358. Wind Talk
If the complaints and dissatisfaction of fans before were all foreshadowing, then from this moment on, it was really a concentrated outbreak of anger.
On the Internet, there are overwhelming voices of abuse and crying, how deep the love was in the past, and now it is vented in the form of multiplication, there are many fanatical readers, and even exposed photos, cut off the pages of the single book of "Chess Soul" and Fantasy magazine and then threw them into the fire and burned them, and decided to give up "Chess Soul" from now on, and there are countless fake fans who don't know whether they are real fans, or fake fans who follow the trend and spoof, and take Zuo Wei's avatar P into a black and white posthumous photo as their own avatar.
This terrifying power on the Internet has also affected fans who don't usually read comics, only buy books or watch anime, not only did the ranking of "Chess Soul" plummet every other week, sliding to a record low of 17th, but also the sales of Fantasy magazines and the ratings of the anime were all lost.
Not only the fans who are gaining momentum, but even Xijing, the animation producer, has called to complain, and now the editorial department is beginning to realize the seriousness of the situation, because the information of "Chess Soul" has appeared on major ACG-related websites, paper media headlines, WeChat blogs have been reprinted, and even many celebrities have jumped out to show that they are fans of "Chess Soul", expressing great regret for Zuo Wei's ending, hoping that the author can see it and change this sad ending.
People suddenly realized that perhaps they had underestimated the influence of "Chess Soul" all along. After all, "Chess Soul" is very low-key, although everyone applauds it word by word, and things come out with the rhythm of buying, buying, buying, buying, etc., but the usual lack of hype news makes everyone always feel that Chess Soul is awesome, but it is not so awesome.
However, when a certain website published statistical data, everyone fell below the glasses, this perennial entrenched on the Fantasy rankings, single book sales exceeded one million, up to 1.7 million manga, its single book sales ranking ranked 6th among all anime last year, and ranked 20th among the historical accumulated sales.
This means that this is already a manga that is destined to enter the palace level in the future.
Not only that, but Chess Soul can also be said to be blossoming in other fields, with animation achieving the third in the history of Xijing TV and the first in the animation ratings, and its sale of peripherals and game copyrights to Chiyo Entertainment Company made the latter a lot of money.
After seeing these data, readers have a specific understanding of how awesome the chess soul is, this was originally a thing that made the chess soul readers cheer and be able to blow it to people for a year, but looking at it now, it makes them even more confused, what do you say you are drawing a comic strip, isn't it just that your work is popular and sells to make money, why do you have to make such a death when you are popular?
Now the chess soul is bombarded by fans, the Fantasy magazine is besieged, and the police must be hired to help maintain law and order in order to carry out daily work, and the news is refreshing the reader's attention day by day, but unfortunately, the popularity gained is all negative.
Countless magazines and media wanted to interview Liang Yu and Chen Nan to talk about why they created the story this way, whether it was a failure to miscalculate the situation or a deliberate plot need, but their invitations were all rejected by the Fantasy editorial department. The ostensible reason is that the two teachers are temporarily inconvenient to be interviewed, but in fact, when they are in a hurry, they themselves have no way to find Mr. Liang Yu, the original author of "Chess Soul".
Teacher Chen Nan was able to find it, because she had been staying in the studio to paint. But the editors who have dealt with her know very well that this person is definitely not a good person to get along with, and all along, in the face of the combination of chess souls, their only communication channel is through the original author, Mr. Liangyu.
Sure enough, when the editor-in-chief called Chen Nan hard, the other party's answer was only three short sentences.
"Liang Yu, I don't know."
"I'm just drawing."
"You go to Liang Yu to ask about this, I haven't been able to get through to her mobile phone recently."
The editor-in-chief could only hand over this matter to Guo Pinyuan, and Guo Pinyuan also showed a look of embarrassment, he tactfully revealed the strange system of Liang Yu's school, and she herself seemed to be preparing for the college entrance examination.
"My God, I've always thought this girl was too biting, and it turned out to be really blown! No, you have to contact her as soon as possible about this matter, and tell her that you must stabilize the reader's mood, and if it goes on like this, not only you, but even me will be hanging. Editor-in-chief Duan Changzai ordered angrily.
Guo Pinyuan naturally agreed.
He silently looked back and counted, and the number of remaining chess soul manuscripts was less than ten chapters.
The editorial office has been silent, which has contributed to some rumors outside. Because the industry itself is not closed, but a complementary system, although some people are not from the Fantasy editorial department, they also know some things about Liang Yu through channels more or less, and when they are asked, they will proudly spread the "inside information" they got from their "special status" and publish it on the Internet, which also forms the root of rumors.
They said that Mr. Liangyu had a conflict with Mr. Chen Nan, and the combination of "Chess Soul" was going to be dismantled, so they didn't want to draw it. Unbelief? Otherwise, why would Mr. Liangyu use another pen name to run to other magazines to serialize, even if Mr. Yuliang is powerful, but the sales of Fantasy magazines are still there, if you want to make money, it's still "Chess Soul".
It is also said that Teacher Liangyu is now too busy to take care of herself, and the big sales of friends' accounts and the work of screenwriters make her no longer interested in chess souls.
It's not the first time that such rumors have spread on the Internet, and there have been cases before, but by no means like this Zuo Wei incident, after it was exposed, the response was violent, and another condition that contributed to the rumors was because "LoveLive", which was launched at about the same time as "Chess Soul", broke out!
From the first episode, the support rate of the two April popularity fans is actually about the same, "Lovelive" has the huge financial support of Chiyo Entertainment, and Xijing behind "Chess Soul" is not inferior, and there is also the fan base of the first season to help, but after the second episode, the gap began to appear, and after reaching a small climax in the third season, "Lovelive" relied on Chiyo's excellent publicity work, as well as the high level of the animation itself, and its popularity continued to rise, The name of the king of spring has finally been confirmed.
It is said that there are two criteria for commenting on animation, the law of three words becoming a god and the ending of the story.
It's only been less than two months since the anime started, and it's too early to talk about the ending, but you can see LoveLive's soaring popularity, and everyone remembers the name of a person in addition to the cute characters in the anime.
The rain is cool.
The person who wrote the script of LoveLive, as Huang Yuan said, participated in the script of this joint project, which is of great significance for Liang Yu's career and future, and the sales of "Friends' Account" published under the name of Yuliang soared again, driving the sales of the entire "Margaliline" magazine itself, and becoming a well-deserved pillar of this publication.
Moreover, the single book that Liang Yu drew on the Internet earlier was also turned out again by taking advantage of this craze, and the publisher and peripheral merchants found the webtoon platform Heidao Animation Network, and Heidao found the "Margaret" where Yuliang is now willing to spend money, just asking for Yuliang's authorization.
But Huang Yuan could only spread his hands and sighed.
Because even he can't find anyone now, Liang Yu said that she wants to concentrate on preparing for the college entrance examination, and her friend's account has released an announcement not long ago that she will be closed for a month. And this announcement is super capricious: the author wants to prepare for the college entrance examination, so the publication will be suspended until mid-June.
Only then did everyone suddenly realize that the author they were looking for was actually a high school student.
"The young man became famous, young and frivolous, with this kind of talent here, how many people have worked hard to find things at her fingertips, so she doesn't know how to cherish it." This is an old cartoonist who is struggling in the second and third lines, and he sighed when he saw this news.
Soon, the rumor that Mr. Liangyu was going to give up "Chess Soul" for his own sake once again became a forum. A list of hotly debated topics on the blog.