Hong Kong Island Comic Master

Chapter 2 What a Genius
Li Wannian was once born in the 90s. He was baptized by various comics and animations since he was a child, so he became obsessed with painting at a very young age.

With his talent and hard work, after graduating from high school, he studied abroad in Neon and devoted himself to studying comics.

However, when he came to Neon, he discovered that the comic industry in Neon was bigger than he imagined!

On the very hot streets of Dongfang, if you take a picture of a brick, eight out of ten people will draw comics!
The other two want to be voice actors!

Therefore, Li Wannian has no competitiveness.

His drawing skills are good, but he lacks originality.

After all, the core of comics is stories, and what Li Wannian lacks is a good story.

Therefore, at his level, if he works hard for another ten years, he will not be able to serialize works in "Shounen Jump".

As the saying goes, comics can ruin a life, but animation can ruin three generations!
When the comics industry failed, Li Wannian had no choice but to join Toei Animation after graduation and became an art designer.

After nearly ten years of hard work, he finally graduated from an art designer to an original artist, and then from an original artist to the director of an episode of "One Piece".

Seeing that all the hardships came to an end, in order to complete this episode, he almost transformed into the Liver Emperor and almost lived in the office all day long.

In the end, just as the anime episode that had taken a lot of hard work was about to be completed, he died suddenly.

Then, I came to Hong Kong Island in 1975 and became a standard post-60s generation.

It’s really a 6-turn!
Although Hong Kong Island in the 70s and 21s was not a beautiful place, and the material life was not as good as in the [-]st century, fortunately, Li Wannian's family was harmonious and beautiful, so his life was not hard.

I really didn’t expect that he, a time traveler, didn’t have any parents to worship God. God really loved him alone!

My father, Li Chongjun, came to Hong Kong alone in the 50s and worked hard for 20 years. Although he was uneducated, he became a small business owner by relying on his courage and carefulness. Not only did he marry a wife, but he also gave birth to four children. Hong Kong Island supports this family of six.

Now that his business is encountering difficulties, and Li Wannian happens to be able to help, how could he not help?
It just so happened that after I traveled through time, my memories of my previous life were extremely clear. Every line of the comics I had read, the anime I had watched, every plot, the anime songs I had listened to, and every lyric were all so unforgettable.

Therefore, Li Wannian easily drew the first ten chapters of the comic "Death" without any effort.

When choosing comics, Li Wannian spent a long time choosing them.

If you want to help your father make money, those niche and heavy-tasting masterpieces will naturally be excluded. The first choice is naturally Longzhu and the three migrant workers.

However, "Dragon Ball" was not eye-catching enough in the early stage, "Naruto" was not adapted to the local environment, and "Pirates" had a strange painting style. After much deliberation, Li Wannian finally chose "Death".

The painting style is dazzling enough, the characters are beautiful enough, and the fighting is exciting enough to catch the readers' attention in the early stage.

Using this comic to save the printing house is just overkill, not to mention more than enough!

Just like that, under the gaze of Li Wannian and Li Chongjun, Uncle He opened the first page of this stack of paper:
Hong Kong Island, 23:[-] am, Friday.

"Is it around here?"

"Indeed... I can feel strong fluctuations!"

The picture showed a night roof, and suddenly a black figure flashed across.

Dressed in black, no man or woman could be seen, and they blended into the night.

Then the camera turned and the sky became brighter. A delinquent boy wearing a student uniform kicked a gangster away.

At the same time, his introduction appeared next to him:
Kuro Ichigo, 15 years old

Hair and eye color, orange

Eye color, brown

Occupation: High school student
Then I saw this boy named Kuro Ichigo, with his hands in his pockets and his feet stomping on the gangster.

"The artist is good, the storyboards are expert, the composition is reasonable, and the characters are excellent, but it just has a bit of a neon flavor!" After reading only two pages, Uncle He could already feel the power of this comic.

Hearing these words, Li Wannian nodded silently in his heart. This old man really has two skills.

"However, it's cool to fight gangsters in such an efficient manner, but it's still a bit awkward to be so clueless!"

However, before Uncle He could finish his evaluation, the next picture revealed that it turned out to be a vase used for sacrifice that had been kicked over by them.

That's why Kuro Ichigo wants them to apologize.

Slap on the face!

"The reason is there, but it is too blunt. It is difficult for such a plot to arouse readers' empathy!"

Before Uncle He finished speaking, a girl with half her face covered in blood floated in the air.

With captions on the side, the protagonist is introduced again:

Stunt: Can see ghosts!

Another slap in the face!

"This girl is actually a ghost? The protagonist has yin and yang eyes? No wonder the title of the work is "Death"!"

Uncle He was shocked again when he saw this. This was a unique perspective.

As the so-called layman watches the fun, the expert watches the doorway.

This anime introduces the main character and only uses 4 pieces of paper to convey a lot of information.

