"Mr. Liu, let me introduce to you. This is Wen Mingqi, an artist from our Hong Kong branch. His painting skills are very good, so I brought him to meet you!"
Lu Xiaoguang pointed at the young man and said.
"Wen Mingqi!"
Liu Lang looked at him, and the other person hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his hands. This Liu Lang was astonishing to him. It was this kid who was less than ten years old who turned Shengtang Company into a huge group in a short period of time. Comics from Hong Kong Island
The part is just a small piece, and the branch in the United States is "terrible". Two songs took turns occupying the top of the singles chart on the US Billboard. He is simply a god-like existence in the mouths of Lu Xiaoguang and Shao Ming.
"Hello, Mr. Liu!"
The other person spoke a strained Mandarin.
"Hello, Brother Wen, welcome to Shengtang Company!"
Liu Lang speaks proficient Cantonese as soon as he opens his mouth.
"Mr. Liu, do you speak Cantonese?"
Wen Mingqi was a little surprised.
"Mr. Liu is a genius. He can speak five or six languages! What is Cantonese?"
Shao Ming also answered in Cantonese. He and Lu Xiaoguang stayed in Hong Kong Island for a year, and he could speak roughly Cantonese, but he was still far behind Liu Lang.
A few people sat down. Lu Xiaoguang placed the comic sample of Slam Dunk next to Liu Lang, while Shao Ming reported to Liu Lang his work in the past six months.
The division of labor of Shengtang Company is very clear. The domestic head office and the branch on Hong Kong Island are responsible for the production of comics, and then print them into volumes and send them to the United States. The Sun family is responsible for distribution and publicity. However, some European countries are also interested in Transformers comics.
Preparing to introduce it to Europe, the entire Sun family is now discussing that Transformers comics will soon be available in Europe. Of course, the same goes for toy models, but the Huo family is responsible for that.
In all, the work of Shengtang Company is the simplest, which was also Liu Lang's original idea.
In half a year, 1.7 million copies of Transformers comics were published, a year-on-year increase of 30%, which was a huge profit.
Shengtang Company has its own printing factory located in the capital. The equipment is imported from the island country. All the comics are printed in color. The cost of each comic is as high as 4.22 cents, which is more expensive than domestic popular movie magazines.
But this price is too cheap in Hong Kong Island and the United States. The price of a Transformers comic in Hong Kong Island is 27 Hong Kong dollars. The current exchange rate of RMB against the US dollar is 1:6.5, which is much higher than last year's exchange rate.
, based on this exchange rate, the RMB and the Hong Kong dollar are one to one point two.
, twenty-seven Hong Kong dollars is equivalent to twenty-two yuan in RMB. After excluding other costs and the share of the Yongli Group and the Sun family, the profit per copy reached more than eight yuan. In half a year, Transformers issued more than 300,000 yuan on Hong Kong Island.
Ben, Shengtang Company earned more than 2.5 million yuan from this alone.
Two and a half million yuan was an astronomical figure in the 1980s, but it was much worse than the sales revenue in the United States. The selling price of a comic in the United States was 18 yuan, which is US dollars, excluding taxes.
After payment and other expenses, the profit per copy reached 37 yuan. In half a year, sales in the United States increased rapidly, with more than 1.3 million copies sold, and the net profit reached 48 million.
RMB, almost eight million US dollars
, what is this concept? It’s so scary. A month ago, Liu Lang issued an order to distribute benefits. Lu Xiaoguang and Shao Ming each received 500,000 yuan, and Lu Chunzhong’s three masters each received 300,000 yuan. Others
The number of employees ranged from one hundred thousand to two hundred thousand, which was a drop in the bucket compared to Shengtang's profits, but in this era when households worth ten thousand yuan were still a rare breed, they suddenly became households worth hundreds of thousands.
, throwing out too many others.
"Everyone has worked hard over the past six months. Mr. Mu and I would like to thank you all!"
After Shao Ming reported his work, Liu Lang expressed his satisfaction.
"Mr. Liu, Mr. Mu, you two are the backbone of Shengtang Company. Without you, we don't know what we would do anymore?"
Shao Ming quickly answered.
They know their own weight. Even without people like them, Liu Lang can find others to replace him. Because most of these ideas were thought up by Liu Lang, no one thinks that what will happen to Shengtang without him. They just
They have painting skills, but having said that, there are many people who can paint. They are just lucky. Sometimes a little luck can change a person's life. This sentence is most appropriate for them.
"Don't thank me, I haven't done anything, I'm just a slut!"
Hearing what Shao Ming said, Mu Xiaohu on the side waved his hand. He really just made money without doing anything. Now his net worth exceeds tens of millions of dollars.
"Brother Xiaohu, if it hadn't been for your 200,000 yuan, Shengtang would not have been established. This is also your contribution."
Liu Lang said with a smile.
"Yes, I am just lucky, and you are also lucky. I can find Liu Lang as my boss. If I follow him, I will become a millionaire!"
Mu Xiaohu's words made everyone laugh.
Liu Lang smiled and waved his hand.
"Now the business of Transformers is developing very well, especially in the United States, where it has become a well-known comic image. But I want to tell you that this is just the beginning. Next, we will develop into the movie business, and I tell you in advance
Everyone, our movie is completely different from previous movies. It is not an animated movie, but a movie that looks like real people!"
"A movie that looks like real people?"
A bunch of people don't understand.
"Don't you understand? No one in the world will understand. This is our advantage. Next year we will be able to shoot the first animated film. This kind of animation is completely different from the previous animation. You will know by then.
"
Liu Lang didn't explain much.
"Our focus this year is Slam Dunk. This is a sample. I read it. It's very good, but I found a small problem. It seems that the drawing method of this comic is a little different!"
Liu Lang just flipped through the sample manuscript and found that the painting method in this manuscript is a little different from the past. You must know that Lu Xiaoguang and the others are Chinese painters who pay attention to beautiful lines and are very culturally rich. The painting method in this manuscript has a
It has a bit of a pop culture feel to it, which is different from the way Transformers is drawn.
"Mr. Liu, I am the main author of this manuscript. Does it meet your requirements?"
Wen Mingqi on the side asked with some anxiety.
"No, your style is very good and in line with the characteristics of pop culture. In fact, our comics should be suitable for the trend of pop culture. We must combine the traditional painting methods of our country with the popular painting methods of Europe and America. Your painting method
That’s pretty good!”
Traditional Chinese painting emphasizes restraint and depth, while the popular European and American painting methods appear to be flamboyant. Slam Dunk is all about youthfulness, and there is no need for restraint and depth, so Liu Lang strongly agrees with Wen Mingqi's painting method.