Chapter 323 Comic Direction: Chinese Classical Mythology Stories

Chapter 323 Comic Direction: Chinese Classical Mythology Stories

Chapter 323 Comic Direction: Chinese Classical Mythology

"Chinese University? Is it the university that New Asia College and several other colleges are going to build?" Wei Zetao replied: "I heard a long time ago that they were going to apply to build a new university."

Yang Wendong said: "The UK has agreed, which means Hong Kong will have one more university."

Wei Zetao asked, "Mr. Yang, do you mean to use this opportunity to get the Chinese University of Hong Kong to invest more resources in engineering?"

"Yes." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "The future foundation of the enterprise needs to rely on local universities. If we, Changxing Industrial or Honor Electronics, want to develop well in Hong Kong, we must have a steady stream of local talents.

Otherwise, if we rely on overseas, that is not realistic either. One reason is that the cost is high, and the other is that it is impossible to recruit endless overseas talent, and it is impossible to recruit them. "

Education is the foundation of a country, and university is the foundation of a city's development.

In the past, many high-end industrial chains in the mainland were built around local universities. For example, Xi'an's electronics industry relied on Xi'an University.

Even in China, the development of large enterprises depends on local universities, not to mention port cities like Hong Kong. Singapore, which will be established in two years, attaches great importance to education. This is one of the reasons why it can become a developed country.

Wei Zetao replied: "Okay, I will discuss with the people from the Hong Kong Education Bureau to see if we can provide some sponsorship so that they can open more engineering subjects."

"Yes." Yang Wendong added: "The electronics subject needs to be added as well. I'll leave this matter to you. The scale of Glory Electronics is still too small and the resources are insufficient."

"I understand." Wei Zetao agreed.

Yang Wendong continued, "If you can't handle it or have any difficulties, come to me immediately. I can also go to the Governor of Hong Kong."

Although he had a good relationship with Robert Black, he was the Governor of Hong Kong after all, the top person in a city. He couldn't just go to him for every little thing.

If the problem can be solved with money or can be handled by your subordinates, then try not to bother the big shots. It is better not to owe favors of this kind.

"Okay." Wei Zetao also said.

The two then moved to other workshops.

Wei Zetao said: "Mr. Yang, this is where we produce Changxing cultural stickers."

"Sticker? This thing sells pretty well." Yang Wendong smiled.

Wei Zetao said: "Yes, we have produced tens of millions of Calabash Brothers stickers. This product is indeed very profitable. My profit margin is not very high, but Changxing Culture's profit margin is over 100%, which is much better than sticky notes and suitcases."

"The cultural industry is like this. The profit margin of Barbie dolls in the United States is estimated to be more than 300%." ​​Yang Wendong said with a faint smile: "The laws of many countries in the world have very strict protection of copyrights, and it is easy to identify whether copyrights have been infringed. The cost of combating piracy is very low, so the profit margin can be maintained very high."

Generally speaking, a 20-year patent protection period is considered very long, but copyrights in most countries can last for decades after the inventor dies.
As for the protection of rights, unless the copyright ownership is not clearly clarified at the time of creation, otherwise, if the ownership is clear and someone infringes on your rights, you can win the lawsuit, and you can specifically target terminal sales.

Wei Zetao said with a smile: "Yes, and many people are willing to buy them. My little son spent several dollars to buy stickers and put them on his book. He was very happy."

"Yes." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "That's why I'm not in a hurry to make ordinary toys like the Hong Kong toy companies. Once the cultural industry is established, whether it's toys, stickers or other cultural derivatives, it will be able to make huge profits."

"Mr. Yang is really thoughtful." Wei Zetao said with a smile.

Yang Wendong asked again: "How are the sales of Black Cat Sheriff's stickers?"

Wei Zetao replied: "It's also very good, but the comics of Black Cat Sheriff were only released in November last year. In terms of popularity, it is still not as well-known as the Calabash Brothers that were released earlier."

Yang Wendong nodded and said, "In fact, in terms of storytelling, Calabash Brothers should be better than Black Cat Sheriff and more popular with children, but it just can't be written for long."

Wei Zetao smiled and said, "Yes, the Calabash Brothers have superpowers. Not to mention the children, even I occasionally fantasize about having superpowers myself. How cool it would be."

"Me too." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "When the Changxing Culture team becomes stronger in the future, we will also develop in this direction."

Everyone wants superpowers, cultivation of immortals, or fantasy abilities, etc. In his previous life, Yang Wendong also liked to read these types of novels.

Wei Zetao added: "However, there are still many people who don't know Calabash Brothers. This may be due to the limitations of paper media."

"Yes." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "The Calabash Brothers' movie is also in production. When it is released, not only the movie itself, but also various cultural derivatives will be sold well again."

It is still early for TVB, and it will take some time for ordinary people to have access to television, so in the short term, the dissemination capacity of movies is stronger than that of television, especially if you own a cinema.

Wei Zetao said with a smile: "When the movie comes out, I will definitely take my children to see it."

"Well, I'll give you a free ticket then." Yang Wendong smiled.

