Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 179 Superman Dubbing
"Sir, perhaps you should look at this..."

New York, Manroland New York Agency.

The agent Lange took the newspaper handed over by the worker, looked at the exquisite serial content on it, and couldn't help showing a surprised expression.

"This printing effect!"

Manroland has a long history in printing machine production. Since the first automatic letterpress printing machine appeared in 1845, manroland has also started its own development career.

Manroland has played a huge role in the development of rotary presses. Whether it is the early printing presses powered by steam boilers and steam engines or the new rotary printing machines currently on the market, they all come from Manroland. handwriting.

At present, nearly one-third of the printing presses used in the entire New York market are produced by Manroland or its cooperative manufacturers.

Including the color rotary printing machine previously used by Kelin Newspaper, it is also a partner from Manroland.

Lange, who is of half German descent, is currently the agent of Manroland in New York.

He is responsible for developing the New York market for Manroland and promoting new rotary machines.

However, because of the Great Depression, not only the United States but also the entire world were affected by a severe economic crisis.

Including Germany, where Manroland is located, as an industry-oriented country, the decline in exports naturally led to a sharp drop in internal consumption, and the sales of Manroland's printing machines also showed a sharp decline.According to Lange's news, Manroland's head office in Augsburg is already planning a new round of layoffs and cuts in expenditure.

And agents like Lange seem to be on the list of being laid off.

The impact of the overall environment made Manroland decide to give up some less profitable cooperation channels, and the US market, which was the hardest hit area of ​​the Great Depression, seemed to be one of the first targets that Manroland gave up.

Ever since he got the news, Lange has been in a state of anxiety. It's not that he hasn't tried to sell the rotary machine.

However, under the impact of the Great Depression, all factories are desperately reducing costs and using the cheapest paper and ink for printing.

Lange has not successfully sold a rotary printing machine for more than a month.

"Give me another paper at once!"

Taking a deep breath, Lange looked at the beautifully printed "Courier" in his hand, and quickly said to the workers.

In a short while, Lange had an extra copy of the latest newspaper of "World Daily".

Looking down at the differences between the two newspapers, and putting them together, Langer felt more intuitively the advanced printing process used by the Courier.

Being able to become Manroland's New York agent, Langer naturally has its own unique features.

He was originally a maintenance worker for a rotary printing machine in a factory, and he has a very deep understanding of the printing process, and it is precisely this background that exists.Only then did Lange get in touch with manroland and successfully become their agent in New York.

If it wasn't for the Great Depression, he might, no, he would be better off than he is now.

Damn the Depression, damn Hoover.

Greeting everything in his heart silently, Lange returned his gaze to the two newspapers in his hand.

"World Journal" is currently the newspaper with the largest circulation in New York, but in terms of printing effect, it is quite different from another "Courier".This difference may not be too obvious in the text, but once it falls on the serial comics, it becomes somewhat clear.

Looking at the characters with seepage lines and monochromatic colors in "World Daily" and the brightly colored characters in "The Courier", let alone an agent like Lange who has sufficient experience in printing technology, even if it is Ordinary people can also see the difference at a glance.

"So, how did this Courier do it?"

Considering the newspaper's circulation, Langer can feel the importance behind it.

"According to the newsboys, it appears that the proprietor of the Courier-Journal has adopted a new printing technique."

The workers didn't know much about the specific situation, so they could only tell Lange what they had learned from the newsboy.

"New printing technology?"

Lange knows that the description of 'brand new' may be exaggerated. After all, the printing process has been developed so far, and all printing machine manufacturing has been upgraded on the basis of the previous ones.

But whether it is exaggeration or not, it is a fact that the "Courier" has mastered a new printing process, and even this process is already a mature technology that can be applied to the printing and publishing of newspapers.

"Send both papers to Augsburg at once!"

Thinking of this, Lange shouted without much hesitation.

……

[Ability - super premonition (black iron)]

[Ability description: Superman has a magical sensory ability, and can predict the location of the disaster in advance when a danger occurs within ten kilometers nearby. 】

In the Messenger Newspaper office, with the serialization of the new issue of "Superman", it was no surprise that Colin also successfully unlocked new abilities.

The ability to unlock for the first time is generally based on [Black Iron], and will only be upgraded to the [Bronze] level as the serialized stories continue to appear.

As for the [Freezing Breath] ability, why did it appear as [Bronze] when it appeared.

That's because this ability itself is actually an ability that only appeared after the [Super Breathing] level was raised, and [Super Breathing] was one of the abilities that Colin had unlocked a long time ago.

Close your eyes and feel the effect of the new ability.

Unsurprisingly, [Super Premonition] in the real world has also been greatly reduced.

The range within ten kilometers in the text introduction was directly compressed to about one kilometer, and even the degree of premonition changed from an instant foreknowledge to a vague perception.

Of course, no matter what, having a new ability to unlock is a good thing after all.

In the newspaper office, Ke Lin tried the effect of [Super Premonition], then restrained his ability and focused on the creation of new radio drama stories.

With the broadcast of "The Adventures of Superman", Superman's popularity has been further improved.

The content of the radio drama has also been broadcast from the original "Baby from Krypton" to the third episode "Clark the Farm Youth", and this is the first time that Superman speaks in a radio drama. In "The Farm Couple", Superman is still in a baby state, and the main dubbing objects are Jonathan Kent and Martha Kent, who are Superman's adoptive parents.

Through the dialogue between the two, it shows that Superman, as an alien baby, is different from ordinary people.

