Hong Kong Island Comic Master

Chapter 401 Pirate Comics

"There is a man who has all the wealth, fame and power in the world. He is the 'Pirate King' Gol D. Roger. Before he died, he said these words, making people all over the world rush to the sea. .”

"Do you want my treasure? If you want it, take it... you go find it, I put everything in the world there!"

"This world has ushered in the 'Great Pirate Age'!"

To be honest, when Editor-in-Chief Yang saw the opening page, he felt an epic feeling and his eyes lit up.

But then the conversation changed and they arrived in a small town. A boy named Luffy, who seemed to be mentally ill, clamored to become a pirate. He even left a scar on his face with a knife to show his courage. .

Unfortunately, the leader of the gang of pirates, "Red-Haired" Shanks, did not accept the child and even mocked him as a landlubber.

An uninvited guest, the "Pirate King" Sig, broke into the noisy tavern. Who would have thought that Sig, who looked like a trickster, would next do the amazing deeds of "fucking the Yonko with a bottle in his hand and stepping on the future Pirate King" .

To be honest, although this paragraph is a funny plot and the opening chapter that introduces the protagonist, in Editor Yang's opinion, it is still a bit childish.

On the contrary, Chen Weixian on the side watched with great interest, and even subconsciously urged him.

"Turn over quickly!"

So Chief Editor Yang continued to flip through the comics helplessly.

In the subsequent plot, Luffy accidentally ate the rubber fruit and turned into a rubber man. He challenged Sig again and was defeated by him.

At the critical moment, Shanks' red-haired pirates appeared and killed these unseen bandits in two or three strikes. However, in the process, Luffy was captured by Sig while escaping. .

Ironically, Tangtang, as a bandit, actually escaped to the sea, and here, Sigurd and Luffy encountered a huge monster known as the "King of the Near Sea."

At the critical moment, Shanks appeared and saved Luffy, but lost an arm, leaving a classic scene.

Although this scene has been criticized by people, the four emperors actually bit off their arms without even one of the Neptunes. It is really shameful!

However, in Li Wannian's view, this plot is an important part of Luffy's character transformation, and it is really difficult to move.

So I can only keep this scene. As for future bugs, there is still a chance to make up for it!

After all, there are still ten years before Luffy goes to sea, and Shanks is not yet a Yonko at this time.

Before leaving, Shanks left his hat to Luffy and said that he would return it to him when Luffy becomes an outstanding pirate.

At the end of this chapter, Luffy, ten years later, successfully defeated the "King of the Near Sea" and sailed smoothly.

After reading it, Chen Weixian was still very excited. He said loudly to Li Wannian: "I think the setting of this comic is pretty good. Pirates? Devil fruits? I think it's quite interesting!"

Different from Chen Weixian's excitement, Editor-in-Chief Yang seemed a little entangled. He remained silent and fell into deep thinking.

"what happened?"

Li Wannian noticed Chief Editor Yang's state, so he asked.

"Oh, boss, this comic is about pirates...pirates?"

"That's right!"

"Then are you going to put the manga in shonen manga or young adult manga?"

"Of course it's a shounen manga. Do you think pirates are not suitable for the theme of shounen manga?"

Li Wannian immediately thought of the meaning of Chief Editor Yang's words.

"Yes!"

Editor-in-Chief Yang didn't hide it and admitted it directly.

Unlike Chen Weixian who now only has a reader’s perspective, when Chief Editor Yang sees comics now, his first reaction is of course from the editor’s perspective. I have to say that the setting of this "One Piece" comic is still very novel. Currently, there is no comic of the same type on the market in Hong Kong Island.

At the same time, just reading the first chapter of the comic, the story is told quite completely, and there is no problem in the succession and transition. The image, personality, and character arc of the protagonist are also fully displayed in such a short space of time.

However, for a shounen comic, it is indeed a bit risky to put the protagonist in a negative profession, and Chief Editor Yang is not sure how to deal with it?

"Don't worry, there's no problem!" Li Wannian cleared his throat, organized his words, and then further explained: "The comics will be brighter overall, and the protagonist group will not do what the pirates did, so it won't There is a plot about teaching bad children!”

Thinking of this, Li Wannian wanted to complain in his heart that the Straw Hat Pirates were simply the "shame of pirates". Except for stealing gold once on an empty island, they had never done anything a pirate should do.

And just for that one thing, before I finished it, I picked up the sesame seeds and lost the watermelon.

So rather than saying that the Straw Hats are a pirate group, it is better to say that they are an adventure group.

"If that's the case, then we have no problem!"

Although Chief Editor Yang didn't say anything more, he still felt a little uneasy when he looked at this comic.

This comic is definitely a good comic. Chief Editor Yang can make such a judgment after just reading the first episode.

But can this comic really become the face of the magazine like "Dragon Ball" and "Bleach"?

Looking at the straw hat boy in front of him who exuded a "strong aura", Chief Editor Yang couldn't help but have doubts in his heart.

"Does the magazine have any other problems at the moment?"

Seeing that the matter was settled, Li Wannian asked one more question.

"Youth Weekly doesn't have any problems at the moment. Although "Chinese Heroes" and "Sword Laughter" have been completed, because "The Storm" and "Young and Dangerous" are being serialized, the sales volume has been over 10.

On the contrary, "Girls Weekly", with the completion of "Boys Over Flowers" by He Zhiwen the year before last, sales have dropped to around 6, and there is currently no opportunity to improve. "

Chief Editor Yang sighed as he spoke.

For comic magazines, a large part of the sales volume is related to popular comics.

Once the top comics are finished, comic magazine sales will plummet.

For an enterprise or company, when most of the company's revenue is concentrated on a certain product that cannot be copied, it will naturally cause them anxiety.

This is the case with Happy Twist, the same is true with Oriental Choice, and the same is true with 2D Magazine!

Whether it is Editor-in-Chief Yang, others, or even Li Wannian himself, they all hope that a cartoonist who can replace Li Wannian will appear. However, everyone knows that it is almost difficult to appear!

"Are there any new young cartoonists in Girls' Weekly currently?"

"Xueqing, Dick and the others all have good works, but none of them have the potential to be successful in the entertainment industry!"

Editor-in-Chief Yang is also very helpless. Not only Li Wannian, but also Second Dimension Magazine is also doing the training of cartoonists, but the results are still low.

There is no way, it is difficult for genius to appear, especially in such a small soil.

"Okay, let me figure this out!"

Li Wannian thought for a moment and said to Editor Yang.

"Ok!"

Chief Editor Yang was immediately overjoyed. Since Li Wannian could say this, he was obviously going to take action!

As long as Li Wannian takes action personally, then this matter won't be a problem!

(End of this chapter)