Hong Kong Comic Master

After washing his hands, Li Wannian walked out of the narrow toilet, but he bumped into someone head-on.

He thought he should be the weak one, but he didn't expect that the other party was ejected. The scene was very embarrassing for a while.

Am I... so powerful?

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

"I'm fine, you are... Wansui?"

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

"Do you know me?"

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

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

At noon today, Huang Guosheng invited Niu Lao to have dinner. He was going to talk to Niu Lao about work, but he happened to meet Li Wannian who was going to the toilet.

"Oh, hello!"

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 the man who could draw Young and Dangerous wouldn't be able to chop people with a knife in a minute, Li Wannian was still on high alert because he was Shangguan Xiaobao's disciple after all.

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

"Wait a minute!"

When Niu Lao tried to stop him, Li Wannian's heart "snapped" for a moment, thinking that he was going to harm him. (っ◔◡◔)っ

However, he then thought that with his small body, he didn't have a few pounds of Tang Monk meat, enough for him to eat... Ah, did he fight?

"What are you going to do?"

"Sorry, Mr. Wansui, I don'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 if you can give me a chance?"

"Huh?"

This development of Niu Lao really surprised Li Wannian.

Logically speaking, Niu Lao is Shangguan Xiaobao's favorite disciple, and it was the Shangguan family who leaked his identity. The conflict between the two sides has almost reached an irreconcilable point.

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

Could the other party still be undercover? He wouldn't be so stupid, right?

In fact, Li Wannian really thought too much this time.

This time Niu Lao took the initiative to contact Li Wannian, it was entirely his personal factors.

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

In particular, the comics of his enlightenment mentor Mo Junyue were also cut, which made Niu Lao realize that there is no future in "Happy News".

When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter!

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

In fact, in the current Hong Kong comics industry, except for the two-dimensional magazine, there is a strict boundary between assistants and chief writers in the other two comic companies, and it is difficult for ordinary assistants to be promoted to chief writers.

What's more, the sales of "Xi Bao" are getting worse and worse. If it weren't for the pillar "Bruce Lee" supporting it, I'm afraid the sales would be less than 10,000.

In comparison, both the two-dimensional and Yulang Company are developing very rapidly at this time. Both "Two-dimensional Magazine" and "Sheng Bao" have sold more than 50,000 copies.

On the other hand, "Xi Bao" has less than 20,000 copies, which is not a match for the other two.

In this case, it is still targeted by DreamWorks everywhere, causing "Xi Bao" to suffer heavy losses in terms of channels, GG and other aspects.

Who doesn't feel desperate?

Now many colleagues in the newspaper have begun to look for a way out, and many have gone to Yulang Group, mainly because the two-dimensional magazine doesn't want them.

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

Seeing Niu Lao say this, Li Wannian is not sure about the other party's true thoughts, but he is 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 want to go to the magazine, but because I am from the Shangguan family, I was directly rejected. I really have nowhere to go." Niu Lao said a little embarrassedly.

Seeing Niu Lao say this, Li Wannian suddenly realized that there should be many people from the Shangguan family like Niu Lao.

Although there may be some people with bad intentions, if they are all rejected, then these people can only go to Yulang Company, isn't this equivalent to strengthening others?

This is not okay!

"How about this, you leave me a contact number, and I will talk to the magazine later!"

"Really? Thank you! Thank you so much, Teacher Wansui!"

Although Li Wannian did not agree to anything, as long as he said this, Niu Lao knew that his identity should no longer be a problem, so joining the two-dimensional magazine would not be a problem!

Watching Li Wannian leave, Niu Lao returned to his seat in the hall. At this time, Huang Guosheng waited for him for a long time.

"Where did you go?"

"To the toilet!"

Huang Guosheng looked at Old Niu in silence. At this moment, the waiter brought two bowls of fish soup noodles and placed them on the table.

"Forget it, let's eat first!"

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

He knew how his fellow apprentices talked about him behind his back, blaming him for blocking their way, but what was his fault? He just did what the master said!

Although Mr. Niu is young, he has a good relationship with me, and I don't want to see him being confused all day in "Good News". 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 generated astonishing sales of 180,000 (some say 200,000), and pioneered the trend of realistic comics in Hong Kong.

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

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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