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This is the first time Meng Huo has watched a volleyball match on the spot. It was unexpectedly good-looking.

He has not paid special attention to volleyball before, and the feeling of watching on TV is completely different from that of the scene, especially the viewing position arranged by Eiji Takashima is quite good, and Meng Huo can see the detailed performance of the athletes at close range.

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

"It's very beautiful!" Takashima Eiji told Meng Huo on the spot: "Volleyball is my favorite sport. It's better than football and basketball."

Meng Huo disagrees with this sentence. Football and basketball are actually very photogenic. There are more fans than 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 exciting. If it is drawn on a cartoon, it should be very attractive!"

When watching a volleyball match, Meng Huo naturally analyzed his work. He felt that it was easy to draw volleyball on a cartoon. Before that, he had never thought about volleyball, football, tennis, and basketball. .

"Does the teacher want to draw a volleyball cartoon?"

Takashima's eyes lit up.

"There is a little impulse, maybe some more excitement, I will really paint." Meng Huo smiled, listening to the audience shouting at the scene, he was also attracted by the intense volleyball game, just now it was true The idea of ​​drawing volleyball comics came up, and he hadn't read volleyball comics.

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

After watching the game for several hours, the three of them walked out of the hall. During this period, Liu Yurong did not find a chance to contact Meng Huo, and missed the opportunity in vain. Maybe 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 the new comics. This is also a mistake.

On the way back, Takashima Eiji suddenly received a call. Then reported to Meng Huo: "The director of the TV station Sasaki wants to invite you to lunch, and the curator of the Jidong District Go Club is with him. President, are you going?"

"Go Club?"

Hearing this word, Meng Huo immediately knew that the meal was not invited by Sasaki, but by the curator—he came to Tokyo for a while, and many people had looked for him for the new manga. It is not uncommon.

But this time it was a bit unexpected. Yesterday, Meng Huo just rejected the 400 million bid from the Basketball Association. He thought that no one would come to him. He didn't expect that before the day had come, he would still have to come.

"Could it be possible that this Go curator would still offer a price of more than 400 million yuan?" Meng Huo couldn't help thinking. Then he was helpless. How could his comics be so valuable. When the Basketball Association quoted 400 million yuan, he was scared and almost couldn't stand the temptation* to agree on the spot.

There are so many basketball comics in his mind, it doesn't matter if he agrees. 400 million, that is really a terrifying number. Phoenix is ​​now preparing for the carnival with all its strength, but all the economic benefits created by the carnival may not exceed 400 million.

The money was simply given away for nothing. But in the end Meng Huo refused. He didn't want his manga selection to be linked to money. If you were lured* by money this time, what about the future? In case you want to launch a new comic every time. What if everyone else comes with money and asks him to draw the comics they want?

"Can't have that kind of scene..."

Meng Huo thought so, that comics are a commercial culture, but he cannot commercialize the selection of comics. This 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 industry, and he can paint other people's themes for money. Then why can't other cartoonists do it? Therefore, for this new comic, Meng Huo didn't want to link its selection with money anyway.

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

However, Meng Huo thought of someone with Sasaki. He is just the Go curator in the Far East District, shouldn't he represent the entire Go world? And the representative is good. It is also unlikely that he can afford a price of more than 400 million yuan-Go in this world is not profitable at all.

"interesting."

Meng Huo was a little curious. He asked Takashima Eiji to agree to the invitation. Then the three of them came to the hotel together and met Sasaki, the director of TV TOKYO, and a middle-aged man with a formal look.

"This is Curator Muto."

Sasaki introduced Meng Huo to Meng Huo. Meng Huo and Muto shook hands. He had a very ordinary impression of men, especially when this man felt restrained when facing him. This kind of character is very difficult to see in the upper class.

"Curator Muto is fascinated by chess, and he seldom contacts outsiders, so please don't care too much, teacher He Xi."

After everyone sat down, Sasaki explained to Meng Huo.

