The years of being a superhero in Marvel

Chapter 151 The Company and Recruitment (Ask for tickets~)

An independent villa near Flushing in Queens, which was leased by Li Jie as the headquarters of Marvel.The rent here is about $16 a year.

Because the villa is very big, with a beautiful garden.There are also many rooms in the villa, which are enough to meet the needs of the initial stage of business after division.

Why not lease office buildings in Manhattan or Queens Li Jie still has his own considerations.

The first is that office buildings in Manhattan are too expensive to rent.The prices of office buildings in Queens have also taken off in recent years when the conditions are slightly better.

And the key is not to sign a long-term contract, the rent price will rise every year, and now I see a capital of 1000 million US dollars in my hand.

But it really costs very quickly, so the main purpose is to save.

Moreover, the first mission of the new company is not to directly expand any movies and television or some big action, but rather simply start with comics.

After all, it was the first time to do something like this, Li Jie had no experience in this area, and Peter didn't need to count on it.Harry is because the Osborne Group is already on the right track, it just needs to maintain the general direction.So in fact, I don't have much experience in starting a company.

So although Li Jie hired a professional manager to take charge of the company's operations in the future, he still didn't want to make too many strides at once.

Moreover, the creation of comics also takes into account the inspiration of the painters and screenwriters. Li Jie doesn't think that he can hold back any good things in an office building with a depressing space.

There is an open park near this location in Queens, and the scenery around the villa is also good. You can see the bay by walking 15 minutes to the north.

In addition, because this place itself is a quiet community, this environment is more conducive to the creation of painters with peace of mind.So Li Jie directly signed a two-year long-term lease on the property.

The Metropolitan Middle School is already on vacation, and December has officially begun to enter the most important holiday in the United States, the countdown to Christmas.

The whole United States is preparing for this most important holiday, and Li Jie's company also chose to start recruiting at this time.

According to his idea, the painters and some necessary personnel will be recruited around Christmas, so that the inaugural issue can be released in January next year.

With the support of Harry Osborn, the legal procedures of the new company went very quickly, and various professional administrative talents were easily recruited.

The only thing that needs to be considered is the artist and screenwriter. After all, these are the most important personnel in this company. They cannot draw good comics or write good stories.

No matter how popular Spider-Man and Nightcrawler are, it is still difficult to sell this comic.

And today is the day when Li Jie, as the examiner and boss, examines the painters.He has already appointed a few good painters, all of whom are very good, and their brains and storytelling are also good.

Different from Japanese and Hong Kong comics, most of the time the artists of these comics are the screenwriters. Sometimes the artists will refer to the opinions of the editor-in-chief of the publishing house, but most of the time the stories are stored in their own minds.

As a result, if a publishing house loses an important artist, it will seriously affect the business of the entire publishing house.

And in order to maximize the benefits, the publishing house often allows the artist to continue writing the story without restriction.Many illustrators of Japanese manga have exhausted all their talents in the later stage of painting. It is too difficult to draw five or six hundred chapters or even thousands of drawings for a manga with one person's ideas.

However, because each Japanese manga artist has a different understanding of stories and characters, it is easy for many illustrators to form their own unique style, and because of this unique style, they have many fans around the world.

American comics, on the other hand, put more emphasis on assembly line work, and the ideas of the artist are only part of it, and more are the opinions of the screenwriter and the company's editor-in-chief.

It often happens that more than a dozen painters and screenwriters from different studios are meeting to discuss the plot, and then filling in for each other's deficiencies.

And because American comics often create one or several long-term popular characters, and all the stories revolve around this popular character.

The copyright of this character or the story itself belongs to the company, and what the artist does is to draw him. Of course, sometimes the artist will create some popular characters to fill in it.

But all copyrights belong to the company. Maybe some painters may get a special share for a certain role, but the vast majority of painters are just workers in this industry.

The advantage of doing this is that all comics under the company can have a unified style, and there is no need to worry about shocking the company's industry due to the departure of a certain artist.

