As soon as Mu Suxing finished speaking, everyone on the other end was stunned.
It is undeniable that this is indeed a good idea. How much does a comic magazine cost? According to the average level of Blue Star, the retail price is at most 10 credit points, and the four IP-related peripherals proposed by Muxu Star, even the cheapest bookmarks, have a retail price of more than 10 credit points on the official website.
What's more, the gifts given by "Huaying Comics" are not ordinary peripherals, but official limited peripherals that can only be obtained by purchasing the comic weekly!
Even though Huaying has no foundation in the comics industry, as long as he puts these words out as they are, let alone the one million sales, just think about the millions of loyal fans of those animations, especially since "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" has just ended and there is a lack of peripheral products. Qiu Fengmao estimates that if he really does what Mu Suxing said, the sales of the first four issues of "Huaying Comics" will probably immediately rank among the top weekly comics sales!
But…
"In this case, doesn't it mean that the first four issues of Huaying Comics will not only fail to make a profit, but will even lose money?" one of the editors couldn't help but say.
"No, you can't look at it that way." Qiu Fengmao was slightly stunned for a moment, but soon came to his senses: "In the short term, we are indeed losing money, but in the long run, this method is very strategic. If Huaying Comics tries to open up the market simply by relying on the quality of the works like other weekly magazines, the development speed will definitely be much slower, but if we adopt the form of giving away peripherals, at least we can quickly gain a large number of readers in a short period of time."
“Even if many readers are just looking for the peripherals and are not very interested in the comics themselves, they will definitely choose to open the comics and read them—after all, they have already bought them.”
Another editor continued: "At this point, as long as our comics are interesting enough, even if we stop giving away peripherals from the fifth issue, readers will continue to buy them out of inertia and curiosity about the comics' content."
As for the specific reader retention rate...
Thinking of this, everyone's eyes fell on the two comics in front of them.
At that time, whether we can retain as many readers as possible will depend on the power of these two comics.
After finishing all matters related to Huaying Comics, Mu Suxing turned around and went back to the Huaying office building. Taking advantage of the rare free time, he began to write the comic script of "Taking Las Vegas".
He does not plan to write this comic himself, but will only be responsible for the script part. After the production of several animations, with the help of the system, he has gradually started to make up for this area that he was not very good at. At least with the core plot determined, there is no problem in creating the script.
First of all, the character.
According to the conventions of traditional comics, a three-person team is naturally two men and one woman.
In another world, "The Taking of Las Vegas" was adapted into the movie "21", which tells the story of three protagonists who roamed the casino and were eventually caught because of their greed. In the end, the protagonists used their sincerity and brains to find their friends back - a very educational story.
Mu Suxing thought about it and quickly gave up the movie adaptation method.
The movie is a good one, and there’s nothing wrong with the theme highlighted by the ending—but is this really what the audience wants to see
Mu Xuxing thinks otherwise.
The subject matter itself is actually a bit childish. Generally speaking, it is full of rebellion, pretense, and coolness that teenagers like. Most people who watch this kind of movie want the protagonist to play with the world rather than be played by the world. As a result, the ending of the movie is positive, but the audience is really frustrated.
He looked through the information related to the prototype of the protagonist, and finally decided to follow his own original route - the plot should be cool and light-hearted, the pace should be fast, and return to the origin of being an entertaining comic.
Why did the protagonist join the card counting team and play around in all the top casinos
The reason given in the movie is that the protagonist was admitted to Harvard Medical School, but lacked the money to help him realize his dream. Muxuxing's choice is even more childish -
No one dislikes money, and the protagonist is no exception. But the reason why he plays to the end despite the risk of being caught at any time is not the money itself, but the pleasure of conquering the world when he sits at the gambling table.
In addition, considering the animation adaptation, the plot of the comics itself can also be similar to a small copy of a small copy, the protagonists from unfamiliar to skilled, from flawless to win and lose with the detective.
Not only that, there is also a lot to be done with the disguise of the trio. In order to deceive the casino as much as possible, the three will inevitably give themselves fixed personalities when disguising themselves. When the detective finds out that the fixed trio is two men and one woman, the readers' favorite cross-dressing plot can be added here. This is a place where a series of laughs can be arranged without any sense of incongruity.
In the following week, Mu Xiuxing was either writing the script for "Taking Las Vegas" or thinking about how to adapt the Sherlock Holmes series. When he finished writing the first five episodes of "Taking Las Vegas", the comic assistant he had asked his assistant to help recruit also arrived.
