Before the release of "The King of Painting", Kang Jianfei did not deliberately promote it, and his influence in the minds of comic fans was far less than that of Shangguan Xiaobao.
As a daily comic book, "King of Painting" only sold more than 8,000 copies on the first day it came out. This figure is only a fraction of Huang Yulang's "Sheng Bao", but for a newly published magazine, the first
Selling more than 8,000 copies per day is considered very rare. It is better-selling than many doll newspapers that have been running for several years. This is mainly due to the power of comic publishers.
In addition to relying on the distribution capabilities of Tongde Books and Newspapers, "The King of Painting" also relied on the distribution channels of "Oriental Daily News", so that the first issue was spread in the streets and alleys of Hong Kong.
If there is any publicity, it is that "Oriental Daily" left a line of small words at the end of "The Clouds and Rains" serialized the previous day: Kang Jianfei's fantasy masterpiece "The Misty Journey" will be released soon. Please pay attention to tomorrow's doll newspaper "Painting"
king".
This piece of news did not attract much attention on the first day, and Huang Yulang was completely unaware of it. However, loyal readers of "Ethereal Journey" rushed to tell the news.
On the day when the first issue of "The King of Painting" was released, many readers who bought "Oriental Daily" would ask in passing: Is "The King of Painting" available for sale here?
Of the more than 8,000 copies of the first issue of "The King of Painting" sold, at least 5,000 were bought by fans of the novel "The Misty Journey".
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St. Stephen's Church Secondary School, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong.
Zhou Huimin, who was wearing school uniform, got off the bus, joined the crowd and walked into the school gate. Before she reached the classroom, she was caught up by her best friend Yaqin.
The trio who once listened to Anita Mui's "A Thousand Thousand Que Songs" together now only have Zhou Huimin and Yaqin left. Ah Wei went to find a job after finishing Form Five.
At this time, Zhou Huimin is about to turn 18 years old. She is no longer the fat little girl 5 years ago. She is slim, gentle and pure. The only pity is that Zhou Huimin wears a huge black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose, which makes her look very beautiful.
Her whole person looked much more rustic.
Zhou Huimin and her best friend Yaqin came to the classroom and sat in a daze together. Only a few people in the classroom were reading and reviewing their homework.
Zhou Huimin is currently studying in Form 7. She will take the national college entrance examination in more than two months. Unfortunately, she doesn't even have the slightest confidence to go to university.
The math teacher was talking about formulas that made her dizzy again. Zhou Huimin listened for a few minutes before reluctantly giving up and scribbling on her homework book with a pen.
The reason why Zhou Huimin will be called a talented woman in the future is because she has various talents, including being an actress, being able to sing, and being able to write songs. Zhou Huimin is also a tenth-level piano player and can write beautiful prose. She has created dozens of paintings.
Later, it was exhibited at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, and the painting "The Old Man from Xinjiang" also won the New Era Award for Visual Arts.
When professional painters saw Zhou Huimin's paintings for the first time, they thought she came from a painting academy, which shows that her painting foundation is behind the scenes.
In fact, Zhou Huimin has never learned to draw systematically. The only exercises he did were his drawing class assignments and random scribblings when he was bored in class.
With just a few strokes, the math teacher on the podium appeared in Zhou Huimin's painting, but with a thin neck and a big head, he looked like an adult.
"Snapped!"
The math teacher's pointer struck, which startled Zhou Huimin, who was concentrating on drawing. When he looked up, he saw that a boy's comic book in the front row had been confiscated.
Zhou Huimin quickly put away the "et" she drew, and was just about to concentrate on listening to the lecture when Yaqin, who was sitting behind her, suddenly quietly handed over a newspaper.
Zhou Huimin spread the newspaper on his lap and secretly read the contents of the newspaper with his peripheral vision. What he saw was an extremely rough painting style. The exaggerated expressions and abstract bodies of the characters, as well as the plot that made people laugh, immediately made Zhou Huimin burst into laughter.
Speak up.
The laughter was so loud that all the students in the front rows turned to look at her. Zhou Huimin immediately stopped smiling and pretended that nothing happened.
"Am I ridiculous?" the math teacher asked with a straight face.
Zhou Huimin quickly stood up. She lowered her head and admitted her mistake: "Teacher, I'm sorry."
The math teacher was also helpless towards the graduating students of the preparatory course. He sighed and asked Zhou Huimin to sit down and said: "Be more serious in class, even if you don't get into college. Learning more things will still be useful to you."
Zhou Huimin didn't dare to run away from work anymore, so she concentrated on finishing her morning class, and then she couldn't wait to take out the newspaper and read it.
"It's interesting, isn't it?" Yaqin suddenly said from behind Zhou Huimin.
"It's not bad, the drawing is quite funny." Zhou Huimin then ran to see the author of the comic, and the words "Kang Jianfei" were clearly written on it.
Yaqin came over and lay on Zhou Huimin's desk and said with admiration: "Boss Fei painted it himself. He is really versatile. He just wrote "Qingren" Bosom Friend" and "Falling in Love with Someone Who Never Goes Home" for Ye Qianwen.
, I am still directing movies, but I can actually find time to create comics."
"Boss Fei" is the nickname given to him by some of Kang Jianfei's fans. Zhou Huimin's best friend Yaqin is obviously also an admirer of Kang Jianfei. Stars pop out of her eyes when she mentions Kang Jianfei.
