Chapter 17 Take a pen name and call the pit boy
Because Xiang Junfei still has classes in the afternoon, it is not a place to talk about things in the school, so the two met after school to discuss some specific matters related to the serialization of works.
Taking advantage of Xiang Junfei's return to class, Zheng Nan also quickly found a public phone booth and dialed Wang Yongsheng's office.
Undoubtedly, the thing Wang Yongsheng is most worried about today is whether Zheng Nan can convince the authors of "Full-Time Hunter" and "Next Stop Superstar" to go to Beijing. Some time ago, Chen Xiang's performance had already made the old man who wanted to pave the way for the development of Chinese comics happy, and now a local cartoonist whose strength is not inferior to Japan's top cartoonists has suddenly emerged. So before Zheng Nan left, he repeatedly instructed him to give him the news as soon as possible, and now when he heard the phone ringing, he hurriedly picked up the microphone.
"Hey, Mr. Wang, I'm Xiao Zheng."
"Oh, it's Xiao Zheng. How are you doing over there, have you seen the author, and is he willing to come to Beijing? Wang Yongsheng asked straight to the point.
"I met with the author, and we had preliminary discussions, but things were a little different from what we expected?"
"What's the difference? Could it be that the author is unwilling to come to Beijing? Did you make it clear to him that coming to Beijing would be of great help to his career development? Wang Yongsheng said with a frown.
"Don't be surprised when Mr. Wang says it, this author is underage at all, and he is still a primary school student! He also told me just that his parents were very opposed to him drawing comics, and the manuscripts he had submitted to us before were all secretly drawn behind his parents' backs, so it was impossible for him to abandon his studies and go to Beijing. ”
I think Wang Yongsheng is a media person who has been in the publishing and art circles for many years, and he can be said to be well-informed, but when he heard Zheng Nan say that the author of the two comics was a primary school student, he still stood up from his seat in shock and said in an unbelievable tone: "What? A schoolboy? Xiao Zheng, you're not kidding! ”
"Mr. Wang, in fact, it's hard for me to believe that a primary school student can draw such a powerful comic, but this is the fact, the kid just ......" On the phone, Zheng Nan reported to Wang Yongsheng the meeting and conversation between him and Xiang Junfei just now.
After listening carefully to Zheng Nan's report, Wang Yongsheng was silent for a while, and finally gave instructions: "Since the author is only a primary school student, it is reasonable to reason that he cannot bring people to Beijing, as you said, this matter will be put on hold for the time being." You can do it after that, as long as the other party doesn't ask too much, it's okay to agree. Okay, I'll hang up the phone and wait for you to come back and listen to your report. ”
After putting down the microphone, Wang Yongsheng rubbed his forehead and sighed: "Such a young child can draw comics of this level, I think my old Wang has seen the so-called talents and artistic geniuses over the years, but compared with this Xiang Junfei, it is really incomparable." ”
Wang Yongsheng picked up the two stacks of sketches on the table again, but in two days, he read them more than ten times, and every time he looked at them, he was deeply impressed by the author's talent, and this time he was even more surprised to know that the author Xiang Junfei was just a primary school student.
"This kid is far beyond his age in terms of painting skills and screenwriting ability, even if Feng Zikai, Hua Junwu, Zhang Leping are old comic artists, at his age, they are far from being as brilliant as him. If this kid can continue to draw like this, I am afraid that his achievements will no longer be under the Japanese Osamu Tezuka. It is really a great luck and a great fortune for the comic world to have such a comic genius in China! ”
Although Wang Yongsheng shelved his plan to bring Xiang Junfei to Beijing, he still sees the other party as the hope of the rise of China's comic industry, a seedling that must be carefully cared for.
After school in the afternoon, Xiang Junfei and Zheng Nan, who had been waiting for him at the school gate, came to a nearby hot pot restaurant together to discuss serialization while eating hot pot.
"How is it, are you satisfied with the manuscript fee?"
"Painting King" magazine to Xiang Junfei manuscript fee is 100 yuan per page of manuscript, in 94 years, such a manuscript fee is already very generous, you must know that the magazine to the rest of the painters manuscript fee is at most 50 yuan per page, that is to say, the current "Painting King" to Xiang Junfei treatment is already the best among all painters.
In this era, the monthly salary of ordinary workers is about 1,000 yuan, according to the current speed of publishing two comics to Junfei in the first issue of "Painting King", each comic is one word. In each issue, Xiang Junfei has nearly 70 pages of drawings published in "The King of Paintings", which means that Xiang Junfei can earn more than 7,000 yuan just by relying on the manuscript fee for half a month, and the manuscript fee for a month is nearly 15,000 yuan, which is equivalent to the sum of his parents' annual salary.
