1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 52: Black Cat Sheriff

Although a lot of things happened in February, summer can only watch and life must go on.

March is coming soon, but in the north it is still winter in March.

The snow on the roadside flower beds has not melted yet, and everyone is still wearing cotton jackets and trousers, and wearing hats when going out.

In March, I received a sample issue of Children's Literature one day in advance.

However, what was published this time was not a short article, but a "poem"!
It’s speechless to say. Xia Tian was just writing for fun. He asked himself if he knew how to write poetry.

As a result, when editor Zhang Qilin came to pick up the manuscript, he saw it at a glance.

I didn’t expect that he was actually a poetry fan!
I fell in love with the poem at first sight and exclaimed that it was so well written!
Xia Tian was confused: Poem? What poem? Where is it?!

Zhang Qilin wrote a lot of words, but he took it away even though he was begging for it. He said that it was a waste of resources if he didn't let readers appreciate it.

Even in the summer, it’s still a bit confusing and embarrassing—just like when a relative finds out you wrote an online article and asks to read it.

After opening the magazine, Xia Tian found his own "poem".

"umbrella"

Walking in the rain
The umbrella is a boat that rows the sky upside down
Not raindrops falling to the ground
We fell into the sky
Grab the Mast in the Sky

The waves in the sky are coming

In order to refuse this irrigation
Raise a colorful shield to the sky
If you look more closely, there is actually...

"umbrella"

In the moment when the rain is falling, it is like the Milky Way hanging upside down
An umbrella is like a boat that rides against the current
Hold tight to the mast of the sky to steady your steps in the wind and rain.

The sky is about to surge, the waves are about to pour
All living beings are rejecting the blessings of heaven
So he held up the five-colored shield to resist the power of the sky.

I wrote this just for fun, imitating ancient Chinese texts!

This has been published, oh my god...

The good news is that this "poem", plus its "variations", was given a total of 10 yuan!

The royalties are quite a bit!

Nowadays, poetry is different from other articles. The payment for poetry is calculated based on the line!

Poetry is really popular these days. Last summer, I would receive eight or nine letters from readers a month.

After this "poem", the money will double!
Various interpretations came in, and Teacher Jinghongke was also asked about his views and insights on poetry.

I have also attached a poem I wrote, and would like to ask Mr. Jinghongke for his comments.

How should I put it? Readers these days are indeed less knowledgeable than those in the information explosion era - these days you may not be able to find what you want to know even if you go to the library.

But these are just some idiotic quotes of mine...okay!
A weak acid is also an acid, a weak base is also a base, and so mental retardation is also intelligence!
You say this is poetry, he says this is poetry, everyone says this is poetry, then this is poetry~
At the beginning of this month, something happened that concerned people's livelihood and affected everyone.

That means the higher-ups have decided to raise prices!

At the economic work conference at the end of last year, the cabinet decided to restore the parallel working mechanism of commodity economy and planned economy.

In early March this year, it was announced that the purchase prices of 3 major agricultural and sideline products such as grain, oil, and pork would be increased.

A typical example is the price increase of pork!
More than a month ago, when Xia was buying New Year's goods for Milan, even at the end-of-year pigeon market, pork was only 7 cents a pound without a ticket.

The price at the official butcher shop is between 40 and 50 cents.

But now, pork prices have started to rise.

根据夏天从天启之中得到的信息：76年前猪肉一般0.16~0.22元/斤，76-78年维持在0.2元/斤左右，78年后价格上涨低至0.4元/斤，高至0.8元/斤

In other words, the price of pork this year may reach 80 cents per pound, basically doubling!

The average monthly salary is around 40 or 50 yuan now, and that’s less than 70 kilograms of meat a month?

In 85, the price of pork rose to 2 yuan per catty, and then the price fluctuated little for a long time.

From 90 to 98, the price gradually increased from 3 yuan per catty to 7 yuan per catty...

The price increase of pork is only one aspect and a representative one. In fact, prices across the country will gradually rise.

This is the only way to reform and open up.

There is another small thing. The school teacher came to visit Dachun's home because he always copied his homework and always copied his name.

However, most people may not be able to find the place in this alley - the teacher is lost.

When Xia Tian saw that this was not going to work, he took the initiative and took the teacher to Dachun's house next door.

"Xia Tian, ​​you are not a human being!"

Dachun: "Oh my god, someone is killing someone! Help!"

I can still hear Dachun'er's wailing in the middle of the night~
In the courtyard, Xia's mother was still muttering, "Why does my son speak with a Northeastern accent? He must have been abducted by Dachun and his father!"

Dad Xia glanced at his wife: Don’t you think you have a share too?

……

Dad Xia has been busy with something recently. He has consulted many friends and comrades and finally made some progress.

"Son, your comic strip is going to be published!" he said excitedly.

"Huh? What comic book? I don't have any!"

Dachun only has the hobby of collecting comic books, but he only reads them for a while, and there is no one at home? Why post it?

"It's the one, the one with Sheriff Mimi!" Dad Xia grabbed the cow cat Mimi.

Mimi: Eh? What are you doing? Get out of here, get out of here! I give you a cat punch~
Xia Tian was stunned: "You mean, "Black Cat Sheriff"? "

"Yes!" Dad Xia smiled happily.

"I found an editor from Yanjing Children's Publishing House and took a look at it. They decided to publish this comic book!" Dad Xia is naturally very concerned about his son. He is very concerned about the comic book that Xia Tian has been drawing for more than a year and thinks it is better than those on the market.