But the downside is that sometimes in order to maintain the consistency of the company's style, we are forced to modify some very bright ideas.

However, Li Jie decided to follow the standard industrialization of American comics, because the main purpose of this company is to create superhero-themed comics that have already appeared in reality.

It is not necessary for the painters to create individual characters. It is only necessary for the painters and the screenwriter to communicate well, and then they can also make some vague revisions to some stories and give their opinions. Finally, the painters can draw them out.

This is the most suitable production model for this company.After confirming the first few painters, Li Jie greeted a familiar person next.

It was the Ivy he saw that day, Gwen's classmate.She was invited by Li Jie to apply for the job. Her original ideal career in life was to become a specially hired gourmet for a gourmet magazine.

In this way, she will be able to eat all over the United States, and still have income. The other is to become a professional cartoonist.

For her, both careers are ideal.Moreover, she already has quite a number of fans on the Internet following her comics.

"So this is your painting collection?" After seeing the painting collection Ive handed over, Li Jie had a dying expression on his face. He really didn't expect that Ivy would take out this kind of painting collection to apply for the job.

Although what to draw is personal freedom, but Li Jie really doesn't want to see this work anymore.

When applying for the job, the artist is required to provide previous paintings. Of course, comics with successful plots are the best.So Ai Wei specially brought her favorite works.

Coincidentally, Li Jie has also seen her favorite work, which is the Nightcrawler and Spider-Man series.

What is this unfolding!I want to start a comic company and want to promote my positive image, how come I ran into such a ghost!Li Jie was complaining crazily in his heart.

"Yes, this is my favorite piece of work." Ai Wei raised his eyebrows. "Maybe BL doesn't fit the current mainstream market themes, but as an artist, I can accept the plot creation provided by the company."

"I think that since I am applying for a painter, the most important thing to look at is my painting skills." Speaking of which, Ivy is very confident.

Well, compared to the rough and rough lines of the general American comics, Ivy's painting skills are very meticulous.It's not as soft as Riman's texture, nor is it as rigid as Meiman's.

It should be said that it has a considerable advantage, and will not paint everyone as a muscular brother.However, this collection of paintings is really too detailed.

Li Jie decided to close the painting collection, so as not to overwhelm his spirit. "Your painting skills are the best among these painters I have ever seen."

This is the truth, so although Li Jie was very displeased with Ivey's paintings, he didn't let a potential painter be eliminated just because of this kind of thing.

"But in the future, the company's main business direction and paintings will also be superheroes, but the customer group it will face will be in the age group of 14 to 25, so you can't bring your personal interests into your work."

Li Jie knocked on the table to remind Ivy.

"Don't worry boss, I will only draw related works on my private website, and I will definitely not bring emotions into my work." Ai Wei promised with a smile showing two canine teeth.

"And I know who the company's heroes will be in the future, and some related fan works can also drive the sales of the company's own works."

But her guarantee made Li Jie want to vomit blood, should he use legal procedures to stop her?But she was right, a certain degree of doujin can indeed drive the sales of the company's main products.

At this moment Li Jie was really tangled.Li Jie calmed down his responsible emotions and asked. "The plots in these albums of yours are all conceived by yourself?"

I have to say that for things like running away from Danmei, many plots and ideas in it are very wild and unconstrained, which makes people feel refreshed.

"Some, but not all," Ivy explained. "In fact, a considerable part of the plot and plots were created by Gwen."

"Gwen is very talented in this area. She is the smartest girl I have ever met. I think she can be hired as a part-time editor."

Pfft, when Li Jie was drinking water, he couldn't hold back when he heard this sentence, and sprayed water on the ground.

The story was written by Gwen?God, Peter, the girlfriend you found is really too strong, I can only wish you happiness in the future.Li Jie thought so, with a solemn expression on his face.

　Thanks to many book friends for their rewards after they were put on the shelves, I will not thank you one by one here, thank you very much for your long-term support.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)