Chapter 289 Comic Stickers and Talent Search
For his first animation, Yang Wendong also thought about what kind of IP he would like for a long time.
In previous lives, there were many Japanese and American ones, many of which did not appear in the 1960s, such as "Tinker Bell/Doraemon", "Transformers" and so on.
But these are not in line with the existing conditions. First of all, it requires very high requirements for imagination and a very high understanding of modern technology. Even in Japan and the United States, these two comics take a lot of time. The energy is gradually improved.
Even if a few people were poached from Japan, they would not be able to come up with so many creative ideas. Yang Wendong, a time traveler, could only roughly remember the plot settings, and he could not provide much help in terms of details.
To make such comics well, the premise is to have a sufficient team, a large number of animation management figures, Yang Wendong to come up with creative ideas, and then work together.
But there are not many professionals in Hong Kong today. We are not large-scale here, and it is difficult to recruit people in Japan. These special industries cannot be established by throwing money.
More importantly, these Japanese and American comics became popular largely because they were on television, and Hong Kong does not have such conditions now.
So this first comic should be very simple.
After thinking for a long time, he decided to start with the classic domestic animations of the 1980s, because Hong Kong and Bay Area in this era were relatively similar to the mainland in the 1980s and 1990s.
I was originally thinking about Journey to the West, but the story was too complicated and required a lot of attention from the team, so I had to wait until later to consider it.
Finally, he thought of the animation "Calabash Brothers". In the memory of the post-80s generation, Calabash Brothers were once the most popular memories of a generation. Various stickers were popular across the country, and there were many toys.
The plot of "Calabash Brothers" is not very long. It mainly focuses on the 7 superpowers of Calabash Boy, which is enough to make countless children think about it. In the end, the Calabash Boy is brainwashed and rebels, which is a stroke of genius.
After listening to it, Wu Hailin said: "The story is very good. It is not difficult to draw. It looks like a snake demon and a gourd baby. Does Mr. Yang have any ideas?"
"Yes. But I can’t draw it myself.” Yang Wendong doesn’t know how to draw, after all, the time traveler cannot be omnipotent.
Wu Hailin said: "Then you describe it and I will draw it. If there is any problem, I will correct it according to your request."
"Okay, I have pencils and erasers ready here." Yang Wendong naturally agree.
He has already had these painting tools. Before, he tried to draw a picture by himself, but he couldn't draw a gourd, let alone a gourd, so he had no choice but to give up.
After about half an hour, a gourd boy and a banshee were successfully drawn.
Yang Wendong said: "The banshee is just like this, and the calabash dolls are almost the same. For the other calabash dolls, you can slightly change the face shape, body shape or the color of the clothes based on this, as long as people can distinguish them. Just a few will do.”
It is impossible for anyone to remember the appearance of anime characters from decades ago. He can only remember the appearance of the cartoon characters roughly. Moreover, the core of comics is the story. As long as the character portraits are good and distinguishable, it does not have to be exactly the same as in the previous life.
"Okay." Wu Hailin promised: "I can draw this comic slowly and slowly by myself."
"No, I will give you some subordinates." Yang Wendong He smiled and said: "We also found three of your apprentices in other places."
"Really, thank you Yang Sheng." Wu Hailin said gratefully.
After the four masters and apprentices came to Hong Kong, they got separated in the chaos of the crowd. The sea of people was so vast that he didn’t know if he would see them again in this life, or even if they could all live smoothly. Not sure about coming down.
Yang Wendong said again: "You will work here from now on, and we will provide you with what you need."
"Here?" Wu Hailin was shocked. He had come to this building before, or to this area of Central. When he visited the area, he couldn't believe there were so many buildings.
I never imagined that I would be able to work here in the future.
"In the short term, there will be other places in the future." Yang Wendong added: "Here in the early stage, show me what you draw."
Generally, anyone who is valued by himself In the early stages of business, he needs to personally supervise it. Once it reaches a large scale, especially after the business leader team becomes familiar with his requirements, he can gradually try to become independent.
After all, Yang Wendong is also a person, and it is impossible for him to have so much energy to check so many companies. Basically, in the later stage, professional managers will be in charge.
Currently, there is no person in charge of the comic company's business, and Wu Hailin has only joined as a top painter, similar to a top engineer in a technology company.
"Okay." Wu Hailin agreed.
Yang Wendong looked at an assistant again and said: "For Wu Sheng's residence, just find a larger house nearby, let him live with a few apprentices, and then provide a housekeeper to take care of daily life and food. It’s almost the same as the food in the building.”
