The Metamorphosis of Fanggoudan

Cheng Yi is a very courageous person, and Duan Fang is a very action-oriented person. When the two of them get together to discuss something, as long as there is not too much difference, they can often make a quick decision without any twists and turns. Decide and put it into practice.

Therefore, after Cheng Yi proposed to open a comic company, the two hit it off immediately, and immediately decided on the name of the company, and soon devoted themselves to the work of recruiting for Chengfang comic company.

It has to be said that although the general situation of the domestic comics industry is not as good as that of the United States and Japan, compared with ten years ago, after the domestic cultural industry gradually started, the domestic comics industry has improved a lot, and there is a faint recovery A trend of former glory.

As a former fan of comics, Wang Ming took Duan Fang to give him a good introduction to the interesting stories of watching Hong Kong comics in elementary school, and said that although he has grown up and doesn’t read comics very much, he still knows some good cartoonists. , You can provide Duanfang with some names as references, and let them go digging.

And Gan Bo, after hearing that the original purpose of Chengfang Comic Company was because Duanfang wanted to publish his own picture books for Duan Keke, he was very worried for a while.

"The cultural industry is not so easy to mess with. In the past two years, even the photos of popular singers have not been very easy to sell. Don't lose money if you two start a comic company."

Although the words were not very auspicious, they were all out of concern. Therefore, after listening to Gan Bo's words, Duanfang happily expressed that in order to prevent the new company from going bankrupt, they decided to contract to publish Gan Bo's photo album.

"Hey, hey, Xiao Fang, did you hear clearly? If you are so nonsense, be careful and something will happen."

"No, Bobo, don't worry!" Duan Fang was very confident, drawing the blueprint with great interest.

"Don't look at us as a small company now, maybe we can draw a set of comics for each of the four of us in the future."

As he said that, Duan Fang began to make a big picture of Gan Bo.

He said, "Bobo, don't you want a story about the adventures of the rock singer Bobo traveling through the universe?"

Probably every boy has a heart that doesn't grow up. Even though he looks like a cool guy on the outside, Gan Bo is still moved by Duanfang's silly idea.

"To be honest, compared to the theme of space adventure, I think I should prefer the style of the detective collection of rock singers."

"For detective stories, we need professional talents, and it may take a while to start publication... But don't worry, your comic image will definitely be the veteran of Chengfang Comic Company, and the children in the future will definitely become your fans .”

Gambo has no sense of attracting a group of children's fans.After eating the big pie drawn by Duanfang, he also decided to discuss with his agent to see if he could really contract his photo album to Duanfang and the others as Duanfang said.

"Hmm...I can discuss it with my agent and tell him that Xiaofang and the others will find someone to draw a cartoon protagonist based on me in the future to help me become fans. Maybe this should help Xiaofang and the others get more business."

Most of the well-known comic publications in China have been established for at least ten years and have a deep foundation. Although Duanfang and the others quickly found someone to run the domestic and international issues, in fact their company can only be regarded as a An empty shell, completely incapable of competing with those old publications.

"Besides, we don't want to compete with them," Duan Fang said.

In fact, after Chengfang Comic Company opened, they attracted many cartoonists with their generous remuneration.

However, the cartoonists who are willing to come to such a background are not cultural groups but unknown novice companies linked to technology companies. They themselves are not famous and just come to try their luck.

However, it doesn't matter, after all, this is the Jin Yuan era, money is easy to do, and Cheng Yi has long said that he is responsible for the profit and loss of Chengfang Comic Company in the early stage, and other people only need to provide ideas and ideas to cheer for the work.

The cartoonists who were a little hesitant at the beginning, saw that the boss was so generous, and he didn't seem like the kind of person who would default on the manuscript fee, and they were full of confidence in the future.

What's wrong with the company's first publication and no reputation?The boss said that when they have money and confidence, they will definitely run it.What if the boss is not professional?They can pay for the most professional review editors.Why are there not many cartoonists under the name of the publication?Didn't you see the famous singer Gan Bo helping to advertise?

Not only Gan Bo, Duanfang's own Weibo, the official Weibo of Equation Technology Co., Ltd., and the Weibo of Wang Ming's group of game fans have also put up soft advertisements, giving a wave to this newly established Chengfang comic company. Reputation.Many people who knew them also forwarded it out of friendship and curiosity.For a while, many people heard that Duanfang and Cheng Yi had created another Chengfang comic company.

