Chapter 289 Comic Stickers and Talent Search

Chapter 289 Comic Stickers and Talent Search

Chapter 289 Comic Stickers and Talent Search

Yang Wendong thought for a long time about what kind of IP he should create for his first animation.

There were many Japanese and American ones in the past, but many of them did not appear in the 60s, such as "Doraemon", "Transformers", etc.

But these do not quite meet the existing conditions. First of all, it requires a very high level of imagination and a very high level of understanding of modern technology. Even in Japan and the United States, these two comics have taken a lot of time and effort to gradually improve.

Even if a few people were recruited from Japan, they would not be able to come up with so many creative ideas. Yang Wendong, the time traveler, only roughly remembered the plot setting, and he could not provide much help in terms of details.

To make such a comic well, the prerequisite is to have a sufficient team, a large number of animation management characters, Yang Wendong to come up with creative ideas, and then work together.

But there are very few professionals in Hong Kong nowadays. We don’t have a large scale here and it is difficult to poach people from Japan. These special industries cannot be developed by just spending money.

More importantly, these Japanese and American comics became hits largely because they were shown on television, but Hong Kong does not have such conditions at present.

So this first comic is going to be very simple.

After thinking for a long time, he decided to start with classic domestic animation from the 80s, because Hong Kong and Taiwan of this era are quite similar to the mainland in the 80s and 90s.

I was originally thinking of Journey to the West, but the story is too complicated and requires a lot from the team, so I can only consider it later.

Finally, he thought of the cartoon "Calabash Brothers". In the memory of those born in the 80s, Calabash Brothers was once the most popular memory of a generation. Various stickers were popular all over the country, and there were also many toys.

The plot of "Calabash Brothers" is not very long. It mainly tells about the seven super powers of Calabash Brothers, which are enough to make countless children imagine. In the end, the little Calabash Brothers are brainwashed and rebel, which is a brilliant stroke.

After listening to it, Wu Hailin said, "The story is very good. It is not difficult to draw. It is the appearance of the snake demon and the gourd baby. Does Mr. Yang have any ideas?"

"Yes, but I can't draw it myself." Yang Wendong can't draw. After all, a time traveler can't be omnipotent.

Wu Hailin said: "Then you describe it and I will draw it. If there are any problems, I will modify it according to your requirements."

"Okay, I have pencils and erasers ready." Yang Wendong naturally agreed.

He already had these painting tools. Before, he had tried to draw himself, but he couldn't draw a single gourd, let alone the Calabash Brothers, so he had no choice but to give up.

After about half an hour, a calabash brother and a banshee were successfully drawn.

Yang Wendong said: "The demon girl is like this, and the Calabash Brothers are almost the same. For the other Calabash Brothers, you can slightly change their facial shapes, body shapes, or clothing colors based on this, as long as people can tell them apart."

No one can possibly remember what an anime character looked like decades ago. He can only remember it roughly. The core of comics is still the story. As long as the character portrait is not bad and can be distinguished, it is fine. There is no need to make it exactly the same as in the previous life.

"Okay." Wu Hailin agreed: "I can draw this comic slowly by myself."

"No need, I will assign you some subordinates." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "We also found your three apprentices in other places."

"Really, thank you, Mr. Yang." Wu Hailin said gratefully.

After the four masters and apprentices arrived in Hong Kong, they got separated in the chaos of the crowd. In the vast sea of ​​people, he didn't know if he would be able to see them again in this life, and he was not even sure if they could all survive.

Yang Wendong added: "You will work here in the future, and we will provide you with what you need."

"Here?" Wu Hailin was shocked. When he came to this building, or to this area in Central before, he couldn't believe that there would be so many buildings.

I never thought that I would be able to work here in the future.

"It's short-term. There will be other places in the future." Yang Wendong added: "The initial stage is here. Let me see what you draw."

Generally, any business that he values ​​needs to be supervised personally in the early stages. Once it reaches a certain scale, especially when the business management team is familiar with his requirements, he can gradually try to become independent.

After all, Yang Wendong is only one person, and it is impossible for him to have so much energy to check so many companies. Basically, in the later stages, professional managers are in charge.

At present, there is no person in charge of the comic company's business, and Wu Hailin has only joined as a top painter, similar to the top engineers of a technology company.

"Okay." Wu Hailin agreed.

