Chapter 57: I'm Just a Storyteller

New York, Manhattan, after spending two days of his daily life in Gotham, Curvin rushed to the city and stood in front of the building called "Marvel" Comics. Whether it is in the DC world or the Marvel world, as the two giants of American comics, the two bigwigs who have loved and killed each other for nearly a century, their relationship with each other is much better than we know. Supporting each other through the most difficult times, and also borrowing from each other's heroes to create their own superheroes, the most interesting thing is that they will slightly change each other's company logos and put them into their own comics for linkage.

For example, in the Marvel world, there will be a comic giant called DG Company, which uses Night Stalker and Hyperion to extend its works, which is actually a DC editorial department and Batman and Superman with a different vest, and in the DC world, they use Marvel's former name Marvel as a pronoun and interaction. At this time, Ke Wen was standing at the door of the Marvel Comics Company, holding a copy of the Spider-Man comic magazine on sale and a thick stack of manuscripts, among which the Spider-Man comic magazine showed that the printing time was two years ago, Ke Wen compared his time with the time when he came to this world, and then found that this issue of the comic was not long after he completed the task released to him by the system in Amnesty Bay City, and it was there that Ke Wen met a person he shouldn't have known in this world.

When he came here, Ke Wen just wanted to confirm his conjecture and took a deep breath for himself, Ke Wen walked into the door of this amazing comics company, and said to the staff in charge of reception at the front desk: "Hello, I want to know your editor-in-chief and director of the company, Stanley Leib, oh, which office is Mr. Stan Lee in, I have contacted you before, I have made an appointment, I need to talk to him about capital injection." ”

Before coming, Kewen also did his homework, in fact, not long after the appearance of Spider-Man Comics, Kewen also noticed that there was a Marvel Comics company in this world. It's just different from the real-world Marvel Comics that I'm in. The Marvel Comics company I know almost declared bankruptcy before it turned over, the copyright of its own son Spider-Man was sold, and the X-Men were also packed and sent away, and finally relied on the second-tier hero Iron Man, the actor in the photo and the determination to make a desperate move, which made a successful turnaround, and successfully became the leading boss in the comic superhero movie, beating DC.

In the world I live in, there is a comic book company that Marvel once used the name Marvel, but it is a small and medium-sized enterprise that is still in the development stage, and it is also drawing superhero comics, but the problem is that the superheroes themselves are around them, and the superheroes you draw can basically find the blueprint in the superheroes you know. So the question is, as a superhero fan, can you accept that the characters in the comics you watch are more dragged than the real-life superheroes? Obviously, I can't, but I don't drag, and I don't have my own characteristics of superhero comics, and I don't seem to feel much, like chicken ribs.

So this Marvel Comics company has maintained a tepid stage, and this launch, the almost pure original Spider-Man comics, has also injected a boost into the Marvel Comics company at a critical moment. An almost original superhero, coupled with the fact that he does not start from the cookie-cutter angle of saving the world, but instead focuses on his growth and troubles as a teenager after gaining ability, makes the public feel refreshing, and the first issue of the Spider-Man comics, which almost sold out, brought enthusiasm to the Marvel company.

As a small and medium-sized comic company, they also understand that the most important thing now is to continue to create on this laid foundation, and expand themselves with new characters and new stories, and these require enough money, time and manpower, and these are what Marvel Comics is most lacking now, even with the original character of Spider-Man, it is also the reason why Ke Wen is here.

In the office of the editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, the gray-haired, energetic old man is sitting in his chair, looking at the sketchboard in front of him, which is about the Spider-Man prototype he created, the storyboard, and the story blueprint are all available, but he is now temporarily stuck in a bottleneck, and he needs more original heroes to interact with the character of Spider-Man.

A rhythmic knock on the door interrupted his thoughts, and the secretary in charge of reception led Kewen in. "Editor-in-chief, I'm sorry to disturb your creation, but this Mr. Kevin Ke has made an appointment with you before, and I think you can talk to him about the funding."

"Of course, gladly." When he saw Ke Wen behind the secretary, the old man, who was both familiar and unfamiliar with Ke Wen, also showed a smile and greeted Ke Wen very warmly.

Seeing the enthusiasm of his boss, the secretary also left with interest, leaving the space for the old and the young. And Ke Wen also looked at this somewhat chaotic office, looked at the Spider-Man drawings hanging on it, and sighed with some emotion, it turned out that this was the place where Spider-Man was born, and everything came from a meeting between himself and this old man.

"What, is this the first time you've met a manga artist's studio?" Regarding Ke Wen's curiosity about his studio, the old man did not feel offended, but asked with interest.

"It's pretty much the same as I thought I would, but it's in line with the style of a cartoonist, so what should I call you, Stan Lee? Or OAA (One Above All)? ”

Looking at the old man in front of him, it was difficult for Ke Wen to connect him with ordinary people, especially after he met the Men Yashi.

"Call me Stan Lee, OAA doesn't have much to do with me, you can equate OAA with the supreme god of this world, but I'm not OAA, I'm just an old man with shared memories from other universes, and by the way, in another real world, I'm dead at the age of 96."

