Hong Kong Island Comic Master

Chapter 348 Superfluous Ideas

On the streets of Hong Kong Island, a dazzling red Ferrari appeared, attracting the attention of pedestrians on the road.

Sitting in the driver's seat was none other than Zhao Rude, Li Wannian's disciple and now barely a well-known cartoonist.

Compared with other well-known cartoonists, Zhao Rude is not well-known and has no representative works, so he does not earn as much money as other cartoonists.

The reason why Zhao Rude can afford to drive this sports car is not because he is rich, but because he likes cars.

Unlike other cartoonists who buy real estate when they have money, he spends all his money on cars.

Since "graduating" from Li Wannian, he has taken over the third part of "Pokémon".

Unfortunately, in his hands, the reputation of this classic IP has declined. Whether it is the design of Pokémon or the direction of the plot, readers have complained about it.

"Is the author an idiot? There are three movies, three whole movies, and Xiaozhi can't even win a single championship!"

"Every time there is a powerful Pokémon, release it. Why don't Xiaozhi call him the training master? Let's call him the release master!"

"Where is Xiaoxia? If the heroine is not Xiaoxia, I won't watch it!"

It can be said that all kinds of bad comments make Zhao Rude feel uncomfortable!

If it were just bad reviews, it wouldn't make Zhao Rude so depressed. More importantly, the sales of elf cards have also declined.

You know, the comic "Pokémon" has always been so popular, and it all depends on making money from peripherals.

Especially the sales of elf cards, which were once the main source of income for DreamWorks at the beginning, have now fallen to a very secondary level. Not only do they not rank first among toy companies in terms of sales, they even rank among the same type of toys. In the card sales, the sales volume did not reach the first place!

Now ranked number one is a card set called Three Kingdoms Kill. It not only contains various Three Kingdoms generals, but also allows people to get together to play games. It is very entertaining. In just one year since its launch, sales have already exceeded 500 million sets.

The sales volume here refers not only to Hong Kong Island, but also to Southeast Asia and Neon.

Today's Hong Kong Island can be called the two-dimensional capital of the entire Asia. As long as something becomes popular here, it can radiate to these places in the blink of an eye!

In addition to the large sales volume, the key point is that this card set is much more expensive than that pack of elf cards, ranging from dozens to hundreds or even thousands of dollars.

Due to the decline in popularity, the third "Pokémon" in my hands was almost cut in half.

Fortunately, this comic has been successfully completed, but the Second Dimension Magazine has decided to suspend the fourth serialization of "Pokémon" to prepare for word-of-mouth.

"Hey……"

All of this is due to a lack of ability!

When he thought about his slim future, he felt depressed, and even the car in his hand no longer felt good!

It happened that the green light at the intersection turned on at this time, and Zhao Rude stepped on the accelerator in a ventive manner and drove away.

Soon after, Zhao Rude's car drove into the villa where Li Wannian's studio was located.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Senior Brother Zhao?"

"Are you...Xu Jingchen?"

"That's right, it's me!"

The person who opened the door to Zhao Rude was Xu Jingchen, whom they had met before.

After inviting Zhao Rude in, Xu Jingchen continued: "Brother, are you here to see the teacher? The teacher hasn't come yet!"

"I know, the teacher asked me to have lunch, so I came over early!"

Hearing what Zhao Rude said, Xu Jingchen nodded. He didn't say anything, but he was very envious in his heart.

From an assistant to a serial cartoonist, after the carp leaps over the dragon gate, he can talk to other people on an equal footing. Even when facing the teacher, he is no longer completely dependent.

"Who's here?"

At this time Wen Rili heard the noise outside and walked out of the toilet.

"It's Senior Brother Zhao!"       "Oh! Hello, Senior Brother!"

Wen Rili glanced at Zhao Rude, and although he greeted him, his words were not as respectful as Xu Jingchen's.

Zhao Rude didn't seem to hear Wen Rili's tone, but looked around with a look of nostalgia in his eyes.

Although working here is very hard every day, I feel very fulfilled inside and get along with my colleagues very happily.

Although I have become a cartoonist and make more money now, I still lack the sense of fulfillment I had back then.

"Brother, drink water!"

While Zhao Rude was looking around, Xu Jingchen handed a glass of water to Zhao Rude.

"Thank you, what are you responsible for now?"

"I am mainly responsible for the description of muscle lines!"

Xu Jingchen is very good at drawing action, so he can help Li Wannian draw the background and details of some fighting scenes.

Although in terms of comic talent, Wen Rili is better than Xu Jingchen, in the position of assistant, Xu Jingchen is undoubtedly much better than Wen Rili.

"That's right!"

Zhao Rude naturally knows how difficult it is to draw action. Even now, he dare not say how good the drawing is, but the junior brother in front of him can draw muscle lines after only working as an assistant for one year. He is really amazing!

This also made Zhao Rude feel a crisis even more.

"Jingle Bell……"

At this time the phone in the house rang!

"Hello? Teacher? Yes! Senior Brother Zhao has arrived... Okay!"

Xu Jingchen who answered the phone did not hang up the phone, but said to Zhao Rude on the side: "Teacher's call!"

"Hey, teacher..."

Zhao Rude walked over and answered the phone.

On the other side, Xu Jingchen quietly came to Wen Rili and whispered: "Fei Liu, what's the matter with you? Are you so disrespectful to Senior Brother Zhao?"

"Hmph, why should I respect him? He's just a Sharingan manga artist with no skills!"

Wen Riling curled his lips, looking unconcerned.

"Shut down, who the hell is a Sharingan manga artist?"

"It's just a copy. If he didn't rely on his teacher for his comics, he wouldn't have a comic of his own. He's just a few years older than us. What's there to respect?"

It has to be said that Wen Ritu has always been a bit arrogant and arrogant. When in front of Li Wannian, he can restrain himself a little, but when facing other people, except for a few people, others don't take it to heart at all.

"You... this guy..."

Seeing Wen Rili's appearance, Xu Jingchen sighed slightly. He knew that Wen Rili couldn't listen to what he said, but he always felt that a character like Wen Rili would have big problems sooner or later.

"Crack!"

On the other side, Zhao Rude hung up the phone and said to the two of them: "Let's go. The boss is inviting us to dinner and has invited you two! Come with me!"

When he heard that there was a big dinner to be had, Wen Riling suddenly lost his arrogant look and nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay, then I'll leave quickly!"

"..."

Seeing Wen Rili's behavior, Xu Jingchen was speechless and felt that what she had just thought was a bit redundant.

(End of this chapter)