In middle school Hu had two like-minded classmates. The three of them made an agreement to become cartoonists, and they even formed a pact. Using a jackknife (because then they didn't have any fancy artist's knives), they cut their fingers and signed an oath in blood.
那時候胡覺隆同班有兩個志同道合的同學，三個人相約要成為漫畫家，還煞有介事結盟，用手牌小刀（當時還沒有會噠噠作響的美工刀）劃破手指蓋血手印為證。