Writing Web Novels In America-Chapter 46 Dark Horse Comics

A few minutes later.

Gene was dropped off at the school entrance by the temporary nanny.

Then, Lily and Gene were led by the school staff to go through the enrollment process.

Meanwhile, Wang Jian, accompanied by Lynn, headed to the principal’s office to discuss the upcoming speech.

It has to be said that there was a reason why the Horace Mann private school could be as renowned as the Harvard Westlake School in California, making them the two most famous educational institutions in the United States.

Just the fact that it owned a beautifully serene campus in the heart of the exorbitantly priced New York showed how substantially funded the school’s board of trustees was.

Wang Jian looked at the trees in the campus, each bearing a tag that marked them as precious plants.

And then he thought back to when he had first arrived, to the dreadful environment of the Bronx District.

He couldn’t help but shake his head, his understanding of so-called capitalism growing deeper.

A moment later.

Under Lynn’s guidance, Wang Jian arrived at the principal’s office.

A short middle-aged white man with glasses appeared before him.

"Hello, you must be Wang Jian, the author of ’Arcane Throne’, right?" The man reached out his hand and said, "I’m the principal of Horace Mann School, you can call me Dave."

"Hello," replied Wang Jian, also extending his hand, "I am honored to be invited by your esteemed school to give a speech."

"Here’s my speech, please take a look."

With that, he passed his speech manuscript to the man.

Unexpectedly, this man named Dave just glanced at the manuscript casually before handing it back.

Then he said, "Actually, we invited you here not only in hopes that, as the author of ’Arcane Throne’, you would encourage our students to study hard. The main reason is that someone else wants to take this opportunity to discuss some matters with you."

After saying this, he used the office phone to notify the secretary outside the door, "Please invite Mr. Mike Richardson from the guest room."

Wang Jian was first stunned, then turned to look at Lynn with red hair.

Lynn, too, was completely clueless, obviously not knowing who this Mike Richardson was.

While Wang Jian and Lynn were exchanging puzzled glances, trying to figure out what was really happening,

The door to the principal’s office swung open, and a very tall middle-aged white man entered.

This man only casually glanced at the principal and Lynn upon entering.

Then, he shifted all his attention on Wang Jian.

He quickly stepped forward, came to Wang Jian’s side, and said: "I’m truly honored to meet you, I am a big fan of both ’I’m a Great Mage’ and ’Arcane Throne.’"

Wang Jian was still confused at this point.

Who the hell is this guy?

To have the Horace Mann School’s principal acting as a middleman, he must have quite some clout.

As Wang Jian shook hands with the man, he asked, "And you are?"

"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself," said the tall white man, "I am the Chairman of Dark Horse Comics, Mike Richardson."

Dark Horse Comics?

What’s that?

Wang Jian still looked bewildered at the man.

However, Lynn by Wang Jian’s side had caught on.

She whispered to Wang Jian, "Dark Horse Comics is the third-largest comic book company in the United States, just behind DC and Marvel."

"But unlike those two companies,"

"Dark Horse Comics focuses more on adapting already well-known non-comic works into comics and selling them."

"The ’Star Wars’ comics, for example, were adapted and published by Dark Horse Comics."

Comic book adaptations?

Wang Jian was initially startled.

However, as he had already dealt with "I’m a Great Mage" advertisement rights,

He quickly caught on.

This man was probably interested in obtaining the comic adaptation rights for ’I’m a Great Mage’ or ’Arcane Throne’.

It was just unclear which work he was interested in, and how much he would offer for the rights.

Mike Richardson simply smiled as he watched Lynn introducing himself to Wang Jian.

Once she finished her introduction, he spoke again, "I think there is a foundation for collaboration between Dark Horse Comics and you."

"Our main focus at Dark Horse Comics is on comic book adaptations, so we have some shortcomings in original content."

"As a best-selling fantasy author, we naturally have a basis for collaboration."

"What’s more, you own wangwen.com, an original content site."

"In particular, now that your website has been redesigned, with all the works published having their ancillary rights prioritized by the website."

"With that in mind, I believe Dark Horse Comics could have an in-depth partnership with wangwen.com, and we would offer a very attractive price to acquire the comic adaptation rights for the works on the website."

Collaborate with the entire wangwen.com?

Wang Jian’s heart skipped a beat.

Then he immediately sensed that something was off.

The website’s redesign was currently only known to himself, Tom, Rossi, and the author of ’Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ in Europe.

Even the authors of some of the most popular works on the website only knew roughly about it.

How did this Mike Richardson come to know?

Could it be that Tom or Rossi was colluding with him?

Having lived in New York for a while, the financial capital, Wang Jian had been influenced by the environment, and his personality had changed.

Especially when it came to matters of interest.

Therefore, he looked at Mike Richardson across from him with caution.

But what he didn’t expect was that though on the surface Mike Richardson was discussing a partnership with him,

Richardson also harbored considerable animosity towards Wang Jian inside.

This was all due to the sudden collapse of the sports card market earlier this year.

The downturn in sports cards had affected the comic peripherals market.

All sorts of comic memorabilia couldn’t be sold, and comic enterprises including DC and Marvel were facing financial crises.

As a result, the comic giants began to explore new avenues.

Marvel was now deepening its cooperation with Hollywood.

DC Comics was strengthening its collaborations with TV production companies.

And Dark Horse Comics, known for its adaptations, found itself in a rather awkward situation.

Since most of its hot-selling products only had comic rights, Dark Horse Comics couldn’t follow in Marvel’s and DC’s footsteps for in-depth development.

So, Dark Horse Comics had to look for a transformation.

Mike Richardson saw the creative capacity of the Marvel Studios model and thus planned to come to New York to recruit some down-on-their-luck authors.

He would provide them with concepts for comic creation.

And then, pursue further development.

However, when he arrived in New York, ready to invite one promising down-on-the-luck author to join Dark Horse Comics, he was unexpectedly turned down.

This left Richardson feeling perplexed.

After multiple contacts with this struggling author,

Richardson learned of this website known as wangwen.com.

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