Hong Kong Island Comic Master

Chapter 471 Rainy Day Funeral
The cold icy rain fell from the sky, hitting the black umbrellas and white tombstones with a crisp sound, as if the sky was also crying.

The whole world is blocked by rain lines. During the music, you can see the crowd standing there solemnly. Although you can’t see their faces clearly, you can feel a sad atmosphere spreading everywhere. The people and scenery outline a tragic picture. .

"Woooooooo..."

In front of Li Wannian, there was Tezuka Osamu's family. Among them, Tezuka Rumiko was crying like a tearful person. In Tezuka's arms, she could not calm down for a long time.

This was Osamu Tezuka's funeral. According to his last wish, he did not want to make a big deal out of it, so the family only notified his close friends and some students.

But even so, more than 50 people came to the scene, and the small cemetery was packed to the brim.

Li Wannian was wearing a black coat today, but when the cold wind blew through him, he still felt a chill. This chill came not only from the surface of his body, but also from deep inside his heart.

Near noon, with the burial of Osamu Tezuka, the entire funeral finally came to an end, and the guests who came began to leave in twos and threes.

"My condolences!"

Before leaving, Li Wannian bowed to Tezuka Osamu's wife and daughter.

"Azhen, go see Mr. Li off!"

"Zhenjun, please stay. You have to take care of today's funeral, so take care of yourself!"

"It doesn't matter, I'll give you a piece!"

Tezuka Makoto did not accept Li Wannian's kindness, but insisted on sending Li Wannian as a gift, so Li Wannian did not refuse and went with Tezuka Makoto.

Obviously, Tezuka really had something to say to himself in private.

"My father always wanted to paint until he died!"

The two of them held umbrellas and walked along the road in the cemetery. Since it was already winter, the flowers and leaves in the cemetery had withered, and only the dead branches were still swaying in the wind.

"That's who he is, and I've always admired him for that!"

Li Wannian could hear the sadness in Tezuka Makoto's tone, so he opened his mouth to comfort him.

In fact, Tezuka Osamu's death was more than half a year later than the original time and space. This was thanks to Li Wannian's reminder that Tezuka Osamu's disease was discovered in advance and he received treatment in advance.

But accordingly, Osamu Tezuka suffered more pain. I heard that when he was most painful, he would be woken up by the pain in the middle of the night.

But even so, he was still unwilling to give up the pencil in his hand. Even if Osamu Tezuka was alive, he would definitely be grateful to Li Wannian for extending his life by a few months and allowing him to draw a few more pages of comics.

How could Li Wannian not admire such a person?
"My father also admires you very much. He said that among the younger generation of cartoonists, you are the best one, but you have such a strong businessman vibe!"

"Hahaha……"

"Aren't you angry?"

"What's there to be angry about? Isn't what your father said the truth?"

Over the years, Li Wannian has been doing whatever he likes...painting, just to make money. Of course, this is mainly due to the environment he lives in.

If I didn't have so many people under me and I was just an independent cartoonist, I'd probably be like Osamu Tezuka, drawing whatever he wanted.

In addition to drawing some well-known comics, Osamu Tezuka also creates some works of extremely high artistic level, such as "Fire Bird".

In addition, he is also ahead of neon and the entire world in the field of animation, such as his "adult trilogy" "One Thousand and One Nights", "Cleopatra" and "Sad Belladonna" ", greatly expanded the themes and expression techniques of animation, and presented broad possibilities for animation art. There is also the field of non-mainstream animation. Osamu Tezuka has successively created experimental color animation short films such as "A Drop of Water", "The Fragment", "Mermaid", "Jump", and "Male". They are outstanding in subject matter, narrative structure, visual style and techniques. Many other aspects present another side of neon animation.

It can be said that in terms of business and popularity, Osamu Tezuka is no match for Li Wannian, but at the true artistic level, Li Wannian can't even see Osamu Tezuka's car taillights!

This is why Tezuka Osamu said that Li Wannian has too strong a businessman vibe. In fact, he thinks that Li Wannian’s professional abilities are very good. He should not just make money, but hope that he can explore and expand the boundaries of comics and animation!

It's a pity that his family knows his own affairs. Li Wannian is really not good at art!

Just be a vulgar person!
"This...well, as long as you understand! My father wants me to give up the management of "Century"!"

"Then what do you think?"

"I don't want to give up, but I don't want to go against my father's last wish, so I want to ask your opinion?"

Tezuka looked at Li Wannian in confusion.

"Then it depends on whether this is what you want to do the most! Your father's original intention is probably to hope that you can do what you want to do!"

Li Wannian knew that Tezuka was actually a director in the original time and space, but now, he was led by him to become a boss!

"My father passed away. I want to give my mother and sister the best life. This is what I want to do most!"

After a long silence, Tezuka finally showed a determined look on his face.

"Then do it, I support you!"

"Thank you!"

Tezuka glanced at Li Wannian gratefully.

"By the way, how is the company lately?"

"Everything is going well. The current sales of "Century" have exceeded 400 million. It seems that sales of 500 million will not be a problem in less than a year."

Speaking of this, Tezuka Makoto's face, who had been immersed in sadness, slightly improved.

After the signing of the Hiroshima Agreement, the appreciation of the Neon exchange rate led to more and more money in the hands of all Neon people, which also made Neon's economy more prosperous.

As a result, people have more and more money in their pockets, causing the sales of comics to rise accordingly.

This situation lasted until the neon economic bubble collapsed, and it relied on the "lipstick economy" to persist for a few years. Then it was impacted by the popularity of the Internet and began to decline.

In other words, the current sales volume of "Century" magazine will indeed increase, but it will not last too long. In other words, the golden age of comic magazines has been less than ten years!

However, Li Wannian did not dampen Tezuka's optimistic attitude, but followed his words and said: "That's good. I'm glad to see that the sales of "Century" have not been affected by the suspension of "Naruto" and "Dragon Ball" Got it!"

"It was true at the beginning, but now that you have "One Piece", "Slam Dunk" and Tomigan's "Yu Yu Hakusho", the sales of the magazine are not a problem at all!"

"Does the rich suggest gambling? That guy is really powerful now! By the way, why didn't you see that guy today?"

"Well...because I didn't invite him..."

"..."

Hearing Tezuka Makoto's words, Li Wannian suddenly realized that although Tomi Suggestion's talent had begun to show, he was still a newcomer who had only been serializing for one year, and who could attend Tezuka Osamu's funeral was not a big figure in the comics industry. guy?
What's more, according to Osamu Tezuka's last wish, Tezuka really needed to control the number of people present. How could a person like Hiroshi Takahiro, who had no seniority and had nothing to do with Osamu Tezuka, be invited?
(End of this chapter)