Xiang Junfei drew comics for 4-5 years before he was reborn, but he only earned more than 10,000 yuan, which is not as much as the manuscript fee he earns a month now, not to mention that the money in this era is much more valuable. Of course, in fact, for comics of the level of "Full-Time Hunter" and "Next Stop Superstar", the manuscript fee of 100 yuan per page can be said to be quite cheap, and if it is in Japan, the manuscript fee income of just one page is equivalent to the total manuscript fee of his current month. However, at present, China's comic industry has not yet been truly established, and compared with Japan, the world's first comic power, the gap between it is like comparing Chinese football with Brazilian football, so Xiang Junfei is still very satisfied with the standard of manuscript fees given to him by "The King of Paintings".
"Well, there is no problem with the manuscript fee, but Brother Zheng, you can get me a passbook, no, because I don't plan to let my parents know that I am drawing comics for the time being, so I can't let them know about the manuscript fee yet. But I'm not old enough to get an ID card and I can't get a passbook, so you see, ......."
"It's a trivial matter, this matter will be done for you, so do you have any questions, tomorrow I will take advantage of the plane to Beijing, if there is any problem, it is best to tell me now."
Xiang Junfei wanted to say that there was no problem, but he suddenly thought of one thing that he had forgotten, that is, he had not yet given a pen name, if he let the two comics be published like this, the author's name would not be his real name, which was not what Xiang Junfei wanted to see. Thinking of this, he hurriedly said to Zheng Nan: "Brother Zheng, I remember that I haven't come up with a pen name yet, is it too late to get up now?" ”
"We always send magazines to the printing house on Saturday to be copied, and today is only Thursday, and it's still too late. Do you have a pen name you want to use now? ”
"Well, I want to name it the pit boy!"
"Pit boy? It sounds weird, but forget it, the pen name is fine as long as you are satisfied, hehe......"
In fact, the name Pit is mainly used by Xiang Junfei to commemorate some of the comic works he has created, saying that back then, with the enthusiasm of comics, Xiang Junfei has drawn a lot of comics, including campus love, sports competitions, and even magical war types, but for various reasons, although the pit has opened a lot, most of the works are cut in half, after all, it is far from enough to draw comics by love alone.
This time, Xiang Junfei took the pen name as a pit boy to commemorate it, and secondly, he also hoped that he would be like this in this life, and he would not add anything to it, and use this pen name to warn himself. Of course, Xiang Junfei will not tell these reasons, but regard them as his own little secret.
Walking on the way home, Xiang Junfei swept away the depression of the previous few days, indeed, today is a good day for him to remember. The editor of the dignified "Painting King", the first magazine of Chinese comics, came from Beijing to visit him, but this honor is not something that ordinary cartoonists can enjoy, not to mention the treatment of the high manuscript fee, which can really be described as fame and fortune, and there will be reasons to be unhappy.
After returning home, Xiang Junfei decided to take advantage of today's good mood to rush the manuscript at full speed, and catch up with the progress that had been delayed because of depression today, just when he was ready to do a big job, there was a knock on the door: "Xiaofei, open the door." ”
Hearing his father's knock on the door, Xiang Junfei hurriedly put all the painting tools he had just taken out back into the drawer, then opened the door and asked, "Dad, is there anything important, I'm doing my homework." ”
"Well, it's not a big deal, but you see that we haven't talked for a long time, so I want to talk to you today while I have time."
Although Xiang Junfei was in high interest at this time, he couldn't refuse his father, so he said, "Well, okay, dad, what do you want to talk about." ”
Xiang Guozhu entered the room, closed the door with his hand, sat on Xiang Junfei's bed, and said to Xiang Junfei: "You are going to junior high school this summer, seeing this blink of an eye, you will grow from a baby to a junior high school student, seeing that you can grow up so strongly, Dad is also very pleased, but a half-grown child like you will inevitably have some bad thoughts, although this is a normal phenomenon, but because you think too much about some chores, it is not good to affect your learning." Dad went to buy you a book today, you can take a good look at it, and after reading it, he will report to me your feelings after reading it. As he spoke, Xiang Guozhu took out a book and handed it to Xiang Junfei, and when Xiang Junfei looked at the title of the book - "Adolescent Children's Education Series", people were immediately embarrassed.
"This book is written for children of your age, just like this first chapter on how to prevent early love, through many real examples, let people understand what bad effects early love can cause......"
In this way, because of the misunderstanding of his parents, Xiang Junfei had a one-sided conversation with Xiang Guozhu for more than an hour because of the depression a few days ago, and when he saw off his father, Xiang Junfei was so tired that he fell on the bed and didn't want to get up. At this time, his only sigh was that talking about youth education with parents was a hundred times more tiring than painting!
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