Hong Kong Comic Master

"Have you started production?"

"Very good, if you need anything, just tell me!"

"You two sides should work closely together and tolerate each other!"

After instructing Lu Ziying, Li Wannian hung up the phone.

As expected, money makes the world go round. After such a large sum of money was thrown down, the enthusiasm of the subordinates was mobilized, and the progress of the project was faster than Li Wannian imagined.

"Dinglingling..."

Just after hanging up the phone, the phone in Li Wannian's hand rang again.

"Gan!"

Li Wannian couldn't help but swear.

Looking at the various papers and pens on his desk, Li Wannian had a headache.

Why is it so difficult for me to concentrate on painting?

In desperation, Li Wannian had to pick up the phone again.

"Boss, this is Acan. I want to talk to you about something. I wonder if it's convenient now?"

Acan's voice came from the other end of the phone.

Acan, now the new general manager of Shenlong Company, has not come to disturb Li Wannian during this period of time. After all, he is busy with the company's internal affairs.

The sudden desire to come to see him today made Li Wannian feel a little more confused.

"5pm, I have something to do now!"

"Okay!"

Although it is not yet 3 o'clock, Acan is already very happy to see Li Wannian today!

After all, he is not Cai Zhizhong, and he cannot go to Li Wannian at any time without being informed.

Originally, he had made mental preparations, and he would be lucky to see Li Wannian within three days.

Now it does not take three hours, and his luck is really good.

After hanging up the phone again, Li Wannian breathed a sigh of relief, and his ears were finally quiet.

Li Wannian focused on the "One Piece" he was going to draw.

Unknowingly, this year is about to be halfway through, and Li Wannian's "One Piece" has been serialized for more than 40 episodes, and the plot has also gone through two small chapters of "Clown Emperor" Buggy and Xiluobu Village, and has come to the new chapter of the sea restaurant.

With the appearance of the villains Buggy and Clo in these two chapters, the popularity of the comic "One Piece" has increased.

To be honest, at the beginning, although everyone was very interested in the world view of this comic, the strange style of painting and the childish protagonist made people feel that this was a comic with a limited upper limit.

However, as the plot deepened, readers who read it also liked this comic more and more. Now the popularity of this comic has even ranked second, second only to "Slam Dunk".

The reason why it is not as popular as "Slam Dunk" is not that "One Piece" is not good, but that "Slam Dunk" has been too popular recently!

With half a year of serialization, Shan Jingshou finally contributed his famous scene: kneeling on the ground crying, and said to Coach Anxi from the bottom of his heart: "Coach, I want to play basketball!"

And then the provincial competition is about to open, which directly brings readers' expectations to the top.

In comparison, One Piece is still in the East Sea chapter, and Luffy is still recruiting people. His first explosion point will be in the Alabasta chapter, so now it is completely an adult beating a child, which is not at the same level at all.

As for another work of Li Wannian, Rurouni Kenshin is only ranked fifth.

Logically speaking, it is already a very outstanding achievement to be ranked fifth in the "Second Dimension Shonen Weekly". Many cartoonists may not be able to draw to the fifth place even if they die.

But this person is Li Wannian, and everyone's expectations for him are all defaulted to the first place. For Li Wannian, ranking fifth is a failure.

In fact, the plot of Rurouni Kenshin is already very good now. The reason why it is not popular is that its style is somewhat inconsistent with "Shonen Weekly". Some people even say that if this comic is placed in "Girls Weekly", the popularity may directly reach the top three.

However, everyone is not in a hurry about this. After all, comics like "Slam Dunk" that were out of the top ten in popularity when they first started serialization have now reached the first place, right?

Everyone is full of confidence in Li Wannian.

In any case, with the continued efforts of these comics, "Second Dimension Youth Weekly" has finally stabilized its sales, and even has a trend of developing towards the previous peak sales, which has also made the Second Dimension Magazine and DreamWorks relieved.

But relatively speaking, it has also increased Li Wannian's workload.

At the beginning, he only had to serialize one or two comics, which made Li Wannian's life very comfortable. Unfortunately, it is no longer possible now. Serializing three comics at the same time makes Li Wannian very irritable.

But no matter how irritable he is, he still has to be patient and continue to draw.

He is currently drawing "Sword Saint" Johnny and "Sword God" Joseph.

It is said that if Hawkeye had not been stopped by "One Piece" at the beginning, he might have died in the restaurant on the sea.

Of course, the painting style of these two "strong men" is relatively normal compared to other strange characters.

It is not difficult for Li Wannian to draw, and the "ordinary" images of the two people are vividly portrayed on paper in a short time.

Looking at the two men, Li Wannian was somewhat skeptical. He wondered if they could still have the same reputation as before in this time and space.

"Knock, knock, knock..."

Just when Li Wannian was still immersed in drawing comics, there was a knock on the door.

Li Wannian frowned subconsciously, then glanced at the time next to him. It was already five o'clock.

Sometimes, Li Wannian really doubted that the speed of time when drawing comics was completely different from that on weekdays. Otherwise, how could time pass so quickly?

"Come in!"

Just like that, Li Wannian simply cleaned up the table before speaking to the outside.

Sure enough, not long after, Acan came in with a flattering smile.

"Boss, sorry to bother you!"

"Go ahead, what's the matter? Do you have to come to see me today?"

Nowadays, if you want to see Li Wannian, you usually call Li Wannian's secretary Chen Farong first, and then Chen Farong will arrange the time to meet on Monday.

Like Acan, bypassing Chen Farong to contact Li Wannian directly, it is already a disruption of the process.

After all, Li Wannian originally wanted a secretary for this purpose.

If everyone is like Acan, who can find him whenever he wants, then he, Li Wannian, can't think of painting with peace of mind.

"Okay, say it quickly. I'll give you ten minutes!"

"Yes, teacher, it's like this. I heard that DreamWorks Animation is going to launch an original animated film?"

"You are very well-informed. Why do you also want to make an original animated film?"

"No, no, the boss gave this task to them, so they are naturally more suitable. How can we do something we are not good at?"

"What are you doing?"

Li Wannian was very satisfied with Acan's attitude. There are some things that I won't give you, and you can't take them away!

"It's like this. We want to make original TV animation!"

Just like that, Acan smiled and said his purpose.