Chapter 2 Comic Edition of 'The Legend of the Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty'
Zhao Chen rubbed his forehead and thought about the choices he is facing now. According to the current era, although the island country's comics have successfully entered the Hong Kong market, their sales are still much worse than local comics. The Hong Kong comic market determines that the most popular comics here are basically martial arts comics, which are mainly influenced by the action superstar Bruce Lee. For example, Huang Yulang is still popular in "Dragon and Tiger Gate", and "Bruce Lee" portrayed by Shangguan Xiaobao. The two most sold comics in Xiangjiang are now, and the ones with the highest sales in the future are basically this type, such as "Chinese Heroes", "Storm and Clouds", "Young and Dangerous", etc.
Of course, it is not that Hong Kong only has this type of comics. However, because Bruce Lee, the action superstar, was unprecedentedly popular in the film market, it indirectly led to martial arts comics, allowing him to take advantage of the opportunity to occupy most of the market share. Although Hong Kong comics are still in this trend, there are also classic comics like "Old Master" that have been serialized for decades and have not declined.
In fact, due to the unprecedented prosperity of the entertainment industry, Xiangjiang was called Oriental Hollywood at that time. The comics industry was indirectly driven by it, but it has a trend of becoming increasingly fierce. Now it is the prosperous era of Hong Kong comics.
Zhao Chen just thought about it and took the lead in eliminating the classic animations of the island country. He had no way, nor did he produce and sell a lot of money. Judging from the current trend, he could only temporarily submit articles to other people's comic companies. If the first work was a work in the island country, even if it was classic, it would be difficult to make a world in Xiangjiang now. This is the sorrow of a new cartoonist. Almost few readers will look at it specifically without fame. The most important thing is that he is reluctant to take large amounts of income into other people's pockets, and he only takes a small part of the income. What is the difference between that kind of behavior and giving money to others? Judging from the current trend, the first animation work is best also a martial arts novel.
This martial arts comic is quite general, and the ones that dominate are actually martial arts and fighting comics. Zhao Chen thought about it carefully. Even if he created a better work, it can only be regarded as the icing on the cake in the fighting comics. Moreover, in fighting comics, which one can surpass "Dragon and Tiger Gate"!
He could only focus on martial arts comics. In fact, the works he had seen the most are naturally classic comics from the island country, but he had not seen many works like Xiangjiang and the mainland. But even so, several quite classic martial arts animation works automatically emerged in his mind.
Among them are "Chinese Heroes", "Storm and Cloud", "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" and "The Legend of the Soldiers". Although these four movies are all classic martial arts Hong Kong comics, the achievements can be divided into high and low. The highest achievements are undoubtedly Ma Rongcheng's "Chinese Heroes" and "The Legend of the Storm of the Tang Dynasty". Of course, the sales of the comic "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" are actually not much worse than the previous two, because the comic "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" is adapted from Huang Yi's novel, and the adapted cartoonist is Huang Yulang, the godfather figure of Xiangjiang comics. As for "The Legend of the Storm of the Storm", it is undoubtedly weaker than the first three in terms of popularity, and is not suitable for Zhao Chen, who is now famous.
What Zhao Chen wanted to do was naturally a hit. Not only that, he also had to improve his reputation as much as possible under this first shot, so that he could lay the most solid foundation for himself in the future. He finally chose "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty". Because "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" is relatively classic, he not only watched the comic version in his previous life, but also did not even miss the novel version. If he wanted to improve his reputation in Xiangjiang, the first part of the first choice "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" was undoubtedly the best among them. As for the others, you can wait for later creation. In addition to "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" may be released next year, the other two books will have at least ten years, and the time is still quite abundant.
Moreover, Ma Rongcheng may have begun to conceive "Heroes of China". In order to prevent a car collision with Ma Rongcheng and reveal huge flaws, Zhao Chen could only suppress the greed in his heart.
However, Zhao Chen, who had already made up his mind, began to worry again not long after, because he searched through the entire room and found dozens of Hong Kong dollars in a small box.
Looking at the entire wealth in his hand, Zhao Chen's expression can be described as crying without tears. There are really people in this world who are more miserable than this guy's life experience! Not to mention buying a full set of painting tools, this amount is only enough to buy some original paper at most, and the quantity cannot be too much.
"What should I do now? I don't even have the money to buy tools. Can I just go to work and make some money first?"
