"What, "Kenshin Rogue" is first, and "Pandora's Game" is second?" In the spacious studio, Gu Chengfeng, who heard the news, suddenly threw away his pen and jumped up from his chair: "How much is "Dragon Sword", what about "Wang Ting's Emblem Seal"? ”

"The Seal of the Royal Court" No. 4, "Dragon Sword" No. 6." Editor Liu Xiang replied blandly.

"Isn't that equivalent to being completely suppressed by that newcomer!" Gu Chengfeng's voice was so loud that several assistants were all silent, and they hurriedly lowered their heads to paint silently. In their opinion, Mr. Gu Chengfeng's vision is inevitably too high, he serialized two works by himself, and also achieved the 4th and 6th results, in the eyes of others, this should be a jubilant achievement, but he seems to be dissatisfied?

Of course, compared to these assistants, Liu Xiang's reaction was much more flat, he quietly drank the tea brewed on the table, and did not express an opinion.

After a long time, Gu Chengfeng finally recovered, he hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "What is the ranking of Teacher Liangyu's "Chess Soul"?" ”

Since the annual meeting, Gu Chengfeng has never forgotten Liang Yu of the "Chess Soul" group, which Liu Xiang, as the editor-in-charge, is naturally very clear, although there are many examples of cartoonists tying the knot, but considering the age of the two, Liu Xiang adopted a position of neither participating nor denying in this matter. In addition, Gu Chengfeng's secondary character also helped a lot, he seemed to feel that he had to be strong in front of the women he liked in order to win the hearts of beauties, in short, like now, it is definitely not possible to be constantly surpassed, and it is definitely not possible to get a stable first.

He asked this, but there was nothing to hide, but when Liu Xiang answered, he deliberately corrected it: "The original work by Mr. Liangyu and the painting by Mr. Chen Nan "Chess Soul" ranked 8th this week. ”

"Only 8th?" Gu Chengfeng was surprised.

"Yes, you can call to comfort me, didn't you pretend to be a fan of theirs and ask for a mobile phone number at the last annual meeting?" Liu Xiang said jokingly.

This made Gu Chengfeng's old face blush, when he was at the annual meeting, he originally planned to give Liang Yu and Chen Nan a dismissal, but when he met a real person, he panicked all of a sudden, this matter is often not teased by Liu Xiang, the most important thing is that because Gu Chengfeng has asked for the number for so long, he has not sent a text message to Liang Yu and them, especially now that the time has passed, there is less courage to contact.

Fortunately, Liu Xiang said that there was always room for it, especially now that there were other assistants present, he saw that Gu Chengfeng was dumbfounded, so he cleared his throat and changed the topic: "After the outbreak of "Chess Soul" at the beginning of the year, it is normal for it to fall back, after all, its fan base is a fixed group of people. In the case of these bonuses, it is difficult to achieve substantial growth, and some recent works also happen to be on the rise, such as "Yu-Gi-Oh", which is just scheduled to be released, "Langxin Swordsman", which won the jackpot, and "Bad Guy", which began to broadcast TV animation, and newcomers like Luo Shaocong, "Chess Soul" is actually stable when it gets such results. ”

When Liu Xiang said this, Gu Chengfeng also felt reasonable, because "Chess Soul" has never been the kind of comic that relies on burning and cuteness to attract readers, and the plot needs a period of fermentation to reap the rewards, which is very different from Gu Chengfeng's "Wang Ting Emblem Seal" and "Dragon Sword".

"Is this newcomer really that good?" Gu Chengfeng frowned and asked, the discussion of "Chess Soul" is over, and then he has to think about his work, Gu Chengfeng is not going to be stolen from the limelight by a fledgling boy.

"Haven't you already seen it, how do you feel?" When Liu Xiang came, he noticed the latest Fantasy magazine on Gu Chengfeng's desk.

"I don't know," Gu Chengfeng said, "He and I are different." ”

"But the more fundamental things are the same," Liu Xiang said unhurriedly after taking a sip of tea: "There is nothing good or bad about comics, because people's preferences are different, but why is there a distinction between masterpieces and scum works, it is nothing more than that the works that have become masterpieces have sold sales that are difficult for ordinary people to achieve, and scum works are not cared for." Therefore, the word-of-mouth of a comic is not something that can be said with words, and to attract readers, a work that can sell well is a good work. Needless to say, you should also know how our Fantasy determines the quality of a manga. ”

"Reader surveys?"

"That's right," Liu Xiang said this, finally closed the lid of the teacup, raised his head and looked at Gu Chengfeng: "And the first episode of "Pandora's Game" won the first place undisputedly, almost breaking the record, and the second episode also stabilized in second place, only 10 votes away from the "Kenshin Roguer" of the headline......"

Speaking of which, Liu Xiang's meaning has been made very clear.

"I see, I'll admit the strength of this newcomer, but the pillars of Fantasy Magazine never need two people." Gu Chengfeng said, such unashamed words made the assistants who were listening all shrunk their necks.

He didn't care if what he said would make those old authors dissatisfied, or the comments that made people add fuel to the fire on the Internet, for Gu Chengfeng, this is just a fact that must and will be achieved sooner or later, and what he needs to do is to eliminate all the guys who obstructed this purpose one by one.

In the face of Gu Chengfeng's second class speech, Liu Xiang, as the editor-in-charge, said affirmatively: "Very good!" ”

"Looks like you're finally getting a little more motivated."

"No kidding, I've always been motivated." Starting from the introspection after the annual meeting, Gu Chengfeng's progress is obvious to all, and no one will see it more truly than Liu Xiang, who is the editor-in-charge.

You know, once people's habits are formed, it is difficult to make changes, especially in the cartoonist industry, change means risk, what if readers don't buy it, and tinkering in small places, changing is equal to not changing, only those who vainly seek to break and then stand, not broken and not standing Authors will use this trick of putting death and then rebirth, rarely see someone like Gu Chengfeng, who is on the front line but is still seeking change.

In this regard, although Liu Xiang did not say it in front of Gu Chengfeng, he also sincerely admired and gratified.

So when everyone in the editorial department is paying attention to the newly rising Luo Shaocong, only he still maintains a normal heart, because he knows that Gu Chengfeng needs such an opponent to be stronger and truly become the pillar that supports the magazine Fantasy in his mouth.

"Don't worry, luckily, you have this opportunity to prove that you are better than this newcomer." Liu Xiang immediately said the real purpose of coming to the studio this time.