Hong Kong Comic Master

"Hey, Luffy!"

Zhao Rude, who finished reading "Slam Dunk", then started to read other comics in the magazine. The first thing he wanted to read was naturally "One Piece", which is currently the most popular in the magazine.

However, just as he was reading a few pages, an excited voice came from behind him.

Zhao Rude turned around and found that the other party was actually a foreigner.

With pale skin and golden hair, he looked quite handsome. He was staring at the comic in Zhao Rude's hand and exclaimed.

"Do you still know Luffy?"

In recent years, foreigners on Hong Kong Island are not uncommon, and they can be called Hong Kong drifters.

Therefore, Zhao Rude's first reaction was that the other party was a Hong Kong drifter, so he spoke in Cantonese.

"Sorry, I don't understand what you are saying, I am American!"

The other party didn't understand what Zhao Rude said and explained in English.

"Sorry, I mean you actually know Luffy?"

After figuring out that the other party was not a drifter from Hong Kong, Zhao Rude quickly switched to English.

"Of course, I've been reading Banzai comics for five or six years! My name is Carl!"

The sudden foreigner in front of him was Carl Wood, Chen Weixian's college classmate.

After Carl joined DreamWorks Investment Company, he has been traveling back and forth between the United States and Hong Kong Island. Now he is a senior investment consultant at Beimi Investment Branch, mainly responsible for investigating some emerging companies and investing in original stocks.

"Hello, my name is Zhao Rude! You just said that you have been reading Long Live's comics for many years? How did you come across his comics?"

"Yes, when I was in college, I had a roommate from Hong Kong who recommended it to me!"

Carl explained with a smile.

Speaking of this, Carl recalled the happy times he had with Chen Weixian when he was in college!

"Is that so, can you buy comics from Hong Kong in the United States?"

Zhao Rude is a cartoonist after all, and he is very curious about the Beimi Market, which he has never met before.

Although Neon Comics is more famous for Hong Kong Islanders, for now, North America is still the largest market for comics and animation in the world.

Now that the cartoonists on Hong Kong Island have entered the neon market, they will naturally have to look towards Bei Mi Market.

However, unlike the neon market, the North American market seems very large, but is actually more closed. Coupled with cultural barriers, it makes it more difficult for Hong Kong comics to break into North America.

Even though Li Wannian has used Disney's channels to work in the North American market for many years, it is still not the mainstream culture of the American animation industry.

"Of course you can, but not many people will buy it!"

When Karl talked about this, he felt helpless.

Over the years, he has personally seen Li Wannian's efforts in North America, especially animations such as "Transformers", which have high ratings in North America, and toys have been sold out in North America.

Almost every little boy in North America has a dream of owning Transformers.

But when it comes to his comics, not many people know about him. Only a few comic fans admire Li Wannian's comics highly.

Karl is one of these people, and for this reason they also established a fan club about Li Wannian.

"This is already very impressive. You are worthy of being a master!"

Gan Xiaowen on the side sighed to Zhao Rude.

"Master?"

Originally, Gan Xiaowen said this sentence in Cantonese, but Karl could understand the word "Master"!

"Forehead……"

The two of them looked at each other, and finally Gan Xiaowen said: "Yes, actually we are both cartoonists, and we used to be assistants to Mr. Long Live!"

"Really? This is so cool!"

Sure enough, after hearing this, Karl screamed excitedly.

"Have you serialized any works?"

"Forehead……"

Karl's simple words made both of them depressed at the same time, which really hit their hearts hard.

Even though the two of them are well-known figures in the Hong Kong comics industry, neither of their works is popular.

Needless to say, Gan Xiaowen's works belong to the "toilet culture", some of which are xiasanlu, and may only be a little better than the type of comics starting with "san".

As for Zhao Rude, in the final analysis, both works are the works of Li Wannian, so he has no shame to say so.

"What's wrong? Is there any problem?" Karl noticed something was wrong between the two of them, so he asked one more question.

"Nothing, my works are not worth mentioning, but this Mr. Zhao is very powerful. He has continued to write "Pokémon" and "Pokémon" by Mr. Banzai!"

"Hey, Gan Xiaowen!"

Zhao Rude was completely shocked. He didn't expect Gan Xiaowen to betray him so easily!

"What? Really? Mr. Zhao, you are so awesome!"

However, contrary to Zhao Rude's expectation, Karl's reaction was very excited, and his eyes did not mean to belittle Zhao Rude at all.

He means it!

"I...I'm still far away!"

Zhao Rude said a little embarrassed.

"How could it be? I haven't read "Pokémon", but I have read "Pokémon". Although I prefer playing basketball and rugby, this comic is really interesting and it also taught me a lot about football. !”

Unlike most countries, the most popular sports in the United States are football, baseball and basketball.

The popularity of football in the United States does not even rank among the top five.

But even in such a football desert atmosphere, Carl actually fell in love with football because of a comic, which is enough to show the power of this comic.

"Do you think the comics that follow are also good?"

Although he had just chatted with the owner of the small shop and had solved some of his problems, when he heard Carl say this, he was still very curious about how foreigners viewed his comics.

"It's also very good. Xiaoyi is even cooler when he grows up!"

Carl is not a fool. Seeing the other party ask this, he naturally knows what the other party is thinking, so he just said what the other party said.

Over the years, Carl's work has made him grow a lot, and his ability to read people's expressions has improved a lot!

"Really...really?"

"Of course it's true!"

Carl's words are half true and half false.

He really thinks this comic is pretty good, but his degree of liking can only be regarded as average, because after the appearance of "Slam Dunk", he likes "Slam Dunk" more.

But such a half-true and half-false words made Zhao Rude feel deeply moved.

It turns out that my work is not that bad. Hong Kong people like it, and foreigners like it too. Since so many people like my work, what right do I have to give up?

Even if it's not for myself, for them, I should continue to paint and give them a happy ending.

At this moment, Zhao Rude finally untied his knot!