Hong Kong Comic Master

"There is a man who has all the wealth, fame and power in the world. He is the 'Pirate King' Gol D. Roger. He said this before his death, which made people all over the world run to the sea.

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

"This world has ushered in the 'Great Pirate Era'! ”

Honestly, when Editor-in-Chief Yang saw the opening page, he was overwhelmed by an epic feeling, which made his eyes light up.

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

Unfortunately, the leader of the pirates, "Red Hair" Shanks, did not accept the kid, and laughed at him for being a landlubber.

An uninvited guest, "Bandit King" Sig, broke into the noisy tavern. Who would have thought that Sig, who looked like a bitch, would do the amazing deeds of "holding a bottle of wine to drink the Four Emperors and stepping on the future Pirate King".

Honestly, although this is a funny plot and the opening chapter that introduces the protagonist, it is still a bit childish in the eyes of Editor-in-Chief Yang.

On the contrary, Chen Weixian on the side was watching with relish, and even subconsciously urged him.

"Turn it over quickly! ”

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

In the subsequent plot, Luffy accidentally ate the rubber fruit and turned into a rubber man. He then provoked Sigma and was defeated by him.

At the critical moment, Shanks' Red Hair Pirates appeared and killed this group of unsophisticated bandits in two or three moves. However, in the process, Luffy was captured by Sigma while escaping.

Ironically, as a bandit, he actually fled to the sea, and here, Sigma 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, the Four Emperors did not have a sea king. Just bit off the arm, it's too lame!

However, in Li Wannian's opinion, this plot is an important part of Luffy's character transformation, and it's really hard to change.

So we can only keep this part. As for the bug problem in the future, there is still a chance to make up for it!

After all, it's still ten years before Luffy goes to sea, and Shanks is not yet a Four Emperor at this time.

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

At the end of this episode, 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 feel that the setting of this comic is not bad. Pirates? Devil Fruit? It feels quite interesting!"

Unlike Chen Weixian's excitement, Editor-in-Chief Yang seemed a little entangled. He remained silent there and fell into deep thought.

"What's wrong? "

Li Wannian noticed the state of Editor-in-Chief Yang, so he asked.

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

"That's right!"

"Then are you going to put the comic in the category of boys' comics or youth comics?"

"Of course it's boys' comics. Do you think pirates are not suitable for boys' comics?"

Li Wannian immediately thought of what Editor-in-Chief Yang meant.

"Yes! "

Editor-in-Chief Yang did not hide it and admitted it directly.

Unlike Chen Weixian, who now looks at the comics from a completely reader's perspective, Editor-in-Chief Yang's first reaction when seeing the comics is of course from the editor's perspective.

It must be said that the setting of this "One Piece" comic is still very novel. Currently, there are no similar comics in the Hong Kong market.

At the same time, just looking at the first episode of the comics, the story is quite complete, and there is no problem with the beginning, development, turning point and ending. The image, personality and character arc of the protagonist are also fully displayed in such a short space.

However, for a boy's comic, putting the protagonist in a negative profession is indeed a bit risky, which makes Editor-in-Chief Yang unsure of how to deal with it?

"Don't worry, there's no problem!" Li Wannian cleared his throat, organized his words and further explained: "The comics will be more sunny overall, and the protagonists will not do what the pirates do, so there will be no plot that will teach children bad things! "

Thinking of this, Li Wannian wanted to complain in his heart that the Straw Hat Pirates were simply the "shame of pirates". Apart from stealing gold once on Sky Island, they had never done anything that pirates should do.

And that one thing, they haven't done it well, picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons.

So rather than saying that the Straw Hat Pirates are a pirate group, it's better to say that they are an adventure group.

"In that case, then we have no problem!"

Although Editor-in-Chief Yang didn't say anything more, he was still a little uneasy when looking at this comic.

This comic must be a good comic. Editor-in-Chief 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 exudes a "strong breath", Editor-in-Chief Yang couldn't help but have doubts in his heart.

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

Seeing that the matter had been settled, Li Wannian asked another 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, sales have been above 100,000.

On the contrary, "Girls Weekly", with the completion of "Boys Over Flowers" by He Zhiwen the year before last, sales have dropped to around 60,000, and there is currently no opportunity to improve. "

Chief Editor Yang sighed as he spoke.

For comic magazines, a large part of sales are 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.

Happy Twist is like this, Oriental True Choice is like this, and CG Magazine is like this!

Whether it is Editor-in-Chief Yang or 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 currently working in Girls' Weekly?"

"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!