Dreams of the Fragrant River

Before the release of "Painting King", Kang Jianfei did not deliberately promote it, and his influence in the minds of comic fans is far less than that of Shangguan Xiaobao. {starter}

As a cartoon daily, "Painting King" only sold more than 8,000 copies on its first day. This data is only a fraction of Huang Yulang's "Sheng Bao", but it is a very rare magazine that sold more than 8,000 copies on the first day, which is even better than many doll newspapers that have been in operation for several years. , which is mainly due to the power of comic publishers.

In addition to relying on the distribution capabilities of Tongde Books and Newspapers, "Painting King" relied more importantly on the distribution channels of "Oriental Daily", so that the first issue was rolled out in the streets of Hong Kong.

If there is any propaganda, it is that "Oriental Daily" left a line of small characters at the end of "Crossing the Clouds and Covering the Rain" serialized on the previous day: Kang Jianfei's fantasy masterpiece "The Misty Journey" is about to come out, please pay attention to tomorrow's doll newspaper "Paintings" king".

This piece of news did not attract much attention on the first day, so that Huang Yulang did not know it at all, but the loyal readers of "The Misty Journey" rushed to tell it.

On the day when the first issue of "Painting King" was released, many readers who bought "Oriental Daily" would ask a question in passing: Is there any "Painting King" for sale here?

Among the more than 8,000 copies sold in the first issue of "Painting King", at least 5,000 copies were bought by fans of "The Misty Journey".

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Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong, St. Stephen's Church Secondary School.

Zhou Huimin, who was wearing a school uniform, got off the bus, entered the school gate, and was caught up by her best friend Yaqin before she got to the classroom.

The trio who used to listen to Anita Mui's "A Thousand Thousand Que Song" together, now only Zhou Huimin and Yaqin are left, and Awei went looking for a job after finishing Form 5.

At this time, Zhou Huimin is about to turn 18 years old. She is no longer the fat little girl 5 years ago. She is slender, outstanding, gentle and pure. The only pity is that Zhou Huimin wears a huge black-framed glasses on the bridge of her nose. It made her look a lot more rustic.

Zhou Huimin and her best friend Yaqin came to the classroom with front and back feet, and then sat in a daze together. Only a few people in the classroom were reading books and reviewing their homework.

Zhou Huimin is now reading Form 7. There are still more than two months to take the exam, but unfortunately she does not even have the confidence to be admitted to the university.

The math teacher was talking about those formulas that made her dizzy. After listening to it for a few minutes, Zhou Huimin reluctantly gave up and used a pen to draw randomly on the workbook.

The reason why Zhou Huimin is called a talented girl in the future is because she has all kinds of talents, such as being an actress, being able to sing, and writing songs are not counted. Zhou Huimin is still a tenth grader on the piano, she writes beautiful prose, and she has created dozens of paintings. It was later exhibited at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum. The painting "Xin/Xinjiang Old Man" also won the New Era Award for Visual Arts.

When professional painters saw Zhou Huimin's paintings for the first time, they thought she was from a painting academy, which showed that she was behind her painting background.

In fact, Zhou Huimin never learned to draw systematically. The only exercises are drawing class assignments, and doodles when the class is boring.

With just a few strokes, the math teacher on the podium appeared in Zhou Huimin's pen, but the drawing was thin with a thin neck and a big head, and it was a real adult Et.

"Snapped!"

The math teacher's pointer knocked. Zhou Huimin, who was concentrating on drawing, was startled, but when she looked up, it was a man in the front row whose comic book had been confiscated.

Zhou Huimin hurriedly put away the "et" she drew. Just as she was about to concentrate on listening to the lecture, Yaqin, who was sitting behind her, suddenly and quietly handed over a newspaper.

Zhou Huimin spread the newspaper on her lap and read the contents of the newspaper secretly from the corner of her eye. It is an extremely rough style of painting, the exaggerated expressions and abstract bodies of the characters, as well as the unbearable plot, suddenly made Zhou Huimin burst out laughing.

The laughter was so loud that the classmates in the front row collectively looked back at her. Zhou Huimin immediately suppressed her smile and pretended that nothing happened.

"Am I being ridiculous?" the math teacher asked with a stern face.

Zhou Huimin quickly stood up and lowered her head to admit her mistake: "Teacher, I'm sorry."

The math teacher was also very helpless to the graduating students of the preparatory school. He let Zhou Huimin sit down with a sigh and said, "Be serious in class. Even if you don't get into college, it's still useful to learn more."

Zhou Huimin didn't dare to leave any more desertions, and after finishing the morning class, she couldn't wait to take out the newspaper and read it.

"It's interesting, isn't it?" Yaqin said suddenly behind Zhou Huimin.

"It's not bad, it's quite funny." Zhou Huimin then ran to see the comic author, and the words "Kang Jianfei" were written on it.

Yaqin came over to lie on Zhou Huimin's desk and said admiringly, "Boss Fei drew it by himself. He is really versatile. He just wrote "A Lover's Confidant" and "Falling in Love with a Man Who Won't Go Home" for Ye Qianmin. I'm still directing movies, but I find time to create comics."

