Chapter 54 Throw a stone to ask for directions

"Oh... Jiying Club, I'm asking for the way by throwing stones."

When Meng Zhe told Kong Lan about the cooperation of Painting King with Kodanshe and finally returned from the instant noodle factory that had installed various production machines and could start low-speed trial production tomorrow, Kong Lan replied.

"Well, Sister Lan, I think so too. My editor is just an irrelevant role in Shueisha. This level of news is not something he should know."

Meng Zhe nodded. If he was just a twelve- or thirteen-year-old young man, he might not be able to see this trick of throwing stones to ask the way, but the problem now is that Meng Zhe has an adult soul before rebirth. If he can't even see this, it can't be said.

"I said that I'm really not funny. Their Shueisha released the news, waiting for us to take the initiative to cooperate with them, and then ask for a sky-high price!"

Kong Lan rubbed the sore bridge of her nose, which she thought.

"Well... So Sister Lan, we can't take this hook. Our magazine is not short of manuscripts."

Meng Zhe nodded and replied that there is no need to introduce Japanese comics in "Anime Boy". With Meng Zhe, will he still lack comic serialization that can be popular?

Kong Lan, who rubbed his nose again and looked very tired, continued: "Since the end of the first month, dozens of comic publications have appeared on the market. Although they are basically pirated foreign animation, they are not only popular comic works in the three major pirated societies - those less famous comics in Japan. , American superheroes, disintegrated Soviet Russia, European comics, and even Turkish countries can be found in those magazines... A lot of minority readers are diverted.

As Kong Lan said, influenced by the success of "Anime Boy" and "Painting King Youth", a lot of animation magazines have sprling up in the national market after the new year. Throwing away those junk magazines that are purely intended to make a fortune, and the production is not good, such as "New Comics" , Cartoon City... Most of the new comic magazines have devoured part of the market with low distribution prices by virtue of the advantage of piracy, making the shipment growth rate of the last two issues of "Anime Boy" less than double digits for the first time since its inception.

Although I don't know the specific situation of the painting king, Kong Lan guesses that the shipment growth of the painting king will definitely be better than that of animation teenagers.

"If the painting king really cooperates with the talk company successfully and successfully whitewashed from pirates into a regular magazine, it will be a big threat to us... Our animation youth sales are still short of the sales of 250,000 copies of the painting king."

So Meng Zhe's words did not make Kong Lan relax. She even frowned a little. If the painting king with sales of more than 400,000 copies is really successfully whitewashed, he will inevitably become a giant in the animation magazine publishing market. The animation teenager who has been insisting on originality wants to catch up with others. It's really not easy.

"Is the cooperation between Hua Wang and Kodansha successful? Well... Sister Lan, I don't think it's likely to cooperate successfully, right?

Although Meng Zhe answered like this, Kong Lan's hypothesis made Meng Zhe feel a headache. From time to time - this kind of thing is really possible now.

At the beginning, since Kong Lan's painting king adopted a piracy strategy, it was unlikely to cooperate with the author of Nihong and the publishing house. But now, the situation is that the Kodansha took the initiative to contact the painting king to reach a cooperation and contribution agreement.

The local comic author, who would have made his debut in the painting king, was also more than half of the net because of "Anime Boy" pre-emptive, and only leaked the salt boiled water of "Snow Coconut".

Meng Zhe, a great demon, has even successfully counterattacked into the Japanese comic market. Even the cartoons are already in production, not to mention that Tianjiao Club has also been in contact with Shuying Club because of Meng Zhe's relationship!

All of the above are very exciting for the painting king, isn't it?

Meng Zhe has a clear understanding of the power of the butterfly effect, so it is really possible for Huawang and Kodansha to reach a cooperation!

"In addition, according to the feedback from readers' letters, many readers' parents have expressed their dissatisfaction with their children's obsession with comics, believing that our magazine is delaying their children's studies." Kong Lan put down his hand rubbing the bridge of his nose, and then continued to say, "If this kind of public opinion is allowed to grow..."

If this kind of public opinion continues to grow, "Anime Youth" will enjoy the same treatment as the previous 'martial arts novels' and the future 'online games'. There is no doubt that the reputation of being scolded as a street mouse has been greatly reduced - human beings have the crowd mentality of three people becoming tigers.

