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"The latest masterpiece of genius writer Su Shicheng, the best motivational and hot-blooded comic in China 'Slam Dunk', is expected to be released two months later. Slam Dunk will meet you soon."
This is the headline of today's Peak Newspaper, and this news spread like a storm throughout Yang City within two hours after it was published in Peak Newspaper. Almost all media outlets in Yang City have reported on it.
Su Rixing, who was at home drawing manga in seclusion, was startled by a phone call from Ma Jun. As soon as he picked up the phone, it was Ma Jun's urgent voice: "Xiao Si, are you serious? Are you really going to draw a manga called 'Slam Dunk'?"
"Of course it's true, did you think I was joking with you before?"
"I really like comics, but the basketball theme of Slam Dunk is no longer popular."
"If he can't get fired up, I'll make him fired up. Alright, that's all, I still have to work on the draft."
Actually, Su Xianyun's sentence perfectly interprets the difference between a top-notch writer and an ordinary one. Ordinary writers usually look for popular topics to write about, while top-notch writers don't care what topic is popular - they have confidence that whatever topic they choose will become popular because of their writing.
Just as I hung up the phone, Class Monitor Li Dongfang's call came again. "Hello, why did you think of calling me, missing me?"
"Fourth-grader Xiaosi, I read in the newspaper today that you're going to draw comics, is it true?"
"Of course it's true."
"What's wrong with you, Xiao Si? You're not really arrogant and confused like the newspapers say, are you?"
"What's gotten into your head?" Su Xichen asked in surprise.
"It's just that newspaper said you're so arrogant that you won't even revise your comic drawings."
"I'm dizzy, Class President, I heard from the newspaper that I will definitely be able to draw a good-looking comic."
"Oh, after you finish drawing it, you must show me first, or else, humph!"
"Hum hum what's going on? Head Monitor, how did you turn into a little pig again?"
"Fourth-grader, go die!" The furious class monitor hung up the phone.
What Li Dongfang said was "Zao Tan Bao", and "Zao Tan Bao" published an article like this:
Su Rui Chen who was infatuated with pride!
Today, the editor saw a shocking news on a newspaper, I believe everyone knows it too, which is "Peak Newspaper", and according to reports, "Peak Newspaper" has signed Su Rui Chen from "Yangcheng Daily", so this exclusive news should be true.
This is truly a shocking piece of news, the genius writer Su Xichen, known as the most talented in China, has actually switched to drawing comics! Yes, you didn't read it wrong, he's drawing comics. At that time, when I saw the news on the Peak Newspaper, I also rubbed my eyes and couldn't believe it.
"Slam Dunk"
Su Zhan's behavior is likely due to being blinded by success, or it can be said that he was blinded by pride.
He is the author who turned into a screenwriter and wrote the popular "Journey to the West" while his first detective novel "Sherlock Holmes Collection" also won the best long-form award, it can be said that he was in high spirits. This gave our genius an explosive confidence, making him think that he could accomplish anything under the sun, so he thought that even if he did something unrelated, he would still succeed, such as drawing comics.
The consequence of this overconfidence is being knocked to the ground by failure, and I hope our genius won't be so disheartened after being knocked down that he can't get back up.
Originally, "Morning Talk Daily" could be said to have a grudge against Su Shi-cheng. Half a year ago, the editor-in-chief of "Morning Talk Daily" released news that "The Sherlock Holmes Collection" was plagiarized and was slapped in the face by Su Shi-cheng at a press conference. Originally thought that the hatred had been resolved due to last time's cooperation, but did not expect that this time "Morning Talk Daily" showed its fangs first, wanting to take revenge.
After "Morning Talk" published this article, "Painting and Newspaper" also published the same article, but the tone was not as sharp as that of "Morning Talk".
A Wrong Choice
Su Renshan's name is already legendary. His first book, "The Legend of Wukong", sold over a million copies, which is already a legend for a newcomer.
However, the legendary experience continues. The first time he wrote a detective story, he wrote such a wonderful reasoning as "The Collection of Holmes' Cases", with sales exceeding 2.5 million copies and winning the Best Long Story Award.
The first TV series script he wrote as a screenwriter made the TV series "Journey to the West" break 7 in ratings, and the background book "Journey to the West" sold 3 million copies... These are all legendary stories, creating miracles one after another. However, this time he has changed his career and is no longer writing scripts but drawing comics instead. I think Su Xianchen cannot create miracles because the difference between a writer and a comic artist is too big. If there's still some common ground between writers and screenwriters, then there's none at all between writers and comic artists.
This time Su Xincheng really made a wrong choice, but as long as Su Xincheng can realize his own mistake and return to the right path, he is still a great writer!
"The Painting and Newspaper" first recounted Su Rui Chen's past legendary experiences, then subtly stated that he made the wrong choice this time.
However, not every media outlet has a gentle tone. Take "Entertainment Magazine" for example, it usually exposes some celebrities' scandals and gossip.
Although Su Xichen is only half a person in the entertainment industry, because of his extremely high popularity, he was fortunate enough to be featured on "Gossip Weekly" today. If you interview stars who have been featured on "Gossip Weekly", they all say that it's unbearable and not a single star says that being featured on "Gossip Weekly" is exciting.
