It is basically difficult for child stars who have become famous in the entertainment industry to escape the fate of "when you are young, big may not be good", it is good that you are famous when you are older, like Hao Shaowen, who started acting at the age of three or four, once there is no way to maintain the image of a child star, the star career will inevitably be greatly affected, and it will be even more difficult to transform.

Because the audience accepts and likes the image of him when he is a child, but not too many people will pay attention to it when he grows up, just like those actresses who have acted in tertiary films, and want to play back to the scene without taking off their clothes, no one wants to watch it if they don't take it off or show it.

Lin Youlun just gave Hao Shaowen's mother a wake-up call first, as for whether the other party took it to heart, this was not something he needed to care about.

signed Hao Shaowen, Lin Youlun then remembered Hao Shaowen's little partner, but the child is still in the mainland, and it may take a lot of work to find it.

Later, Lin Youlun pressed this idea, because it was approaching the end of the year, and he had a lot of things on hand, so he couldn't spare time to care about this matter for the time being, so he could only provide some information first and let people look for it first.

Lin Youlun only stayed in Taiwan for three days, and as soon as he returned to Hong Kong, Ma Rongcheng immediately came to the door.

"It just so happens that I have something to look for you, so let's sit down first!" Lin Youlun was looking at a copy of the company's financial statements, so he asked Ma Rongcheng and Shaojie to wait for him in the rest area of the office for a while.

About half an hour later, Lin Youlun got up from his desk and walked over here.

Ma Rongcheng and Shaojie were about to get up, but they were stopped by Lin Youlun raising his hand.

"Okay, I don't have that many courtesies here, just be casual."

Lin Youlun sat down on the sofa opposite the two, and the secretary outside brought him a cup of coffee.

Lin Youlun took a sip of it. Then he looked at Ma Rongcheng and Shaojie and asked, "The matter on my side is not very urgent." If your business is more important. Let's just talk about it first. ”

Ma Rongcheng and Shaojie glanced at each other, Ma Rongcheng took out a magazine from his bag and handed it to Lin Youlun with both hands.

"This is Huang Yuyun's new comic "The Legend of the Son of Heaven", and the sales of the first few issues are very good."

Lin Youlun let go and looked at it twice, thinking that sure enough, Huang Yuyun still took out this comic, no wonder Ma Rongcheng and Shaojie were so nervous. Although "The Legend of the Son of Heaven" is not as good as Huang Yuyang's previous "Dragon and Tiger Gate", it can be regarded as a rare work, especially based on this work. Later, Huang Yuyun will also create "Divine Soldier Xuanqi", which is the work that really makes Lin Youlun feel a little threatened.

Of course, now that "The Legend of the Son of Heaven" has only begun to be serialized, the interview for "Divine Soldier Xuanqi" is estimated to be several years away, so there is no need to be in a hurry at this time.

Lin Youlun put down the comic book, picked up the coffee cup and asked, "I remember that Tianxia Comics has also released a few new comics recently, why, the sales can't compare to that over there?" ”

This question made Ma Rongcheng and Shaojie embarrassed for a while, and now the world's comics are still based on "Fengyun", and a new comic called "The Biography of the Black Panther" was also launched at the same time. Ma Rongcheng participated in the plot design, and Shaojie was the main writer. The story is set in the modern day and revolves around a group of characters known as "Black Panthers".

This comic was originally pinned on by Ma Rongcheng, but the sales after publication were not as good as expected, and now as soon as Huang Yuxun's "Legend of the Son of Heaven" comes out, the pressure here is even greater.

"We have a few ideas for new comics in our hands, but they are not very mature, so I wondered if we could import a batch of comics from the United States to Hong Kong for distribution first, and see how the market reacts."

Although Ma Rongcheng didn't say it explicitly, how could Lin Youlun not know that Ma Rongcheng had hit the idea on the amazing comics he had just acquired.

The introduction of Japanese comics, although to a certain extent promoted the development of Hong Kong comics, but also muddied the market, and now Ma Rongcheng proposed to introduce American superhero comics, obviously playing the same idea.

Since it can't curb the momentum of "The Legend of the Son of Heaven", it will disrupt the market and make Huang Yuyun unable to develop.

Of course, this kind of practice, killing 1,000 enemies and self-inflicting 800 losses is really not a superior strategy.

Ma Rongcheng really had no choice but to think about doing this, but Lin Youlun frowned when he heard it.

"If foreign comics succeed in taking over the Hong Kong market, have you ever thought about the consequences?"

Ma Rongcheng and Shaojie's faces tightened, and they had already heard the dissatisfaction in Lin Youlun's words.

"Or to put it another way, if Marvel Comics can gain a foothold in the Hong Kong market, do I still need to continue to support you in the future?" Lin Youlun followed and said this, which made Ma Rongcheng and Shaojie panic.