Yang Wendong looked at an assistant and said, "For Wu Sheng to live, we should find a larger house nearby and let him live with a few apprentices. We can also assign a housekeeper to take care of his daily life. The food should be similar to the food provided inside the building."

"Okay." The assistant agreed.

Yang Wendong added: “Mr. Wu, go back and have a good rest today, eat something good, including your apprentice, and you can come to work tomorrow.

As for salary, the HR department will discuss it with you, and it won’t be too low.”

"Salary?" Wu Hailin said quickly: "Mr. Yang can provide us with food and accommodation, I don't want a salary."

"A little bit, this is what you deserve." Yang Wendong said, "As long as you draw well, your income will be higher in the future, and then you can truly gain a foothold in Hong Kong and become a normal person with no worries about food and drink."

"Thank you, Mr. Yang~" Wu Hailin didn't dare to refute and agreed.

"That's it." Yang Wendong added, "You can come directly to my assistant in a week and show me the results of your work."

As for comics, he just tells his ideas to people who can draw them. After that, he can only wait for the comics to come out and then evaluate and modify them as a person who has experienced it.

"Okay." Wu Hailin nodded.

Afterwards, Wu Hailin was sent away under the arrangement of his assistant.

Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Those gangs are really good at finding people."

Wei Zetao smiled and said, "Yes, they have spies all over Hong Kong. Even in Central, many parking lots, restaurants, and taxis have their people; there are even more in other places."

"Well, if there is anything in Hong Kong in the future, we can look for them." Yang Wendong nodded, and then said: "But don't get too involved with them, just arrange the tasks directly;

If they do well, we will directly get more orders from the factories, and everything needs to go through legal procedures.”

Although it may be okay to do certain things in this era, if you get too entangled with these people, you will get into trouble later.

With Yang Wendong's identity, he would naturally not have direct contact with them, but it was not good for his subordinates to be involved in H.

"Okay." Wei Zetao said, "I won't contact them either. Basically, it's just the people below."

"Okay then." Yang Wendong added, "You heard what I just said. You have another thing to do, which is to make comic stickers."

"Comic stickers?" Wei Zetao was puzzled and asked: "What is this?"

Yang Wendong picked up Wu Hailin's painting and said, "If the whole of Hong Kong knows about this portrait, can we authorize some clothes and backpacks to print the image, and then we charge a fee?" "Yes, many comic companies in Europe and the United States make money from this." Wei Zetao nodded: "And toys."

Yang Wendong smiled and said: "We have to make toys and we also have to do this authorization. As long as a comic character is liked by many people, people will want to see this character, so there will be toys and authorized pictures.

But the problem is that a comic book cannot be licensed indefinitely, so some people buy comic books, cut them out with scissors, and then use tape to stick them in places where they often see them, right?"

Wei Zetao immediately understood: "Mr. Yang, what you mean is that we should make it into a paper with a sticky back and a cartoon character on the front?"

Once it is made clear, the world becomes clearer.

"Yes, it's that simple." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "As long as the cartoon characters become famous, selling stickers directly will also be a very large market."

Wei Zetao said, "Then I will go and make an appointment with Mr. Qian to see if he has any glue that is suitable for this kind of stickers."

"Well, the stickiness can't be too strong, and the toxic ingredients must be controlled." Yang Wendong added: "If the stickiness is too strong, customers will stick to some places and regret it later and can't take it off, so they will reject the sticker;

Our main customers for comic characters are children, who are likely to stick stickers on themselves, so the safety of the glue must be well controlled.”

Glue is basically toxic because it contains formaldehyde. Purely non-toxic glue is very rare and expensive.

Therefore, Yang Wendong also asked Changxing Industrial's glue factory in the early days to try to develop low-toxic glue. The less the better. One reason is that some products require it, and the other is that many countries around the world will have increasingly higher requirements for environmental protection in the future, and the same is true for glue.

"I will explain it clearly to Mr. Qian." Wei Zetao promised.

Yang Wendong was happy to find a team that could paint for him.

If this industry becomes bigger, both the profits and the number of jobs it can create will be considerable.

Time quickly came to the end of June.

Wu Hailin's first batch of paintings has also come out, containing images of all dozen anime characters, as well as stories from as early as the first episode.

"Not bad, let's just draw it like this." Yang Wendong was satisfied after reading it. After all, it was just a simple story. "When will all the plots be finished?"

Wu Hailin replied: "It will take about a month."

