Zou Wenhui was stronger than Huang Yulang, but he was so angry that he almost lost his breath and had not yet vomited blood.
But after he calmed down, Zou Wenhuai looked at Li Xiaolong helplessly.
When he was preparing to expand his territory in the European and American markets with the superstars he had worked so hard to cultivate, Chu Huan came over holding a small flag and said with a smile: Sorry, I have to get in the car!
It's not like picking peaches like this. The key is that this bastard Chu Huan just stole a piece of his own fruit forest!
"Aaron, what do you think? Don't you know the relationship between our Jiahe and black and white images?"
It is difficult for Zou Wenhuai to understand Li Xiaolong's brain circuit. If possible, he would rather not have Shanhai Cinema than let Chu Huan get in the car and go with him to expand the European and American markets.
A trace of apology flashed in Li Xiaolong's eyes, but he still said: "Leimeng, I have already promised Ah Huan about this matter before, there is nothing we can do about it!"
"Why is there no other way? You two must not have signed a contract. You should call Chu Huan now and say that this cooperation is over!"
Zou Wenhuai was also furious. This was Li Xiaolong, his only support now. If it had been another person, Zou Wenhuai would have kicked him out of his room.
Bah, scumbag!
Li Xiaolong said with firm eyes: "That's not possible. Although Ah Huan and I have not signed a contract, both of us are talkative people. How can I go back on my word!"
call......
Zou Wenhuai almost couldn't catch his breath again. He waited for a while and then said: "Aaron, you don't know our company's current relationship with Black and White Imaging and Shaw Brothers. The European and American markets are our only bargaining chip that can turn defeat into victory.
As a result, you want Chu Huan to join in now?"
"Yes!" Li Xiaolong said concisely and concisely.
"Huh..." Zou Wenhuai took a few deep breaths, and then he could only continue to persuade him earnestly: "Aaron, if we want to enter the European and American markets, we must cooperate with Hollywood film companies.
At that time, there were three Hollywood film companies, Golden Harvest, and your Xiehe film company, which were enough to invest in your new film, if you added Chu Huan's black and white video.
Then the interests of our three companies will inevitably be partially diluted. How should this diluted part be calculated at that time?"
Since he didn't understand the truth, Zou Wenhuai could only use interests to tie up Li Xiaolong. Now that Li Xiaolong's wings were full, threats and the like were no longer easy to use.
Zou Wenhuai even understood that if he pressed too hard, Li Xiaolong might leave Jiahe alone to do this.
Because having Chu Huan is enough to make up for Jiahe's advantage in Southeast Asia, and then with Li Xiaolong as the seesaw, the two can also contact Hollywood companies.
However, Li Xiaolong had already thought of his countermeasures and said: "What's the point? Originally, we didn't contact the Hollywood companies. As long as the three parties have determined the investment share, then we can contact the Hollywood companies."
Yet!"
Damn it, what you said makes sense... Zou Wenhuai couldn't help but want to applaud Li Xiaolong's idea.
Li Xiaolong did not wait for Zou Wenhuai to speak and continued: "Leimeng, I know the conflict between you and Ah Huan, but didn't you say before that there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.
I want to bring A Huan in, not only because of my friendship with A Huan, but more importantly, the next movie will definitely be made in a Hollywood way. Will that movie be able to be produced in Hollywood?
None of us can guarantee the success of Hollywood. If there is one more person, the benefits will naturally be less if it succeeds, but what if it fails?
At that time, won’t our respective losses also be relatively reduced?”
"This is the truth, but..." Zou Wenhuai wanted to continue to persuade.
Li Xiaolong still did not give Zou Wenhuai a chance to finish, "Also, the reason why Jiahe's market in Xiangjiang is not very good now is because of the joint suppression of black and white imaging and Shaw Brothers.
The relationship between Jiahe and Shaw Brothers is irreconcilable, but the relationship between Jiahe and black and white images is not that irreconcilable.
If Jiahe and Black and White Image can take this opportunity of cooperation to mediate with Black and White Image, then maybe you two will be able to unite to fight against Shaw Brothers!"
Zou Wenhuai stopped talking. He was not considering Li Xiaolong's words, because Zou Wenhuai understood that it is basically impossible to cooperate with Black and White Image to fight against Shaw Brothers.
Li Xiaolong has a very good relationship with Chu Huan, but he may not have thought that Chu Huan is now playing both sides in the Hong Kong film industry.
