Big Manga

This was Meng Huo's first time watching a volleyball match live, and it was unexpectedly good-looking.

He hadn't paid much attention to volleyball before, and the feeling of watching it on TV was completely different from that of the scene, especially the viewing position arranged by Eiji Takashima was quite good, Meng Huo could see the detailed performance of the athletes at close range.

He has to admit that this activity can show the charm of the players very well, especially when they work closely together and fight for a ball together, the scene is very handsome.

"It's beautiful!" Takashima Eiji said to Meng Huo at the scene: "Volleyball is my favorite sport. It is more attractive than football and basketball."

Meng Huo disagrees with this sentence. Football and basketball are actually very photogenic. The number of fans is much larger than that of volleyball. Many sports have different highlights, but to be honest-volleyball does surprise him.

"I'm a little surprised..." He nodded honestly, and praised: "The volleyball game is very intense. If it is drawn on a cartoon, it should be very attractive!"

When watching a volleyball game, Meng Huo naturally analyzed it from his work. He thought it would be easy to draw volleyball on a cartoon. Before that, he had never thought about volleyball at all. He had thought about football, tennis and basketball a lot. .

"Does the teacher want to draw volleyball cartoons?"

Takashima Eiji's eyes lit up.

"With a little impulsiveness, maybe with a little more stimulation, I will really draw." Meng Huo smiled, listening to the audience's shouts at the scene, he was also attracted by the intense volleyball match, and it was really true just now. The idea of ​​drawing volleyball cartoons came up, and it's not like he hasn't read volleyball cartoons.

But this is just impulsiveness, Meng Huo still has many things to choose from.

After watching the game for several hours, the three walked out of the hall. During this period, Liu Yurong did not find an opportunity to contact Meng Huo, and missed the opportunity in vain. Maybe if he worked a little harder today, maybe Meng Huo could really be persuaded by him.

However, Liu Yurong guessed that no one would continue to pursue new comics, which was also a mistake.

On the way back, Takashima Eiji suddenly received a call. Then he reported to Meng Huo: "Director Sasaki of the TV station wants to invite you to lunch, and the curator of the Go Club in the Far Eastern District is with him. Will you go, the president?"

"Go club?"

Hearing this word, Meng Huo immediately knew that the meal was not invited by Sasaki, but by the curator. During his visit to Tokyo, many people had sought him out for the new manga.

It's not uncommon either.

But this time it was a bit of a surprise. Yesterday, Meng Huo just rejected the 400 million offer from the Basketball Association. He thought that no one would come to him, but he didn't expect that the one who just arrived would still come.

"Could it be possible that this Go curator will offer a price higher than 400 million?" Meng Huo couldn't help thinking. Then there was a moment of helplessness, how could his comics be so valuable, he was already so frightened when the Basketball Association offered 400 million, he almost couldn't stand the temptation and agreed on the spot.

He has a lot of basketball comics on his mind, so it doesn't matter if he agrees. 400 million, that is a frightening number. Phoenix Company is now going all out to prepare for the carnival, but all the economic benefits created by the carnival may not exceed 400 million.

The money was like a free gift. But in the end Meng Huo still refused, he didn't want his comic selection to be related to money. If you are tempted by money this time, what about in the future? In case every time you want to launch a new manga. What if others come here with money and ask him to draw the comics they want?

"That kind of scene can't happen..."

Meng Huo thought so, it is true that comics are a commercial culture, but he cannot commercialize the selection of comics, which may have a negative impact on him, other cartoonists, and even the entire comics industry in the future.

'He Xi' has too much influence in the comics world, he can draw other people's themes for money. Then why can't other cartoonists do it? So for this new comic, Meng Huo didn't want its selection of material to be associated with money anyway.

"But the curator of Go in the Far East..."

However, Meng Huo thought of the people with Sasaki. He is just the curator of Go in the Far Eastern District, so he shouldn't be able to represent the entire Go world, right? And well represented. He is also unlikely to be able to afford a price of more than 400 million - Go in this world is not profitable at all.

"interesting."

Meng Huo became a little curious, so he asked Takashima Eiji to agree to the invitation, and then the three of them came to the hotel together, where they met Sasaki, the director of TV Tokyo, and a man over middle-aged with a cautious look.

"This is Director Muto."

Sasaki introduced to Meng Huo that Meng Huo and Muto shook hands. He had a very general impression of men, especially when this man faced him.

"Curator Muto is obsessed with chess, and usually has little contact with outsiders. Teacher He Xi, don't pay too much attention to it."

