Chapter 1458 The Pillar of Qilin Group

Yin Jun has a lot of fixed work to do every year.

For example, he will consider what TV series to give to Kylin TV and ATV at the end of the year.

For example, he will start thinking about adding new comics to "Qilin Weekly" in May and June.

This year is the fourth year that "Qilin Weekly" has been published. After three years of development, it is now said that "Qilin Weekly" is the world's number one comic weekly, surpassing all similar works in Europe, America, Japan and South Korea. No one dares to object.

The publication volume of each issue of "Qilin Weekly" has increased to 33 million copies, of which China and Japan have 10 million copies, accounting for almost one-third.

Japan has not yet entered an aging population, and it is time for them to enjoy the final demographic dividend.

Therefore, there are many young people and students, which naturally brings a large number of comic book fans.

The remaining South Korea, Baodao, Xiangjiang and Singapore are still the main players.

The remaining Chinese people in Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and other places also strongly supported "Kilin Weekly".

"Qilin Weekly" itself does not actually make much money.

In order to accommodate more and more comics being added, the number of pages has been increased from 500 to 600 pages, a full 20% increase in content, but the price has not changed.

It only sells for HK$5 a copy in Hong Kong, and Japan has also maintained its original price.

And in order to adapt to the new comics in 2083, the number of advertising pages this year has also been compressed. By September, when three new comics were added, the advertising pages will only be about 80 pages, reduced by almost one-third.

Such a kind-hearted comic weekly has also won the unanimous love of comic fans.

However, "Qilin Weekly" makes a lot more money from single books.

As the influence of these comics spreads, orders from Europe and the United States are increasing.

The single volume of the first episode of "Dragon Ball" sold 100 million copies, and Pearson Group ordered 60 million copies and distributed them to various countries in Europe, North America and even South America.

Based on this calculation, "Qilin Weekly" relied solely on book sales, and its monthly pre-tax profit soared to HK$700 million, an increase of almost 100% compared to two years ago.

Don’t think this is what makes the most money.

Just like the Hollywood film industry, what Qilin Culture makes the most is not the comics themselves, but the peripheral derivatives of the comics.

This includes Transformers toys and Saint Seiya dolls, as well as the rights to broadcast seven or eight cartoons, as well as the sale of clothes, toys, etc. from other comics.

They brought a pre-tax profit of US$130 million to Qilin Culture in a month.

Kirin Group’s pre-tax profit for one month was only about HK$2 billion, and Kirin Culture contributed HK$16, accounting for 80% of the total.

This shows that it is no exaggeration to call it the "backbone of the Kirin Group".

Yin Jun naturally attaches great importance to such cash cows.

The three comics he prepared for "Qilin Weekly" this year are also blockbusters.

The first one is "Slam Dunk".

This comic, which almost everyone knows, represents the pinnacle of basketball comics and even sports comics.

"Prince of Tennis" and "Slam Dunk" are such household names, but in terms of influence and the spiritual temperament they created, they are far inferior to "Slam Dunk".

Whether it is the first protagonist Hanamichi Sakuragi, the second protagonist Kaede Rukawa, the third protagonist Takenori Akagi, or Hisashi Mitsui... etc., they are all like people coming out of comics, fresh and vivid. Full of charm.

Even rivals like Uozumi and Sendō were talked about decades later and were compared to the Shonan Five again and again.

Takehiko Inoue relied on this comic to directly become a god, and he will continue to eat it for the rest of his life.

But because he forced his way into the national competition, it ended badly, and he was scolded all his life, with countless resentments.

To a certain extent, Takehiko Inoue is even more hateful than the old thief Togashi.

At least Togashi, the old thief, has a complete work called "Yu Yu Hakusho", and although "Hunter" is slow, he is always drawing, and young people can always outsmart him.

But Takehiko Inoue announced in the 1990s that "Slam Dunk" was over and would never continue. This is a heinous act.

The reason why Yin Jun didn't come up with "Slam Dunk" at the beginning of 1979 was that he didn't figure out how to handle the national competition.

In fact, after winning the county championship, "Slam Dunk" has already written everything that can be written to the extreme.

Going to the national competition again is actually the same fighting process, and there is nothing new.

Unless Takehiko Inoue can add foreign elements to the national competition, he can only repeat the previous plots.

For Takehiko Inoue, "Slam Dunk" has become the most important work in his heart, just like his own son.

If you repeat those plots just to shorten the length and make more money, you will ruin this classic.

Therefore, Inoue Takehiko simply wrote one make-up game in the national competition, eliminating last year's champion Sanno team, and then exhausted all his strength and was eliminated in the next game.

Such a tragedy and dissatisfaction may be an interpretation of the spirit of sports!

Yin Jun decided to publish "Slam Dunk" because the writers of "Qilin Weekly" spent more than a year completing the content of the national competition that Yin Jun wanted.

It cannot be said to be completely complete.

