"What?"
Kobayashi Keiko was also stunned and shocked by Lin Huowang's words.
"Mr. Lin Huowang, you didn't say anything wrong, did you? Do you know how thick a comic book magazine is? One issue can have about 200 to 250 pages, and the front and back pages combined are at least 400 pages.
Usually it takes about twenty comic works to be serialized, and each comic work is serialized into one episode, which is about twenty pages.
In Japan, in order to publish one issue of a comic magazine, a magazine company needs to employ at least dozens of comic editors and various logistical staff.
This does not include the dozens or even hundreds of cartoonists who submit their works. Sometimes, due to delays in manuscripts, these weekly comic magazines have to postpone their publication by one or two days.
And now you say that the content of this magazine, containing nearly twenty comic works, will be completed by you alone?
I finally understand why my father wouldn't agree to help you.
You are totally...please forgive me for using a very impolite Chinese idiom to describe this, which is daydreaming."
When Keiko Kobayashi was in high school in Japan, many boys in her class had the habit of buying the comic magazine "Weekly Shonen Jump".
Therefore, I am very clear about the specifications and content of a comic magazine. From this, I feel that Lin Huowang really has only a one-sided understanding of this aspect, which is why he speaks so arrogantly.
Reporter Qian Shuzhen also smiled helplessly and said: "Comrade Lin Huowang! Let alone this weekly comic magazine, just look at how many people our provincial newspaper employs!
How many people are busy every day just for a piece of news in the newspaper!
You want to start a comic magazine in Japan based on just an idea. That's really a wild idea and a bit beyond your capabilities."
Indeed, it is impossible for one person to start a magazine in anyone's eyes.
Except... Zheng, the Fairy Tale King, Yuanjie.
Lin Huowang came up with this idea after he received the news that Lin Tongchun was leading a Japanese delegation to visit. Combined with Zheng Yuanjie's deeds of single-handedly creating the "Fairy Tale King" magazine in later generations, he planned to try to publish a comic magazine in Japan.
At this point, Qian Shuzhen pointed at Lin Huowang and revealed to Xiaolin Keiko: "Miss Keiko, you may not know yet? Comrade Lin Huowang has another identity that will fascinate you even more! He is the great poet Haizi who wrote "Facing the Sea, Spring Flowers Bloom" and "A Generation."
"What? Mr. Lin Huowang, I like the beauty and extreme romanticism in Facing the Sea, Spring Flowers Blooming the most.
Some time ago, I kept pestering Sister Qian, wanting her to take me to meet the great poet Haizi.
But I didn’t expect to meet you by chance in the library of Jilin University. You are Haizi.”
Hearing this, Keiko Kobayashi was extremely surprised.
She never expected that the Haizi she admired and the Lin Huowang she loved in real life were actually the same person.
However, after a brief surprise, Keiko Kobayashi still said with some regret: "Lin Huowang, although I recognize your talent and literary talent. But writing poetry and comics should be two completely different forms of literature and art.
The idea that you want to start and run a comics magazine by yourself is too crazy and unrealistic.”
Lin Huowang nodded when he heard this. He could understand the shock and disbelief of the two women, so he pointed to the project plan and said to Xiaolin Keiko: "Ms. Keiko, I have read about the situations you just mentioned in the newspaper and have written them down in the project plan.
I made a rough plan for the magazine’s costs and profits, expected sales, advertising revenue, etc.”
"Hmm? Do you really know all this? Then... Mr. Lin Huowang, you shouldn't make such boasts.
A manga planner for an entire manga magazine by himself? Don't say it's impossible. Even if you can do it, it's too risky.
How can you be sure that the twenty comics you have planned will be loved by Japanese comic readers?"
After carefully reading Lin Huowang's business plan, Kobayashi Keiko was even more shocked.
Because the business plan is very well done and standard, the profit model and expected profits are also quite considerable.
In general, the price of a comic book in a Japanese manga magazine is around 250 yen, and various costs account for half of that. The profit of the magazine can be between 40-50%. As long as the sales volume goes up and there are popular representative comics, the magazine can live a comfortable life.
After all, it was the 1970s, and comics had only been popular in Japan for a dozen years, far from reaching their peak in later generations. Even their influence had been confined to Japan, and the Japanese comics culture had not made a name for itself around the world.
In Lin Huowang's business plan, the cost of establishing a comic magazine could be reduced to about 20%. After all, all the comics were planned by him, and he did not need to pay royalties to cartoonists or hire a large number of editors.
Therefore, the overall profit margin can reach more than 70%. Even within Lin Huowang's expectations, this comic magazine can quickly break through one million sales, or even reach tens of millions of sales.
Then the profit for one week can reach a terrifying 175 yen per copy, and 10 million sales would be 1.75 billion yen.
According to the current official exchange rate, 100 yen is equivalent to 5 yuan. The revenue of a comic weekly with sales of 10 million is 67.5 million yuan.
What an astronomical figure this is!
You know, this is a weekly magazine! Four copies a month, that is to say, if everything goes as Lin Huowang predicted, the monthly income would be 7 billion yen, equivalent to 350 million yuan.
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