On October 20, the 18th Comics Festival was held as scheduled, and "Hunting the Abyss" won the "Best Long-Form Comic of the Year" award by a narrow margin, but this was also the only award won by "ComicFuture".

Whether the magazine is happy or not, ComicFuture is not the biggest winner of the comic book festival.

"MangaFly" won the Newcomer Award, the Best Adaptation Award and the Best Foreign Manga Award.

Among them, "Slam Dunk" won the award in the selection of best cartoonists, beating other comics. And the popularity of "Slam Dunk" before October even exceeded that of "Hunting the Abyss", which also made the gold content of this year's Best Long-Form Comics Award questionable.

Ye Hexu didn't care, but he also knew that the gold content of this session was not very high, so after leaving the live broadcast hall and accepting the media before handing over the room, Ye Hexu threw the trophy into the drawer.

Regardless of the opinion of public opinion, the magazine carried out two special reports on Ye Hexu, and marked the words "Best Long-form Comic Award of the Year" on the waist cover of the next volume.

"Hunting Abyss" is still ranked first in the small book, and behind it, the battle between "Chess Soul" and "The Legend of the Dragon King" is already in white heat.

Xiao Liang was invited to play four-sided chess with the sponsor at the Go Exchange Competition, that is, to play chess with four people at the same time.

With Xiaoliang's chess skills, it is not difficult to win against four sponsors, but these people have contributed a lot of money to the holding of the competition, and there will be places to ask these people in the future. Therefore, the organizer wanted Xiaoliang to deliberately lose to the sponsors.

Originally, Xiao Liang didn't care, but the sponsor expressed his contempt for Go, which made Xiao Liang feel guilty.

On the other hand, Xiaoguang also began to learn to play chess in the chess club.

"What is a draw? Is it the same as chess? ”

After all, there are not many readers who really understand Go, so after seeing the appearance of "draw", some people raised doubts.

"You didn't read the manga carefully, did you? What does it say? ”

"I just can't read it. Is there anyone who knows Go? Explain a little. ”

After more than a dozen floors in a row, someone gave an explanation.

"There are 19 rows in Go, 19 vertical, and a total of 361 horizontal and vertical intersections. The rule of Go is that black falls first, so if the game is full, there will be 181 blacks and 180 whites on the board. In this case, sunspots have the upper hand. In modern tournaments, after the end of Go, black is deducted from 5 and a half meshes, so there will be no draw.

"The comic gives a handicap, and there are no rules for sticking to the goal. Therefore, in this case it is possible to have a draw. You see, in the first half of this sentence, Xiao Liang and the four people are playing handicap chess. However, if you deliberately play a draw, you need a lot of computing power, and your opponent has to calculate every move, so it will be very tiring to play. ”

"Is it that hard?"

"Yes, it's the equivalent of letting someone who is very accurate on the penalty shoot deliberately miss the ball and can't do it three times, for them, it's more difficult to miss a free throw than to hit a free throw. It's the same with chess, every move has to be measured. ”

"If Xiao Guang can play chess, then his computing ability is very strong."

"That's right, "Chess Soul" is really getting more and more exciting. At first, I thought it was an invincible text, but now it seems that my thoughts at that time were really superficial. ”

"Actually, I'm more curious about Xiao Liang's side, will he win those sponsors?"

"I don't know, but it's this uncertainty that makes "Chess Soul" more interesting."

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The ratings of the "Chess Soul" animation gradually increased, and after three or four episodes, there was a vague trend of breaking 8%, and the comics of "Chess Soul" became more and more exciting, and the popularity gradually increased.

Although the rankings of "The Legend of the Dragon King" and "Chess Soul" have not changed, the number of votes between the two comics is less than 10 votes.

At present, not only "The Legend of the Dragon King", but even other cartoonists are also aware that "Chess Soul" is about to exert force.

In the 72nd episode "Four People", Xiao Liang fought against four with one, and in the end, he played a draw with two of them, and the victory or defeat of the remaining two people could not be revealed until the next episode; Xiaoguang also completed a one-to-two draw.

Two people, at the same time, completed a draw with their opponents with a tacit understanding.

After the 73rd episode "Perfect Accident" was published, the results of the competition between Xiaoliang and the sponsor were finally revealed.

One enemy is four, and all sides are drawn.

At the same time, Xiaoguang was also in the chess club, with one enemy and four, but the result was a draw on three sides, and the other was one goal short.

Although Xiaoguang did not complete the four-draw like Xiao Liang, readers can feel his progress in Go, and at the same time, coupled with Xiao Liang's outstanding performance, this sentence has increased in popularity a lot, and Xiaoshu's ranking has also risen to a new level, beating "The Legend of the Dragon King" and becoming the second place.

Wang Wenhong almost jumped up with excitement when he saw Xiaoshu, but Hu Ke and Jia Hui were all in the office, and their faces were not very good-looking, so he didn't dare to be too presumptuous, so he could only bury this matter in his heart.

After getting off work, Wang Wenhong hurried to Shen Xin's studio. The moment Li Jie opened the door, Wang Wenhong entered the house like the wind.

"Teacher Shen, congratulations, the second place in the little book!" Wang Wenhong threw his briefcase on the sofa on the first floor, looking excited.

"Huh? Second place? Li Jie was stunned for a moment, and then jumped up excitedly, "Which comic is more than that?" "The Legend of the Dragon King"? ”

"That's right, 10 more votes than "The Legend of the Dragon King"." Wang Wenhong smiled, took out two pieces of paper, and wiped the sweat on his forehead, "There are about 30 tickets different from "Hunting Abyss". ”

"The next word, surpass "Hunting Abyss"!" Gao Hang clenched his fist high, and still held the needle pen in his hand.

Shen Xin stood by the fence on the second floor, smiling, and gave Wang Wenhong a thumbs up, "Don't be too excited, the comics in the back are more exciting - Brother Wang, "Chess Soul" has been serialized until now, almost a year and a half, and since the first episode, I have never sat in the first place again." Soon, it will be the turn of "Chess Soul" for first place. ”

"Are you so confident in the next word?" Wang Wenhong said with a smile.

"Of course it's not the next word, in fact, the next word is "Chess Soul" high. The beginning of the tide. Brother Wang, please believe me, once the results of "Chess Soul" stabilize, it is definitely possible to sit in first place for three consecutive months. Shen Xin patted his chest and said.

From the current plot to Zuo Wei's disappearance, every word is exciting, which is why Shen Xin is so confident.

Of course, whether it can last for three months, in addition to the wonderful story, also needs the cooperation of other people, at least, "Hunting the Abyss" and "The Legend of the Dragon King" don't do any moths.

"I believe you!" Wang Wenhong rubbed his nose, the corners of his mouth curled, and a smile appeared on his face.