Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Kadokawa Haruki sat at Yang Ye's desk, drinking coffee comfortably.

Yang Ye smiled and said: "Mr. Kadokawa, what brought you to Hong Kong?"

Kadokawa Haruki said: "Of course it's for the comics of "Sailor Moon" and "Transformers", as well as your novel Yang Sang. I heard that Shueisha, Shogakukan and Hakusensha can't sit still."

Shueisha, Shogakukan, and Hakusensha are all famous manga publishing houses in Japan.

Shueisha is the most famous in China because it produces the three most widely circulated migrant comics: "One Piece", "Naruto" and "Bleach".

As you can tell by the name, Shogakukan is a little younger. "Doraemon" and "Detective Conan" are from it.

Hakusensha specializes in girls' comics and is relatively weak. "Natsume's Book of Friends" is theirs.

The original manga of "Sailor Moon" comes from Kodansha, which is also a famous manga agency in Japan.

The unprecedented success of "Blue Bird Pictorial" in Hong Kong quickly attracted the attention of the Japanese comics industry. They believed that "Transformers" and "Sailor Moon" were comics with great potential.

The "Transformers" TV animation has good ratings in Japan, and "Sailor Moon" is suitable for serialization in Japan from all aspects, so many people have expressed their intention to cooperate.

Yang Ye smiled and said: "They have indeed contacted Jade Bird Comics and sent people to inspect and negotiate. Not only them, but Tokuma Bookstore also expressed its intention to cooperate through Suzuki Toshio as an intermediary."

Kadokawa Haruki sighed: "Everyone moves very quickly!"

Yang Ye said: "I really didn't expect that a Hong Kong comic would cause such a big stir in the Japanese comic industry."

"Oh, the comic "Sailor Moon" is really suitable for Japan, and it also has a 'Girls' Generation' gimmick. Everyone has a feeling that it will be a big hit!"

"So Mr. Kadokawa is also interested in comics?"

Kadokawa Haruki put away his careless expression and said seriously: "Yang Sang, we are all-weather partners. Of course, it would be better to leave this transaction to our Kadokawa Bookstore."

"But Kadokawa Shoten doesn't have any manga publications?"

"I can just get one copy."

This... is indeed inhumane.

Yang Ye thought for a while and said, "It's better than this. If Mr. Kadokawa is interested, he can directly transplant "Blue Bird Pictorial" to Japan."

Kadokawa Haruki said: "Yang Sang means that Kadokawa Shoten will be the agent for the distribution of "Blue Bird Pictorial" in Japan?"

"That's what it means!"

Kadokawa Haruki thought to himself, this would save trouble. In this way, Kadokawa Shoten only needs to be responsible for Japaneseizing "Blue Bird Comics", and then promoting and distributing it.

However, after thinking again and again, he still shook his head: "This is a good idea, but it is not flexible enough."

"How to say?"

"Now that the comic publication is launched, I certainly hope to attract outstanding Japanese cartoonists to participate. If we only act as agents, this will be detrimental to the development of our comic publication."

Yang Ye understood that he only wanted to export comics to Japan, but Kadokawa Haruki obviously thought more.

Yang Ye nodded and said, "That makes sense. What does Mr. Kadokawa think?"

Kadokawa Haruki said: "It is a joint venture between Kadokawa Shoten and Blue Bird Comics to publish a comic publication in Japan.

In addition to serializing "Sailor Moon", "Transformers" and Yang Sangyou's novel "Happy Journey", it also publishes excellent Japanese comics.

At the same time, we can also introduce some Japanese comics that have achieved outstanding results to Hong Kong and serialize them in "Blue Bird Pictorial". "

Yang Yexin said: Hey, you are really a fucking genius.

To be honest, the sales of "Sailor Moon" comics in Japan can only be said to be average.

The domestic sales of 1200 million copies and the overseas sales of 700 million copies are not even ranked in the Japanese comic industry where there are many masterpieces.

If we only count girls' comics, "Sailor Moon" barely makes it into the top 30, beaten by the number one "Boys Over Flowers" (Meteor Garden).

Sales of "Sailor Moon" were only one-fifth of "Boys Over Flowers."

