Hong Kong Island Comic Master

Chapter 52 Chinese Heroes
After washing his hands, Li Wannian walked out of the narrow toilet, but he didn't expect to bump into someone head-on.

I thought I should be the weak one, but I didn't expect that the other party would be ejected, and the scene was very embarrassing.

Are you... so powerful?

Li Wannian couldn't believe it for a moment and said, "Sorry! Are you okay?"

"I'm fine. Are you...long live?"

The man who was thrown away obviously knew Li Wannian. After standing up from the ground, he looked at Li Wannian and directly called out his name.

"you know me?"

"Of course, let me introduce myself. My name is Wen Qiming. My friends call me Niu Lao!"

That's right, the skinny man in front of him is Shangguan Xiaobao's disciple who just saw Li Wannian's Niu Lao in the hall.

Today at noon, Huang Guosheng invited Mr. Niu out for dinner. He was originally going to talk to Mr. Niu about work matters, but he happened to meet Li Wannian who was going to the toilet.

"Oh, you're so good!"

Li Wannian originally thought that the other party was just an ordinary fan, but he didn't expect that the other party was actually called Niu Lao, and he immediately understood the other party's identity.

Even if a man who could draw "Young and Dangerous" couldn't kill someone with a knife every minute, the other person was Shangguan Xiaobao's disciple after all, so Li Wannian still kept his guard up.

Because he didn't know what the other party was going to do, he just said hello and prepared to leave.

"Wait a mininute!"

When Mr. Niu tried to stop him, Li Wannian felt a thump in his heart, thinking that he was going to do something bad to him.

However, then I thought about it, with his small body, he only had a few kilograms of Tang Monk meat, which was enough for him to eat...ah, bah, did you get beaten?
"what are you going to do?"

"Sorry, Mr. Banzai, I didn't mean to disturb you. I am a comic assistant. I admire you very much and hope to be your assistant. I don't know, can you give me a chance?"

"what?"

This development of Niu Lao really surprised Li Wannian.

Logically speaking, Mr. Niu is the proud disciple of Shangguan Xiaobao, and it was the Shangguan family who was responsible for his identity being leaked back then. The conflict between the two parties has almost reached an irreconcilable point.

At this time, as Shangguan Xiaobao's proud disciple, why would he ask him to be his assistant?

Does the other party still want to be an undercover agent?You can't be that stupid, can you?
In fact, Li Wannian really thought too much this time.

This time Mr. Niu took the initiative to contact Li Wannian, which was entirely due to his personal factors.

Today's "Good News" sales are not as good as before, and the content of the newspaper has been cut again and again.

In particular, the comics of his mentor Mo Junyue were also cut, which made Mr. Niu realize that there was no future in "Good News".

The tree falls and the hozen scatter!

What's more, he is just an assistant now.

In fact, in today's Hong Kong comics industry, except for Two-dimensional magazine, the other two comic companies have strict boundaries between assistants and main writers. It is difficult for ordinary assistants to be promoted to main writers.

What's more, the sales of "Good News" are getting worse and worse. If it weren't for the mainstay "Bruce Lee", the sales volume would have been less than [-].

In comparison, both Two-dimensional and Yulang Company are developing very rapidly at this time. The average sales of both "Two-dimensional Magazine" and "Shengbao" have exceeded 5.

On the other hand, "Good News" has less than [-] people, which is no match for the other two companies.

In this case, DreamWorks will target it everywhere, causing "Good News" to suffer heavy losses from channels, advertising and other aspects.

Who doesn’t feel hopeless?
Nowadays, many colleagues in the newspaper office are beginning to find a way out. Many people have gone to Yulang Group, mainly because Two-dimensional magazine does not want them.

But Mr. Niu is different. He has always believed that Two-dimensional is the future of Hong Kong comics, and Two-dimensional magazine is more open, with richer and fairer upward channels.

