Hong Kong Island Comic Master

Chapter 352 Coming one after another

The editorial office of "Weekly Shōnen Century" is located in Fujimidai, Nerima-ku, Tokyo, next door to Mushi Production Company.

The editorial office occupies an area of ​​about 800 square meters, which is not a large place. It only rents one floor of the building.

The reason is that there are not many people in the editorial department, less than 100 people, and there is no need for such a large area.

It is amazing to say that compared to Neon's other major publishing houses, which often have hundreds or thousands of people, the editorial department of "Weekly Shōnen Century" only uses a fraction of the number of others, but can create several times the number of people. of sales.

Of course, everyone knows that it is not how powerful this editorial department is, but because Li Wannian is so powerful.

Just as Osamu Tezuka was able to make three magazines rise by himself, Li Wannian also relied on one person to suppress the entire neon comics industry.

As the eldest son of Osamu Tezuka, Makoto Tezuka is naturally very proud of himself recently.

It had only been two years since he graduated from college. While other peers were still complacent about finding a good job, he was already the president of Neon's most famous comic publishing house.

Of course, Tezuka Makoto himself knew very well that this had little to do with his own ability. The main reason was that he was lucky. Not only did he get a good pregnancy, but he also met Li Wannian.

Relying on Li Wannian, I feel quite comfortable as the president. I don't have to worry about the sales of my magazine like other magazine publishers.

At this time, Tezuka was actually sitting in his office, looking at the magazine's recent financial report.

As the comics themselves continue to flourish, the reputation of "Century" magazine has also grown, which has made the magazine's financial reports more and more beautiful.

Although the magazine is not a listed company and is not that important, seeing such dazzling data still makes Tezuka really happy. Who would have trouble with money?

"Boom boom boom!"

At this time, there was a knock on the office door, and the marketing director walked in with a panic look on his face.

"What's the matter? So flustered?"

"President, something big has happened! The three channels we cooperate with suddenly announced that they will terminate cooperation with us!"

"what?"

Tezuka Zhen immediately jumped up.

There is an industrial chain in any industry, and the comics industry is no exception.

Authors and magazines belong to the upstream production side, and distributors in various places belong to the transportation and sales sides. Although everyone's attention is focused on the production side due to the particularity of comics themselves, the sales side is also very important.

After all, in this era, there are no online stores, and there is still a layer between magazines and readers. Readers spread across the country cannot directly go to magazines to buy comics.

Therefore, you need channels to purchase, usually supermarkets, convenience stores, newsstands, etc., but these stores are large and small, and they are widely distributed. If you want to connect them one by one, then the magazine company does not need to do anything else!

Therefore, they usually connect with distributors or supermarket headquarters in a large area, which not only consumes less energy, but also covers everything.

However, it was these distributors who had problems at this time.

"What happened? Why did they break the contract?"

"This...I don't know either!"

"Then why don't you go investigate quickly?"

Before Tezuka could wake up from his surprise, someone else broke into Tezuka's office.

"President, there was a lot of content in today's newspaper that discredited our magazine!"

The person who came in was the head of the magazine's publicity team. He held a stack of newspapers in his hand and handed it to Tezuka Makoto.

Tezuka took a look at the newspaper and saw various contents circled in black pen.

“The main culprit that destroyed neon comics—Century magazine!”

"You can lure a wolf into your house just for your own selfish gain?"

"His father made neon comics rise, and his son made neon comics die!"

"..."   Such newspapers made Tezuka feel as if he had sunk into an ice cellar, and his mind went blank.

At this time, someone else walked into the office.

"Again?"

Tezuka's whole body was numb at this time.

The person who came in this time, Sawajiri Shi, saw how busy the office was. After entering, he did not speak immediately, but looked at the other two people.

"Just tell me what you have to say. It must be bad news too, right?"

"President, my cartoonist Takaya Yoshiki just told me that there are other magazines who want to poach him and are willing to pay him liquidated damages!"

"what?"

Tezuka's eyes suddenly burst with tears. If the first two were just business black hands, then this move now shakes the foundation of their magazine.

It’s not like Tezuka doesn’t have any ideas when he becomes the president. He is also actively recruiting Neon local cartoonists, and Takaya Yoshiki is one of the best.

His comic "Forced Armor" has become Century magazine's most popular comic after Li Wannian's three comics, and its popularity is even higher than that of Hojo Temple.

The other party actually wants to poach him, which is really too much!

"In addition, I also contacted several editors, and it seems that their cartoonists have also received inquiries. Fortunately, they have not made any move for the time being!"

"Who? Who is targeting us?"

Tezuka really asked the most soulful question.

This question made the three people present look at each other, and then they said in unison: "I'm afraid there are several competitors!"

As soon as these words came out, Tezuka felt dizzy.

If it were just a magazine, Tezuka would still have the confidence to deal with it, but now that several other magazines are targeting him, how can he continue to open his magazine?

"Do you have any solutions?"

This time, few people said anything.

"What should I do?"

Seeing that there was no sound in the office for a long time, Tezuka had no choice but to say: "Forget it, you can go out first!"

The other two people heard what Tezuka said and hurriedly walked out of the office, but Sawajiri Shi did not leave and remained standing there.

"What's wrong? Are you okay?"

"Actually, President, you don't need to worry so much!"

Seeing the other two people leaving, Sawajiri took a step forward and quietly comforted Tezuka Shinichi.

"Several major publishing houses are joining forces to suppress us? Do we still have a way to survive?"

Tezuka said with a sad face.

Seeing Tezuka's panicked look, Sawajiri sighed in his heart. After all, he is a rich second-generation young man. With his appearance, it is difficult to become an excellent businessman!

"President, don't forget, what is the core competitiveness of our magazine? What are they afraid of that makes them unite to deal with us?"

"Of course...Li Sang...you mean?"

Under the guidance of Sawajiri Shi, Tezuka Shin slowly came to his senses, and the panic on his face seemed to be lessened.

"That's right, go and invite Mr. Long Live!"

(End of this chapter)