Chapter 221 Don't Like

The words of a few people made Zhen Xi feel a little itchy.

"Did you bring that comic?"

"Bring it."

"I... want to see..." Zhen Xi looked a little reserved.

He wanted to know how interesting this Go comic was discussed by so many people.

A young chess player took out "Soul of Chess" from his backpack and handed it to Zhen Xi.

Zhen Xi rarely reads comics. He has been exposed to Go since he was five years old, and has been dealing with black and white chess pieces, chess boards, and chess records since then.

Therefore, when he got Go, he even had a glimmer of expectation.

However, after watching the first episode, Zhen Xi felt that it was a bit boring, and it was far less interesting than reading chess records. After the teacher came out, he felt a little more peaceful in his heart.

There are indeed child prodigies in Go, but those prodigies have been exposed to Go since childhood, and only after repeated practice can they achieve results—just like Shi Liang.

Shi Liang, who learned Go since he was a child, lost to a Go Xiaobai, and that Xiaobai still relied on other people's strength... What's going on?

When Zhen Xi saw the second chapter, his brows became tighter, and what made him feel even more uncomfortable was that this kid named Jin Tengguang actually said in the fourth chapter, "Take as many champions as you want"... He regarded Go as a What did you do?

What made him even more unacceptable was that Shi Liang lost to Jin Tengguang for the second time.

Isn't this nonsense? No matter how good Zuo Wei is, he still plays ancient Go...how is it possible...to defeat Shi Liang with the help of a primary school student?

Zhen Xi clenched her teeth, and unconsciously used strength in her hands.

"How? Isn't it fun?"

When Zhen Xi heard someone else's words, he remembered that his hand was someone else's comic. Enduring the anger in his heart, he looked at the little chess player who was speaking coldly, "It's very interesting... Don't let me see this comic again?"

The expressions of the other young chess players were different, but they could tell that Zhen Xi didn't like this cartoon.

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The sales volume of "Soul of Chess" was as predicted by Wang Wenhong. After reaching a daily sales volume of 100,000 copies on the fourth day, it began to stabilize, reaching a weekly sales volume of 370,000 copies.

When Shen Xin first heard this number, she was a little surprised. "Soul of Chess" has a total of 23 volumes and sold about 28 million copies. On average, a single volume sold more than one million copies.

Unexpectedly, in this world, the first volume of "Soul of Chess" sold 370,000 copies in the first week. However, considering the China of this world, there are more people who read comics, so the sales of "Soul of Chess" should be better than Earth.

At the weekly meeting of the editorial department, Shang Haozhi highly praised Wang Wenhong, not only raising Wang Wenhong's salary, but also receiving a considerable bonus.

Driven by the single book, the "Small Book" of "Soul of Chess" also shows signs of recovery. The "Small Book" of Chapter 14 has risen to the fifth place. Promoted to 4th.

In front of "Soul of Chess", is "Hunting Abyss".

Wang Wenhong is in a good mood. After three weeks of busyness and anxiety, he can finally feel elated.

"Okay, next, it's the 'Manga Ceremony'. This year, we don't have too many awards, and the only one we can be sure of is the 'Adaptation Award' of "Crime and Punishment"... In the past year, between Yelaoshr and After Mr. Han, we no longer have any brand newcomers... Should we hold a short story competition?"

Zeng Yue shifted the topic to the "Cartoon Festival".

Shang Haozhi nodded, this year's "Manga Festival" is really tricky.

"ic future" is the first publication in China, and it will be the protagonist of the comic festival in previous years.

However, this year's sure award is only the "Adaptation Award".

Originally, "Hunting Abyss" also had the opportunity to hit the "best long-form comic", but the biggest problem facing "Hunting Abyss" is that it cannot be updated to 100 chapters before July-since it is a "long-form comic", it will inevitably have a negative impact on There are requirements for the length of comics.

Now the "Dragon King" ranked first has won the "Long-form Comic Award", and the second place is the funny comic "Diary of a Killer". The theme is not very dominant. I have tried it twice and failed After all, it is probably not enough to let "Assassin's Diary" participate in the awards this time.

As for the "Newcomer Award", no good seedlings have been found in the past year, and this award has once again been handed over to other magazines.

"Well... that's fine. Before November? If you don't find a suitable new cartoonist before November, then go 'poach someone'!" Shang Haozhi said.

The other editors rubbed their foreheads. If they continued digging like this, Shang Haozhi would be completely stink in the industry.

Shang Haozhi also knew the risks of poaching people, and finally told him that poaching people is a last resort. At present, he still focuses on finding new people.

After the meeting, the deputy editor-in-chief Zeng Yue began to formulate the relevant procedures, and formulated the rules immediately.

Wang Wenhong was a little worried when he saw the request.

He knew that both Lu Ning and Ma Ning wanted to become professional cartoonists.

If they participate in the short story competition, the choice of Shen Xin's assistant will become a problem. Maybe they will have to find a new assistant for Shen Xin.

Although the performance of "Soul of Chess" has rebounded, the state is not stable, and the new assistant has to work with the manga artist, which will affect the progress of the manga to some extent.

But it is impossible for him not to reveal any rumors, otherwise, the two assistants will definitely have opinions on him when they see the advertisement of the short story contest.

After thinking twice, he decided to tell the two assistants.

In the worst case, I will find an assistant again. At most, I will run in for a while, and it should be fine...

Wang Wenhong made the worst plan.

When he told Lu Ning and Ma Ning about the short story contest, they both refused.

"Now I feel more and more that my strength is not enough. Even if I participate in the short story competition, I will definitely be rejected. Instead of this, I might as well study with Teacher Shen for a while." Ma Ning explained.

Lu Ning's answer was more straightforward, "I haven't thought of any eye-catching stories, so I'm not going to participate."

The two people's answers relieved Wang Wenhong's pressure a lot.

"By the way, who are the judges for this competition?" Shen Xin asked curiously.

"Ms. Ye, his current workload is relatively stable, and he has time to serve as a judge. Moreover, he has a good eye for people. The magazine is very relieved." Wang Wenhong explained.

Han Ye was poached by Wang Wenhong forcefully. Facts have proved that his painting skills are indeed very powerful.

Since the short comic contest has nothing to do with Shen Xin, he doesn't care about it either.

In the next two weeks, "Soul of Chess"'s "Small Book" score finally stabilized at fourth place, and discussions with "Soul of Chess" on the Internet gradually heated up.

In the last few episodes, the protagonist of "Soul of Chess" suddenly changed to Ta Yaliang, telling about his experience in Haiwang Middle School. Some students even used "imitation chess" to make things difficult for him, which made many Go beginners feel fresh and curious, and soon some people who knew more about Go explained "imitation chess".

"Sea King's middle school students were imitating Xiao Liang's Go, and Xiao Liang repaired it in the end."

"I don't know how Xiao Liang cracked it, I don't understand it, but I think Xiao Liang is very powerful."

"It's Dongpo chess. The sunspot plays the 'Tianyuan' first, and then imitates the Baizi's move. It is also easy to crack, and the white piece just plays around Tianyuan."

"It's Dongpo chess, so it should be the chess record of the Song Dynasty?"

"Actually, it might not be. Because the Song Dynasty had seat rules, Go had to be played on the four star positions around the board first, but the first move to imitate was to play 'Tianyuan', so it is unlikely to be the game record of the Song Dynasty."

People who know Go gave a little explanation, which opened the eyes of many Go novices. They really learned a lot of Go knowledge in the comics.