Chapter 98 "Youth SORA"
——Caven, please forgive me. The main reason is that I don’t know much about the island countries in that era, so I checked the information for a long time and the next chapter will be well-coded around 9 o’clock in the evening.
Outside the president's office, Zhao Chen knocked on the door. The one who opened the door was a beautiful female secretary. The president's office was divided into two places. The outermost part was where the secretary worked, and the inside was the president, mainly to prevent disturbance.
"Is it Zhao Chenjun?"
Zhao Chen nodded and said nothing.
"The president is inside, please follow me!"
Zhao Chen then followed the female secretary. Looking at the female secretary swaying in a moving figure, Zhao Chen subconsciously touched his nose and regarded the president as a fellow in his heart.
The current president of Jiyingshe is named Jiao Nanong. He looks like a vulgar uncle in his forties or fifties. He is looking at the newspaper when Zhao Chen comes in.
"Please sit down!"
The female secretary asked Zhao Chen to sit opposite Jiao Nangong, and after skillfully soaking a cup of tea, he left the room.
Zhao Chen did not speak, but sat there quietly, occasionally looking at the office of President Shueisha.
This office is nearly 100 square meters and is decorated in a relatively elegant manner. The bookshelf in the corners are full of various books. I don’t know if it is used for decoration or real reading.
Just as Zhao Chen was looking around, Jiao Nangong finally put down the newspaper in his hand and looked up at Zhao Chen in front of him.
He had heard of Zhao Chen a few months ago. At that time, when the marketing department Aida Makino discovered the comic "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" when he was inspecting in Xiangjiang. He reported some of Zhao Chen's information when he acquired the distribution rights of the comic. At that time, Zhao Chen added a condition before signing a contract with Shueisha, and Aida Makino agreed with him through his consent.
Who would have thought that in just half a year, Zhao Chen once again created "Football Player" and "Sailor Moon" that made Shueisha jealous, which made the president of Kou Nangong initially understand the huge potential Zhao Chen has. At the same time, he wanted to acquire the distribution rights of the two comics and hoped that Zhao Chen could join Shueisha, but unexpectedly he was rejected by Zhao Chen. It was at that time that Kou Nangong began to pay attention to the young man in front of him.
In just one month, Jiao Nangong did not expect that Zhao Chen began to extend his tentacles into the island comic market. In Jiao Nangong's opinion, this was simply ignorant of life and death. However, Zhao Chen's actions were beyond his expectations. He far underestimated Zhao Chen's financial resources. He first acquired a publishing house, and then used high salaries to recruit managers and editors from major comic companies.
These are not counting, and then an assistant competition was established, but the reward was no worse than the Tezuka Award. In addition, he did not expect that the screenwriter and investor of "Happy Ghost" which is popular in the island country is also Zhao Chen. In this way, combined with his age and various news, it initially opened up the reputation of Zhao Chen and the World Society. In Jiao Nangong's view, these seem to be planning step by step. It is precisely because of this that Jiao Nangong attaches great importance to Zhao Chen.
"You are Zhao Chen, right? You are so young. I was still spending money when I was your age. I didn't expect that you can make money that many people cannot earn now!"
Zhao Chen didn't know what Jiao Nangong was thinking, but he still said with a modest look on his face: "President Jiao Nangong praised it!"
"Hey, these are all facts! By the way, I wonder if you are interested in joining Shueisha, the treatment is not a problem!"
"President Jiao Nangang, I don't have this idea yet! I came to see the president this time because I hope your club can fulfill the conditions on the contract."
Jiao Nangong stared at Zhao Chenban's turbid eyes, and praise flashed in his eyes. He did not expect that the young man in front of him would be so calm, which was quite inconsistent with his age. But it was precisely because of this that Jiao Nangong began to pay more and more attention to Zhao Chen.
"The contract will naturally be fulfilled by ShueiShe, so you can rest assured! At that time, your club just needs to ship the comic magazines that need to be distributed into ShueiShe's warehouse, and we will publish them with our magazines at that time."
"Then Zhao Chen thanked the president here first!"
Zhao Chen felt aroused, and he felt relieved. Fortunately, a comic club giant like Shuyingshe naturally attaches great importance to credibility, otherwise Zhao Chen would be afraid of turning against him.
After Zhao Chen left, the president's office fell into silence again. Jiao Nangong did not read the newspaper again this time, but pondered, and then picked up the phone.
"Hey, there is a company called Tianxia Society that wants to use our sales channels! Yes, just do as you want, but remember if their comics and magazines arrive, remember to bring me one."
When Jiao Nangong put down the phone, his brows were still frowning, and he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. He thought of Zhao Chen's comics. If the comic magazines of Tianxiashe were really sold, he would undoubtedly become a rival to Shueisha.