Not to mention the content, the layout and pictures are also pleasing to the eye.

Although I didn't pay much attention to it after I finished painting it in the summer, I just regarded it as a way to output the information in my mind so as to avoid feeling suffocated.

But Dad Xia took it to heart!

I have been looking around for the past two months and finally found a specialized publishing house editor. After reviewing the manuscript, they decided to publish it.

Xia Tian: This is unexpected, it’s a bit of a surprise!
In fact, although Xia Tian doesn’t care much about it, the specialized editor is very optimistic about "Black Cat Sheriff"!
Very novel!
Whether it is the content, the style of painting, or this strange sense of division and lens! This is very different from the previous comic strips.

Xia Tian took the draft and her father to the publishing house, met the editor, and had a detailed discussion.

What is the original intention of creation, the creative concept, the creative experience and so on.

The content of the publication was also discussed.

The large format is 850mm×1168mm, with 92 pages, 6 of which are full-page color illustrations. The price is 3 cents, which is twice the price of a normal picture book!
And the first print run was 30000 copies!
Xia Tian was a little surprised: Is it such a big deal? You guys are quite a gambler!

After all, what I draw is not a comic book!
This publishing house was newly established this year, and they wanted to make some achievements while the spring breeze was blowing. That’s why they made such a big move.

Otherwise, a first print run of 30000 copies of a large-format comic book would be a bit excessive!

The editors-in-chief must be under pressure as well.

But they are surprisingly confident because this is a work that is ahead of its time!

In terms of content, in addition to the original 12-episode story, Black Cat Sheriff Mimi solves the case to the end and learns that the cunning One-Ear and the Cat-Eating Mouse have joined forces with four other powerful and evil enemies to form an evil alliance.

And Black Cat Sheriff Mimi will contact other animal police elites to start a war with them...

Yes, that’s Marvel’s routine!
It can be said that the expectation is full~
The format is also very groundbreaking and forward-looking.

It is no longer the traditional style of a picture with words underneath, but a later comic form.

Most of them are four-frame comics, with a few in broken format, regular format, diagonal format, and full-page format—Xia Tian had learned a little about comics, so he had a foundation in art.

Especially the cover, the large color page of Black Cat Sheriff Mimi shooting with a serious expression, and the blurred montage technique of the surrounding environment, is very shocking!
The camera imitates the empty shots, blank screens, repeated shots, montages in movies...

The composition perspectives are also more complex, including looking down, looking up, sideways, wide angle, over the shoulder... These are all mature comic formats and film storyboards in later generations.

This is completely a mature comic production technique of later generations. It would be a bit of a waste to put it in a comic book, as it is too crowded!

So the editor-in-chief and his colleagues decided to go for a larger format.

Although there are certain risks, it will surely cause some shock to the market, right?
……

"That's right, Dad!"

"Ok?"

"Can you please not tell my mom?"

"Why?"

"I'm afraid she'll 'save' my royalties for me!"

Xia Tian forgot that Dad Xia didn't dare to hide it from his wife - such a thing would be exposed sooner or later, and a wise man would not do it!

Not only did Dad Xia tell this story, he also told Mom Xia what Xia Tian said!
Xia Ma: Xia Tian, ​​you are such a heartless little bastard~
Dad Xia: Son, today I’m going to teach you a lesson. Either don’t do it, or do it to the extreme!
Xia Tian: I’ve learned my lesson! Next time you catch a cold, I will just remove the tube and give up on treatment!

……

March 3th is Arbor Day.

Arbor Day was set on March 3 during the Republic of China to commemorate Dr. Sun Yat-sen.

The conference being held this year will determine that March 3th of each year will be designated as Arbor Day.

In the summer, a group of middle school students went to the suburbs to plant trees.

It’s just that this year’s winter is a bit too long, and the remaining snow in the shady places has not melted yet.

Xia Tian doesn’t know if this will work.

Dig a hole and cover it with soil, then put the sapling down and water it...Finally, use three wooden sticks to fix the sapling.

Dachun leaned on his shovel and asked Xia Tian with a melancholy look on his face: "Why do you have to cut down the tree and use it to fix the tree?"

Xia Tian glanced at Da Chun. Such a philosophical statement actually came out of Da Chun's mouth?!
Xiaodong, who was watering the plants, was also shocked. He pushed his glasses up and looked at Dachun strangely. It was as if he was meeting him for the first time!

Xia Tian thought for a moment and whispered, "Because we want some of the trees to stand up first."

On March 3, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange was established to be responsible for the management of foreign exchange business.

With the opening up, there will be more economic exchanges with the outside world, which require special units to manage.

On March 3, we declared victory in the counterattack.

After that, we will continue to fight against them in turns, a ten-year punishment war!
In later generations, many people married Annan brides.

why?
Because there are fewer men in Annan. Why are there fewer men in Annan?
Because there shouldn't be too many monkeys!
In March, Xia once again attended a concert.

The famous conductor Seiji Ozawa is here again, this time leading the Boston Symphony Orchestra to visit China.

On the 16th at Hongta Auditorium and on the 17th at Capital Stadium.

The ticket price is 10 yuan, which is not cheap!

Yet some people still queued for 20 hours.

The concert's Chinese repertoire included "Erquan Yingyue", "White-Haired Girl Suite" and the pipa concerto "Little Sisters of the Prairie".

In the summer, we went with the dance troupe, so the backstage tickets were free.

What he didn't know was that among the audience there was a 10-year-old intellectual who would later be called "Aidajin".
(End of this chapter)