game trailblazer

Chapter 121 "The King of Picture Books"

The most content in "Game Concentration Camp" is the introduction of Nintendo and Sega games. In addition, there are articles such as "Sega vs. Nintendo", "Ten Years of Glorious Nintendo", and "Exploring Nintendo". The two interviews may not appear in the magazine due to time constraints. Zhang Lexing quickly flipped through the magazine, and then carefully put it in his drawer and locked it. This is intended to be a collection in the future, of course it must be protected. .

After putting away the magazines, Zhang Lexing got up and planned to go downstairs to buy something. When he passed by the front desk, he noticed that Lu Qiuya was sitting upright and seemed to be reading something, so he planned to go over to see what was so beautiful, but it scared Lu Qiuya With a jump, she still wanted to put away the book in her hand in a panic.

Zhang Lexing stretched out his hand and pressed it on the book, and said, "What is so mysterious, take it out and have a look."

I was reading idle books at work, but was smashed by the big boss on the spot. Lu Qiuya blushed suddenly, and while handing in the book, she begged timidly: "Boss, I was wrong, I shouldn't read it at work. Idle books, since I am a first-time offender, you must be merciful, just let me go."

Zhang Lexing took the book and took a closer look at it. It turned out to be the first issue of the trial issue of "The King of Painting Books", which is known as the first comic magazine in mainland China, so he ignored Lu Qiuya, nodded casually, took the book and walked away , leaving only the bewildered Lu Qiuya standing there.

"This boss, just nodded, and I don't know if he really let me go." Lu Qiuya looked at Zhang Lexing's back and muttered, and suddenly she looked at her empty hand and exclaimed: "Ah, I The boss is really, he took the book away without saying anything, how can I be as virtuous as the teacher at the school. What should I do now, the book is not mine, if I don’t go back, how can I have any face in the future? Seeing people, it seems that we can only go to the bookstall again, I hope there are still stocks."

It's a pity that Zhang Lexing had already walked back to his office at this time, how could he know there was Lu Qiuya muttering behind him...

"Huashu Dawang" is referred to as Huawang for short, and it is said to be the first comic magazine in mainland China.Founded this year (1993), it was published by Ningxia People's Publishing House, edited by Wang Yongsheng, and sold by Sichuan Hope Bookstore. The piracy of RB comics is said to have started in the early 90s, among which Hainan Photographic Art Publishing House had the greatest influence, and later Ningxia People's Publishing House came from behind as a rising star.Sichuan Hope Bookstore claims to be the largest pirate in China, and its distribution network is called the "third channel", which covers all parts of the country (except Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan), and is even more complete than "Xinhua Bookstore".

The first issue of the trial issue of "The King of Picture Books" read by Zhang Lexing is indeed the same as the legend. It is sponsored by Ningxia People's Publishing House, edited by Wang Yongsheng, and the general distributor of Sichuan Hope Bookstore.Zhang Lexing started to read "The King of Painting Books" from the ninth issue. In his impression, this magazine was serialized with several RB comics, plus some comics from other regions, and some comic teaching. At that time, he was most impressed What I am interested in is the RB comic series above ("Dragon Ball", "Ranma 1/2", "Captain Tsubasa", etc.).At that time, I read other people's pirated copies, but unfortunately this life has become my own, so Zhang Lexing's reading mood has changed a lot.

For comics lovers in this period, seeing "The King of Picture Books" is like finding a home, and it is almost the same as the mood of video game lovers seeing "Game Concentration Camp".It's a pity that "The King of Picture Books" was in bad luck. For various reasons, it was suddenly suspended after only one year of maintenance. I can only pity the lost mood of many comic fans who have just found the organization.

