On September 28, 1980, the "Diligent Writers Foundation" was announced in the opening speech of Zhang Shaojie, and many writers in Hong Kong cheered on the ceremony.

The foundation only rents a 30-square-meter office, and there are no paid staff, including Zhang Shaojie, Ni Kuang, Yishu and other founders for the time being, all of whom are volunteers who do not receive money.

Ni Kuang and Yishu's training in society is obviously more experienced than Zhang Shaojie, and they are able to handle the foundation properly.

Now Ni Kuang is in charge of money, and Yi Shu is in charge of accounts. As for vetting writers' applications, some editors of Ming Pao volunteered to volunteer. It needs to be reviewed by a special person, mainly to avoid someone taking someone else's manuscript and fishing in troubled waters to cheat money. The editors of Ming Pao are well-informed and read a wide range of articles. General plagiarism, fraud, they can be found very quickly.

Although the purpose is to support hard-working but poor writers. As for lazy writers, or the shameful act of cheating money with other people's manuscripts, we must try our best to eliminate them through technical means.

"Today, on this festive day, the Hong Kong Diligent Writers Foundation was officially established! The purpose of this foundation is to reward hard work and provide a certain degree of financial support to writers who write diligently but do not earn enough to earn a living. Encourage their diligent creative spirit! ”

"Creation is destined to be a difficult and lonely road. The successful ones are glamorous, but who would have thought that those writers who were not famous before they were hungry and cold? I hope that the establishment of this foundation will enable low-level text creators in Hong Kong to earn money! I hope that from now on, Hong Kong's field will reproduce the grand occasion of the 60s when there were many famous artists and excellent works were produced one after another! ”

"Of course, God rewards hard work! Writing, in addition to some talent factors, depends more on the tempering and exercise of the day after tomorrow, without a large number of pen practice creation, it is impossible to produce writers, nor can it produce best-selling writers! ”

"Our goal in the future is to support some hard-working and persevering authors, so that they can continue to write without financial worries. The opportunity for a writer to take this path lies in constantly writing - only by writing can there be a way out! ”

Zhang Shaojie's enthusiastic remarks were applauded and encouraged by many writers at the scene.

Although everyone is a famous writer and editor, as an industry insider, everyone knows that many publishing institutions are only willing to publish the works of famous artists to reduce risks. Even extreme editors will directly reject the new work without reading it!

From the point of view of the publishing industry, a new author's work is a garbage heap, and it may be possible to dig up buried gold from the garbage heap, but the vast majority of new works are garbage. More and more editors are reluctant to play this game of treasure hunting in the garbage heap.

Although, most new writers, the flaws are obvious, one is the lack of writing skills, and the other is the lack of market popularity.

But new writers are the future of the publishing industry! Now the old writers who are red, sooner or later, will retire and leave the market. If newcomers are not given a chance, then the future publishing market will inevitably fall into an embarrassing state of lack of talent!

Zhang Shaojie's "Diligent Writers Foundation" cannot benefit all enthusiasts. However, at least a small number of people are given help and encouragement.

In this way, he hopes to help support dozens of writers every year.

If half of these dozens of writers, after receiving the help of the foundation, gradually master the skills of writing and can support themselves with manuscript fees, Zhang Shaojie will be very happy!

Helping new writers realize their dreams is actually helping Zhang Shaojie realize his dreams! His dream needs the help of more and more talented writers, cartoonists, animators, film and television workers!

Only these future talents, willing to believe in Zhang Shaojie, can he go further with the help of many talents!

―――――――――― after the foundation was founded.

The first to benefit is Zheng Wei, who claims to create millions of words a year, but cannot rely on words to live.

Although Zheng Wei has a job as a teacher and is not a full-time writer, since he can write millions of words every year in addition to teaching, he can also be regarded as a representative of a diligent writer. In September, the foundation subsidized him with 500 yuan. Every month after that, if he can insist on writing 100,000 words, then he can receive 1,000 yuan per month for six consecutive months.

Six months later, the Foundation continued to follow up on Zheng Wei's future in the industry. If he has been able to earn more than 1,000 yuan a month by writing, he will naturally not need to be supported, and if he still can't earn enough money, the foundation will no longer support him in cash, but will give him guidance in the form of editors and famous experts!

Zhang Shaojie only hung up the name of "honorary chairman", became the shopkeeper of the hand, and threw the management of the foundation to Ni Kuang, Yishu and others.

Of course, given that Ni Kuang is politically regarded as a dissident in China, and Zhang Shaojie has never liked a writer who constantly promotes political positions.

Therefore, the management of the Foundation is forbidden to use their positions of power to promote their own personal political leanings to writers.

In fact, a novelist like Ni Kuang who puts forward dissent is still above board!

Those are some of Hong Kong's future politicians!

For some political figures who have emerged in Hong Kong for many years to come, Zhang Shaojie can only sneer.

During the British colonial rule in Hong Kong, the high-ranking officials were all colonial officials directly appointed by the British authorities in London to rule, and the major political institutions and important official positions were all parachuted from the British mainland, and the local forces had no political power at all.

