The person who told Murakami the news was his good friend and a senior executive of the company, Yuji Takaoka.

Takaoka told him not to make extraneous troubles, let alone tell others, after all, it is not a glorious thing for the chairman to fall ill.

"Why are you telling me this?" Murakami was puzzled, and after work, he deliberately pulled Takaoka to a tavern.

"The chairman has a heart attack, and the family has been upset about it. For the sake of his body, there may be a handover of work within the company. ”

Yuji Takaoka said it very implicitly, but Murakami knew that Yuji Takaoka was saying that there might be a change in management, after all, the chairman is also in his 60s, and in terms of age, it is indeed possible to be replaced.

"The management is very pleased with the increase in sales of "Shonen Leap" and recognizes your work, so you have to work harder during this time...... It's best to give "Shonen Leap" another boost in sales. Takaoka suddenly lowered his voice.

Murakami picked up the wine cup and took a sip, feeling mixed in his heart.

Whether it can take another step up depends on the next results of "Shonen Leap".

It is normal for people to go to high places, and they don't want to climb up, what kind of workplace do they mix? But leaving "Shonen Leap", it will take a while to get used to it, especially since he has been in "Shonen Leap" for 20 years, and it is false to say that he has no feelings.

Besides, the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment, the more you want to climb up, and when the results come out, you may be more disappointed.

That's the reality.

Therefore, after learning the reason for the incident from Yuji Takaoka, Murakami did not deliberately pursue the results of "Shonen Leap", but worked methodically as usual, but when he saw the small book, he would always deliberately glance twice, and the sales of single books and magazines would also be looked at twice.

Although his original intention was not to pursue it deliberately, he always inadvertently thought of it in his heart, and the whole person suffered some gains and losses.

Shonen Leap sales hit a new high again, reaching 3.8 million copies.

Although "The Gate of Eternal Life" is in a transitional plot, the huge readership still keeps "The Gate of Eternal Life" at a very high level of popularity, and the results are stable in the top three.

"The Strongest Pitcher" maintains a high level of tension in the recent plot, with the protagonist confronting strong opponents and the scores rising alternately, whetting the reader's appetite.

With the excellent quality of the work itself and the blessing of animation, the volume of a single book can also be maintained at about 600,000 copies, and if you follow this standard, "The Strongest Pitcher" is already one of the signatures of "Shonen Leap".

The comic that made Murakami sigh the most was still "SLAM DUNK", after winning the copyright of District 11, in order to promote this comic, the magazine spent a lot of money, and it turned out that the money was worth it.

In the absence of animation blessings, it is terrible to have the current results, and in the future, it may not be able to surpass "The Gate of Eternal Life...... IF YOU COMPARE THE RESULTS OF "ETERNAL GATE" IN THE SAME PERIOD, PERHAPS "SLAM DUNK" HAS AN ADVANTAGE.

Not to mention others, he is already a big fan of "SLAM DUNK", and every time China Kotani gets the original manuscript, he has to read the latest manga of "SLAM DUNK" as soon as possible.

IN FACT, THE RECENT PLOT OF "SLAM DUNK" IS INDEED WORTHY OF THE CURRENT RESULTS, AND THE GRIPPING ATMOSPHERE IN THE COMICS MAKES READERS FALL INTO IT BEFORE THEY KNOW IT......

With the progress of the competition between Xiangbei and Hainan High School, the game time is getting closer and closer, and the time is less than 2 minutes in a blink of an eye, and more importantly, Liu Chuanfeng's physical strength has reached the limit.

Mu Gangxian, Coach Anxi, and even Mu Qingzi all knew the urgency of time.

A shot by Shan Jing Shou smashed to the front of the frame, and the basketball jumped high, although Mu Gangxian struggled to save it, his fingertips could only tap the basketball, and the basketball fell off the court.

Mu Gangxian struggled to rescue, but his fingers could only touch the basketball again, but he couldn't control the basketball in his hand, and the basketball continued to fly out of the court, and even, flew to Gao Touli.

Hanamichi and Mu Shen kept running towards the basketball, and when the basketball crossed the sideline in the air, Hanamichi jumped up and rescued the basketball, and Liu Chuanfeng, who got the ball, completed the last dunk he wanted him to play in the whole game, and then fell to the ground in exhaustion.

Without Liu Chuanfeng, Xiangbei was at a disadvantage in the game with Hainan, but the players in Xiangbei did not give up, and even, Yuzhu stood up and cheered for Mu Gangxian.

There was a difference of 4 points and 56 seconds left in the race.

Xiangbei must score two more goals under the premise of zero points in Hainan University High School to equalize the score, and even turn defeat into victory, and what is even worse is that Shan Jingshou's physical strength has also reached the limit.

Time passed by a second, when the score was very much more than 30 seconds left, and the difference was 4 points, in the end, Shan Jing Shou barely made a shot......

This is the end of the "SLAM DUNK" serialization, because this game is too long, therefore, in the last two episodes, the performance of "SLAM DUNK" has dropped slightly, temporarily in second place, but Murakami Toru knows that the charm of "SLAM DUNK" is by no means limited to this.

Due to the convenience of his position, Murakami has already seen the content after the three words, and he already knows the result of this game.

IT CAN BE SAID THAT THE RESULTS OF THE LAST TWO OR THREE EPISODES OF "SLAM DUNK" WILL SURPASS "ETERNAL GATE" AND "STRONGEST PITCHER".

This is Toru Murakami's self-confidence.

……

Issue 46 of Comic Future was released on a rainy Monday.

The winter wind hit, rolling the rain and hitting the ground, and the humid air also made people feel irritable, and even wanted to pull the quilt and sleep a lot.

However, even so, Bnim's business is still booming, and there is a long queue at the Bnim cash register, most of whom hold a copy of "Young Leap" in their hands, and a few people, in addition to magazines, also hold a single copy of "SLAM DUNK".

There are even some readers, who haven't even had time to buy it, can't wait to open the sample issue for readers to flip through, and chapter 129 "In the Name of Genius 2" finally appeared in front of readers......

SIMILARLY, MANGA ARTISTS CARE ABOUT SLAM DUNK, SOME ARE READERS OF SLAM DUNK THEMSELVES, AND SOME SEE THEM AS COMPETITORS.

Kosuke Tachikawa is one of them, and there are both cases.

Originally, Kosuke Tachikawa was very resistant to "SLAM DUNK", and even took the rhythm and belittled "SLAM DUNK", although he temporarily served as an assistant, but in the manga, he still had his own views and opinions. Liu Chuanfeng conquered the audience with his personal performance, but also conquered him, but as a comic practitioner, he felt desperate after seeing those storyboards, and at the same time felt a little happy in his heart.

It's not a loss to lose to SLAM DUNK, but it might be even more humiliating if you lose to other comics.

After figuring this out, Kosuke Tachikawa's attitude towards "SLAM DUNK" is also gradually changing.