One of the biggest benefits of children's movies is that parents usually watch them with their children.
At noon, Yang Wendong had a simple meal in the cafeteria of Changxing Industrial. He ate delicacies from land and sea every day, and occasionally had an ordinary meal, which was also not bad.

In his previous life, Yang Wendong also occasionally went to eat at street shops, such as Shaxian snacks, braised chicken with rice, Lanzhou ramen, etc., and the taste was still good. In the afternoon, after returning to Changxing Building again, Yang Wendong came to the office of Changxing Culture Company on the 10th floor.

"Mr. Yang." Several people came to greet him.

Yang Wendong said with a smile: "Old Wu, Old Zhang, let's go to the meeting room first."

Old Wu is Wu Hailin, who is also the person in charge of the general comics business of Changxing Culture Group. Old Zhang is Zhang Zhiyuan, who is currently the person in charge of Changxing Culture, in charge of marketing and other business aspects.

The two are currently the top executives of Changxing Culture, in charge of different businesses.

"Then please come in." Zhang Zhiyuan said quickly.

After several people arrived at the conference room, an assistant served tea and left. Yang Wendong asked, "The serialization of Calabash Brothers has ended. Now there is only Black Cat Sheriff in Changxing Comics Weekly. How is the current weekly sales?"

Zhang Zhiyuan replied: "Including Taiwan and parts of Southeast Asia, weekly sales have reached 13 copies, and weekly sales in Hong Kong are around 2.5."

"Not bad." Yang Wendong nodded and asked, "Are there any results in the Japanese market?"

Zhang Zhiyuan replied: "Yes, the weekly sales in Japan are about 1 at present. Japan has a large population and a high economic level, but the competition in the comics market is too fierce, so the progress is relatively slow."

"That's true." Yang Wendong agreed.

Regardless of whose content is better or worse, the economy there is strong, so there are more entertainment options and more comics, which means it is difficult for local comics companies to achieve success.

The entertainment threshold is different. Just like Yang Wendong, even though he has traveled through time for several years, he still doesn't like the movies and TV series of this era. He wants to try to accept them, but he just doesn't feel anything and always finds them boring.

Zhang Zhiyuan took out another book and said, "The single volume of Calabash Brothers has also been published. Take a look. This is what we are going to publish."

"Let me see." Yang Wendong took the comic book, opened it, touched it with his hand, and asked, "The paper is pretty good."

Zhang Zhiyuan said with a smile: "Our single volume is made of high-quality paper and the equipment is also the most advanced book printing machine in Japan."

"Well, the new printing press is pretty good, right?" Yang Wendong asked as he looked at it.

The early cartoons of Changxing Culture were printed using the equipment of the Hong Kong Chinese Daily. Later, as the company expanded in scale and generated revenue, it introduced advanced color printing equipment for newspapers and books from Japan.

However, it is still placed in the printing plant of the Hong Kong Chinese Daily News so that if any needs arise, they can help each other.

Zhang Zhiyuan said: "Not bad, we can print 3000 copies a day, which is actually far more than our needs."

"It's just for now." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "The demand will definitely be higher in the future. As long as we publish comics, we will have single volumes."

Including Black Cat Sheriff, it can also be published as a single volume in the future, and it can have infinite sequels, and we don’t know how many different stories can be produced.

Add to that many derivative products such as stickers and toys, and you can make money without doing anything in the future.

"Yes." Zhang Zhiyuan also said with a smile.

Then, Yang Wendong looked at Wu Hailin and asked, "Old Wu, how is the animated movie of Calabash Brothers going?"

He proposed the plan for the animated film as early as when "Calabash Brothers" was just released, but the manpower was indeed insufficient at the time, so it was delayed until now.

The most regrettable thing is that I missed the Chinese New Year, but there is really nothing we can do. There were no computers in that era, and the production of animated films took too much time and manpower.

Wu Hailin replied: "Mr. Yang, I only need to finish the last plot of the first half of the Calabash Brothers movie. If there are no other problems later, it is estimated that it will be released in early March."

"Okay." Yang Wendong added, "If it's confirmed, I'll let Chongxin Media and various movie theaters do the pre-promotion."

"Okay." Wu Hailin agreed.

Yang Wendong asked again: "Mr. Zhang, you need to focus on the development of derivative products of various characters, including stickers, toys, and brand image licensing. This is the core source of our company's future profits."

"Yes." Zhang Zhiyuan replied, "Our comic stickers and toys have entered many Southeast Asian countries with a majority of Chinese people, and the sales are also very impressive, especially the stickers, which are also consumables."

Yang Wendong smiled again and said, "Okay, but the popularity of a comic is limited, so we still have to release new comics as soon as possible. Otherwise, even a long-running comic like Black Cat Sheriff will lose popularity in the future."

Wu Hailin immediately became interested and asked, "Mr. Yang, what kind of comics are they?"

Yang Wendong said: "We are Chinese, and Chinese people have many myths in ancient times, so I want to continue to adapt Chinese classical myths and draw them into comics."

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