Thinking of this, Zhao Chen couldn't help but feel worried. He felt that a penny was stumping a hero. Even if he didn't believe in evil, he still looked through the whole room again, there was still only the embarrassing Hong Kong dollar.
Looking at the Hong Kong dollar in his hand, Zhao Chen felt a little dizzy. He almost forgot that the body had a lot of blood flowing out of his head. Although the bandage was done, due to excessive blood loss, his head felt dizzy. He had to temporarily put down his inner troubles and lie on the bed and fall asleep.
While sleeping, Zhao Chen vaguely heard a sharp animal scream, but he ignored it and thought he was dreaming.
In the early morning, the dazzling sunlight shot into the room from the gap, and the birds' crisp chirping kept ringing. Zhao Chen rubbed his eyes in a daze and got up from the bed.
As soon as he opened the door and saw the busy figure in the kitchen, Zhao Chen's body couldn't help but pause, and his nose felt a little sour. He not only absorbed the original owner's memory, but also inherited part of his emotions.
The kitchen is only about ten square meters, and it looks extremely petite. A middle-aged woman who is staggering is busy in the kitchen with a wooden stick. Her pale face is covered with hot sweat, and she is obviously busy for a long time.
"Chen'er, why don't you take a little longer? How about your injury? Let mom see."
When the middle-aged woman heard the noise, she quickly turned her head. When she saw that it was Zhao Chen, she couldn't help but look loving on her face. Her expression was a little excited, and she struggled to come to Zhao Chen with a wooden stick.
Zhao Chen hurriedly walked towards the middle-aged woman and supported her so that she could save some strength. This is the mother of this body, a very traditional housewife.
Her name is Wang Ya, and she is only in her early thirties this year, but the years have left too many traces on her face. Her pale and tired face is full of wrinkles, and her thin body seems to be able to blow down as soon as the wind blows. This is not like a woman in her early thirties. It makes Zhao Chen feel sad. He knows that this is the result of years of overwork, just for her son, which makes Zhao Chen feel guilty. After all, he has occupied the body of her precious son.
"Brother, go with confidence. Your mother is my mother. I will definitely take good care of her in the future!" Zhao Chen pinched his hands and said in his heart that since he occupied this body, it is appropriate to help him with filial piety.
Zhao Chen lowered his head so that his mother could not work hard. Although this body is only 14 years old now, it is already 1.7 meters tall. If you want to see Wang Ya's height carefully, you must have to cushion your feet, but her feet obviously have not recovered.
"Mom, you're much better, just relax!" Zhao Chen bent down and lowered his head, shouting affectionately.
Wang Ya didn't say anything. After observing for a while, she nodded with satisfaction, and a smile from the bottom of her heart appeared on her pale face.
"Chen'er, it's really healed a lot, but you still have to rest more and don't hurt your body!"
Faced with his mother's concern, Zhao Chen naturally lowered his head and accepted it humbly.
"Chen'er, you shed a lot of blood yesterday, which scared my mother. Mom had killed the old hen last night and was planning to replenish you."
Wang Ya's words made Zhao Chen stand there all of a sudden. He knew that there was only one old hen in this family, and he usually relied on laying eggs to exchange for some life needs. But just to nourish his body, she actually killed the old hen, who was usually an unusual treasure.
Although this place is prosperous, even the most prosperous place still has slums, especially Tseung Kwan O, which was not yet developed!
Tseung Kwan O in the 1979 was called a town, but it was actually composed of several small fishing villages. The location of Zhao Chen’s family was on the edge of Qiyuwan Village, and not far ahead was Tseung Kwan O Guanli Middle School.
Tseung Kwan O in this era is actually not much better than slums. Dirty bungalows or tents can be seen everywhere. The living standards are not comparable to those in the prosperous areas of Hong Kong. Many families cannot even maintain food and clothing. The Zhao Chen family was originally a family of food and clothing, but since Wang Ya broke her leg, his family's living standards have been getting worse day by day, much worse than before. They often live a life of fullness and hunger. And that old hen is the only valuable property in his family.
"It seems that I didn't dream yesterday. That sound should be the sound of the old hen before he died!" Zhao Chen said in his heart, but did not say anything. He silently wanted to take over his mother's plan, but unfortunately he was immediately rejected by his mother.
Chapter completed!