Hong Kong Island Comic Master

Chapter 272 Is it wrong?
"This guy is really cunning. He changed "Dragon Ball" into "Dragon Ball Z", which turned one comic into two. Now all our previous efforts have been in vain!"

"Yes, this Banzai, although he is young, is very capable!"

In the president's office of the Akita Building, Kabemura Taizo was very angry, but unfortunately there was no one to vent his anger.

On the contrary, President Akita Sadao sitting opposite seemed much calmer.

"President, what should we do next? Should we take him to court?"

"Sue? How to sue? The contract we signed was only limited to the comic distribution rights of "Dragon Ball" in Neon. Originally, the characters did not belong to us. Now his name has even been changed to "Dragon Ball Z". How can we Will you win the case?"

"Then we can't let him do it so easily..."

Kabemura Taizo is still aggrieved.

In fact, Kabemura Taizo is not a hot-tempered, reckless, or stupid person. He understands what Akita Sadao said.

The reason why he did this was partly because of anger, but more importantly, it was to express his position to Akita Sadao.

Although the decision to recruit Li Wannian was made by Akita Sadao, it was also promoted by Kabemura Taizo.

Although this decision did make "Weekly Shonen Champion" Neon's largest comic magazine, it also allowed Li Wannian to become more powerful, and now he has the strength to challenge Akita Bookstore.

In the final analysis, as a professional, being capable is of no use; the important thing is to be able to pass the blame!
People who don’t know how to pass the blame will make more mistakes the more they do!
“How much have our comic sales dropped so far?”

"Since the end of "Dragon Ball", sales have dropped below 200 million, and the sales of the last issue have dropped below 150 million!"

"Is there a way to stop the decline?"

"In a short time, I'm afraid it will be very difficult!"

Akita Sadao asked one more question without giving up, but the answer he got was still so cruel.

For a long time, the rise of "Weekly Shonen Champion" has relied on big-name cartoonists, such as Osamu Tezuka and Li Wannian. In fact, the construction of its own cartoonist echelon is not good, lagging far behind the other three.

Under such circumstances, with the departure of famous cartoonists, Akita Bookstore fell into the dilemma of having no successors.

Today, compared to the peak period, comic book sales are less than half, and the downward trend seems to be far from seeing an end.

"How much did the other party's magazine sell for?"

Saying that, Akita Sadao picked up the comic magazine on the table again.

"It is said that it exceeds 100 million. What is the specific number? I have no specific information yet!"

Although "Weekly Shōnen Century" relied on Tezuka Makoto's connections and Li Wannian's funds to spend a lot of money during the preparations, the publicity could not become popular in such a short period of time.
The sales volume can exceed the 100 million mark because of the inherent fans of "Bleach" and "Dragon Ball".

However, now relying on these two works plus "Naruto", the fan base of this magazine is absolutely sufficient.

As long as it takes time, it's not impossible to catch up with "Weekly Shonen Champion"!

"This Banzai is so awesome! One person serializes three comics at the same time, and each one is a classic and good comic!"

"Besides him, there are many people worthy of attention!"

Kamura Taizo reminded again.

In addition to Li Wannian's works, "Weekly Shōnen Century" also has Qiu Fulong's new work "Street Fighter", Zheng Wen's new work "Abi Sword", etc.

Needless to say, "Street Fighter" goes without saying, but Qiu Fulong still localized the story, changing from Long who learned karate to Long who learned Hongquan.Of course, there are some neon special features that have been retained, such as: Sumo Wrestler Honda, Karate Dan, etc.

As for Zheng Wen's "Abijian", it is an ink-style martial arts comic.

The story mainly tells the story of the protagonist He Wusheng, who is burdened with the fate of an illegitimate child. He witnesses his biological father Yu Jing being killed by Shi Feihong who has practiced "Abi Sword Technique"; He had to suffer from Lingchi's abnormal Qi and blood.

Later, a fire caused He Wusheng to meet the ninth messenger of Abi who was reborn from the fire. He began to experience the grievances and grievances in the martial arts representing greed, ignorance, ignorance, and anger, and witnessed the profound truth that "Abi (hell)" is the "human world".

This comic, which was originally supposed to be born in 1989, was drawn by Zheng Wen five years in advance.

Of course, this is also thanks to his studying with Li Wannian and being inspired.

However, Akita Sadao didn't care about these two Hong Kong Islanders. What he noticed was another familiar name.

"Are you talking about Hojoji Temple?"

"That's right, this guy actually serialized comics in Century without us!"

Due to previous discussions with Li Wannian, Hojoji submitted a short comic, "Sunshine Girl", after the publication of Li Wannian's magazine, which was expected to have only about twenty chapters.

The comic mainly tells the story of the protagonist, the young tree elf Sara Nishikujo, and her friend Tatsuya, as well as the interesting stories between her and various plants and friends.

The story is about Lelo solving problems between friends through trees. It is full of the warmth and innocence of friendship and is touching. All the plots are based on simple daily life.

It can be seen that the current focus of Hojoji's work is still on "The Three Cat Eye Sisters". This "Sunshine Girl" comic is more like a kind of practice.

But in the eyes of Kabemura Taizo, this is undoubtedly a kind of betrayal.

"Forget it, Hojoji is currently the top cartoonist of our magazine, and he has served as Banzai's assistant. Let's just turn a blind eye!"

When Akita Sadao thought about the relationship between Hojoji and Li Wannian, he immediately became discouraged.

"Hey, it would be great if we also had Shueisha's exclusive contract system for newcomers!"

"What's wrong? Bicun, didn't you look down on this system the most before? Why has it changed today?"

"Sorry, maybe I feel too much pressure!"

Kamura Naizo smiled bitterly.

Who would have thought that "Weekly Shōnen Champion", which seemed to be at its peak, would be so dependent on a foreigner. When Li Wannian left, he discovered that his magazine no longer had the confidence to be No. [-] in neon.

Akita Sadao's expression changed immediately when he heard this. He couldn't help frowning and asked: "Kabemura, do you think I did something wrong?"

"President, why would you say that?"

"If I had not rejected his proposal and retained a small share of the stock, our magazine would still be the No. [-] Neon magazine!"

"This……"

At this time, Kamura Taizo really didn't dare to accept this statement.

After all, for him, as the editor-in-chief, the ownership of the publishing house has nothing to do with him. Who is the owner of the publishing house has little to do with him. The sales volume of the magazine does.

Therefore, his opinion is obviously self-evident!
(End of this chapter)