Chapter 175 0175, Each Family's Actions

References are common in the comics industry.

Take DC and Marvel on Earth as an example. As the leaders of American comics, the two companies have almost monopolized the entire American comic market. Their comics have created countless popular superhero images, and among countless superheroes , DC Marvel also borrows from each other, and there are quite a lot of them. Some of them can even be considered plagiarism, such as Superman and Sentinel, Flash Quicksilver, Deadpool and Deathstroke, etc.

And borrowing and plagiarism cannot be confused.

Borrowing refers to borrowing methods and cognitive models, while plagiarism refers to copying the original content and stealing the fruits of other people's work. In Lu Xun's words, it is called "borrowingism."

After seeing that the comic "Tianxia" was launched on Penguin Comics and achieved good results, the other two comic websites, Qvod Comics and Kankan Comics, immediately put their own follow-up works on the agenda.

This is a helpless move and a necessary move.

The previous hit of "Feng Yun I" has already allowed Penguin Comics to gain a wave of their market share. Now the follow-up work "Tianxia" is also selling well. If they don't respond, they will be kicked out.

At this time, Qvod Comics Network and Aurora Studio.

The editor-in-chief had a dark face and said to everyone in the studio: "What's going on? It's been almost a month, and the first issue hasn't been finished yet!"

The main writer said bitterly: "Chief Editor, you also know that we mainly draw cartoon style. It will take a certain amount of time to imitate the full-color + realistic + aesthetic style of "Feng Yun I". Moreover, this Chao Yun Mu Yu's His painting skills are superb and he pays great attention to details. Even the smallest flowers and grasses are painted very delicately, and the difficulty increases exponentially. "

The editor-in-chief raised his eyebrows and said: "Is it difficult? Why don't you just draw if it's difficult? Silver Charm Studio, a subsidiary of Penguin Comics Network, can do it, why can't you?"

The main writer opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say. It was difficult to explain to a layman, and the other person was his immediate boss. He could only think in his heart: That was a realistic painting done by Yin Mei Studio before. For comics with a stylish and aesthetic style, it is easier to imitate the style of "Feng Yun I".

The editor-in-chief didn't care about this and said: "The boss has given a fatal order that the new comics must be on the shelves by the end of the month."

The main writer sighed helplessly and said: "We will try our best."

The editor-in-chief snorted coldly and said: "It's not about trying your best, it's about necessity."

This scene is also happening on the Comics website.

In fact, no comic studio is willing to be a follower, and who doesn’t want to lead the trend?

However, the current comics market is still very immature. The audience is too small, the investment is large, and the risks are high. Sometimes comics that have been prepared for a year or two are released quietly without any splash, and all the efforts are in vain. .

In this environment, only a very small number of comic studios that generate electricity for love will insist on creating original works, and those larger comic studios will mostly stick to a popular theme because the market is optimistic about the capital and they are willing to do so. Throw money.

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Handan, Jiangcheng, and Yangcheng are collectively known as the three comic capitals of China. Among them, Jiangcheng has been crowned the hometown of Chinese comics for three consecutive times.

Here, we have to mention the Comics Dream Factory located in Jiangcheng. It is a domestic giant of physical comic magazines and has the largest comic creation team in the country.

At this moment, Comic DreamWorks Magazine.

A middle-aged man wearing glasses was staring at the computer monitor.

His name is Wei Jinrong, and he is the boss of Comic DreamWorks.

["Swords chaos the world, and hot-blooded men show their true colors." - "The World"

"Isn't the golden lin just a thing in the pond? It turns into a dragon when it encounters wind and clouds. The dragon's roar in the sky changes the sky. It swims in shallow water when the wind and clouds come." - "Wind and Cloud I"]

Hanging on the computer monitor is the cover image and slogan of "The World" and "Feng Yun I" on the Penguin Comics website, which is scrolling in a loop.

Wei Jinrong frowned for a while, then adjusted his glasses that fell to the bridge of his nose, seeming to be thinking about something.

After a long time.

Wei Jinrong hummed twice and murmured: "Old Jiang, Old Jiang, as expected of you!"

The "Lao Jiang" he calls, whose full name is Jiang Qi, is the boss of Penguin Comics.

The comics industry is in development and the circle is not large. Wei Jinrong is in the offline business and Jiang Qi is in the online business. The two are both competitors and friends.

In fact, Penguin Comics' studios have been accused of plagiarism not once or twice, but because they grasped the "degree" well and did not cross the line between borrowing and plagiarism, they were only discussed and not accused.

Comic DreamWorks, on the other hand, has always insisted on creating original works and disdained to follow the trend.

However……

After capital intervened, everything became involuntary.

Because the purpose of capital is only one "profit".

At the beginning of the year, Youxianqi Comic Magazine came out. With the release of "Feng Yun I", it quickly became popular. Overnight, it captured 20% of the market share of physical comic magazines. Half a year later, it reached an astonishing 40%. become.

These market shares were taken away from Comic DreamWorks.

One company becomes dominant and two companies compete for hegemony. This is what the capitalists behind Comics DreamWorks don’t want to see.

They have only one requirement: to regain market share.

But it is easy to conquer a country, difficult to defend it, and even more difficult to seize it.

Wei Jinrong looked at the financial statements of Comic DreamWorks for the first half of the year and sighed: "Do people really have to become something they hate because of reality?"

Suddenly, there was a knock on the office door.

He quickly gathered his mood and shouted, "Come in."

"Mr. Wei..." The person who came was the editor-in-chief of the comic dream factory, "The script has been completed. Should it be handed over to the Golden Whale team or the Feiyu team?"

Wei Jinrong pondered for a moment and said, "Leave it here first."

The editor-in-chief put the script on the desk and said, "Mr. Wei, I'll go out first."

Wei Jinrong nodded and replied, "Yeah."

He glanced at it and saw that the script was written at the top - "Divine Weapon". Then, he sighed and picked up the script to read it.

It tells the story of the divine weapon Blood Demon Sword coming to the world, causing the martial arts heroes to fight each other constantly. Dugu Wentian, who worked as a handyman in the Dongfang family, stepped into the rivers and lakes to save his beloved Miss Dongfang family who was kidnapped. He was accidentally involved in the dispute over the divine weapon Blood Demon Sword, and his fate was changed because of this...

After reading it, Wei Jinrong's eyes flashed.

The story is simple, but very interesting.

It can be seen that if you don't push the screenwriter team, you will never know how much potential they have!

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In the near future, there will be a trend of following the trend of Fengyun comics.

Yunfeng didn't know that Xianqi Company was guiding the finishing work of the first episode of the audio comic "Fengyun I".

In the afternoon, I got the audio of the suona version and erhu version of "Sunrise on Emei" sent by Chen Cheng.

"Boss, this song goes well with Bu Jingyun and Nie Feng."

"It's even more exciting after adding it."

"Not only does it go well with Bu Jingyun and Nie Feng, the erhu version also goes well with Wuming."

"It's obviously the same song, but one version is passionate and the other is sad. It's awesome."

"Don't you look at who the boss is!"

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Yunfeng just smiled at their praise and said, "Okay, do what you need to do. I won't be in the company for a while. The sequel to the audio comic of "Feng Yun I" will be done like this."

Everyone said in unison, "Boss, don't worry."