"Brother Jian, how's Yun Man doing?"
"It's not very good."
"Why? Didn't I hear some time ago that the prospects are very good?"
"It's mainly because the comic studios and magazines that we worked with before have withdrawn their copyrights and stopped working with us?"
"Why?"
"The reason is unknown. We're still investigating. We'll have to ask Xu Liang for the details."
"Call Xu Liang."
Yun Man was an important part of Pear MP3 in Japan.
If Yun Man couldn't be pushed out, Pear MP3 would also be greatly affected.
"Boss Chen."
Soon, Xu Liang's call went through.
At this time, Xu Liang was in Japan. Xu Liang had already guessed Chen Yu's call. "Boss Chen, according to our latest investigation, the reason why several major studios and comic magazines in Japan have withdrawn their copyrights is that they are worried that our VIP model for e-comics will affect their sales of print comics."
The comic industry in Japan was a large-scale industry.
The annual sales of print comics in Japan were also extremely terrifying.
However, the emergence of Yun Man introduced a new way to read and buy comics.
Previously, everyone read comics through offline print comics, but now there was a new option.
They could pay online and read comics online.
This was the same as paying online to read comics online.
However, the Japanese people liked comics even more.
"So, Yun Man's VIP model has been approved by the Japanese people?"
"Many Japanese people said that it's more convenient to pay for e-VIPs and easier to keep up with the updates. On the contrary, it takes a long time to buy print books offline. "
"This seems to be good news."
Chen Yu smiled with relief.
At the same time, Chen Yu also remembered that in 2017 in his previous life, the sales of e-comics in Japan had already surpassed print comics.
At that time, the sales of e-comics in Japan in 2017 were 171.1 billion yen, while print comics were 166.6 billion yen.
However, although the model was correct, it was difficult for Yun Man now.
"Xu Liang, what's Yun Man's situation now?"
"Because the major studios and comic magazines have withdrawn many copyrights, our Yun Man's traffic has plummeted. We can only work with some small comic studios, but these small comic studios are not well-known and their works are not very popular. In addition, the quality of their works is not as good as the classic comics. Our VIP membership fee is also dropping rapidly … "
"That's a troublesome matter."
Although the format was correct, it was useless without classic comics.
It was just like Qidian Chinese Network's VIP payment model. Although it was good, users would not buy it if there was no classic network. It's not that the readers are stingy, it's just that your product doesn't pass the test.
"Can you pull in a manga author like Kishioto Keishi?"
Kishimoto was the author of Naruto.
Chen Yu meant to poach him to Yun Man with a large sum of money.
However, Xu Liang shook his head. "It's basically impossible."
"A well-known manga author like Kishimoto values the offline market the most. Moreover, he has already signed contracts with major companies. Moreover, the entire Japanese anime industry is very mature. We are just new recruits in the Japanese manga market. Even if we offer a high price to poach him, he will not come to us."
This was not a matter of money.
For well-known cartoonists like these, they no longer had to worry about money.
What they hoped for was for their comics to sell well all over the world.
And this was something that only Japan's local comic companies could do.
"Is there no solution?"
"There is, but it's not particularly obvious at the moment."
Xu Liang said, "We have opened the original manga platform. In addition to signing contracts with some manga studios, ordinary manga authors can also upload their own manga works. However, most of the manga works have been very average recently. They have not attracted much attention from the public, and there have not been any exploding works. "
Japan had a mature manga industry. Capable manga authors had long been successful offline.
As for those without much ability, not many people would read their works even if they put them on the Internet.
This was different from the domestic Internet.
The Internet was a new genre of literature. It had not appeared offline before.
When the online platform appeared, capable domestic authors appeared instantly.
Just like the current Qidian. In addition to the super gods like [Number One White in the World], there were also some very capable authors like the Tang family's three young masters, I Eat Xihong Persimmon, Blood Rainbow …
"However, Boss Chen, don't worry. Although there have not been any exploding works in the original manga industry for the time being, it has attracted the interest of many Japanese manga authors. Most of them may be average, but there will always be some that perform well. I estimate that in a year, our original manga will be able to start showing results. "
However, although Xu Liang said so, Chen Yu shook his head.
