Hong Kong Island Comic Master

Chapter 99
In the conference room of Two-dimensional magazine, several chief editors and chief editor He Bo were sitting in the conference room, talking in low voices. Li Wannian was holding a teacup, slumped on the sofa and looked into the distance.

A plane flew across the sky, and it was not known whether it was Tsunoda's plane.

Since I started drawing comics, I have been running out of time more and more. There is really too little time for leisurely rest like this.

In addition, now that he has Zhong Chuhong, and they have to interact with each other from time to time, Li Wannian even feels that his physical strength is about to bottom out.

Recently, she cooks mutton, leeks, oysters, etc.

Oh my God!What does she want to do?
Well, she probably really wants to!
"Mr. Xiao Li, Mr. Xiao Li?"

Li Wannian, who was wandering in the trance, was suddenly woken up and his thoughts were interrupted.

He looked up and saw Xie Zhirong, the editor-in-chief of the group. He was also from "Good News". He was Uncle He's apprentice and the first veteran to come to Two-dimensional magazine.

"What's going on? Editor-in-chief Xie?"

Li Wannian came back to his senses and sat up.

"We have already finished reading your latest work."

"Well, let's just tell you the result!"

"Of course there is nothing wrong with your work, from the subject matter to the painting skills, it is impeccable, but we all agree that this "Dragon Ball" is not enough to replace "Death"!"

That’s right, the comic book Li Wannian plans to use to replace the serialization of “Death” this time is none other than the world-famous “Dragon Ball”!
In fact, if possible, Li Wannian would also like to finish painting "The God of Death" slowly and then paint "Dragon Ball", but there is no time!

Now it is almost 1979. Toriyama made his debut last year, and it is expected that his famous work "Arale" will be serialized next year.

If nothing unexpected happens, he will start serializing "Dragon Ball" in five years.

And if "Bleach" wants to be serialized, it will take at least five years even if the Thousand-Year Blood War Chapter is not added. By then, I'm afraid Toriyama will have already created "Dragon Ball".

Therefore, he must create "Dragon Ball" as soon as possible. Regardless of how exciting the comic itself is and how much Li Wannian likes it, 40 years after the comic was born, its IP value is still more than 200 billion US dollars. Li Wannian must not Let it go!
However, who would have thought that such a comic would be rejected by the editors of his own magazine!
Alas, Li Wannian really thought of it!

Li Wannian seemed to have known about the situation before him, and was not angry at all. Looking at the editors in the office who did not dare to breathe, Li Wannian slowly took a sip of tea, and then said: "Tell me the reason!"

Seeing that Li Wannian was not angry, the editors let out a long breath.

Obviously they are editors, but they are so humble in front of the comics author. It is really a reversal of positions.

But who is the boss?And I have never lost before!
When they disagree with their boss, their first reaction must be, are they wrong?

Xie Zhirong boldly said: "Mr. Li, this comic can be seen to be based on "Journey to the West", but the adventure story is very cliche. Even with the adventure of collecting dragon balls, it is not eye-catching. I feel that the style of painting is not cool at all, and is a bit biased towards supply. If it is published like this, the sales of our magazine will definitely decline greatly..."

While Xie Zhirong was speaking at length, several other editors, including Uncle He, were all sweating.

Everyone knows that saying these words is likely to offend Li Wannian, but Xie Zhirong is really brave and dares to say it!
However, after listening to Xie Zhirong's words, instead of being angry, Li Wannian burst into laughter.

"Hahahaha... Thank you, editor-in-chief. I did the right thing by letting you be the editor-in-chief of this group. Your vision is indeed correct!"

Xie Zhirong was completely stunned by Li Wannian's compliment.Originally, he was prepared to be scolded, but Li Wannian didn't follow the routine at all and actually praised himself. What did he want to do?

No, he shouldn't want to!
"Mr. Xiao Li, could it be that this comic is fake and is not meant to replace the "Death" comic?"

"No, it is!"

"Uh……"

Now Xie Zhirong really doesn’t know how to do it!

Seeing everyone's puzzled expressions, Li Wannian secretly laughed in his heart. If he hadn't known that "Dragon Ball" would become so popular later on, he might not be optimistic about it.

Everyone knows that "Dragon Ball" is very popular, but few people know that Dragon Ball was not very popular at all when it was first serialized.

Originally, "Dragon Ball" was expected by many people because it was a new comic by the author of "Arale". However, after the comic came out, its popularity continued to decline, and even its ranking on the questionnaire dropped to 15th or later.

It was at this moment that Toriyama Kazuhiko, the editor of Toriyama, pointed out the reason, that is, "the protagonist Goku is too ordinary, so he is not popular."

So Toriyama began to create with the theme of "pursuing a powerful protagonist wholeheartedly", weakening the supporting roles, strengthening the protagonist, and created the world's best Budokai, which made the popularity rise rapidly.

In other words, the comic adventure style of "Dragon Ball" was not attractive at first, but it switched to the fighting style and was on the right track.

It is for this reason that when Li Wannian was choosing his first comic, he did not choose "Dragon Ball" because it was really slow to gain popularity. The World's Best Martial Arts Tournament did not even appear until the 32nd chapter.

If I had created the work when I was not famous at the time, I am afraid that my father's printing factory would have closed down long ago. How could there be today's DreamWorks?
Now, even though he is already quite famous, he still needs to modify the early chapters of "Dragon Ball". One of them is to reduce the early adventure plot, establish Goku's "work hard to become stronger" mentality as soon as possible, and let the world's best martial arts club become the best martial arts club as soon as possible. Appearance, but no matter how much he compresses and deletes, he still needs 20 episodes of transition.

Therefore, he was already prepared to be scolded for several months!

"Don't worry, I won't do anything nonsense! Of course I know that the beginning of this comic is not attractive, but please don't worry, give me four months, and I will show you the proof that this comic will become more and more popular." The better comes!”

"This……"

Facing Li Wannian's momentum, Xie Zhirong was completely unable to stop him. He couldn't help but look at Uncle He beside him, showing his eyes asking for help.

Seeing this, Uncle He knew that it was time for him to appear. Xie Zhirong alone could not stop Li Wannian.

"Nianzi, we are all willing to believe you, but what if there is still no improvement by then? You also know that today's magazine sales are not only related to you!"

Li Wannian seemed to have been prepared for Uncle He's question. He said without thinking: "Half a year!"

"what?"

"Based on half a year's time, if the magazine's sales still cannot return to the current situation by then, I will directly cut off this comic and restart "Death"!"

Hearing this, the others looked at each other and saw the joy in each other's eyes.

"There's no need to cut it off, as long as the series of "Death" can be restored!"

(End of this chapter)