Didn't you say that we would lose money after filming?

"The good news is, just as it's written in the letter, congratulations on getting our contract. At the same time, as a contracted cartoonist of Heye Comics, we will give you a signing bonus of 10 US dollars, which will be valid for one year. Of course, this amount of money will continue to increase, but this is all we can give you now."

However, Xia Yuan thought that the signing fee was already very low, but there was nothing he could do about it. He had to take it step by step. Now Mike was just a newcomer, and he couldn't give him too high a signing fee, otherwise it would be difficult to explain to other employees or contracted actors.

In fact, Xia Yuan still felt a little bit unfair, thinking that the price was too low. On the one hand, Heye had a high salary, but on the other hand, Mike was also the first cartoonist signed by their company. As the person who would shoulder the next important responsibility, Xia Yuan hoped to pay him more.

However, what Xia Yuan didn't expect was that when Mike heard his "extremely low signing fee", he was completely dumbfounded.

He silently pinched his thigh to see if he was dreaming.

God have mercy on him, he is just a poor student!
As a real poor guy, he rarely has money like one thousand, let alone one hundred thousand dollars. The car his father bought him for his coming-of-age gift was a junky car worth $1800, which was older than him.

Otherwise, if there wasn't a deep resentment, who would specifically draw it into the story?

One hundred thousand dollars! This is undoubtedly a huge sum of money for Mike!
"I can't, Master Xia. Oh no, Master Xia! This is too much!"

"I'm serious. This is just the beginning. When your business develops more smoothly, if you are still willing to sign a contract with the company next year, I can guarantee you that the number will only increase, not decrease!" Xia Yuan's expression and tone were extremely serious.

Nonsense, if they don't raise salaries to the maximum possible range, how can they still lose money?
Pull it to the maximum! It must be pulled to the maximum!
However, what he didn't notice was that the look in Mike's eyes had completely changed at this moment.

He stared at Xia Yuan closely and clenched his fists secretly.

Director Xia trusts me so much and values ​​me so much, I will definitely! I will definitely!!

We must not let Director Xia down!!

And let alone whether he wants to renew the contract or not, he belongs to Heye in this life! Heye will be dead in death!
"What about the bad news?" But Mike still remembered that there was another piece of bad news, so he asked tentatively.

In fact, he was no longer too worried about the bad news. After all, he had the good news before. Now even if Director Xia asked him to eat shit, he would be willing to do so. He would even choose the biggest ones and eat more. Otherwise, he would feel guilty about taking the money.

Xia Yuan also said: "The bad news is that unfortunately you can't paint your work anymore, and your submitted work will not be published in the company's upcoming art magazine.

The reason is this.”

Xia Yuan took out the script of "Transformers", pushed it in front of Mike, and carefully explained his ideas.

He originally thought that it would be difficult to persuade Mike to give up his own work and paint it for him.

After all, for a cartoonist, it is conceivable that he would regard his work, which he has spent so much time and effort on, as important as his own children. It would not be so easy for him to just give up.

However, he didn't expect that Mike didn't even think about it and nodded in agreement: "Okay, Director Xia!"

"Don't you feel any regret for your work at all?" Xia Yuan was stunned.

"I definitely feel a little bit regretful, but to be honest, Director Xia's script has a similar storyline and design to my Autobots. The storyline is similar, but Director Xia's story is much richer in details and aspects than mine. In comparison, I naturally have to choose a more perfect story."

It's a pity, it doesn't matter who you are talking to. He is just a loser who has never been recognized, but finally got others' attention today.

What else could he not be satisfied with?
"Okay, it's decided. No, it's Heye Films. It should be called the Heye Comics Club, which is about to be established. You are welcome to join us!"

Xia Yuan stretched out his hand.

Soon, on a quiet afternoon, finally, the qualification approval of Heye Comics was completed, and they successfully contacted the printing company and several offline physical comics stores, all of which were local to Luoshengdu.

There is no way. To be honest, this business is similar to opening a cinema chain. It is not that you can achieve a lot in one go, but requires gradual planning.

After the picture magazine is printed, you still need to find a place to sell it. However, there are so many bookstores, comic shops and newsstands that people may not choose yours.

"What a pity! If this happened in China, we could just go all the way online and hire a few internet celebrities to lead the way." Xia Yuan sighed while busying himself.

The bad thing about Americain is that many things still have to be done through offline channels, which is very inconvenient.

To be honest, in terms of the convenient use of the Internet, Hanxia is still a huge mountain that the whole world cannot overcome, including live streaming sales.

However, there are certain differences, that is, the degree of development of the offline economy. Today, America still has a certain offline economic foundation, unlike Hanxia, ​​where the real economy has been almost washed away. Small and medium-sized companies use love to generate electricity, but cannot make money. Large companies rely solely on government subsidies to survive. If they leave the subsidies, they will die in minutes.

But it's okay this way, just roll it out slowly, starting with the base camp in Luoshengdu.

And Mike successfully drew the initial content
After contacting the factory to speed up printing, "Heye Comics" began to be sold in a very limited number of newsstands and comic stores!

At the beginning, Xia Yuan did not choose to take a big step, nor did he print a large number of copies, only 5 copies.

This part actually already has a lot. They are just starting out now, and there is no such thing as a basic readership, nor is there any popularity.

I think it will not be a short process to digest these 50,000 books.

the other side.

Jenkins Yamada is a YouTuber who writes about anime.

As an Asian, he has successfully retained the hobbies of his native ethnic group and has rarely socialized with the outside world since his teenage years.

Of course, this lack of sociability is fundamentally different from Mike's. Mike is simply the kind of person that no one wants to pay attention to, but he himself is eager for socializing.

But Yamada is the kind of person who is completely socially anxious and doesn't want to say a word to others.

I don’t like to go out on weekdays. My biggest hobby is watching anime and studying comics.

This also made it natural for him to choose the career he loved after he became an adult. (End of this chapter)