Hong Kong Comic Master

"Your comics are definitely world-class, but it's a pity that you've been buried in Hong Kong!"

After some communication between the two, Kakuta Jiro has already believed that Li Wannian is Wansui.

Li Wannian's knowledge, aesthetics, and understanding of comics all impressed Kakuta.

And the more he talked with him, the more Kakuta sighed, how could Hong Kong Island have such a great cartoonist?

"I don't think I will be buried. Didn't you, President Kakuta, see my comics?"

"That's because I came to Hong Kong Island!"

"Even if you don't come to Hong Kong Island, you can see it in a few years!"

"Oh? So, your comics are ready to be released overseas?"

"In fact, there has always been, but the steps are not so big."

What Li Wannian said is of course true.

Li Wannian still knows that if you take a big step, it is easy to pull the egg.

Li Wannian has always attached great importance to the overseas market. Even when he first started drawing comics, he set the goal of going beyond Hong Kong Island.

However, he also knew that this was very difficult. Even after nearly three years of hard work, DreamWorks still did not have the strength to fully release overseas.

Even Southeast Asia has not been completely conquered. After all, there are too many Southeast Asian countries, and each country has a complicated situation. It is difficult to achieve it in one step like a unified large market.

So from the beginning, his plan was to stabilize the country before fighting against foreign aggression. First, stabilize Hong Kong Island as the basic base of the two-dimensional world, and then gradually conquer Taiwan and Southeast Asia to become his own private land, and then develop towards Korea, Japan and even Europe and the United States.

As for the mainland, the time is not ripe yet. He still needs to wait for policy changes. Once the time is ripe, he will quickly go north, and he believes that he is definitely the biggest winner in this market.

In terms of time, with the opening of the mainland, the desire for spiritual culture in this billion-level blank market has reached the point where it is indistinguishable. No matter what kind of cultural work, the essence or the dregs, they all accept it with a smile!

In terms of location, he is located in Hong Kong Island, the closest place to the mainland, and can enter the mainland the fastest.

In terms of harmony among people, the same Chinese language, the same culture, and the same country make it easiest for mainland Chinese people to accept their cultural products.

With all the advantages of time, place, and people in his hands, how can he lose?

"Will there be Japanese versions of "Bleach" and "Parasyte" in the future?"

Speaking of comics, Kakuta's eyes are shining, and it seems that he really loves comics.

"Of course, everything will be there, and by then, they will be launched in Japan together with animation! You can even introduce a publishing house to me!"

"No problem, don't worry, I am very familiar with the publishing house, and I will introduce it to you later! Hahaha, I am so looking forward to the Japanese version of "Parasyte". Please send me a few more comics when the time comes, and I will definitely invite my good friends to appreciate it!"

"Of course, when the Japanese version of the comics is printed, I will definitely send it to you as soon as possible!"

Although Kakuta Jiro is not well-known, his circle of friends is full of great people.

In 1953, Osamu Tezuka moved into the "Tokiwaso" apartment in Shiina-cho, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, and started to create comics from it.

After that, many cartoonists came to him one after another to receive his guidance and teachings.

Does it sound familiar?

Yes, Osamu Tezuka did it too!

What Li Wannian is experiencing now is just repeating the path that Osamu Tezuka took back then!

And in this famous "Tokiwaso" apartment, many well-known cartoonists have come out, including the Fujiko Fujio combination, the father of "Doraemon" and "The Smiling Salesman", Shotaro Ishimori, the author of "Kamen Rider", and Fujio Akatsuka, who is known as the "King of Funny Comics", in addition to Hiroo Terada, Naoya Moriyasu and more than 20 other cartoonists have lived here.

And Jiro Kakuda is one of them.

Although Li Wannian didn't know about Jiro Kadota's experience, he knew that Jiro Kadota was the vice president of Mushi Production Co., Ltd. after all, and he had a good relationship with Osamu Tezuka.

It's always good to make one more friend!

Who would have thought that although the two were competitors and the animations produced by their respective companies were about to compete in Hong Kong Island, the two of them sat together and laughed like good friends who had not seen each other for many years?

Just as the two were talking happily, the TVB quickly broadcast the Japanese animation they introduced. From signing to broadcasting, everything took only three days.

Such efficiency is extremely fast for the TVB.

And the first animation broadcast was "Astro Boy".

This animation is undoubtedly the most famous animation of Osamu Tezuka.

In order to produce this animation, Osamu Tezuka first serialized it in the "Youth" comic magazine of "Kobunsha", and then established Mushi Production Co., Ltd., and formulated a series of regulations that affected the future development of the entire Japanese animation industry before producing this animation.

It took a total of 11 years from drawing the comics to completing the animation and broadcasting!

It was really for this dish of vinegar that I made this dumpling.

However, when "Astro Boy" was broadcast, the effect was also quite outstanding. It achieved a record of 30% national average ratings in Japan, and once reached a super high rating of 40.7%, which became an insurmountable height in the history of Japanese TV animation and has not been broken.

The broadcast of this classic animation in Hong Kong Island did have a huge impact on Phoenix TV. On the day of the broadcast, the ratings of "Animation City" actually dropped below 50%, reaching 49.6%, while the ratings of TVB rose to 38.2%. The gap between the two sides was narrowed to 11 percentage points, with significant results!

And this is just the first episode!

The senior executives of Phoenix TV and DreamWorks were panicked about this situation!

In the current competition between Phoenix TV and TVB, TVB is obviously the dominant party, and Phoenix TV can only suppress TVB in a few individual programs.

And "Animation City" is undoubtedly the trump card among the trump cards. This program can be called the favorite program of Hong Kong Island children, and no one can shake it.

But now TVB has relied on the plug-in of Neon to quickly narrow the gap with Hong Kong Island and actually dug a hole in the moat of Phoenix TV.

Now that TVB has achieved good results, if ATV sees an opportunity here, will they also introduce it?

At that time, the TV station's most popular program will be lost in the world, which will be a huge blow to the TV station and will easily shake the confidence of GG merchants.

In this way, the once dominant program will be dethroned. Uncle Shao's move of cutting off the source of funds is really cruel!