Deng Cheng is the general manager of Hong Kong Dongli Company, but he has only about a dozen people under the general manager, compared with the scale of nearly 100 people in Taiwan Dongli, it is really a little pitiful, but because the company's main business is to introduce the publications published by Taiwan Dongli into Hong Kong for publication intact, so this manpower is enough to support the normal work of the company.

In 1992, when Taiwan promulgated the copyright law on foreign publications, he loudly called for the authorization of the first-line comic copyright owners in Japan before other comic publishing houses in Taiwan.

After realizing that in the short term, Dongli would fall into the bitter battle of Daran, Deng Cheng suggested to the president Fan Wannan that he should open up another two battlefields and enter the Hong Kong comics market before Daran, so that not only to expand the influence of Dongli in Greater China, but also to use the profits earned by the branch to subsidize the losses caused by the reduction of market share in the head office in the past few days, so that the economy of Dongli Company will not continue to deteriorate.

Later, Fan Wannan agreed to Deng Cheng's suggestion, set up a branch in Hong Kong in 1993, and assigned Deng to become the general manager of the branch, with full responsibility for the daily operation of the branch. In the nearly two years since his succession, Deng Cheng has also diligently developed the Hong Kong comic market, using Dongli's ace magazine "New Youth Express" to win a certain market share in Hong Kong, and in 1994, he facilitated Huang Yulang and Taiwan Dongli to reach an agreement to license a series of Jade Dynasty comic works to Taiwan's "Dongli", as a result, "The Legend of the Son of Heaven" written by Huang Yulang was extremely well received in Taiwan, and its sales were even higher than those in the Hong Kong market. It can be said that under the auspices of Deng Cheng, Hong Kong Dongli has made remarkable achievements and completed a series of tasks assigned by the head office. However, a newcomer such as Hong Kong Dongli has a weak foundation after all, and it has always been at a disadvantage in the competition of local comic publishing companies such as Jade Dynasty and Tianxia. It can be said that in the entire Hong Kong comics market, Hong Kong Dongli can only be regarded as a second-tier comic publishing house at most.

In Deng Cheng's mind, the current scale and industry influence of Hong Kong Dongli are still far from his expected goals, so the top priority he has always thought about is how to expand Hong Kong Dongli's business in Hong Kong, and then become a comic publishing company that is on a par with the Jade Dynasty and the world. However, recently from the head office, the "New Shonen Express" manga "Dragon Ball" will end in the middle of this year, and the entire Dongli is aware that the end of "Dragon Ball" will inevitably affect the sales of "New Shonen Express". Although according to the contract, they can add new manga from "Shonen Jump", but who dares to guarantee that the new work can replace "Dragon Ball" and compete with Daran's "Slam Dunk".

It is precisely because of this concern that Dongli has now sent someone to actively contact Shueisha, striving to buy the next comic work with potential to sell well before Daran, in addition to this, Deng Cheng also received instructions from the head office, asking him to tap some potential local cartoonists in Hong Kong, and directly sign a contract with Dongli's cartoonists to enhance Dongli's cartoonist lineup and the thickness of his works.

The reason why Taiwan's Dongli began to consider signing a Hong Kong cartoonist is related to the big hit of "The Legend of the Son of Heaven" in Hong Kong last year. "The Legend of the World" has greatly increased the favorability of Taiwanese comic fans towards Hong Kong comics, and the demand for Hong Kong comics has increased, and Dongli has also seen this market since then, and has successively introduced the works of some first-line cartoonists in Hong Kong, and its sales are also quite ideal. After seeing that Hong Kong comics are profitable, other comic publishing houses have also extended their tentacles to this field, resulting in fierce competition for the copyright of Hong Kong comics, especially those who have proven themselves in Hong Kong, and the copyright fees are high. After seeing this situation, Taiwan Dongli felt that instead of spending an objective copyright fee to buy Hong Kong comics every time, it was better to cultivate a group of outstanding Hong Kong cartoonists, which not only caters to the needs of Taiwan's current comic market, but also does not need to look at other people's faces.

However, Hong Kong Dongli has never done Hong Kong original comics in the market before, and there is no local Hong Kong cartoonist under its umbrella, so now Deng Cheng does not wait to start from scratch to dig out cartoonists. These days, he has run the market countless times, buying some Hong Kong comic works published by small comic books, and then taking them back to the company to read and study them one by one. The reason why he didn't buy the comics of the Jade Dynasty and the world was because he knew that with Dongli's current influence, it would be easier said than done to dig the corners of these two publishing houses, and those small publishing houses were not as attractive to cartoonists as the Jade Dynasty and the world because of their limited scale and funds, so he was much more likely to succeed in digging the corners.

Now Deng Cheng is sitting in the office, his desk is full of all kinds of comics that he bought and turned over and over to read the comics published by these small comic clubs, although a few of them are still a little interesting, but they still can't satisfy him. You must know that this time he really wants to dig up the kind of cartoonist who is full of potential and has the hope of becoming another leading figure in the Hong Kong comic world after Huang Yulang and Ma Rongcheng, and the talent of the top cartoonist is not shown in the works he has seen so far.

I'm also too anxious, comic geniuses like Huang Yulang and Ma Rongcheng can't be found by casually flipping through comic magazines. Let's talk to those cartoonists first, and see if they are interested in coming to Dongli, although I don't expect there to be a comic master among them, but it is still a potential stock that the market can look forward to.

Deng Cheng put down the cartoon in his hand, and then stretched his waist greatly. After reading the comics for a long time, he felt a little tired and was ready to lean back in the chair and take a nap. But as soon as he closed his eyes, he heard a knock on the door outside.

After saying "please come in" again, I saw Deng Cheng's assistant walk in with a stack of sketches and said to him: "Manager Deng, someone has submitted a comic manuscript, do you want to see it." ”

If it was the original, Deng Cheng didn't have the leisure time to read the sketches, but now he is also worried about the task assigned to him by the head office, and now that someone has recommended himself and come to the door, he wants to see how the level of this cartoonist is, so he ordered: "Take it, I'll take a look." ”