Manga assistants are generally responsible for drawing, coloring, and post-production of manga, but they do not have particularly high requirements for painting. Despite this, most manga assistants still have very solid basic skills, which is why many assistants of famous manga authors later became famous manga authors.
As long as Muxuxing wanted, he could definitely recruit the future successful cartoonists in his memory to be his assistants.
And in fact, that's exactly what he did.
The office was quiet. After the few people brought by Du Yutang greeted Mu Suxing at the beginning, they soon fell into silence following Mu Suxing's silence. No matter what achievements they would make in the future, they were just newcomers who were still at the assistant level. Naturally, they were a little uneasy about the ongoing interview.
Muxuxing had no intention of giving special treatment to any of them.
After being initially surprised that Du Yutang actually brought the owners of the several names he proposed, Mu Suxing's attention quickly returned to the works of the several people handed over by Du Yutang.
Regarding the works at hand, he pointed out three basic skills that were relatively solid, and the works were most well done in line drawing, coloring and post-production.
"Just these three people."
After quickly identifying his assistants, Du Yutang came over and took the three of them away - the specific contract discussions have always been the responsibility of Huaying's legal department.
After handing "Taking Over Las Vegas" to another comic author, Mu Xiuxing began to consider drawing the Sherlock Holmes series of comics.
It is undeniable that the reason why this series has become the most popular detective novel is inseparable from the outstanding personality of Sherlock Holmes, but this does not mean that the cases in the Sherlock Holmes series are not exciting.
For a mystery novel, no matter what, case design is the real foundation of the foundation. If this cannot be achieved, no matter how interesting the characters are, it cannot be called a mystery novel.
As the adapter of the novel, Muxuxing naturally does not need to spend energy on the case at the moment, but this does not mean that the work of the Sherlock Holmes series is easier than the capture of the -
Conan Doyle provided wonderful cases and storylines. In order to ensure the overall quality of the series, Muxiuxing had to think about the composition and storyboards from a global perspective. How to draw clues appropriately and at the same time deceive the majority of readers as in the novel? These are all problems.
Time flies by as everyone is busy running up and down.
As Christmas Eve approached, the manuscript for the first issue of "Huaying Comics" was basically in place. Mu Suxing, who had been busy for nearly a month, just breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to go to the Mulan production team to discuss the details with the big boss he had invited not long ago.
When he finally finished the work at hand, the printing factory also delivered the first issue of "Huaying Manga" in a well-packaged state.
At this moment, there are only three days left before the release of the first issue of "Huaying Comics".
At the same time, Baiyun Comics magazine.
"It seems that Huaying's comics will be released soon."
When the editors in the entire office hall were busy with their work, this exclamation that seemed like talking to himself was particularly obvious. The editor-in-chief frowned and glared at the man.
No wonder some people think too much.
Not to mention that both Huaying Comics and Baiyun Comics are comic magazines, they were destined to be in opposition from birth - the comic market in total is only so big, and if there is one more company to share the pie, the old comic magazines will get one less piece of the pie. As an editor, I will naturally pay attention to the aggressive Huaying.
Not only that—
Although Baiyun Culture did not elaborate, most Baiyun employees knew about the incident through reports in some newspapers at the time. Baiyun Comics had already reached an agreement with Huaying on the animation copyright of "Night Watchmen", but turned its back on the deal and sold the copyright to Yunsu Animation.
To put it in a nutshell, Baiyun Comics has offended Huaying.
Considering this background, looking at the comic magazines under Huaying is obviously a bit subtle.
"Okay, stop thinking about it and do your job first." Jing Huahao scolded, half disdainfully, half comfortingly: "How many years have we been doing Baiyun Comics? How many years has he been doing Shadow Comics? The gap of ten years cannot be made up by sending peripherals."
"Relying on peripherals to support sales is, after all, just a temporary boom. If the quality itself is not up to par and readers cannot be retained, it is useless to give away peripherals in advance!"
Jing Huahao, who said this, probably didn't know that while he was trying to appease other editors, this issue was also discussed in the management meeting of Baiyun Culture:
“… I think you guys are putting too much emphasis on the pictures and the shadows. This is indeed a smart decision, but is the weekly edition the thing to look at when it comes to comics? It’s the quality of the comics themselves! If the quality of the comics isn’t good, it won’t matter how many viewers he attracts with the peripheral products!”
As the man finished speaking, more people began to discuss in low voices. This noisy situation lasted for less than a minute before it was interrupted by another person -
"I understand the logic, but why should we gamble on the assumption that 'the quality of Huaying Comics is not enough to support the sales of subsequent magazines' instead of simply nipping the threat in the bud?"