Chapter 407: What is the means by which Marvel Editors created all things?
In the “real world”, the sudden investigation launched by Marvel executives left employees confused.

They are an entertainment company, and in the past the investigations they were most involved in were tax issues, which had to be handled by the IRS.

This time they suddenly want to check value identification and cultural preferences… What the hell! Isn’t this the kind of thing that only authoritarian governments like to do?

Although other company executives expressed doubts about the matter, Kevin Feige, the president, and Jonathan Hickman, the editor-in-chief in charge of content creation, pushed it hard, and the focus of the investigation was on Jonathan’s editorial department. Other departments were just following the process and there was no need to offend the president.

After all, he is very popular and has been recognized by Disney. Such a small thing alone cannot shake his position.

In the editorial department, all editors have to pass the review, especially Asian editors, let alone Chinese editors.

In the past decade or so, with the development of China’s economy, China has surpassed Japan to become the world’s second largest box office. All Hollywood film companies are trying to get a piece of the pie. Not only have they inserted a large number of Chinese elements and invited Chinese actors into their films, but they have also introduced many Chinese people to behind-the-scenes jobs such as writing, directing, photography, and editing.

It is a pity and inevitable that the Americans cannot change their arrogance and prejudice. The inserted Chinese elements are ambiguous. Even though the Chinese actors have a large proportion of roles, they are somewhat like “clowns”. Through the clown-like plot settings, they let European and American audiences feel satisfied and vent their emotions so that they can continue to maintain their superior pride.

Domestic audiences have gradually come to their senses from the initial excitement of gaining “international recognition”. After recognizing the ugly faces of Western countries and even the entire culture against China, they are becoming less and less willing to buy into it.

Especially as the country becomes stronger, the people’s self-confidence grows and they begin to export reverse culture.

But the scale of the second largest voting base is there, so wouldn’t it be a good opportunity to make a lot of money?

This is not in the spirit of capitalism at all!

As a result, big Hollywood companies are recruiting creative consultants or publicity and promotion personnel who truly understand the tastes of the Chinese people, and some are even directly hiring Chinese people to be directors.

They try to find a balance between the grand strategy of cultural export and box office revenue.

A number of good works have been created in this regard, reaping a large amount of box office revenue from the Chinese market.

Marvel Studios’ previous “Avengers series” is a typical example of money-making and cultural output.

Therefore, in the past decade or so, there have been quite a few Asian and even Chinese employees in Marvel. Some of them are immigrants who have lived in the United States since childhood, and some are simply top students who have just graduated from China.

These top students believe that they have caught up with a good era. Looking back to thirty or forty years ago, no matter how talented their predecessors were, no matter how prestigious jobs they held in China, they had to start by washing dishes after arriving in America. Unlike them, they could enter big companies as soon as they arrived, and they could brag loudly when their parents came home during the Chinese New Year, attracting envy.

Lin Hao had similar experience when he applied for a job at Marvel before.

So the artificial clone he left behind naturally attracted the focus of attention.

“Mr. Wang, you have been working in the company for three and a half years, but you have never been home. The records show that you have family in China…”

The investigation launched by Marvel was jointly led by a headhunting company and a security company hired by Kevin Feige from outside.

There is one good or bad thing about the United States: government employees can work for private companies after they retire and are out of the confidentiality period.

Especially after senior executives of powerful departments like the CIA and FBI retire, many companies will rush to hire them at high prices to be responsible for their own company’s security or internal affairs review.

The same goes for tax officials at the IRS. After graduation, they either join large companies or set up their own accounting firms. In any case, they will never lack money to make.

If it weren’t for the fact that the nine highest judges of the federal court have lifetime tenure, there would be more companies scrambling for them.

Among the professionals Kevin Feige recruited this time are senior executives who have worked in the CIA for many years and are best at interrogation and intelligence analysis.

Now that we realize the enormous value that the movie universe and the characters within it can bring, what does this cost matter?
What he cares most about now is to find out the source of the problem. “Uh… I have video calls with my family every day… every day.”

Lin Hao’s artificial clone maintained his usual personality, shy and socially anxious, dodging the other party’s pressing gaze.

After the “Li Dai Tao Jiang” plan was completed, the artificial clone that Lin Hao deliberately left behind only served the purpose of “occupying the position” and maintaining his identity as an editor.

So three and a half years later, his position was only promoted from editorial assistant to an ordinary editor qualified to write and draw. Similar editors are common in any large animation creation company.

This is what is commonly known as a “ghostwriter” or tool painter.

Although they have the title of “editor”, they do not have the power to decide the content and plot. They are only responsible for beautifying and modifying the creator’s original manuscripts. Some of them don’t even have original manuscripts, and must design the pictures and even the lines themselves according to the creator’s story outline.

What’s even worse is that the works created by unknown painters are directly used by well-known old authors and become “hot” for more than ten years.

This position is the safest, inconspicuous yet very important. With excellent drawing skills, he will not be “optimized” by Marvel’s Human Resources Department. His low position will not arouse covetousness or unnecessary trouble.

The key is to be able to touch the drawings in person!

Nowadays, most of the published manuscripts of well-known comics are written by “ghostwriters”, and the original authors’ handwritten manuscripts can only become collectibles.

Anyway, the power of the magic pen does not depend on whose name is signed, it is fairer than humans!

The retired senior official from the CIA carefully observed the Asian painter named “Wang Yuan” and found that his performance was exactly the same as the personality traits recorded in the information and the daily evaluation of his colleagues. He drew a “√” in his mind, but continued to ask other questions without any expression.

Lin Hao’s artificial clone was examined for more than half an hour, and naturally no problems were found.

After all, the person who possesses the magic pen ability is Lin Hao himself. Every time the editing authority is needed, he comes to operate it personally, and each time he uses the “power of time” to erase the beginning and the end.

It would be a miracle if ordinary people could find out about this!
What’s more, all the abilities Lin Hao acquired were brought by the little devil from other worlds, and were not “drawn” for him by the Marvel editors at all.

Lingxian and Marvel executives were heading in the wrong direction from the beginning.

Of course, they could never have imagined that Lin Hao would have such an unreasonable plug-in.

They don’t even know what specific abilities Lin Hao possesses.

“Interrogation records, work surveillance, daily words and deeds… I even mobilized editors to report on each other!” Jonathan’s face was full of fatigue: “Still nothing.”

“Can you really find out who gave the Asian character those weird super powers by doing this?”

Ling Xian expressed doubts about their actions for the past half month, but he did not stop them in advance. Time was meaningless to his father anyway. As long as he found a way here, he could immediately appear in front of Lin Hao and launch a special attack.

“Should we first figure out what actions the editor must take to change the multiverse, or what is the specific means by which you create everything?”

“Is it just a matter of drawing comics and making movies, or does it have to be published, or even require a certain level of fame?”

　I will keep writing today, four or five chapters.

　
(End of this chapter)