"Yes, sure." Yang Wendong added, "Then when you finish all the drawings, I will put them in the newspaper and print them in weekly form."

In mature markets, comics are usually drawn and printed at the same time, so that corresponding feedback can be given whether the results are good or not.

However, the comic strip of "Calabash Brothers" is not long, and this is my first time drawing it, so I'd better wait until it's all out before printing it. One or two months won't be a big deal.

At this time, Qin Zhiye next to him said: "My color printing equipment is also ready. As long as there is no problem with Mr. Wu, we can start printing immediately."

Yang Wendong also said: "Let the Hong Kong Chinese Daily help with the printing first, and then buy specialized equipment when your scale expands."

The Hong Kong Chinese Daily is a color newspaper, so it naturally has the equipment. When this equipment was originally purchased, it had great extra production capacity, and now it can easily help the comics company.

After all, it is just a weekly magazine, so we will prepare in advance. At present, we are only considering the Hong Kong or Taiwan market in the initial stage. There will definitely be no problem in the short term.

"Just follow Mr. Yang's arrangements." Wu Hailin nodded and said.

After spending a week at Changxing Group, he also changed the title "Mr." to "Sheng", which is a custom in Hong Kong.

"Okay, then you can communicate among yourselves." Yang Wendong said with satisfaction.

A new business of his is about to take shape. Compared to how much more money he can make from his old business, the success of his new business will make him happier.

The cultural industry can still be exported. Not to mention Europe and the United States, but Asia, including Japan and South Korea, are relatively culturally similar. If you can achieve good results in Hong Kong and Taiwan, you will most likely be able to achieve some results there as well.

When my comics industry grows bigger in the future, if the animation "Dragon Ball" based on Journey to the West can be released, it will be enough to become the pride of the Chinese cultural circle, not to mention other things.

Time soon came to July, and the weather was still cloudless, just like before.

The earth became even drier under the sun.

"Brother Dong." Zhao Liming and Lin Haoyu returned to Yang Wendong's office.

Yang Wendong quickly took out two bottles of soda from the refrigerator: "Watsons' ginger water has a strong cooling effect, and the iced one can also cool you down."

"Okay, it's really hot outside." After that, Zhao Liming started drinking from the glass bottle.

Yang Wendong looked at the bright light outside and nodded, "It is indeed hot. Watsons told me that their ginger water is selling better."

The ginger water is not very tasty and its sales have been so-so before. But because it is so hot, many people are afraid of heatstroke but want to drink something, so they actually start choosing Watsons. This is a pleasant surprise.

After taking a sip, Lin Haoyu said, “Yes, we got a lot of antidiarrhea medicine from Watsons Pharmacy before, and later we found that many people also suffered from heatstroke.”

"Is there any medicine to cure heatstroke?" Yang Wendong asked.

"There are some, but not many. Many people over there use traditional methods to solve the problem." Lin Haoyu said: "Brother Dong, although there are many refugees over there, there are also many knowledgeable people, and there are actually many Chinese medicine practitioners among them;

The literacy rate is very high. Three to five out of ten people can understand what the Hong Kong government writes.

"There are indeed some talented people among this group of people." Yang Wendong nodded and said.

Those who can come to Hong Kong are generally quite capable, because those who are willing to come here basically have some channels, or are literate and can understand Hong Kong based on text. Otherwise, they are really illiterate and will not be able to access much information from the outside world.

Lin Haoyu added: "So I am going to investigate what abilities these people have. While the Hong Kong government has not yet decided how to deal with these people, if I can find them jobs;
That would be a good thing for us, or for Hong Kong society and them.”

"Systematic investigation?" Yang Wendong thought for a moment and said, "Okay, let's check it out. If it's suitable, I can directly recruit them."

In human society, from ancient times to the 20th/21st century, the most important thing is talent, whether it is national development or corporate development.

Although Hong Kong is considered a gathering place for some mainland talents, the base is too small. If one wants to develop one's own industry well, a large number of talents are needed. For this reason, Changxing Group also has many training programs within the group.

But the prerequisite is that the people being trained have certain abilities themselves, otherwise it would be impossible to start, or the cost would be too high.

Now, in a short period of time, a large number of "refugees" have come to Hong Kong. There may be businesses in all walks of life here. If you can find a thousand talents among 100,000 people, it will be of great benefit to you.

Even the fact that Hong Kong can develop so rapidly has a lot to do with these people.

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