movie is that the protagonist was admitted to Harvard Medical School, but lacked the money to help him realize his dream. The Pleiades' choice was even more middle-of-the-road——

No one dislikes money, and the protagonist is certainly no exception. But the reason why he wants to play to the end despite the risk of being caught at any time is not the money itself, but the feeling when he sits at the gambling table.

It feels like conquering the world.

In addition, considering the animation adaptation, the plot of the comic itself can also be similar to a small copy after a small copy. The protagonists go from unfamiliar to skilled, from having no flaws to winning and losing with the detective.

Not only that, the disguise of the trio also has a lot to do. In order to deceive the casino as much as possible, the trio will definitely assign fixed personas to themselves when disguising. When the detectives find out, the fixed trio is two people.

When there is a boy and a girl, you can also add the cross-dressing plot that readers like to see. It is a place where you can arrange a series of laughs without any sense of violation.

In the next week, Mu Xing was either writing the script for "Las Vegas" or thinking about how to adapt the Sherlock Holmes series, waiting for him to finish writing the first five episodes of "Las Vegas".

At that time, the comic assistant he had previously asked his assistant to help recruit also arrived.

Comic assistants are generally responsible for the drawing, coloring, post-production, etc. of comics, and there are no particularly high requirements for painting. Despite this, most cartoonist assistants still have quite solid basic abilities, which is why they are famous

Many of the assistants of comic book authors later became famous comic book authors.

As long as Mu Xingxing wants to, he can definitely dig out the cartoonists in his memory who will be successful in the future to serve as his assistants——

And in fact, that's exactly what he did.

It was quiet in the office. After the few people brought by Du Yutang greeted Mu Xiuxing at the beginning, they soon fell into silence with Mu Xiuxing's silence. No matter what achievements they will achieve in the future, what will happen now?

He is just a newcomer who is still at the assistant level, so naturally he is a little uneasy about the ongoing interview.

The Pleiades did not mean to give special treatment to a few people.

After being initially surprised that Du Yutang actually brought over the owners of the names he proposed, Mu Xingxing's attention quickly returned to the works of several people that Du Yutang handed over.

Looking at the work in his hand, he selected three basic skills that were relatively solid, and the work was the best in line drawing, coloring and post-production.

"Just these three people."

After confirming his assistants in a few moments, Du Yutang quickly came over and took the three of them away - the specific contract negotiations were always handled by the Picture and Film Legal Department.

After leaving "Storm of Las Vegas" to another comic book author, Mu Xing began to consider drawing the Sherlock Holmes series of comics.

It is undeniable that the reason why this series has become the most widely circulated among mystery novels is indeed inseparable from the outstanding character of Sherlock Holmes, but this does not mean that the cases in the Sherlock Holmes series are not exciting.

For a mystery novel, no matter what, the case design is the real foundation. If it cannot do this, no matter how interesting the characters are, it cannot be called a mystery novel.

As the adapter of the novel, Mu Xingxing naturally does not need to spend energy on the case at the moment, but this does not mean that the work of the Sherlock Holmes series is simpler than the attack -

Conan Doyle gave wonderful cases and storylines. In order to ensure the overall quality of this series, Mu Xing must stand from an overall perspective and repeatedly think about the composition and storyboards. How to draw the clues appropriately, and at the same time

And can it deceive the vast majority of readers like in the novel? These are all problems.

Time flew by as everyone was busy going up and down.

As Christmas Eve approached, the manuscript for the first issue of "Hua Ying Comics" was basically in place. Mu Xing, who had been busy for nearly a month, just breathed a sigh of relief and turned back to the Mulan production team to meet the boss he had hired not long ago.

Discuss details.

When the work at hand really came to an end, the printing factory also sent the well-packaged first issue of "Huaying Comics".

At this moment, there are only the last three days left before the preview of the first issue of "Huaying Comics" is released.

At the same time, "Baiyun Comics" magazine.

"It seems that Huaying's comics will be released soon."

When the editors in the entire office hall were immersed in the work at hand, this sigh that seemed to be talking to themselves was particularly obvious. The editor-in-chief frowned and raised his eyes to glare at the man.

No wonder some people think too much.

Not to mention that "Huaying Comics" and "Baiyun Comics" are both comic magazines, and they are destined to be in opposition from birth - the comic market is only so big in total. If one more company comes to share, the cake in the hands of the established comic magazines will be limited.

There will be one less copy. As an editor, I will naturally pay attention to the menacing paintings.

Not only that--

Although Baiyun Culture did not elaborate on it, due to reports in some newspapers at the time, most Baiyun employees still knew about the incident - Baiyun Comics had already negotiated the animation copyright of "Night Watch" with Huaying, and they fell out.

I recognized the person, turned around and sold the copyright to Yunsu Animation.

To put it in one word - Baiyun Comics has offended Huaying.

Considering this background, looking at the comic magazines under Huaying, it is obviously a bit subtle.

"Okay, don't think about what you have or don't have. Do the things at hand first." Jing Huahao scolded, half disdainfully, half comforting: "How many years have we been doing "Baiyun Comics"? He draws

How many years have Shadow Comics been in production? The gap of ten years cannot be made up by them giving away peripherals."

"Relying on peripherals to support sales is, in the final analysis, just a temporary prosperity. If the quality itself is not up to standard and it cannot retain readers, it is useless to give away peripherals!"

Jing Huahao who said these words probably didn't know that just when he was soothing other editors, Baiyun Culture's management meeting also talked about this issue:

"...I think you place too much emphasis on the pictures. This decision is indeed very smart, but are the comics read in weekly magazines? It's the quality of the comics themselves! If the quality of the comics is not good, it will be useless to attract more viewers through peripherals!"

As the man's voice fell, more people began to discuss in low voices. This noisy situation lasted for less than a minute before it was broken by another person——
Chapter completed!