On that morning, Zhao Chen came to Chaiwan again. Today was originally a day for class, but at this time, Zhao Chen obviously had the special treatment of skipping classes openly, and the teachers would only turn a blind eye and pretend that they didn't see it.

Even if a classmate who is jealous of his heart secretly reports to the school leaders, it is useless, because these school leaders are relatively smart. With Zhao Chen's current ability, this official middle school may have to expand its influence under the name of Zhao Chen in the future. It is because of Zhao Chen that he is so blatant.

This time, we came to Chaiwan mainly because of two things. One of them was naturally to find two favorite assistants, and the other was to come specifically for Ma Rongcheng. During this period, Ma Rongcheng finally completed the first episode of "Heroes of China" and asked Zhao Chen to discuss the treatment issue. If the royalties and royalties are appropriate, Ma Rongcheng is willing to join Zhao Chen's World Comics Company.

When Zhao Chen entered the Holy Fire Publishing House, he was shocked to find that in addition to cartoonists or assistants such as Ma Rongcheng, there were more than a dozen strangers.

These strangers are of different ages, and they are both men and women, whispering to each other, but they all have one characteristic, that is, they carry backpacks or toolboxes with them. I think they are all cartoonist assistants to apply for this job.

"Okay, Zhao Chen is here!"

As Shangguan Xiaobao's words rang out, the originally noisy environment suddenly became quiet. The dozen or so cartoonist assistants stopped talking, but looked at Zhao Chen up and down.

"Sure enough young!"

This is the first time these cartoonist assistants saw, but they were not much surprised, after all, they had known it a long time ago.

"Uncle Shangguan, why are there so many people?"

"Ahem, this is mainly because you are famous. They all came to sign up once they knew you were applying for assistants! You don't know that there were more people, but I have already eliminated some of the rookies with rough painting skills!"

"Oh, then I'm going to trouble Uncle Shangguan again this time!"

"Where isn't you just looking for an assistant who specializes in the background of "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty". This was originally the job of the Holy Fire Publishing House!"

Zhao Chen didn't say anything else. In fact, the reason why he was the assistant to "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" was entirely to replace Ma Rongcheng. Otherwise, if the assistant work was put on Ma Rongcheng again, Ma Rongcheng would probably not be able to handle the weekly magazine.

"The content of this assessment is very simple. You just need to draw the background of these copybooks with only characters! There are only two assessment indicators, one is naturally the quality, and the other is the speed! I will finally decide the assistant based on these two items. OK, I hope everyone can exert their normal strength!"

Zhao Chen took out dozens of manuscript papers with only characters from a folder. These manuscript papers were actually copied from two pieces of "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" and "Football Young Players". Each cartoonist assistant will be assigned four pieces to let them complete the background. This is what Zhao Chen's assessment is.

Each assistant sat in his own arranged position. After distributing the manuscript paper, he did not take action immediately. Instead, he carefully checked it one by one, imagining which background is better to use.

But when these assistants saw the drawings of "Football Young Players", they couldn't help but feel a little confused. This was obviously not a character from "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty". They subconsciously looked up at Zhao Chen.

In addition to the characters, there are iconic football in the two drawings of "Football Young Players". These assistants looked carefully for several times before they were shocked to find that this was a football comic.

"Is Zhao Chen going to release a new comic? Or a football comic!"

This is the inner thoughts of these assistants. Although they know that the kung fu comics in the Hong Kong market now occupy most of the market, even if "Football Young Player" is unpopular in Hong Kong, no matter whether it is a painter or Zhao Chen's current reputation, as long as the plot is not bad, the sales will naturally not be bad.

They are all professional cartoonist assistants, which allows them to quickly put down their thoughts and carefully analyze which style is suitable for this new comic. As for "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", it is undoubtedly much simpler, because they have studied it before coming.

When they took action, Zhao Chen did not observe, but found Ma Rongcheng directly.

"Master, let me see the drawings of the first issue!"

Ma Rongcheng nodded, then carefully took out a file bag from the drawer and handed it to Zhao Chen, which contained his efforts during this period.

Zhao Chen took out the drawings and sat on the chair beside him, slowly checking them one by one.

"Heroes of China" is set in the early years of the Republic of China, when Chinese people were bullied by foreigners, and Chinese workers were regarded as selling piglets abroad as hard work. The characters in the comics, Hua Yingxiong, Hua Jianxiong, Arhat, Ghost servant, Shengnu, Jin Taibao, Invincible and the Commander of the Black Dragon, were deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in later generations. This book even achieved a record of selling 200,000 magazines in the history of Hong Kong comics. As for a Hong Kong comic, it is an unprecedented achievement. This is also the reason why Zhao Chen had to pull Ma Rongcheng on the pirate ship even if he had to spend a big price, especially "Heroes of China" created the style of realistic comics.

The first issue of "Chinese Heroes" has only about twenty drawings, but Zhao Chen has read it carefully for a long time and carefully identified this classic Hong Kong comic.

Perhaps due to the advancement of time, the first issue of "The Heroes of China" can be said to be slightly inferior to later generations in painting skills.

After Zhao Chen finished reading carefully, in order to let Ma Rongcheng join the World Comics Company, he couldn't help but point out some shortcomings to improve the overall quality of "Heroes of China".

Ma Rongcheng did not despise Zhao Chen's age, especially in painting. Zhao Chen's "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" combines Hong Kong comics and Japanese comics in painting. It can be said that he is better at painting than "The Heroes of the Chinese". What's more, Zhao Chen had already become a well-known cartoonist in Xiangjiang with "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", but Ma Rongcheng at this time was not very famous, so it was naturally impossible not to listen.

