Hong Kong Comic Master

"It's really amazing. We sold 100,000 copies in one day yesterday!"

"I'm afraid this issue of the magazine will eventually sell for 300,000, right?"

"300,000 is too difficult. Selling for 250,000 is considered a record. How can it be so easy in today's Hong Kong Island environment?"

On the first floor of Li Wannian's studio, Situ Cambridge and Liang Zhongji were discussing the headlines of the entertainment section of the newspaper.

Nowadays, the assistants around Li Wannian have changed again. Since a batch is changed every two or three years, even Li Wannian doesn't know which batch of assistants he is in now.

The two assistants in front of me are very young, only about twenty years old.

Situ Cambridge is 23 years old this year. He has been in the comic circle for several years, but has never achieved anything. Last year, he successfully became Li Wannian's assistant, which is considered to be on the right track.

He loves mobile suits and admires neon cartoonists Shirow Masamune and Yasuhiko Yoshikazu, so his neon-leaning painting style is very unique on Hong Kong Island.

As for Liang Zhongji, he is only 20 years old this year. When he was in Form Three, he collaborated with his classmates to create a comic about Noah's Ark. Unfortunately, it was not serialized after he submitted it to "2D Youth Weekly".

However, Chief Editor Yang took a fancy to him and sent him to Li Wannian as his assistant.

Both of them wore glasses and plaid shirts. They looked more like programmers than cartoonists. They also had similar personalities, so they got along very well.

As for what the two discussed, it was naturally the sales volume of the latest issue of "Second Dimension Youth Weekly".

In just one day, sales exceeded 100,000, definitely setting a sales record for comic magazines in Hong Kong.

Especially in the late 1980s, when movies, games, TV series and other forms of entertainment were developing rapidly, although the sales of comics had remained stable, they had actually begun to decline!

This is why, as soon as the magazine sales data came out, it gave people in the industry a shot in the arm. They had been waiting for it for a long time!

"Ah Mou, what do you think?"

The two people who were chatting felt that the discussion between them was not enough, and they even asked Chen Mou who was concentrating on painting at the side.

"No matter how much it sells, will you get a penny?"

Chen Mou was not interested in the conversation between the two. Instead, he retorted and poured cold water on the two of them.

Compared with the two people who are currently doing nothing, Chen Mou undoubtedly has a brighter future than the two of them. He has won the "Rising Star Award", has serialized comics, and can be considered a cartoonist.

He committed himself to be Li Wannian's assistant, so naturally he was not comparable to the two of them.

Therefore, when Chen Mou said something to the two of them, they did not want to bring trouble to themselves, so they gathered together and whispered.

"Hey, that's right. He is a serial cartoonist, and we are just assistants. Naturally, we can't think of that level."

"Besides, if he was great, wouldn't he still be an assistant here?"

After all, Situ had been around the world longer than Liang Zhongji, so he was not intimidated by Chen Mou.

"Forget it, just say a few words, and you never know when the carp will leap over the dragon's gate!"

"Huh, if he can do it, so can we!"

The two were said to be whispering, but after all, the studio was very quiet at this time, and their words were still faintly heard by Chen Mou.

“The gap between cartoonists and cartoonists is sometimes bigger than the gap between humans and pigs!”

"you……"

When Situ heard Chen Mou's heart-wrenching words, he jumped up from his chair in anger and wanted to hit someone, but luckily Liang Zhongji stopped him.

"Aki, don't stop him, let's see if he dares to hit me!"

"Made, do you really think I dare not hit you?"

"Don't, if you really do something, the teacher will kick you out!"

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Fortunately, Liang Zhongji was relatively sober at this time and tried his best to stop Situ. At the same time, he also said to Chen Mou: "Ah Mou, please stop saying a few words. We are all brothers!"

"I really don't like you brothers!"

After saying that, Chen Mou also stood up, glanced at the two of them from the corner of his eyes, sneered, and went to fill the cup with water.

Chen Mou's move almost made Situ furious. In fact, let alone him, even Liang Zhongji felt uncomfortable.

"Ding dong!"

Fortunately, the doorbell rang at this moment, successfully interrupting the tense scene.

"Come on, let's open the door!"

With that said, Liang Zhongji pulled Situ towards the door.

"If you hadn't pulled me away, I would have beaten that guy directly. He really deserves a beating!"

"Okay, okay, just calm down. We are all brothers, so why bother with him?"

"Senior brothers? He didn't think of us as senior brothers!"

While they were talking, the two of them had already arrived at the door, and Situ Cambridge immediately opened the door.

Outside the gate, stood a man who also wore glasses, a plaid shirt and a gray jacket.

"Senior Brother Ma?"

When the two of them discovered that the person coming was Ma Rongcheng, they said in unison.

"Master asked me to come over. Is he at home?"

"certainly!"

Liang Zhongji responded quickly and pushed Situ Cambridge aside to make way for Ma Rongcheng.

"Thanks!"

As the eldest brother of the Imperial Guard, Ma Rongcheng's achievements are also the highest among all Li Wannian's disciples. Whether it is the completed "Heroes of China" or the ongoing serialization of "Wind and Cloud", they can be regarded as masterpieces of Hong Kong comics.

To be honest, Chen Mou was also surprised when he saw Ma Rongcheng coming in.

"Senior Brother Ma?"

"Oh, are you Chen Mou? You have a good talent, so work hard!"

Unlike Situ and Liang Zhongji, Ma Rongcheng actually recognized Chen Mou.

This was mainly because the two had met at the "Rising Star Award" ceremony held by the association that night, and Chen Mou was able to win the second place at the age of a teenager, which left a deep impression on Ma Rongcheng.

"Yes, thank you, Senior Brother Ma!"

Chen was very pleased with Ma Rongcheng's praise and nodded to Ma Rongcheng.

"Keep going!"

Ma Rongcheng seemed to have something important to do, so he just exchanged a few words with Chen and immediately went upstairs from the stairs, leaving Chen Mou who was still happy in his heart.

"Hehe, I don't know who said just now, 'You brothers, I really don't like you'!"

When Ma Rongcheng just went upstairs, a voice that made Chen Mou frown came from the side. It was Situ Jianqiao.

"Are you done yet?"

"Why, didn't you say that yourself?"

"Tsk! Boring!"

Seeing that he couldn't win the argument, Chen Mou was too lazy to argue with Situ Jianqiao anymore. He ignored Situ Jianqiao and sat alone on the workbench, picking up his pen to continue painting.

"Tsk!"

Seeing Chen Mou's actions, Situ Jianqiao knew that he couldn't win the argument, but even though he won, he didn't feel good at all.

There was always a feeling of unfair victory.

So, after looking at Liang Zhongji, he sat back at his workbench.