Chapter 1 Back to 2012

Parallel time and space.

September 29, 2012, Peninsula, Seoul City.

Chengdong District, Yushui Cave, Zhonghua Pavilion.

"Xiaodong, we are going back to Gwangju this afternoon. You can keep the store safe during the three days of Mid-Autumn Festival. There are still ingredients in the kitchen. You can cook and eat whatever you want. You're welcome."

In front of me, a middle-aged man in crisis of baldness was chattering.

Han Zidong came back to his senses, nodded stupidly and smiled.

He just ordered a takeaway and returned to 2012 when he was still working as a takeaway boy. No one would believe this kind of thing even if he told it, but it happened to him, like a dream.

"Boss, please rest assured. Except for flour, I guarantee that no other ingredients stored in the store will be left after the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"Oh, honey," the middle-aged man looked at the woman sitting aside watching the weekend drama, and said funnyly: "I just said, Han Zidong is a very clever kid, and he will never treat himself badly."

Han Zidong chuckled: "Boss, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, I think you may need to recruit new delivery people."

"Mo? What are you talking about? Could it be that you want to resign?"

"Inside!"

Han Zidong clasped his hands under his abdomen and lowered his head slightly.

"Why?"

The middle-aged man was stunned by Han Zidong's sudden intention to resign.

Although their delivery boy’s Korean skills were very poor when he first came to the peninsula, and he occasionally forgot to recycle the tableware, and was often deducted from his own money, in his eyes, he was worthless except for his looks.

But as the two got along, Han Zidong's tenacity left a deep impression on him, so he chose Han Zidong as the only full-time delivery person at Zhonghua Pavilion.

After getting along for more than nine months, he liked Han Zidong very much, and the relationship between the two was very harmonious. How could the other party suddenly resign?

"Honey," the middle-aged man hurriedly waved to his mother-in-law: "Honey, stop watching TV, Xiaodong is resigning!"

"Moragu?"

After hearing what her man said, the landlady stopped eating melon seeds and didn't want to watch TV anymore.

After all, Han Zidong is not only an employee of their store, but also the living sign of their Chinese Pavilion.

Because Han Zidong has a tender face, straight facial features, tall height, and polite manner, he is deeply loved by the neighbors and customers nearby. Many little girls even order food from him as a delivery boy.

As a mother with only two daughters, both of whom are still star-chasers, it doesn't make her worry at all. She has always wanted to have a sensible son. After getting along with each other for nearly a year, she has become aware of

He treated Han Zidong like a son.

She especially couldn't accept Han Zidong's sudden resignation.

She pulled Han Zidong to sit aside and asked, "Xiaodong, why do you want to resign suddenly? Are you homesick, or did you feel wronged in some way when you were delivering food this morning?"

Han Zidong shook his head.

Thinking of him resigning suddenly like this really made the boss and his wife think about it. After thinking about it, he decided to use his former dream as an excuse: "Boss, boss lady, you should know that I have always wanted to draw comics..."

The boss looked confused, while the wife looked happy, as if she saw her second daughter admitted to a prestigious university.

"Zidong, you mean you have found a job as a comic assistant?"

Han Zidong still shook his head: "That's not true. If possible, I plan to make a comic on my own."

"Yeah, your visa should be expiring soon. If you resign at this time, if you don't have a stable job..."

Before Li Guanghai finished speaking, he received a heavy blow from Ham So-mei.

"Speaking only depressing words."

Xian Sumei looked at Han Zidong with soft eyes, and after a moment of silence, she said: "I also know that you are a person with ideas, so I won't advise you.

I just want to tell you that if things don't go well at work, you can go back to our Chinese Pavilion first and settle the visa renewal matter.

In short, no matter what happens, Lao Li and I will actively support you."

After saying that, Xian Sumei glared at her husband, and Li Guanghai winced, smacking his lips and said: "Hey Yigu, I didn't expect that our small restaurant could actually produce a great writer."

Xian Sumei's words made Han Zidong feel warm in his heart. Thinking of all the past in the original timeline, he could only feel grateful to Li Guanghai and his wife.

At the same time, he did not forget about serious matters: "Boss, it's about recruiting new people..."

"You don't have to worry about this," Li Guanghai waved his hand, finally showing the temperament of a family member: "It's not like you don't know that the delivery guys in our Chinese restaurant are the most popular. If you resign today, I can make an appointment in the afternoon.

Man, just wait for the interview after the holiday."

Han Zidong knew that what Li Guanghai said was true. Here in the peninsula, fried noodles can compete with fried chicken for the first place in the takeout list, and the demand for takeout is huge.

The monthly salary of a full-time delivery boy like him working in a Chinese restaurant can even reach 2.2 million (about 12,400), which is far more than a large number of fresh graduates, except of course S·K·Y students. Such a position is naturally

It's worthy of the word "sought-after".

"Do you have any idea about making comics?" Xian Sumei asked with concern.

"By the way, can you draw comics? Why didn't I know?"

Li Guanghai was still thinking about the initial question.

Xian Sumei took out a takeout brochure from the table, pointed to the four-frame cartoon on it and said, "Hey, this is what Xiaodong drew for us."

"Oh, I was just wondering why Mr. Liu from the printing factory didn't charge more. It turns out it was you who did the hard work."

