The impressive series that Billy distributed worldwide began to be read in multiple nguages: Spanish, English, French, Puese, German, Polish, Greek, and more. This expansion of the distribution pany started as a way to support the pany's growth, but it was slow at first. It began in ada, Aska, and Greennd.

  The number of series expao Mexid some areas of tral Amerid eventually reached European tries like Pal, Spain, Engnd, and Italy. Sales of ics grew incredibly. When ic sales started to dee in the mid-1993s, European tries began to buy different types of ics from the pany due to the incredible series.

  In the Uates, after a never-ending struggle, Sm Dunk was sidered the best manga from Lux ics, and the same happened in ada, Serbia, and Spain. In Frand Engnd, the petition is fierce, but series like Samurai X, Hellboy, and Shaman King gee signifit sales.

  In Spain, the inal battle between Sm Dunk and YuYu Hakusho is highly tested. But many series have been ied, such as Evangelion, which has a loyal group of buyers for the ics.

  The series Sm Dunk and YuYu Hakusho reached their 123rd issue. It's surprising how the series has progressed and gained numerous fans. The idea of create a society in the Uates that loves long series, expanding iption, and creating Japayle animated series with releases of five to ten series per season—winter, summer, fall, and spring, or 20 series per year. However, not all the series released had the necessary quality to be sidered deliverable products, but there were wonderful series and big premieres every year. This tradicts the situation in the Uates, where animated series year after year started to beore simplistid insipid, delivering shallow and straightforroducts that only catered to ages 3 to 9. It's curious how a signifit push is necessary to ence other studios to produce better series.

  Therefore, Erik Larsson tio work diligently with all his might, taking on the role of an iional distribution pany. The stant battles between the dream of creating Image id achieving success were a frequent issue. Creating a new series is not an easy task, and even though Spawn is amazing, the dee in sales in October 1993, with Lux iipping at their heels, meant that the profits were not as good.

  -It's not possible! We always worked uhe assumption of payment! First the book, then the profits! - Jim Lee excimed loudly, even Billy heard the reverberating sound.

  Rachel ehe office. - Dear boss, Anne says she will resolve Jim Lee's problems with his team. - Rachel said.

  -Not at all, I just need a friendly chat. - Billy said,  tirelessly drawing the series he had to deliver for the ing months from the animation studio created for Luxtoons. Winter series ceased to be important for the studio.

  -But... - Anne said

  -e on, deliver this volume for produ, Terry will review it ter. - Billy said.

  Jim Lee, with his series WildCats, geed more mohanks to Billy's tracts, but his sales never exceeded 300,000 copies, and the losses from printing against good sales hit Jim Lee hard. He only used his profits to sustain himself. The stock of 180,000 unsold copies caused pani Jim Lee, who paid the costs, extra advertising, and his editors, or distributed the money.

  -Yes, sir. - Rachel said. She was under Billy's shadow, unlike Anne, who saw a young, successful man with a lot of power, fidence, and the aura of a leader. Even the early employees had followed this pattern of behavior.

  Anne's high heels echoed, and Billy couldn't help but sigh.

  -What are you plotting? I find it ruthless that everyone has to hear the shouting. - Anne said.

  -Well, the main problem is that Jim Lee made a lot of money in the first few months with the sale of ics. Acc to your provided records, they earned 1,400,000, and the profit kept growing. The pany Wildtorn ics, which is owned by Jim Lee, as well as his iment in Image id the rental of that building, decreased his steady profit. They accumuted success, but with the supposed real estate bubble, sales began to dee, and even our short series stopped selling. But you know what they say, greed breaks the sack. - Billy said.

  -You're not oo talk. You made a lot of untimely iments that put you in the same position. - Anne said.

  -Well, my drawings are fantastid better than Jim Lee's. - He whispered. - I already had a rge following, and the ic bubble didn't affect me as much as an emerging pany that only relies on id hasn't had different iments in multiple areas. Also, they haven't pursued any film lises. But my point is that this is the reason why I brought you here. I need you. If you fail, I still be, but if you succeed, I also be. - Billy said.

  -What do you mean? - Anne asked.

  -I mean that Jim Lee will give us film lises for his series food sum of money, at least 500,000 or more, and Image ics will seek us out in the same way, and we'll support them, hire them for different jobs. - Billy said.

  -Very pragmatic of you. - Anne said.

  -Now you uand that I 't interfere. It's better to see how people fight for their share, so I don't want to meddle. - Billy said.

  -You're wise... -

  -I didn't know it, but I assumed that something would ge with our incorporation of elegant drawings and series. - Billy said, sidering the demands of Ameri id some new developments.

  As it is, a Fox animated film studio has started colborating with indepe studios for elevision series. Four years ago, the secrets of Blue Sky and Fox began to bee publiowledge. An agreement is expected to be reached by year.

  -Then you should pay attention to the European branch. - Anne said.

  -Well, I have you all. What's the status of the European branch? - Billy said.

  -Well, Erik Larsson and Nick Landau are in charge of running the ic business in Europe. The annual review of 1993 could be the first time we have green numbers in sales. It's expected that ic sales will increase by 10% year. There are series that are starting to catch the attention of different audiences. But you should take notice. I think a series that caters more to European tastes could yield better results. - Anne said.

  -A series about knights? -

  -Acc to surveys, a soccer series wouldn't be a bad idea. - Anne said.

  -A soccer series? But it's impossible for me. I have so many ongoing creations, I don't think I keep up with this pace. There won't be any new series for a long time. However, the clusion of Evangelion will likely be released year, and I might be ier spirits to create an animated series by then. - Billy said thoughtfully. Many of the series he worked on remained unfinished, with Evangelion being an exception.

  -That's logical. - Anne said. It's not just ic series, but also television shows and movies.

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