Chapter 94 Dongli and Daran

Kong Lan's final decision was to start an animation information magazine first. The reason is that since Meng Zhe judged that this type of magazine would decline in a few years, wouldn't it be more cost-effective not to do it now?

At that time, I really can't do it. At worst, I will suspend the magazine and then make it into another animation magazine.

Meng Zhe undoubtedly supports Kong Lan's decision. At that time, the information comic magazine will not be able to continue, but at that time, the "demon" website that integrates animation information functions should have been online for a long time. At that time, the magazine will retire.

Subsequently, Meng Zhe and Kong Lan determined the name of the animation information magazine - Animation Time after some discussion.

As for the magazine publication number, this problem is not a problem at all. If it is a few years later, it is indeed difficult to apply for the publication number, but now the country's application for the magazine publication number is still relatively loose. Tianjiao Society, one of the designated units of the '5155' project, has obtained a relationship. Two issues are very simple.

However, it will be difficult to apply for a magazine publication number in a few years. In later life, when Guo Xiaosi ran his novel magazine "Most Novel", he couldn't apply for a magazine publication number, so he went to buy a lot of book publication number, and then stole the issue of "Most Novel" with the publication number of published books. I have to say that Guo Xiaosi is really talented, but it also proves the difficulty of magazine publication.

"Xiao Zhe, Bian Xiaochun hasn't contacted you today?"

After the publication of the animation information magazine Animation Time, Kong Lan asked another question.

Because after the demonstration, it has been determined to do 'Qidian Chinese Network' and 'hao123' website navigation, so both tasks have been entrusted to Bian Xiaochun. It is better to leave professional matters to professional personnel, right?

"Bian Xiaochun called me at noon, and he said that the navigation website was basically made, and it would take some time to make the starting point."

Meng Zhe answered truthfully that the navigation website basically has no technical content, so it is easy to make it. The starting point project should be a little larger. Although according to Meng Zhe's setting, his starting point website will still be in the stage of free reading within three years, Meng Zhe's requirements for functions such as 'member email system', 'page VIP chapter', anti-piracy chain system and 'reward' and so on. It's done in place... Therefore, according to Bian Xiaochun's prediction, he and his team will have to do one more month or so to complete the work.

Meng Zhe is not in a hurry. During this period, he can just use it to form a website management team. Now China's network is still in its infancy, so basically buy a few computers with better surnames, and then find a few college students with computer majors like Yao Feila to manage data backup every day. And the network maintenance is also done.

The focus of this stage is not on how big they are, but to make these websites a de facto existence, and then publicize them through several magazines under Tianjiao Society to let more people know these existences - although the Yangtze River back waves push the front waves, the front waves die on the beach, for example, the world's first Wan Yan of VCD died miserably. But Meng Zhe is different. As a reborn person, he knows that he will die miserably in the future, so it can't be said.

After Meng Zhe said his idea, Kong Lan on the other end of the phone said, "Xiao Zhe, do you know our Daran Publishing House and Dongli Publishing House in Taiwan?"

Daran and Dongli?

Meng Zhe, of course, knows that these two publishing houses whose main business is animation are basically equivalent to the Japanese Baiquan Society and Shuying Society in this era.

Lv Dunjian, Daran's boss, is a comic fan. When he first published comics, he tended to be girlish comics, while Dongli's boss is a cartoonist like Meng Zhe, and his publications are biased towards teenagers.

At the beginning, these two companies actually published a large number of pirated comics, just like the Painting King and the Sichuan Hope Bookstore, which is the backstage of the Painting King. Of course, it's okay to say the other way around. After all, the two families appeared much earlier than Huawang and Hope Bookstore.

Among them, Lv Dunjian, Daran's boss, once run the "Xiaomi Comics Weekly" in the early days. From the name, it can be seen that this magazine is girl-oriented. In order to compete with Dongli's Dynamic Comics Weekly, Lv Dunjian founded the Comic Newcomer Award in the weekly magazine, and set up a special section for local works in the weekly magazine.

You Sulan, Lin Zhengde, Gao Yong, etc., who are famous in Taiwan's comics industry, actually made their debut during the existence of Little Comics Weekly, which is very similar to Painting Book King. It is actually okay to say that the painting king copied Daran's development strategy. The only difference between the two is that Daran successfully whitewashed himself in the end, but the painting king disappeared in a flash because he failed to reach an agreement with the publishing house of Japan. In 1991, Taiwan amended the Copyright Law. After the emergence of a very heavy punishment for piracy, and the emergence of legal provisions that foreign comics can only be exclusively represented in Taiwan, Daran won the favor of Japanese comic magazine by burning a large number of pirated comics in public. Then, Daran successfully grabbed the exclusive agency rights of many comics in Jiyingshe, Baiquanshe and the primary school, which was very popular for a period of time.

