Among those who can attend today's exchange meeting, there is no fool present.
They knew that Toriyama Akira was telling the truth, and it was precisely because Toriyama Akira was telling the truth that everyone remained silent and did not cause too much heated discussion.
What's more, it was Akira Toriyama who was standing on the stage, and it was impossible for them to discuss privately and openly in the audience.
But even though they knew that Akira Toriyama was telling the truth, they still felt uncomfortable. It was because they knew that Akira Toriyama was telling the truth that they realized how serious the current situation of the comics market is.
Homogeneity is the greatest vitality for expansion, but it is also the best weapon to kill the market.
In the stage of market expansion, the use of homogenized effects and strategies does have unexpected results. However, when the market stabilizes and approaches saturation, if there is too much homogenized content, it will indeed kill the entire market.
No matter which industry it is, in the end, it all comes down to the essence of the +C-end users paying for it. Under this premise, without users, there is nothing.
The biggest impact of homogeneity is that it makes readers feel the same. If readers feel that the content is the same, they will not only not like the repetitive content, but will also feel bored.
Over time, readers will naturally leave.
This is a fundamental problem that countless content industries need to face.
Especially in the comics industry.
The Japanese comics industry is now seriously homogenized. There have been no relatively innovative works for several years, and there have been no particularly popular works. Basically, the works that are selling well in the market now are all previous works.
Especially many Japanese comics, why? They are serialized for more than 10 years at a time. The most fundamental reason is because they are too popular. As long as they continue to be serialized, they can make money continuously.
Unless they are very talented writers, most comic book writers will not finish a comic book once it becomes popular and will continue to serialize it.
Even Master Akira Toriyama is the same.
However, Master Akira Toriyama did not do this for the above reason, but because he felt that the story was not yet finished. At the same time, it was not easy to make money, so he wanted to make more money.
Homogeneity will kill the market and some new authors. Some new authors will definitely choose to take shortcuts because they want to get a share of the market.
The fastest way is to imitate the comics that are currently selling well and extract the better elements from these comics.
Summarizing and generalizing these good elements forms the most classic routine.
Hence homogenization occurs.
To be honest, this is a completely unsolvable situation. No one can replace this kind of thing.
Apart from anything else, at least none of the entrepreneurs and comics practitioners present here have a better way to perfectly solve this problem.
For comic companies, it will be difficult to obtain considerable profits if they do not support some popular and homogeneous works.
If you keep copying homogeneous content, it will lead to reader loss.
In this situation, they are caught in a dilemma. If they are a stronger company, it would be fine, as they can constantly try new themes and use the large number of readers on the platform to constantly influence some new authors and let them achieve results.
But ordinary comic companies simply don't have the capital to do these things.
For the vast majority of comic companies, it is already very difficult for them to survive, let alone other things.
Based on such principles and foundations, they don’t think much, just survive first and then consider other things.
However, what Master Akira Toriyama said did indeed create some obstacles in their hearts that they could not overcome.
How to deal with the problem of homogenization? This is a question worth thinking about. In fact, for most comic practitioners, after they have briefly thought about this issue, they have stopped thinking about it.
For them, the most important thing is to make money first. As long as they have capital in their hands after making money, they will have enough choices no matter what happens in the future. No matter how the industry changes, as long as they have capital in their hands, they will have the opportunity to take the lead over others.
To put it more bluntly, they don't care whether the comics industry will exist or not. They only care about whether they can make enough money. If they make enough money, even if the comics industry no longer exists, they can just change industries. They don't have much feelings for the comics industry.
Apart from anything else, they predict that the comics industry will not disappear in at least 20 years. Since the comics industry will not disappear in 20 years, it will not have much impact on them.
20 years is enough time to do a lot of things, and 20 years is enough time for many people to make enough money.
20 years is a long time.
There are very few companies that can survive for more than 20 years, not to mention...if they can make money for 20 years, they feel that it is enough.
This is what most people think.
