In October 1995, with the support of the 5155 Project, "Beijing Cartoon", "Cartoon Pioneer", "China Cartoon", "Comics King" and "Cartoon Pioneer" were launched one after another, plus several kinds such as "Sanyou Comics", "Science Fiction World Pictorial", "Cartoon King", "Science Fiction New World" and so on. At the end of 95, the originally withered Chinese comic magazine had a blowout.

Because of the suspension of "Painting King", the first generation of new cartoonists in China, who had been resting for more than half a year, also found their direction again, and contacted and contributed to these newly founded comic magazines.

For example, Yan Kai moved to "Popular Science Painting King" with "Snow Coconut", Chen Xiang serialized his "Xiaoshan Diary" on "Cartoon King", and Zheng Xusheng also found the new in-law "Sanyou Comics" for his "Our Opium War". Yao Feila, who first appeared in the era of "The King of Paintings", chose to serialize his latest work "Dream Man" on "Beijing Cartoon".

In the eyes of these cartoonists, a "King of Paintings" has fallen, thousands of "King of Paintings" have stood up, and the future of Chinese comics is bright, and they firmly believe that in the near future, they will become China's Akira Toriyama, China's Fujiko Fujio, and China's Hosokawa Chieiko. However, they did not find that China's comic market is not as healthy as imagined, and many publishers invest in the establishment of comic magazines without a general plan at all, but see that the country is now ready to support the comic industry, so they have the idea of taking the opportunity to make a fortune, and one or two dreams of becoming the next "King of Painting".

Just like the "Speeding Storm" that was in a big splash when it was first published, this comic book is said to be in line with international standards, and it has indeed attracted many Chinese cartoonists to participate, but no one has seen what kind of development it has in the future, and the purpose of the artists is only to pay for its high manuscript fees that are higher than the domestic price. Someone discussed the direction of the book with his investor, but the producer said as seriously as a child: "The reason why I started this book is not to make money, you are wrong to talk to me about business problems, I am to make friends." As a result, the book, which was designed with the help of China XXX Publishing House, lasted only three issues, and the investors fled with the high manuscript fee debt of the third issue and switched to advertising.

After a few years, these mainland cartoonists, who were originally confident, realized how naïve their optimistic ideas were, and that there were only a handful of comic magazines that could make a profit in the market, and many comic magazines simply could not make ends meet, so they had to end up ceasing publication. Manuscript fees have not increased all year round, and even if it is a small manuscript fee, many magazines have delayed and delayed. Buying a house and a car is not a big deal for Japanese cartoonists or even cartoonists from Hong Kong and Taiwan in China, but for mainland cartoonists who can only find a few tens of yuan per page of sketches, it is a luxury.

Of course, these are all later words, in 1995, the implementation of the 5155 project revived the dead silence of the mainland manga scene is an indisputable fact.

According to the usual practice, Xiang Junfei and the other three members of the sharing club gathered in Ma Qiang's class after school to carry out club activities. When Xiang Junfei walked into the classroom, he saw Chen Jia and Wu Lili burying their heads in painting, and Ma Qiang was not idle, he was making further revisions to the script. Sometimes you can talk about it and feel that there is nothing to write, or you can play with the stream of consciousness, add some running accounts, and just make up enough words. However, when writing a comic script, you must use your brain to write the characters, scenes, and events in great detail.

It's like when he first wrote that the male protagonist was wearing a black top, when Wu Lili was painting, she came to him and asked him what the male protagonist's black top was, whether it was a shirt, sweater, coat, jacket, or other clothes. Because Wu Lili and Chen Jia were adapted from Ma Qiang's script when they were drawing, they didn't know how to write if they encountered ambiguity.

Fortunately, practice makes perfect, after a long period of practice, Ma Qiang is now basically able to write the corresponding text according to the requirements of the comic script, and Wu Lili and Chen Jia also cooperate seamlessly, at the speed of one page a day, to create the "Pure Love Codex". The title of the work was obtained by Xiang Junfei himself, and he wanted to tell readers through this name that although this is a comic with transsexuality as a selling point, it is also an innocent campus comic in the final analysis, and the content is very harmonious, which is suitable for underage readers. Now, after such a long half a year of creation, the work has been created for more than 200 pages, and it can be published in a single book.

At noon today, when Xiang Junfei went to the bookstore to hang out, he found that several comics had been published one after another, and some of the painters who had been serialized with him in "The King of Paintings" had found the corresponding in-laws.

So at this time today, Xiang Junfei clapped his hands and said to everyone: "Let's stop the work at hand first, I have something important to announce." ”

The president opened his mouth, although Ma Qiang was writing and painting vigorously, he had to stop for a while and stare at Xiang Junfei to see if he had anything important to say.

As you may already know, there are quite a few original manga magazines that have been published and are soliciting submissions from the public. And after the three of you have worked hard for more than half a year, the creation of the Codex of Pure Love is also progressing very well, so I think it's time for us to submit articles to these comic magazines. ”

Because before creating this comic, Xiang Junfei had already told the three of them that the purpose of creating this comic was to serialize it in magazines, so at this time, the three of them were not surprised to hear Xiang Junfei talk about submission, and Ma Qiang, as a screenwriter, said excitedly: "Wow, it's finally time to submit, but which one should we submit the manuscript to?" ”

Ma Qiang's question is actually very good, for cartoonists, the good or bad of comic magazines will directly affect the future of his works, just like "Speeding Storm", a comic magazine that has only been created for three issues, which is not who serializes and who is unlucky. Only by going to some comic magazines with relatively strong strength and profitability can we get a brighter future, and the manuscript fee will be guaranteed, and there will be no serious delay in the manuscript fee.