At the same time, whether it is the layout, storyboards or dialogues, everything reveals one word: professional!
Who is this general?Has such strength?
He Bo'an endured his curiosity and continued reading:

In just one piece of paper, Kuro Ichigo drove away the gangsters, comforted the little girl ghost, and completed the "cat-saving" behavior that increased the reader's empathy with the protagonist.

Farewell to the ghost of the little girl in the dusk, and then there was a sharp cut of the camera, and a plaque named "Hei's Clinic" appeared.At the same time, he used a digression to explain that this is the clinic run by Kuro Ichigo's family. It may also be because of this reason that he has been able to see ghosts since he was a child.

In the next picture, just after returning home, Kuro Ichigo was suddenly attacked.

Just when Uncle He raised his mind and thought something big had happened, he discovered that this man was Kuro Ichigo's father.

Through the explanation later, Uncle He understood that the reason why his father beat Kuro Ichigo was because he came home late.

Seeing this, Uncle He raised his head and glanced at Li Chongjun, thinking: I'm afraid this paragraph comes from life, right?

Seeing Uncle He looking at him, Li Chongjun had questions all over his head. He had no idea that he had taken the blame.

Uncle Ho continued to read comics: During the fight, Ichigo's family background was also explained. His mother died young and he had a father and two younger sisters.

After the quarrel, Ichigo returned to his room without even eating. At this time, a black butterfly flew into the room, attracting Ichigo's attention.

Looking along the butterfly, he saw a girl wearing black ancient clothes and an ancient sword at her waist appearing on the desk in Ichigo's bedroom.

It is the mysterious man in black at the beginning of the comic, the God of Death Lu Kia.

In order to localize "The God of Death", it is naturally impossible for Li Wannian to let the God of Death wear a kimono.

The costumes he designed for the God of Death were based on those improved versions of Hanfu in the future, with wide sleeves and thin waists that fit the body shape while being elegant and flexible.

Uncle He had never seen Hanfu like this before, so he couldn't help but take a few more glances.

Although it is black, the style is very novel and looks good!
"It's very close..."

"Close...close to you. Are you an idiot?"

The plot once again took a direction that Uncle He had not expected at all. Ichigo actually kicked the beautiful Lu Qia away.

"Can you see me?" Lu Qia looked surprised.

Why?Why can I never guess the plot?

Are today’s young people’s thinking so fast?

For a moment, Uncle He even began to doubt himself!

However, Uncle He had to admit that such a dramatic acquaintance and such a plot development would be an important and famous scene in this comic!

Then, the two of them got to know each other.

Lu Kia told Ichigo that he was a god of death, but Ichigo didn't believe it at all, so Lu Kia personally performed ghost ways and soul burial on him, and then explained the world view through Lu Kia's funny paintings.

The whole scene is both light-hearted and funny, and also contains a huge amount of information. It can be said that it is full of content.

Uncle He was also impressed by the imagination of this comic, which actually built a very reasonable world!
Then Ichigo's house was attacked by Hollows.

During the attack, Lukia was injured. Seeing the extremely critical moment, in order to defeat Hollow, she helped Ichigo become a Shinigami.

Just like that, in the midst of the crisis, a yellow-haired god of death appeared in the smoke.

Then he used the exaggerated and handsome sword on his back, swung the sword, and killed the Hollow in one blow.

So, on the last page of this chapter, an introduction to Ichigo appeared again:

Kuro Ichigo, 15 years old

Hair and eye color, orange

Eye color, brown

Occupation: High school student, Grim Reaper!
So far, it was only the first episode, but after reading it, Uncle He remained silent and his expression was extremely solemn.

"Who painted this outstanding painting style, clean lens, and unobtrusive narrative rhythm? Is there anyone like this in Hong Kong Island?"

Li Chongjun on the side saw it and quickly comforted him: "Lao He, this is just a random drawing by Nian Tsai. Don't worry if it's not good!"

"What? Did he draw it?" Hearing this, He Bo suddenly lost his composure. His eyes were as wide as a pair of bells, as if he was about to eat Li Chongjun in surprise.

"Uh, yeah, what's the problem?"

Li Chongjun also noticed that something was wrong with Uncle He, and his uneasiness was mixed with a little expectation.

"How old is he?" Uncle He looked at Li Chongjun with an extremely serious expression.

"He's ten...how old are you?" Li Chongjun couldn't answer for a moment and turned to look at Li Wannian.

"..." Li Wannian was speechless for a while. He is indeed my stupid father-in-law!
"I'm 13!"

"Are you that old? Then you are already in junior high school?" Li Chongjun looked surprised.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

But at this moment, Uncle He laughed loudly, scaring the father and son.

"what happened to him?"

"do not know!"

Both of them were very confused and saw Uncle He taking deep breaths sometimes, laughing loudly, sometimes closing his eyes and mumbling to himself as if he was resigned to his fate, as if he was stunned.

"There are really geniuses in this world!"

In just a few seconds, Li Wannian changed his expressions continuously, which made Li Wannian sincerely admire him: I didn't realize that this old man is still a good actor!
(End of this chapter)