Chapter 197: Team Leader's Expectations

It was said to be smoking, but everyone in the editorial department knew that these were just rhetoric, and the two of them must have gone to the reception room to carefully consider the name.

But I can't help but be envious, after all, it is someone else's manuscript, and the editor-in-chief also attaches great importance to this work, which makes the starting point of this work much higher than ordinary works.

Hook took the name, came to the reception room, took out the name, and read it carefully from the first page.

After reading the last page, Hook fell into deep thought.

Wang Wenhong didn't dare to speak out, and his eyes never left Hook.

After about five or six minutes of silence, Hook stood up and walked out of the reception room. After a while, he came in with two cups of coffee.

"What do you think?" Hook asked back.

"Uh... I think it's generally pretty good, but after reading it, I always feel a little strange, and my heart is not at ease...not stable." Wang Wenhong said with some concern.

"I know how you feel, but my thoughts are different from yours." Hook took off his glasses, took out a handkerchief, and wiped the lenses.

"Eh? What do you mean?" Wang Wenhong asked back.

"I don't think it's 'cool' enough."

"Eh?"

"In the second episode, Jin Tengguang and Shi Liang compete in Go. From other people's mouths, readers can easily judge that Shi Liang has high strength among his peers, but he lost to Jin Tengguang. Readers usually think about problems from the perspective of the protagonist, which is the sense of substitution of the work. Therefore, the protagonist wins in the end, and the reader will be happy.

"The first three chapters of a work are considered the most important part of a manga, because readers will judge the direction of a work based on the first three chapters of a manga. If the purpose of this manga is to please readers, it is impossible to have only one The first three chapters should just be the beginning of the topic, not what Teacher Shen really wants to draw."

Wang Wenhong rubbed his chin, "However, I think the pace of this comic will be very fast. First, Shi Liang's identity is elevated, and the next moment the protagonist makes a move and defeats Shi Liang, which reflects Zuo Wei's strength from the side. Moreover, In the third chapter, Zuo Wei also tried his hand at a small game, and broke a chess game with a random move. This should be a plot that readers like... I can't figure out what Teacher Shen will do next. "

Hu Ke put his arms around his chest, pondered for a moment, then shook his head, "It's hard to say. I can't judge the trend of the story after only reading the names of the three episodes... "Soul of Chess" is different from the works I usually see, and there are many possibilities behind it .However, it should be fine through serialization."

"By the way, Teacher Shen also made a request. He has to go to the Go Dojo to collect materials, and he also needs to find professional chess players as consultants. Therefore, even if he passes, it will probably take a month or two before it can be published." Wang Wenhong reminded.

"Huh?" Hu Ke was taken aback, and immediately read the name again, suddenly realized, and murmured, "This is not a comic that sells 'cool'. Otherwise, Mr. Shen would not be able to make such high demands. I am now I am very interested in "Soul of Chess", and I really want to know the next trend of the story...Xiao Wang, I want to discuss something with you."

"Um?"

"How about giving me "Soul of Chess"?" Hook wiped his beard with one hand and smiled wretchedly.

"..."

Wang Wenhong opened his mouth, and after listening for about five or six seconds, his mouth moved slightly.

Although Wang Wenhong didn't make a sound, Hu Ke could tell from the shape of his mouth what Wang Wenhong was going to say - get lost.

There are many differences between large magazines and small magazines, and submitting serial works is one of them.

Magazines like "new world" and "dreamer" don't have a group leader. The serialization meeting is usually decided by the editor-in-chief and the editor-in-chief together, but "ic future" is different. The team leader discusses it, and then submits it to other team leaders and those who will participate in the meeting. After they review, write comments on the back of the envelope, and then attend the serialization meeting.

After Hu Ke put away the name, he went to the other team leaders and asked them to review the first three chapters of "Soul of Chess".

The other team leaders also knew that the editor-in-chief attached great importance to this work, and they spared time to read the name of "Soul of Chess".

Although Jian Xiaomei was also curious, as the editor in charge, she cared more about the quality of "The Hunting Abyss".

After Ye Hexu notified her to take the manuscript, she knocked on the door of the studio immediately.

Walking to Ye Hexu's side, before Jian Xiaomei could speak, Ye Hexu took off the earphones.

"The name of the latest episode is drying in the corner."

"Oh." Jian Xiaomei nodded slightly, put away the dried manuscripts in order, and stuffed them into an envelope, "Where's the name of the next chapter?"

Ye Hexu opened a drawer on one side, took out another envelope, and handed it to Jian Xiaomei.

Jian Xiaomei pulled up a chair and carefully read the name of the latest episode.

"Hunting Abyss" has been drawn for more than a year, and the story is gradually getting better after it unfolds. The protagonist and his team who won the title of "Hunter" entered the abyss and showed their own strength. The storyboard of the big monsters made readers hooked.

But the name of the latest episode has a different plot. After hunting a hunter, a monster entered the hunter's body unimaginably, thereby controlling his will, and left with the other hunters. hunting area.

Seeing this, Jian Xiaomei can almost be sure that the story of "Hunting Abyss" will soon enter the second stage.

The corpse controlled by the monster leaves the hunting area, and the direction of the story will become confusing.

It is impossible for anyone to know whether this monster was discovered by other hunters and killed, or whether it mixed into the crowd and caused other events until the name appeared in the next chapter.

Jian Xiaomei suddenly became curious about the next story.

"Ms. Ye, the style of the next episode of "Hunting Abyss" seems to be changing."

"It hasn't changed too much, has it? There is a foreshadowing ahead." Ye Hexu explained.

"Recently, "Hunting Abyss" has been maintained at the third place. If it changes rashly, I'm not sure if it will be good or bad." Jian Xiao said with a frown.

"Well, Jian Xiaomei, do you think I can stay in third place?" Ye Hexu turned to look at Jian Xiaomei.

"Probably not." Jian Xiaomei shook her head.

"That's it, how about making a change and aiming for the first place." Ye Hexu smiled lightly.

"First place? That's "The Legend of the Dragon King"." Jian Xiaomei said in surprise.

"I know, but I also have a chance, right?" Ye Hexu asked back, "By the way, you said a few days ago that the name of Mr. Shen's new comic will be released, right? How about it?"

"I didn't read it. I only know that it's related to Go, and the team leaders all think highly of it." Jian Xiaomei explained.

"I really hope that Mr. Shen can publish the comics sooner. "ys" suddenly stops, which makes people feel very boring." Ye Hexu stretched his waist and said boredly, "However, Mr. Shen is really a master. It's really good to choose Go Is it? If it’s a romance comic, I can still understand some, but Go is really too niche.”

Jian Xiaomei also shook her head helplessly. Although Shen Xin has won the "Newcomer Award", can Shen Xin really create miracles in a field that readers are not familiar with?

She also felt doubts in her heart.