Hong Kong Island Comic Master

Chapter 136 Street Interview
"No, no, no, I want this, this shrimp dumpling, this steamed pork ribs, and this fish fillet porridge, thank you!"

Speaking imperfect English, Sawajiri sat at a morning tea shop near the hotel and ordered food.

It has to be said that Sawajiri Shi is quite smart. In just three days after arriving in Hong Kong Island, he was already able to order food at a morning tea shop by himself.

Although Sawajiri doesn't speak Chinese, he still knows some English. After all, Hong Kong Island was still a British colony at this time, so the effect of living in English is still good!
"Have you read the latest issue of "Dragon Ball"?"

"I watched it, but it feels less and less interesting!"

While Sawajiri was waiting for morning tea, he heard two Western-faced customers behind him communicating in English.

I couldn't help but be a little surprised. I never thought that even foreigners would watch "Dragon Ball".

"Yeah! If it weren't for watching "Gundam", I wouldn't have bought this magazine long ago!"

"I don't know when Banzai will update "Death", I want to see that!"

Sawajiri Shi didn't expect that these two people not only knew Two-dimensional magazine very well, but also agreed that "Dragon Ball" was not good-looking.

In fact, Sawajiri Shi is not just eating and drinking in Hong Kong these days, he is also working.

In addition to working with Li Wannian on neon comics, he is also privately investigating everything about Li Wannian, Two-dimensional magazine, and DreamWorks.

When he got to know more deeply, he realized that he still underestimated Li Wannian.

I thought he was just a talented cartoonist, but I didn't expect that he was actually the boss of a company. What's even more exaggerated is that this company was only established for less than three years and has developed into a large company with a TV station.

As for his Two-dimensional magazine, it has become the number one magazine in Hong Kong Island.

However, now it seems that the situation of this magazine is not good.

After "Bleach" went on hiatus, "Dragon Ball" did not show the value of being able to replace "Bleach". Even Sawajiri, a foreigner, came to Hong Kong Island for just a few days and heard that "Dragon Ball" is not as good as "Dragon Ball" "Death" sound.

But Sawajiri always felt that something was not right about this matter. If the reputation of "Dragon Ball" was really so bad, then why did the sales of Two-dimensional magazine, except when "Bleach" ended, not show a significant decline after that.

This is very strange!

Is "Dragon Ball" any good?
"Your meal!"

At this moment, the waiter casually dropped the morning tea on Sawajiri Shi's dining table.

When he first came here, Sawajiri couldn't understand this kind of "Hong Kong-style service", but now he's used to it!

After all, how can service attitude compare to delicious food?

He picked up a crystal clear shrimp dumpling with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth.

"うまい(It's so delicious)!"

Sawajiri praised it, and then kept moving his hands. How could he still remember "Dragon Ball"?
Is work as important as making a living?

After a morning tea, Sawajiri Shi was satisfied, and then he decided to investigate it himself. He wanted to see what the market response to "Dragon Ball" was.
He first went to the Chinese University of Hong Kong to hire a college student as a translator. The college student was mainly targeted at a man who had a good job and made a lot of money. Then he took him to the Two-dimensional Animation City.

Because more than one person told him that if he is interested in animation, he must go to Two-dimensional Animation City!
Although the Lantern Festival has passed at this time, the flavor of the New Year does not seem to have completely dissipated.

Although the New Year decorations have been removed, the red envelope decorations and New Year couplets in the store still retain the flavor of the New Year.

Even though school has started, Two-dimensional Animation City is still overcrowded.

Sawajiri Shi was crowded in the crowd with his translator, but he was enjoying the situation.

Sawajiri Shi has always believed that Neon’s animation peripheral development capabilities should be number one in the world. To be conservative, it is also number one in Asia.
But it wasn't until I came to this store today that I discovered that Neon has been far behind Hong Kong Island in terms of animation peripheral development.

Take a look at the products in the store, including clothes, pillows, carpets, posters, etc. There are all kinds of products related to animation elements. There is nothing you can’t imagine, and there is nothing they can’t sell.Sawajiri greedily admired everything in front of him, as if he wanted to move everything here back to Neon.

"One is for teenagers and one is for young adults, a total of 10 mosquitoes! Thank you!"

"One poster of Death, one copy of Shounen, 12 mosquitoes in total! Thank you!"

"A young boy..."

Sawajiri came to the cashier on the second floor and looked at the people checking out. He found that more than a dozen copies of "Two-dimensional Shōnen Weekly" had been sold in less than 10 minutes.

It seems that magazine sales are still booming, but Sawajiri Shi knows that this is just survivor bias. Those who can come here are loyal fans of Two-dimensional magazine, and they will definitely buy the magazine.

So, after staying for a while, Sawajiri stopped staying here and left the animation city.

This move of Sawajiri Shi even made the translator on the side unable to do anything. He came all the way here just to stand here for a while?

However, after exiting the gate of the animation city, Sawajiri Shi did not leave. Instead, he took a translator and stopped a young man who had just purchased "Two-dimensional Shōnen Weekly".

"Hello? Excuse me!"

"Who are you? What are you doing?"

The young man who was stopped by two strangers looked at Sawajiri and Shi with some vigilance, and even stuffed the comics in his arms into his arms. Those who didn't know thought he was worried that his comics would be robbed!

"Excuse me, I am a magazine editor from Neon. The Neon version of "Dragon Ball" will be published in our magazine soon. I would like to interview you!"

"What? "Dragon Ball" is going to be published in Neon?"

After translation, Sawajiri Shi's words surprised the young man.

"Yes, so have you agreed to be interviewed?"

"Of course, pick me, pick me quickly!" The young man was so excited that he couldn't wait.

"Excuse me, do you like "Bleach" or "Dragon Ball"?"

"Of course Death!"

"why?"

"'Dragon Ball' is for children, it's not interesting! 'Death' is so cool!" The young man shrugged.

"In that case, why do you still buy "Two-dimensional Magazine"?"

Sawajiri asked the question he wanted to ask the most.

"Because I quite like "Gundam", I bought it. And since I bought it, I also watched "Dragon Ball". Anyway, it's quite funny!"

"OK, thanks!"

After that, Sawajiri interviewed several readers who had purchased the magazine and got almost the same answers.

Either they are readers who think "Dragon Ball" is pretty good, or they buy it because they like other comics in the magazine, or they want to read comics, but other comics in Hong Kong Island are not good.

However, when Sawajiri came to this conclusion, his heart was filled with worry.

Compared to Hong Kong Island, which is dominated by Two-dimensional, the highly competitive Hong Kong Island will not spoil you. In this case, can "Dragon Ball" still achieve the same results as Hong Kong Island?

(End of this chapter)