"You're pretty rich!" Kazuki Takahashi said in surprise when he saw Gu Fan casually take out a million yen to buy Boss Jia's manga.
"A little!" Gu Fan nodded. Different people had different opinions about what he meant by 'a little bit'.
Gu Fan wasn't someone who lacked money. Even if his father wasn't a universe master, he was at least an earth-level master.
"Alright, your manga is sold out. You can sign the contract with us now!" Boss Jia took out the contract and placed it in front of Gu Fan. Gu Fan didn't even look at the contract before signing it.
"Aren't you afraid that I'll sell you out?" Boss Jia asked with a smile.
"Don't worry. You can't sell me out. If you really can't, I'll beat you to death!" Gu Fan said seriously.
"F * ck …" Although the air conditioner in the stadium was on full blast, Boss Jia still broke out in a cold sweat when he heard that. This child was a little reckless.
"But Mr. Jia, it wasn't me who sold the manga just now. It was your manga. So, I have a presumptuous request. I hope you can agree to it!" Gu Fan said.
"Oh? What is it?" Boss Jia asked curiously.
"You can be my teacher!" Gu Fan said with a serious face, "After today, I've fully realized that I'm lacking in drawing skills. I hope that you can be my teacher and teach me how to draw comics well!"
"You want me to be your teacher?" Boss Jia rubbed his nose. It seemed to be quite interesting. Moreover, it seemed that if his painting skills were not passed down, he would inevitably feel a little melancholy. Also, Boss Jia wanted to become a master artist. That was one of his dreams.
"Alright, I'll accept you as my disciple!" Boss Jia nodded. Gu Fan knelt down and kowtowed to Boss Jia. Before Boss Jia could react, Gu Fan had already done the ritual of becoming Boss Jia's disciple.
"This kid is so smart! I'm so envious! " Kazuki Takahashi, who was watching from the side, was extremely envious. Although he had a master out of nowhere, this master was the richest man in the world. If he followed such a master, he was afraid that he would not have enough money to spend in the future.
This little guy looked weak, but he was very smart!
If it wasn't for Kazuki Takahashi's pride, he would have directly become Boss Jia's disciple.
"Alright, your comics are sold out. Let's pack up. We haven't finished our business today. We still need to find nine ghostwriters!" Boss Jia said with a smile. Gu Fan started to pack up his stuff.
"No need. You, send these things to my private manor!" Boss Jia said. The man who gave Gu Fan the poster appeared again like a ghost. He took Gu Fan's things and quickly left. This allowed the three of them to move around empty-handed.
Since Boss Jia came to Fusang more often, he spent 6 billion yen to buy a manor in Setagaya district. It was about the same size as Itoh Junya's manor. It covered an area of about five acres. There was a beautiful bungalow and a large garden.
However, it was very troublesome to maintain this manor. In order to maintain the manor and the greenery in the manor, Boss Jia had to hire at least eight servants and gardeners to take care of the manor. The cost alone was more than 80 million yen per year.
But after a year, Boss Jia lived here for less than a month and a half. On the other hand, the eight servants and gardeners could live in this large manor every day. They did not have to serve anyone.
This made Boss Jia feel as if he didn't know who he had bought this house for. It was really melancholy!
Gu Fan didn't say anything when he saw his stuff being sent away. He obediently followed behind his new master. Boss Jia finally started to work seriously. He was looking for manga artists who were willing to work on manga adaptations.
Therefore, Boss Jia began to seriously check out the comics drawn by the cartoonists at their booths. He mainly focused on the three aspects of drawing, storyboard, and battle depictions. Boss Jia did not care about the plot. After all, these cartoonists did not have the right to decide the plot. They had to draw according to the original work.
Soon, Boss Jia realized that there were indeed crouching tigers and hidden dragons among the people. Many of the manga artists' drawing skills were much better than those proper manga artists. Some of them even had very good plots.
"Why don't they become serious manga artists?" Boss Jia asked with a frown.