Seeing what Mr. Niu said, Li Wannian was not sure what the other party really thought, but he was unwilling to refuse directly and lose this talent.

So, he could only say: "You can go to the magazine or submit an article!"

"Well, I have submitted an article, but it was rejected by the editorial department. I also wanted to go to the magazine, but because I am from the Shangguan family, I was rejected directly. I really have no choice." Mr. Niu felt a little dissatisfied. He said politely.Seeing what Mr. Niu said, Li Wannian suddenly realized that there should be many people in the Shangguan family like Mr. Niu.

Although there may be people with evil intentions inside, if they reject them all, then these people will have no choice but to go to Yulang Company. Doesn't this mean empowering others?

This is not okay!

"Let's do this, leave me your contact information and I'll talk to the magazine later!"

"Really? Thank you! Thank you so much, long live teacher!"

Although Li Wannian didn't agree to anything, as long as he said these words, Mr. Niu knew that his identity should no longer be a problem, and joining Two-dimensional Magazine would not be a problem either!
After watching Li Wannian leave, Mr. Niu returned to his seat in the hall. Huang Guosheng was waiting for him for a long time.

"Why did you go?"

"To the restroom!"

Huang Guosheng looked at Mr. Niu and remained silent. At this moment, the waiter brought over two bowls of fish soup noodles and placed them on the table.

"Forget it, let's eat first!"

Huang Guosheng had actually guessed what Mr. Niu had just done, but he didn't reveal it.

He knew how his senior brothers talked about him behind his back and blamed himself for blocking their way, but what was his fault?Just do what Master said!

Although Mr. Niu is young, he has a good relationship with me, and I don't want to see him acting hazy in "Good News" all day long. Since the other person wants to go out, let him go. Why should I block his way?

On the other side, Li Wannian returned to the box, and the dishes Li Wanyue ordered were already being served.

However, no one moved their chopsticks, obviously waiting for Li Wannian.

"I think your idea is very good and you should draw him!"

Zheng Jinwen was talking to Ma Rongcheng at this time, but Li Wannian heard him.

"Everyone use your chopsticks. What are you talking about?"

"Ma Zai came up with a comic plot, which I think is quite interesting. Ma Zai, can you tell the teacher about it?"

Li Wannian suddenly became interested and looked at Ma Rongcheng with some expectancy.

In terms of basic skills, Ma Rongcheng Wuxin is the worst among his three assistants, but in terms of talent, Ma Rongcheng Wuxin is the highest!

Especially in terms of storytelling ability, Ma Rongcheng is three miles ahead of the other two.

"Teacher, the story we thought of was actually conceived a long time ago, but it never took shape. It mainly tells the story of a martial arts master named Hua Yingxiong. In the era of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, he fought with opponents abroad, especially... There is a scene that I find particularly interesting, and that is the decisive battle between the Chinese hero and the villain on top of the Statue of Liberty in New York..."

Listening to Ma Rongcheng's story, Li Wannian was very shocked. He didn't expect Ma Rongcheng to have thought of the plot of "Heroes of China" so early!
In the original time and space, "Heroes of China" can be said to be Ma Rongcheng's famous work. It was serialized in 1982, when he was just 21 years old.

How popular is this comic?
At its peak, it created an astonishing sales volume of 18 (some say 20), and pioneered the trend of realistic comics in Hong Kong.

A young man who is only 21 years old, has achieved both fame and fortune, and founded a sect. How talented do you think he must be?

Why can't it be as high as three or four stories?

Just kidding, that’s a fraction!
"Teacher? Teacher? What do you think?"

"Huh? Very good, try your best to draw him!"

Li Wannian woke up and said quickly.

"You mean he has a chance to be serialized in Juvenile Weekly?" Ma Rongcheng was pleasantly surprised.

"No, it's not Shonen Weekly, it's another magazine!"

"Another magazine? Does our magazine have another magazine?"

"It will be available soon!"

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(End of this chapter)