If many people say that "Anime Boy" is not good, then in this simple era when the Internet has not yet developed, "Anime Boy" will really become a bad publication!

Although Kong Lan didn't finish her words, Meng Zhe could certainly figure out what she didn't say.

However, Kong Lan immediately said something that should be good news: "Fortunately, because Xiaozhe's three works are about to be made into cartoons, and the producer of the Go teenager is still CCTV, those media should not point their muzzle at us in a short time."

And Kong Lan's words of comfort brightened Meng Zhe's eyes. He said excitedly, "Sister Lan, do you remember the lawsuit between us and Zhu Jianqiang a few years ago?"

"Remember? We won. What's the problem?"

Kong Lan was a little strange. She didn't quite understand what Meng Zhe wanted to express in the plagiarism lawsuit that suddenly jumped the topic.

"Sister Lan, we can win the lawsuit. In fact, the fundamental reason is not that we are reasonable, but because we are in power! It's a trend for me to animate my two comics, and the domestic media's push and public opinion guidance - because we took advantage of the situation and followed the trend, we finally won Zhu Qiangqiang, not to mention the two benefits of CCTV's animation of "Go Youth" and the sales of animation teenagers have also greatly increased!"

Meng Zhe explained that he had thought of a way to increase the sales of "Anime Boy" and reverse the 'anti-comic public opinion' that is still brewing!

"Xiao Zhe, do you mean... indulge in public opinion again?"

Kong Lan is really clear. She has already understood Meng Zhe's idea.

"Yes, Sister Lan! We spend money to hire journalists, experts and scholars who are willing to collect money to publish various articles promoting comics and the benefits of our "Anime Youth" in various newspapers and magazines! Whether it's the development of teenagers' IQ, teaching and fun, carrying up the fallen comic strip banner, not letting Japanese comics erode children's hearts, resisting capitalist trends, or publishing it abroad can increase the international influence of our country... Let them think about the reasons themselves! The only requirement is to reverse the worries of parents and turn our magazines and our comics into good things that are beneficial to the country and the people!"

Meng Zhe said a lot of things. His idea is indeed to indulge public opinion. If he can catch up with people who are dissatisfied with comics, vent their dissatisfaction to society and cause influence, he will occupy the guidance of public opinion in advance so that the neutrals will at least not follow blindly, it will be huge. The victory!

"Hmm! This is really a good idea. I'll arrange it tomorrow, no... I'll arrange it in a minute!" After a little thought, Kong Lan thought that Meng Zhe's proposal could be used as a surname, but then she added: "However, if we want to indulge in public opinion, we need to allocate and reserve enough cash - the cash flow of Tianjiao Society itself cannot be broken, and the capital chain of the instant noodle factory cannot be broken. Therefore, we can only temporarily give up the investment in the research and development of Bian Xiaochun's game software of Pioneer Cartoon, and only retain the control of the launched Volkswagen Software..."

"Well, that's the only way." Meng Zhe nodded and said that China is too big. If you want to reverse the trend of public opinion affecting the whole country, you need a lot of funds.

Now that it has been determined to control public opinion, Meng Zhe and Kong Lan have had a relatively in-depth discussion on this issue. It was not until after ten o'clock in the evening that the two finally set the general steps and strategies for public opinion control... The next day, Kong Lan, an activist, embarked on a journey to Yanjing again. As the capital, Yanjing gathered a large number of influential newspapers and magazines! Therefore, only by taking down the public opinion direction of the capital in one fell swoop can it radiate to the whole country and cause the greatest impact.

As soon as Kong Lan left, Tianjiao Society became Meng Zhe's arbitrary again. If the excellent manuscripts selected by the responsible editors of the magazine want to be published in "Anime Youth", Meng Zhe must nod... Meng Zhe is unwilling to do this hard work every day, so he released a new system for the magazine - 'month The short story reviewer system.

What does this 'monthly short story reviewer system' mean?

In fact, it is easy to understand that Meng Zhe delegated the right to review short stories, converted this right into 'honor status', and handed over to a cartoonist who is serializing long stories to be responsible for the review of short stories that can be published.