"Boss Fei" is a nickname given to him by some of Kang Jianfei's fans. Zhou Huimin's best friend Yaqin is obviously an admirer of Kang Jianfei, and his eyes are full of stars when he mentions Kang Jianfei.

Zhou Huimin didn't pick up Yaqin's painting, but continued to flip through the pages at the back of the pictorial. Unfortunately, that kind of violent manga is gone, replaced by an urban romance manga called "Pink Girl".

Hong Kong does not mean that there are no girl cartoons, but the production of this kind of cartoons is very small, and in the past two years, there has been a trend of continuous and uninterrupted files. Since Ding Xiaoxiang stopped writing, there are no good girl cartoonists.

Zhou Huimin didn't like to read comics of fighting and killing. The "Pink Girl" in front of her made her eyes bright, and she was reluctant to put it down after reading it in one breath. Unfortunately, it disappeared after the beginning.

After re-watching "Pink Girl", Zhou Huimin remembered to go to the comic author, but she was startled again - planning: Kang Jianfei, main creator: Ding Xiaoxiang.

"Ding Xiaoxiang has started drawing comics again!" Zhou Huimin exclaimed in surprise.

Who is Ding Xiaoxiang?

The most famous girl cartoonist in Hong Kong in the 1970s, he not only painted girl love comics, but also horror, **** and suspense comics. When he was developed, he founded the Lilac Book Company, and Huang Yulang was all his employees. And Huang Yulang's pen name was helped by Ding Xiaoxiang. Huang Yulang's pen name used to be Huang Xuansheng.

It is a pity that under the impact of Huang Yulang's comics assembly line, Ding Xiaoxiang's Lilac Book Company could not keep up with the fast pace.

Who would have thought that Kang Jianfei actually invited Ding Xiaoxiang out of the mountain, and also opened a new "Pink Girl".

In fact, Kang Jianfei didn't know any Ding Xiaoxiang at all. He learned about this person from Shangguan Xiaobao's mouth. When he knew that Ding Xiaoxiang was good at modern style comics, he temporarily decided to let Ding Xiaoxiang draw "Pink Girl".

Zhou Huimin continued to flip through the pictorial. Behind "Pink Girl" were several four-frame comics, as well as a short comic story. Finally, there was the comic version of "The Misty Journey", the highlight.

When Zhou Huimin was reading the short comics, there were already many classmates around. She was not interested in "The Misty Journey" and was about to return the newspaper to Yaqin, but was immediately snatched by several boys, who shouted: "It's the comic of "Missionary Journey"!"

Seeing that she couldn't get the pictorial back, Yaqin was not angry, but asked Zhou Huimin, "Amin, what are your plans if you don't go to university?"

"I don't know," Zhou Huimin was at a loss for a while, and then said after thinking for a while, "I want to participate in the singing contest."

Yaqin suddenly took off Zhou Huimin's glasses with a smile, and joked: "You are very pretty without glasses, why don't you go to the beauty pageant. Sister Hong and Sister Dong can do it, and they are guaranteed to come back with a beauty pageant champion."

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Yulang International.

Huang Yulang's assistant ran into the office with "Painting King" and said in a hurry, "Boss, "Painting King" is selling like crazy!"

"I knew it, I knew it!" Huang Yulang stood up and paced back and forth, saying to himself. He watched the first issue of "Painting King" yesterday, not to mention the finale "The Misty Journey", the modern comic "Pink Girl" in the middle alone can attract a large number of readers.

After going back and forth for a while, Huang Yulang asked, "How much did "Painting King" sell today?"

The assistant shook his head and said, "I don't know, but there are definitely 20,000 to 30,000 copies. Many newsstands are out of stock."

Huang Yulang has a comic daily and a comic weekly, of which the sales of the comic daily are only about 50,000 copies. And "Painting King" just released the second issue, and the sales volume has soared from 8,000 to 20,000 or 30,000 copies. It is really an enemy that cannot be ignored.

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"Haha, this violent face is so bad, I also want to draw a picture to submit!"

"Really, "Pink Girl" can't be painted a little more every time, it's not enjoyable to watch."

"The Misty Journey is well drawn. Although I have read novels, I still like to read comics."

"..."

The outside world applauded "Painting King"~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Shangguan Xiaobao, Ding Xiaoxiang and other comic creators were tired like a dead dog. Generally, it is tiring to publish a weekly comic book. The original comic daily is simply anti-human, especially after Shangguan Xiaobao painted "The Misty Journey", he has to create his own "Bruce Bruce".

In order to improve the efficiency, there are nearly 30 painters and apprentices in the Dark Horse Comics Company. Shangguan Xiaobao was busy until the end, so he simply handed over the main task of "The Misty Journey" to the disciple Niu Lao, who was only responsible for giving some guidance.

When the fifth issue of "Painting King" was released, Zhang Tianxi, the general manager of Dark Horse Comics, walked to the studio, clapped his hands and shouted, "My colleagues, I now solemnly announce that the sales of "Painting King" exceeded 60,000 copies yesterday. , become Hong Kong's largest-selling comics daily!"

"Alas!"

The employees who were busy chasing the drawings all put down their brushes when they heard the news and cheered collectively.

The better the company's efficiency, the better the employee's welfare. Everyone knows this.