Take this time's "Ba Gua Kan" commentary on Su Ruo Chen and "Slam Dunk" article ——
"Despicable hype"
Su Shicun, known as the most talented in Huaxia, originally had an appreciative attitude, but did not expect to be such a person. Basketball is indeed the hottest topic recently, why is it so hot? Because our national team suffered a shocking defeat at the hands of Brunei, which can be said to be a national shame.
But Su Shilei Chen took advantage of this incident to promote the new comic and make money. I won't discuss whether this comic will be successful or not, but just this kind of character can be seen at a glance. I think it's better for Su Shilei Chen to stop calling himself the most talented in China, and instead call himself the most shameless.
So here's a call to the people of the whole nation, to boycott Su Shi Cheng's works!
Su Zhan's painting "Slam Dunk" was meant to make more people like basketball, but now it's being hyped up by "Gossip Weekly" just for the sake of making money. This is not how you splash dirty water! "Gossip Weekly" is indeed venomous, no wonder so many celebrities dislike it.
A family changed careers to draw comics. If this were a joke, it would be absolutely hilarious. However, such a thing has occurred in reality, so I can only say that this is a realistic joke.
And according to the reporter's investigation, Su Xianchen did not study comics in his childhood, and only took less than 10 classes at a place called "Ba Da Shan Ren Training Institute", note that this number is not tens of classes or hundreds of classes, but less than 10 classes!
"My goodness! Is today April Fool's Day? Someone who has taken less than ten professional courses actually wants to draw comics, is the profession of comic artist really that cheap? Let's think about it, a half-baked person, and on top of that, still drawing basketball-themed comics, would anyone even look at this stuff? Do you dare to read?" - "Shang Jing Evening News"
Shangjing Evening News really got to the bottom of this, and in less than a day they found out that he had only taken fewer than 10 classes at the "Eight Great Mountain People Training Institute", and then they grabbed onto this point to mock him. It has to be said that this method is much better than others, because it's reasonable and based on evidence. Indeed, if someone isn't a professional but has only taken a course for less than 10 days, it's impossible for them to draw good comics. Many people know this, so there are many people supporting Shangjing Evening News, and many have said they absolutely won't go watch "Slam Dunk".
"Su Xianchen may be a restless genius, first writing 'The Legend of Wukong', then getting bored and writing the first detective novel 'Sherlock Holmes Collection'. If he continues to write detective novels, Su Xianchen absolutely qualifies as a master of detective fiction."
However, the restless him became a screenwriter again and wrote a classic fantasy masterpiece "Honghuang". Same sentence, if Su Xicen continued to be a screenwriter at this time, with the strength of writing "Journey to the West in Honghuang", it is absolutely possible to become a golden screenwriter in the industry.
Actually, he directly changed his career to drawing comics. Geniuses are indeed restless, and if you want a genius to settle down, you must let him hit the wall. I think this basketball comic "Slam Dunk" is the best opportunity for Su Yuechen to hit the wall. I hope that after hitting the wall, this genius can find the right path, otherwise, a bright new star in the literary world may fade away! Famous critic Lian Bi published an article on "Word Picture Report", with a tone of regret.
In less than a day, the news of Su Rixing changing his career to drawing comics had spread throughout the country. All major and minor newspapers carried this news, with most of them saying that "Slam Dunk" would be a flop, citing two reasons from the "Shangjing Evening News": firstly, he had only studied professional courses for ten days, and secondly, his new comic was about basketball, almost everyone was convinced that Su Rixing's "Slam Dunk" would fail miserably.
Even Su Rui Chen's fans are like this. Some reporters interviewed some of Su Rui Chen's fans about his career change to drawing comics.
"Is Su Da's brain okay? Why did he stop writing his great reasoning stories and suddenly start drawing comics? Is Su Da really going to kill us fans like he did with 'Hong Huang'?" This is what the fans are thinking, they're most worried that Su Da will draw comics instead of releasing new chapters of 'Sherlock Holmes', after all, Su Da has a history of this!
"What about the second part of 'Huang Yu'? What about the fifth great calamity of heaven and earth!!! This book 'Huang Yu' is a pioneering work, just follow this book to write a trilogy, that would be absolutely famous. But why did you go draw comics? And it's still basketball comics, don't you know that basketball is now a forbidden topic in China? To be honest, after finishing 'Huang Yu', the basketball thing should have been forgotten by then, and releasing something like 'Slam Dunk' at that time would be just right." - said by a fan of Huang Yu.
Su Rei-Chen roughly browsed through the newspapers at home, and coldly laughed: "If a manga like 'Slam Dunk' can be killed off, then there's no manga that won't be killed off."
As for those who claim that "Slam Dunk" will definitely hit a wall, Su Rui Chen doesn't have much to refute because no matter how many words are spoken, actions speak louder than words. Even if he explains a thousand times how wonderful and touching "Slam Dunk" is, these people won't believe it. It's better to wait until the release of "Slam Dunk" and give them a solid slap in the face!
Standing on the shoulders of a giant, how can he be described with ordinary reason! Two months is still worth waiting for!
But there is one thing he wants to clarify, he is not changing careers, just moonlighting, just like how he used to moonlight as a screenwriter, his main job is still writing.