Chapter 113 Anda Chong
Like Rumiko Takahashi, Andazhong will be the pillars of elementary school museums in the future. Of course, Andazhong is not very famous now, because his famous work "The Last Champion" has been completed, and this year he created his new work "Beautiful Snow and Mixue", which is slightly higher in fame than Rumiko Takahashi at this time.
After entering the hall, Anda Jun looked around. After seeing Rumiko Takahashi, he walked straight toward this side. As a cartoonist in the same comic club, he naturally knew each other.
"Rumiko, I thought I came early enough, but I didn't expect you to come earlier than me! Who is this friend?"
Anda Masaru teased Rumiko Takahashi and then turned her attention to Zhao Chen. This guy likes to go into seclusion and draws comics, and is relatively obsessed with information from the outside world.
"I'll introduce it. This is my senior, Mr. Anda Chong, and this friend is Mr. Zhao Chen, our competitor this time!"
When Rumiko Takahashi introduced Zhao Chen, Anda Chong was obviously stunned. Although he didn't care much about the changes in the outside world, he would still read good comics, which would give him the loan function and promote his growth.
He has naturally seen Zhao Chen's comics, and the one that impressed him the most was not the beautiful Lelouch, but the sports comic "Football Young Player"! You should know that Anda Chong is more good at sports comics. Of course, compared to football, he undoubtedly likes baseball, which can be seen from his future works.
But both baseball and football are sports comics in the end, and there are many similarities. Zhao Chen's "Football Young Player" undoubtedly made Anda Chong more profound, especially Zu Xiao's persistence in victory has given him an impact. Coupled with the coexistence of toughness and softness, it gave him an impact that other sports comics cannot give.
"Hello, Teacher Zhao Chen, hello!"
After a moment of silence, Anda Chong quickly grabbed Zhao Chen's right hand with both hands, with a slightly excited expression. Although he didn't expect Zhao Chen to be so young, he was very impressed and thought that Zhao Chen was walking in front of him.
"Hello, Teacher Anda Chong!" Zhao Chen was speechless. He never expected that the meeting with Anda Chong would be like this, but he still said very politely.
"Teacher Zhao Chen, I have watched a lot of your "Football Player" and it is very well drawn!"
"Teacher Anda Chong, your "The Last Champion" is also very good, and there is also the nomination for "Beautiful Snow and Beautiful Snow" for this year's Nebula Award!"
In fact, Zhao Chen is nonsense because he has never watched "The Last Champion" and "Mei Xue Mei Xue" at all. Instead, he has watched Anda's famous work "Baseball Heroes"!
"But compared with Teacher Zhao Chen's "Football Player", it feels much worse!"
"Nonsense, after all, it is the three major sports comics. How can ordinary sports comics be compared?" Zhao Chen couldn't help but think in his heart, but he still had that humble smile on his face and said: "This is different. Teacher Anda Chong, every cartoonist has a different style and vision. Sometimes a bad comic in your eyes is a classic in the eyes of others, but the audience of "Football Young Player" is just a wider range."
"Teacher Zhao Chen was joking. The island country football is not hot at all now. However, since Teacher Zhao Chen's "Football Young Player" was released, I found that there are many more young people playing football around me. This is the gap!"
At the end of Anda Chong, a feeling of frustration appeared on his face. His famous work "The Last Champion" was not bad, but it was several levels short of it in this regard. At least not many comic fans like baseball because of this.
"I think Mr. Anda Chong will also draw such influential works in the future! I heard that Mr. Anda Chong likes baseball very much. I happened to have such ideas some time ago. If it were combined with Mr. Anda Chong's style, it might be very popular. I personally think it is no worse than "Football Young Player"!"
"What, is it true? Teacher Zhao Chen, if your idea is really good, then we can cooperate. You just need to go out on the storyboard and how about we share the benefits at that time?"
When Anda Chong heard Zhao Chen say this, he suddenly became excited. The reason is that Anda Chong has read Zhao Chen's works and found that Zhao Chen not only has good painters, but also has a very high level of storytelling. He can grasp the readers' psychology well and create a girl-turned-combat comic. Therefore, in the eyes of Anda Chong, a cartoonist with a somewhat paranoid potential, Zhao Chen's works will definitely not be bad.
Although Anda Chong's fame is slowly rising at this time, he usually paints alone, which can be said to be quite tired. After all, his income is not very high, and it costs a lot of money to hire an assistant. This can be seen from the fact that "Meixue and Meixue" is a bimonthly magazine. In order to seize this good opportunity, he can draw better works to improve his life.
