Big Manga

In the park, under the street lights.

"Why are you always staring at me?"

Meng Huo wrapped around his scarf and asked a little uncomfortable.

"Lu Xue said you are strange." Alice looked him up and down: "I want to see what is strange about you?"

"I'm weird?"

Meng Huo was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile, "She suddenly hugged me, and I just pushed her away in fright, nothing strange."

Alice also saw this, she thought for a while: "May I hug you?"

"OK."

Meng Huo opened his hand to Alice generously: "Come on!"

Alice smiled slightly, bent over and hugged her. She was tall, and she felt like a sibling when hugged.

"That's right."

Meng Huo hugged Alice back.

Alice was startled, her heart beat a few times, and she let go immediately: "Forget it, forget it, I was wrong."

She separated from Meng Huo and looked at Meng Huo in panic. He looked normal, but there was a smile in his eyes.

"you win……"

Alice said kindly, Meng Huo is indeed a very attractive boy, if he gets too close, it may not be a good thing for women, so he has to be more careful in the future.

"Let's go, go back."

After the meeting with Lu Xue was over, Alice believed that there would be no problem. Just as she had guessed, the sales of "5 Centimeters Per Second" showed no signs of declining. He Xi and his comics have received a lot of attention, more and more people are turning their attention to him, and the TV station is also sending out invitations to let him participate in the program.

Phoenix Company stepped up its publicity non-stop, and the employees were as excited as if they had been pumped.

However, when this area was thriving, a piece of news broadcast by CCTV changed the world.

"From our station, on December 23, Zhongxia Comic Company was established in Yanjing, and the comic magazine 'Zhongxia Rikan' will be released next week, and it will be sold in major bookstores across the country from Monday to Friday. Zhongxia Company has reached an agreement with Longteng Company According to the agreement, the Longteng comics department was acquired by Zhongxia with 300 million Huaxia coins."

"Zhongxia Company announces cooperation with local TV stations, Tianhui Animation Production and other animation companies... It is reported that 90% of Yenching University's first graduates majoring in comics choose to join Zhongxia and the corresponding animation production company for internship..."

"Some experts commented that the establishment of Zhongxia Company will promote the maturity of my country's comics and animation industry ten years earlier."

Just overnight, following this news, the Huaxia comics industry underwent a surprising reversal.

All the media and TV stations focused on the newly established Zhongxia Company, but He Xi and his cartoons had obviously become supporting roles, and no one was amazed at his sales.

Within a few days, Xu Jing hastily called Meng Huo to discuss, and there was also an unexpected person present-Li Ming, editor-in-chief of Longteng Novels.

The three of them sat in the high-end tea room, each with a different look on their faces.

"The comics industry has been activated, and capitalists have started to come in to seek gold." Li Ming spoke first, and said, "Longteng Company abandoned the comics department. This is an inevitable move. I think Xu Dong knows the reason."

Meng Huo turned his curious eyes to Xu Jing.

"Yeah." Xu Jing nodded, and then said to Meng Huo, "Have you heard of Zhongxia Bookstore?"

"Zhongxia Bookstore..."

Meng Huo read it from the textbook,

Zhongxia Bookstore is a national chain bookstore similar to Xinhua Bookstore. It covers all regions of China, and even has locations in remote villages and towns.

"Could it be possible that Zhongxia Manga was run by Zhongxia Bookstore?"

"You can say that." Xu Jing nodded and explained: "The capitalist behind Zhongxia Bookstore is an important shareholder of Longteng Company. This time, Longteng abandoned the comics department. It should be for this reason."

"That's right."

Li Ming admitted: "The status of our company's novels, in the final analysis, mainly relies on the channel advantage of Zhongxia Bookstore. This time Zhongxia Comics was established, and they took our comics department, as a matter of course."

As the editor-in-chief of Longteng's novels, Li Ming still has a secret in his heart. Zhongxia and Longteng have signed a win-win cooperation agreement. Longteng's novels can enjoy high original royalties when handed over to Zhongxia Comics, which is basically the same as the original comics department. almost.

The income was not much different, and he could save worry and effort, so Long Teng simply gave up the comics department.

"Zhongxia Bookstore, is it so powerful?"

Meng Huo was a little surprised, he had never been to this bookstore.

"It's very powerful, and the capital is strong." Xu Jing sipped his tea and said slowly: "Zhongxia Bookstore is rooted in the grassroots, and its sales are the sum of all other bookstores. Nearly 40% of the readers in China are used to going to Zhongxia to choose books. "

"Mr. He Xi, of course you can't tell in Ninghai, because there are all kinds of bookstores here." Li Ming looked at Meng Huo, and said with a smile following Xu Jing's words: "In county-level cities, there are fewer bookstores and not all kinds of them. The company's main channel is to rely on private bookstores, there is no way to compare with Zhongxia."

"Zhongxia didn't launch a comic book business before. They set up a new company this time. They don't even need any advertisements. Those comic magazines can appear in major bookstores across the country, and they won't leave any place. It's easy to surpass your sales."

Li Ming's words were serious, and Meng Huo was surprised again.

"Zhongxia is such a good channel, why can't we sell comics through Zhongxia?"

"I'm also very curious about this question." Li Ming looked at Xu Jing with a smile, and said, "In the past, the capitalists were not interested in comics, but now, it's impossible that they haven't looked for you?"

Xu Jing nodded and said, "Thirty percent of Phoenix's shares is their request."

This sentence made Meng Huo wake up. He wanted to take the bulk of the shares of Phoenix Company. If Xu Jing agreed to give another 30%, the old guy would not have much left. If it were Meng Huo, he would not agree .

"Mr. Xu, sometimes it's better to be generous."

Li Ming didn't know the inside story. He shook his head and said, "The advantages of joining Zhongxia outweigh the disadvantages. You can't compare with them in terms of funds, channels, publicity, and public opinion. Even the quality of cartoonists is worse than them."

"certainly……"

Li Ming paused, then smiled at Meng Huo, "This doesn't include Teacher He Xi."

He looked at the time, got up and said.

"I'm going to go to work, you should think about it carefully."

Li Ming picked up his briefcase and walked out of the tea room. Before leaving, he stopped, turned around and added: "Some things are better for me to say bluntly. The comics industry is about to become a fiercely competitive red sea. There are definitely more capitalists behind Zhongxia comics." There is only Zhongxia Bookstore, and Zhongxia Bookstore also sells comics from other places, and their power to manipulate public opinion is very powerful."

"Phoenix Company has little chance of winning. Teacher He Xi, Longteng Company will always open the door for you."

Li Ming bowed slightly, turned and left.

The big trend in the comics industry has come, and the only thing Phoenix can rely on is He Xi's comics. Can his comics rewrite the fate of a company?

"It's just a fantasy!"

Leaving aside the fact that He Xi has serialized two comics now, he has no time to prepare the third. Even if he does, what can a comic do?

(Thank you 咩咩咩, He Xing, and Lian for your rewards!)

(The pace is a bit slow, there are still 1 and 2 chapters to transition, and then the next volume: the comic era. There will be no commercial struggles and conspiracies in this article, and some words will be flashed at most. Everything is decided by comics, please rest assured. )