To be honest, it is understandable that the government has shouted the slogan of cracking down on "cracking down on piracy" and has put in order to rectify Japanese manga that is currently flooding the book market, but it cannot be said that it is not a great pity that the government has not fully taken into account the initial formation of the comic creation group in China and the huge market space cultivated for piracy.

Because "Drawing King" magazine is currently the only magazine in the mainland that accepts new comic submissions, the fall of "Painting King" means that a group of cartoonists who have just been trained are facing the situation of not being able to find a place to submit, and the Painting King Studio, which is composed of Yan Kai, Chen Xiang and Zheng Xusheng, has also announced its dissolution with the suspension of the magazine itself.

Wang Yongsheng no longer remembers how he said the news of the suspension of "Painting King" in front of the three children, but remembers that the three of them were very sad at that time, and their unwilling feelings were expressed on their faces.

"Editor-in-chief Wang, thank you very much for inviting me to Beijing, let me spend this unforgettable time, although this time "Painting King" has been suspended, but we all know that it is not your fault, when "Painting King" will start to resume publication, you give us a letter, we will come back immediately!" Thinking of the promise that the three of them had made to themselves before leaving, the corners of Wang Yongsheng's eyes couldn't help but moisten.

Also, Zheng Nan, Lu Jian, Cai Yu, these editors, "The King of Painting" was able to grow into a comic magazine that sold up to 800,000 copies, and the entire editorial department contributed a lot, but it was such a book that made them exhausted their efforts and carefully tried their best to create "The King of Painting" was forcibly suspended when it was thriving, and it is conceivable how big a blow this hit the three editors. Wang Yongsheng especially remembered that when he revealed the news to the three of them, the expressions of the three of them were devastated, especially Cai Yu, the only girl, who cried on the spot. Although Zheng Nan and Lu Jian did not cry like Cai Yu, Wang Yongsheng could see at that time that the uncomfortable mood of these two people was by no means weaker than Cai Yu, and they almost gritted their teeth and endured it, so that tears did not come out of their eyes.

Like Yan Kai and them, before Zheng Nan and the others left the company, they assured Wang Yongsheng that when "Painting King" would be republished, they would return to the editorial department to continue to work, and they would build "Painting King" into a comic magazine with a single issue of sales of one million.

What good colleagues they are, if possible, Wang Yongsheng really wants to leave them all behind and work together towards the common goal in their hearts - "revitalizing Chinese comics". But at this time, he is powerless, and "The King of Paintings" will not be able to become a phoenix that can be nirvana after all.

In fact, in order to save "The King of Paintings", Wang Yongsheng didn't know how many times he ran to the Information Bureau, the Cultural Bureau and other departments during these days, and he also searched for all the relationships he could find, but the above has identified "The King of Paintings" as the main way for the spread of Japanese pirated comics in China, and it must be completely blocked, even if Wang Yongsheng has made a guarantee that there will be no more Japanese comics in "The King of Paintings" in the future, but it still can't be done, not only that, the publisher of "The King of Paintings" magazine "Sichuan Hope Bookstore" also compensated the Japanese copyright owner 15 million yuan, such a huge amount of copyright compensation, but also made the "Sichuan Hope Bookstore" completely lose interest in investing in comics, that is to say, even at this time, the above allowed the resumption of "Painting King", as the editor-in-chief Wang Yongsheng, has no funds to operate the distribution of this magazine.

Gone are the days of "The King of Paintings".

After reading the open letter of "The Schoolbag is Crying" that day, Xiang Junfei confirmed that in the current era, like the era in which he was originally in, "The King of Paintings" will eventually stop its mission of "revitalizing Chinese comics" under the double blow of policy and public opinion. A few days ago, he just received a letter from Beijing, which was written to him by Wang Yongsheng, in which Wang Yongsheng told him the exact news of the suspension of the publication of "The King of Paintings", and encouraged Xiang Junfei, so that he would not lose his confidence in creating comics because of this incident, as long as he persevered in creating, his talent would definitely not be drowned. Although Xiang Junfei was already mentally prepared, he was still in a bad mood when the reality of the suspension of publication really came.

Although in the letter, Wang Yongsheng did not mention his mood at this time, at that time, from between the lines, Xiang Junfei could also see what this old man was like in his heart during this period, and he wanted to do something practical for Chinese comics wholeheartedly, but he could not be understood. Television media and various social opinions are full of suppressive attitudes towards comics. Schools, parents and even relevant and unrelated people from all walks of life have angrily denounced the negative impact of comics on children's ideology, morality and learning, coupled with the unanimous and overwhelming criticism of the arcade hall at that time, a series of appeal slogans such as "Save the children" resounded in every corner of the land of China in an instant...... In the minds of the public, comics have become spiritual heroin alongside "games", and he, the founder of China's new comics, has become a disseminator of spiritual heroin in the blink of an eye, which is too cruel for an old man who is over the age of six.

According to the experience of his previous life, although Xiang Junfei already knew that in 1995, the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the People's Republic of China and the Press and Publication Administration would announce in a high-profile manner through CCTV and other powerful mainstream media: "China Comic Publishing 5155 Project" was officially launched, and Liaoning Children, China Children, Children, Relay and Sichuan Children's 5 publishing houses took the lead in establishing 5 comic publishing bases; and the establishment of five comic publications, including "Beijing Cartoon", "Juvenile Comics", "Comic King", "Cartoon Pioneer" and "China Cartoon", which made the new comics take off the big hat imposed by public opinion on them for a whole year! However, this little support cannot make up for the blow to Chinese comics caused by the suspension of "Painting King", cannot eliminate the public's resistance to comics, and cannot revitalize Chinese comics!

In the era before Xiang Junfei's rebirth, the so-called comic publishing base became empty talk, and the sales of the five magazines together were less than 400,000, and the longest-lived "Beijing Cartoon" was completely suspended in the sixth issue in 2006, and the once boiling "5155" project became a laughing stock in the industry.

At this time, Xiang Junfei has been disappointed in Chinese comics, but he has not despaired, as he said in his last interview, "No matter what kind of setbacks I encounter in the future, I will never abandon my works, my readers, and an ambition to revitalize Chinese comics!" ”

However, Xiang Junfei knows that at this time, the atmosphere in Chinese mainland is no longer suitable for comics, and Hong Kong, which has great tolerance and recognition of comics, is the stage he is about to set foot on!

Facing the rising sun slowly outside the window, Xiang Junfei clenched his fists and swore in his heart: "In this life, if you don't let Chinese comics NB get up, you won't be Chinese!" ”