Hong Kong Comic Master

"It's open, it's open!"

"Go!"

At 7 o'clock in the morning, Lao Huang opened the gate as usual and prepared to open for business, but was shocked by the scene in front of him.

He saw more than 20 students gathered at the door of his grocery store, and their faces were as ferocious as zombies besieging the city.

Lao Huang has been running this grocery store in Gezhi Academy for five or six years, and he has never seen such a scene.

"Don't worry, come one by one!"

Besides being surprised, Lao Huang quickly realized why, today is the day for the sale of the second volume of "Death"!

To be honest, he was very scared when those gangsters came to the store in a sloppy manner.

Even if they said they were here to sell comics, he still thought that the other party was going to do some new tricks to collect protection fees in a roundabout way.

But what he didn't expect was that the other party didn't do anything, and they really just sold comics.

The first volume, because of their muddle-headed activities, he didn't make much money.

So when the printing factory sent the second volume, he didn't care and ordered 30 copies symbolically.

But it looks like they will be sold out in less than half an hour after the store opens today.

You know, this comic book costs 5 yuan a copy!

When did the students of Gezhi Academy become so rich?

The same situation is not only happening in Lao Huang's store. In fact, similar things have happened in many grocery stores and newsstands across Hong Kong Island.

"Dinglingling..."

"Hello? Yes, I'm Lao Li. I'm speeding up production here! Don't worry, with our relationship, I'll send it to you first after it's printed! Are 50 copies enough? What do you want 100 copies?

It's not impossible, but you have to wait. I really can't do anything about it. No matter how good the relationship is, it's useless..."

"Hello? What? You want it too? Why should I say that? Of course someone called before you!"

"Click!"

As Li Chongjun hung up the phone, He Bo finally breathed a sigh of relief. His ears had been suffering.

The printing factory received calls all morning, all asking for the second volume of Death!

This scene was beyond everyone's expectations, even the initiators Li Chongjun and He Bo.

Although they thought that they could make money from the second volume, it was not such a hot way, right?

After all, the price of the single volume of Death was very expensive, and the publicity was not strong. There were only two weeks, so they thought that the 3,000 copies printed before would be enough for a week's sales.

Unexpectedly, it was sold out in just one morning.

According to this model, I'm afraid the sales of this volume could exceed 10,000!

Of course, this depends on the speed of the printing press to produce comics.

At this time, the two roaring printing presses were no longer printing presses, but clearly money printing presses!

If they delayed time and let the pirates smell the smell and launch the pirated comics as soon as possible, then let alone 10,000, I'm afraid it would be good if they could sell 5,000!

At this time, Li Chongjun only regretted that he bought too few printing machines at the beginning. He had no idea of ​​selling the printing machine all the time like a month ago.

He was so eager to race against time because Li Chongjun had a keen sense of smell. He knew very well that with the explosion of this comic, it would definitely attract the attention of peers and related industries in Hong Kong Island.

"Death" can no longer be hidden!

Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, one of the most prosperous streets in Hong Kong Island.

A red Toyota Crown taxi stopped on the street.

Since the oil crisis in 1973, Hong Kong Island has begun to introduce neon cars known for their economy as taxis, among which the most popular one is Toyota Crown.

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Later, it even became the most beautiful red on the streets of Hong Kong Island.

Then, a young man got off the taxi. He looked about 20 years old, wearing glasses and gentle, like a college student.

He took two steps in three steps, holding two comics in his hands, and then ran upstairs quickly.

After going upstairs, the young man quickly pushed open the door of an office with the words "Chairman" written on it.

"Brother Huang! Hey, Wan You is here too?"

When he walked into the door, he saw two people in the office, and saw a comic book on the desk, and he immediately understood.

"Brother Huang, do you already know?"

"Calm down, Wenjie, sit down first!"

Obviously, this "Brother Huang" in front of him is the most ugly among the three, but he is obviously the backbone of the three. When he speaks, the other two can only obey him obediently.

The reason is simple, he is the current number one in the Hong Kong comics industry - Huang Yulang.

Speaking of which, Huang Yulang is indeed a genius.

He came to Hong Kong at the age of 7. Since the age of 9, he has tried to contribute to the comics section or columns of newspapers. It was not until he was 11 that his first "debut" was published.

After dropping out of school at the age of 13, he joined the "Times Comic Daily" as a handyman and an apprentice painter. Soon the comics industry was depressed and he lost his job.

At the age of 14, he started his first business, borrowed 1,000 yuan from his father as capital, opened a comic book company, and published a weekly called "World of Jokes", but lost all his money after only five issues.

It was not until 1971, when he was 21 years old, that he founded Yulang Book Company and published "Little Rascal", and began to embark on the road to success.

In this way, five years later, his work has become the real No. 1 comic book in Hong Kong Island.

Even though he was hit by the "Undesirable Publications Law" last year and suffered a devastating disaster, he was still able to survive. He launched a self-discipline movement, stopped publishing obscene love letters, held a press conference to ask the government about the standards of "undesirable publications", and even communicated with the government. Former customer Huang Guang and "old enemy" Shangguan Xiaobao worked together to think of countermeasures.

In this way, he published the first comic daily "Sheng Bao", which published an average of one page of Little Rascal comics every day, and the daily sales exceeded 50,000 copies!

And now, he is only 26 years old!

The two people sitting in front of him, one named Qi Wenjie and the other Zhang Wanyou, are two of Huang Yulang's three disciples. They are both 19 years old.

"You must have read this comic, what do you think?"

Qi Wenjie and Zhang Wanyou looked at each other, and in the end it was Qi Wenjie who spoke first.

Qi Wenjie, who has known Huang Yulang since he was 11 years old, is definitely Huang Yulang's disciple, so it is most appropriate for him to speak first.

"Very good! The level is too strong. I have never seen such a good comic!"

Qi Wenjie was not stingy with his words of praise and used all he could.

"Ayou, what do you think?"

"I think Brother Jie is right!"

Zhang Wanyou didn't say much, but he agreed with Qi Wenjie's meaning and nodded gloomily.

"Brother Huang, what should we do?"

Qi Wenjie treated this matter as an urgent matter.

"You are an adult and you are still so angry. I don't think this comic will have any impact on us at all!"

With that said, Huang Yulang threw the comic in his hand on the table.

As soon as these words came out, Qi Wenjie and Zhang Wanyou looked at Huang Yulang in confusion.