The annual meeting of "Shonen Leap" is another relatively large star-rated hotel, and in order to take care of cartoonists, the magazine covers an entire floor.

According to China Kotani, in preparation for this meeting, Shonen Leap spent a week setting up the venue.

As for the activities in the venue, that is, to eat something, the editor-in-chief will say two sentences, and more time will be used to let cartoonists exchange feelings, and then communicate and cooperate with comics' peripheral companies.

In short, it's actually about the same as the annual meeting of "Comic Future", if there is any difference, perhaps, it is also the prize of the lottery, which has the color of the 11th district, the grand prize is the digital pen screen produced in the 11th district, and the participation prize is a voucher for a hotel, which is estimated to be the partner hotel of "Shonen Leap", of course, it can only be used in Tokyo.

When Shen Xin and Wang Wenhong got out of the car, many people were entering the hotel, and Asai Hui was already in the hall, waiting for Shen Xin and Wang Wenhong.

Hui Asai once attended the annual party with Yoshito Yamagishi, and the biggest feeling was that she could meet manga artists who are rarely seen here.

Some cartoonists like to show up, often seen on TV or magazines, and some cartoonists give full play to the attributes of "otaku", not to mention media appearances, except for editors, few people can see his true face.

Therefore, at the annual meeting, you can meet a variety of cartoonists.

Wearing a white down jacket, Asai Hui was talking with other people, and when she saw Shen Xin walking into the hall, she hurriedly greeted her, and then introduced Shen Xin's identity to the person she was talking to.

The other party's expression looked a little strange, as if he didn't believe the person in front of him, it was Shen Zheng.

Shen Xin didn't know Japanese, and he didn't know what the other party was saying, so he could only smile and nodded, and then asked Xiang Qianhui, "Are you going up?" ”

"Of course it went up...... I'm just waiting for you? Hui Asai glanced at her watch, "Yamagishi-sensei and Uematsu-sensei are already here." By the time we go up, the annual meeting will probably start soon. Mr. Kotani was still in contact with me just now, and I guess I'm waiting for you above. ”

"I'm sorry for you."

There is also a reason why Asai Hui came over.

Shen Xin is in District 11, he is not familiar with the place, and the language is even different, there is only one Wang Wenhong, Xi Muhan and Yan Fei are not very relieved, so Qianjing Hui also rushed over.

said that she was asked to attend the annual meeting, but in fact, she was also asked to help translate when necessary, after all, even Wang Wenhong could not follow Shen Xin all the time.

The language barrier, in many cases, there is indeed a certain inconvenience, in this case, another interpreter is needed.

The elevator door opened, Shen Xin and his party walked out of the elevator, and the corridor was full of character paintings.

Shen Xin glanced at it roughly, all of them are the characters of the signature comics of "Youth Leap", take "SLAM DUNK" as an example, in addition to the five starting standing paintings of the Xiangbei team, there are also standing paintings of Mu Qingzi and, Xiandao, and Mu Shenyi, which can be regarded as the comics with the most standing paintings in the corridor.

Entering the hall that had been converted into a conference room, standing paintings and human-height puppets were also placed in the hall, and in the corner of one side, Shen Xin even saw human-height pillows.

"It's definitely a prize." Hui Asai looked at the pillow and thought a little carefully.

Shen Xin saw the pattern on the pillow clearly, and couldn't help but laugh - the pattern on it turned out to be Liu Chuanfeng.

Well...... It should be very attractive to female readers.

"Teacher Shen, I'm really afraid that you will be late." Tachibana walked over in a big stride, smiling like a flower.

Shen Xin didn't know if it was his own delusion, he had a feeling that Gentry Tachibana's attitude towards him was better than before.

"I'm sorry, I was so busy picking out clothes at the hotel that I forgot the time." Shen Xin waved his hand.

Originally, Xi Muhan prepared a white suit for Shen Xin, but he felt that it was too eye-catching, so he changed into a dark blue suit with a dark shirt, which made people feel more stable.

This is actually a good combination.

"Where. Mr. Shen chose clothes so carefully because he attached great importance to this annual meeting. How about it, do you want to go up and say a few words? Tachibana asked.

Shen Xin waved his hand, "Still no, I don't know Japanese, if I translate, it will delay time, and besides, I haven't prepared." ”

"That's fine, but I might introduce Mr. Shen later." Tachibana reminded him.

