reborn in america

"Stan Lee!" Adam couldn't help shouting, then walked quickly to the old man in a casual suit not far away, and said respectfully, "Hello, are you Mr. Stan Lee?"

"Hello, I am." Stan Lee stopped walking forward and looked at the excited boy in front of him. As a hall-level cartoonist in the United States, he often encounters fans of comics, so he has a lot of respect for him. This situation did not come as a surprise.

"I'm Adam Baker. I really like your superheroes like Captain America, Spiderman, X-Men, etc. You are the greatest cartoonist in America in my heart. I can see you It's so exciting." Adam said a little nervously, maybe it's the manga nerd attribute of this body after time travel, maybe it's because after he started creating comics, his feelings for comics deepened, and he became more and more interested in the creation of Marvel. Most of the great manga characters in comics are admired.

But hearing his words, Stan Lee frowned slightly, and then said with some uncertainty: "Adam Baker? I remember that the creation of the most popular comic "Druid" was called this name."

"Yes, it's me. It's a great honor for Mr. Stan Lee to know me." Adam replied humbly. Although he knew that the other party must have heard his name, Adam was quite proud of the first reaction. Although I have made some small achievements so far, it is nothing more than a small glory compared to the great comic creator in front of me. You must know that the other party has won the Marvel, the United States, and even the world by himself. giant of comics.

"Ha, I know you." Stan Lee suddenly regained his energy. Looking at the tall and handsome boy in front of him, he was quite interested in thinking about the comics market that he had stirred up recently. He said with a smile: "I've also read your "Druid" comic. It's very good. Whether it's the characters, the plot, or their respective abilities, especially the battle scenes in the comic are refreshing."

"Thank you for your compliment. It's just a little bit of my idea added to your creation. It's really an honor for me to be recognized by the market." modesty.

I have seen a lot of young geniuses who are ambitious and arrogant, and the boy I met today made the entire comic book world turbulent. He did not have the arrogance he imagined, but showed his humility in every word And polite, it really made Stan Lee feel admirable.

"By the way, the painting style in your comics, especially the fighting style, seems to have a very strong oriental color. This is a feature of your comics that is different from others. It is very good. You have specially studied Oriental culture?" Stan Lee looked at the boy in front of him with admiration in his eyes, and said with a gentle smile.

"Yes, I am fascinated by oriental culture, especially Chinese culture. When I was drawing comics, I tried to apply oriental martial arts and immortal elements into comics. Maybe this is my personal characteristic you mentioned." Adam replied, of course it is impossible for him to say that he is a person who has been reborn through time travel. In order to plug this small bug, Adam used to cover up his love for oriental culture. Anyway, he is destined to be more involved in this aspect in the future. This excuse is enough to deal with all the doubts, not to mention that there are many middle and upper class figures in the United States who are obsessed with Chinese culture.

"Wuxia, Xianxia?" Stan Lee was a little confused. For him who doesn't pay much attention to Chinese culture, these two words are still relatively unfamiliar to him.

"It's kung fu. To put it simply, martial arts is the fighting style of people with special abilities, xianxia is the fighting style used by gods, and kung fu is their fighting style in reality." Adam explained indiscriminately. For a person who is completely unfamiliar with Chinese culture, it is still difficult for them to understand these things. Even if you try your best, it is difficult to cross the cultural barrier.

"Kung fu! I know, Bruce Lee!" Although Stan Lee still didn't understand the meaning of martial arts, but because of the influence of Bruce Lee's kung fu movies, and the Hong Kong martial arts movies represented by Jackie Chan began to enter Hollywood's attention, it was gradually recognized by everyone. Know.

"Yes, Mr. Bruce Lee's kung fu is a kind of Chinese martial arts." Adam sighed slightly, nodding his head in response.

"I'm very glad that you can use the mysterious oriental culture in your comics, and you use it very well." Stan Lee expressed his appreciation for Adam's approach. After all, not everyone can flexibly use elements of other cultures and get successful.

"Mr. Stan Lee, Mr. Baker, everyone is here, shouldn't we go in too?" The man standing next to Stan Lee said when he heard that their chat had finally come to an end.