“Okay,” the assistant agreed.
Yang Wendong said again: "Mr. Wu, you go back and have a good rest today, eat something good, including your apprentice, and you can come to work tomorrow.
As for salary, the HR department will discuss it with you, no It will be very low."
"Salary?" Wu Hailin said quickly: "Mr. Yang can provide us with food and accommodation. I don't want a salary."
"It's a little bit. You should." Yang Wendong said: "As long as you draw well, your income will be higher in the future, and then you can truly establish yourself in Hong Kong and be a normal person who has no worries about food and drink."
" Thank you, Mr. Yang~" Wu Hailin did not dare to refute further, but agreed anyway.
"That's it." Yang Wendong said again: "In a week, you can come directly to my assistant and show me the results of the week."
For comics, he will Just tell your ideas to someone who can draw them. After that, you can only wait for the comics to come out, and then evaluate and modify them as a person who has experienced them.
"Okay." Wu Hailin nodded.
Subsequently, under the arrangement of his assistant, Wu Hailin was sent away.
Yang Wendong smiled and said: "Those gangs are really good at finding people."
Wei Zetao smiled and said: "Yes, their spies are all over Hong Kong. Even in Central, many parking lots, restaurants, and taxis belong to them; there are even more in other places."
"Well, If anything happens in Hong Kong from now on, you can contact them." Yang Wendong nodded, and then said: "But don't get too close to them, just arrange the task;
We'll do a good job. Go directly from the factory and give more orders to their factories. Everything requires legal procedures.”
Although it may be okay to do some things in this era, if you get too entangled with these people, you will have to wait until later. There will be trouble.
As Yang Wendong, of course, he will not have direct contact with them, but it is not good for his subordinates to be involved in pornography.
"Okay." Wei Zetao said: "I won't contact them either. Basically, they are the people below."
"That's okay." Yang Wendong said again: "You heard the one just now, on your side Another thing is to make comic stickers.”
“Comic stickers?” Wei Zetao was a little confused and asked: ‘What is this? '
Yang Wendong picked up Wu Hailin's painting just now and said, "You said that if the whole Hong Kong knows about this portrait, can we authorize some clothes and backpacks to have the image printed on it, and then we charge a fee?" "Yes" , many comic companies in Europe and the United States rely on this to make money." Wei Zetao nodded: "Then there are toys."
Yang Wendong smiled and said: "We have to make toys, and we have to make licensing. As long as a lot of people like a comic character, people will want to see this character, so there are toys and authorized pictures.
But the problem is that a comic cannot be licensed unlimitedly, so after someone buys the comic, he cuts it out with scissors and sticks it in a place where he often sees it, right?"
Wei Zetao suddenly understood? : "What Yang Sheng means is that the paper can be made into a paper that can be pasted on the reverse side, and the front side is a cartoon character?"
Once it is made clear, the world will be brighter immediately.
"Yes, it's that simple." Yang Wendong smiled and said: "As long as the comic characters become famous, selling stickers directly will also be a very big market."
Wei Zetao said: "Then I will make an appointment with Qian Sheng now to see if he can find any glue suitable for this kind of sticker."
"Well, the stickiness should not be too strong, and the toxicity must be controlled. "Ingredients." Yang Wendong added: "The stickiness is too strong. If customers stick to it in some places, they will regret not being able to take it off, and they will reject the stickers;
As for our comic characters, the main customers are children, and they take them The sticker is likely to stick to the body, so the safety of this glue must be controlled. "
Glues are basically toxic because they contain formaldehyde. Pure non-toxic glues are too rare. Yes, the price is also expensive.
So Yang Wendong also asked Changxing Industrial’s glue factory in the early days to try to develop low-toxicity glue. A little less would be better. One is the need for some products, and the other is that many countries around the world will have increasing requirements for environmental protection in the future. The higher it is, the same goes for the glue.
"I will make it clear to Qian Sheng." Wei Zetao promised.
Yang Wendong was also happy to find a team that could paint for him.
If this industry becomes bigger, both the profits and the number of jobs it can create will be high.
The time soon came to the end of June.
Wu Hailin's first batch of paintings are also out, containing images of all dozen anime characters, as well as the earliest stories from the first episode.
"Not bad, let's just draw it first." Yang Wendong was satisfied after reading it. After all, it is a simple story in itself: "When will all the plots be finished?"