[Square manga?This name... Don't tell me it's the kind of comic book that teaches students to learn mathematics. It's scary to think about this kind of professional comic book. ]

[I think comic books that really teach mathematics are very touching. Didn’t childhood comics such as "Slam Dunk X", "Tennis X", "Football X" drive many people to learn to play basketball? Does tennis play football?Maybe Brother Cheng and the others will make "Young Master of Mathematics" so that more people will fall in love with mathematics. ]

[What the hell is "Young Master of Mathematics", please don't choose random names, please.My childhood dream was to become a cartoonist and draw stories that I liked. I heard that the treatment of Chengfang comics is very good, but I don’t know if my comic style suits them. If I can read the first issue soon That's fine. ]

[Xiao Fang, are you still recruiting?My cousin draws manga, may I have a chance to take a photo with you and get an autograph if I draw manga in your publication?If possible, I will call my cousin to submit works. ]

[And this one?The upstairs is too cunning, I also want to go to Chengfang comics to get an autograph, and I also want to draw a personal comic for Goudan! ]

I have to say that in the new media era, as long as you are popular, it is really very convenient to promote something new.Before the first issue of Chengfang comics was released, it has already been welcomed by many people.

As a brand-new comic publication, Duanfang has listened to the opinions of professionals hired by high salaries-the first issue started to create ace characters belonging to Chengfang comics.

Just like every well-known writer has his own masterpiece, if he wants to run a comic company successfully, he must have his own ace character.Even if it is a loss in the early stage, we must work hard to create such a representative comic character, so that people can form an inherent impression.

In the future, as long as a certain comic character is mentioned, people will say things like "Oh, I know him, that's the XX character from the Chinese Chengfang comics".Rather than, like the short periodicals, those comics are forgotten after reading them, and they are left behind, and the brand of Chengfang comics will never be remembered.

Yes, a brand, Manager Gao, a professional hired by Cheng Yi, proposed to make Chengfang comics into a brand.

"Different from traditional publications, Chengfang comics can completely create their own ace characters. As long as the publication is long enough and the comics are serialized long enough, there will be a day when they will appear on the big screen. At that time, various stories will be shot every day. Each character's solo movie would be hugely profitable."

Manager Gao is not only thoughtful, but also ambitious. He outlines a bright future full of money to the two young bosses. Compared with Duan Fang and Cheng Yi, one just wants to help his sister publish picture books, and the other just wants to collect fan comics. His thoughts were a hundred times greater, so that Duan Fang and Duan Fang fell silent for a while out of shame.

Seeing that the two young bosses didn't say anything, Manager Gao reckoned that these two young and promising elites might still be thinking about it.

"Of course, but these futures are not yet visible for the time being. There are still some small shortcomings in this plan. It requires a lot of investment in the early stage, and we haven't created very creative characters yet..."

Manager Gao was still explaining, but Duanfang chatted with Xiaoyuan in his mind.

Since Duan Keke's simple and childlike paintings attracted publishers, Madoka also started her own enthusiasm for creation. Hearing that Chengfang Comic Company was looking for suitable works, it stood up very confidently.

'You guys need an ace role?Isn't that what I said!An intelligent robot full of wisdom, sense of justice and courage, such a setting sounds like an absolute protagonist! '

"Xiao Fang, I think you should launch the manga of "The Legend of Cool Handsome Yuanshen Soaring in Yu Yu Amazing Adventures" in the first issue. Believe me, it will definitely be very popular. '

Hearing such an exaggerated name, Duanfang really didn't want to agree to Madoka, but who knew Madoka had already prepared the framework of the story, and even worked out a few character settings with Duan Keke, and It seems that he has passed the level of Wang Ming, a junior manga lover, and was praised as very imaginative.

Ever since, Duanfang brought up the role of Yuanshen in front of Manager Gao.

Hearing that the protagonist is a robot, Manager Gao immediately thought of Equation Technology Co., Ltd., thinking that the two bosses had never set foot in the comics industry before, and had always been in the robot circle. Check out their robot company.

Manager Gao, who consciously discovered the selfishness of the bosses, immediately began to praise him.

"Robots are great! Such a creative idea is in line with the theme we want to innovate. I think maybe we can explore more in this area, after all, it is the background of the universe, and the setting can be broader."

Duanfang also diverged his thinking, imagining various scenes that would happen in the comic world.

And Cheng Yi, who was very upset when he heard the name Yuanshen, also showed his company's proud work, and then said: "I think we can create a new character who lives at the end of the universe and can restrain Yuanshen, and And the ability to transform people at will."

It is best to be able to change Duan Fang into various shapes.You can carry it in your pocket when you go to work, and you can see the adult version when you get home.

But it's a pity that Duan Fang didn't understand the style at all, and after listening to Cheng Yi's words, he was actually giggling.

"Brother Cheng, your setting sounds like a strange villain, and you won't survive one season in the comics."