"That's great!" Jia Yapeng stood up and walked around excitedly. Then, he said, "Mr. Takahashi, I wonder if you can draw the character of the main character, Muto Games?"
"Coming!" Kazuki Takahashi's heart skipped a beat. He knew that this was a test that Jia Yapeng had given him. If he couldn't create a character that satisfied him, then this business deal would be lost.
Hence, Kazuki Takahashi picked up his pen and started drawing. After about an hour of editing, he finally came up with a rough character design of Muto Games.
After seeing Muto Games' character design, Jia Yapeng couldn't help but exclaim, "It really is Muto Games!" Although there were still four years before Yu-Gi-Oh Takahashi's Yu-Gi-Oh Takahashi's Yu-Gi-Oh Takahashi's Yu-Gi-Oh Takahashi's Yu-Gi-Oh Takahashi's Yu-Gi-Oh Takahashi's Yu-Gi-Oh Takahashi's Yu-Gi-Oh Takahashi's Yu-Gi-Oh Takahashi's Yu-Gi-Oh Takahashi's Yu-Gi-Oh Takahashi's Yu-Gi-Oh Takahashi's Yu-Gi-Oh Takahashi's Yu-Gi-Oh Takahashi's Yu-Gi-Oh
However, it didn't matter. Manager Jia also picked up his pen and started editing Kazuki Takahashi's drawing. He changed Muto Games' original plain hairstyle into a super cool hairstyle with vertical triangles everywhere.
"Oh my god! I didn't know that there was such a magical and cool hairstyle in comics!!! " Seeing Jia Yapeng change Muto Games' hairstyle, Kazuki Takahashi was about to go crazy. He couldn't imagine that there was such a cool hairstyle in the world. This hairstyle was so cool that it was somewhat illogical.
"The guy who created this hairstyle is most likely crazy!" Kazuki Takahashi muttered in his heart. Then, he secretly glanced at Jia Yapeng.
Jia Yapeng also glanced at Kazuki Takahashi and muttered in his heart, "Don't look at me. This hairstyle was actually created by you. It has nothing to do with me!"
"Alright, Muto Games' character design is set. In addition, for the other supporting characters, you can actually design some more unique hairstyles. This will not only show the character's personality, but also let the readers remember these characters!" Jia Yapeng said with a smile. Kazuki Takahashi nodded.
Although he felt that Jia Yapeng's hairstyle was too exaggerated, for some reason, Kazuki Takahashi didn't have any resistance in his heart. On the contrary, he was eager to try it out.
"In that case, let's clarify our respective rights and obligations!" Zhu Qiushui took out a prepared contract and handed it to Jia Yapeng. In turn, Jia Yapeng handed it to Kazuki Takahashi and said with a smile, "To put it simply, all the copyright of this comic is in my hands. At the same time, the copyright of the script also belongs to me. Your Excellency is the artist of this comic. There is no doubt about that!"
"After signing the contract, unless I allow it to be completed, you have to draw at least 500 chapters of the plot. Each chapter, excluding the cover, must be no less than 25 pages. At the same time, I will pay you a fee of at least 1,000 yen per page!"
"After the comic is released, if the average sales of a single volume of the comic exceeds 50,000 per volume, you will receive an additional fee of 100 yen per page for every 10,000 volumes sold. There is no cap!"
"In addition to the comic, you will also receive a 3% share of the profits from the animation, card distribution, toys, and so on!"
"However, there is a restriction. That is, Mr. Kazuki Takahashi must sign a contract with our publishing house and become our contracted author. You can only enjoy the above benefits during the period of being our contracted author. If you are no longer our contracted author, all the benefits will disappear, and the Yu-Gi-Oh comic will have nothing to do with you."
"However, it can also be stated in the contract that as long as Mr. Takahashi doesn't take the initiative to resign, or slack off on your work for more than a few months, before the company closes down or you die, the contract cannot be terminated!"
"That's about it. I don't know if Mr. Takahashi agrees!"