But... "Sailor Moon" is one of Japan's most profitable comic IPs, second only to "Dragon Ball" and "Yu-Gi-Oh!"

Those big-name comics with sales of over 100 million are almost incomparable when it comes to making money.

"Sailor Moon" makes money thanks to its extremely powerful peripherals.

For example, Tsukino Usagi's makeup box transformer was used to make powder powder, which sold for 4000 yen and sold 50 boxes. This alone earned 200 billion yen.

In addition, it is said that there are more than 2000 types of related figures, clothing, jewelry...all kinds of peripherals.

Every time a peripheral product is released, online stores are sold out instantly, and stores have long queues.

Thirty years after its birth, this thing has generated more than $130 billion in revenue.

In terms of making money, the more than 20 Japanese girl comics that rank ahead of "Sailor Moon" in terms of sales are not enough to make money.

Even those hot-blooded shounen comics with sales exceeding 100 million, such as Naruto, are nothing compared to "Sailor Moon".

The same goes for "Transformers," whose comic sales were worse than those of "Sailor Moon."

But by selling toys, making movies, and making animations, it created US$250 billion in revenue in thirty years.

Among the fifty most profitable IPs in the world in the future, Yang Ye currently holds four major IPs: "Sailor Moon", "Transformers", "Harry Potter" and "The Lion King".

In addition, it also holds most of the copyrights of "007" and a small part of the copyrights of "Pac-Man" (held by Atari).

To be honest, it's a bit much, but whether it can eventually develop is still unknown.

For example, in "Harry Potter", Yang Ye doesn't know whether it will work after changing from a Western fantasy monster to an Eastern fairy tale.

Judging from the current serialization situation in Hong Kong, it is still very popular. Many middle school students are following it, but in the end it still depends on the effect of the movie.

Talking back to "Blue Bird Illustrated", Yang Ye originally planned to transplant it directly to Japan, but Kadokawa Haruki's suggestion was more promising.

If "Sailor Moon" and "Transformers" are used as the initial starting point and published in Japan, there will be no problem in becoming a second-tier comic publication.

After establishing a firm foothold in the Japanese comic industry, he introduced several big-name comics...

Then, it's not difficult to step on Shueisha's head.

Yang Ye said happily: "Okay, then we will cooperate to launch a comic weekly. What do you think?"

Kadokawa Haruki said: "That's great!"

The two soon agreed to jointly publish a "Blue Bird Weekly", with Kadokawa Shoten holding 60% of the shares and Yang Ye holding 40%.

Subsequently, "Bluebird Weekly" obtained the agency rights for "Sailor Moon", "Transformers" and "Escape" in Japan.

As for publishing Japanese comics... with Haruki Kadokawa's inhumane approach, he must have caught those famous authors and poached them.

Yang Ye said: "Mr. Kadokawa, I have a little understanding of the Japanese comic market. Those famous works have their own owners, so I won't go into details.

There is a cartoonist named Kurumada Masami. I think his works are very good. Mr. Kadokawa might as well talk to him. "

"Masami Kurumada? I've never heard of it. What's the name of his work?"

"It's called... I forgot about it. Anyway, his works are very good. He should be a cartoonist contracted by Shueisha. Although he is not the most famous one, I think he will make his mark sooner or later."

"Okay, then I'll dig him over!" Kadokawa Haruki didn't take it to heart. He was thinking about how to dig out the most awesome cartoonist to work for him.

As the second generation of super rich people, the way this guy enters a new field has always been to open the way with money and spend money like crazy.

Yang Ye asked him to dig up a not-so-famous author, but he didn't think it was very satisfying.

The name Kurumada Masami may not be known to many people in China, but his work is well-known to every household, and that is... "Saint Seiya".

The sales volume of "Saint Seiya" is 3000 million copies. It is not very popular in the Japanese comic industry, but its characteristics are similar to "Sailor Moon", and its peripherals are very profitable.

……

"Lovers" and "Police Story" dominated the Christmas season, leaving several other film companies unable to fight back, but Yang Ye's life was not easy.

In the movie, he was obsessed with Sophie Marceau. Although countless viewers envied him for his boundless happiness, his wives were all jealous.

Generally speaking, Yang Ye is very considerate to his wives and will not mess around in front of them. They also turn a blind eye to Yang Ye's bad things.