"I didn't expect that things would become so difficult. On one hand, I was tearing down my credit and on the other hand, I wanted to cultivate competitors. This is really a joke, but unfortunately it's not funny at all."
Jiao Nangong was extremely vigilant about Zhao Chen at this time, believing that Zhao Chen's talent was enough to support the world society. If the time was determined well, he might be able to soar into the sky and become a large comic club. As for the comparison with giants such as Shueisha, Jiao Nangong never thought about it.
As for the release date of "Young SORA" was finally determined, because Shueisha's "Young JUMP" was released on Monday, and the elementary school library "Young Sunday" and Kodansha's "Young Magazine" were both released on Wednesday. In order to avoid being affected and to be comparable to these three comic weekly magazines, Zhao Chen finally chose Tuesday.
The first batch of "Young SORA" was customized 100,000 copies, mainly because of the foundation of Shueisha's sales channels. Otherwise, if Zhao Chen had a few courages, it would not have been so much at once, because the 100,000 amount had reached the sales of medium-sized comics weekly, and the island country was not his home court.
These 100,000 copies of "Young SORA" can be said to carry Zhao Chen's hope. As long as this issue of comic weekly is successful, it will be possible to initially open up the comic market with Shueisha's hands.
"Young SORA" was delivered to Shueisha Warehouse at noon on Monday, and a staff member immediately took a copy from it and sent it to the president, Kaku Nangong.
"Tsk tsk, this cover is good! I just don't know what the content is like!"
When Jiao Nangong saw the cover, his eyes lit up. He was sure that the cover was painted by Zhao Chen, because he was the only one who had the newly founded comic company, the only one who had this talent.
Jiao Nangong had no idea how he would react after reading this comic weekly, and Jiao Nangong began to read it.
When he saw the exquisite and unusual style of painting, Jiao Nan shook his hand and the comic weekly magazine in his hand almost fell off. Seeing Zhao Chen's author's signature, he felt mixed feelings. He knew that Zhao Chen's painting skills were very good, but he didn't expect it to be so good. Just talking about the painting skills of this comic is enough to succeed in this comic.
Jiao Nangong's expression suddenly became much more solemn, not as relaxed as before. His evaluation of Zhao Chen in his heart became much higher. There were very few people who could paint such painters in this era, or even none!
Jiao Nan Gongyue's face became more and more serious when he saw it. He knew that Zhao Chen's comics would not be bad, but he did not expect that it would be so exciting. The exciting plot, the dark-bellied protagonist, all kinds of beauties, wars, wits, campus, and the exquisite painting skills, the excitement of this comic far exceeded Jiao Nan Gong's expectations. Even if Jiao Nan Gong had read the comics for so many years, he had a thought of expectation in his heart after reading them.
"Baga Yalu, I shouldn't have agreed to this condition half a year ago! With the excitement of this comic, even if other comics are rubbish, those comic fans will definitely chase after you! What's more, there is also "Football Player" in it, which is miscalculated, and it's true miscalculated!"
Jiao Nangong's face turned pale, remembering the scene of agreeing to Zhao Chen's condition half a year ago. At that time, Zhao Chen's condition was a joke to him. He never thought that it would change like this. He was simply accomplice for the tiger!
After all, Kakunan Oku is the president of Shueisha and his psychological quality is quite strong. He picked up "Youth SORA" and continued to watch it.
The next article is "The Three Sisters of Cat Eyes". When I saw that in addition to Hojoji's name, there was also Zhao Chen's name in the author column, Kaoramitsu's face suddenly became solemn. Hojoji's voice was familiar with him. He had previously serialized short works in Shueisha, but Zhao Chen was different, which made Kaoramitsu's heart more uneasy.
This is a multi-protagonist comic. The protagonist is a three sisters with wisdom and beauty. In order to find their father's collection, they compete with all kinds of people with wits and courage. It can be said that they have a considerable charm. However, compared with Zhao Chen's "The Rebellious Lelouch", the painter of this comic is undoubtedly inferior. However, this comic was selected into the island country in later generations and 100 most influential anime works of the last century. This shows its charm.
It is precisely because of this that Jiao Nangong's face can be said to be quite unfavorable. Fortunately, after watching the remaining few ordinary works, Jiao Nangong was slightly relieved.
But even so, Jiao Nangong began to feel a sense of crisis in his heart, and he was self-aware that the overall quality of this "Youth SORA" is not worse than that of the current "Youth JUMP".
"Even if I stop it now, it will be of no use. With the excitement of this weekly magazine, I can't stop it at all. At most, I can only suppress it, and I can't stop it!"
Jiao Nangong touched his forehead and muttered to himself, but he also really attached great importance to the newly established comic company of Tianxia Society.
Although Jiao Nangong still has to abide by his credit, he still has some restrictions behind his back. Only a part of the sales channel has been opened, and some large sellers have never been opened. This is the limitation he can do.
Chapter completed!