"Two gentlemen, please don't come back in the future, we are a science fiction magazine, not a comic club, and we won't accept your comics......"

As soon as Monet arrived at the magazine office that day, he saw Beasley driving away two young people, and he didn't care about this kind of thing, because there are often people who bring works that they think can make a sensation in the world, and even if they are rejected, they have to come over to theorize and express their indignation at the dust.

But when Monet walked past the three of them, probably because of pushing, a sketch in the young man's hand fell to the ground, Monet kindly squatted down and planned to help him pick it up, but when he saw this sketch, he couldn't help but be stunned, because he saw a guy in a blue tights and a red cloak on the painting, and the name was "Superman"!

So Monet immediately grabbed the sketch and stood up and asked the two young men, "W-This is what you painted?" ”

The young man hurriedly replied, "That's right, we painted it!" That's a great idea, isn't it, sir? ”

Monet nodded and said: "It's really great, but there are also big problems that need to be improved, let's go gentlemen, let's go to the office to talk, by the way, what do you call it?" ”

"I'm Jerry Siegel and this is Joe Schuster!" The young man introduced himself, and then asked curiously, "Sir, who are you?" ”

Beasley, who was on the side, hurriedly introduced: "This is our editor-in-chief, Mr. Monet!" ”

"Oh, it turns out that you are Mr. Monet, I especially like your "Detective Downing" series, I have every issue!" Siegel said to Monet excitedly.

"Thank you for your support, but let's go to the office and talk about Superman first!" Don't look at Monet's expression is very calm now, in fact, he is also very excited in his heart, because he knows that he has picked up a treasure, how influential the IP of Superman is, I guess there is no need to repeat it, but in fact, Superman's road to the world is also very bumpy, although Siegel and Jost are very confident in Superman, they are closed when they sell to various newspapers, including "Comet", of course.

They weren't hired much later by a burgeoning comic book company, National Publishing, the predecessor of DC Comics, but not because of Superman, who worked for several years until 1938.

It's a pity that soon after the project was established, the boss of the company went bankrupt, and it is also interesting to talk about the boss Malcolm - Weller - Major Nicholson, this person is very creative and courageous, from the beginning of the creation of the company shouted the concept of "originality and innovation", and enabled many young authors, including Siegel and Schuster, but unfortunately Major Nicholson is not good at management, so in 1938, that is, when "Superman" was just established, he went bankrupt, but fortunately, Lebovitz, who took over later, did not give up "Superman".

And it was "Superman" and "Batman" that created DC's glory, and his opponent Marvel was founded after 1939, which is still early.

"Gentlemen, how did you come up with the idea to create the character of Superman?" Monet asked casually as he flipped through the drawings.

The two looked at each other, and then Siegel said, "Joe and I were high school classmates, and when we were in school, we ran our own publication and wrote a story called Superman Empire, which was roughly the story of an extremely clever bald professor who used his mind to do evil and was punished. Then a company became interested in the story, so we perfected the story! ”

At this time, Schuster said: "Now because of the economic crisis, many people have no jobs and can't afford to eat, so the crime rate in New York is very high, so we need a superhero to protect us, fight crime, and uphold justice!" ”

Monet applauded: "Well, great idea! ”

But then he changed the conversation and said, "But your handling is very problematic. First of all, the form is not right, the story of this content cannot be presented in a four-panel comic, it has to be changed to the form of a modern comic strip.

And since it's a superhero, Superman's ability doesn't seem to be suitable, his ability is too low, and he has to be a little more powerful. For example, being able to fly freely, not afraid of bullets, powerful and so on.

This way, his opponents will no longer be minor characters like drunks and street gangsters, and it will also be able to distinguish himself from the heroes of other stories.

In addition, you just said that Superman wants to protect us, so we must establish a principle that we cannot harm the innocent, and we must learn to control our own power.

The last and most important point is that if you want everyone to accept the role of Superman, you have to deepen the element of Superman's "human", he must have parents, a lover, and a job, in short, on the surface it seems that he is just like you and me, but when people encounter danger and need him, he can become Superman in an instant, and this can also increase the plot of concealing his identity, and make a lot of dramatic conflicts! (Other comics of the time also featured some heroes, but none of them were as exaggerated as Superman in terms of ability.) ）

"Mr. Monet, you are really amazing, these opinions of yours are very precious, Joe and I will go back and revise them!" Siegel said excitedly, because he already had a hunch that "Superman" would be very popular after this revision.

Monet said in his heart, of course my opinion is precious, because this is according to the success standards of later generations, but he will not let the two go back at this time, so he stopped: "Wait a minute! You don't have a job yet, do you? ”

Siegel replied with some embarrassment, "Well, not really." ”

Monet pretended to mutter, and then said: "In that case, stay in "Comet", your job is to be in charge of the project "Superman", because "Comet" itself is not a comic, so it will take a little time to recruit artists, and during this time, you will first revise and improve the whole story according to what I said!" Once the painters are in place, we'll officially launch Superman! How, would you like it? ”

The two nodded again and again and replied, "Yes, yes, of course I do!" ”

"That's good, Joe, you go and call Beasley in, I'll tell him about you, and you'll find him for your daily work in the future, but the sketch must be reviewed by me!" Then he added with a smile: "After all, I can also draw comics!" (I think everyone may have forgotten that Monet was a painter...... ）

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