But this time the impact was so great that it even affected the children. For example, when Yang Hao came home, he told Zhao Yazhi that his classmates said that his father was a "national hero". This horse...

As Yang Ye's first woman in this time and space, Zhao Yazhi actually complained about the compromise she had made over the years. After all, she was a person of flesh and blood.

OK, sleeping with a ghost girl makes you a national hero, so who am I? When he got angry, he took the child back to his parents' home.

It was supposed to be Yang Ye's turn to accompany Zhao Yazhi, but when Yang Ye came home, there was no one there.

Yang Ye knew that the dishonor was bad, so he tried his best to coax the eldest wife to change his mind. These women, whether they are really angry or pretending to be angry, sad or not sad, they all have to show something at this time, and they have to show their presence.

For example, Deng Lijun was still pregnant with her child, and Yang Ye was messing around, making her even more angry.

She recently insisted on speaking French to Yang Ye.

Yang Ye was confused: "Honey, what do you mean when you speak French every day?"

Deng Lijun stared and said, "Don't you like French girls? Are you happy if I dress up as a French girl for you to play with?"

This horse riding...

Regarding their behavior, Yang Ye put himself in their shoes and expressed his full understanding.

He spent a lot of effort and coaxed her in turn before all the girls changed their minds and reconciled with him.

It was really tiring, and it was useless to just coax him, he had to be fucked, and he almost died from exhaustion.

……

In the VIP theater of a movie theater, members of Girls' Generation gathered to watch "Lover".

The three members from Japan and South Korea are not here. They have gone back to their home countries to participate in New Year activities.

Not only Shizuka Kudo and Yuki Amami, there are many super popular idols in Japan.

Since the Korean entertainment industry is still relatively backward, Choi Jin-jin instantly became the number one red star in Korea after debuting in Girls' Generation.

Choi Jin's status in South Korea is extremely high now. Koreans are proud to call her an international superstar and the pride of the Republic of Korea!
Her story was discovered by the Korean media and reported in numerous articles. Her story was inspiring and moved countless Koreans.

The movies she has starred in are all huge hits in the Korean market!

Therefore, when the New Year came, she was invited back to participate in activities.

Zhou Huimin is not here either. She recently has to help sort out the manga manuscript for "Sailor Moon".

The drawings accumulated over seven or eight years, many of them are in disordered order, and my early painting skills were immature. Some of them needed to be redrawn, so I was very busy.

"I really didn't expect that Brother Ye would actually make this kind of movie."

Xiao Qiang said with a blush while looking at the picture on the big screen intently.

Wang Zuxian was also blushing, but she argued with Xiao Qiang every day. When she heard this, she said, "I haven't seen you look at me less. I think you want to get into the screen, replace Sophie Marceau, and let Brother Ye kiss you." Woolen cloth."

Xiao Qiang said: "So what, don't you want to be kissed like this by Brother Ye?"

"I don't want to do that, it's so embarrassing!" Wang Zuxian denied it.

"Still pretending! Jingyi, let me ask you, do you want it?"

"Ah, what does it have to do with me?" Yi Nengjing's tone was a little panicked.

Father Yang had already done this kind of thing to her in the movie, but she didn't want her little sisters to know.

Keeping this secret in her heart will give her a very superior feeling when facing a group of little sisters.

Because she knew that all her little sisters had a secret crush on her father Yang, and only she could get the unique favor of father Yang.

"Don't think I don't know, your diary is full of Brother Ye's name, and you still want him to be your father."

Yi Nengjing became anxious and said nervously: "Did you peek into my diary?"

Xiao Qiang denied it flatly: "I didn't, your crush on Brother Ye is written all over your face, who doesn't know?
You like writing diaries so much, it would be strange not to write down your little thoughts in your diary. Minmin, are you right? "

Zhang Min said with a smile: "That's right, girls' feelings are always poetry, we understand."

Yi Nengjing breathed a sigh of relief and spat: "A bunch of bastards."

Xiao Qiang didn't take it seriously and asked Zhang Min: "Minmin, do you want to be kissed by Brother Ye?"

Zhang Min said carelessly: "Of course I do. Brother Ye is such a handsome boy and so talented. If I want to date, I will look for someone like Brother Ye."