First, they united with Shaw Brothers to suppress Jiahe.
Then, through Li Xiaolong’s relationship, he boarded the fast ship of Jiahe to develop the European and American markets.
The final result of this is that Chu Huan used the relationship between Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest to consolidate their market in Hong Kong, and also used Li Xiaolong's relationship to extend the tentacles of black and white imaging to Europe and the United States.
According to Chu Huan's plan, the structure of the Xiangjiang film industry will change in a few years. Chu Huan can definitely use these few years to build his own studio in Xiangjiang and contact distribution channels in other places.
At that time, in the entire Hong Kong film industry, who can stop the rise of black and white images?
Can you tell Li Xiaolong these words?
can say!
But will Li Xiaolong listen?
Certainly not!
Not only would he not listen, but he would also create a rift in the relationship between himself and Li Xiaolong.
Thinking of this, Zou Wenhuai let out a long sigh, knowing that this matter was a foregone conclusion.
"Chu Huan's black and white images can be added, but their investment ratio must be the minimum!" Zou Wenhuai can only minimize the impact on himself now!
After hearing this, Li Xiaolong actually smiled: "That's no problem. Ah Huan is very generous. I think he will definitely agree!"
Generous granny legs... Zou Wenhuai couldn't help but cursed in his heart!
...
The Hong Kong film industry is paying close attention to the daily box office gains of Li Xiaolong's movies in Hong Kong.
But on January 1, 1973, some people also set their sights on Hong Kong's immature comics market.
This kind of attention is due to the previous scolding battle between Chu Huan and Huang Yulang.
Just as Huang Yulang thought, the sales of his works have increased, let alone Chu Huan, who has won.
In addition to these melon-eating people and the original comic fans in Xiangjiang, there is another group that is paying attention to the release of the first issue of fantasy comics.
That’s the martial arts fan in Xiangjiang!
Throughout December, major newspapers in Hong Kong were publishing advertisements for fantasy comics, and the content of the advertisements changed every day.
The advertising picture given by Fantasy Comics on the first day was a concrete picture of the "Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms" move.
The fantasy comics released the next day were the embodiment of the moves of "Dugu Nine Swords".
The third day is "Hanyu Gong".
After the moves are finished, there are portraits of characters, including Guo Jing, Huang Rong, Dongxie, Xidu, Nandi, Beibei, Zhongshentong, Linghu Chong, Wei Xiaobao, Xiao Yuer and a series of other characters.
This has whetted the appetite of those martial arts fans.
In the past, they could only use the words in the book to imagine those moves. Now that someone has given real pictures, why don't these people want to see it?
On the contrary, not many people paid attention to the original comic "Dragon Ball", which Chu Huan had high hopes for.
So on January 1, 1973, many people came to the bookstall and wanted to buy fantasy comics. What were the comics in them like?
Zhong Zhichen follows Yasuo Kamikura and is responsible for the comic adaptation of the novel "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
He also came to the newsstand early today. Although the previous advertising of Fantasy Comics was very successful, coupled with the scolding battle between Chu Huan and Huang Yulang, the first issue of Fantasy Comics got enough attention, but in fact, in his heart
Still a little uneasy.
Can 50,000 copies really be sold out?
Although the comic market in Xiangjiang is slowly rising, this is a new comic magazine after all, and it is not easy for new things to succeed in the first place.
Nowadays, the comic book "Little Hooligan" by Huang Yulang with the best sales performance in Hong Kong is only about 30,000 copies per day!
Although it is a single volume and cannot be compared with comic magazines, it can still be used as a reference!
Fifty thousand copies in one week?
Zhong Zhichen was very suspicious!
When he arrived at the bookstall early, he saw the first issue of "Fantasy Comics" placed on it!
There are ten books in a pile, and there is exactly one pile here!
It seems that I am the first!
"Boss, please give me a copy of "Fantasy Comics"!" Zhong Zhichen took out six cents of Hong Kong dollars and handed it to the other party.
The boss got him a copy of "Fantasy Comics".
Zhong Zhichen did not leave immediately, but came to the side with the comics, wanting to see the sales of subsequent comics. Although this kind of thing was not something he should be concerned about, he still couldn't help but want to take a look.
"Boss, a copy of "Fantasy Comics"!" A teenage boy came to the bookstall and bought the book directly with money.
