At Tokyo International Airport in the island country, Zhao Chen left the airport and took a taxi straight back to Tianxiashe.

It's a hot and dry month in August, especially in the metropolis of Tokyo.

Zhao Chen only stayed in Xiangjiang for less than two months this time, Xiangjiang is only a small market after all, if it weren't for the execution of the plan, there would be no need to stay there for so long, at this time his focus is all on the island country, which is the largest comic market in the world.

Tianxia Society has been on the right track in just a few months, in addition to Zhao Chen's strength, the other thing is that the people recruited by Zhao Chen are relatively outstanding in terms of strength and experience, and they can deal with all kinds of sudden events very well, but they don't need Zhao Chen to spend much energy.

This time to return to the island country, in addition to presiding over the overall situation, another reason is that the annual island country Nebula Award is about to start, and Zhao Chen's name appears on the comic shortlist of the Nebula Award.

The Nebula Awards is an annual sF science fiction award that has been held since 197o, and is voted on by the participants of the Japan sF convention to recognize outstanding sF works. Finalists are entries from January 1 to December 1 of the previous year. Initially, there was the Island Country Feature Department, the Island Country Short Story Department, the Overseas Long Form Department, the Overseas Short Story Department, and the Media Department, and later the Film Department, the Comedy Department, the Art Department, the Comic Department, the Literary Works Department, and the Freedom Department.

Among them, Zhao Chen received two nominations, that is, the overseas feature department and the comics department, of which "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" was nominated for the overseas novel department, and "The Rebellious Lelouxiu" was nominated for the comics department.

Among them, there is not much hope that "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" can win awards, after all, this is just a martial arts novel, even if it is well written, it is difficult to win awards, and it is often possible to get overseas novels are basically those philosophical novels, not "casual novels" like "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty".

Of course, "Rebellious Lelouxiu" is very promising, because whether it is the painting, plot or characters, Zhao Chen is at the highest level in this year's new comic works, even if there is "Fuxing Kid" among the competitors Rumiko Takahashi, he has great confidence in Lelouxiu.

Zhao Chen will naturally participate in this year's Nebula Awards, after all, most of the other comic awards are founded by their respective comic clubs, and the objects of rewards are often cartoonists in the comic clubs, such as the Tezuka Award, the Elementary School Comic Award, etc., this kind of comic award is relatively narrow, with huge threshold requirements, Zhao Chen naturally can't participate. What he can participate in is a generalized comic book award like the Nebula Award, perhaps compared to the more popular local cartoonists, Zhao Chen is undoubtedly the kind of person who is disliked by the judges, but the audience's eyes are undoubtedly bright, even if the judges are blatant, Zhao Chen will not be too embarrassed Zhao Chen, the chance of Zhao Chen winning the award is not low, and he is the big hit of this year's Comics Awards.

What's more, those who can participate in the Nebula Awards are often elites, including a number of outstanding cartoonists, novelists, animation elites, etc., for Zhao Chen, this is the main purpose of his Nebula Awards, as long as he grasps it well, he can accumulate a lot of contacts in all aspects.

The Nebula Awards are held in a building in Tokyo, and because it is one of the most famous awards in the island country, it is naturally held in a grand manner, and most media outlets send reporters over. As long as you can win an award at the Nebula Awards, then your fame can be said to have increased greatly, especially for newcomers.

Zhao Chen came quite early, and after showing the invitation sent by the organizer to the doorman, he successfully entered the venue.

In the hall, there are naturally some who came earlier than Zhao Chen, these are often newcomers or media, and the more famous they are, the more good at pinching time.

Zhao Chen is naturally a newcomer, but compared to other newcomers, he is not too nervous, and it doesn't matter to him whether he can win awards at the Nebula Awards, the important thing is to strive to gain connections among these elites.

This time, in addition to Zhao Chen's Lu Lu Xiu, there are also Takahashi Rumiko's "Lucky Star Boy", Hagio Wangdu's "スター?レッド", Anda Mitsutsu's "Miyuki Miyuki" and Akira Toriyama's "Aralei", if you look at it historically, Hagio Wangdu's "スターレッド" will be awarded this year's Nebula Award comic department, but unfortunately this time there is a variable of Zhao Chen, and it will become difficult to judge again, after all, Lu Lu Xiu is placed there.

