Chapter 149 "Detective Conan"
Of course President Zou agreed, so Liu Hongmin recommended Wang Xiaoping, Chen Jiangong, Liu Zhenyun and others, all of whom were his friends.
Through Ma Weidu, several people were notified of the matter and the manuscript selection criteria were sent. Chen Jiangong was such a thief that he directly recommended two novels by Liu Zhenyun. Liu Zhenyun's writing is humorous and humorous. Although he writes serious literature, it is not lacking in entertainment. Therefore, Sanlian Publishing House directly approved it.
Liu Zhenyun is actually happy to see the outcome of this matter. With his character, he really can't do it if he is asked to recommend his own novel. Chen Jiangong recommended it, and he would be relieved. Being able to get royalties will double his income, which is great news for him, who has just gotten married and raised children.
Chen Jiangong is also very happy. Two thousand Hong Kong dollars is equivalent to six to seven hundred yuan, which is equal to more than half a year's salary for him.
Wang Xiaoping and others also gained something. Everyone recommended a book or two, and everyone made a little extra money.
Also, this is a long-term job. There are hundreds or even thousands of new novels published every year, and there are always some that are suitable for the Hong Kong market. They can get a few hundred yuan every year, which is already a lot of money for the current mainland.
They are all very grateful to Liu Hongmin. Before, they were thin-skinned and hung out with Liu Hongmin, which was just a casual meal, and never took any money from Liu Hongmin. Liu Hongmin also knew that they were embarrassed, so he never asked for money. Now that I had the opportunity, I recommended them as soon as possible.
Sanlian Publishing House also made a lot of profits from this. Before the publication of "Changing Faces", it obtained a number of good book sources.
Liu Zhenyun’s two novels first appeared on the Hong Kong market and received a certain degree of welcome. Thirty thousand copies were sold in half a month, which is the highest sales among these books. Although it is not as good as Liu Hongmin's novel, the results are pretty good. Sanlian's contract gave him 10% royalties, and he has already earned 30,000 Hong Kong dollars.
During this period, Sanlian Publishing House made a lot of money. More than ten novels have been signed from the mainland, and a total of 300,000 copies have been sold so far. Moreover, the royalties from these books are not very high. Except for the typesetting, which costs a lot of money, it is nothing compared to the earnings.
The results of "Infiltration" and "Kite" are also very good. With Liu Hongmin's fame, the sales volume in half a month exceeded 50,000 copies. However, the evaluation is not very high. Most of the readers are the audience for suspense novels and do not like spy wars very much.
More importantly, there are too many political factors in these two novels, which Xiangjiang readers are a little confused about and not very interested in.
The most profitable one is of course "Detective Conan". Although the Korean, Japanese, English and other foreign language copyrights of "Conan" have been handed over to Random House for operation, the Chinese copyright is still in the hands of Sanlian.
After its release, "Detective Conan" immediately became popular in Hong Kong, with 50,000 copies sold in just ten days.
Sanlian Publishing House immediately launched a plan to land in Waifu and sell the traditional Chinese version to Southeast Asia.
In the Chinese market in Southeast Asia, the sales of "Detective Conan" are also very good. In more than ten countries combined, 20,000 to 30,000 copies were sold every day, and 200,000 copies were sold in ten days.
But the real money is in the devil market.
After Random House put "Detective Conan" on the shelves, it immediately caused a sales frenzy among the Japanese.
In order to prevent Little Devil Paper Bag from being a comic he led, Liu Hongmin directly wrote the author of "Detective Conan" as Tengu Comics Studio. In China, Tengu is a mythical beast that eats the moon and causes lunar eclipses, but over there, it is a kind of monster. Therefore, if someone hadn't reported it, the little devil would never have known that Liu Hongmin had done it. In order to make money, Random House will not tell the little devil the truth. So under this circumstance, "Detective Conan" sold more than 100,000 copies on the first day it was released, and millions of copies were sold in five days.
The little devil loves comics very much. Both adults and children are the audience of comics.
The little devil's economy is still growing at a rapid pace, with an average salary of more than three million yen. Spending a thousand yen on a manga is a no-brainer.
After reading "Detective Conan", many people immediately fell in love with this high-powered detective comic. Everyone recommended it to each other, letting more people know about this comic. In the following days, the sales volume of "Detective Conan" surged, gradually increasing from more than 200,000 copies per day to 500,000 or 600,000 copies, and even reaching one million copies during holidays.
"Detective Conan" became a phenomenal comic, setting off a detective trend among the Japanese.
Random House immediately launched glasses and watches of the same style as Conan. After they were launched, they were also snapped up by Japanese soldiers. Such huge benefits made Random House pay more attention to Liu Hongmin. Random House representatives directly approached Liu Hongmin and wanted to invite him to sign a contract with Random House directly.
Firstly, it can get rid of Sanlian Publishing House to earn benefits in the middle. Secondly, it wants to bind Liu Hongmin to Random House and make Liu Hongmin a cash cow for Random House.
Liu Hongmin neither refused nor agreed.
He will not sign a contract with Random House. If he does sign a contract with Random House, there will definitely be many constraints. At that time, without independent creative rights, he can only be reduced to a tool to make money.
For example, if he is currently writing "Face", Random House will definitely not agree to this creation, but wants Liu Hongmin to devote all his energy to the "Detective Conan" project. If a comic is published every month, it can create at least hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars in profits for Random House every year. For a work like "Face Changing", at least a hundred copies are needed to make such a huge profit.
However, Liu Hongmin did not stop talking. He still needed the help of Random House.
The old American toy manufacturer Hasbro has paid attention to Transformers and sent people to buy the Xiangjiang Transformers Toy Factory, and offered a sky-high price of US$100 million.
Unfortunately, in Liu Hongmin's mind, the copyright of Transformers is worth at least 10 billion US dollars.
You must know that the current Transformers market is mainly in East Asia and Southeast Asia, which has earned Liu Hongmin tens of millions of dollars in net profit. Trying to take away the Transformers with a purchase price of 100 million US dollars is tantamount to wishful thinking.
It’s just that Hasbro is the world’s toy giant. If there is a stalemate with Hasbro, Hasbro will definitely be suppressed by Hasbro.
What Liu Hongmin wants is a win-win situation. He wants to use Hasbro's channels to sell Transformers all over the world. It's just that Hasbro was too greedy, so the two parties didn't reach an agreement. Therefore, Liu Hongmin wanted to rope in Random House and force Hasbro to compromise.
To deal with the giants of Laos and the United States, of course another giant of Laos and the United States has the best grasp. This is called using foreign countries to control foreign countries.
(End of this chapter)