Chapter 521: The First Step

One day, a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes came to a comic newspaper in Hong Kong City. When he entered Baokang, he told the female staff at the front desk that he wanted to see their general manager.

The receptionist asked, "Sir, what can you do with Mr. Kuang?"

The middle-aged man said arrogantly: "You tell Mr. Kuang that I have a business to discuss with him."

The receptionist at the front desk did not dare to neglect him when he saw the name tag on his body. After serving a cup of tea, he went upstairs to report the matter. Soon, the middle-aged man was invited to the second floor.

Mr. Kuang asked: "Sir, may I ask who you are?"

When the middle-aged man saw Mr. Kuang, he put away his arrogance and said with a smile: "My name is Xing Shaohui. My nephew likes comics since he was a child. He drew a comic a few days ago. Mr. Kuang is an expert. Please read it for me. Look."

Before Mr. Kuang could speak, Xing Shaohui opened the "Detective Gu Chuan" in his hand and revealed the first page.

Mr. Kuang was a little displeased at first, thinking that this man wasting his time by bluffing people with his name. But this time, the attention was completely attracted by this exquisite cartoon.

Involuntarily, Mr. Kuang picked up the comics to read, and instantly turned from the characters in the comics to the plot. After reading it, Mr. Kuang asked excitedly: "Mr. Xing, is this really painted by your nephew?"

Xing Shaohui saw Mr. Kuang's attitude in his eyes, and he said with a smile: "It's natural. Originally, I asked him to submit the manuscript by himself, but he is restrained, and he is too scared to speak when he sees strangers. Mr. Kuang, you How about watching this cartoon of my nephew?"

Mr. Kuang did not hesitate to praise, and said: "Very good. Not only are the characters exquisite and comfortable, but the story is also unique. Mr. Xing, you just said that I'm here to discuss a business deal. Do you want to serialize it in our Dongbao?"

The current comics in Hong Kong City are mainly about martial arts, revenge, adventure, etc., but the comics like this one are suspenseful reasoning, and the two cases I read are interlocking and fascinating. And the author is also very good at it, and the important plot is stuck at the end. When it is serialized, it gets stuck at the end of the exciting plot, so I am not afraid that readers will not continue to buy it.

Xing Shaohui nodded and said, "Of course, otherwise, what am I here for? I just don't know how much the manuscript fee for the first issue is?"

Mr. Kuang thought for a while and said: "This comic is indeed very good, but your nephew is a newcomer and the theme is very novel, so I don't know if it will be popular. I will give him one hundred for one issue."

There was a flash of light in Xing Shaohui's eyes, and he had inquired about it before coming to Dongbao. Contributions from well-known cartoonists, about one hundred to one hundred and fifty in one issue. But Mr. Kuang gave a hundred for reading this comic, which shows that he is really optimistic about the future of this comic.

Seeing that he was still hesitating, Mr. Kuang looked at the comics on the table, gritted his teeth and said, "Well, I'll give you two hundred more. Mr. Xing, this is already the highest price I can give."

Xing Shaohui naturally wouldn't listen to him, and said, "One phase is three hundred."

Kuang always really liked the cartoon, so he nodded in agreement.

No, Xing Shaohui put forward another condition: "I will only sign for four installments. If it sells well after the fourth installment, then the price will not be the same."

The current comics, the plaintiff relies entirely on the hand-drawing of cartoonists, so the speed is very slow, and newspapers also publish them in the form of weekly magazines. The fourth period, that is, one month.

Mr. Kuang hesitated.

Xing Shaohui put away the comics and said with a smile: "Mr. Kuang, I didn't allow my son to read comics before. As for the reason, I believe you should be very clear. But I was attracted by the comics. I also showed it to my son. Mr. Kuang, you should know what this means, right?"

The comics in Hong Kong City are now mainly martial arts, not only have a lot of plots of fighting and killing, but also interspersed with many sexual things. Although the government promulgated the "Undesirable Publications Law", the situation has improved greatly, but there are still many private goods. That's why adults think that cartoons are vulgar things that will spoil children, so they are not allowed to read them. Once they are caught, their pocket money will be confiscated, or they will be beaten up.

Mr. Kuang knew that the other party was a shrewd person, so he nodded and agreed to his request immediately. As long as the comics sell well, even if you don't mention it, you have to increase the price, otherwise you may go to the right place. But thinking about his opponent, he suddenly felt bad. He only hoped that this comic book could surprise them and change their disadvantage.

Xing Shaohui sent the news that day, and Pei Yue didn't receive it until three days later.

Tian Shao saw the smile on his face and asked, "I'm so happy, but what's the happy event?"

Pei Yue said with a smile on his face: "Your comics will be serialized in a newspaper soon. Xiao Shao, there is one issue a week over there, and we are going to pay 300 yuan for an issue."

Older people especially like to recall the past. Thanks to her grandparents, she has a little understanding of the changes in the country over the past thirty years. But I really don't know anything about the situation in Hong Kong City.

Tian Shao asked: "Is this price high or low?"

Pei Yue was very surprised that she actually asked: "The first phase is 300. One month is 1200, and that year is 14400. You can become a ten thousand household in a year by drawing cartoons. Do you think it is high or low?"

Tian Shao looked at him speechlessly, and said, "We should compare ourselves with our peers in the port city, not with the people in the inland areas. If you want to compare like this, the cleaning lady in the port city is with us, and they are all rich people. "

that's the truth. Those who came back from the Hong Kong city of Baodao in the 1980s and 1990s were all rich people from the inland. At that time, it was a particularly enviable thing for someone to have relatives who had two drops of Hong Kong Bao.

Pei Yue said: "In Hong Kong City, this income is also very considerable."

Tian Shao smiled and said, "I hope my comics will sell well, and I will try to persuade Uncle Liao to let me go to Hong Kong City. I don't think it can be done well if I leave it to someone else."

Pei Yue also thought it would be better to let Tian Shao go, some of her ideas were ahead of her time: "Xiao Shao, let's wait another month to see Uncle Liao."

But Tian Shao shook his head and said, "The longer this matter drags on, the worse it will be. Rest tomorrow, let's report to Uncle Liao!"

Pei Yue nodded in agreement.

It's just that the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. The counselor found Tian Shao the next day, hoping that she would assist the art committee to publish this issue of the school's newspaper.

After all, Tian Shao couldn't shirk it because it was a class matter, so he agreed with Pei Yue to go in the afternoon. She just waited for her to finish her work and went to find Pei Yue, but she couldn't find anyone, not even Xiao Jiang.

Tian Shao knew that Pei Yue had gone by himself, and returned to the dormitory depressed. The more I thought about it, the more I thought it was a coincidence, so I ran to ask the counselor why she suddenly asked me to publish a blackboard newspaper.

The counselor smiled and said, "Tian Lingling, a student from the Chinese Department, said that you are the author of "Little Hero Ayong". I bought it specially to read it. You are very good at drawing, so I asked you to help."

Tian Shao thought that Pei Yue deliberately distracted him, but he didn't expect it to be Tian Lingling. Alas, this woman is not compatible with her, no, with the original body, otherwise why would nothing good happen to her.