Parental Love: Jiang Weimin's Life of Lying Down

During the two months of emergency printing at Qingdao Publishing House and Shandong Publishing House, Jiang Weimin's "Big Knife Wang Tieshan" was completed.

Jiang Weimin then handed the finished drawing to Jiang Defu for review.

Jiang Defu sat in the living room, slowly flipping through the drawings, his eyes deep and focused, as if he had returned to that era filled with the smoke of war.

He looked at each page carefully, with a smile or a thoughtful expression on his face from time to time.

The main plot of the comic strip "Big Knife Wang Tieshan" is that Jiang You (name changed) successfully covered the villagers' retreat with his wisdom. At the same time, he also created chaos in the enemy's rear and disrupted the enemy's actions. In addition, it mainly shows the scene of Wang Tieshan's heroic killing of the enemy and the story of Jiang You conquering Tian Dayou.

When Jiang Defu saw the scene of Wang Tieshan bravely killing the enemy, he couldn't help but sigh: "Wei Min, you portrayed this old fellow Wang Tieshan so bravely! With a swing of his sword, he killed a small Japanese soldier. Even a small squad of Japanese soldiers was not enough for him to kill by himself."

Jiang Weimin smiled and explained: "Dad, this is just the effect of the screen presentation. If you look carefully, there are actually several split screens. Although it looks like Uncle Wang killed one little Japanese soldier with one knife, in fact, he only killed two puppet soldiers and one little Japanese soldier."

Jiang Defu suddenly understood and said with a smile: "So that's how it is! I thought this old guy was going to kill a whole squadron of Japanese soldiers." Then he said with emotion: "You painters and writers are all the same. With a flick of your pen, you can depict the battle in a fierce and exciting way."

When seeing Tian Dayou appear, "Old Tian's drawings are really cool, and his two box guns are really accurate, one shot kills one, I remember that Dashan and I were shocked at the time, and it took me a lot of effort to convince Tian Dayou to follow me."

Jiang Defu continued, "How did you draw this? How did you draw Tian Dayou killing the enemy with two guns so brilliantly?"

"Dad, this is storyboard and slow motion. Storyboard is a drawing from another angle. Storyboard can clearly show the sequence and power of the action. And clever switching of storyboards can create a tense effect.

Slow motion allows readers to see the details of the characters' movements more clearly. For example, in a fierce battle scene, the moment when Uncle Wang swings his knife is presented in slow motion, showing the tension of his muscles, the firmness of his eyes, and the sharp edge of the knife. "

"Humph, you talk so mysteriously, and you draw others so majestically, why don't you draw me well too!"

"Dad, you are the leader in this group, the brain of the team. What matters most is your ability to command."

"Then your painting is not good. It doesn't match the facts. My fighting power is comparable to Wang Tieshan's, and Wang Tieshan can't beat me at all."

"Then I'll switch roles between you and Wang Tieshan?"

"No, Wang Tieshan is a fool. How can he command me?"

"Dad, what do you want to do?"

"Arrange a scene of killing the enemy for me."

Jiang Weimin thought for a moment and said, "Okay, Dad, what weapon do you want to use?"

"I also use a big knife, and I am more powerful than Wang Tieshan. I can kill two Japanese soldiers with one knife."

"Dad, you're taking over the show. You can't be the only one with great abilities! How about I draw a super soldier king for you, named Jiang Shuangying, and have him fight all the way to the Emperor of Japan!"

"You are talking nonsense. You are totally out of touch with reality."

"Dad, let me draw you a picture of me shooting with a Type 99 light machine gun! I guarantee I'll kill more people than Wang Tieshan did."

Jiang Defu thought for a moment and said, "Okay! You draw first, and I'll take a look after you finish. Otherwise, you can't publish it!"

Jiang Defu continued to read on, nodding his head with a satisfied smile on his face, "Yeah, the battle command was good, making detours and running after the fight."

Seeing the end, Jiang Defu was so upset that he said, "Jiang Weimin, your drawing is too fake! How come it ended up being a sword fight between Wang Tieshan and the Japanese soldiers, and it was so intense? Aren't you wasting time? Why do you need to duel when you can just kill them with one bullet? You should have retreated quickly after the fight, or else other Japanese soldiers would come to support you."

"Dad, this is an artistic process. It can be solved with just one bullet. How can it show Uncle Wang's bravery and invincibility?"

Jiang Defu turned over the next 3 or 4 pictures, all of which were of swordplay duels between Wang Tieshan and the Japanese devils. The moves of "Breaking the Edge of Eight Swords" were also marked. The battle process was tense, exciting and bloody.

"Hey, Wei Min! Your dad can also use the Eight Blades of Broken Blades. Draw me like this, too."

"Dad, didn't you see the name of the comic book? Big Knife Wang Tieshan, the main character is Uncle Wang."

"Your drawing is unreasonable. He, a platoon leader, looks more powerful than me, a company commander. What do you need a company commander like me for? You can just draw him fighting the Japanese emperor." Jiang Defu said dissatisfiedly.

Jiang Weimin was speechless when he saw Jiang Defu trying to stop him with his words: "Dad, you are being unreasonable!"

"Jiang Weimin, you're looking for a beating, aren't you? You have no respect for your elders." Jiang Defu shouted angrily.

Seeing that Jiang Defu was not convinced, Jiang Weimin had no choice but to find An Jie and ask her to come over to help persuade him.

When Anjie came to the room, he saw Jiang Defu still reading the comic book with a look of dissatisfaction on his face.

"Old Jiang, what's going on? Wei Min said you said the comic strip he drew was unreasonable, and you look unhappy."

"It's just not rational. A platoon leader draws better than my company commander. I think his comic strip shouldn't be called Father's War of Resistance. It should be called Uncle Wang's War of Resistance."

When An Jie saw this, he smiled and said, "Let me see how Wei Min drew it."

An Jie took the drawing and sorted it out. The cover was a scene of Wang Tieshan chopping the Japanese soldiers with a knife.

The name of the comic strip is "Father's War of Resistance: Wang Tieshan, the Big Knife".

Angie started reading quickly. As a woman, she was not very enthusiastic about war-themed comic strips.

But I still enjoyed watching the plot portrayed by Jiang Weimin in slow motion and storyboards. After watching it, I finally understood why Jiang Defu was unhappy.

"Old Jiang, Wang Tieshan is just a character in your anti-Japanese war story. You can tell from the title that there are subsequent plots. Didn't Wei Min say that Wang Tieshan's bravery was just an artistic creation?"

"That won't work either. Wang Tieshan is now in the same position as me. If he continues to outperform me in comic strips, how can I, as a senior leader, put my face aside?"

An Jie couldn't help but smile when he heard this. "Old Wang, no matter what, Wang Tieshan is still your old subordinate. He definitely won't show off to you for this reason. He can't thank you enough."

An Jie continued, "Besides, there are still follow-up plots! Don't worry! You are definitely better than Wang Tieshan. After all, it is Jiang Weimin's father's war of resistance. And you are a war hero, so I will definitely draw a separate book for you later."

"Humph, Political Commissar An did a good job. The dictation was comfortable. I feel much better now. If Wei Min doesn't publish a separate book for me again, I'll beat his ass."

If Jiang Weimin heard this, he would definitely know that his position was in danger, because the following plots were all about teamwork.

A day later, Jiang Weimin found Jiang Defu with a painting of Jiang Defu shooting with a Type 5 light machine gun. Jiang Defu looked at it carefully and counted the enemies, who were five in total, and nodded with satisfaction.

Jiang Weimin breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Jiang Defu did not make any more requests. In this way, the comic book "Big Knife Wang Tieshan" was completed.