The real Ming Cook election in Hong Kong was only after Hong Kong's return to the motherland, and after the amendment of the Basic Law, Hong Kong's political officials and legislators began to be elected by Hong Kong's local elections.

After the enactment of the Basic Law, certain clowns who jumped off the beam were frantically and enthusiastically vying for power and profit to carve up the political cake. Later, in 2011, the internationally renowned WikiLeaks revealed that a large number of "Ming Cooks" in Hong Kong sold political and economic information about the Hong Kong Autonomous Region and China to the United States to make money.

The exposure of that news made some of the so-called Ming Cook people who only became active after Hong Kong's return to the motherland lose face. Moreover, in the subsequent elections, the pro-center political axe "establishment" forces regained the majority of electoral district elections.

Zhang Shaojie does not want to participate in politics, nor does he want to be attached to any political force.

He just wants to be himself and run his own business well, which is a practical thing for the benefit of the country and the people. As for political games, Zhang Shaojie may discuss it in the newspapers and media, and be a non-governmental political commentator in the opposition, rather than a royal literati of any force.

Besides, this is Hong Kong with "big market, small political axe"! From now to the next few decades, the most powerful people are not political axes, but big businessmen!

―――――――――― participated in the inauguration ceremony of the "Diligent Writers Foundation". When Zhang Shaojie was about to go home, several people at the scene suddenly stopped him.

"Mr. Zhang Shaojie, please wait, delay you for a few minutes!" A man in his 20s said.

Zhang Shaojie disagreed, and said, "Do you have something?" ”

"Yes! I am a painter of the 82 Painting Society, and my pen name is Niu Lao, this is my master, Shangguan Xiaobao, the head of the 82 Painting Society," the young man briefly introduced.

When Zhang Shaojie heard this, he quickly frowned.

The main writer of Niu Lao's later painting "Crazy Boy"?

In the original social atmosphere in Hong Kong, the underworld was very rampant, especially Wei Chengren was deeply bewitched and harmed by the underworld. It is a headache and helplessness for educators and parents in Hong Kong!

The comic "Crazy Boy" is better than street fights like "Little Rascals" and "Bruce Lee". The name of "Little Rascals" is "Hooligans", but the main characters are all fighting against the underworld forces through chivalrous behavior, and they can be regarded as heroes who protect the citizens.

And this comic "Bruce Lee" belonged to hot-blooded young people on the street in the early stage, often fighting and brawling, but Bruce Lee is not a gangster who instigates young people to degenerate.

In "Crazy Boy", it is **naked to use shit reasons such as brotherhood and gang traditions, and began to describe the gangsters as a positive image. After this cartoon came out, it quickly became a popular comic - at that time, the youth of the underworld basically had a copy of "Crazy Boy".

Later, the underworld bosses attracted teenagers to join the gang, and they also began to use the "Crazy Boy" comics as a propaganda weapon! After the success of the "Crazy Boy" comic, the underworld bosses strongly supported "Crazy Boy" to be made into a movie. At the end of the 90s, with the release of "Crazy Boy", it not only increased the number of undesirable young people in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia and other places.

In Chinese mainland, although it is strictly forbidden to release "Crazy Boy" in regular movie theaters, "Crazy Boy" still flows into mainland video halls and families through pirated video tapes and VCD videos.

It can be said that "Crazy Boy" is the most inducing film of teenagers in history. Niu Lao's painting of "Crazy Boy" is a negative contribution to the image of the Hong Kong comic industry!

Niu Lao was a little surprised when he saw that Zhang Shaojie didn't seem to want to see him, it seemed that he had never had a grudge against Zhang Shaojie.

At this time.

Shangguan Xiaobao said: "Mr. Zhang Shaojie, we are here this time to seek cooperation opportunities!" ”

"Cooperation?" Zhang Shaojie raised his eyebrows, "Which one!" ”

Shangguan Xiaobao smiled and said: "The 82 Painting Society, although it has declined, there are dozens of excellent cartoonists. I dare to say that in terms of painting and technology, we are not inferior to Yulang International. The only thing that's bad is the excellent storyscript. That's where you're good at. I hope to get the authorization to adapt the manga for your new work in the future. ”

Zhang Shaojie saw Shangguan Xiaobao's sincerity, and looked at Niu Lao's honest appearance at this time. I feel a little relieved that the cow guy painted "Crazy Boy" in 92, and it still hasn't happened

If you exert your influence and let the cow guy no longer draw underworld themes like "Crazy Boy", but paint other themes, it must still be too late!

Come to think of it.

Zhang Shaojie said to the master and apprentice: "I happen to have a new work "Resident Evil" ready to be released in the near future. When the time comes, if you see the right one, take it and adapt it! ”

Shangguan Xiaobao and Niu Lao's master and apprentice were overjoyed, and they didn't ask what the plot of "Resident Evil" was, anyway, they could trust Zhang Shaojie's new book!

(To be continued)