Chapter 75: Roam the world

Western restaurant.

After Caroline, the captain of the US, made a dream declaration, the atmosphere of the dinner became better and better. Everyone gathered around Caroline and talked about the American dream.

Adam smiled bitterly in his heart, but he could only carefully reduce his sense of existence, as if he had returned to the era of fine play.

No one has noticed, there is a dream blue hidden in the crowd.

Compared to Phoebe’s various fragrances, Adam could see that Caroline really has the feeling of being a ‘Captain of the United States’.

It seems that the death of her father has really had too much impact on Caroline.

Adam has respect for this, but he has no intention of positively agreeing or being upright.

He is far past the age of enthusiasm in Secondary Two, and he divides everything into two.

Zhou Renshu once said: Don't look at what others say, but look at what they do.

Adam deeply agrees.

Like an audience member, he couldn't help being a little surprised. Caroline's "Captain America" ​​temperament was associated with the Avengers. He diverged and thought, "The Captain America couldn't beat Rocky, so he almost fell on his knees. Rocky said: I Say, kneel..."

After the dinner, the next period of time.

Adam finally feels the taste of being famous.

100,000 reprints, fully rolled out, and comments from the Lord of Mystery began to appear in the newspapers, and Joey would happily show Adam when he saw relevant reports when he wrapped the newspaper with ham.

Of course, newspapers are just tabloid newspapers, not the tall newspapers like the New York Times. The "prosperous scene" is actually just a small circle of excitement.

But compared to the previous ones, it’s much better.

What really touched Adam was the comic companies and production companies that Jack kept looking for, but they were all small production companies and small comic companies.

The idea of ​​these small production companies is to acquire some potential but not yet big productions, and then after the big hit, sell them to large companies that want to buy at a high price, and act as middlemen to make the difference.

Adam naturally refused.

No matter how sincere the other party said, and not a middleman, he would not agree.

Because that's worse.

For example, the copyright of the hard science fiction gods of the previous life was sold cheaply to a small company, and this small company is indeed not an intermediary to make a difference, and it is bent on creating a sci-fi blockbuster, but the strength does not allow it, so it gets dirty.

This is not bad.

Think about it, if there is no Huang but a sci-fi romance movie that comes out in the end, then it is really disgusting.

The comic company that 　　 found is a little better.

But Adam still rejected those small comic companies, because the other party's channels and other resources were too poor, and even the quality of the master of comics and mystery could not be guaranteed.

Until the dark horse company comes.

The three major companies in the comics industry in the United States, DC, Marvel and Dark Horse.

DC and Marvel do not need to be introduced, they are both continuing their own superhero series, and they will restart if they can’t continue to draw, but comic fans will eat this set, naturally, there is no need to consider the others.

The dark horse company mainly adapts some well-known non-comic works into comics, and uses the fame of the original version to eat a wave of peripheral bonuses.

The master of the mystery gradually became famous, and naturally attracted the dark horse company.

After negotiation, under the promotion of Random House, Dark Horse Company gave a high share of royalties of 30%.

Comics are usually issued as a single book, a thin booklet, the general selling price is 4 dollars, and the first volume of the mystery, the clown, can be divided into more than 30 single books for sale, and the total price can reach 120 dollars or more. , The starting point is more than twice that of the novel.

As long as the average sales volume reaches 50,000 copies, after deducting the 30% contact fee for Random House, Adam can get 5*120*0.3*0.7=1.26 million dollars.

This is only comics, and copyrights such as movies, games, and commercial licenses are the big ones.

Harry Potter, Star Wars, Marvel, DC, and the entire copyright industry chain of the fantasy universe can be tens of billions, hundreds of billions of scales at every turn.

So don't blame Dongguo for talking about IP in everything afterwards, it is really too fragrant and profitable for full copyright development.

Adapting from a novel is much simpler than an original. Dark Horse Company is also a big company. Soon the cartoonist was organized to get the first booklet. Taking advantage of the convenience of the novel, the comics of the same name were launched simultaneously.

Compared with the mystery master novel where most of the tomes are written, the coexistence of image and text in comics is more inclined to the form of film-based scripts, plus it is compact and the unit price is less than one-tenth, which is more suitable for large-scale promotion. spread.

4 dollars, you can't buy it and you can't buy it at a loss.

New Jersey.

Leinard finished class happily and walked out of the campus.

Since Adam scared Jimmy away with the brutal force of "I can fight all day", the news that Leonard has a ruthless friend spread, and no one dared to bully him anymore.

After all, Jimmy’s tall and strong figure is one of the best even in the football team. Otherwise, Sheldon’s dad, who has the same face and physical condition, would not be able to play rugby first and later became a rugby coach...serious face.

Not only that, but Becky, who he always thought was his girlfriend but had to hide underground for various reasons, was no longer the same when he was helping with homework while she was constantly pouring Belarusian cocktails into her mouth. One sentence: "Leinard, you are so kind. I really hope all men are like you."

occasionally care about where Leonard's ruthless friend came from.

At this time, Leonard's cleverness came out summed up the routines in the comics, all kinds of random fabrications.

It happens that Becky, who is always drunk and vomiting, really believes it. While vomiting, she confusedly discussed the legend of Adam·American Captain·Spiderman·Batman··· Duncan with Leonard who was supporting her.

In the future, such Becky, with a paper written by Leonard, went to Cornell University, one of the Ivy League schools.

Of course, the real reason is not the essays Leonard helped write and the GPA of high school homework all the year round, but the good condition of Becky's family.

Not everyone can drink white Russian cocktails every day at such a young age.

Except for the fact that he has not changed from beginning to end, his mother, Beverly, who is cold and harsh, and he has never had a normal birthday and holiday, the sun really shines into his life.

In my memory, the only time closest to the birthday atmosphere was his grandfather's death. All the relatives gathered together. Well, there were cakes. Although I didn't know it well, he was very happy that time.

I don’t give gifts during the holidays since childhood, but only send papers to each other. This kind of thing is actually quite liked for him who loves science.

Leinard thought as he walked, as long as he shielded his cold and harsh mother from harming him, he would be so big and pee his pants in public, and there would be no sense of happiness.

"There are new comics~"

When passing by the comics shop, Leonard's eyes lit up and he opened the door with a smile on his face and walked in.

"Hey, Lord of Mysteries, Adam Duncan?!"

Because of the propaganda, the comic shop placed the master of mystery in a prominent position. Leonard saw it at a glance. It was very different from the superhero's style of painting. It immediately attracted him. When he opened it, his eyes immediately Given by the author's name.