Chapter 222 Extra Chapter Promotion
Chapter 222 Extra Chapter Promotion
“?” Editor-in-Chief Sato.
“?” Vice President Yukou.
Then the two of them looked at Fujimaki Tadatoshi with the same gaze, knowing that the comics he drew happened to be science fiction, oh no, it was basketball.
"Gu-san has joined the basketball club?" Sato said, "It seems that Gu-san is also very fond of sports. So can your school lead the way for us to meet Gu-san?"
The Japanese use relatively humble words, calling themselves "Your Highness" and addressing others as "Your Excellency" or something like that. The translators translated it quite well.
Director Hu then led Sato and his group to the basketball club's activity venue.
Coincidentally, the basketball club was playing a competition, 3v3 bullfighting.
"That's Gu Lu," Director Hu introduced.
Following the direction of Director Hu's finger, I saw that Gu Lu was waiting for water to be delivered.
As the most knowledgeable person in the basketball club, Gu Lu doesn't want to confront, and the instructor won't force him. After all, King Guru won't escape from training in the club.
Even though Gu Lu was an underage student writer, seeing his young face with their own eyes still made Sato and his companions gasp.
It is hard to imagine how such seemingly weak students could write such works.
"Fujimaki-san." Editor-in-chief Sato suddenly called the cartoonist who was watching the game, "Do you have any ideas?"
The cartoonist and the vice president looked at Sato at the same time.
"Have you ever thought about joint promotion?" Editor-in-Chief Sato asked the cartoonist.
It's not impossible to take advantage of the popularity. Although his comics are very popular, if he can become even more popular, or even have higher popularity in China, Fujimaki Tadatoshi would be very happy.
Gu Lu is very popular in Japan, not only because of his works, but also because of his genius personality. Of course, Japan does not admire geniuses, but strength. Considering Gu Lu's age, he seems too strong. Currently, in Japan, he has reached the fame of a second-tier writer in just a few months (thanks to Junji Ito's fame).
As for how to jointly promote, it is very common in the comics world.
For example, the content of a joint painting is like the Straw Hat Pirates have been to the world of "Gourmet Prisoner", and Conan and Luban III, etc.
The conclusion is to make a spin-off. Kuroko's basketball is too easy to make. Just make a training camp and tell the story of the genius high school basketball team from Huaxia playing a game with Seirin High School where the protagonist Kuroko Tetsuya is. The Huaxia genius high school basketball team is based on the basketball club of the eighth middle school in front of us...
Fujimaki Tadatoshi has already thought of the general plot, the only thing missing is giving people some special abilities... oh, basketball skills.
Here is a brief introduction for those who don't know much about the work "Kuroko's Basketball". Fujimaki Tadatoshi's manga is a science fiction film disguised as a basketball film. In the film, Midorima's ability is to shoot high arc shots with 100% accuracy throughout the court, Kise can imitate the characters completely after watching them once, etc. That's the tone.
"It's still different from what's in the comics." Director Hu looked at the students running around on the playground, and discovered that a few kids were discussing something, so he couldn't help but save face for the basketball club.
Director Hu was in the principal's office just now, and he heard the translator introduce Fujimaki Tadashi as a sports cartoonist, who happened to draw basketball.
Director Hu has never seen Kuroko. The top NBA players are still far from the comics.
The 3V3 bullfight was over, Gu Lu brought water to Lu Ping, and then Director Hu introduced Sato and Yukou over.
"Mr. Gu, I'm Sato, the editor-in-chief of Mystery Magazine. We've been friends for a long time, and I help proofread each of your works." Sato's words were lies.
"I'm Yukou, the vice president of Xiangchuan Society, and I also like Gu Sang's works very much." Yukou said. What he said was also a lie. He had never read any of them. He only knew that they were famous.
The two of them did not neglect Gu Lu at all because of his age, which was probably because writers are very respected in Japan.
What did these two Japanese people come to see him for? Gu Lu was confused, but after listening to the translator's words, he greeted them politely.
On the other side, Fujimaki Tadatoshi had already started collecting information, and Lu Ping and the others who were in the 3V3 just now were all stopped. It was very difficult because there was only one translator, and he must be following the vice president.
Fujimaki Tadatoshi held the translator in his hand and tried to communicate, "My name is Fujimaki Tadatoshi, and I'm a cartoonist."
"He said he was a cartoonist. Is that true?"
"It should be true. Didn't you see that he came with Director Hu?"
"What are Neon cartoonists doing here with us?"
"I can tell at a glance that the person who came to see my good friend Gulu is definitely going to turn his work into a comic."
……
Gu Lu and Vice President Yukou also had difficult negotiations, but the difficulty here was not in the language, but in the price.
After more than 11.5 minutes of verbal battle, Gu Lu got a compromise price of %.
The approximate range of the Neon Stamp Tax is 8% to 14%. Those who earn more than % are best-selling authors. In the past, people like Keigo Higashino could earn more than % at their peak. That was earned through one best-selling work after another. There is no comparison.
Director Hu's eyes widened as he was surprised that his student Gu Lu was so "social" that he could even bargain with a foreign publishing house.
"Is the Little Prince popular in Japan?" Gu Lu really had no idea. He only knew that Japan seemed to have produced an animation based on the Little Prince.
No matter what, those who write ethical literature and fairy tale literature in Japan are at the top of the contempt chain.
After the conversation, Gu Lu left immediately because he suddenly thought of something he almost forgot.
He walked hurriedly to the third floor of the teaching building.
It was when the contract was initially negotiated that the translator saved Fujimaki Tadatoshi. He roughly memorized the faces of several people and sketched them in the inspiration notebook he carried with him.
He also wrote a line in Japanese, [The Imperial High School that stood out from billions of people - No. 8 High School.]
Drawing anime is like writing novels, the opponents must be strong, so No. 8 Middle School must be the strongest basketball high school in China in his writing.
Two flowers bloom, each showing one branch, and Gu Lu connects to the other branch.
"Our Brother Gu is here", "What Brother Gu? This is the consultant", "Thank you so much for trouble, Teacher Gu", etc. The presidents and members of the Model United Nations clubs all stood up to greet them.
Due to Gu Lu's huge fame, even though they are the same age, his classmates don't know what to call him, so they call him in all kinds of strange ways.
"Just call me Guru. I mainly serve as a mascot." Gu Lu said, "Something happened at the basketball club, so I'm a little late. Am I not late?"
"No, the time we agreed on is just right." said the tall member.
The fat member said, "No, no, no, how can you be a mascot? You are as important as our president."
Who is the president of Model United Nations?
Zhou Lin!
If it was just him and Zhou Lin here, Gu Lu would definitely ask, "How did you manage to usurp the throne?"
Being the president in his first year of high school, this guy is simply amazing.
Perhaps seeing Gu Lu's confusion, the member explained, "After our president Mi Zan stepped down as a senior, we started an internal vote to select a new president, and Zhou Lin was unanimously approved as the president."
The person involved, Zhou Lin, did not say a word because the compliments should be given by others.
Hey, stop laughing. Your lips are almost pouting like a fish.
(End of this chapter)