The printing quality of the "Picture Book King" that Zhang Lexing read is not high, and it looks a little different from the "Game Concentration Camp" that he just read, but the content is quite exciting.Two RB manga serials, Masami Kurata's "Static Fighter Sho" and Yoichi Takahashi's "Captain Tsubasa", are both from Shueisha. Although they are still RB manga, they are all Zhang Lexing's.Some people say that "The King of Painting Books" was created to pirate RB comics, but Zhang Lexing doesn't think so. Just looking at the content of the first issue, you can tell that in addition to two RB comics, there are also two original comics by domestic authors , plus comics by authors from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and on the second page there is a special call for manuscripts for original works, but at this time it is not called comics but a new type of comic strip.No matter what the original intentions of Ningxia People's Publishing House and Sichuan Hope Bookstore, which have a lot of piracy, Zhang Lexing believes that at least the editorial department of "The King of Picture Books" led by editor-in-chief Wang Yongsheng is very supportive of mainland original comics.

It is said that pirated RB comics are one of the reasons for the disappearance of "The King of Painting Books". Now that it is in his own hands, Zhang Lexing does not want history to repeat itself. At least the editorial department of "The King of Painting Books", which supports original comics in mainland China, cannot disappear. It seems that the people from Kunpeng Animation should come to the BJ and have a good chat with the people from the editorial department of "The King of Picture Books".

There are two reasons why Zhang Lexing pays so much attention to this "The King of Painting Books". One is that in the later period of "The King of Painting Books", he held a mainland original comic contest for a period of time, and launched a batch of excellent original comics, such as Yan Kai's "Snow Coconut" (the most popular set of comics in the early days, which influenced quite a lot of people), Chen Xiang's "Xiaoshan Diary" (manga in the style of Akira Toriyama, the early stories are quite funny), etc. Unfortunately, because of "Huahua With the disappearance of "The King of Books", a large number of start-up authors lost their footholds. Although they later switched to new comic magazines, they seemed to never regain their original feeling.Zhang Lexing hopes to use the platform of "The King of Painting and Calligraphy" to truly develop the original comics in mainland China and form an industry with its own style.

The second reason is because animation and games are two very related industries, and it is a pity that they support each other and develop together.Although Zhang Lexing has already mastered the two leaders in the RB comics industry, Xiaoxiaoguan and Shueisha, but this is only a good way to make money. It does not help Zhang Lexing's original intention of developing the mainland game industry. Only the original comics industry in mainland China has developed. Only in this way can it bring real help to the mainland game industry, such as the mutual transplantation between animation and games.Moreover, good cartoonists are also very helpful to game companies in terms of art, such as Akira Toriyama and the "Dragon Quest" series, Yoshitaka Amano and the "Final Fantasy" series, even this issue of "The King of Picture Books" "There is also one above - Zheng Wen from Taiwan. The characters in "Zheng Wen Three Kingdoms" produced by Gamearts are written by Master Zheng. Zhang Lexing hopes that one day there will be such characters in the comics industry in mainland China.

Thinking of this, Zhang Lexing picked up the phone and dialed the number of the BJ office of Dongfang Holdings.

"I saw a new manga magazine with our company's manga on it. Masami Kurada's "Static Fighter Sho" and Takahashi Yoichi's "Captain Tsubasa" are from Shueisha. Please contact me Over there in Hong Kong, see if there is authorization."

"Okay, boss, tell me what magazine it is." A * voice came from the phone.

"The King of Painting Books, you can go to the bookstall and look for it. If you can't find it, I have a copy here."

"Okay, boss, I'll do it right away."