In the following ten years, Dongli was completely suppressed by Daran. The three copyrights of "One Piece", "Psychic King" and "Ches Spirit King" (Chess Soul) were in hand, and created the so-called "Three Kings Era". The monthly number of periodicals and magazines should be as high as 1.5 million copies - this 19.5 million data, but only The small island of Taiwan has achieved it!

In fact, Meng Zhe is almost on the same route now, but because of the advantage of rebirth, he does not need to engage in the pirated version of Japanese comics, but can support his main publication "Anime Boy" by drawing by himself and giving his creativity to others.

The next step is to establish a 'man bar' that specializes in the sale and rental of comic publications in various cities across the country like Daran. Of course, because Tianjiao Club also has the business of animation peripheral products, these comic bars will also be accompanied by the sale of these animation peripheral products.

Of course, Meng Zhe did not have the desire to do this matter by himself. He just drew a few ideas of the store, and then planned to post an advertisement to join in the animation youth magazine, and waited for people who were willing to join to negotiate.

However, before that, Meng Zhe first needed to recruit professional trainers and build a demonstration store in Wufeng County. Before Kong Lan left, he had arranged people to talk to the owners of several bookstores in the county. In the end, the small bookstore next to the stadium successfully grabbed the first 'anime sh The franchise qualification of op's chain bookstore.

Now, there are two shops next to it, and the first 'anime shop' chain bookstore is being renovated. It is expected that it will be renovated and opened on September 1st, when the school starts.

After the decoration, this bookstore will become a franchise store that sells rental animation magazines, single books, and sales of animation peripheral products. Compared with ordinary rental bookstores, the store full of animation items will be decorated with some tables and chairs, which can support book renters to read and communicate in the store, and will provide free Fei's tea service or something... At that time, not only Meng Zhe, the boss of Tianjiao Club, will attend the opening ceremony, but the serial authors of animation teenagers will also go out to support him. This is a super luxurious lineup!

Of course, of course, this matter is a little far away, because Kong Lan just asked Meng Zhe if he knew whether Dongli and Daran were two publishing houses, so Meng Zhe replied, "Do you know? What's the matter, Sister Lan?

"In the past two days, the bosses of Dongli and Daran have come to me on the grounds of visiting me. They want to take over the exclusive agency rights of our "Anime Boys" that are hotly serialized in Taiwan... What do you think of Xiaozhe?"

Kong Lan said that after returning home for two or three days, her mood had stabilized, and the disordered proportion had been restored.

"Well..."

What does Meng Zhe think?

"Anime Boy" is very popular in the mainland. Meng Zhe, a demon, also broke into the Japanese market with a ticket, and even TV animation has been filmed!

Such a big thing, how did the two giants in Taiwan's animation market, which are now popular, react now? If it were Meng Zhe, he would have personally run to Tianjiao Club to contact him. How could he wait for Kong Lan to return to Taiwan before he took action? What did Dongli and Daran do during this period?

Dongli and Daran, of course, have something to do during this period. They are busy robbing the agency rights of the magazines and serial comics of Japan's animation publishing houses.

Now the exclusive agency on the other side has been basically divided, so it is normal for Qi Qi to look at the continent that they had ignored and regarded as the 'animation desert' before.

In fact, as far as Meng Zhe is concerned, he thinks the best way is to open a branch in Taiwan and then publish and sell the traditional Chinese version of Anime Boy.

But the problem is that now in Taiwan, there are two giants, Daran and Dongli, so if you open the Tianjiao Society branch, you will face the problem of competing with Daran and Dongli - although Kong Lan is Taiwanese and the family is right in Taiwan, you can't let her stay in Taiwan, right?

Therefore, it is the best way to hand over the traditional Chinese publishing of the Taiwan market to Daran or Dongli, and then focus on the operation of the mainland market.

"Sister Lan, what's your opinion?"

So, Meng Zhe asked.

"My opinion is that both Dongli and Daran are fine. We don't have the energy to open a branch in Taiwan. So it's better to give the copyright to them to make the reputation of our cartoonists, like this..." Kong Lan paused here, and then showed his sharpness: "When we free up the branch, the accumulated fame will be used."

(to be continued)