"It's okay, I'm here to attend the annual meeting, you can go through whatever process you want." Shen Xin said softly.

Tachibana snapped his fingers, and the waiter immediately walked over with two bottles of champagne.

"I wish Mr. Shen a great time tonight. By the way, Mr. Shen, you are the author of the magazine, and you have worked with "Young Leap" for more than ten years, and you have not been to the editorial office, right? ”

"I haven't been there yet...... I've been to District 11 a few times before, but all of them were after the work was finished, and I was afraid of delaying the work of the editors when I suddenly visited your office. Shen Xin explained.

"It's okay, as long as Mr. Shen has always come, no matter what time it is, we will welcome Mr. Shen." Tachibana handed Shen Xin one of the glasses of champagne.

The two touched their glasses, took a sip each, and smiled at each other.

When Tachibana left the gentry, Wang Wenhong asked the waiter for a glass of ice water and drank it into his stomach.

The continuous translation just now made his mouth a little dry.

"Tachibana Gentry...... It's a little different from before. After Wang Wenhong returned the glass to the waiter, his eyes fell on Tachibana Shin again.

At this moment, Tachibana Shin was talking quietly with Murakami in the corner.

"yes, I feel a little more enthusiastic than before." Shen Xin also took down a glass of ice water from the push plate of the waiter who passed by, "I don't know why?" ”

Wang Wenhong shrugged his shoulders, and when his eyes fell on Tachibana Shin again, he found that Murakami Toru was no longer by Tachibana Shin's side.

He was about to go to find Toru Murakami when suddenly the sound of a microphone sounding in the air drew his attention.

"Welcome to the 62nd annual meeting of "Shonen Leap", everyone has been in the same boat with "Shonen Leap", all of you have gone through thick and thin, and you have come to know today's "Shonen Leap", I would like to thank all my colleagues who are here, as well as the cartoonists and partners who were not present." Murakami Toru took the microphone and said loudly.

The hall immediately burst into deafening applause, and Shen Xin also applauded a few times with the crowd.

After the applause fell, Murakami continued: "Shonen Leap is a manga magazine, and it is no exaggeration that the manga artist is the root of the magazine. Some cartoonists have left Shonen Leap for various reasons, and there are also new cartoonists who have joined Shonen Leap, which has changed the characteristics of Shonen Leap and kept Shonen Leap alive.

"Here, I am very honored to introduce to you that we have invited Mr. Shen from Huaxia to participate in this year's annual meeting, "Steel Forge", "Chess Soul", "DN", "SLAM DUNK" ...... You've heard of it, right? ”

As soon as the words fell, there was an uproar at the scene, and even Shen Xin was taken aback.

Everyone followed Murakami's fingers and looked at Shen Xin.

Realizing that he had become the focus of the hall, Shen Xin suddenly felt pressured, but he still raised his hand and greeted the people around him.

For some reason, after Shen Xin said hello, he suddenly had a feeling - these people looked at him as if they saw some treasure.

This is true for both the cartoonists and the Shonen Leap partners.

Actually, it's not hard to guess why.

"Chess Soul" or "Steel Forged" was a big hit in District 11 in the early years, but Shen Xin never appeared in public, and "SLAM DUNK" was a big hit and became a phenomenal comic in District 11, but Shen Xin was never interviewed in Huaxia, and the outside world's contact with Shen Xin was mostly to communicate with Wang Wenhong.

Now, when Shen Xin came to the annual meeting, it was difficult not to arouse the interest of others, and even some people were already thinking about how to communicate with Shen Xin after Murakami finished speaking.

Standing beside Shen Xin, Asai Hui had been holding a plate and tasting pastries, but now she felt pressured when she saw all her eyes on her, and at the same time she had a premonition in her heart - after Murakami finished speaking, she was afraid that she would not have time to eat dessert.

Thinking of this, the snack in the fork was sent into her mouth for the first time.

Toru Murakami then said something morale-boosting, saying that the paper market was grim, but Shonen Leap was the only magazine that showed a good trend, and at the same time, sales of individual books were steadily rising.

When the projection showed that more than 15 million copies of "SLAM DUNK" had been sold in the period from the end of last year to the end of this year, there was a cry of surprise in the hall.

This sales volume is real, 5 million copies higher than the second-place "Eternal Gate", which can be described as a peer in the comic market.