Zhao Chen glanced at the hall and only saw a more familiar figure, that is, Rumiko Takahashi, at this time, Rumiko Takahashi had just become famous with "Lucky Star Kid", and Rumiko Takahashi had just graduated, and not long ago the long serialized "Lucky Star Kid" was bound to become popular. But Aunt Takahashi in this era is still a newcomer who is alive and well-known, so naturally she will not pinch her like those 'old people', she is earlier than Zhao Chen.

At this time, Rumiko Takahashi was only 23 years old, with a pair of black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose and a kind smile on her face, listening to the conversations of the people around her.

"Is it Rumiko Takahashi?"

Zhao Chen casually took a glass of red wine from the waiter, and went straight to Rumiko Takahashi, holding a wine glass and pretending to be puzzled.

"Ah, yes, I'm Takahashi, may I ask who you are?"

As soon as Rumiko Takahashi heard someone calling herself, she hurriedly looked at Zhao Chen, and when she saw Zhao Chen's still relatively immature face, she couldn't help but have doubts on her face, after all, in addition to the nominees and media reporters, there was only the organizer who could enter the hall, but Zhao Chen's appearance didn't look like it.

"You can call me Zhao Chen, it's nice to meet you!"

"What, you are that Zhao Chen, the nominee of "Rebellious Lelouxiu"!"

When Rumiko Takahashi heard the name Zhao Chen, she was shocked, and the wine glass in her hand almost loosened, she didn't expect her biggest competitor to be so young.

Yes, whether it is Rumiko Takahashi, Adatsutsu and Hagio Wangdu, they all regard Zhao Chen as the biggest opponent of this year, for no other reason, it is really "Rebellious Lelouxiu" is so good, so good that they can't help but admire it when they see it.

"I'm really sorry, I didn't expect the author of "Rebellious Lelouch" to be so young, by the way, you can call me Rumiko, one of your competitors this time, it's nice to meet you."

Rumiko Takahashi held the wine glass in her left hand and stretched out her right hand in front of Zhao Chen.

Zhao Chen hurriedly handed the wine glass to his left hand and shook hands with Rumiko Takahashi, and the two could be regarded as acquaintances.

"Rumiko, I also watched your "Lucky Star Kid", and the painting is very good!"

"It's been awarded, it's not as good as "Rebellious Lelouch", you are the biggest hit in the comics department this time, with the quality of "Rebellious Lelouxiu", I'm afraid that the best out of ten will win the award!"

The two complimented each other, and the two sides got along relatively well.

"Rumiko, I'm still the president of the Tianxia Society, maybe we will have a chance to cooperate in the future."

"That's a real pleasure! Tianxia Society has been able to gain a firm foothold in the comic industry in just a few months, and has achieved good results, which can be said to be quite potential, and there may not be no opportunities for cooperation in the future. ”

Zhao Chen is quite aware of Takahashi Rumiko's future achievements, it can be said that the ranking of female cartoonists in the island country belongs to NO1, and his masterpieces "Lucky Star Kid", "A Moment of Reunion", "Ranma 1/2" and "Inuyasha" have a single book with sales of about 100 million, which can be said to be a comic master who has achieved quite amazing, and her comics are the guarantee of sales and ratings. Among all the masters of the island country, the status is enough to rank in the top five, and it is also one of the biggest pillars of the primary school hall, Zhao Chen will naturally have the mind of abduction.

It's just that Zhao Chen also knows in his heart that Rumiko Takahashi has already shown her potential at this time, as long as there is no NC at the top of the primary school hall, then Rumiko Takahashi will naturally not be allowed to leave. What's more, although Tianxia Society has become famous in recent times, it is far from being comparable to a comic giant like Shogakukan in terms of scale, sales and heritage.

While Zhao Chen and Rumiko Takahashi were talking, their eyes were always glued to the entrance of the hall. It didn't take long for his eyes to light up, and another somewhat familiar figure appeared in his sight.

The figure also wore a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose, and his face was slightly haggard, but it was another competitor of Zhao Chen, Anda Chong.

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