"Araki-kun, your phone!" Kenta Kitajima, who was sitting on the sidelines, suddenly shouted to Araki Shiro on the field.

Araki wiped the sweat from his face and said to the cool breeze beside him, "I'm sorry, you guys should play first." ”

Liang Feng shouted dissatisfiedly: "We are already at a disadvantage, how can we play with one less person!" ”

Araki Hakuro said, "I'll go and call Kitajima." ”

Kitajima was the first to offer to play beach volleyball, but after playing it for a while, he ran to the sidelines.

However, it didn't affect the game when he ran, because Miyuki-sensei was too strong. Now on the field, it is Araki Haku, Cool Breeze Chitose, Yuki Takimoto, and Mie Sagawa against Miyuki-sensei, Aya Hirano and Yuko Araki. Even so, he was still pressed and beaten by Miyuki-sensei's group.

And the North Island guy has been fiddling with a DV machine on the sidelines, and the name of it is to film the whole process of everyone playing.

Araki Hakuro walked over to Kitajima's side and sat down, taking the phone from the other party's hand.

"Kitajima, you go and top me for a while." Araki Hakuro said.

"Huh? But I still have to shoot ......."

"If you don't go, they'll be gone in a while, what else are you going to shoot?"

Kitajima immediately stood up and said, "I know, hurry up." ”

Araki Bai put the phone to his ear and said, "I'm Araki Shiro." ”

Yosuke Akasaka on the other end of the phone said, "Mr. Araki, it's me, Akasaka." ”

Araki Hakumi: "Oh, it's Mr. Akasaka." Can I help you? ”

Yosuke Akasaka said, "That's right, because the results of the Yongchuan Award have already come out, and Mr. Araki has won the selection award, so I want to congratulate you in advance." In addition, "SAMSARA" will be serialized in this magazine next week. ”

Araki Bai smiled and said, "Yes, thank you so much, and you came to inform me." ”

Yosuke Akasaka sensed from the other party's tone that Araki Haku didn't seem to have much reaction to this matter, couldn't it make him happy to be selected for the Yongchuan Prize? You know, this is the dream of countless new manga artists.

However, he immediately remembered the curse about Yongchuan Reward, and hurriedly said, "Actually, you don't need to worry about the curse of Yongchuan Reward, Mr. Araki, at all. ”

"The curse of Yongchuan reward?" Araki Bai asked suspiciously.

"Don't you know? Something about the curse of the Yongcheon prize? ”

"It's the first time I've heard of it."

Yosuke Akasaka thought about it for a while, but still explained: "Generally speaking, the works that can be selected for the top spot in the Yongchuan Awards are either strong in painting or have a deep connotation. There are too few manga artists with Araki-sensei's level of drawing, and most of the works of manga artists who have won the Eikawa Award are works with deep thoughts. Although this kind of work can be appreciated by various judges, it is not conducive to the market, so most of the cartoonists selected for the Yongchuan Award have no one to get ahead in the end, which is the origin of the curse of the Yongchuan Award. ”

Araki Bai nodded and said, "I see. ”

Yosuke Akasaka said, "Mr. Araki, in addition to the high level of drawing, the ranking of your works according to the questionnaire is also very much in line with the readers' tastes, so I said that you don't need to worry. ”

Araki Hakudo: "Yes, so I'm relieved." Is there anything else going on besides this? ”

Yosuke Akasaka said, "There is indeed one more important thing I want to tell you. ”

Araki Hakudo: "What's the matter?" ”

Yosuke Akasaka said, "I don't know Mr. Araki, do you know about our G Society's KINGSTORY contest?" ”

Araki Hakudo: "I don't think I've heard of it." ”

Yosuke Akasaka said, "KINGSTORY's words are a novel award that our G company uses to dig up good manga originals. The original author of this competition is usually introduced by our editorial department to a certain cartoonist, and then the two of them work together to caricature the original novel. After all, in this era of comics, the value of any work will be completely different as long as it is dressed in comics. ”

Araki Bai frowned and said, "You want me to collaborate with others to draw manga?" ”

Yosuke Akasaka naturally heard the dissatisfaction in Araki's tone, but he still explained positively: "Actually, there happened to be an excellent newcomer original work on our side, and Araki-sensei is also the fastest manga artist I've ever seen to draw manga, as long as we match you with a few assistants, it may not be difficult for you to serialize two manga at the same time." ”

Araki said, "According to your theory, this is indeed not a difficult thing. But I don't want to do comics like a job. ”

Yosuke Akasaka thought for a moment and said, "I don't know if Mr. Araki is not at home now, or I'll go directly to you and show you the original novel." If you don't like it, I didn't say anything about it, okay? ”

Araki Hakumichi: "I'm not at home, I'm on vacation in Okinawa right now." ”

Yosuke Akasaka was speechless for a while, their editorial office was about to explode, and Araki Haku was actually on a leisurely vacation on Okinawa.

Yosuke Akasaka asked, "Which hotel in Okinawa are you staying in, and I will see if I can fax you the original manuscript of the novel?" ”

At this time, Araki Haku heard a deep male voice from Yosuke Akasaka: "You go directly to Okinawa with the original manuscript of the novel to meet Araki-sensei in person, and the travel expenses will be reimbursed by the company." ”

Then Araki Haku heard Yosuke Akasaka reply, "Okay, editor." ”

Araki Bai pressed his temple with a little headache and said, "I'm staying at the Peace Island Hotel, so come if you want to." ”

Yosuke Akasaka said, "Okay, I'll fly over soon." ”

"Brother, what's wrong?" Yuko Araki walked over and asked.

"Nothing. By the way, why don't you guys play? ”

The crowd that was playing volleyball on the court had already dispersed, and everyone was coming in groups.

Kitajima Kenta looked at Araki Bai with a resentful face, as if he had a thousand words to tell him.

"It's all Kitajima's fault, we haven't scored a point since he came on the field! What else are you playing? Hearing Araki Bai's question, Cool Breeze Chitose said angrily.

Teacher Miyuki said with a smile: "Cool breeze, don't care too much about winning or losing, the teacher was the ace of the women's volleyball team when he was in high school, and the result is the same no matter who plays." ”

Mie Sagawa also complained: "Miyuki-chan, you are so powerful, I don't know if let's take a look, we are all newbies." ”

Miyuki smiled, "You can do anything, but you can't play volleyball." Humility is a blasphemy against volleyball, as our previous coach said. ”

Liang Feng also nodded and said, "Miyuki-chan is right, how can the real game be humble, otherwise it will be boring." It's just that Kitajima is so useless! ”

"Why! I'm just coming up to replace Araki-kun as a substitute! Kitajima was not convinced.

Araki Bai smiled slightly and said, "Everyone is tired, let's sit down first, I'll go buy some drinks." ”

As he spoke, he greeted Beidao: "Beidao, come with me and make up for it." ”

Kenta Kitajima reluctantly followed in the footsteps of Araki Haku.

Unexpectedly, not long after the two left, everyone ran into trouble.