Chapter 499: Shang Haozhi's Plan

The news released by Duoman.com on Weibo and the Manjia.com app quickly aroused heated discussions on the Internet.

In particular, the microblog with the top 20 cartoonists' manuscript fees has aroused people's associations.

The manuscript fee for the first place is not much, only 90,000 yuan, but the manuscript fee for the 20th place is as much as 50,000 yuan.

If calculated on the basis of 500 yuan per page, 80 chapters are drawn in a month, which is only 40,000 yuan.

However, a magazine only serializes about 20 comics, and the last cartoonist’s contribution fee will definitely not reach 500 yuan per page, not to mention other websites, including “ComicFuture”. Moreover, since the result is the bottom one, the serialization will end in at most 10 weeks, and it is impossible to release a single volume-even if it is released, the cartoonist will earn 10,000 to 20,000 yuan, which may not be as much as the manuscript fee of Duoman.com.

From this point of view, the lower limit of manuscript fees announced by Duoman.com is higher than that of magazines. It's just that the upper limit is really not as good as it is, after all, the royalties of top cartoonists are very powerful.

But some people saw the problem and immediately asked below.

"There are so many cartoonists serialized on Duoman.com, but the top 20 manuscript fees are only so low, isn't it too foolish?"

"Above, you don't think that there are only twenty or thirty authors who submit articles to the magazine, do you? There are no fewer authors who submit articles to them than Duoman.com, but those authors were eliminated without even a chance to be published. Duoman.com just published these comics that had no chance to be serialized on the Internet."

"If the skills are not as good as the people, it's fine. You don't even have the right to serialize. It's too bullying to directly eliminate the works."

"Especially for some slow-moving comics, the front is just a layout, and the story gradually becomes exciting after a dozen episodes. But the magazine's protection period for new works is only 10 episodes... 10 episodes, for comics with hundreds of episodes, 10 episodes What’s the point of talking? Rather than doing this, even if I make less money, I still want to serialize it on Duoman.com.”

"I think it's the same. For me, I prefer to draw the stories in my heart for readers to see. As for making money... it's good to be able to eat. So, I think Duoman.com is quite suitable for me."

"Those who said that the manuscript fee is low, have you forgotten that this is only the first month's manuscript fee for Duoman. If "ComicFuture" is also starting from scratch, I don't think they may be able to surpass Duoman."

"That's true. No matter what, Duoman.com at least didn't block the author's way. Hard-working cartoonists can still drink soup."

Another post about signing a contract with Duoman.com is not as attractive as this one, after all, most people are more sensitive to manuscript fees.

But there are also some people who read the list of signings, click on Duoman.com, browse the signing comics, and snort coldly, "On this level? I can do it too."

"I don't know the body proportions, so can this kind of comics be signed?"

"It's a good thing, especially for those of us with experience, it's a great place to make money!"

...

Shang Haozhi browsed through the messages sent by Duoman.com, and also read these messages, snorted coldly, and tapped the table twice.

He doesn't care much about the comments of these cartoonists.

After "ComicFuture" survived the difficulties of the past year,

The state has also stabilized.

The average sales volume of the magazine's recent issues is almost between 4.6 million and 4.7 million copies. At the same time, "Steel Refining" and "Soul of Chess" are selling well, which also makes Shang Haozhi breathe a sigh of relief.

Recently, Yan Fei suddenly became busy, and she didn't know why.

In addition, there is another matter that has been nestled in Shang Haozhi's heart. The "ComicFuture" app plan has been submitted for almost a month. I don't know if the management has approved it.

Then there is the production of the electronic version of "Steel Refining", which is even more difficult to say.

"Seventy-three openings" is probably enough for high-level discussions for a day.

Difficult...

Shang Haozhi let out a long sigh.

The editor in the editing room secretly glanced at Shang Haozhi.

The editor-in-chief rarely shows emotion.

Could it be that he lost money playing cards?

That's not right, the editor-in-chief is not a person who likes to play cards.

The editors were at a loss and did not dare to ask.

If you accidentally "blow up", it's really bad luck.

As a result, the editorial office was silent, only the sound of typing on the keyboard could be heard.

At this moment, the phone rang suddenly, which startled Shang Haozhi.

"Whose landline?" Shang Haozhi asked.

"Editor-in-Chief, it's yours." Zeng Yue smiled wryly.

"Oh..." Only then did Shang Haozhi realize that it was his landline.

People in the editorial department looked at each other, and they all saw helplessness from each other's faces.

Recently, the editor-in-chief has been a little distracted.

Shang Haozhi answered the phone, nodded slightly, and his expression became serious.

After hanging up the phone, he stood up and left the office quickly.

"Seeing that Mr. Shang left in such a hurry, it should be a very important matter?" Zhou Xiaoming said anxiously.

"I don't know. Recently, the magazine's performance has been stable. "Soul of Chess" is still in theaters, and the craze is still there, but it's not as lively as it was a few days ago."

"Speaking of "Soul of Chess", this movie is really popular. My family is still in a second-tier city, and it was hard to get a ticket. I finally got back to Hongchuan and took the time to watch it again. I have to say that the production is really exquisite. It seems that, What Kubo Kanan said, why he can’t make more exciting movies in a short period of time, should be true.” Jian Xiaomei said.

"Classic plot, top production team and sufficient funds, these three points are the guarantee of success. Not every movie has such a large investment. Right, Xiao Wang." Hook asked Wang Wenhong who was opposite.

"Yeah, it's very difficult." Wang Wenhong said casually, but he never took his eyes off the computer.

It seems that he is concentrating on proofreading the dialogue, but in his heart, he has long since left the editorial department with Shang Haozhi.

Years ago, he was also present at the exchange between Shang Haozhi and Shen Xin, so after Shang Haozhi was called away, he also became distracted.

Shang Haozhi went upstairs, is it related to "Smelting Steel"?

Wang Wenhong hoped "no", but in his heart he hoped to raise some.

Shang Haozhi knocked on the door of Bao Jiyi's office, came to the desk, looked at Bao Jiyi who was sitting upright, feeling a little uneasy.

He retracted his gaze, but unexpectedly found that there were two documents side by side on the desktop, which were exactly the plans he had submitted.

Yes, or not?

In Shang Haozhi's heart, there seemed to be a balance, which kept swinging up and down.

"Yesterday, the management held a meeting to discuss your two plans, but there was no result. Today, we discussed it all morning and finally decided. I will tell you the management's opinion now."

"Hmm." Shang Haozhi felt a little uneasy in his heart.

"First of all, the management agreed to make an app related to comics, and will set up a separate department for web comics to organize and collect completed comics. This department exists side by side with the editorial department of "ComicFuture". Comics that have been completed in the last five years , the editorial department can submit the list of inclusions, "Soul of Chess" and "Legend of the Dragon King" are not in the optional list."

When Shang Haozhi heard Bao Jiyi's words, he frowned slightly, and his expression became serious.