"Well, this must be a comic book fan who wants to see what the new "Fantasy Comics" is like?" After seeing the other party's appearance, Zhong Zhichen silently analyzed it.
After a while, another girl came and bought a copy of "Fantasy Comics" from the boss. When the girl left, she was mumbling.
"I heard that this comic was founded by Chu Huan. A comic created by such a handsome and interesting person should be good, right?"
After listening to the girl's words, Zhong Zhichen understood that the other party should be the people who were eating melon in the previous scolding battle between Chu Huan and Huang Yulang.
When the sky was completely bright, a middle-aged man appeared and bought a copy of "Fantasy Comics".
"Looking at his age, he must be a fan of martial arts!" Zhong Zhichen analyzed.
After standing there for almost an hour, Zhong Zhichen counted, including his own, a total of six "Fantasy Comics" were sold at this bookstall!
This quantity is enough.
When he saw this, Zhong Zhichen nodded with satisfaction. "Fantasy Comics" was a weekly after all. It was able to sell six copies in the morning of the day it was launched, and the rest could be sold out in the next few days!
Thinking of this, Zhong Zhichen left here with satisfaction and returned to the company.
Although everyone in Fantasy Comics wants to know the sales volume of the first issue of "Fantasy Comics" as soon as possible, it is impossible to get this number back at this time. Everyone can only suppress their curiosity and continue their work.
Fantasy Comics Club spent the day in such a mood of anticipation.
On the second day, Chu Huan also came to Fantasy Comics. After everyone saw Chu Huan, they all looked at him inquiringly.
Chu Huan smiled and said: "Don't look at me like that, there is no way the distributor will get news so soon!"
Hearing what Chu Huan said, everyone looked disappointed.
"But you don't have to worry. We just got a call from the distributor and there are already newsstands ordering our comics. It can be seen that the sales volume of the comics must be good!"
Chu Huan gasped and preached.
Yeah!
After hearing what Chu Huan said, everyone burst into thunderous applause.
Stable!
Everyone understands what this means. If the first issue of "Fantasy Comics" can break the sales volume of 50,000 copies in a single issue, then the future follow-up will definitely not be worse than this number, as long as the pictures and the story do not collapse!
Then these people continued their work today with passion.
Chu Huan, on the other hand, had another meeting with Kamikura Yasuo and other senior executives of the Fantasy Comics Club.
Li Hongfu took the lead and said: "President, although no specific data has been sent back yet, according to the news from the printing factory, the first issue of "Fantasy Comics" must exceed 50,000 copies!"
When everyone heard what Li Hongfu said, they also looked happy, and everyone understood what it meant.
When Li Donghai saw Chu Huan turning his attention to him, he immediately said: "We have also contacted the printing factory to print an additional 10,000 copies. We don't want to wait for the distributor to come!"
Only then did Chu Huan show a satisfied expression.
Since the current sales performance of "Fantasy Comics" is very good, there is no need to be too careful, and it is appropriate to print 10,000 more copies.
"The success of our first issue is actually due to the president. If the president hadn't quarreled with Huang Yulang in the newspaper before, the sales would not have been so good!" Zhang Zile from the Propaganda Department said with a smile.
Zhang Zile's words reminded everyone of Chu Huan's absolute crushing of Huang Yulang in the newspapers these days, making everyone smile tacitly.
But after laughing, Li Hongfu showed a worried expression.
"President, although the sales of our "Fantasy Comics" in Hong Kong are pretty good, the sales in Southeast Asia and Japan are not so good."
Through the efforts of the employees of Fantasy Comics Club, they found distributors in Southeast Asia and Japan, but the other parties not only severely suppressed the share of revenue, accounting for 40%, but also the quantity ordered was not very large.
The entire Southeast Asia only has 50,000 volumes, and Japan, as a big country in comics, only has 30,000 volumes!
But even so, Li Hongfu still said that sales were not very good!
"What's the reason?" Chu Huan asked calmly.
Li Hongfu said: "I had a phone call today with distributors in Southeast Asia and Japan. The main reason is because we are a brand-new comic magazine. Many local comic fans do not recognize this, and there are
Even our local publicity is not as big as Xiangjiang’s!”
After hearing Li Hongfu's explanation, Chu Huan nodded slightly to show that he understood.
"Wait a little longer. I believe that by the second issue, we will be able to know more about the sales and prospects of these places, and readers can be cultivated." Chu Huan had no good idea at this time.