At the same time, the names of Superman's adoptive parents are also determined through radio dramas for the first time. It is foreseeable that with the broadcast of the "Superman Adventure" radio drama, the background of the follow-up Superman's world will be more and more complete. One of the reasons to listen to radio dramas on time.

At the beginning of the comics serialization, in order to attract readers' interest, Colin quickly skipped the growth story of Superman in a rough way, making him a superhero known to the public from the moment he appeared on the stage.

This approach is undoubtedly correct.

It also made the "Courier" gain a large number of readers and support at the beginning of the serialization, but now, with the image of Superman gradually becoming popular, readers have begun to explore the origin story of Superman, wanting to be clear, such a powerful person What is the past of the superhero, what is the existence of the mysterious planet Krypton that gave birth to Superman, and how Superman spent his childhood.

From the letters from the audience of the radio drama during this period, CBS was also keenly aware of this, so it raised relevant plot requirements in the discussion with Colin.For that, Colin has also created the second episode of the radio drama "The Kind Farm Couple", referring to the performance of Superman's childhood, and the third episode he is currently creating, "Clark the Farm Youth", which mentions that Superman is going to Metropolis. former farm life.

According to the audience feedback given by CBS, everyone showed a strong curiosity about Superman's childhood in the episode "The Kind Farm Couple".

This also inspired Colin, although in the "Superman Adventures" radio drama, the story he wrote has jumped to Superman's youth.

But that doesn't mean he can't retell the story of Superman's childhood.

In fact, if Colin remembers correctly, Superman has indeed launched the "Superboy (Super Boy)" comics, which mainly tells the story of Superman's adventures in the small town in his youth.Although this kind of serialization does not help Colin's ability unlocking much, it will undoubtedly greatly enrich Superman's background experience, and at the same time help him acquire a certain degree of [faith].

Even because the plot of "Superboy" predates the serial "Superman" story, so the abilities in the comics should be weaker than Metropolis Superman.

For the creation of "Superboy", Colin already has an idea, and plans to serialize this story in "Messenger Comics" by hiring a new cartoonist.

As the sales of the picture book continue to grow, "Messenger Comics" has become the number one comic book in New York City.

Moreover, unlike comic publications such as "Famous Comics", "Messenger Comics" has its own comic creation stories without relying on collecting other comic content on the market.

On the other hand, Jack Leibovitz has been looking for cooperative publishers in cities all over the United States during this period, and successfully helped "Messenger Comics" develop markets in other states except New York. It is said that in Kansas "Superman" The story is the most popular. As an agricultural state, the identity of the Superman farm youth makes the people of Kansas feel very substituting.

……

"Great story!"

CBS, New York Radio.

In the dubbing studio for the radio drama "The Adventures of Superman."

Members of the Mercury Theater headed by Orson Wells couldn't help sighing when they saw the plot of the third episode "Clark the Farm Youth" created by Colin.

Mercury Theater has rich dubbing experience. In the previous two levels of "Superman's Adventure", it successfully portrayed the roles of Superman's parents and adoptive parents.

And now, it is finally his turn to be the voice of Superman, the protagonist of the entire adventure story.

Looking at the lines of Superman on the script, Orson Wells was a little ready to move. If he hadn’t been an announcer and needed to be in charge of the entire story of the radio drama, Orson would be happy to be the voice actor of Superman and appear in the story of the radio drama .After all, he has been a loyal reader of the "Superman" comics for a long time.

Now, I can only reluctantly give up this job and hand him over to other dubbing personnel in the theater.

"For the voice of Superman, Mr. Colin Luper, do you have any request?"

As the creator of the "Superman" comics and the screenwriter of the radio series "The Adventures of Superman", Orson Welles obviously will not ignore Colin's opinions.

In fact, in the dubbing of previous episodes, the Mercury Theater also adjusted and determined the voice of the dubbing after asking the other party's opinion.

"Clark in this period has not yet fully made up his mind to devote his abilities to saving others, and he does not claim to be a superman."

Facing Orson Wells' inquiry, Colin didn't shirk in any way, and immediately made his own request: "So, in terms of tone, he is still an ordinary farm youth."

In front of Colin, Orson Wells nodded, and turned his head to gesture to a young troupe member behind him. The latter spoke quickly and imitated the lines from the script of "Clark the Farm Youth".

"You know, Jonathan, I have inexhaustible strength, so leave the rest to me."

After carefully listening to the lines of the dubbing language, Colin thought for a while, and corrected him: "Clark's tone should be more confident, like 'You know, Jonathan, I have...'"

Being able to voice Superman in a radio play is obviously a very important job for the members of the Mercury Theater.Even inside the theater, there are many members peeking at the dubbing work of this Superman.

Therefore, the other party acted extremely seriously, and imitated the effect that Colin needed word by word. He didn't want to cause Colin's disgust because of his negligence and lose this important dubbing.

"Very well, keep speaking like this."

After all, it was only the dubbing of radio dramas, and Colin did not require the Mercury Theater to be more refined. Therefore, after confirming that Clark's general way of speaking in the series was only good, Colin ended his teaching.

On the other side, after witnessing Colin's guidance to the voice actors, Orson Wells suddenly had an idea in his mind.

"I don't know, is Mr. Colin Luper interested in dubbing Superman's first lines in a radio play? As the creator of "Superman", if you can add a few words to Superman in this radio play , will give an extraordinary meaning to the broadcast of this episode of the radio drama."

"I believe that listeners who listen to the radio drama "Superman Adventure" will also be happy about it."

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(End of this chapter)