He naturally knew that what Xu Liang said made sense.
However, Chen Yu, who understood this model better, knew that it would take time.
As Xu Liang said, in a year … If in a year, their Pear MP3 would be a flop.
However, Chen Yu also knew that this kind of thing could not be rushed.
Content construction took time.
Even in his previous life, Qidian dominated the online literature world, it took several years.
In the end, a group of talented authors wrote freely on Qidian and created a new world.
"Okay, Xu Liang. You've worked hard in Japan. Keep up the good work."
"Boss Chen, don't worry. I promise you that if Yunman does not succeed, I will not return to China."
"Not returning to China? It seems that you are too happy in Japan."
"Boss Chen, that's not what I meant."
"I'm just joking with you. Don't explain. If you explain again …"
After hanging up the phone, Chen Yu was alone with his thoughts.
He had a headache.
From the looks of it, Yunman in Japan would not succeed so quickly for the time being.
This had a greater impact on Pear MP3.
Of course, if it was just Pear MP3, Chen Yu would not have such a headache.
It would be best if Pear MP3 could sell well in Japan. Even if it could not sell well, the domestic market would support it.
It was not like he had to occupy the Japanese market.
If MP3 could not handle Japan, there were smartphones in the future.
However, Yunman and Pear MP3 were an important part of Chen Yu's electronic payment layout in Japan.
He had to think of a way.
For the next few days, Chen Yu could not think of a way.
Chen Yu even called the chief editors of Qidian to talk to them. They also felt that they could only rely on time to build content.
After all, it was impossible for a genius comic author to appear all of a sudden.
It was impossible to create a huge amount of content without time.
…
"Big White, Big White, are you there?"
"Big White, Big White, are you there?"
"Big White …"
Beep, beep, beep. There were dozens of messages in YY.
Chen Yu opened it and saw that it was from an enthusiastic reader, Zuo Yanchen.
Speaking of which, this reader was quite interesting.
This reader named Zuo Yanchen said that he was a huge fan of Chen Yu. Not only did he like Chen Yu's works, but he also drew comics for Chen Yu. It turned out that Chen Yu thought that Zuo Yanchen was lying. In the end, the first drawing was really uploaded on YY.
"F * ck, you're not a comic book major, are you?"
"Correct, I'm a comic book major."
"Amazing, amazing. I didn't expect there to be so many geniuses among my readers."
"How is it? How's the drawing?"
"It's very good."
"Thank you, thank you for the compliment, Big White. Then, I'm going to continue serializing it for you? However, Big White, I'm just a poor student. I don't have the money to buy the rights to your comics. "
"It's okay. It can't be published anyway. You can serialize it. It's free."
In 2003, there was basically no market for comics in China.
There was a market for comics in Japan.
Of course, this slowly changed after 2010.
Since this super hardcore fan liked to draw so much, he would let him draw it.
"Thank you so much, Big White."
"You're welcome. I have to thank you. By serializing it for me, you're also increasing my popularity."
"It's okay, it's okay. As your fan, I'm very happy to see it."
After Zuo Yanchen finished speaking, he excitedly sent a message in the "Whitest Under Heaven" reader group.
"Everyone, today I uploaded the" Legendary World: Dream Reality "comic in the circle. This is the first drawing. In the future, I'll update it once a week. Here's the link. Looking for flowers …"
Zuo Yanchen sent a link in the group. Soon, a group of readers joined the circle.
"F * ck, he's talented."
"This drawing is very impressive."
"Not bad, not bad. I thought there weren't any comics artists in China. I didn't expect a domestic comic artist to draw so well."
"If you ask me, he's not worse than a Japanese comic artist."
"Yes, he's much better than them."
"There's more, there's more. Please update …"
Chen Yu also joined in the fun. He read many comments from readers and liked Zuo Yanchen from time to time.
However, just as Chen Yu was about to close the circle, Chen Yu suddenly thought of something. "What if I serialize the comic that Zuo Yanchen drew for me on Yunman Platform …?"
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