Chapter 1004 The center of the Asian comic industry
This meal lasted for more than two hours, which is not a big deal for young people, but it is a bit long for Mr. Shao. At this time, the old man's face has turned slightly red. He obviously drank too much, but he was in good spirits.
If it doesn’t stop, we will continue to chat.
"Old sir, it's getting late. You need to rest too. You can live to be one hundred and five years old, so we have plenty of opportunities. Let's forget it this time. Come on, help the old gentleman down and rest!"
Others did not dare to dissuade him, but Liu Lang did.
"Okay, okay, what do you mean, come on, help me up!"
The servant standing behind hurriedly stepped forward and helped the old gentleman up.
"You all continue to eat and drink! You are getting older and you really need to rest. I'm going to take a nap first!"
The host left, and everyone chatted for a while. Those who were not familiar with Liu Lang before have discovered that this child is very kind and forward-looking, and his reputation as a genius is worthy of his name.
After dinner, Liu Lang immediately left the Shao family, and then went directly to the Hong Kong Island branch of Shengtang Company with Lu Xiaoguang. Today, the Hong Kong Island branch is full of talents, with more than 20 employees. The author of the Young and Dangerous comics "Niu"
"Lao" holds the position of deputy manager, and there is also a deputy manager named Ma Rongcheng, who is about thirty years old and only joined Shengtang Company last year, but he is not a newcomer without any qualifications.
Ma Rongcheng was born in 1961. He loved painting since he was a child and entered the comics industry at the age of fourteen. He joined the comics industry in 1982 and began to compile and draw a comic called "Heroes of China".
Yes, this comic was later turned into a movie. Liu Lang watched it when he was in college in his previous life, and one of the leading actors, Xie Tingfeng, had just made his debut at the time.
In 1983, "Heroes of China" became one of the best-selling comic books in Hong Kong, and he himself became a well-known comic book master in Hong Kong Island.
Without the emergence of Shengtang Company, under normal circumstances Ma Rongcheng would have established a comic company by himself, and would later publish a series of best-selling comic works, one of which was called "Wind and Cloud". However, Shengtang Company turned out to be "Transformation"
The two comics "King Kong" and "Slam Dunk" have swept the Hong Kong comic market, especially "Slam Dunk", which has been the best-selling comic in Hong Kong for twelve consecutive months, leaving other works far behind.
Local cartoonists like Ma Rongcheng are simply unable to compete with Shengtang. It’s not that the quality of their comic works is not good. They wouldn’t be afraid if Shengtang Company only had the comics business. After all, the other company has only two works so far.
The market is still huge, but Shengtang’s comics business is only a small part.
Movies and records are the big ones, especially the record business. At the time, Adès's single sold five million copies in Hong Kong Island, which was much higher than that of local stars. With the release of records and Yip Jinsheng's efforts,
In terms of promotion, the Hong Kong branch of Shengtang Company has outshone any other comic company, and it has made them unable to hold their head high.
Shengtang Company is getting bigger and bigger, and has proposed a localization strategy for comics. It vigorously recruits local employees. If there are better works, it can be divided with the company. That is, the company is responsible for publishing and publicity, and everyone earns half of the money. This
It gave dreams to those capable comic lovers, and they all ran to Shengtang with their works in mind, hoping to be favored. Of course,
These works have to be screened by managers such as Lu Xiaoguang and "Niu Lao'er". Very few of them are qualified for publication, but even this is not comparable to other companies. Currently, there are five works in the Hong Kong Island branch.
The comics project has been established. Of course, these comics cannot achieve the same results as "Slam Dunk", but the realization of dreams is incomparable to any wealth.
In fact, this can be regarded as Shengtang Company's support for Hong Kong Island's local comics. Liu Lang hopes to make Hong Kong Island a place that can be compared with the island's comics.
The growth of Shengtang Company attracted Ma Rongcheng, because he was already a famous local cartoonist on Hong Kong Island. Shao Ming, Lu Xiaoguang and other people discussed it and decided to make an exception and let him become the Hong Kong branch of Shengtang Company.
The deputy general manager, at the same time, the contract terms between Shengtang and his works were even more favorable. Others would get 50%, while he would get 70%, and Shengtang would get 30%.
This Ma Rongcheng is less than thirty years old this year, and he is very respectful when he sees Liu Lang. There is nothing he can do about it. Despite Liu Lang's young age, his comic works are popular throughout Southeast Asia, especially "Slam Dunk", which is bought every year on Hong Kong Island.
One million copies were published, and even more so in the island country, with up to seven million copies per year. The results speak for themselves. The total sales of his seven-year-old "Heroes of China" so far cannot match the sales of "Slam Dunk" in one year.
Is it okay if you don’t accept it?
Liu Lang came to chat with everyone and expressed his expectations, which is to build Hong Kong Island into a comic base for all Asia. Others say this is a fantasy, but Shengtang is qualified to say so, so everyone is very excited and feels more motivated.
Already.
In the evening, Liu Lang invited everyone to the best restaurant for dinner and held a very successful "team building" activity.
The next night, Liu Lang had another meal at the invitation of Hua Han. Although Hua Han was once a "gangster" leader, he had received a good education since he was a child and spoke very gracefully.
Of course, he also has the heroic spirit of a "young and Dangerous boy", which really puts him at odds with Liu Lang.
Liu Lang knew that the other party would become an entrepreneur in the future. Regardless of his background, at least the country recognized him. Since the country recognized him, Liu Lang would certainly try to have a good relationship with him. Hua Han made friends with Liu Lang this time.
I was extremely happy and felt that my waist would become stronger from now on, and Liu Lang also agreed that the two parties could collaborate on several movies if they have time.
Liu Lang stayed in Hong Kong Island for four days. Four days later, the entrepreneurial team led by Jiang Botao returned to Hong Kong Island. After the large group gathered, they took a flight back to the capital. At this time, it was less than twenty days before the Chinese New Year. They returned from the airport
On the way to the city, we passed by the Asian Games Village which was under construction. Although it was almost Chinese New Year and it was still winter, the construction site was still busy everywhere.
This year's Asian Games will be held in the capital. This is the first time the country has hosted a large-scale sports meeting. It is a great opportunity to demonstrate national strength, and everyone in the country attaches great importance to it.
Now there are still seven months until the Asian Games are held. The construction of a large area of venues has basically been completed, and only some finishing work has been done on the construction site.
Jiang Botao looked at the construction site in the distance with great emotion.
"The country is really strong. This year we will host the Asian Games. In three years we will strive for the opportunity to host the Olympic Games. Once successful, our country will usher in the Olympic Games in ten years. By then our country will definitely be even stronger!"
Liu Lang nodded after hearing this. In his last life, the country failed in its bid to host the 2000 Olympic Games. He doesn't know what the outcome will be in this life.
Maybe it will be successful in this life. After all, Liu Lang believes that the national power in ten years will be much stronger than in the previous life.