The old man sat back at the table, he took the manuscript, couldn't help but sigh, then helped the glasses on the bridge of his nose, hesitated, and finally picked up the phone on the table.

However, at this moment, a knock on the door suddenly sounded, and the old man had to put down the phone for the time being, and said to the door: "Please come in!" ”

As the words fell, the door was slowly pushed open, and an old man wearing a gray tunic, also wearing a pair of reading glasses, walked in.

"Lao Jin, I'm coming to see you again? You...... What's going on? I see that everyone outside is a little dull, can't something happen? ”

The old man's surname is Qu, his name is Ji Jin, and he is the vice president and deputy editor-in-chief of the Modu People's Fine Arts Publishing House.

At the same time, he is also the editor-in-chief of "Animation King", which was just established in August last year.

He had been friends with the old man in front of him for many years, and almost every once in a while, he would come here to visit.

In fact, part of the Modu People's Fine Arts Publishing House was the former art editorial department of the Modu People's Publishing House, but in the early 50s, it was allocated out and merged with several art units such as the Modu Picture Publishing House, and finally became a separate unit.

This is now the Modu People's Fine Arts Publishing House.

Today, these two units are not only at the same level, but most of the people who work in the two units know each other and are basically friends.

Just like the two old men in front of them, they have worked together for many years, although they were later divided into two different units, but because the predecessors of the two units belonged to the "East China People's Publishing House", the relationship is naturally extremely close.

"Lao Qu, why are you here? Looking for me? When the old man saw that it was an acquaintance, he couldn't help but smile and asked.

Then, he put the manuscript in his hand on the desk and quickly got up to make tea.

But at this time, the old man Qu Jijin smiled and said, "What? Can't you come to talk to your old gold if you're fine? ”

"Huh......? What is it? Book manuscripts? The old man Qu Jijin had just sat down, but his eyes inadvertently glanced at the manuscript on the table.

"Well, it's the manuscript, which was just sent yesterday,...... I'm worried about this, and I just had a short meeting with you about this manuscript, but as you can see, everyone didn't agree to publish it! The old man took a glass of warm boiled water and handed it to the old man Qu Jijin, couldn't help sighing, and said.

"Oh.....! Is it? Lao Jin, I listen to your tone, I am very optimistic about this manuscript? Then I have to appreciate it! The old man Qu Jijin smiled suddenly, but put the cup in his hand on the table, and picked up the manuscript and read it.

In this regard, the old man did not refuse, he knew his friend, although he left the Modu People's Publishing House, but he was an idle master.

"Huh...... Don't say it, the quality of this manuscript is really good, there is a glance, and more importantly, it is a rare pre-Qin historical theme, which is quite good! How? Your publisher doesn't agree to publish it? After spending more than ten minutes reading a few pages of the manuscript, the old man Qu Jijin nodded again and again.

Then, he looked up at the old man sitting at the table and asked a little puzzled.

"Hey...... Yes! The situation of our publishing house, as you know, has always been controversial, and for historical themes, it has always been very cautious, not to mention this level of manuscript, even if it is a famous author, it is ......... ”

The old man said no more, for his words were already self-evident.

In this regard, the old man Qu Jijin was silent for a while, then smiled, and said to the old man: "Old Jin, let's discuss, how about you give me this manuscript?" ”

"Let it be given to you? What do you mean, Lao Qu, you ..... You wouldn't be thinking about .......? When the old man heard this, he was stunned at first, but he quickly came back to his senses and looked at the old man Qu Jijin in disbelief.

"That's right! I just want to use this manuscript as a blueprint to create a comic book on the theme of pre-Qin history, what do you think? The old man Qu Jijin nodded and said solemnly.

"It's ........ Lao Qu, you let me slow down first, you mean to say that you want to create a comic book on the theme of pre-Qin history, and it just so happens that the manuscript I have here coincides with your thoughts, I understand it this way, right? The old man sorted out his thoughts and couldn't help but say.

"Hahaha...... Lao Jin, listen to your tone, I agree! The old man Qu Jijin suddenly laughed and said immediately.

Seriously, even the old man Qu Jijin himself didn't expect that things would be so coincidental.

It turned out that as the editor-in-chief of "The King of Animation", he was recently thinking about a different comic strip, but he thought about it, but he never found the slightest entry point.

You know, comic books were not called comic books before, but called villain books, this literary form has gradually matured in the Song Dynasty, and in the Republic of China, with the rise of comics, comic books also flourished rapidly, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, fifty or sixty years, it reached its peak.

Especially in the fifties, there were thousands of kinds of comic books, and the types were also blooming and different, including war, anti-special, ancient historical romance novels, mythological novels, and so on.

This shows how popular comic books were at that time!

However, after that special period, comic strips, like other literary forms, were "cut in half" and eventually began to decline.

Fortunately, since the end of that special period, the country has implemented reform and opening up, and the comic book business has gradually recovered.

It's just that, after experiencing its heyday, comic books no longer have the popularity they once had.

This can't help but make the old man Qu Jijin feel very sorry, so just last year, the Modu People's Fine Arts Publishing House and the Modu Art Film Studio jointly established the "Animation King" comic journal.

That's right, it's the "Animation King" that later released a large number of excellent comic strips such as "Sheriff Black Cat".

Of course, today's "Animation King" is not famous, the reason is mainly because there are no more famous works, after all, it is only March 1986, even the "Sloppy King Adventure" comic book has just been published, until 1987, that is, next year, with the hit of the cartoon of the same name, this series of books has gradually become a masterpiece in the minds of the post-70s and 80s.

"Lao Jin, you know, today's comic book business has long been much worse than before, and if you want to restore the glory of comic books, you must rely on excellent works, in the past, our comic books were mostly based on war or anti-special themes, but there are fewer mythological themes and historical themes, so, I want to try, see if I can break a new path from such themes as history?"

"Old Jin, you have to help me this time!" After the old man Qu Jijin said this, he couldn't help but look at the old man and said expectantly.

And at this moment, after hearing this, the old man couldn't help but fall silent..........

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