In a small rented room, Chen Ze sat on a small stool. On the table in front of him, there was a stack of neat drafts. It was his painting, Slam Dunk.
" Slam Dunk " was the work of manga master Inoue Takahiko. It was a sports manga about basketball, friendship, and passion. Especially at that time, basketball was still a niche sport that no one cared about. The entire East Asia was shocked by the basketball storm caused by Slam Dunk, which made basketball enter the eyes of Asians.
It could be said that at that time, it was Slam Dunk, not Jordan, that made countless people embark on the path of basketball. Therefore, even after 10 or 20 years, the animated version was only a high-definition remake without any additional content, but the first episode had more than a million views on Bilibili, which was more popular than many new episodes.
" Slam Dunk " had created many classic anime characters, such as the cold Kaede Ryukawa, the arrogant Hanamichi Sakuragi, the elegant immortal, and the domineering Ah Mu. However, in Chen Ze's mind, his favorite was the flame man, Hisashi Mii, who never gave up.
In terms of influence, only Dragon Ball, Saint Seiya, and a few other animes could be compared to Slam Dunk.
Slam Dunk was also one of Chen Ze's favorite comics. Therefore, when faced with the idea of using a comic to open up the situation in this life, Chen Ze thought of it almost immediately. Moreover, judging from the style," Slam Dunk " perfectly reflected Master Inoue Takahiko's growth from a young age to a mature age. It was also a suitable painting for a newcomer like Chen Ze.
Drawing comics was actually a very complicated and troublesome thing. The composition, background, and color were all very troublesome. Therefore, famous artists often had their own studios or hired an assistant to help them.
Naturally, Chen Ze did not have the money to hire an assistant. Fortunately, he did not have to consider the story, layout, and so on like other manga artists. He could just copy directly, so his speed was faster than the two of them.
Even so, some details in Slam Dunk had to be changed in this world, such as the names of people and places. Chen Ze had made it Chinese. As for the competition system, the system in Slam Dunk was based on the Japanese high school league at that time, which did not match reality. However, it was a comic after all, so it didn't matter if it didn't match.
There was also the matter of the rules of the game. In his previous life, there were many changes to the rules of the basketball game. Therefore, when the anime version was remade, some people complained that Inoue Takahiko did not understand the rules. However, it was different in this life. Chen Ze had done a thorough investigation and found that the NBA's promotion speed in this life was not as fast as in his previous life.
Perhaps it was because there was no Slam Dunk, basketball was still a niche sport in East Asia and was not known by the masses. Moreover, the changes to the rules were not big, so there was almost no need to change the details in Slam Dunk.
After spending more than 20 days, Chen Ze finally finished writing the manuscript for submission. As for which magazine to invest in, it was naturally Lotte Society. As the number one animation magazine company in the country, Lotte Society had a unique advantage in publishing.
As for whether he would not be accepted because of too many manuscripts, Chen Ze was not worried about that at all. In the past, Inoue Takahiko was able to achieve his status in Shueisha with Slam Dunk, and he was even able to compete with the epic masterpiece Dragon Ball without falling behind. How could he not even pass the draft here?
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Lotte Society Building, Editor's Office!
On a large desk, there were many sketches. These were all drafts submitted by failed cartoonists like Chen Ze. The name Lotte Society was a golden signboard in the domestic animation industry, so the number of people who submitted was like a carp crossing the river.
"Nowadays, everyone wants to draw. They don't even look at what they're drawing before submitting it. It's causing us to have such a huge workload every day.”A man in his twenties sat at a table and complained as he reviewed the manuscript.
"Alright, isn't it our job as editors to do such things? Don't complain.”A slightly older man next to him said," I'll teach you a way. As long as the artwork doesn't make our eyes light up, you can throw it away. We have enough god-level manga artists in Lotte Society. We don't need those mediocre works.”
The man's words made everyone nod. It was obvious that everyone agreed with him.
"How about this draft? My eyes lit up, but it was a sports manga.”Another person raised a draft and asked. The draft was Chen Ze's " Slam Dunk ".
"Sports theme? Let me see." The man took it and read it himself." Slam dunk? And it's a basketball manga."
He roughly flipped the draft to the side and put it down."The drawing is not bad. If a newbie has such a level of drawing skills and visual sense, then this person should be a very talented mangaka.”
"So you mean to pass the draft?"
"Retreat!" The man shook his head and said," If he had drawn something else, he might have been able to pass the draft. However, it had to be a niche manga like sports, and a niche like basketball. How many of you know the rules of basketball?”
Everyone shook their heads when they heard his words. Indeed, the NBA had not opened up the Chinese market in this world, so naturally, no one paid attention to basketball.
" That's it. Besides, our Lotte Society's artist, Wang Chengyi's debut novel,'The Sorcerer,' also sold tens of millions of copies. However, his new work had to challenge the theme of sports, and it ended up failing miserably. If he hadn't decisively stopped his new work, he might have been unable to recover from the setback.”
"If a famous painter who painted a popular sport like football is like this, he, as a newcomer, can imagine what the outcome will be. Besides, Little Zhang, our chief editor is an old-fashioned person. He doesn't seek merit, but he only seeks to avoid making mistakes. If you dare to pass this draft to the chief editor, what do you think will happen to you?”The man laughed.
When the person called Xiao Zhang heard his words, he recalled the chief editor's usual serious look and could not help but shiver. He quickly placed Chen Ze's draft into the returned draft.
At this moment, Chen Ze still did not know that his draft had been rejected. He had finally completed his submission and was learning about this world through the Internet. The technological level of this world was not much different from Chen Ze's previous life. Sometimes, there were even many similar things. For example, Steve jobs still managed to sell apples all over the world. Jordan still became the basketball god, but ten years later.
All of this made Chen Ze feel as if time and space were in disorder. However, looking at this small rental house, Chen Ze understood that he had still transmigrated.
Beep beep beep!
The QQ on his phone rang. QQ was the QQ of this world. There were still other people who had created this kind of chat software. Chen Ze opened the video and saw that it was from one of his netizens, Heart of Time.
Time's Heart was also a failed mangaka like him. Because there were many failed manga artists, there were many failed manga groups on the Internet for these people to chat. He and Time's Heart had met in one of the failed manga groups.
The two of them started to talk about pushing women down. In the end, they became good friends on the Internet. Although they had never met in real life, Chen Ze was certain that the other party was a 28-year-old expert in picking up girls based on the old comments on the Heart of Time on the Internet about pushing down women.
Chen Ze opened the chat box with Heart of Time and saw that he had sent a message: "Haha, my draft has passed.”
"Really? That's great." Chen Ze replied. Heart of Time was also a failed mangaka. He had once talked to Chen Ze about his dream to draw the world in his heart and share it with everyone. The fact that he could pass the draft this time meant that his dream had a chance to come true.
As his good netizen, Chen Ze was naturally very happy for him. If Chen Ze had not been reborn, he might have felt a little envious and jealous. However, things were different now. He might be the person who drew Slam Dunk in this world. With Slam Dunk, it wasn't an easy task to pass a draft.
"Yes, my dream is finally coming true.”Heart of Time sent a smiley face over." Although it's just a small magazine agency, this is the first step to success.”
"Yes, yes, congratulations!" Chen Ze sent," But which magazine agency is it?”
China's animation industry was prosperous, so there were many magazine agencies. In addition to the super big magazines like Lotte, there were also many small magazines whose names could not even be called.
"New animation magazine agency!"
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