Chapter 749 That’s too much, Teacher Lin!

Wang Yongsheng stared at Lin Weimin, his anger in his eyes undisguised.

Compared with his anger, Lin Weimin's face was calm and his emotions were unperturbed.

Li Xin, who was standing by, was sweating nervously. Why did you provoke an old comrade for no reason? The suspension of publication was a scar in his heart. You are just exposing his scar and rubbing salt on it!

That’s too much, Teacher Lin!

Lin Weimin couldn't hear Li Xin's complaints. He looked at Wang Yongsheng for a moment, then reached for the teacup and took a sip of tea leisurely.

With a "tsk" sound, it was like a needle piercing a balloon, and Wang Yongsheng's pent-up anger was instantly released.

He looked down at the ground with a dejected look and said in a low voice, "You are right. I do have a responsibility in this matter that cannot be shirked."

Before Lin Weimin could say anything, Li Xin said, "Teacher Wang, please don't say that. It is indeed unfair and a pity that Huawang stopped publishing. Such a good brand collapsed just like that. It is really a loss for the comic industry in our country."

Li Xin's words comforted Wang Yongsheng a little, but Lin Weimin's words were like a thorn stuck in his throat. He waved his hands, and the expression on his face was indescribable.

"Teacher Wang!" Lin Weimin called out.

Wang Yongsheng turned around and looked at him.

"I know that the closure of Huawang is a heavy blow to you, but you have to cheer up. China's comics industry cannot do without people of insight like you."

Li Xin looked at Lin Weimin with some surprise.

Teacher Lin 6!

To praise someone, one must first criticize him. Look how good this flattery is.

Xiao Li, I can’t even compare to him!

After listening to Lin Weimin's words, Wang Yongsheng's mood indeed improved a lot.

He sighed and said, "No, I'm too old. I'm over 60 years old, I can't afford to do that anymore."

Li Xin smelled a tug of war in their conversation.

Lin Weimin finally looked serious and said, "Teacher Wang, to be honest, we are here today to re-publish Painting Wang."

Re-publication?

These two words were like magic, drawing Wang Yongsheng's attention to Lin Weimin's face. He leaned forward in a strange way and asked in an incredulous tone, "Re-publication?"

Lin Weimin nodded solemnly, "Yes, resume publication!"

"The closure of Huawang was largely accidental, and ultimately it was a human factor. It is not easy for our country to publish such an influential comic magazine. The closure of Huawang is a very heavy blow to the domestic comic industry."

Lin Weimin's words resonated with Wang Yongsheng. He is the founder of "Painting Book King". He founded the magazine and discovered many well-known young domestic cartoonists.

With the cessation of publication of "The King of Picture Books", the publishing house lost millions of profits, readers lost a favorite publication, and creators lost a stage to showcase themselves.

The closure of Huawang in August 1994 was a huge loss to all parties involved in the Chinese comics industry.

During the period when Huashu Dawang was suspended, Wang Yongsheng did not cut off his contact with many cartoonists. Chinese cartoons had just risen in popularity, and a group of young authors had just made their mark through Huashu Dawang. Many of them lost their stage before they could even complete the serialization of their debut work. These young cartoonists were like abandoned homeless children, full of confusion and helplessness about the future.

"It is indeed a big blow." Wang Yongsheng pursed his lips and looked at Lin Weimin with a look of help in his eyes. "Teacher Lin, you said resuming publication? What does that mean? I still don't understand. Huawang has ceased publication. This is the decision of the Press and Publication Administration."

Lin Weimin said solemnly: "Our idea is for Guowen Publishing House to invest in the purchase of all intellectual property rights related to "The King of Painting Books", and then we will coordinate with the Publishing House to resume publication of "The King of Painting Books"."

Wang Yongsheng's brows couldn't help but twitch. Coordinate with Huawang to resume publication?

Although he already had some guesses in his mind, Wang Yongsheng was still a little surprised when Lin Weimin said this.

The Press and Publication Administration is the mother-in-law of all publishing houses in the country. The decision to suspend the publication of Hua Wang was made by a heavyweight leader of the Press and Publication Administration. He used many connections with the Ningxia People's Publishing House but failed to stop the issuance of the document. Now, hearing Lin Weimin say the word "coordination" lightly, Wang Yongsheng couldn't help feeling a little unreal.

But Wang Yongsheng thought about it carefully again. After all, Guowen Publishing House is one of the largest publishing houses in the domestic publishing industry, and it has been developing rapidly in recent years.

If the president of Guowen Publishing House is transferred horizontally, he will usually become the deputy of the Publishing House, and then the person in charge.

Under such circumstances, it is not a far-fetched idea for Lin Weimin to "coordinate" the resumption of publication of Hua Wang.

Seeing Wang Yongsheng's hesitation, Lin Weimin was afraid that Wang Yongsheng would think he was talking nonsense. "I'm not afraid to be honest with you. I have inquired about the matter of Painting King. In fact, it doesn't have to be suspended. It's just that you are not taking the right approach."

Hearing this, Wang Yongsheng felt very upset.

He knew that this had nothing to do with Lin Weimin, but was caused by his inner feelings of self-blame and regret.

Suppressing the negative emotions in his heart, Wang Yongsheng was more concerned about whether Hua Wang could really be resumed.

"What do you need me to do here?"