"Don't interrupt, Xiaodong, tell me what you think, and we will help you give advice."

"We are just food sellers..."

Feeling the murderous intent, Li Guanghai skillfully held his mouth.

"Internally, I may return to China for a period of time, or I may stay to start a business and open a comic studio. I haven't decided which one I will choose yet."

"..."

Sitting alone in the store, thinking about where to go in the next one or two years, Han Zidong looked hesitant.

Now there are two roads before him, one is the easy road, and he chooses to return to China for a year and a half.

As long as he invests all his money in the BTC exchange and waits until a year later to sell it, the profit of up to a hundred times of BTC will allow him to easily achieve a tenth of his small goal, and the world will be wide for him to do whatever he wants from now on.

But in this way, nearly two years of his ten years of prophetic nature will be lost out of thin air.

After all, in the original timeline, he stayed in the peninsula until the eve of the Spring Festival in 2020. He is more familiar with the major and major hot events here on the peninsula than the domestic situation.

Another option is for him to stay in the peninsula and join the webtoon business.

Then he will use the comic book drama as a springboard and use his knowledge from his previous life to break into the core circle of the local film and television complex in the peninsula. If everything goes well, maybe he will be able to create a smaller CJ Entertainment in three to five years.

The disadvantage is that the peninsula's webcomic industry is currently very prosperous, but the prosperity of the industry has nothing to do with webcomic writers.

Until Lezhin Comics is established in the middle of next year, they will not be able to receive enough remuneration from the Internet channel, and publishing physical books is also somewhat out of reach. Therefore, many online comic writers rely on business hobbies to persist in creating and generate electricity for love.

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In short, both paths have their own advantages and disadvantages, leaving him unable to make a choice for a while.

If he goes home right away, he can see his mother earlier, reconcile with her earlier, and stay with her for two more years, so that she can enjoy a happy life.

After all, since he failed the college entrance examination, he has always gone his own way. He completely broke his mother's heart when he refused to repeat his studies and chose to work abroad.

What's even more outrageous is that he didn't even return home once during the first three years he came to the peninsula in his last life. As the only son in the family, his behavior was really inappropriate.

The reason why he refused to go home was because he wanted to save money, but it was not necessarily due to the fact that he was not a good person and had no shame in going home.

But he is different now. With only his comic skills and ten years of prophetic vision, he will be able to eat and drink without worries and be rich all his life.

If he stays, his best choice is to devote himself to webcomic creation in advance.

There are still three months until the Gregorian New Year. As long as he works harder, it is entirely possible to produce a comic with twenty or thirty chapters before the New Year. When he returns to China, he will take this comic as a New Year gift. I believe his mother will also feel very happy.

Glad.

Webcomics have both cultural attributes and Internet characteristics. The former makes webcomics and film and television dramas naturally integrated and mutually reinforcing each other. What's more, in the next ten years, the number of local comic adaptations and dramas in the peninsula has soared, and webcomics have become the new Korean wave.

position.

The latter allows Han Zidong, a foreigner with only a high school education, to easily break the barriers of discrimination. After all, in the Internet age, no one cares whether the other end of the computer screen is a human or a dog!

But in this way, he has to face the peninsula's local online comic market that is not yet "mature".

Since you are hesitant, let’s cast stones and ask for directions.

According to memory, he opened the browser and entered "Tumblbug" in the input box.

The first search result is the official website of Tumblbug, a well-known art resources crowdfunding website in the future.

He plans to launch a comic project, and the crowdfunding amount will be calculated as 30 million. As for the specific project content...

Taking into account the comics, novels, Korean dramas that became popular after 2012, and the conflict between the production cycle of comics and the launch time of the original timeline works, he selected one of them to turn beer and fried chicken into a big hit in pop culture.

Korean drama.

In the next hour and a half, Han Zidong began to make a project book. For a person like him who has been attending comic training courses intermittently for more than five years, has more than two years of experience as a comic assistant, and has independently produced a comic after returning to China,

These are all small cases.

But when he sketched the characters of the male and female protagonists, he discovered another shocking benefit.

The information about the drama series he had watched came to mind one by one when he recalled it, as if a DVD was stored in his brain for him to play and watch.

If time didn't allow, he could even draw the corresponding storyboard directly.

Maybe if he had a tablet, he could just say something boldly.

Whether this was hyperamnesia or a benefit from rebirth, he didn't know.

But he knew that if he really stayed on the peninsula, it would be a big killer.

The balance in my heart began to tilt.

The most important part of a comic is the plot and pictures. His own experience in the industry is enough to support the pictures. Coupled with the plot, he can produce a comic that is expected to be a hit in minutes.

In addition to making a project book and attaching his identity certificate, project details and corresponding commitments, he also needs to fill in the project display area and sponsorship area.

The former is submitted to the website for review as an attachment and is not disclosed to the public, while the latter is the project details that are fully disclosed after the project document passes review.

While waiting for the website to be reviewed, he suddenly realized that he had made a mistake. Today seems to be the first day of the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, and the website review may not be...

To his great dismay, just when he was about to find a patch for his previous plan to throw stones at others, his project actually passed the review!

Ah...this.

Then until 12 o'clock tonight, as long as there is one person who can sponsor it, he will make comics in Seoul for three months...
Chapter completed!