"Teacher Anda Chong, I can understand your mood. I can also give up the equal distribution of manuscript fees and single-book sharing, but I have one condition, that is, this work must be serialized in a comic magazine under the Tianxiashe company!"
"This...but I am already a signed cartoonist at the Primary School Pavilion!"
Anda Chong suddenly became hesitant, and in the end he was even more depressed. As a comic giant, it was impossible for the Primary School Pavilion to let his contracted cartoonist serialize it in other people's comic clubs.
"Teacher Anda Chong, what if I were willing to pay that liquidated damages!"
Zhao Chen was not surprised by this. Now Anda Chong has completed a comic after all. The new comic "Beautiful Snow and Beautiful Snow" has received quite a good response. Unless the senior NC of the primary school library is collectively NC, how could he not sign the contract with Anda Chong? Just think about it and know that it is impossible.
The contracts signed by cartoonists are always five years and ten years. Normally, if Anda Chong really wants to cooperate with Zhao Chen, it will take at least several years. Unfortunately, when Anda Chong really came to fame with "Baseball Heroes", he would not have cooperated with Zhao Chen.
Therefore, as long as Anda Chong agrees, Zhao Chen is willing to pay a penalty to tear up Anda Chong's contract. With Anda Chong's current reputation, that contract should be a contract with a novice cartoonist, and the penalty for liquidated damages is not too high.
Of course, the contract signing of each cartoonist is set differently, mainly determined by the reputation and potential of the cartoonist. After all, if a contract is signed, the comic club will have to pay a certain price based on the contract.
It has to be said here that Zhao Chen has another huge advantage. Other comic clubs can only rely on the potential of comic artists to sign contracts. Tianxia Club signs due to Zhao Chen's vision. Manga artists such as Hojoji, Hirohiko Araki, and Masahika Kanei, will naturally sign contracts and treatments better than ordinary comics at the beginning, but the liquidated damages for the contract are therefore quite high. Unless Tianxia Club goes bankrupt, there will probably be no comic society thinking of paying liquidated damages to poach them during the contract period.
It is precisely for this reason that if Zhao Chen wants to use this advantage as much as possible, he will inevitably dig out those cartoonists who have bright futures but have not yet succeeded at this time, and they will only pay a not-so-large penalty.
"What, pay the liquidated damages!"
Before Andamatsu could speak, Takahashi Rumiko, who was standing beside her, covered her mouth with one hand, and could not hide the surprise on her face.
"Yes, if Teacher Takahashi is willing to cooperate, I would be very willing to pay your contract penalty!"
"Then forget it. "Fuxing Boy" has good results now. I have no plans to leave the elementary school hall for the time being!"
Rumiko Takahashi obviously did not hesitate at all and rejected Zhao Chen's proposal. She was about to succeed, but how could she give up such a good opportunity? Besides, Primary School Pavilion is an old comic giant, how could Tianxiashe compare?
"That's a pity! But after Rumiko's "Fuxing Boy" is completed, there may not be no chance of cooperation! Teacher Anda Chong, as long as you are willing, I will not only pay you a penalty for liquidated damages, but I will also give you a better treatment and share of money than the primary school library. What do you think?"
Zhao Chen did not regret Rumiko Takahashi's decision, because this was an inevitable thing. Rumiko Takahashi can achieve both fame and fortune in the Primary School Hall, so why bother to Tianxia Society? Unless Tianxia Society can become a comic giant like Primary School Hall.
"Teacher Zhao Chen, I hope you can give me some time to think about it!"
Anda Chong hesitated for a long time, but in the end he did not make a decision on the spot. He felt that his thoughts were very confusing. On one side was a comic giant like Primary School Pavilion, and on the other side, he had better treatment and greater success rate.
"Okay, Mr. Anda Chong, this is my personal business card. You can call the above at that time!"
Zhao Chen said he was really a little disappointed, so he naturally hoped that Anda Chong could agree directly, otherwise if the time delayed for a long time, the chance of success would undoubtedly be smaller.
"It will definitely be!" Anda Chong carefully put away his business card, thought about it, and then took out his business card and handed it to Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen took Anda Chong's business card, but his mind was trembling, thinking about how to improve his success rate.
But at this moment, the noise in the hall suddenly became louder, and the three of them subconsciously looked at the entrance of the hall.
"That is Miyazaki Hayao teacher who made a big statement recently!"
"Strange, that manga artist Mr. Toriyama, who seems to be "Alarei", is here too late!"...
Chapter completed!