Hong Kong Comic Master

Whenever time enters the second half of the year, I am like a wild donkey, running non-stop!

In the blink of an eye, there was not much left in the year.

This is even more obvious for Zhao Rude, who paints every day.

"You usually go out for a walk when you have nothing to do. If you stay at home all day, you won't be afraid of mold anymore?"

Repulse Bay has smooth waves and fine sand, a wide beach bed, gentle slopes, and warm water. Even in October, it is still crowded with people.

At this time, Gan Xiaowen and Zhao Rude were respectively wearing colorful pants and lying on the deck chairs on the beach.

Compared with the upright-looking Zhao Rude, Gan Xiaowen seems a little sorry for the audience.

He has a pointed mouth and monkey cheeks, and sinister eyebrows and rat eyes. Although he is lying on the lounge chair at this time, his eyes are wandering around on the beach, his eyes following the bikinis. Regardless of the person lying here, his eyes are busy as hell.

Zhao Rude on the side was not as busy as Gan Xiaowen. He looked like his body had been hollowed out, lying dead on the recliner.

"Oh, I'm surprised. Everyone is a serial cartoonist. Why do you look so leisurely?"

Zhao Rude looked at the heartless Gan Xiaowen and said very strangely.

"Just don't put too much pressure on yourself!"

Gan Xiaowen withdrew his gaze, looked at Zhao Rude and smiled.

After leaving Li Wannian, Gan Xiaowen also became a serial cartoonist.

Unlike other senior brothers who have profound painting skills, although Gan Xiaowen is not good at painting, he has a great talent for comedy, so his painting "The Laughing King" began to be serialized in the "Second Dimension Youth Weekly".

That’s right, it’s a youth weekly, not a shonen weekly.

In fact, Gan Xiaowen also contributed to the Youth Weekly at the beginning. However, although Gan Xiaowen drew funny cartoons, his works were inevitably filled with vulgar things such as sex, foul language, and excrement.

As a result, his comics were rejected by the Shonen Weekly editorial department as expected.

Fortunately, the editor in charge of reviewing the manuscript thought the comic was good and couldn't bear to see it being buried like this, so he told Gan Xiaowen and asked him to submit it to Youth Weekly.

In this way, Gan Xiaowen soared into the sky and became the new comedy king in Hong Kong Island.

Comparatively speaking, Gan Xiaowen has not suffered any setbacks, and his popularity has steadily increased once he was serialized. Although it is difficult for his comics to reach the top five of the weekly, they are always ranked in the top ten, and there is no risk of being cut in half.

You know, there are too many good cartoons in today's youth weekly magazines, such as "The Storm", "Young and Dangerous", "If I Were the Emperor", etc., which are all about gods fighting.

It is already a great thing for a comic to be ranked in the top ten for a long time.

"I wish I could be as heartless as you!"

Zhao Rude sighed and couldn't help but admire Gan Xiaowen's good attitude.

The pressure to serialize "Captain" by himself was really great. The popularity of such a good comic dropped to its current level because of him, which made his originally pessimistic mentality become pessimistic again.

"You just think too much!"

How could Gan Xiaowen not know where Zhao Rude was worried?

Li Wannian was really good to Zhao Rude. He gave him two big IPs in a row, but he screwed them both up and his popularity was not as good as before.

In fact, Li Wannian never blamed him at all.

Everyone knows that the decline in the popularity of comics has something to do with Zhao Rude, but not much!

The most important thing is the comic cycle!

There is no need to say more about "Pokémon". The next few movies are just sequels, just to sell cards and toys.

The same is true for "Little Football Captain". In general, sports cartoons are best drawn during the school period. Youth, blood, and passion are the easiest to impress readers. However, when they grow up, the overall atmosphere of the comics is difficult to control.

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This is why most sports programs rarely involve the professional arena.

But Zhao Rude would not think so. He would only feel that he was not capable enough and was sinking into self-sacrifice every day.

"As long as the comics don't get cut in half and you can make money, what's there to worry about?"

"Forget it, I'm going to buy juice, do you want to drink it?"

In response to Gan Xiaowen's comfort, Zhao Rude sat up directly.

Of course he has to solve his own problems, no one else can help him!

"Of course, I want orange juice!"

Zhao Rude shook his head at Gan Xiaowen's nonchalant look, and then walked towards the store not far away.

"Boss, two bottles of orange juice!"

The shop on the beach looks a bit crude, a small temporary house built with wooden boards, displaying various products and even comics.

"Huh? Are there also comic magazines here?"

Zhao Rude picked up a book from it. Oh, it was "Second Dimension Youth Weekly".

"Of course, whether you are a child or a young person, if you come to the beach and have nothing to do, you will buy a book! Are you here to check it out?"

The boss, who was explaining, suddenly became wary when he saw Zhao Rude's appearance.

"Where should I step?"

"Then why do you keep asking about comics?"

The store owner still kept his vigilance and asked.

"Don't be so nervous. I'm a cartoonist for this magazine and I won't open a shop here!"

"Oh? Cartoonist?"

The boss suddenly became interested, "Which comic do you draw?"

"Forehead……"

Speaking of this, Zhao Rude couldn't continue talking. After all, in his heart, "Little Football Captain" does not belong to him.

Seeing Zhao Rude's hesitation, the other party immediately asked suspiciously: "You can't be a fake, right?"

"Of course not, I drew that "Football Player"!"

Seeing that the boss's anger level was rising rapidly, Zhao Rude had no choice but to explain.

""Captain"? You're the one who drew "Captain"...what's your name?"

As he said that, the boss started flipping through the magazine, "Zhao Rude?"

"It's...it's me!"

"So, you drew all the content behind this?"

"Yes, I know I'm not good at painting..."

"Oh, great celebrity, thank you so much!"

The boss excitedly held Zhao Rude's right hand.

"Huh? Thank me?"

"yes!"

"Thank me for what?"

"We heard that Mr. Banzai originally planned to stop painting the middle school chapter after finishing it. This made us very uncomfortable. But we heard that you took over and gave Xiaoyi such a good ending. Of course we have to thank you. ah?"

The boss seemed to be a loyal fan of "Captain". He was very excited when he spoke, and of course he was spitting a lot.

"Don't you think my drawing of the following content is terrible?"

"How could it be? We think it's great. A talent like Xiaoyi should have gone to Europe to play!"

The boss's words suddenly gave Zhao Rude a feeling of enlightenment.

It turns out that some people also like the comics I drew!