"The editorial department of this magazine is in BJ. When you contact the Hong Kong side, remember to tell them that the editorial department should try their best to talk about cooperation. There is no authorization to provide them. It is best to use this magazine as a basis to develop the mainland. animation industry. The publishing house of this magazine is located in Ningxia, and we can discuss cooperation appropriately. If we can’t reach an agreement, we can destroy it with Sichuan Hope Bookstore, a pure pirate. At worst, we can find a suitable publishing house and distribution channel again. Don't rush things, and don't affect the operation of "The King of Painting Books". Well, you can contact Kunpeng Animation first." After Zhang Lexing finished talking, he hung up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Lexing picked up "The King of Painting Books" and reread it again.Masami Cheda’s works are still very classic, Yoichi Takahashi’s works look very passionate, Zheng Wen’s "Hate to Swallow the World--Qin Shihuang" is really in the style of "Zheng Wen's Three Kingdoms", Wang Yongsheng and Tan Xiaochun's "Peach Although "Meeting" still has the style of a comic book, the story is quite interesting. Chen Jun's "Heavenly Sword" (mistakenly printed as the army in the book) is very ordinary in painting, but the story still has a certain depth.Generally speaking, the original works of comic authors in mainland China are still very immature, but there is always hope after a start. Zhang Lexing wants to advance the original comic contest in the later period of "The King of Painting Books", hoping to give many comic lovers They bring more development opportunities, one day "The King of Painting Books" can become the "Juvenile Jump" in the mainland, and those comic lovers can also change their careers to become comic masters.

While watching and thinking, Zhang Lexing's office was pushed open, revealing half of Lu Qiuya's body, and she shouted timidly, "Boss, can you return that book to me?"

Hearing the sound, Zhang Lexing looked up, and then remembered that "The King of Painting Books" in his hand was taken from Lu Qiuya, smiled embarrassedly, and said: "This book is quite beautiful, Lu Qiuya, can you borrow it?" give to me?"

Lu Qiuya pushed open the door and came to Zhang Lexing's desk, begging with a bitter face: "Boss, this book does not belong to me, I borrowed it from a friend, and I agreed to return it to her at night, if you can't get it If you come out, you will lose your trust. Please, boss, return the book to me, please."

It seems that this book can't be kept anymore, so Zhang Lexing had to find another way: "Okay, I will return this book to you first. But Lu Qiuya, I will give you a task to help me buy three or five copies of "Picture Book" The first issue of King’s Trial Issue is coming, of course you don’t have to pay for it. If you do it well, I can let go of the past and give you a book, how about it?”

Lu Qiuya thought about it for a while, who would let others hold her own account, so she finally nodded and agreed, took the 20 yuan from Zhang Lexing and the book "The King of Painting Books", and prepared to go to the bookstall after get off work Go on a treasure hunt.

Zhang Lexing originally thought that there would be a result in two or three days to buy books, but he didn't expect that it would take two weeks, and Lu Qiuya got back five copies of the first issue of the trial issue of "The King of Painting Books" from nowhere. At this time, the people from Hong Kong Kunpeng Animation had been coming to BJ for two days, because they didn't have any books in hand, so they couldn't come to the door. Luckily, Lu Qiuya didn't make Zhang Lexing wait too long.

Next, contact with the editorial department of "The King of Picture Books" and send lawyers' letters to publishers and distributors. These things don't need to be done by Zhang Lexing. People from Kunpeng Animation and Dongfang Holdings have to worry about it. You can put your mind on the game of your own company again.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is September.During this period, Kunpeng Animation and the editorial department of "The King of Paintings" reached some preliminary intentions, such as Kunpeng Animation providing comic serials with legal authorization (this also includes affiliated companies such as Shueisha and Baiquanshe), and Dongfang Holdings in the legal Under the framework, a certain amount of investment will be made in "The King of Picture Books", which is mainly used to fund the development of original comics in mainland China.On the other hand, the contacts on the other side were not ideal. Ningxia People's Publishing House neither responded to the lawyer's letter, but refused to accept the door-to-door visits. Sichuan Hope Bookstore disappeared without a trace. to the air.It seems that wanting to promote the development of original comics in mainland China cannot be solved overnight, and the problem of piracy cannot be wiped out by a single company, so the personnel from Kunpeng Animation and Dongfang Holdings simply stayed in Beijing. The editorial department of "The King of Paintings" kept in touch, while the other party tried to use government channels to control the intensified comic piracy. The Beijing office of Dongfang Holdings was thus upgraded to a joint office of Dongfang Holdings and Kunpeng Animation.

(End of this chapter)