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

"Did you bring that manga?"

"Brought it."

"I want to see" Zhen Xi's expression was a little reserved.

He wanted to know how interesting this Go manga, which had been discussed by so many people, was.

A young chess player took out the chess soul 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, chessboards, and chess games ever since.

Therefore, when he got Go, he even had a hint of anticipation.

However, after reading the first episode, Zhen Xi felt a little boring, far less interesting than watching chess games. After Shi Liang came out, his heart was a little calmer.

Go does have prodigies, but those prodigies have also been exposed to Go since childhood, and they have practiced repeatedly before they have achieved results like Shi Liang.

Shi Liang, who has been learning Go since he was a child, lost to a Go white, and that Xiaobai still relied on the strength of other people

When Zhen Xi saw the second word, his brows tightened, and what made him feel even more uncomfortable was that this kid named Jin Tengguang actually said in the fourth word, "Just take a few championships" What did he think of Go

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

Isn't this nonsense, even if Zuo Wei is powerful, he is also playing ancient Go, how can he defeat Shi Liang with the help of a primary school student

Zhen Xi clenched his teeth, and his hands unconsciously used his strength.

"Isn't it interesting how it is?"

When Zhen Xi heard other people's words, he remembered that there was someone else's comic in his hand, and he endured the anger in his heart, and looked at the little chess player who spoke coldly, "It's very interesting, don't let me see this comic in the future."

The other young chess players had different looks, but they could see that Zhen Xi didn't like the comic.

As Wang Wenhong speculated, the sales of Chess Soul reached 100,000 copies in a single day on the fourth day, and then began to stabilize, with sales reaching 370,000 copies in a single week.

When Shen Xin first heard this number, he was slightly surprised. There are a total of 23 volumes of Chess Soul, and about 28 million copies have been sold. On average, a single book sells more than a million copies.

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

At the weekly meeting of the editorial department, Shang Haozhi praised Wang Wenhong, not only increased Wang Wenhong's salary, but also received a lot of bonuses.

Due to the drive of the single book, the "little book" of the chess soul also showed signs of recovery, the small book of the 14th chapter rose to the 5th place, and the "small book" of the 15th chapter has not yet come down, but the "quick report" has been promoted to the 4th place.

In front of the chess soul is the hunting abyss.

Wang Wenhong is in a very good mood, and after three weeks of busyness and anxiety, he can finally raise his eyebrows at this moment.

"Okay, now it's time for the manga festival. This year, we have not participated in too many awards, and the only ones that are sure should be the adaptation award of the punishment in the last year, after Mr. Ye and Mr. Han, we no longer have any signature newcomers, should we hold a short story competition"

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

Shang Haozhi nodded, this year's "Comic Festival" is indeed tricky.

ICfuture, as the first magazine in China, will become the protagonist of the comic festival in previous years.

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

Originally, the Hunting Abyss also had a chance to impact the "Best Long-Form Comics", but the biggest problem facing the Hunting Abyss was that before July, it could not be updated to 100 chapters, since it was a "long-form comic", it would inevitably have requirements for the length of the comics.

Now the first place in the Dragon King Biography has won the "Long Comic Award", and the second place is the funny comic killer diary, the subject matter is not very dominant, I have tried twice, and I have returned with a feather, this time let the killer diary participate in the awards, it is estimated that it is enough to choke.

As for the "Newcomer Award", I really didn't find any good seedlings in the past year, and this award was once again handed over to other magazines.

"Well, that's fine. Before November, if you don't find a suitable rookie cartoonist, then go and poach people," Shang Haozhi said.

The other editors rubbed their foreheads, and if they dig like this, it is estimated that Shang Haozhi will be completely stinky in the industry.

Shang Haozhi also knew the risk of digging people, and finally told him that digging people was a last resort, and at present, it was mainly to dig up new people.

After the meeting, Zeng Yue, deputy editor-in-chief, began to formulate relevant processes and formulated the rules as soon as possible.

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

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

If they participate in the short story competition, Shen Xin's assistant selection will become a problem, and if they can't do it, they will have to find a new assistant for Shen Xin.

Although the chess soul has rebounded in performance, its state is unstable, and the new assistant also has to run in with the cartoonist, which will affect the progress of the manga to some extent.

But it is impossible for him not to reveal the news at all, otherwise, the two assistants will definitely have an opinion about him when they see the advertisement for the short story contest.

After much thought, he decided to tell the two assistants.

It's a big deal to find an assistant again, at most for a while, it should be no problem

Wang Wenhong prepared for the worst.

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

"I feel more and more like I'm not enough. Even if you participate in the short story competition, you will definitely be brushed off, so it is better to study with Mr. Shen for a while. Ma Ning explained.

Lu Ning's answer was more direct, "I haven't thought of a dazzling story yet, so I'm not going to participate." ”

The answers of the two made Wang Wenhong's pressure much easier.

"By the way, who are the judges of this competition," Shen Xin said curiously.

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

Han Ye was dug up by Wang Wenhong. As it turned out, his painting skills were really good.

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

In the next two weeks, the score of the "little book" of the chess soul finally stabilized at the fourth place, and the discussion with the chess soul on the Internet gradually became hot.

In the last few episodes, the protagonist of the chess soul was suddenly changed to Taya Ryo, telling about his encounter in Aquaman Middle School. Even, in order to make things difficult for him, some students also used "imitation chess", which made many Go novices feel fresh and curious, and soon there were people who knew more about Go and explained "imitation chess".

"Aquaman's middle school students were imitating Xiao Liang's Go, and they were finally repaired by Xiao Liang."

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

"That's Dongpo chess, Kuroko played Tian Yuan first, and then imitated Baizi's chess move. It's also easy to crack, just go around Tianyuan. ”

"If it is said that it is Dongpo chess, then this should be the chess game of the Song Dynasty."

Actually, it probably isn't. Because the Song Dynasty had a seat rule, Go had to be played first in the four star positions around the chessboard, but the first hand to imitate chess was to play Tianyuan, which is unlikely to be a chess game of the Song Dynasty. ”

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