Zhao Chen's explanation was quite detailed, pointing out the various flaws of this issue of "Heroes of China". Ma Rongcheng not only listened in detail, but also took out a small notebook to record it. At this time, he did not become famous, and it can be said that he was quite studious.

"Okay, that's all, but how to modify it mainly depends on yourself. All I give is suggestions! I think it's time for us to talk about the remuneration. I sincerely hope that Ma Zi can join the World Comics Company!"

After Zhao Chen revealed all the flaws, he went straight to the point. If he could recruit Ma Rongcheng, it would be equivalent to building the reputation of Tianxia Comics Company in Xiangjiang faster. The weekly magazine jointly founded by "Football Young Player" and "Chinese Heroes" can be said to be able to easily overwhelm other comic magazines in terms of quality, even the "Good News Magazine" that is now at its peak is slightly inferior.

In fact, the reason why we only founded comic magazines, not comic daily, is mainly because the preparation time for comic daily is too hasty, which will affect the quality of comics, especially in painting, which is also the fundamental reason for the popularity of comic magazines in the island country. The current Xiangjiang Comic Magazine is still in its early stages and has a larger market. This is mainly because of the great success of "Questor Magazine", which prompted other comic companies to establish comic magazines.

"Mahjong, given the good quality of this book "Chinese Heroes", I can give you a royalty of HK$150 per page. If published in the future, it will be divided by up to 7% of the royalty. What do you think?"

When Ma Rongcheng used to draw short comics, the royalties were about HK$100 per page. I won’t mention the royalties, and his short comics have not been published yet.

"The Hero of China" is Ma Rongcheng's first long comic, and he doesn't even know whether he can control it in the end, which naturally leads to a considerable risk. Moreover, whether this comic can succeed depends on the market. Ma Rongcheng is not Zhao Chen, so he would not know the extraordinary achievements that "The Hero of China" will achieve in Xiangjiang in the future.

Ma Rongcheng did not expect that Zhao Chen would give such a high royalty, which made him suddenly excited. This was almost close to the royalty of a well-known cartoonist, although the royalties were less.

In Ma Rongcheng's current mind, the status of the royalties in his mind is higher than that of the royalties, and he is really not sure that he can publish a single comic book.

However, although Ma Rongcheng was very satisfied with the price, he naturally still had to fight for it.

The final result was a great joy for both parties. Zhao Chen not only won the copyright of the comic "Heroes of China", but also did not let go of TV and movies because he knew that "Heroes of China" had TV series and movies.

As for Ma Rongcheng, he was extremely happy because after his "working", the royalty fee increased from 150 per page to 200 Hong Kong dollars, which was already the royalty fee of a well-known cartoonist, but the royalty fee did not change. The price was just that he felt that it was impossible to have television and movie copyrights, and became a contracted cartoonist for Tianxia Comics.

Signing a cartoonist is not just a contract with a work. As long as it is a work of a cartoonist, the comic company has priority. If you want to terminate the contract, in addition to the bankruptcy of the comic company, you will need to pay a lot of liquidated damages. It can be said that once bound, Ma Rongcheng can be considered completely in the hands of Zhao Chen.

Ma Rongcheng naturally wouldn't know that he was cheated by Zhao Chen. He thought it would be great if "The Hero of China" could be published, and he didn't even think about it as for TV and movies.

Zhao Chen made the contract out at the Holy Fire Publishing House. Ma Rongcheng carefully read it and signed his name, his face full of unconcealed excitement. For Ma Rongcheng, signing this contract is equivalent to having a guarantee, but he didn't know that it would fall into Zhao Chen's trap.

Even if "Chinese Heroes" become popular in the future, unless Zhao Chen takes the initiative to increase the royalties, it will become very difficult for Ma Rongcheng to increase the royalties and royalties, because this contract is almost equivalent to selling a contract.

Ma Rongcheng's experience is naturally clear about these, but Zhao Chen's royalties were difficult for him to give up.

After signing Ma Rongcheng, Zhao Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief. Ma Rongcheng's future can be said to be quite bright. If Huang Yulang had not established the title of Father of Xiangjiang Comics very early, this title might have been Ma Rongcheng's. It is really the achievements made by Ma Rongcheng's two comics, "Heroes of China" and "Storm and Clouds".

After signing the contract, the two had smiles on their faces, and they both thought they had the right advantage, which directly led to the relationship between them further and there was a vague trend of becoming friends.

"Ma'er, due to the start-up, the talent gap in the company is quite large. If you think there are good candidates, you can tell me! As for now, I will be your editor for the time being, you don't mind!"

When he heard Zhao Chen say this, what else could Ma Rongcheng say, so he naturally nodded in agreement. Moreover, he hoped that Zhao Chen could always act as his editor-in-chief. After all, he had just seen Zhao Chen's ability to review works, and he could be said to be quite clever.

If Ma Rongcheng knew that Zhao Chen used the "Chinese Heroes" that had been completed in later generations to compare, I would not know what he would think.

From this day on, Ma Rongcheng has become a member of Tianxia Comics Company and naturally has to contribute to Tianxia Comics Company. So he set his mind on Shenghuo Publishing House and some of his friends, including cartoonists, professional assistants and even editors, who can be said to have rich experience.

"You two guys who are stingy inside and outside, dare you to attack the Holy Fire Publishing House. Do you want to retaliate against you, Uncle Shangguan, too!"
Chapter completed!