Chapter 543
What is it like to have a boss who is too cumbersome?
Zhou Kang answered this question anonymously on Zhihu. He was tired only with two simple words, but he was praised by many netizens. He was simply exhausted both physically and mentally.
The boss said, employees have to stay up late to complete the work after running and working overtime.
Now Hanlin Culture Media is still busy making books about "The Legend of Wukong". It has a peripheral sales volume. It was not enough staff, but now it still wants to acquire a comic magazine, which is simply a mess!
Ye Shumei rubbed her head, and she smiled bitterly: "The boss really thought that one thing happened, and that we wouldn't buy a Hollywood film company another day, right?"
"When he makes enough money, he might do this." Zhou Kang obviously knows Zhang Chu's personality very well. "If he one day acquires a VR game company, I wouldn't be surprised."
"To be honest, "Those Things That Year" could have been serialized in magazines. Many students don't like to read comics online, they just buy magazines. Those comic magazines have very good sales, and I had a special comic department in my previous company."
Before serving as general manager of Hanlin Culture Media, Ye Shumei was a middle-level leader of a large publishing group. Comics are of course an important support and have heard of these sales.
There are roughly two types of domestic animation magazines: original magazines and information magazines. They are different from readers, content and even understanding. Lingying comics are original magazines that are about to go bankrupt.
"The sales of electronic single-line books exceeded that of paper for the first time last year, and officially entered the era of big electronics, but electronic version comic magazines have not been made, and the sales of paper versions still account for the main part."
In the comics world, these comic works are usually serialized in magazines first, and if they are popular, they will continue to be serialized and become long-form.
When the serialization volume is enough to issue a single-line book, the publisher will issue a single-line book, which is the comic book we see in daily life.
Zhou Kang murmured in a low voice: "This comic market is really weird. You buy electronic versions of a single book, but you like paper versions of serial magazines. You can make money by making such magazines. You can lose money and make a name for yourself. You will definitely invest money in the magazines that are about to go bankrupt. You will not see any profit in the short term."
"If you are an author now, you can only serialize your works. No matter which platform you are on, you can live slowly, and even live a good life. But comic magazines can be said to be the best you can sell, and you can make money by selling magazines alone. At least 100,000 or even 200,000 copies."
Zhou Kang and Ye Shumei were both people in the publishing industry, and they both knew much more about magazines than the rest.
The cost of magazines that undertake publicity functions is actually very high. If more than 50% of magazines cannot be sold after printing, and if the actual sales volume does not reach 100,000 copies, then printing, logistics, manuscript fees, and labor costs will definitely be compensated.
The profit point of comics is still in peripheral products, or copyright development, such as single-line books, mobile electronic reading, peripheral products, animation adaptation, image authorization, etc.
Looking at the entire comics industry, more reliable money-making comics magazines actually make the final profit points in copyright development.
The largest circulation now is "Zhiyin Manke", which has set new highs in monthly circulation. The average monthly circulation of the previous year was only 5 million copies. Last year's data has reached 7 million copies. It is estimated that it can still rush up this year!
Other anime journals with relatively large circulation include "Comic Party", "Shen Man", "Comic World", "Comic Friends", "The Most Comic", "Sa Comics", etc. Many original comic magazines that were once founded like mushrooms after a rain have gone bankrupt, and readers are almost gathering towards these large magazines.
The better the better the worse the worse the worse the market gradually eliminated small magazines like "Singying Comics" with no guarantee of strength.
"If "Those Things That Year" is serialized on Zhiyin Manke, its influence will probably increase many readers, which is very important for selling peripheral products and animation production. If we don't get the royalties for this anime cartoon, we have to pay for it. At the same time, few people read it. This is too unfair!"
Zhou Kang was thinking about it all over. Now their company is a small business and cannot withstand such troubles.
"Actually, I should think so. The sales of "Those Things That Rabbit That Year" is definitely better than "The Legend of Wukong". After being adapted into an animation, it can be sold to children and adults." Ye Shumei thought for a while and said, "You go and chat with Lingying comics to see if they have any intention to sell. If the requirements are not high, you can take over."
If you just treat Linhan Culture Media as a small workshop, there is no need to acquire these companies, but Ye Shumei has high expectations for it and hopes to become an influential large company.
The boss and the general manager both spoke, and Zhou Kang could only nod and agreed, "I hope they don't speak loudly, as that would hurt their feelings!"
"It's okay, the boss is rich and willful, and can do whatever he wants."
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"What's wrong with Zhang Chu? I want his works to be serialized, but he wants to acquire our company?"
Tian Kangle was so angry that he threw his phone directly on the desk, and the favor that had just risen disappeared.
This action made Xu Jing feel very distressed. The phone she had just bought was treated like this!
She comforted her: "Mr. Tian, it is actually a good thing that their willingness to acquire Lingying comics. It is better than the company going bankrupt, right?"
Tian Kangle, who was still angry just now, was instantly discouraged. He understood this principle, but it was obviously not easy to hand over the things he created to others.
If he sells Lingying Comics Magazine to Zhang Chu, the other party does not pay any attention to it and will eventually end up closing.
In fact, Xu Jing doesn't care who is paying the salary. She just is too lazy to move. If Zhang Chu is really the boss, it might be more stable.
The other party can earn tens of millions of dollars a year, and he will never lose money to pay his salary.
"Mr. Tian, you can add this person's WeChat account. He will talk to you about specific matters, so I will go back to work first."
"You go, I want to see what conditions they can give!" Tian Kangle knew that he had very few bargaining chips. If Zhang Chu was willing, he would probably have to cry and shout for acquisitions.
This is not advisable to pretend, so it is better to be open and honest!
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Chapter completed!