Zhou Huimin did not accept Yaqin's painting, but continued to flip through the pages at the back of the pictorial. Unfortunately, the violent comics that made people hate them were no longer there, replaced by an urban love comic called "Pink Girl".
It’s not that there are no shoujo comics in Hong Kong, but the output of such comics is very small, and there has been a trend of non-stop production in the past two years. There have been no good shoujo cartoonists since Ding Xiaoxiang stopped writing.
Zhou Huimin doesn't like to read cartoons about fighting and killing. The "Pink Girl" in front of her made her eyes light up. She couldn't bear to put it down after reading it in one go. Unfortunately, it was gone after the beginning.
After reading "Pink Girl" again without finishing it, Zhou Huimin remembered to see the comic's author, but she was shocked again - planner: Kang Jianfei, creator: Ding Xiaoxiang.
"Ding Xiaoxiang started drawing comics again!" Zhou Huimin shouted in surprise.
Who is Ding Xiaoxiang?
The most famous girl cartoonist in Hong Kong in the 1970s. He not only drew girl love comics, but also horror, erotic, and suspense comics. When he was prosperous, he founded Lilac Book Company, and Huang Yulang was his employee. And the pen name is Huang Yulang.
It was Ding Xiaoxiang who helped start it. Huang Yulang's pen name used to be Huang Xuansheng.
Unfortunately, under the impact of Huang Yulang's comic production line, Ding Xiaoxiang's Dingxiang Book Company could not keep up with the fast pace. It was acquired by Huang Yulang two years ago, and Ding Xiaoxiang himself stopped writing and went into the publishing business.
Who would have thought that Kang Jianfei actually invited Ding Xiaoxiang out of the movie and also started a new movie "Pink Girl".
In fact, Kang Jianfei didn't know Ding Xiaoxiang at all. He learned about this person from Shangguan Xiaobao. When he learned that Ding Xiaoxiang was good at modern-style comics, he improvised and asked Ding Xiaoxiang to draw "Pink Girl".
Zhou Huimin continued to flip through the pictorial. "Pink Girl" was followed by several four-frame comics and a short comic story. Finally, the highlight was the comic version of "The Misty Journey".
When Zhou Huimin was reading short comics, many classmates were already surrounding her. She was not interested in "The Misty Journey" and was about to return the newspaper to Yaqin when she was immediately snatched away by several boys who shouted:
"It's the comic of "The Misty Journey"!"
Seeing that she couldn't get the pictorial back, Yaqin was not angry, but asked Zhou Huimin: "Amin, what are your plans if you don't get into college?"
"I don't know," Zhou Huimin felt confused for a while and then said after thinking for a while, "I want to participate in the singing competition."
Yaqin suddenly smiled and took off Zhou Huimin's glasses, jokingly saying: "You are very beautiful without glasses, why not participate in a beauty pageant, Miss Hong Kong or Miss East can do it, I guarantee you can come back as a beauty pageant champion."
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Yulang International.
Huang Yulang's assistant quickly ran into the office with "The King of Painting" and said in a hurry: "Boss, "The King of Painting" is selling like crazy!"
"I know it, I know it!" Huang Yulang stood up and paced back and forth, muttering to himself. He read the first issue of "The King of Painting" yesterday, not to mention the finale of "The Misty Journey".
It is the modern comic "Pink Lady" in the middle that can attract a large number of readers.
After walking back and forth for a while, Huang Yulang asked: "How much did "The King of Painting" sell for today?"
The assistant shook his head and said: "I don't know, but there are definitely 20,000 to 30,000 copies. Many newsstands are out of stock."
Huang Yulang has a daily comic book and a weekly comic book in his hand. The sales volume of the daily comic book is only about 50,000 copies. And "King of Painting" has only released its second issue, and its sales volume has soared from 8,000 to 20,000 to 30,000 copies.
It is truly a formidable enemy that cannot be ignored.
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"Haha, this comical face is so bad, I want to draw one and submit it!"
"Really, you can't draw more of "Pink Lady" every time, it won't be enough to watch."
""The Misty Journey" is well drawn. Although I have read the novel, I still like reading the comics."
"..."
The outside world has been applauding "The King of Painting", but the comic creators such as Shangguan Xiaobao and Ding Xiaoxiang are as tired as dead dogs. Generally publishing a weekly comic is tiring enough, but the original daily comic is simply anti-human, especially Shangguan Xiaobao's paintings
After watching "The Misty Journey", he also wanted to create his own "Bruce Lee".
In order to improve efficiency, Dark Horse Comics Company has nearly 30 painters and apprentices. Shangguan Xiaobao was so busy until the end that he simply handed over the main writing task of "The Misty Journey" to his disciple Niu Lao, who was only responsible for providing guidance.
When the fifth issue of "The King of Painting" was released, Zhang Tianxi, the general manager of Dark Horse Comics, walked to the studio, clapped his hands and shouted: "Dear colleagues, I now solemnly announce that the sales volume of "The King of Painting" exceeded 60,000 copies yesterday.
, becoming the largest-selling comic daily in Hong Kong!”
"Alas!"
The employees who were busy working on the drawings put down their paintbrushes and cheered collectively when they heard the news.
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