Yin Jun still relied on the main settings, allowing Sakuragi Hanamichi and the others to fall in the semi-finals and not even advance to the finals.

But relatively speaking, the screenwriters wrote a total of 6 episodes of their national competition.

From the beginning of the group stage to the semi-finals, the opponents encountered in the six games all had different characteristics, including the participation of foreign students, which increased the attractions and prevented the same repetition.

In this way, in Yin Jun's opinion, it was just a continuation of the dog's tail, and he reluctantly filled in the gap in the middle.

As for why Sakuragi Hanamichi and the others were not allowed to win in the end, I'm afraid this is also Yin Jun's tribute to Takehiko Inoue.

The second additional work

The name is

"game Master".

To be honest, the comics of "Yu-Gi-Oh!" are actually not that good. In terms of storytelling, the "Slam Dunk" above can be crushed with just one little finger.

But "Yu-Gi-Oh" is the most commercially successful among all comics.

Since it was animated in 1998 and started selling card games and game cards, it has been the best-selling card game for more than 20 years, and is also the best-selling peripheral product.

"Cars," which Disney is proud of, didn't sell as well.

Even seven years after the comic ended, in 2011, the sales of genuine "Yu-Gi-Oh" cards still reached 25.1 billion!

In addition, there are income from games, animation, etc. The author Kazuki Takahashi has made a lot of money, ranking third in the Japanese animation industry after the two great gods Eiichiro Oda and Akira Toriyama. Rich.

The success of "Yu-Gi-Oh!" games and cards extends far beyond Asian regions such as Japan, South Korea and Treasure Island. They have also conquered Europe and the United States.

Countless children and half-year-old middle school students, each with an average of several or dozens of sets of "Yu-Gi-Oh!" cards, are playing games with great interest.

If young people in China don’t understand how popular “Yu-Gi-Oh!” is, then an example can be used to describe it.

For example, in basketball, the status and popularity of "Yu-Gi-Oh!" in the world is the NBA, while the "Three Kingdoms" that we Chinese like is the CBA.

The gap is so big.

According to statistics from a game peripheral in 2020, the overall output value created by "Yu-Gi-Oh!" has exceeded US$15 billion in the more than 20 years since its release.

15 billion US dollars...

Well, the market value of Sohu Network in the US stock market in 2018 was US$1.5 billion.

That’s as much production value as 10 Sohus.

But this number is definitely not the ultimate for "Yu-Gi-Oh!"

As a developer and operator of games and cards, Konami simply does not have much strength to promote "Yu-Gi-Oh!"

If it were done by Disney, it would be easy to double or triple this production value figure.

It just so happens that Yin Jun owns Disney in this life.

Not only that, he also owns the largest television station in Asia and will soon own ABC, one of the three major television networks in the United States.

With these two weapons, "Yu-Gi-Oh" will be promoted to the maximum extent when it is transformed into a cartoon, so that children will fall in love with the various cards in "Yu-Gi-Oh" and enjoy it.

Calculating the time, if we start publishing comics now, make them into cartoons two or three years later, and spend one year disseminating and promoting them, we will have to wait until about 1988 before they can officially bear fruit.

Therefore, we can’t put it off anymore. It’s the right time to start working on “Yu-Gi-Oh!”

As for the third part, it is no less impressive than the previous two parts.

its name is

"BLEACH".

Chinese comic fans call it - "The God of Death"!

right!

It’s the super popular classic known as the Three Great Migrant Workers Comics! !

Although the comic "Death" ranks at the bottom among the three major migrant workers' comics, this is mainly due to its style restrictions.

"Bleach" takes a cold, cruel, and cold route. It is not as passionate as "Naruto" and "One Piece" and pays attention to all kinds of beauty in the world, so its audience is not as good as the former two.

Those who like "Death" are probably older readers, and even many middle-aged people will read it with relish.

"Death" was originally a work in 2002, almost 20 years later.

When you take it out ten years later, you don’t have to worry about the original author drawing a rough draft.

The reason why Yin Jun came up with one of the three major migrant workers comics so early and chose "Death" is because "Qilin Weekly" needs to continue to use its best works to consolidate and expand its influence.

He didn't even bother to use those ordinary comics and add them to "Qilin Weekly".

Moreover, in the next few years, Kirin Group will focus on development in the United States, Hong Kong, and the Mainland, facing great financial pressure and many other pressures.

As the backbone of the Kirin Group, "Kilin Weekly" can only become stronger and stronger, so powerful that it makes all opponents despair and all conspirators despair. This can best ensure that the expansion of the Kirin Group will not be affected.

Even if it is a temporary failure, everyone will feel at ease as long as they see that "Kirin Weekly" is still dominating the world, sweeping all opponents in the same field, and making astronomical amounts of money for the Kirin Group every day.

Therefore, not only "Death", but also other equally heavyweight comics will be added by Yin Jun in the next three to five years.

Only in this way can "Qilin Weekly" continue to exude the light of the king, so that Qilin Group can have more confidence to face future challenges!