"Beep, beep, beep…"
The phone on the table rang. Xu Mo picked it up and picked it up.
"Drizzt, I know that you've been in a bad mood recently, but you can't continue like this. Your parents 'company still needs you to continue, and you haven't been seen for a week.”
A deep voice came from the phone. The words that came out of his mouth made Xu Mo smile bitterly.
Drizzt was Xu Mo's English name.
"Uncle Andy, I'll go to the company today. I have a better mangaka.”
"Better? Forget it, I'll wait for you to come."
As the other party hung up, Xu Mo took out a stack of white paper from her drawer. She put away the words of One Piece and typed four words in the search bar before starting to copy them.
According to his memory, Uncle Andy was his father's good friend and the current general manager of the company.
Although the company sounded grand, it was actually not big at all. There were four manga artists, six manga assistants, and a total of 15 employees. It was a complete lineup of a studio.
This was also the general standard of comic companies nowadays. There were very few categories of comics. Thanks to the fixed hero theme given by the American captain, most mangaka were afraid that innovation would cause them to lose their capital and did not want to make progress.
In such a situation, there was no one strong or many factions. Instead, it became a situation where everyone was in charge of their own camps. The competition was not very strong. When they saw a consortium that did not have much benefits, they were even more lazy to enter.
There were five or six companies of this scale in New York alone. They were all private companies that were completely controlled by individuals, and their employees were only paid wages.
However, the manga artist was just following the wind. When he saw that the company's leaders were both dead and the future was uncertain, he immediately jumped into trouble, so as to avoid leaving when his value became lower on the day of bankruptcy.
This was a great opportunity for Xu Mo, who had a divine artifact, to build her own comic empire.
Not long after, Xu Mo finished drawing four chapters and put them in her backpack before getting up and leaving.
New York in 2008 could be said to be the center of the world. The streets were crowded with people and there was a lot of traffic. Xu Mo looked up at the dazzling sunlight as if it was a lifetime ago.
The company was located near Times Square, the most prosperous area in Manhattan. It was known as the "Crossroad of the World" and had a large number of businesses, theatres, and entertainment venues. It could be said that the location was very good.
Xu Mo's location was still some distance away from Times Square, so he took a taxi over and stopped a taxi. The driver was black, and he fully displayed his sense of humor.
The enthusiastic driver chatted all the way, while Xu Mo did not respond. When they arrived at the location, she took out a banknote and left without giving her change.
The happy black man immediately sang loudly when he saw this, lamenting that he was another rich man.
Two minutes later, Xu Mo arrived at his destination. He stood in front of a tall building and began his journey in comics.
7 floor
This place was contracted by Tengman Company, but in fact, only a part of the space was used. When they planned to use it all, they did not expect the person in charge to die in an air crash. Now, all the employees in the company were deeply uneasy and even in danger.
A man with disheveled hair walked into the office and took out a letter from the black-haired, blue-eyed manager, Andy. He said calmly,"Andy, this is my resignation letter.”
"You're not considering staying?"
Andy accepted the resignation letter and asked him to stay.
The man shook his head. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it and left.
"Sigh, this kid."
Andy knew what the comic assistant wanted to say. It was all because Xu Mo had not come to the company for a day after her parents passed away and she had inherited the company. In the eyes of others, this was irresponsible.
They didn't have a sense of security, and they didn't have any benefits tied to them. In addition, the comics industry was in a state of decline during the Great Recession. A company that could go bankrupt at any time wasn't their ideal sacrifice.
"Uncle Andy, how is the company now?”Xu Mo walked in and said to Andy.
"You're finally here. The company no longer has a manga artist. There are only two manga assistants and five other employees.”
Andy said the situation in despair. She looked at Xu Mo with a disappointed expression.
"Let them go."
When Andy heard Xu Mo's indifferent attitude, she said angrily,"Without manga artists, the company can't survive at all.”
"I am." Xu Mo slowly took out a draft from her backpack and slapped it on the table. The corners of her mouth curled up slightly as she said,
"I can do it alone."
That's right, it was exactly what he wanted the other mangaka to leave. In Xu Mo's eyes, their manga was simply not good. Perhaps their drawing skills were not bad, but the story was old-fashioned and had no value at all.
"You?"
Andy was about to explode from anger. He glared at his boss. He had never heard of Xu Mo having the talent to draw. Wasn't she just a university student?
Doubtfully, he picked up the draft. The first page was a bald man in a cape. Only the back was drawn, and he could feel the faint indifference that was revealed from the front.
His drawing skills were almost the same as the previous cartoonists. Andy was relieved. The company still had hope.
After reading two pages, he frowned.
It began in the ruins of the city.
A huge, strange-looking monster was slaughtering the city, and the ordinary people were directly destroyed by his ball of light.
The scene changed. Saitama, who was reading the news at home, immediately put on a white cloak and said confidently,"Justice."
The bald and brainless character coupled with the high-quality images would make the readers a little interested. This was what Andy thought.
The opening chapter stated that this was a hero theme. Even though this theme was still the majority of the market, it gave the readers a feeling that it was no longer relevant.
This was because the content of such a story was mostly the same. The protagonist accidentally obtained superhuman powers, and after a few twists and turns, he became a superhero to fight criminals in the city. There was nothing new about it.
Last week's survey showed that the hero theme was gradually cooling down, and new content was needed to attract readers.
Andy did not need to look to know what was drawn after this unchanging routine.
Sure enough, Saitama saved the little girl under the description of the wind. The strange man and Saitama began to talk nonsense.
Andy thought that these words were very…very strange.
For example, this monster was called the vaccine man. It was a weirdo born from the pollution of the Earth's environment. This was somewhat similar to radiation mutation.
And this hero named Saitama was even more ridiculous. He actually said that he was a hero who was out of interest.
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