The next day.
An explosive piece of news was announced.
"Martial King," "Murder of Angels," and many other Japanese animations had signed licensing agreements with several video websites in China. They would be broadcasted in China in the form of legal versions. At that time, the manga versions, Chinese animated versions, and peripheral figurines of these animations would be released in mainland China. Moreover, several Chinese companies had signed long-term agreements with Japan's Shōnen Publishing, POO Studios, and several other large comics magazines and animation companies. Martial King and the other cartoons were just the vanguard. In the future, more Japanese cartoons would be released in mainland China as well.
This news shocked the industry!
This was the first time that a Japanese cartoon would be released legally in China. In the past, Japanese cartoons had always been provided free of charge in the form of pirated copies. But this time, the significance of this step forward was clearly extraordinary. It was enough to shake up the entire Asian comics industry. With this cooperation, the Japanese cartoons' market share in Asia would increase even further. It could be foreseen that it would also accelerate the decline of China's comics industry!
…
Japan.
Shōnen Publishing.
"The significance of this cooperation is too great."
"That's right, this is our first foray into the China legal market."
"Although we don't have the killer weapon that is One Piece, Martial King's results have always been quite good. In a market like China where cartoons are almost extinct, none of their cartoons can compete with Martial King."
"It's all thanks to Zhang Ye for opening up the market for us."
"We can finally make up for the losses we suffered after One Piece was left unfinished."
…
POO Studios.
"If Naruto were still around, it would definitely be the best killer weapon."
"It's the same with Murder of Angels. Zhang Ye's seven cartoons have completely opened up the China market. That place is now an open field, and any work we bring out will be able to sweep the market."
"Right, we're robbing them of their money!"
"Yeah, it all depends on who's faster. Hopefully, there won't be any more unforeseen events."
"Haha, what other unforeseen events can happen?"
…
Korea.
"The China market is done for."
"Yeah, they're inviting a wolf into the house."
"If the Japanese cartoons make a large-scale invasion in the form of legal cartoons, the China comics market will be barren."
"Yeah, no one can stop them!"
…
China.
At a local animation company.
"The wolf is here!"
"Damn it! This is one disaster after another! "
"What should we do? What do we do now? "
"What else can we do? Fight back! Everyone, let's work together. We can't let Japanese cartoons erode our small market share! If that happens, the local cartoon industry will be finished! "
"But what can we do to fight back?"
"We can't just sit there and wait for death, right?"
…
The media scrambled to report it.
"Japanese Cartoons Enter the China Market!"
"Where Will China's Animation Industry Go?"
"Who Can Resist the Wolf?"
"China's Animation Industry May Face a Devastating Blow!"
"Who Can Save China's Animation Industry?"
For a time, the animation industry was in chaos!
The Japanese comics and manga industry was extremely excited!
The Korean anime and manga industry was waiting to see what would happen!
China's animation industry was wailing!
This news really came at a bad time. China's local animation industry, which was already scarred and in decline, could not withstand this kind of impact at all.
The people of China were also talking about it.
"Wow, it's finally official."
"There's another anime to watch."
"What do you guys know? This isn't a good thing."
"Yeah, our local cartoons won't be able to stand out anymore."
"Hai, when will our local cartoons be able to stand out on their own?"
"Stand out? I don't think that's possible anymore. The capital has already gone to the entertainment industry. Movies, TV series, web series, all of them are favored by the capital. As for our local cartoons? We were abandoned by the capital many years ago, and it's also because we're not living up to expectations. We just can't produce any good works. And with the invasion of Japanese cartoons this time, it's even worse. I'm getting less and less optimistic about the future of our local cartoons industry. It's almost a dead end. "
"That might not necessarily be the case. Sometimes, only when we're at the end of the road will we be able to find a way out. I believe that in a time of life and death like this, someone will definitely step forward!"
The people were debating endlessly.
The China comics and manga industry had gathered to discuss their plans.
The experts were making their predictions and interpretations.
The media reports came one after another.
And it was at this moment that another piece of explosive news exploded!
China's Miracle Comics suddenly made a statement. They announced that they would work together with Zhang Ye to create an unprecedented local cartoon to fight against their foreign enemies!
The industry was shocked!
The people were shocked!
"What?"
"Miracle Comics? I know about them! "
"Damn, they managed to invite Zhang Ye?"
"What? Zhang Ye? "
"Why does he seem to be everywhere?"
"This fellow is going to make a local cartoon?"
