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Chapter 298: Chapter 298: Amazing! Chapter 298: Chapter 298: Amazing! Everyone nodded in bewilderment, eager to see how he was going to sketch out the draft in one hour.

“Let me teach you,” Wang Hao said to the artist Zhang, “Comics are really simple when you break it down. It’s just scenery, characters, and dialogues combined in a plot, right? First, for the scenery, just use simple drawings like for instance, the exterior of a large villa…”

Wang Hao drew a large square on the paper and then randomly added a few strokes, afterwards writing two characters: “Villa.”

Everyone around gasped–could that really work?!

“That’s the scenery,” Wang Hao continued as he drew a circle with a stick below it, using lines for hands and feet, making it look like a stick figure. He then casually wrote a name above the circle, saying, “And this is the character.”

Everyone present was flabbergasted–if drawing was this simple, well, one hour might just be enough…

“I’ve got it!” Zhang Zhengyang grabbed the pen and notebook and began swiftly drawing squares on the paper.

After all, a comic page usually has about three to five squares, then content is added inside.

“Alright, let’s begin,” Wang Hao started, “Episode one, a modern Sherlock Holmes, and the roller coaster murder case!”

People around inhaled sharply–do we really have to start with murder?

Lin Xiaoyun hastily began jotting everything down.

Wang Hao said, “First inside a villa,” Zhang Zhengyang casually drew a house and labeled it “Villa.”

“A living room, a group of people,” Wang Hao continued, “The protagonist says, ‘Before everyone rushed over after hearing the scream, the killer had already jumped from one window to another, escaping. Now, you all see why there are no footprints of the culprit…'”

Zhang Zhengyang immediately drew a bunch of stick figures in the second square, leaving spaces for dialogues. Lin Xiaoyun simply noted: Before they came at the scream, the killer escaped through the window…

Thus, the content in that square was completed.

Wang Hao went on, “Someone from the crowd questions: ‘How is that possible?! The windows are at least five meters apart!’ The protagonist explains: ‘If one crawled along the wall up to the roof, the distance would be less than two meters…'”

As he spoke, Lin Xiaoyun took notes and Zhang Zhengyang drew, quickly finishing the first page of the draft.

Li Wenfeng glanced at the time, then froze…

It had only taken–two minutes!

Oh, damn! By this look of things, speeding up could get thirty pages done in one hour! That would be more than enough for an issue of the comic! And adding more to the images because of the plot would cover a lot faster!

“…case solved, an extra chimes in: ‘I’m sorry to trouble you again,'” Wang Hao spoke fluidly, “The protagonist thumbs up: ‘If there’s any case you can’t crack, just find me–Detective Teng Xinyi is at your service!'”

Hahaha! Having absorbed Lin Xiaoyun’s Power of Misfortune, my memory’s enhanced!

Damn, I had almost forgotten the plot when I read the book before, but now I remember it all!

Just awesome, no need to explain!

Everyone was dumbfounded, Li Wenfeng checked his watch–Wang Hao had spent a total of…fourteen minutes explaining the opening scene!

And they had drawn six pages of the draft!

Man, that was lightning speed!

Wang Hao kept going non-stop, Zhang Zhengyang’s hand never rested, and Lin Xiaoyun got more and more excited as she recorded!

Awesome, this plot is fantastic!

The book Wang Hao described was in fact the most popular detective manga from his previous world, “Detective Conan”! A nearly thousand-episode anime was based on just this one book–perfect for this animation company!

Of course, because it was a domestic animation company, using the original name might cause confusion, so Wang Hao cleverly tweaked the names a bit… Smooth! I’m shamelessly clever!

Hahaha!

The next part of the plot involved the protagonist going to the amusement park with his childhood friend, Mao Lilan. There, numerous children were discussing detectives and successfully deduced the occupation of a girl using “deductive reasoning”: she was a gymnast.

The two rode the roller coaster together, and when the ride came to a stop, they found a man had been murdered…

The victim’s name was Zhang Tian, and the murderer, eventually discovered by the protagonist, was the gymnast, Little Tong, who had been the subject of the children’s discussion.

Little Tong had used a necklace string connected to a rope and a hook; while committing the crime, she detached from the roller coaster seat’s safety bar using her backpack, looped the necklace string over Zhang Tian’s head, and hooked it to the roller coaster’s track, using the speed of the ride to decapitate Zhang Tian.

The motive for the crime was Zhang Tian’s betrayal of his and Little Tong’s love…

After the case was closed, the protagonist saw two men in black acting suspiciously and chased after them; while he was spying on one of the men making some sort of deal, his accomplice knocked him out and forced him to swallow a poison called “APTX4869.”

Here, Wang Hao chuckled and said, “And just like that, ‘Detective Conan’… was born!”

That’s where the first episode ends!

Inside the meeting room, there was dead silence; no one could believe that what they thought was an almost impossible task had been accomplished so effortlessly by Chairman Wang’s team!

Although the characters were just stick figures and the scenery was roughly sketched, let’s not mention anything else, the plot alone was absolutely breathtaking!

After all, in a detective novel, the style of drawing isn’t the most important–the plot is truly the decisive factor!

“Clap!” “Clap clap!” “Clap clap clap!” “Clap clap clap clap clap clap clap!”

Once again, applause thundered through the room!

Everyone present gave Wang Hao the warmest applause!

“Amazing! Absolutely amazing!” Li Wenfeng said, trembling as he held the twenty-plus pages of the draft in his hands. It was happening right before his eyes!

Even miracles seemed to come alive, yet he still found it hard to believe!

“This is it, it’s definitely a hit!” Li Wenfeng hurried out of the door as if his butt were on fire, “I’m going back to show this to our boss right now! I’m sure he’ll agree! Just wait for my good news!”

All the employees at Golden Cloud Animation Technology Company were stunned; they had never seen Chief Li act this way before!

“Chairman Wang, you’re simply…” All the employees looked at each other and then unanimously exclaimed, “Absolutely amazing! Hahahaha!”

…

Li Wenfeng drove along the road, his mood soaring sky-high!

Incredibly intense! It had been so long since he’d seen such an amazing comic!

Damn it, he had been so nervous at the time! Luckily, Chairman Wang had agreed to serialize it in their magazine; otherwise, if they hadn’t managed to secure it, he’d surely have been scolded to death by Chief Editor Wei!

Securing this book was finally a lifeline for their publishing house!

It wasn’t an exaggeration on Li Wenfeng’s part. The rapid development of smartphones in the past two years had far exceeded everyone’s expectations. For a physical industry like their magazine, more than sixty percent had closed down within just two years!

If it weren’t for Comics World being one of the old, established magazines in the industry, they would definitely be shut down by now!

But with this book, it was different; with this impressive content, they could definitely boost sales significantly!

“Does anyone even know how to drive?! Hurry up and move!” Li Wenfeng was extremely agitated while waiting for the light, swearing all the way, “Do you know how urgent I am! Do you have any idea how much money delaying this issue’s publication costs?! Huh?! Just waiting at a red light and dawdling, just move!”

Swearing all the way, he finally arrived at the company building!

Li Wenfeng didn’t even bother to find a parking spot. He dashed straight to the chief editor’s office, bursting through the door and exclaimed, “Chief Editor Wei, great news! Fantastic news! Our magazine has been saved!”

“What news are you making a fuss about,” Chief Editor Wei, sitting in his chair, listlessly said, “Could it really turn our magazine around?”

“Yes, absolutely!” Chief Li, in a rush, handed over the manuscript and said, “Chief Editor Wei, just take a look at this, it’s absolutely incredible, a truly revolutionary masterpiece!”

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