Sister Pan, no, Brother Pan had gone crazy and was killing people!
Everyone who read the newspaper thought so. Chinese people advocated a moderate and restrained style of doing things. It was rare for them to fight with knives and guns like this. But they had to say, it felt good! It felt so damn good!
The description of “banana man” was really amazing. Yellow skin and white heart, wasn’t that a banana man?
Paul Lee did not expect that a mere newbie cartoonist would have the courage to challenge him, and abandoned the topic of “female cartoonist” that could be used for hype, and seemed to be ready to have a real fight with him.
With so many people paying attention to this matter, he was now in a dilemma and had no choice but to respond.
Of course, Paul Lee was still full of confidence at this time, because he looked down on works about women, and his arrogance and pride had been integrated into his bones.
So Paul Lee made the decision in the newspaper: “Okay, let’s compete. If you lose, don’t blame me, your senior, for bullying you.”
“Paul Lee, there are no seniors or juniors here, only two cartoonists. See you in the newspaper in ten days.” An Yinong also responded in the newspaper.
Afterwards, An Yinong called the president of Huayou magazine and asked: “Are you interested in the overseas market?”
“I already know about the gamble between Gu Pan and Paul Lee. Paul Lee is a cartoonist who has gained fame overseas. His magazine, International Pictorial, also has overseas readers. If handled well, this matter may help us expand into overseas markets.”
At the same time, other newspapers also reported this “comic circle war” and narrated the incident in very exaggerated words, making it as exciting as a martial arts movie and making people fired up.
Originally it was just a small matter in the comics circle, but because of these quarrels, they became popular and a new thing that was paid attention to by daily newspapers and TV stations.
At this time, the publisher of the “Xia Dao” comic magazine announced the dismissal of “Zhen Weilong”, which was the initial fuse.
The reason given by their magazine was: “Since you don’t like martial arts, don’t force yourself to eat the martial arts bowl of rice. Pick up the bowl to eat, put down the bowl and curse, it’s not our generation.”
But the truth was…
“Mr. Xie has never been involved in the affairs of the comic publishing house. Why did he want to kick Zhen Weilong out so harshly this time?” The magazine’s official boss (the Zhong family) didn’t quite understand.
“Mr. Xie’s actions must have a deeper meaning, so we will just listen.”
“It’s so frustrating.” The young heir was a little unhappy. In fact, he quite liked Paul Lee and Zhen Weilong. It was a pity that the Zhong family was just puppets supported by others and they had no say.
After that, more and more people joined the discussion, both outward-looking and inward-looking, traditional and emerging, and other celebrities in newspapers had many arguments about it.
A war within the comics circle was then spread outside the circle, attracting many people who had no prior interest in comics. They went to read Paul Lee’s comics and Gu Pan’s comics, and also read other comics by the way.
After reading some of them, I thought: Wow, this comic is quite interesting.
These people had become potential readers, and the sales of various comic magazines had increased to a certain extent. No matter who wins this battle, the comics industry won.
Finally, the day before the new issue was released, the newspaper critics quieted down.
“Huayou”, the magazine where Gu Pan worked, and “International Pictorial”, where Paul Lee worked, would both publish new issues tomorrow. Those who were following this battle are already eager to know the outcome.
But the person involved, An Yinong, remained calm and unhurried.
“Grandma, if Mr. Xie comes looking for me later, tell him that I am going out to bring him something delicious.” An Yinong told grandma Lian that he wanted to go out.
“Master, bring your bodyguards.”
“Okay.” After encountering two accidents in a row, he had to bring a tail with him whenever he went out except when he went to school.
The driver took him to the Huayou Publishing House. This time he came as the boss. It was reasonable for him to come and see such a big thing happening in the publishing house.
Next to the publishing house was a cake shop. He saw the staff of the publishing house hurriedly go next door to buy sandwiches or other pastries, and then hurried back into the publishing house with documents.
Through the large glass mirror on the wall, he could see a man walk in, greet his colleagues, then take off his coat and hang it on the hanger, sit down then start working while using the spare time to have breakfast.
The magazine had a tea room, so you can see employees standing up to get tea, and then coming back to work. They were all very busy, processing documents, looking at the drawings sent by cartoonists, answering and making phone calls…
He thought about it and turned to the cake shop next door.
“Ding Dong.” The glass door was pushed open, and the wind chimes rang. The waiter looked up and saw a young man he didn’t recognize. He thought he was here to apply for a job, so he said, “Sorry, we’re not hiring recently.”
“I’m here to see your president.” The bodyguard followed An Yinong in while he was speaking.
“Huh?” Another employee looked over. He was yawning, but when he saw the person coming, he opened his mouth so wide that he forgot to close it. He looked a little stupid.
“Boss?” The yawning employee stood up and reminded others. The new employee looked at An Yinong at the door, then at her colleagues with strange expressions, and she covered her mouth: No way?
“I brought a cake.” An Yinong put the cake box on the counter. “Because I heard about that incident, I came here to take a look. I hope I won’t disturb your work.”