Since then, the responsible editor responsible for the selection of submissions first acts as the filter of the first layer to select the short works that they judge can be serialized; then, the serial cartoonist who acts as a monthly short story reviewer is responsible for the selection and recommendation of the second level after the responsible editors submit the short stories.

Then, Meng Zhe, as the editor-in-chief, only needs to be responsible for reading the short stories selected by the reviewer at the end. There is no need to waste time in dozens of short stories submitted by more than a dozen responsible editors in each issue!

Looking at Chen Xiang, who is already a popular serial cartoonist in "Anime Boy", after the defendant became the first 'monthly short story reviewer', Meng Zhe was so excited that he was incoherent.

Hey hey! This kind of can not only get cheap, but also increase the number of long serial cartoonists, and be unhappy with the magazine and the sense of belonging of Tianjiao Society, okay?

Then, Meng Zhe, who was completely decentralized, began to look forward to what kind of short stories Chen Xiang would choose. However, at this time, the number of editors in the magazine increased, so Song Guixu, who had been promoted to the leader of the editorial team, came and gave Meng Zhe a tape without any logo.

"Uncle Song, what is this?"

Meng Zhe couldn't find the logo, so he could only ask Song Guixu, who brought the tape.

"I don't know what's in it. It's a Suzhou reader who sent it to Xiao Zhe by name. Her letter said that it seemed to be dubbing the recorded lines of the suspended Dream Eater?"

Song Guixu answered truthfully that there was no tape recorder in the magazine.

"The dubbing of "Dream Eater"? In this case, I'd like to listen to it..."

Meng Zhe naturally became interested in Song Guixu's answer. Since the founding of the animation teenager, although there have been many readers who have sent him something, this is the first time to mail dubbing tapes.

The painting work of "Ches Soul" was handed over to Ken Obata, and the four-panel comic "Light-tone Girl" to draw very quickly. "The Guardian of the Three Kingdoms" also has Chen Xiang's work of saving manuscripts and reviewing short stories... Leisurely - such a rare leisure time, such a rare perfect excuse, if you don't take a tape. The father-in-law's family of the tape recorder will definitely be punished by God if he takes the opportunity to get close to his future wife and sister-in-law!

So, Meng Zhe, who thought like this, ran to the future parents-in-law's house with this recording tape.

After greeting his future mother-in-law, Meng Zhe, who had gained control of the tape recorder, called the two big loli of the Jiang family to listen to what was in the tape.

Originally, according to Meng Zhe's plan, he felt that if he could listen to the tape for about ten minutes at most, there would be no need to continue listening, and then it was time to increase intimacy with his future wife.

However, when pressing the play button of the recorder, in the sizzling noise, Meng Zhe heard the self-report and greetings of the two people who claimed to be 'Jingxi' and 'Ji Youyuan', Meng Zhe had forgotten his original intention, and even his relaxed expression quietly turned serious!

These two guys, these two guys... Not bad! Very good!

There is no problem. The dubbing of the two obviously has not been professionally trained, and there are obvious mistakes in biting words and other issues, but this kind of dubbing is completely different from the endorsement style of primary school students. The voice is full, the emotional expression is clear, and it is very... Well, it makes people feel very cute when you hear it!

Whether it is the voice or the full emotion of interpreting the words of the characters in the comics... In Meng Zhe's opinion, these two children who use simple home tape recorders, dubbing and mailing tapes are clearly two pearls waiting for him to discover!

I want to fund them! I want to subsidize them to carry out professional voice actor training!

Meng Zhe thought this secretly and didn't notice a tape, which had been played to the end.

So, a voice that made Jiang Xiyao laugh at Meng Zhe for a long time in the future, rolled out of the tape recorder like a spring thunder at first glance - "Teacher Meng Jiji! Why did you suddenly stop serializing Dream Eaters? Why? Why? Why? Absolutely unforgivable ah--! Mr. Jiji, can you resume the Dream Eater within a year? Otherwise, I will wish Mr. Jiji every day that you are choked on drinking water, choked on food, and collapse your bed..."

(to be continued)