After everyone sat down, Sasaki explained to Meng Huo.

Meng Huo nodded to indicate that it was all right. He didn't believe that a curator would seldom contact outsiders. In fact, Muto is just reserved. Restriction does not mean that he is nervous, but an attitude. He talks quite conservatively, but his words are quite calm. It can be seen that he is not a simple character.

Halfway through the lunch, the atmosphere at the table became lively, maybe because it felt like the time was almost up, Muto finally revealed his purpose.

"The subject of Mr. He Xi's new work hasn't been decided yet, has it? How about painting Go?" His words were quite sudden, but they were within Meng Huo's expectation. The Takashima couple and Sasaki at the dining table stopped talking and turned their eyes to Meng Huo. Meng Huo asked in a calm manner, "Is Director Muto here on behalf of the Go Association?"

"nature."

Muto nodded.

"Are you also interested in my new comics?"

Meng Huo continued to ask.

"Yes..." Muto continued to nod: "Go is one of the four arts of chess, qin, calligraphy and painting in ancient times. However, the development of Go today is the most difficult period in history. Of course, we hope that Mr. He Xi's new comics can help us! "

Go, the traditional Chinese chess game, has been one of the most prosperous and elegant arts in China for thousands of years, and is deeply loved by literati.

However, in the wave of technology over the past century, the Weiqi circle has made a fatal mistake. While other traditional skills and arts have changed with the times, the players in the Weiqi circle refuse to keep pace with the times. Keep the tradition, and continue to position Go as an elegant art.

During this period of time, Go did not bloom among the people like other chess games, and it was extremely difficult to get started. Go is one of the rare circles where there is a hierarchy. Players are ranked according to their seniority. Generally, newcomers must be discovered by veteran players. There are very few competitions for competitions, and the conditions for registration are also very strict.

The only way for a person to enter the Go circle is to find an old chess player to worship him as a teacher, but the old chess players accept their disciples, and they all retain the traditional custom of apprenticeship, which is not a modern education school and training base.

This adherence to tradition has caused the social status of Go to plummet, and the number of players has dropped sharply. The opposite is chess, which has been ranked below Go for thousands of years, but it has made great changes in a hundred years.

Chess training classes and various competitions can be seen everywhere in China. Almost every stationery store has chess for purchase. You don’t need a teacher’s guidance to get started. As long as you have the ability, anyone can sign up for the competition and become a professional chess player.

Of course, after such a painful lesson, the Go world also understands that Huaxia Go began to change ten years ago, abandoning the old etiquette, and established Go halls in many cities one after another, and there are training institutions...

But in doing so, they did not see the expected wave of development—the era was missed.

In the wave of technology, all walks of life in China have developed fully, and there are countless culture, entertainment, music, chess, and games. It is no longer the era when "qin, chess, calligraphy and painting" was king in the past thousands of years.

There are countless choices around people, and Go is just one of all choices, and it is very old-fashioned, so why choose it?

"To sum up, if Teacher He Xi can draw a manga for Go, it will definitely help us." Wu Teng slightly bent down and said, "We can't provide a lot of cash, but if Teacher He Xi is willing to help us Now, we can hire you as the honorary vice president of the Weiqi Association."

"Honorary Vice President, that thing has a fart use!"

Meng Huo complained in his heart, he is not rare for this game, and the current Go Association is not a well-known association, maybe even his popularity is not as good as it. They gave Meng Huo the title of 'Honorary Vice President', maybe it was Meng Huo who advertised for them!

However, he was a little surprised that he didn't need money to persuade Meng Huo.

"..."

Meng Huo sipped his tea and thought about the history of Go. To be honest, he hated iron and steel. In his previous life, Go was not developed due to historical problems, but in this life, Go was purely self-defeating.

If the Go players of a hundred years ago followed the tide of the times, it would still be the number one game in China, but it is a pity that they missed it.

"I'm not a philanthropist, and I'm not interested in Go." Meng Huo said, "Besides, I think Go is quite difficult. If you ask me to draw, I probably can't draw well..."

He has a very well-known Go comic in his mind, but the setting of that comic is still far from that of the Chinese Go world. In addition, Go may be the most difficult game among all games. If you have learned Go, you may not be able to draw it well.

Although he has the cheating tool of psychic power, Go is a test of thinking style and personal talent, and Meng Huo is not sure which step psychic power can achieve... The most important thing is-he has other types to choose, why should he choose? Go.

Muto looked disappointed after hearing his answer.

"Okay, eat, eat!"

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Sasaki quickly clapped his hands and changed the subject again. (to be continued)