Hong Kong Comic Master

"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom..."

In 1967, for reasons of safety and security, the British Hong Kong government enacted legislation to strictly prohibit the import and setting off of fireworks and firecrackers to prevent anyone from obtaining explosives through this method.

Therefore, it is rare to see firecrackers being set off during the Chinese New Year in Hong Kong Island.

However, this does not mean that Hong Kong Island has less Chinese New Year flavor. On the contrary, there are many of them here!

During the Spring Festival, dragon and lion dances are one of the essential customs in Hong Kong Island.

"good!"

I saw a few young people wearing lion performance costumes, skillfully operating the lion heads in their hands, dancing vigorously, and attracting cheers from the people around them.

Li Wannian and Zhong Chuhong were among them, applauding as they watched the wonderful performance.

Zhong Chuhong returned to Hong Kong in mid-January because the school was on winter vacation.

After returning, Zhong Chuhong and Li Wannian were inseparable. Like Lan Jieying, they seemed to want to make up for all the separation and missing in the past six months.

It's a pity that only Li Wannian suffered!

"Shall we go somewhere else?"

After watching for a while, Li Wannian suggested again.

"No, let's go back?"

Zhong Chuhong wore a gray belted coat and black leather boots today. She went to see the neon lights, but she became more and more bright and charming.

However, such a beautiful Zhong Chuhong, blinking at Li Wannian with her big eyes, made Li Wannian feel pain in his back.

It has to be said that although Lan Jieying solved the problem of Shura Field, she brought another problem to Li Wannian, that is, his body cannot keep up!

Don't look at other time-travelers who spend every day, being a groom every night, and the bride is not the same, but these are all benefits given by the author. Li Wannian does not have such an indestructible kidney.

"It's hard to celebrate the New Year, wouldn't it be a waste of time to go back like this?" Li Wannian said calmly, covering his waist.

"No, as long as you are around, it's not a waste of time. Why do you think so?"

Zhong Chuhong's last words made Li Wannian's hair stand on end.

"That's right, you are right! Aren't I worried that you are too tired?"

"How could that happen? I'm not the one who's tired!"

Zhong Chuhong covered her mouth and snickered.

Seeing Zhong Chuhong's appearance, Li Wannian had long understood that the other party did it on purpose.

The fact is indeed the case. Zhong Chuhong or she and Lan Jieying have formed a tacit understanding, which is to squeeze Li Wannian dry so that he has no chance to go out to find others.

Of course, it is not easy to do this. After all, Zhong Chuhong wants to study abroad now, Lan Jieying is too busy at work, and most of the time around Li Wannian does not belong to the two of them.

In this case, what the two of them did was more of a silent struggle.

"Then we go back?"

Li Wannian tried to ask.

"Forget it, let's go shopping some more!"

With that said, Zhong Chuhong hugged Li Wannian's arm and pulled him forward, while Lin Feng followed the two of them from a distance.

The temple fair they visited was the Wong Tai Sin Temple Fair.

As one of the most famous temples on Hong Kong Island, every year on the first day of the Lunar New Year, citizens compete to get the incense sticks.

It is said that the Wong Tai Sin enshrined in the temple is "responsive to all requests" and is very effective.

In addition to the first day of the Lunar New Year, at the end of the lunar calendar every year and from the first to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, a large number of devotees will go to the temple. All Wong Tai Sin disciples will gather in the main hall of the temple at noon to participate in sacrifices.

Therefore, there were so many people at the temple fair today, and many of them brought their children.

"Look at my move, Explosive Beast, breathing fire!"

"Let me go, you actually drew the Explosive Beast?"

Li Wannian, who was wandering around, heard a voice coming from the side and suddenly froze on the spot. He turned around and saw two children in their early teens, playing against each other with Pokémon cards.

The Pokémon manga has been serialized for nearly five years now, and the plot has been updated for the Johto League Tournament.

Li Wannian has stopped updating the "Pokémon" comics since the year before last.

In other words, since Xiaozhi finished the Orange League Winners Cup and completed the fateful showdown with Xiaomao, Qiu Fulong has been in charge of the subsequent comics.

Although Li Wannian is no longer responsible for the comics of Pokémon, he will still participate in the design of Pokémon. In other words, the second generation Pokémon will still be designed by Li Wannian.

There is no way, this Pokémon is too profitable!

Although in terms of popularity and influence, Pokémon seems to be inferior to comics such as "Bleach" and "Dragon Ball". After all, both comic sales and animation ratings reflect this.

But in terms of peripheral sales, "Bleach" and "Dragon Ball" combined are not as good as "Pokémon".

Sales of Pokémon cards exceeded one billion just last year.

what does that mean?

This means that if each person owns 100 cards, 10 million people will have purchased the cards.

This is more than the total population of Hong Kong Island!

Of course, with so many people, it’s impossible for all Hong Kong people to be buying, and it’s impossible for each person to only have 100 tickets. Who are you looking down on?

In fact, the majority of card sales are still in Wanwan, Southeast Asia, Neon and other places.

Especially neon. After neon was launched in 1979, 200 million copies were sold in 1980 alone, which was more than Hong Kong Island sold in four years!

And this is just for Pokémon cards. As for dolls, posters, clothing licenses and other peripheral products, the sales are even more terrifying.

Because of this, although Li Wannian was unwilling to update this comic, no one from the company to the magazine to the toy factory was willing to give up.

So, Li Wannian could only find an assistant to be responsible for this comic, and he would focus on other aspects.

It must be said that Qiu Fulong's painting skills are still quite good. If it weren't for his name in the author column of the comic, I'm afraid ordinary readers would not be able to tell who drew it.

"How is it? Are you scared?"

"Huh, I'm afraid of you? Wait, let me see what I can use to deal with you!"

One of the children found that his Pokémon couldn't beat the opponent's Infernape, so he looked at his hand and fell into deep thought.

"Hurry up! Hehe, this is my new Pokémon that I just got!"

The other child was looking at the other child proudly at this time.

"Show this!"

At this time, Li Wannian pointed at a card in the child's hand from behind.

"Ah? Gengar?"

"That's right. Although Inferno is powerful, it can be restrained by opponents with ghost, water, rock and other attributes. It can be restrained by Pokémon such as Gengar and Blastoise. It is not invincible!"

The child chose Gengar doubtfully, and sure enough, the opponent's Inferno was defeated quickly.

"Wow, uncle, you are so powerful!"

"Uncle?"

Hearing the other party calling him "uncle", Li Wannian was stunned. He really shouldn't help this child. What's the look in his eyes?

On the side, Zhong Chuhong, watching Li Wannian chatting leisurely with the children on the street, suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of happiness in her heart.

She suddenly thought, if she and Li Wannian were just an ordinary couple, walking on the street like this every day, would they be very happy?