Stan Lee looked at the turbulent crowd in the hall, turned to Adam and said, "Then let's go in, I think many people are interested in you, the creator of the "Druid" comic."

"It's my honor to have Mr. Stan Lee take me in." Adam also smiled. He was at a loss for this party. If he could have a big name like Stan Lee and a director of Marvel take him in, then it would be natural. Saved a lot of effort.

Since half of the reason for this gathering was to welcome Adam, Adam was naturally welcomed by the people of Marvel Comics, and even the chairman of the company, Perelman, took the time to talk to him in person for more than ten minutes , In the words, he said almost nakedly, "As long as Adam enters Marvel Comics, he will directly become the top cartoonist, responsible for superheroes including "Captain America", "Iron Man" and so on. Comic creation of heroes. '

To be honest, becoming the creator of a comic book hero that will resound around the world in the future is an invitation that is enough to tempt all comic creators, but after some brainstorming, Adam still simply rejected the other party's academic reasons invite.

Although Perelman expressed regret, he still respected Adam's choice and hoped that he would think more about it. Today's Marvel Comics needs a talented cartoonist like him very much.

In fact, this is not wrong. After all, because of the resignation of a large number of top cartoonists and the birth of image, Marvel comics have fallen into a trough. Sales, so that it will not collapse, but the comics still depend on their content, and these small tricks cannot change the general trend.

However, it is now close to 92, and the market for comics is gradually collapsing. Anyone can see this, and the most terrible thing is that Marvel has no other reliable means of profit other than comics. Although it cooperates with the toy company toybiz, Expanded profit methods, but the direction of animation and movies is still gloomy. The few films that have been released have all hit the street, and many of them can't even go to the cinema, so they directly entered the disc market. It is really sad to hear tears .

After bidding farewell to Perelman, Adam communicated with several Marvel Comics cartoonists in the lobby. I have to say that compared to those managers, it was more pleasant to communicate with the cartoonists. First, they complimented each other After a while, a series of exchanges on the plot, characters, actions and background of the comics began.

In the end, Adam, who was full of red wine and drunk, could finally leave and returned to the hotel by car. Marvel paid him a week's room fee, so Adam still had no pressure to live.

Of course, with his current income, he could afford to live in the first place, about [-] dollars a day. He only stayed for ten days and a half months before going back, so he didn't need to think too much about his wallet.

Adam drank the Coke in the refrigerator and reported his safety to his family. He originally called last night, but considering the time was really late, he postponed it until today.Catherine was very happy to hear his call. She kept telling him all kinds of precautions on the phone, and even said many times that if she didn't adapt, she should go home, which moved Adam very much.He chatted with Catherine, Michelle, and Brett one by one, saying that he was not bad, especially showing off to Brett how high-end the hotel he stayed in and how good the environment was, which made Brett envious In the end, Adam wished Bright that he could kill his opponents in the semi-finals and enter the finals, and promised that he would go to the scene to cheer for them.

Not long after talking on the phone, I received a call from Carol, complaining on the phone why his phone was always busy. In order to get through this call, he waited for almost an hour. Adam could only apologize and explained to him It was because of the phone call with his family. Adam happily described the itinerary to him tonight, especially when he met a comic master like Stan Lee, and complained to him how much those people love to drink. Fortunately, he had the foresight to go The stomach was padded before the party, so that during the lengthy party process, there was no hunger. It was a joke. Carol comforted him, saying that he would be able to go back in a week, and he would drive him to the city to have a good time After a meal, I also complained to him that the coach refused to release any water in the training before the semifinals. It was really miserable.The two of them exchanged one sentence in this way, and I was bored with one sentence for more than an hour, and finally hung up when Adam was too sleepy.

The next day, Cromwell called him and told him about his subsequent itinerary, including two reading sharing activities on radio stations, an interview with reporters and newspapers, and an offline reading activity.

The total time of the activities is scheduled for the next week, which is not intensive, so Adam does not need to worry about participating in too many activities and getting exhausted.