However, Akira Toriyama’s ideas are completely different from theirs. Toriyama’s previous life trajectory was very ordinary. It was because comics changed his life trajectory that he not only liked comics from the bottom of his heart, but also cared for and cherished this industry.
He doesn't want this industry to be destroyed by their generation.
He wants to do more for this industry, such as making it last longer.
This is Toriyama Akira's truest thought.
Besides this idea...
There were no extra thoughts in his mind.
He simply wanted to make the comics industry better and better, rather than seeking profit from holding this exchange meeting.
I have to say that compared to most people, Akira Toriyama is much greater.
This is Toriyama Akira's truest thought.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Akira Toriyama continued, "I have finished the introduction, so from now on I will take questions. If you have no objections, I will start first."
"See if anyone has any good solutions to the problem I just mentioned."
"If anyone can come up with a method that I think is better, I will invite him to dinner with me and give him 1,000 million yen as a reward."
As soon as Akira Toriyama said this, the scene exploded.
Chapter 246 Master's Reward
Everyone heard Akira Toriyama ask the same question before. They were thinking about how to make money quickly.
They are also thinking about how to use their influence to make as much money as possible before the comics industry completely ends.
This is what most people think. There are indeed a small number of people who think about how to prolong the life of the comics industry.
However, there are no better cases in the market at present.
The United States, Britain, and France also have no solution to this problem.
They couldn't think of a good way to deal with these things for a while. Since they couldn't solve these problems themselves, they just ignored it and let nature take its course.
This is the truest thought in the hearts of most people.
But they never expected that Akira Toriyama would be so serious.
The reward proposed by Akira Toriyama was quite generous. 1,000 million yen was not a small amount for most people. Even those present could not guarantee that they could reward others with 1,000 million yen with a wave of their hands.
Even if they have the money, they are reluctant to spend it.
But Akira Toriyama was willing to spend this money, which shows that he really loves this industry from the bottom of his heart. This makes many people feel particularly shocked.
Although they are selfish, they will not slander people like Akira Toriyama, because people like Akira Toriyama who are selfless and truly consider the industry are very great.
It is no exaggeration to say that it is precisely because of such pioneers that they are able to make so much money in this industry.
It's just that although they respect Akira Toriyama, they won't give him too many benefits or other things.
They are businessmen at heart.
Earning money is the primary duty for them and everything else can come second.
Whether it's Akira Toriyama or anyone else, no matter how much they contribute to the comics industry, they just know it and won't be grateful from the bottom of their hearts.
But from their perspective, they still hope that there are more people like Akira Toriyama. The more people like this there are, the better the comics industry will develop.
In addition to the 1,000 million yen, there is another reward that they value more, which is the opportunity to have dinner with Master Akira Toriyama. This is a particularly good opportunity for most people.
Master Akira Toriyama is extremely famous in the entire Japanese comics industry. If they can get Master Akira Toriyama to have dinner with them, they can use this as a gimmick to promote their own company.
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Whether it is raising funds in the capital market or recruiting more authors in the entire market, it is very effective.
Therefore, everyone was particularly excited.
"I never thought that Master Akira Toriyama would spend 1,000 million yen and a dinner together to revive the manga industry. I don't know whose advice he would adopt."
"I will definitely raise my hand and give it a try later. If I raise my hand, there may be a certain chance. If I don't absorb it, then there will definitely be no chance at all."
"That's Master Akira Toriyama. If I can have dinner with him, I can use this as an opportunity to get some money from the capital market."
“I think so too…”
"We still have to find a way to answer Master Akira Toriyama's question."
Everyone present was very excited.
No matter they are company leaders or practitioners in the comics industry, they all hope that they can answer these questions from Master Akira Toriyama, and receive a reward of 1,000 million yen from Master Akira Toriyama, and also have dinner with Master Akira Toriyama.
This is the truest thought in their hearts.
However, they are not quite sure whether their ideas can be implemented.
Since Master Akira Toriyama was able to offer so much money as a reward, it definitely proves that the question asked by Master Akira Toriyama must be very difficult.