"No problem, Mr. Jia. You are too generous. However, I don't even know if my manga can exceed 50,000 volumes. After all, this is the treatment that only the most popular comics can get. At the peak of my popularity, my manga sold less than 20,000 copies per volume!" Kazuki Takahashi said with a wry smile.
He was indeed very happy with Jia Yapeng's conditions. First of all, no matter the final result, 1,000 yen per page was an irresistible temptation for an artist like him.
After the average volume exceeded 50,000, the additional rewards and income would be even more perfect. However, Kazuki Takahashi did not think that it was possible for him to achieve an average volume of 50,000. This was a result that only 2% of manga artists in Fusang could achieve. He would not make such an idiotic fantasy.
However, if he could average a million volumes and then draw 400 chapters, according to the calculation of 25 pages per chapter, wouldn't he be able to earn 100 million yen in the end?
Stop, this is a dream, this is impossible!
As for the other peripheral income, he was actually working for Jia Yapeng. Jia Yapeng seemed to be planning to rely on the hero cards in the manga to earn peripheral income. If he could get 3% of the profits, it would probably be a lot of income. It would be at least 100,000 yen!
This was already perfect!
No matter how he looked at it, the restriction of not being able to terminate the contract was a restriction that was beneficial to him. This way, it was equivalent to finding a lifelong job. He could have a fixed income every month. It was simply the most conscientious employment contract in Japan. Was there such a perfect contract in the world?
Of course, Kazuki Takahashi did not know that after his "Yu-Gi-Oh" manga was serialized, a total of 38 volumes were published, and the final total sales reached 45 million copies. The average volume sales was as high as 1.18 million copies. He was one of the few manga artists in Fusang who could achieve the great honor of averaging a million volumes per volume.
The royalties of the manga, coupled with the sales of various peripheral products, made Kazuki Takahashi the king of taxpayers in Fusang. The royalties added up to more than 2 billion yen, and the economic income of "Yu-Gi-Oh" exceeded 80 billion yen. It was one of the money-printing machines in the manga industry.
"But Mr. Jia, after my manga is finished, where do you plan to publish it?" After the excitement, Kazuki Takahashi asked a rather realistic question.
"Of course, it's" Weekly Youngermen Jump "!" Jia Yapeng smiled and said, "Only" Weekly Youngermen Jump "can create the most popular manga in Fusang, so my first goal is" Weekly Youngermen Jump "!"
"Okay!" Kazuki Takahashi nodded vigorously. Everyone in the manga industry in Fusang knew that "Weekly Youngermen Jump" was the strongest manga magazine in the universe. Of course, after the rise of Marvel, it could only be "Fusang".
"But Mr. Jia, if you want to serialize it in" Weekly Youngermen Jump ", I'm afraid it will be a little troublesome, because it can only be confirmed by the editors and confirmed by the serialization meeting. If my manga is not good enough to pass the serialization meeting, then it can't be serialized!"
"And since all the copyrights of my manga are already in your hands," Weekly Youngermen Jump "magazine will never agree to serialize it, because all the manga copyrights must be in their hands!" Kazuki Takahashi said in a low voice.
"I know this, I'll find a way to solve this problem!" Jia Yapeng nodded. Although Kazuki Takahashi still had some doubts in his heart, he didn't say anything. He felt that Jia Yapeng was taking it for granted. How could "Weekly Youngermen Jump" agree to such a request?
"Well, these are the problems I need to consider. You don't need to think about it. Now draw me a three-chapter sample as fast as you can, and then we'll talk about it when we meet the editor of" Weekly Youngermen Jump "!" Jia Yapeng smiled. Kazuki Takahashi could only nod in agreement.
At this time, a young man suddenly rushed into Kazuki Takahashi's room, shouting as he walked, "Takahashi, you made me come here without even going to work. If it's nothing important, I won't let you read next week's" Weekly Youngermen Jump "!"
Oh, the guy who spoke, named Shizuka Shizuka, finally came.
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