Wu Hailin replied: "Almost one Months of time.”
“Well, yes. "Yes." Yang Wendong added: "After you finish all the drawings, I will publish them in a newspaper first."
In mature markets, comics are generally published while drawing. , so that corresponding feedback can be given whether the results are good or bad.
However, the comic "Calabash Brothers" is not long, and it is the first time to draw, so I still wait until it is all out and then print it, which will not take more than a month or two.
At this time, Qin Zhiye next to him said: "My color printing equipment is also ready. As long as there is no problem with Wu Sheng's side, printing can be started immediately."
Yang Wendong also said: "The printing side first Let Hong Kong China Daily help you, and then buy special equipment when you get bigger.”
Hong Kong China Daily is a color newspaper, so it naturally has the equipment, and this equipment had a lot of advantages when it was purchased. With strong additional production capacity, it is now easy to help comic companies.
After all, it is just a weekly, and we will prepare in advance. At present, we are only considering the Hong Kong or Bay markets, so it will definitely be fine in the short term.
"Just follow Yang Sheng's arrangement." Wu Hailin nodded and said.
After staying at Changxing Group for a week, he also changed "Mr." to "生", which is a Hong Kong custom.
"Okay, then you can communicate among yourself." Yang Wendong said with satisfaction.
A new business of his is about to take shape. Compared with how much money he can earn from his old business, the success of his new business will make him happier.
The cultural industry can still be exported, not to mention Europe and the United States, but Asia, including Japan and South Korea, are relatively close in culture. If you can achieve good results in Hong Kong Bay, there is a high probability that you can achieve something there.
When the scale of our comic industry becomes larger in the future, if the cartoon "Dragon Ball" with Journey to the West as the background can be released, it will be enough to become the pride of the Chinese cultural circle.
Time soon arrived in July, and the cloudless weather was still the same as before.
The earth was dried even more by the sun.
“Brother Dong.” Zhao Liming and Lin Haoyu returned to Yang Wendong’s office.
Yang Wendong quickly took out two bottles of soda from the refrigerator: "Watson's ginger water has a strong cooling effect on heat, and the ice one can also cool down."
"Okay, it's really hot outside. Yes." After that, Zhao Liming started drinking from the glass bottle.
Yang Wendong looked at the bright light outside like you, nodded and said: "It's indeed hot. Watsons told me that their ginger water is selling better."
The ginger water is not very delicious. I have always had it before. The sales were average, but because it was too hot, many people were afraid of heatstroke and wanted something to drink, so they started to choose Watsons, which was an unexpected surprise.
After taking a sip, Lin Haoyu said: "Yes, we took a lot of anti-diarrheal medicine from Watsons Pharmacy before, and later we found that many people had heatstroke."
"Is there any medicine to cure heatstroke?" Yang Wendong asked.
"There are some, not many. Many people over there use local methods to solve the problem." Lin Haoyu said: "Brother Dong, although there are many refugees over there, there are also many knowledgeable people. There are actually many Chinese medicine practitioners there. ;
Moreover, the literacy rate is extremely high. Some things written by the Hong Kong government can be understood by three to five out of ten people. "
"There are indeed some talents among this group of people. "Yang Wendong nodded and said.
Those who are able to come to Hong Kong usually have two skills, because those who are willing to come basically have some channels, or are literate and can understand Hong Kong based on words. Otherwise, they would not be able to access much outside information if they were really illiterate.
Lin Haoyu added: "So I am going to investigate what abilities these people have before the Hong Kong government. Decide how to deal with these people, if we can find jobs for them;
That would be a good thing for us, or for Hong Kong society and them. ”
"Systematic investigation?" Yang Wendong thought for a moment and said, "Okay, let's do a rough investigation. If appropriate, I can also recruit people directly."
Human society, from ancient times to In the 20th/21st century, the most important thing is talent, whether it is national development or enterprise development.
Although Hong Kong is a gathering place for some mainland talents, the base is still too small. If your own industry wants to develop well, you need a large number of talents. For this reason, Changxing Group also has many training plans within the group.
But the premise is that the people being trained have certain abilities. Otherwise, it would be impossible to start, or the cost would be too high.
In a short period of time, a large number of "refugees" have come to Hong Kong, and there may be businesses in all walks of life. Among 100,000 people, if you can find a thousand talents, it will also be beneficial to you. Of huge benefit.
Even Hong Kong's rapid development has a lot to do with these people.
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