If we promote it in those places like Xiangjiang, it will definitely not work.
In addition, new comics really need to cultivate more readers.
"President, since the sales in Xiangjiang are so good, should we directly print 60,000 copies in the second issue?" Li Donghai suggested again.
Chu Huan waved his hand and said: "No need for now. The sales volume of the first issue is good entirely because of the good advertising before, attracting many people who don't pay attention to comics to buy it. The second issue still has 50,000 copies.
After this period, when sales stabilize, we will talk about increasing printing."
When Li Donghai heard what Chu Huan said, he had no objection!
Chu Huan then said to Zhang Zile: "The most important task of your publicity department now is to collect readers' opinions, understand their preferences, and then provide timely feedback to the editor-in-chief, so that the magazine can make corresponding adjustments."
Zhang Zile nodded and said: "President, don't worry, our colleagues in the Propaganda Department are already collecting readers' replies!"
Chu Huan nodded. This is the helplessness of not having the Internet. If there is an Internet, you can get feedback from readers directly online.
This will be more conducive to the comic club’s later adjustments.
"By the way, the focus is on the feedback on "Dragon Ball". I want to know what readers think of this story!"
Regarding what Li Hongfu mentioned before about the poor sales in Southeast Asia and Japan, the reason Chu Huan was able to look very calm just now was because Chu Huan was confident enough in "Dragon Ball".
Chu Huan believes that as long as "Dragon Ball" is here, opening up the markets in these places will not be a problem!
As for the European and American markets, Chu Huan is not in a hurry now. He will first stabilize the markets in Southeast Asia and Japan, and then expand into the European and American markets.
But no matter what, this comic is still ahead of schedule, so Chu Huan still wants to know what these places think of this comic in this era!
Everyone who is into fantasy comics knows that Chu Huan attaches great importance to the story of "Dragon Ball". Now that he heard Chu Huan say this, he naturally expressed his seriousness in implementing it.
...
"Ming Pao"!
Jin Yong also had a "Fantasy Comic" in his hand at this time.
His attention is naturally on the comic adaptation of his novel.
After the three novels "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Swordsman" and "The Deer and the Cauldron" were adapted into comics, Jin Yong also wanted to see what they would look like?
Jin Yong was very satisfied after reading these two comics, "Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "Swordsman".
Although the story has been simplified and made some modifications, there is nothing out of the ordinary. Instead, the snowy night fighting scene in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" makes Jin Yong feel like a novel he wrote and was embodied by someone else.
Same.
In "The Swordsman", the tragedy of Fuwei Escort's family being wiped out was also created to make people feel emotionally ups and downs.
This is all good, but when Jin Yong saw the adaptation of "The Deer and the Cauldron", he started to frown!
Because in the comic adaptation of "The Deer and the Cauldron", there are a lot of scenes about Wei Xiaobao's brothel, Li Chun Yuan, so...
Jin Yong frowned slightly, picked up the phone on the table, and wanted to call Chu Huan, but after thinking about it, Jin Yong put down the phone again.
Although the picture is a bit sexy, it is not out of place, and it is a brothel after all.
Can't all the girls there be like everyone's ladies?
"It will be fine when the subsequent storyline unfolds!" Jin Yong comforted himself.
...
The wronged person Huang Yulang had also been discharged from the hospital at this time.
It was impossible not to leave the hospital. Without me, the company would have been in chaos. Their latest issue of "Little Rascals" was discontinued!
This is unacceptable to Huang Yulang.
I suppressed the thought of reading "Fantasy Comics". First I made up for the missing content and asked people from the company to send it to the printing factory for printing. Then I took out the "Fantasy Comics" that I had already bought.
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This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Huang Yulang originally wanted to read the comic "Dragon Ball" as soon as possible. After all, this is the only original comic in "Fantasy Comics"!
In Huang Yulang's view, no matter how exciting the comics adapted from Jin Yong and Gu Long's martial arts novels are, they will not have much appeal because the storyline has already been known to the audience. I believe that as long as it is fresh and fresh, it will not be very attractive.
In the past, readers didn't have much interest.
On the contrary, it is the comic "Dragon Ball". If this comic is successful enough, it will be enough to support the entire "Fantasy Comics"!
But when Huang Yulang opened "Fantasy Comics" and saw the first comic "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", he was shocked!