Xiao Qiang said: "You can still try to find Brother Ye. There is no such thing as Brother Ye, because Brother Ye is unique."

Wang Zuxian grabbed the opportunity and said, "You said Brother Ye is like a god. Isn't there a better boy in the world than him?"

Xiao Qiang sighed and said to the little sisters: "Well, now you know what it means to be spoiled, right? Brother Ye dotes on Xiaoxian the most and even saved her life, but Xiaoxian doesn't take Brother Ye seriously. superior."

Wang Zuxian said quickly: "Who doesn't care about him? But... he has a wife!"

Xiao Qiang said indifferently: "So what, I don't care!"

Zhang Min was filled with admiration: "Yingying, you are so open-minded!"

Qiu Shuzhen, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "So everyone has a crush on Brother Ye?"

Zhang Min asked back: "Don't you have one?"

Qiu Shuzhen said weakly: "I...have it!"

Zhang Min sighed: "If Brother Ye knew that we all had a crush on him, I wonder what he would think?"

Xiao Qiang giggled and said: "Brother Ye is a big pervert. If he knew that so many beautiful girls have a crush on him, he would be so happy that he would even scream with joy."

Zhang Min was shocked: "Huh?"

Wang Zuxian hit Xiao Qiang: "Xiao Yingying, can't you be more reserved? You are a girl!"

"Do you want to take care of it?" Xiao Qiang didn't take it seriously and said to Zhang Min: "You guys came late and don't know the inside story. Do you think Brother Ye's only wife is Teacher Baihui?"

"Is not it?"

"We started touring the world with Brother Ye when we were eight years old. At that time, he had three wives, Teacher Baihui, Sister Lijun, and Sister Yazhi."

Zhang Min was stunned: "They are all excellent, how could they accept three people with one husband?"

"It shows that Brother Ye is so charming! That was ten years ago, and I don't know how many there are now. That must be the annoying Guan Zhilin."

Xiao Qiang gave Zhang Min and Qiu Shuzhen some knowledge about Yang Ye's romantic affairs, and the two little girls were dumbfounded.

Not long after the movie ended, everyone tidied up, put on sunglasses and masks, and walked out of the cinema.

Xiao Qiang said boldly: "Let's go to the SPA later. I'll treat you."

Yi Nengjing said, "You go ahead, I have something else to do, so I'm leaving first."

Xiao Qiang said dissatisfiedly: "What's the matter with you?"

Yi Nengjing said: "I made an appointment with a friend, goodbye!"

After Yi Nengjing finished speaking, she hurried away.

Xiao Qiang looked at Yi Nengjing's retreating figure and suddenly said, "Don't you notice that Jingyi has been mysterious lately?"

Wang Zuxian said: "I think you are the one who is very nervous. What does it have to do with you when people go to meet their friends?"

Xiao Qiang poked Wang Zuxian on the forehead: "You are too nervous. Jingyi often lives alone recently. She also hides and makes phone calls. Sometimes she even giggles. Maybe she is dating someone!"

"Why are you filming? Doesn't she have a crush on Brother Ye?"

"That's the problem! No, I have to follow her to see who she is dating."

Qiu Shuzhen said weakly: "Isn't this not good?"

"What do you know? There must be big news here. Let's go together." Xiao Qiang was eager to give it a try.

Qiu Shuzhen said: "If I don't go, it would be so embarrassing if I was discovered!"

"Are you going then?" Xiao Qiang pointed at Wang Zuxian and Zhang Min and asked.

Wang Zuxian and Zhang Min both shook their heads. They felt that this was not good.

Xiao Qiang said: "Then I'll go by myself!"

Wang Zuxian grabbed the opportunity and said, "Are you looking for a reason and don't want to treat us?"

"Tch, how much does it cost to have a SPA? You just go and charge it to my account. If not, I have to leave, otherwise I won't be able to keep up."

Xiao Qiang said and ran away in the direction of Yi Nengjing's departure.

Yi Nengjing said goodbye to her little sisters, walked along a secluded place, turned around a street, and saw a black car parked there.

She looked around and saw nothing out of the ordinary, walked over quickly, opened the door and got into the car, and shouted obediently: "Dad!" (End of Chapter)