Rebirth of the God of Comics

In a small rental house, Chen Ze sat on a small bench. On the table in front of him was a stack of neat sketches, which was his painting "Slam Dunk".

"Slam Dunk" is the masterpiece of manga master Takehiko Inoue. It is a sports manga about basketball, friendship and passion. Especially when basketball was still a niche sport that no one cared about at that time, "Slam Dunk" caused a basketball storm in the whole of East Asia, and basketball came into the eyes of Asians.

It can be said that in China at the time, it was "Slam Dunk" rather than Jordan that made countless talents embark on the path of playing basketball. Therefore, even ten or twenty years later, the animation version is just a high-definition remake, without any increase in content, but the first episode has more than one million hits on station B, which is more popular than many new episodes.

"Slam Dunk" has portrayed many classic anime characters, such as the cold Rukawa Kaede, the arrogant Sakuragi Flower Road, the elegant Xiandao, and the domineering Amu, but in Chen Ze's mind, the favorite is still the one who never gives up Mitsui Kotoshi, the flame man.

When it comes to influence, at that time, only a few animations such as "Dragon Ball" and "Saint Seiya" could be compared with "Slam Dunk".

"Slam Dunk" is also one of Chen Ze's favorite comics, so in this life, when faced with what comics to use to open up the situation, Chen Ze thought of it almost immediately. And from the perspective of painting style, "Slam Dunk" also just reflects Master Takehiko Inoue's transition from childishness to maturity, and it is also just right for a newcomer, Chen Ze, to paint.

Drawing comics is actually a very complicated and cumbersome thing. Composition, background painting, and coloring are all troublesome. Therefore, famous painters often have their own studios or hire an assistant to help them.

Chen Ze naturally didn't have the money to take care of his assistants, but fortunately, he didn't have to think about the story, layout, etc. like other cartoonists. He just copied it directly, so the speed was faster than the two of them.

But even so, because some details in "Slam Dunk" had to be modified when they came to this world, such as names of people and places, Chen Ze made them Chinese. As for the competition system, the competition system in "Slam Dunk" was based on the high school league in the island country at that time, which did not match the reality. But it's a manga after all, so it doesn't matter if it doesn't match.

There is also the matter of the rules of the game. The rules of the basketball game in the previous life have been changed a lot, so when the anime version was remade, some people complained that Takehiko Inoue did not understand the rules. However, this life is different. Chen Ze checked carefully, and it seems that the speed of NBA promotion in this life is not as fast as in the previous life.

It may also be the reason why there is no "Slam Dunk". Basketball in this world is still a niche sport in East Asia, and it is not known to the general public. And the rules have not changed much, so these details in "Slam Dunk" hardly need to be modified.

After spending twenty days, Chen Ze finally finished the manuscript to be submitted. As for which magazine to vote for, it was naturally Lotte Club. As the number one animation magazine in China, Lotte Club has a unique advantage in publishing.

As for whether he would not be admitted due to too many submissions, Chen Ze was not worried about this at all. Back then, Takehiko Inoue was able to gain his own position in the thriving Shueisha with "Slam Dunk", and even competed with the epic masterpiece "Dragon Ball" without falling behind. How could he not even pass the manuscript here.

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Lotte Club Building, editorial review office!

On a large desk, there are densely packed drawings. These are sketches submitted by cartoonists like Chen Ze,

The word Lotte Club is a golden signboard in the domestic animation industry, so the contributors are like crucian carp crossing the river.

"Nowadays everyone really wants to draw, and they just vote without looking at what they are drawing, which makes us have such a heavy workload every day." A man in his twenties sat at the table, The reviewer complained.

"Okay, isn't our editor's job just to do this kind of thing, so don't complain." An older man next to him said, "Let me teach you a way. As long as the drawing doesn't catch our eyes, we can throw it away." That's right, we have enough cartoonists at the Lotte Society God level, we don't need those mediocre works."

The man's words made everyone around him nod, and it was obvious that everyone agreed with his words.

"Then how about this drawing? I do have a feeling that it is a sports-themed comic." Another person asked holding up a drawing, which was Chen Ze's "Slam Dunk".

"Sports theme? Let me take a look." The man took it and read it himself, "Slam Dunk? It's still a basketball cartoon."

He roughly flipped the drawing to one side, put it down and said, "The drawing is not bad. If it is said that a newcomer has this level of drawing skills and sense of image, then this person should be a very talented cartoonist."

"Then you mean pass the draft?"

"Return!" The man shook his head and said, "If he draws other themes, maybe he can submit the manuscript, but it happens to be a niche cartoon like sports, or a niche comic like basketball. I asked You, how many of you know the rules of basketball?"

After hearing his words, everyone shook their heads. Indeed, the NBA has not opened up the Chinese market in this world, so naturally few people pay attention to basketball.

"That's it, and Wang Chengyi, a painter of our Lotte Club, his debut work "Wizard" also sold tens of millions, but his new work chose to challenge the theme of sports, and the result was a mess. If he hadn't decided to open a new work , it may be gone now.”

"He is a famous painter, and he still paints popular sports such as football. He is a newcomer and knows what the result will be. And Xiao Zhang, our editor-in-chief is a conservative person. He does not seek merit but seeks no fault. If you dare to submit this drawing to the editor-in-chief, think about what will happen to you?" The man laughed.

After hearing his words, the person named Xiao Zhang couldn't help shivering when he remembered the editor-in-chief's serious look, and quickly put Chen Ze's drawing in the returned draft.

At this moment, Chen Ze still doesn't know that his drawing has been rejected. After he finally finished his submission, he is learning about the world through the Internet. The technological level of this world is not much different from that of Chen Ze's previous life, and sometimes even has many of the same things. For example, Jobs still sold Apple all over the world. Jordan still became the god of basketball, but it was ten years later.

All these things made Chen Ze feel like he was out of time and space, but looking at this small rental house, Chen Ze understood that he still traveled through time.

Didi!

The TT on his mobile phone rang. TT is the QQ of this world. Although there is no Ma Huateng, there are still other people who created this chat software. Chen Ze opened TT and saw that it was sent by one of his netizens - Heart of Time.

Like him, Time Heart is a Pujie cartoonist. Because there are many Pujie, there are many Pujie groups on the Internet for these people to chat. He and Time Heart met in a Pujie group.

The two sides chatted unscrupulously about the topic of pushing down women, but the more they talked, the more speculative they became, and finally became good friends on the Internet. Although they haven't met in real life, Chen Ze can be sure that the other party must be a twenty-eight or nine-year-old expert at picking up girls based on the old-fashioned remarks about pushing down women from the heart of time on the Internet.

Chen Ze clicked on the chat box with Heart of Time, and saw him send a sentence: "Haha, my manuscript has passed."

"Really, that's really great." Chen Ze replied. The Heart of Time is also a street cartoonist. He once talked with Chen Ze and said that his dream is to one day be able to draw the world in his heart. Share it with everyone. Being able to pass the manuscript this time meant that his dream had a chance to come true.

As his good netizen, Chen Ze was naturally very happy for him. If it was Chen Ze who hadn't been reborn, he might still have a little envy and jealousy. But it’s different now, he might be the one who painted “Slam Dunk” in this world. With "Slam Dunk", passing a draft is not a matter of hand.

"Yeah, my dream is finally coming true." Heart of Time sent a smiling face, "Although it's just a small magazine, this is the first step to success."

"Hmm, congratulations!" Chen Ze sent, "But which magazine?"

Huaxia animation is prosperous, so there are too many magazines. In addition to the super big clubs like Lotte Club, there are also many small magazines that can't even be named.

"New anime magazine!"