Hong Kong Island Comic Master

Chapter 12
"It's open, it's open!"

"Come on!"

At seven o'clock in the morning, Lao Huang opened the gate as usual and prepared to open for business, but was shocked by the scene in front of him.

I saw more than 20 students surrounding the door of my grocery store, each with a ferocious face, like a zombie siege.

Lao Huang has opened this grocery store in Gezhi Academy for five or six years, and has never seen such a scene.

"Don't worry, come one by one!"

Surprised, Lao Huang quickly realized why. Today is the day when the second volume of "Death" is on sale!
To be honest, when those young and Dangerous kids came to the store, he was extremely scared.

Even though they said they were here to sell comics, they still thought the other party was trying to use some new trick to collect protection money.

But what he didn't expect was that the other party did nothing and really just sold comics.

In the first volume, they didn’t make much money because of their muddle-headed activities.

So when the printing company sent the second volume, he didn't care and ordered 30 copies for a token price.

But from the looks of it, they might be sold out within half an hour of opening today.

You know, this comic costs 5 bucks a copy!
When did the students of Gezhi Academy become so rich?

The same situation didn't just happen in Lao Wong's store. In fact, similar things happened in many grocery stores and newsstands across Hong Kong Island.

"Jingle Bell……"

"Hello? Yes, I am Lao Li, and I am stepping up production here! Don't worry, with our relationship, once it is printed, I will send it to you first! Are 50 copies enough? Why do you want 100 copies?
It's not impossible, but I just have to wait. I really can't help it. No matter how good the relationship is, it doesn't matter..."

"Hello? What? You want it too? Why should I say yes? Of course someone is calling in front of you!"

"Clap!"

As Li Chongjun hung up the phone, Uncle He finally breathed a sigh of relief. His ears had been tortured.

Throughout the morning, the phone calls from the printing house have not stopped, and they are all asking for the second volume of "Death"!
This scene exceeded everyone's expectations, including the instigators Li Chongjun and He Bo.

Although they have thought that they can make money from the second volume, it is not such a popular method?
After all, the single volume of "Death" is very expensive, and the promotion is not strong. It only lasts for two weeks. Therefore, when they think about it, the [-] copies printed before must be enough to sell in one week.

I never expected that it would be sold out in just one morning.

According to this model, I am afraid that the sales volume of this volume can exceed [-]!

Of course, this depends on how quickly the printing press can produce comics.

At this time, the two roaring printing machines are not printing machines, they are clearly money printing machines!
If we waste time and allow pirates to get a whiff of it and release the pirated comics as soon as possible, then don’t overestimate it. I’m afraid if I can only buy five thousand, that’s good!
At this time, Li Chongjun only regretted that he had underpaid for the printing press. He had no desire to sell the printing press a month ago.

Such a race against time is because Li Chongjun has a very keen sense of smell. He knows very well that with the popularity of this comic, it will definitely attract the attention of peers and related industries in Hong Kong.

"Death" can no longer be hidden!
Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, one of the busiest streets on Hong Kong Island.

A red Toyota Crown taxi parked on the street.

After the oil crisis in 1973, Hong Kong Island began to introduce neon cars, which are known for their economy, as taxis. The most popular of them is the Toyota Crown.

Later, it even became the most beautiful red color on the streets of Hong Kong Island.

Then, a young man got out of the taxi. He looked about 20 years old. He wore glasses and was polite and polite, like a college student.

I saw him taking two steps at a time, holding two comics in his hands, and then quickly ran upstairs.

Going upstairs, the young man quickly opened the door of an office with "Chairman" written on it. "Brother Huang! Hey, Wan You is here too?"

When I walked in the door, I saw two people in the office, and saw a comic on the desk, and I suddenly understood.

"Brother Huang, you already know?"

"Calm down, Wenjie, sit down first!"

The "Brother Huang" in front of him was obviously the slimmest among the three, but he was obviously the backbone of the three. When he opened his mouth, the other two had no choice but to be obedient.

There is no other reason. He is currently the No. 1 cartoonist in Hong Kong - Wong Yuk-lang.

Speaking of which, Huang Yulang is indeed a genius.

He arrived in Hong Kong at the age of 7. From the age of 9, he tried to contribute to the comic pages or columns of newspapers. It was not until the age of 11 that his first "debut" was published.

After dropping out of school at the age of 13, he worked as a part-time worker at the "Times Comics Daily" and as an apprentice painter. Soon the comics industry was in recession and he was unemployed.

He started his first business at the age of 14. He borrowed 1000 yuan from his father as capital, opened a comic book club, and published a weekly magazine called "Joke World". He lost all his money after publishing only 5 issues.

It wasn't until 1971, when he was 21 years old, that he established Yulang Book Company and published "Little Rascals", and began to truly embark on the road to success.

In this way, five years later, his works have become the number one comic in Hong Kong Island.

Even though he was hit by the "Undesirable Publications Law" last year and suffered a devastating disaster, he was still able to survive. He launched a self-discipline movement, stopped publishing obscene love letters, held a press conference to ask the government about the standards of "undesirable publications", and even communicated with the government. Former customer Huang Guang and "old enemy" Shangguan Xiaobao thought about countermeasures together.

In this way, he published the first comic daily "Shengbao", which published an average of one page of Little Rascal comics every day, and the daily sales exceeded [-] copies!

And now, he is only 26 years old!

The two people sitting in front of him, one named Qi Wenjie and the other Zhang Wanyou, are two of Huang Yulang's three disciples. They are both 19 years old.

"You must have read this comic, what do you think?"

Qi Wenjie and Zhang Wanyou looked at each other, and in the end it was Qi Wenjie who spoke first.

Qi Wenjie, who has known Huang Yulang since he was 11 years old, is definitely Huang Yulang's disciple, so it is most appropriate for him to speak first.

"Very good! The level is too strong. I have never seen such a good comic!"

Qi Wenjie was not stingy with his words of praise and used all he could.

"Ayou, what do you think?"

"I think Brother Jie is right!"

Zhang Wanyou didn't say much, but he agreed with Qi Wenjie's meaning and nodded gloomily.

"Brother Huang, what should we do?"

Qi Wenjie treated this matter as an urgent matter.

"You are an adult and you are still so angry. I think this comic will have no impact on us at all!"

With that said, Huang Yulang threw the comic in his hand on the table.

As soon as these words came out, Qi Wenjie and Zhang Wanyou looked at Huang Yulang in confusion.

(End of this chapter)