On April 6, the inaugural issue of "Monthly Junior Star" was officially put on sale.

At the same time, the island nation of Sun and Moon Society, which had already negotiated with the Phoenix Society, also prepared a comic monthly magazine "Monthly Boy Sun", which was put on sale at the same time as "Monthly Boy Star".

When Wu Ming left, he explained to Zhang Dexin and Shangguan Xiaobao that they wanted to keep in touch with Gushan Shangyi and exchange experiences with each other.

So in the past two months, the Phoenix Society and the Sun and Moon Society have often exchanged phone calls, and after knowing that the Phoenix Society is going to publish a monthly magazine, Taniyama Naoyoshi also moved the idea of creating a comic monthly magazine.

After all, because the population of the island country is larger than that of Xiangjiang, the sales of "Weekly Teenager Sun" under the Sun Moon Society are also several times the sales of "Weekly Teenager Star" of the Phoenix Society. Cartoonists are also more abundant than the Order of the Phoenix, and they are fully capable of starting another monthly comic magazine.

In the end, the two sides discussed and decided to issue it simultaneously.

The cooperation between the two comic clubs is not limited to this, and now the Phoenix Society's "Weekly Shonen Star" has an island country version, and the Sun Moon Society's "Weekly Shonen Sun" also has a Xiangjiang version.

The two sides help each other to distribute each other's comic magazines and monographs.

Just like Shueisha and Shogakukan, although the two manga clubs in the island country fought fiercely, when it came time to expand overseas markets, they worked together.

The effect is not bad, although the island country version of "Weekly Shonen Star" is mostly martial arts comics, but relying on the large population base of the island country, the sales volume has also reached 30,000 copies, and the total number of various single books has also sold more than 200,000 copies.

The Xiangjiang version of "Weekly Shonen Sun" relied on Akira Toriyama's "Aralei", Anda Mitsutsu's "Miyuki Miyuki" and An Yanliang's "Venus War", which sold more than 50,000 copies, and more than 300,000 copies of the single book.

It can be seen from here that although the Xiangjiang cartoonists studied frantically after being crushed by Wu Ming's cartoons, their strength was still much worse than that of the island cartoonists.

Many people buy because of curiosity.

Therefore, the Hong Kong comic industry, you have to try your courage for a few years, and after the cartoonists in the golden age of Hong Kong comics are on the throne, you can fight a little hard with the island comic industry.

Of course, due to translation problems and in order not to affect the sales of each other's magazines in China, the overseas editions of both magazines were released a week later.

"Monthly Junior Star" has been publicized in many ways before it was launched. Especially Wu Ming's fans, when they learned that Wu Ming had opened a new comic, they were looking forward to it.

On this day, in the deep water wading area, comic assistant Li Zhiqing bought a magazine from the comic shop at his doorstep early in the morning.

Since the Order of the Phoenix announced the salaries of its cartoonists and comic assistants, countless young people in Xiangjiang have been attracted by the high manuscript fees, as long as the comics are selected by the Phoenix Society to appear in the "Weekly Shonen Star", they can step into the wealthy class.

Li Zhiqing, 17 years old this year, is also one of them, so he has developed the habit of buying "Weekly Junior Star" every week, and he will naturally not miss this new issue.

This person is also quite accomplished in the original time and space, and he is one of the representative cartoonists of the golden age of Hong Kong comics. In particular, his comic "Three Kingdoms" launched in 1991 was the first set of Xiangjiang comic works to enter the island market.

Originally, he only entered the comics industry in 1981, but now the Xiangjiang comics industry has been changed beyond recognition by Wu Ming, so he entered the comics industry in advance.

In order to become a professional cartoonist, he practiced his drawing skills every day and often submitted articles to the Order of the Phoenix.

Although he was not selected in the end, because he was good at ink painting and had good potential, he was invited to become a comic assistant under the Order of the Phoenix.

The cover of the inaugural issue of "Monthly Shonen Star" is naturally a large collection of all the comic characters, but the most eye-catching is a little boy with a pair of pigtails, a pair of bright eyes, a red belly pocket, and bare white and tender feet.

"Nezha?!"

As soon as I saw Li Zhiqing, who was wearing a Qiankun ring on his head, wrapping his arms around the sky, stepping on Hot Wheels, holding a fire-tipped gun, and was very familiar with "Romance of the Gods" and "Journey to the West", he thought that it was Nezha.

The manager of the bookstore on the side couldn't help laughing when he saw Li Zhiqing staring at Nezha on the cover.

"Our boss really deserves to be a super genius praised by everyone! I've already watched "The Legend of Nezha", and the plot is quite attractive, no worse than his previous comics. ”

This bookstore is one of Wu Ming's Spark chain bookstores, and the store manager is also familiar with Li Zhiqing, knowing that he is the comic assistant of the Phoenix Society, and he is naturally closer to working for the same boss.

When Li Zhiqing heard this, he smiled and agreed: "Of course, after all, the boss is a character who has reformed the Xiangjiang comic industry." If it weren't for the boss, now we newcomers would only be like our predecessors, being squeezed by those old antiques, how could we be so comfortable as now. ”

After speaking, Li Zhiqing didn't see any outside, and directly sat on the chair in the store and read the comics.

The store manager also had an emotional expression on his face and replied, "Indeed, I used to know some comic assistants. At that time, it was still called an apprentice, and the salary was barely enough. Like you, a monthly salary of 1500 is enough for you to live easily, and you can also publish short stories to earn extra money. There is even the opportunity for a long-form serialization. ”

Li Zhiqing didn't raise his head, continued to read the comics, and laughed at himself: "The long-form serial bit is the moon in the water, the flower in the mirror, how can it be so easy to get it." I can't even make it to a short story, and I don't know how many years I'll have to wait for a long one!"

After submitting so many drafts and not being selected for a short story, Li Zhiqing is already doubting whether he has the talent of a cartoonist.

I can't be a comic assistant for a lifetime, although the salary is not low, reaching the level of ordinary people in Xiangjiang, but that's not the life he wants.

The store manager smiled when he heard this, and retorted: "It's much better than before, in the past, you comic assistants didn't work for a few years, and you didn't even have the opportunity to publish short stories." Now I've given you a chance to play fair. ”

"That Ma Rongcheng was just favored by the boss and ascended to the sky in one step. Now his "Chinese Hero" is already fifth on the popularity list, only below the boss and Shangguan Xiaobao, he has a monthly income of tens of thousands. If you don't fight hard, how do you know if you can do it, don't be dead anymore. ”

After getting along for a period of time, the store manager had a very good impression of Li Zhiqing, a young man, and didn't want to let him go to decadence.

"Store manager, you're right, I'm still so young, I've only failed a few times, how can I give up!"

When the store manager said this, Li Zhiqing also ignited his fighting spirit, raised his head, and said with a smile: "I just watched the boss's "The Legend of Nezha" and felt that I could learn his methods. The owner is based on mythological stories and novels, I can take material from history, and now I will go home and try it. ”

After speaking, under the smiling gaze of the store manager, Li Zhiqing ran home with the comics.