“No, I won’t.” The employees didn’t know how to respond for a moment, only Editor Qian silently lowered her head.
Finally, An Yinong was invited into the president’s office, where he flipped through the new magazine issue published today while waiting for feedback from various newsstands and bookstores.
A cup of milk tea and a plate of triangular cake appeared on the table in front of him. The editor-in-chief then placed the latest issue of International Pictorial in front of him and said, “This is the cartoon by the cartoonist who is competing with our magazine.”
An Yinong picked up the magazine and opened it.
Paul Lee’s style was as rough and simple as ever. Although the subject matter had changed to an adventure in another world, the style of painting and the core of the story was still street gang fights.
It’s not that it was bad, it’s just that it’s neither fish nor fowl. It lacked the bloody joy of gangster comics, and it also lacked the “exotic feeling” that adventure comics should have.
Many people liked this kind of different world theme, just to leave the reality and go to another fantasy world to take a breath. Just like traveling, switching from a place you were tired of to another place with completely different customs and culture, to dream for a while.
But Paul Lee’s “Another World Adventure” has too much of a “Hong Kong street” feel to it and it did not arouse his interest.
An Yinong tried his best to read his serialized comics with an objective attitude, but after finishing them, he felt a sense of “it’s tasteless, but a pity to throw it away”, as if he had read something, but also seemed like he hadn’t read anything. He decided to drink some milk tea to calm down.
The president was working with his head down, and he looked very calm, but the editors outside couldn’t keep their cool and gathered to discuss from time to time. An Yinong looked out the window and could read their lips, and they were almost all discussing the competition.
In fact, it is not just the editors of their publishing house who were getting impatient. Editors of other comic publishing houses were also paying attention to this matter, and they have also bought “Huayou” and “International Pictorial”.
“There is no comparison at all.” The editors analyzed with the most professional eyes, “Although Gu Pan is a novice cartoonist, his style is rare and gorgeous, and it is even more difficult to take into account the background of the big perspective. His ability to handle the background is comparable to Yinong’s, and they both like to use strong contrast between the environment and the characters, or use the environment to enhance the characters.”
It is said that there is a gap in the aesthetic tastes of men and women, but this was not obvious in Gu Pan.
He was a male cartoonist, but this style of painting was loved by both men and women, especially the latest fighting scenes, which combine the characteristics of magical fighting style and martial arts fighting style. It was very entertaining and logical.
“Have you noticed that, regardless of whether they are men or women, good guys or bad guys, even if their faces are covered, they still look the same even if they are wearing the same clothes.
“Among the male characters, there are muscular generals, gentle and elegant military advisors, and some are as flexible as monkeys. The same goes for female characters. Each person’s image serves the setting and has their own little body language habits. This segmentation makes the story more realistic.”
“The painting style is excellent, the details are excellent, and the story is even better.” The editor simply couldn’t put the “Huayou” magazine down.
Anyone familiar with “The Imperial Spirit Girl” knew that this comic always had a hot spot in each episode, and this was even more so after entering the Young Psychic Competition.
The latest episode told the story of the heroine leaving home to participate in the Young Psychic Competition. On the way, she was targeted by the Black Robe Organization responsible for “cleaning up”. The two sides fought, and then a Miao girl wearing silver jewelry came out and used insect poison to defeat the invaders together with her.
After that, the existence of the “Black Robe Organization” was introduced. This was a group of extremely radical geniuses, some of whom believe that ordinary people should be controlled by them, some of whom desired to gain more powerful power, and some of whom just wanted to unify the world.
The Miao girl’s brother was a member of the Black Robe Organization and a key member. He injured the ancestor grandmother and defected from the family, and took away the strongest Gu. This time, he would also go to the Young Psychic Competition.
“So, you want to persuade your brother to turn back?” asked the protagonist Su Xue.
“No, I’m going to kill him.” The Miao girl sneered as she stepped on the stone. “I’m the most talented Gu Master. That idiot should just die and apologize to his ancestors!”
A big question mark popped up over the protagonist’s head, and a big question mark also popped up over the viewers’ heads: No, normally, shouldn’t she have persuaded her brother to turn back with great resentment, and then after being beaten and disabled, she would decide to fight back when she could no longer bear it, and finally the brother and sister would reconcile because of some opportunity?
Why was this little sister so happy when she thought about being able to kill her brother with her own hands and become the number one genius Gu Master?!
“I don’t know why, but I feel a little… indescribably happy.” The editor began to reflect on himself and wondered if he was not quite good enough. Why was he so eager to see the sister beat his brother to death?
“Me…me too,” said another editor.
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment: because of the way the cartoonist handled it, a very heavy topic seemed very lighthearted, and had a more “alien” feeling. Psychics were indeed different from normal humans, right?
“This is my first time reading The Imperial Spirit Girl”. I have to admit that Gu Pan is a very talented cartoonist. I am looking forward to his subsequent development. Ha, Paul Lee is in trouble this time.
“Wait for him to call me daddy.”
WhiteMoon x BlackSun 