If there is really a situation like what Lin Youlun said, the world's comics will indeed lose their value to Lin Youlun, and they didn't take this layer into account before, which has to be said to be a serious mistake.

"Now, do you continue to want to import American comics?"

Under the gaze of Lin Youlun, Ma Rongcheng and Shaojie both felt a lot of pressure, and then shook their heads together.

"Okay, now that you're done, it's time for me to talk."

Lin Youlun put down the coffee in his hand and clapped his hands.

Applejack walked in with a box and placed it in front of Ma Rongcheng and Shaojie.

Under the gesture of Lin Youlun's gaze, Ma Rongcheng and Shaojie opened the box together, but found that there was a latest card game console and a game cartridge of "Street Fighter II".

"As you may have heard, I'm going to make a live-action movie of this game, and what I'm going to tell you about now has something to do with this game, or rather inspired by it...... I'm going to invest in a fighting game that's similar to Street Fighter, and before that, I'm hoping to have a comic book about it. ”

Feeling Lin Youlun's gaze, Ma Rongcheng and Shaojie immediately woke up to the fact that Lin Youlun was going to hand over this comic to them.

"I've already figured out the name of the comic, it's called 'The King of Fighters', and it's about martial artists from all over the world who have received an invitation with the word 'KOF' on it, but it's not signed. At the same time of doubt and anticipation, the battle-hardened martial artists have formed a strong team to fight, and the team that successfully broke into the finals finally met the initiator of the conference, R, this is a crazy guy, he hopes to attract powerful masters through the competition, cast their bodies into bronze statues, become his collection, but in the end, his conspiracy was exposed by everyone, and everyone joined forces to defeat him. ”

Lin Youlun roughly told the content of the first generation of "The King of Fighters", which mentioned many characters with special fighting abilities, Ma Rongcheng and Shaojie listened to it with a lot of brilliance in their eyes, but they both had a common doubt in their hearts - this story seems to be a bit short.

"The background of the three ancient families, as well as the life experiences of each martial artist, can form a separate story, specifically I will give you an outline, as for the short story you said, this is mainly because the comics are for the game, so the whole story is around the KOF conference, and I am only telling you the story of the first session, and then with the update of the game version, there will be a second and third editions, during which different characters appear, different stories occur, and so on, Do you still think this manga story is short? ”

Lin Youlun's explanation made Ma Rongcheng and Shaojie suddenly feel a sense of enlightenment, they had never thought that comic stories could be arranged in this way, and the practice of comics first and then games was even more eye-opening.

It's just that they don't know what to do, but Lin Youlun did this out of helplessness, because the game "The King of Fighters" will not appear until 94, and Lin Youlun's ultimate goal is not in the game, but to prepare to make "The King of Fighters" into a live-action movie.

Before that, he needs to make the game "The King of Fighters" popular so that the conditions are ripe for a movie adaptation.

As for the manga, it is nothing more than an incidental product.

According to the normal historical trend, after the "King of Fighters" game came out, the official has never released and admitted any comics, and the so-called comics are just plots compiled by Hong Kong and Taiwan comic authors themselves, and their nature is similar to that of the same people.

Lin Youlun proposed that the plot of the "King of Fighters" manga is based on these fancomics, but the identity backgrounds of several protagonists have been adjusted a little, and the three major families of Kusanagi Kyo, Yagami-an, and Kagura Chizuru have all been changed to Chinese backgrounds, and more Chinese martial arts settings have also been incorporated.

In addition to wanting to disgust the Japanese, which is not humane to outsiders, what is more important is that Lin Youlun himself came up with some ideas, but several of the main characters are Japanese, which is unreasonable.

Of course, except for some changes to the backgrounds of some of the characters, most of the characters in "The King of Fighters" are still according to the original design.

The Hong Kong version of "The King of Fighters" was born.

Ma Rongcheng and Shaojie are both immersed in the comic idea of "The King of Fighters", and they have not completely come back to their senses, and of course they will not notice the occasional strange expression in Lin Youlun's eyes.

After some eye contact, Ma Rongcheng said: "Some of the settings of "The King of Fighters" are somewhat similar to "The Legend of Black Panther", if I can, I want Shaojie to be the main writer of this comic. ”

Lin Youlun has very detailed requirements for the character settings of "The King of Fighters" in the outline, and he is not worried that the comics will deviate too much from the original version, and he has also read some of "The Legend of Black Panther", Shaojie's style is indeed more suitable for drawing comics with such modern backgrounds.

Since Ma Rongcheng made this request, he also agreed to it.

With Lin Youlun's support, Ma Rongcheng and Shaojie have a great increase in confidence, and they can't wait to draw "The King of Fighters" immediately. (To be continued......)