"It's mainly because they can't stand the working hours of manga artists!" Kazuki Takahashi explained, "Being a manga artist is actually a very tough job. Because they have to ensure that there is a new chapter every week, manga artists often have to work more than 16 hours a day to ensure that they can keep up with the progress of serialization."
"And the manga artists here can't stand this kind of hard work. The manga here looks very good. This is because they have half a year to carefully draw it. This is all the work they have done in half a year."
"A real manga artist has to draw a hundred times more manga in half a year than these works. They are people who fight with their lives on the line!" Kazuki Takahashi could not help but sigh as a current professional manga artist.
"Then according to what you said, if I find a manga artist here to write for me, wouldn't it be easy to stop updating?" Boss Jia asked with a frown.
"…" Kazuki Takahashi was stunned for a moment. Then, he said with a guilty expression, "Boss, I'm sorry. I didn't think of that. Otherwise, don't look for someone here. I'll privately contact some manga artists who are interested in serialization and give it a try! "
"We'll talk about this later. The manga artists here are really good. Our manga needs such excellent manga artists!" Boss Jia muttered and then walked in front of a nearby stall.
This was a stall that sold manga. The manga on the shelf was very delicately drawn. Boss Jia felt that it had a lot of potential. Naturally, it became Boss Jia's target.
"Are you the author of this manga?" Boss Jia asked directly.
"Yes. What can I do for you?" The author looked at Boss Jia with some vigilance and asked.
"Hello, we are from Weekly Dengeki Shōnen Magazine. This is our editor-in-chief, Kazuki Takahashi -sensei. This is our business card!" Boss Jia gave Kazuki Takahashi a look. Kazuki Takahashi obediently took out his business card.
"You are really the author of Yu-Gi-Oh, Kazuki Takahashi -sensei!!!" The manga artist said in surprise. It seemed that Yu-Gi-Oh and Kazuki Takahashi were very famous in Fusang.
"That's me!" Kazuki Takahashi nodded proudly and then said, "Well, I just read your manga and think that your drawing is very good. So, our magazine hopes to sign a contract with you and make you a serialized author of our magazine!"
"Me! Serialized author!! "The manga artist was a little confused.
It wasn't that he was unwilling, but it was really against common sense. If one wanted to become a serialized author of a magazine, shouldn't they first submit to the magazine and get the appreciation of the magazine before talking about serialization?
Could it be that the system had changed now, and the magazine took the initiative to sign a contract with a manga artist?
The problem was that although he did draw one or two manga, they were all doujinshi of other well-known manga. Moreover, they were the indescribable doujinshi. He didn't have any original manga at all. If they wanted to serialize him, he didn't even know what to serialize!
Seeing the confusion on the manga artist's face, Boss Jia took the initiative to explain, "It's like this. Our magazine has obtained the adaptation rights of some well-known novels, animations, and other IP. We need to adapt them into manga!"
"So, our magazine hopes that you can be the creator of this manga adaptation. We will be responsible for the script and plot of the manga. You will be responsible for the character design and drawing of the manga. At the same time, you will be listed as the second author, but you will not have the copyright and copyright of this manga!" Boss Jia said with a smile.
"So that's it!" The manga artist suddenly understood and then said hesitantly, "Well, being a manga artist will be very tiring. I won't have time to sleep, I'm afraid …"
"As long as you can ensure that the manga is updated, you will be paid 500,000 yen a month. At the same time, after the manga is published, you will receive 20% of the profits!" Boss Jia said directly.
"Then there's no problem!" The manga artist said instantly, and then added, "The treatment and so on must be written in the contract. It can't be changed, right?"
"Of course!" Boss Jia nodded with a smile, "But you also have to ensure that the manga is updated normally. There will be a clause in the contract. If you can't reach the monthly update volume, you will have to pay some liquidated damages!"
"How much is the liquidated damages?"
"Not much, just a few hundred million yen!" Boss Jia said with a smile.
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