"This fellow isn't drawing One Piece or Naruto anymore, but he's coming over to make a local cartoon?"
"Fuck, didn't you say that you don't have time? Which eye of mine can tell that you don't have time! "
On Weibo.
Following that, a declaration of war appeared out of nowhere!
It was written by Zhang Ye. It was an impassioned and hot-blooded one: "Someone told me that there's no market for our local cartoons and that the people don't like to watch them — but I don't believe it. Someone told me that China can't produce a local cartoon with its own characteristics and that only Japan can — but I don't believe it. Someone told me that with Japanese cartoons in power now, there's no room for our local cartoons to survive — but I don't believe it. I'm a person who doesn't believe in such things. Whatever others can do, we can do it too. In fact, we can even do it better than them! Right now, our local cartoons have reached a critical moment of life and death for us. There's trouble both internally and externally, and the enemy is invading us. There's no more difficult or desperate time than now. But the more it's like this, the more my blood burns. This is the time for us to defend our honor and dignity as a Chinese. This is the time when we, as the successor of communism, must step in! Who wants to fight against the foreign enemy with us? "
Zhang Ye's words were too provocative!
In an instant, quite a few netizens felt their blood boiling!
"Me!"
"Me too!"
"Count me in!"
"Who says that we can't do it?"
"That's right, we can do it well too!"
"Right, let's fight against the foreign enemy together!"
"Support our local cartoons!"
"Support our local cartoons!"
"Defend our dignity!"
"Boycott the Japanese cartoons!"
But after shouting a few words, everyone suddenly came back to their senses!
Eh!
That's not right!
This isn't right!
You were the one who started drawing the Japanese cartoons first!
You were the one who started it first!
Japanese comics were also very popular in the past, but if you think about it carefully, they weren't as popular as they are now. Be it Martial King or the other Japanese comics that were more popular in China, even though they were popular, they didn't cause much of a stir. This wave of Japanese comics' popularity should have started with One Piece, followed by Naruto, then Detective Conan, then Doraemon, and so on. If it weren't for those seven national comics of yours, the Chinese comics industry wouldn't be in such a terrible state today. Most of the reason why Japanese comics are so popular now is because of you! It was clearly you who opened up the market for them! You still have the cheek to boycott the Japanese cartoons? You still have the cheek to fight against the foreign enemy together?
I'm gonna faint!
Thinking of this, the netizens nearly vomited blood!
"Pfft!"
"Zhang Ye, your sister!"
"I nearly got fooled by you!"
"Don't listen to him. This fellow is too good at bullshitting!"
"You're the biggest foreign enemy!"
"Lord Zhang, don't you have any shame?"
"This fellow is making me so angry that I want to laugh!"
"If it weren't for you, the Chinese cartoons industry wouldn't be in such a miserable state today! If you didn't go and stir up trouble, our Chinese cartoons industry would still be doing well! "
"This shameless bastard!"
"Hmph, when has Teacher Zhang ever had any shame!"
"I really have to take my hat off to how thick-skinned he is!"
"He was clearly the one who stirred up trouble, yet he managed to come up with a righteous excuse to defend honor and dignity? And he even claimed to be the successor of communism? Get lost! Get out of here! "
"Hahahaha!"
"This fellow can turn black into white and white into black. In any case, he's always in the right no matter what he says. There's no one else who can argue against him!"
The netizens ridiculed him!
…
Meanwhile.
At the studio.
The atmosphere was a little awkward.
Ha Qiqi and the others were here, and so were Sun Xiaobei and the others.
After Sun Xiaobei announced that she would be joining forces with Zhang Ye to enter the Chinese animation industry, Zhang Ye volunteered to take on the job of publicity. After preparing for a long time, he confidently published a declaration of war, vowing to fight to the death with the Japanese cartoons industry and fight against the foreign enemy together with the Chinese people. But as soon as the declaration was published, it was scolded back by the netizens.
Sun Xiaobei covered her mouth and coughed.
Ha Qiqi rolled her eyes.
Only Zhang Ye pretended to be calm and cleared his throat. "Look, look, the publicity was very successful!"
Very successful?
Which eye of yours saw that it was very successful!
Everyone was speechless.
Little Wang said nonchalantly, "But it seems like they're all scolding you?"
Zhang Ye smacked his lips and said, "You don't understand, do you? That's exactly what I'm trying to do. Look, isn't it trending now? Now that everyone knows that we're going to make a Chinese cartoon, isn't that a success? "
Alright then.
If you say it's a success, then it's a success.
Whatever you say is right.
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