Because the picture of this comic is so attractive, "Fantasy Comics" obviously abandoned the inherent four-format method of Xiangjiang comics, but disrupted the layout of comics on a single page, and through these layouts, it can bring readers
A more immersive experience.
There is also the comic style, which is tough but at the same time, through the detailed depiction, the changes in the protagonist's eyes, inner monologue, and changes in the surrounding environment, all give readers a stronger sense of involvement!
To put it bluntly.
Reading the comics of "Fantasy Comics" makes it easier for readers to integrate into the story.
Even though it’s just this one point, as long as this point is successful, whether it’s a comic or a novel, it will be a masterpiece.
This is why people who write online articles in later generations are pursuing a sense of substitution. As long as the sense of substitution is strong enough, more readers can be added.
A layman looks at the door, an expert looks at the excitement.
At this time, Huang Yulang finally put away his disdain. He didn't directly read the "Dragon Ball" at the back, but read it as a comic.
After he read the comics adapted from the five martial arts novels, Huang Yulang understood one thing. Even if there were already novels, the sales of these comics would not be bad. This is a comic technology that is ahead of its time!
Thinking of this, Huang Yulang continued to read the comic "Dragon Ball"!
When Huang Yulang finished reading the first chapter of the comic "Dragon Ball", his heart was already overwhelmed.
This will be an epoch-making comic!
The male protagonist Sun Wukong is obviously borrowed from the novel "Journey to the West". He even has a tail and a wish-fulfilling stick. This damn thing is almost a direct plagiarism.
But this is not important. On the contrary, it makes it easier for readers to immerse themselves in the story, and then the wild imagination in the comics comes.
The idea of a universal capsule is enough to kill all the ideas in current comics...except "Doraemon"!
Not to mention the story inside, which is interesting and attractive enough. Huang Yulang smiled even more when he saw little Wukong taking off Bulma's panties...
Huang Yulang knew that he could no longer wait at this time, so he immediately called his secretary in, "Notify the entire company's painters immediately that there will be a meeting in the conference room!"
Seeing that Huang Yulang was so anxious, the secretary naturally did not dare to delay and hurriedly went to inform him.
The conference room of Yulang Books.
Huang Yulang held the "Fantasy Comics" in his hand and said with a gloomy face: "Has everyone read this comic?"
Everyone nodded.
"Now that I've read it all, I won't say anything else. From now on, everyone will begin to imitate the style of this comic. In the third issue of this year, I want to see changes in our company's comics!"
Although I don't like Chu Huan...well, I really hate him.
But Huang Yulang had to admit that the content of "Fantasy Comics" was very excellent. Since the content was so excellent, there was no reason not to imitate it.
As for whether someone will say that he imitated, Huang Yulang no longer cares about this at this time.
Make money, don’t be shabby!
The painters at Yulang Books were not surprised by Huang Yulang's decision. They all knew who their boss was talking about.
...
On the third day after the first issue of "Fantasy Comics" was released, the previously printed 10,000 additional copies began to be delivered to distributors.
Then the distributor distributes it to the bookstall owners who are out of stock.
"It seems that this time you started your business and succeeded again!"
Cao Yunshang said to Chu Huan with a smile on his face.
Chu Huan smiled and waved his hands: "Not yet, even if the first issue can maintain sales of 50,000 copies per week, the sales volume in one year will only be 1.68 million Hong Kong dollars, plus the 8% of sales taken by distributors
The share and the production cost of each book is 35%, which is only 957,600 Hong Kong dollars in one year. What if labor is added?
It’s good if you don’t lose money!”
After hearing what Chu Huan said, Cao Yunshang smiled and said, "But why don't I see a trace of disappointment in your eyes?"
Chu Huan laughed and said: "Because I believe that the sales volume of a single issue of this comic in Hong Kong will exceed 200,000 copies in the future, and it will be even more exaggerated in other places. If the launch of a single volume is included, it will be calculated like this.
Fantasy comics are where his true power comes into play."
"200,000 copies?" Cao Yunshang was really shocked by this number.
"Isn't it too exaggerated?"
Chu Huan smiled confidently: "Don't worry, it's not exaggerated at all, just watch it!"
Seeing Chu Huan being so confident, Cao Yunshang thought of Chu Huan's mentality of never fighting an uncertain battle, and said with a smile: "Well, since you said so, I'll wait and see!"