If the difficulty was lower, Master Akira Toriyama would have solved it long ago.
This made everyone feel a little worried about whether they could answer this question.
After all, there is no other reason... With all his years of experience, connections and relationships, Master Akira Toriyama has not yet solved this problem, and others feel that it will be difficult for them to solve this problem as well.
It is no exaggeration to say that this kind of problem is indeed the biggest problem of the century.
How can we answer to satisfy Master Akira Toriyama? Everyone couldn't help but wonder.
Okita Xuehui and Aragaki Yiyi, who were beside Long Tao, were also very excited.
Although Okita Yukie is related to Master Toriyama Akira, their relationship is not particularly strong. Moreover, this kind of relationship is used less and less, and if it is used up, it may be difficult to bother Master Toriyama Akira in the future.
When Yukie Okita heard what Master Akira Toriyama said, she kept thinking of solutions in her mind.
She doesn't really care about 1,000 million yen, because to her money is just a number. What matters to her more is the opportunity to have dinner with Master Akira Toriyama, which can be used as a gimmick for publicity and hype.
It is not a skill to make a living by relying on relatives. But making a living by answering questions and having solid strength can not only bring publicity but also help her to gain a foothold in an industry.
In such a situation...
Yukie Okita really wanted to answer this question from Master Akira Toriyama. She had already thought of several answers in her mind, but she didn't know whether these answers would satisfy Master Akira Toriyama.
In addition to Okita Yukie, Aragaki Ii was also very excited. Although she had never drawn comics and had not stepped into the comics industry, she also had some ideas of her own.
Okita Yukie wants to go far in the comics industry, and Aragaki Ii also thinks so. In fact, Aragaki Ii knows her own conditions very well. She thinks eating and the like are useless.
What Aragaki Yi Yi cares more about is the 1,000 million yen.
If she had 1,000 million yen, it would greatly change her quality of life. At the same time, she also had her own ideas.
Before, Long Tao had always bought things for her. If she could answer this question, she would get 1,000 million yen.
If she could get 1,000 million yen, she could also buy some things for Long Tao.
This is what Aragaki Yi Yi is thinking now.
At this time, Master Akira Toriyama continued, "Then everyone please raise your hands and I will ask questions one by one. After everyone raises their hands to answer, I will select a few additional people."
Chapter 247 Everyone Shows Their Magical Powers
As soon as Akira Toriyama finished speaking, everyone raised their hands enthusiastically, hoping that Akira Toriyama would pick them.
The first person drawn was a boy in his 40s. He looked very angry and, if nothing unexpected happened, he should be the general manager or boss of a company.
After the boy was selected, he was delighted and said, "Hello, Master Akira Toriyama. I am Ichiro Yamamoto. I am the general manager of the xyz animation club. I am very happy to be able to participate in this exchange meeting."
"As for the question raised by Master Akira Toriyama, my idea is this: I think we can set up a comics association. Although there are comics associations in Japan now, the one I'm talking about was established specifically to promote innovation."
"The main role of this comics association is to encourage and support innovative works and enable writers to create better works."
"I recommend that everyone invest 1,000 million yen as a basic cost in the early stage. If the business develops well, you can add more funds."
"That's my general idea. I think with everyone's enthusiastic support, the comics industry will be able to develop in the long run."
When Master Akira Toriyama heard what Ichiro Yamamoto said, he nodded in agreement.
It is obvious that what Ichiro Yamamoto said is indeed of some level. It seems that basically none of the people who are able to participate in this exchange meeting today are rubbish.
If you are rubbish, you will definitely not be able to attend this meeting.
However, Ichiro Yamamoto's answer was still not what Akira Toriyama wanted. In Akira Toriyama's opinion, this method was indeed effective, but the effect was not great and could only be used as an auxiliary.
What's more, Ichiro Yamamoto had thought of this idea a long time ago. Not only him, but many people had thought of it.
If it were that easy, every industry would thrive.
