Chapter 2 "Slam Dunk" Contribution
In a small rental house, Chen Ze sat on a small stool. On the table in front of him, there were stacks of neatly arranged drafts, which was his painting "Slam Dunk".
"Slam Dunk" is a masterpiece of comic master Yuhiko Inoue. It is a sports comic about basketball, friendship and passion. Especially when basketball was still an unpopular sport at that time, the entire East Asia caused a basketball storm because of "Slam Dunk", which made basketball enter the eyes of Asians.
It can be said that in China at that time, it was "Slam Dunk" rather than Jordan, which allowed countless talents to embark on the road of playing basketball. Therefore, even more than ten or twenty years later, the animation version was only a high-definition remake, and the content did not increase at all. The first episode had more than one million views on B, which was more popular than many new series.
"Slam Dunk" has created many classic anime characters, such as the cold Rukawa Kaede, the arrogant Sakuragi Hanada, the elegant fairy tale, and the domineering Amu. However, in Chen Ze's mind, his favorite is the never-give-up flame man Mitsui Shou.
In terms of influence, in that era, only a few animes such as "Dragon Ball" and "Saint Seiya" could be compared with "Slam Dunk".
"Slam Dunk" is also one of Chen Ze's favorite comics, so when he faces the use of comics to open up the situation in this life, Chen Ze almost thought of it at the first time. And from the style of painting, "Slam Dunk" just reflects that Master Yuhiko Inoue has gone from immature to maturity, and it is also suitable for Chen Ze, a newcomer, to draw.
Drawing comics is actually a very complicated and troublesome thing. Composition, drawing background, and coloring are very troublesome. Therefore, famous painters often have their own studio or hire an assistant to help themselves.
Chen Ze naturally had no money to come to Gu's assistant, but fortunately he didn't have to consider stories, layouts, etc. like other cartoonists. He just copied it directly, so the speed was faster than that of the two of them.
However, despite this, some details in "Slam Dunk" must be modified when they come to this world, such as the names and place names, and Chen Ze all made it Chinese. As for the competition system, the competition system in "Slam Dunk" was based on the island high school league at that time, which was inconsistent with reality. However, it was a comic after all, and it didn't matter if it didn't fit.
There is also the rules of the game in it. The rules of basketball games in the previous life have been changed a lot. Therefore, when the anime version was remade later, some people complained that Yuhiko Inoue did not understand the rules. However, this life is different. Chen Ze carefully checked it and the NBA promotion speed in this life seems to be not as fast as the previous life.
Perhaps it is because there is no Slam Dunk. Basketball in this world is still just a niche sport in East Asia and has not been known to the general public. Moreover, the rules are not much changed, so these details in Slam Dunk are almost no need to be modified.
It took more than twenty days to finish the manuscript to submit. As for which magazine to submit, it is naturally Lotte Club. As the number one animation magazine in China now, Lotte Club has unique advantages in publishing.
As for whether he would not be admitted because he had submitted too many submissions, Chen Ze was not worried about this. Back then, Yuhiko Inoue was able to gain his own position in the peak Shueisha with "Slam Dunk", and even compete with the epic masterpiece "Dragon Ball" without falling behind. How could he not even pass the manuscript here?
········
Lotte Society Building, Editor's Review Office!
On a large desk, there are paintings densely placed. These are drawings submitted by comic artists like Chen Ze. The three words "Lotte Society" are gold signs in the domestic animation industry, so the people who contribute their articles are like crucian carp crossing the river.
"Now, everyone really wants to draw, and they don't just look at what they are painting, which makes us work so much every day." A man in his twenties sat at the table and complained while reviewing the manuscript.
"Okay, our editorial work is just doing this, so don't complain." An older man next to him said, "I will teach you a way. As long as the drawings are not bright, we can throw them away. There are enough god-level cartoonists in Lotte Society and don't need those mediocre works."
The man's words made everyone around him nod. It was obvious that everyone agreed with him.
"How about this draft? I do feel like a shiny look, but it is a sports-themed comic." Another person raised a draft and asked, which was exactly Chen Ze's "Slam Dunk".
"Sports theme? Let's take a look." The man took it over and looked at it himself, "Slam Dunk? Or a basketball comic."
He roughly turned the draft aside and put it down and said, "The painting is good. If a newcomer has this level of painting skills and picture sense, then this person should be a very talented cartoonist."
"Then what you mean is to write the draft?"
"Return!" the man shook his head and said, "If he was drawing another subject, he might have passed the draft, but it was a niche comic such as sports subject or a niche among basketball. I ask you, how many of you know the rules of basketball?"
After hearing his words, everyone shook their heads. Indeed, the NBA has not opened up the Chinese market in this world, so naturally no one pays attention to basketball.
"That's it, and Wang Chengyi, a painter from Lotte Club, has sold tens of millions of dollars in his debut work, but his new work is going to challenge sports themes, and it ends up storming. If he hadn't decided to open a new work, he might have been in a slump now."
"A famous painter, and he is still a popular sports like football, is like this. He is a newcomer and can know what the result will be. Moreover, Xiao Zhang, our editor-in-chief is a conservative person, who does not seek merit but does not seek any mistakes. If you dare to submit this draft to the editor-in-chief, what will happen if you will end up?" the man smiled.
When the man named Xiao Zhang heard his words, he remembered the editor-in-chief's usual seriousness and shivered and quickly put Chen Ze's draft into the returned draft.
At this moment, Chen Ze didn't know that his drawing had been rejected. He finally completed the submission and was learning about the world through the Internet. The technological level of this world is not much different from Chen Ze's previous life, and sometimes there are many similar things. For example, Jobs still made Apple sell all over the world. Jordan still became the god of basketball, but it was ten years late.
These things made Chen Ze feel like time and space were confused, but looking at this small rental house, Chen Ze understood that he had always traveled through time.
Didi!
The TT on his phone rang, and TT is the QQ of this world. Although there is no Ma Huateng, others still created this kind of chat software. Chen Ze opened TT and saw that it was sent by one of his netizens, the Heart of Time.
Like him, Time Heart is a cartoonist. Because there are many missings, there are many missing groups on the Internet, which are specially designed for these people to chat. He and Time Heart met in the same missing group.
The two sides talked unconventionally about pushing down women, but the more they talked, they became more and more speculative, and eventually became good friends on the Internet. Although they had never met in reality, just relying on the heart of time on the Internet about pushing down women, Chen Ze was sure that the other party must be a 28 or 29-year-old master of picking up girls.
Chen Ze clicked on the chat box with the Heart of Time, and saw him sending a sentence: "Haha, my manuscript has been written."
"Is that so good?" Chen Ze replied. Heart of Time is also a floppy cartoonist. He once talked to Chen Ze that his dream is to paint the world in his heart one day and share it with everyone. Being able to pass the manuscript this time means that his dream has a chance to come true.
As a good netizen of his, Chen Ze is naturally very happy for him. If it were Chen Ze who had not yet been reborn, he might still be a little envious and jealous. But now it is different. He may be the one who painted "Slam Dunk" in this world. With "Slam Dunk", it is not easy to make a manuscript.
"Well, my dream is finally coming true." The Heart of Time sent a smile, "Although it's just a small magazine, this is the first step to success."
"Yeah, congratulations!" Chen Ze sent, "But which magazine is it?"
China's animation is booming, so magazines are also numerous. In addition to super big clubs like Lotte Club, there are also many small magazines that cannot even name them.
"New Animation Magazine!"
Chapter completed!