Hong Kong Island Comic Master

Chapter 105
The title of the first episode of "Dragon Ball" is: Bulma and Sun Wukong.

Chen Weixian naturally knows Sun Wukong, the Monkey King!

The monkey with a stick that could grow bigger or smaller, thicker or thinner.

Looking at the first page, a little boy with an afro and a tail behind him, Chen Weixian couldn't help but wonder: Could this be Sun Wukong?

Turning to the next page again, I saw this little boy throwing a tree stump high in the yard of his home, and chopped it into firewood with three punches and two kicks.

When he got home, he bowed to a glass ball and murmured: "Grandpa, I'm going hunting!"

Chen Weixian has been an editor for almost three years now. When looking at comics, he no longer simply reads the story as before, but unconsciously analyzes the information revealed by the author in the comics.

For example, the first three pages of the comic reveal a lot of information. The little boy has strong martial arts skills, is an orphan, has a simple and kind personality, and the glass ball is probably the name of the comic, Dragon Ball.

And this little boy is very likely to be the Monkey King in the title of the first episode.

According to the routine of most Hong Kong comics nowadays, a villain should come to snatch the Dragon Balls next!
However, in the next picture, the screen changed, and a fashionably dressed girl appeared, with a futuristic car behind her.

Although Li Wannian loves the comic "Dragon Ball" very much, there are also many things in it that he wants to complain about.

Obviously this is a world where technology has developed to the point where space capsules can be made, but cars, airplanes, and phones are all from the 80s.

For a person who has experienced the intelligent era, this is really inconsistent!

Therefore, when painting "Dragon Ball", Li Wannian modified many modern items in it.

Take the car in front of you, for example. The entire front of the car is wrapped in silver-white iron, and the body is like a bullet, giving it a full sense of science fiction.

Chen Weixian fell in love with this car the first time he saw it. The car can still look like this!
When he saw this scene, what surprised Chen Weixian even more was that he originally thought that this would be an ancient story, but he did not expect that it was actually a story that happened in the future!
Then I saw the girl take out a glass-like tile with a map on it, and she could zoom in and out with just two fingers.

Needless to say, this girl must be Bulma in the title. As for the thing in her hand, although Chen Weixian had never seen a smartphone, he could tell at a glance that it was probably a radar.

Then the camera switched to Sun Wukong. The forest was like his own home, and he easily caught a fish bigger than himself.

Later, he was seen dragging the fish home, but on the road he had a car accident with Bulma who was driving.

The angry Goku thought Bulma was a monster trying to steal his fish, so he lifted the car and threw it to the ground.

At this time, Bulma also took out his pistol and shot Sun Wukong in the head. However, Sun Wukong only had a headache and the bullet did not even break through.

Chen Weixian was shocked when he saw this, but then he thought, he was Sun Wukong, which made sense. After all, who Sun Wukong would be killed by a pistol?
After some verbal negotiation, the misunderstanding was resolved and the two exchanged names.

Sure enough, one is Sun Wukong and the other is Bulma.

Then Sun Wukong invited Bulma to his home, so that Bulma could see the dragon ball.

Later, through Bulma's introduction, it turns out that there are seven such dragon balls. After collecting them together, the dragon can be summoned, and the dragon can grant anyone's wish.

When I saw this, I thought in my mind: Isn't this just the Aladdin's magic lamp in "One Thousand and One Nights" divided into seven dragon balls?

As a relic of his grandfather, it was impossible for Sun Wukong to give the Dragon Ball to Bulma, so Bulma tricked Sun Wukong into searching for it with her.

In this way, the two embarked on a journey to find the Dragon Ball.

Although the later comics also showed the concept of space capsules and Sun Wukong defeating a pterosaur, Chen Weixian fell silent after reading the entire comic.

As the saying goes, as great as the hope is, there will be great disappointment!

After reading this comic, Chen Weixian felt that the whole story was a bit flat and just like playing house, without the excitement brought by the first chapter of "Death" at all.

"How do you feel?" Seeing that Chen Weixian had finished reading the comic, Editor Yang asked.

"This comic... seems to be quite ordinary!"

Chen Weixian didn't know what Editor Yang meant, so he tried to answer carefully.

After hearing this, Editor Yang didn't make any further comments, but just said: "You go back and do your work first!"

After Chen Weixian left, Editor Yang sighed.

The last hope was dashed.

As Li Wannian's most loyal reader, he naturally has a fan filter and thinks this comic is not interesting enough. How can such a comic achieve the same results as "Death"?

Alas, it seems that I have to bear the blame!
At this time, he can already think of the messages about himself when the time comes.

"Long Live Dada's works are like a cornucopia in the hands of others, but in your hands they are thrown away. Whose problem is it?"

With mixed emotions, Chen Weixian returned to his desk.

At this time, his mind was still thinking about "Dragon Ball".

He didn't understand why Li Wannian created such a comic?
Intercept some details of Journey to the West, such as Sun Wukong’s identity, holding a golden cudgel, etc.;

With a sci-fi setting, various sci-fi props such as cars, Dragon Ball radar, etc.;
Coupled with a routine similar to "Death", through the encounter between the male protagonist and the female protagonist, the male protagonist's current life is changed, and he enters a new world, etc.

Although there is only one chapter at the moment and it is hard to tell where the story is going, but with the "God of Death" Zhu Yu in front of him, why would Li Wannian create such a weird stitched comic?
"Damn it, is it true?"

"Look, "Death" is really on hiatus!"

While Chen Weixian was thinking, the exclamations from his colleagues at the next table woke him up.

"What are you talking about?"

"Didn't you read today's latest "Two-dimensional Magazine"?"

"Well, I just got here and I haven't had time yet!"

Two-dimensional Magazine has the most comprehensive Two-dimensional magazines, and they are also the most timely. Every time the printing factory prints them, some will be sent to the magazine and placed in the public reading room.

A colleague handed Chen Weixian the latest issue of "Two-dimensional Shonen Weekly". Chen Weixian took it and it happened to be the last page of the latest episode of "Death".

I saw that it said:

In order to better draw the next works of "Death", I will take a break from publishing for a while to accumulate materials. However, in the next issue of "Two-dimensional Shonen Weekly", I will launch a new work to replace "Death". I hope you can like! --Long live.

“Do you know what Banzai’s new comic is?”

“I heard it doesn’t seem to have a good reputation!”

The colleagues on the side were still chatting, but Chen Weixian was sweating profusely at this time.

He has been wondering which work this new comic is going to succeed, but he never expected that it would be "Death". Isn't this cutting down his most profitable cash cow?

Li Wannian, what do you want to do?

(End of this chapter)