"You are the founder of Huawang. I hope you can help us coordinate with Ningxia to acquire the Huawang comics brand."

"The King of Painting Books" is a publication published by Ningxia People's Publishing House, but in fact, Wang Yongsheng is the creator.

Wang Yongsheng was originally a cadre in the Publicity and Exhibition Department of China Philatelic Corporation. His main job before retirement was to host the "Philately" magazine.

After retirement, he came into contact with a large number of comics from the United States, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other places through his good friends, and found that outside of mainland China, comics have become completely different.

So, the idea of ​​publishing a comic magazine came to him.

He first brought together comic lovers and established the China Comics Research Association in 1992. This is a national industry organization voluntarily formed by comic researchers, creators, painters, publishers, educators and related comic groups. Wang Yongsheng was elected as the president as the organizer.

The Cartoon Research Association can provide Wang Yongsheng with various conditions for publishing a magazine, but the most critical factor in publishing a magazine is still the publishing house.

Relying on the connections he had accumulated over the years in the publishing industry, Wang Yongsheng cast his spell out invitations to heroes and finally, after half a year of hard work, received an olive branch from the Ningxia People's Publishing House. The two parties hit it off.

Thus, the "King of Picture Books" was born.

Afraid that Wang Yongsheng did not understand the interests involved, Lin Weimin went out of his way to explain it.

“HuaWang has ceased publication now. Actually, we can start a comic magazine ourselves. But I personally love HuaWang very much, and I admire you for single-handedly creating a new era for Chinese comics.

If Huawang is allowed to sink, it will be a loss to the Chinese comics industry. And Huawang has indeed established its own brand power in the hearts of many domestic comics fans, so our idea is to acquire the Huawang brand as much as possible.

We took a certain risk by doing this, after all, no one can predict the outcome of coordinating the resumption of publication.”

Wang Yongsheng nodded and said, "I understand. You have contributed money and effort, so of course you hope for a happy ending."

He pondered for a long time and asked, "Teacher Lin, since you said it's an acquisition, then the price..."

"One million!"

Lin Weimin said a number and Wang Yongsheng's face flashed with surprise.

Guowen Publishing House wants to buy Huawang, which, to put it bluntly, is just buying a brand, the name of "The King of Painting Books".

If it were an ordinary publishing house, they would probably just give it a name similar to "The King of Picture Books" and skirt the rules, and no one would be able to say anything.

But Guowen Publishing House wanted to spend 1 million to buy a name, and Wang Yongsheng couldn't help but feel moved that a gentleman would die for his friend.

After all, this was the magazine he founded.

Wang Yongsheng hesitated for a moment and advised: "Teacher Lin, it's actually the same if you don't buy this brand."

As they were all from the publishing industry, Lin Weimin certainly understood what Wang Yongsheng meant, but he shook his head firmly.

"We must buy it! If we don't respect our own intellectual property rights, when will China's cultural industry be truly loved by the general public? How can it stand tall in the world of culture?"

Very powerful!

Wang Yongsheng looked at Lin Weimin in front of him. He looked a few years younger than his son, but he had such a broad mind and vision...

He couldn't help choking and held Lin Weimin's hand tightly.

"Teacher Lin, I won't say anything more. Just for what you said, I, Old Wang, will do anything for you!"

Lin Weimin also shook Wang Yongsheng's hand and said, "Teacher Wang, this is actually a mutually beneficial matter. I think Ningxia will understand this as well."

"Not bad, not bad." Wang Yongsheng showed a smile on his face.

"By the way, Mr. Wang, I need to make an appointment with you in advance. Once the Painting King resumes publication, I will have to ask you to take charge of the work in the future!" Lin Weimin said again.

His words touched Wang Yongsheng's heart, and the smile on his face became even brighter. "Oh! At my age, I'm afraid I'm not up to the task of running a magazine! It would be bad if I delayed your work."

"Hey, you built the Painting King with your own hands. It's not that I have to invite you, but I really can't find anyone else. Thank you for your trouble!"

Wang Yongsheng was very pleased with Lin Weimin's flattery.

“Ha! Teacher Lin, you are overpraising me. I just did some insignificant work. The success of Painting King is inseparable from the joint efforts of all participants.

However, the work of resuming the publication of Hua Wang is indeed quite complicated. How about this, I will take charge of it. After your Guowen Press has sorted out the work of Hua Wang, I will retire and return home. How do you think?"

Although he was happy, Wang Yongsheng did not get carried away. Instead, he made a pertinent suggestion.

"Okay, I'll do as you say."

After the discussion, Wang Yongsheng couldn't wait to say, "Teacher Lin, when can the Guowen Publishing House give me a license? I will go to Ningxia People's Publishing House to discuss it right away!"

"I'll have someone send you the authorization documents tomorrow. You can prepare them first. I'll have to trouble you to come back later."

Wang Yongsheng waved his hands happily, "This is all part of my job. As an old man, I am willing to die of exhaustion for this matter!"

Li Xin was standing aside, originally listening to Lin Weimin and Wang Yongsheng bragging about their business dealings and not paying much attention. But when he heard Wang Yongsheng say, "I'd be willing to die of exhaustion," his eyes couldn't help but well up.

Just a simple sentence, but it reveals the persistence and ideals of an old publisher.

Li Xin looked at Wang Yongsheng again, his eyes full of admiration!

(End of this chapter)