"Really?" Ke Wen was not too surprised by what the old man said, after all, the old man he knew was much older than the one in front of him, and the one in front of him was only in his 60s at most, but he had lived for almost a century, and it was normal for him to die. But in this way, Kewen also had a question in his mind, "Since you can share your own memories with other universes, why don't you use the memories of other universes to expand your company?" ”

"Oh, kid, you're stumped on me, I told you, I just have the memories of other universes, it doesn't mean that I have the ability to bear it, I'm now a 65-year-old man, I share all the memories of other universes, I can't guarantee whether I can live at the moment of acceptance, besides, I don't have any divine power, and I can't make any changes to this world, the future of knowing everything, don't you think it's boring at all? I'm just an old man who writes stories, and it's much more fun for me to write a story that kids will love than to be a sage who knows everything, don't you think? ”

"It's not unreasonable, then this Spider-Man comic... Ke Wen also picked up the Spider-Man comic in his hand, if the memories are shared, then this Spider-Man comic should not appear so late.

"Oh, you said this, I remember, after coming into contact with you, I also shared memories with one of them in my sleep, you gave me inspiration, and I gave me an image in another universe, so, he, was born. Okay, I've answered your question, so what is the purpose of your visit, it's time to answer me. ”

After getting the answer he wanted, Ke Wen also handed the pile of manuscripts under the Spider-Man comic magazine in his hand to the old man, at the top of the manuscript is an image, a Chinese boy holding a book and a European and American cool guy wearing a black hat and a jacket standing back to back, and as the background is a windmill tower, and finally the name - Kamen Rider W, the two-in-one Fengdu detective!

After seeing this picture, the old man was also attracted to the past, directly picked up this story blueprint, and began to look at it, as a cartoonist, he began to be attracted by the storyline in the blueprint, as well as about the character settings inside, wearing reading glasses, the old man began to flip through one by one, ignoring Ke Wen who was sitting in front of him.

Time passed little by little, from the sun rising in the morning to seeing the sunset, during this period, Ke Wen also sat in the office with the old man, the old man looked at the story blueprint he gave, he looked at the Spider-Man sketch created by the old man in the past two years, and occasionally poured a cup of coffee for the old man, and then continued to maintain this harmony until the old man finished reading the story blueprint.

"Phew, this is a pretty good story, but it looks like it's not finished yet?" The old man, who had finished reading it in one breath, came back to his senses and looked at the sunset outside the window, and then realized that he had been watching it for almost a day, but at this time he didn't care about the passage of time at all, but said to Ke Wen who was sitting in front of him.

"How can it be written.,Kamen Rider stories.,As long as there are humans in the world.,Then Kamen Rider will be passed down from generation to generation in people's memory.,This is the story I'm going to show you.,I hope you'll be able to help me turn these stories into comics.,Publish them.,You don't need to worry about time.,Money.,Manpower doesn't need you to worry.,You can even make live-action TV and animation.,Of course,I'm more inclined to do live-action TV.,When the time comes, you can also make movies.,You don't need to worry about money., I just need you to be able to promote the meaning of Kamen Rider, and I believe you can do it. ”

"What's the point?"

"Love and peace, freedom, justice, that's the core of Kamen Rider." Ke Wen looked directly at the old man's glasses and said very seriously.

"Great meaning, if you contribute here, then for me, it's not a big problem, and, listening to what you mean, it seems that you have prepared more than one Kamen Rider story blueprint, many?"

"Well, it's thirty-four so far, and some are still being perfected, of course, you can also mobilize your editorial team to help me improve it, all I provide is a structure, but the story is always created by ourselves, as for the story blueprint, I'm Kamen Rider myself, and there are more stories in life."

"Yes, I'll ask the secretary to draft a contract and send it to you, and if I can, I'll call the editorial department for a meeting in three days, and you need to be there."

"Three days later? Well, yes, it's not a big problem, then, I'll work hard for you, see you in three days. ”

After getting the old man's exact answer, Ke Wen didn't stay anymore, he didn't have anything, but the old man was this age, and it was not good to continue to let people work overtime.

"May I ask you a question?" Just as Ke Wen opened the door and was about to leave, the old man suddenly stopped him and asked.

"Speak, please."

"Why do you do this, you have to know that once these stories are really released into comics, and at the same time they really cause a new trend in the market, as Kamen Rider itself, it is easy for your enemies to find the corresponding information from these stories, after all, we draw comics, sometimes we have to publish a set of settings, that is, the ability settings of the characters, which is not good news for you."

The old man knows very well the meaning of this story blueprint, the story comes from life, and it is also higher than life. And the Kewen in front of him is the blueprint for this Kamen Rider story itself, and he should be aware of this problem, so he is very puzzled.

"So that's what you're worried about, as you said, it's true that a lot of the stories in this come from me, but if my enemy wants to target me according to the settings in these manga, it only means that he really has a bad brain, Kamen Rider has never been shown by setting his ability, and this is what he needs." Pointing to the location of his heart, Ke Wen said, "As for why, as you said, you are a person who writes stories, and I am a person who likes to share stories, Kamen Rider's story, I think, we need to let more people know and recognize, this is the reason why I came here, then, Ciao~ old man." ”