Meng Huo nodded and said it was okay. He didn't believe that a curator would rarely contact outsiders. In fact, Muto is only cautious, and cautious does not mean that he is nervous, but an attitude. He speaks quite conservatively, but his words are quite calm. It can be seen that it is not a simple character.

Halfway through lunch, the atmosphere on the table also became lively. Perhaps it felt like it was almost time, and Muto finally revealed his purpose.

"He Xi hasn't decided on the subject of the new work, right? How about drawing Go?" His words were quite sudden, but they were in Meng Huo's expectation. Both the Takashima couple and Sasaki at the table stopped talking and turned their attention to Meng Huo, but Meng Huo did not rush, and asked, "Is Curator Muto here on behalf of the Go Association?"

"natural."

Muto nodded.

"You are also interested in my new comic?"

Meng Huo then asked.

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

Go, China’s traditional chess art, has been one of China’s most prosperous and elegant art over the past thousands of years, and has been deeply loved by literati.

However, in the wave of technology for a century, the Go circle has made a fatal mistake. While other traditional skills and arts have changed with the times, the players in the Go world have refused to keep pace with the times. They are blind. To keep the tradition, and continue to position Go as an elegant art.

During this period of time, Go did not bloom in the folk like other chess games, and it was extremely difficult to get started. Go is a rare hierarchical circle. The players are ranked according to seniority. Generally, new players have to be excavated by old players. There are few competitions and the conditions for registration are very strict.

If one wants to enter the Go circle, the only way is to find an old chess player to worship him as a teacher, but the old chess players accept disciples, all retain the traditional custom of apprenticeship, and they are not modern education schools and training bases.

This adherence to tradition has caused the social status of Go to plummet, and the players have fallen sharply. The opposite is Xiangqi, which has been under the Go game for thousands of years, but it has made tremendous changes in the past century.

You can see chess training classes and various competitions everywhere in China. You can buy chess in almost every stationery store. You don't need a teacher's guidance to get started. Anyone can sign up for the competition and become a professional chess player as long as they have the ability.

Of course, after such a painful lesson in the Go world, it also understands that China Go started to change ten years ago, abandoning the etiquette of the past, and successively established Go halls and training institutions in many cities...

But under this action, they did not see the expected wave of development-the times were missed.

In the wave of technological advancement, all industries in China have made full progress. Culture, entertainment, music, chess and cards, and games are countless. It is no longer the era in which ‘Qin, Chess, Calligraphy and Calligraphy’ was king in the past thousands of years.

People have countless choices around them. Go is just one of them, and it's very old-fashioned. Why should you choose it?

"To sum up, if Mr. He Xi can draw a comic for Go, he can definitely help us." Muto bent down slightly and said, "We can't provide a lot of cash, but if Mr. He Xi is willing to help. We can hire you as the honorary vice president of the Go Association."

"Honorary Vice President, that thing has a shit!"

Meng Huo complained in his heart, he is not rare about this stuff, the current Go Association is not a well-known association, perhaps even his popularity can not match. They gave the title of "Honorary Vice President" to Meng Huo, maybe Meng Huo advertised to them!

But he didn't need money to convince Meng Huo, which surprised him a bit.

"..."

Meng Huo drank his tea and pondered slightly about the history of Go. To be honest, he hates iron and steel. The Go game in the previous life failed to develop because of historical problems~www.ltnovel.com~ But the game of Go in this life is pure. It's pretentious.

If the Go players of a hundred years ago followed the wave of the times, it would still be China's No. 1 chess game, but it is a pity that they missed it.

"I am not a philanthropist, and I have no interest in Go." Meng Huo said, "Besides, I think Go is quite difficult. If you want me to draw, I guess it's not good at drawing..."

He has a well-known Go comic in his mind, but there is still a certain gap between the setting of that comic and the Chinese Go world. In addition, Go is probably the most difficult of all chess types. Meng Huo didn’t. After learning Go, you may not be able to draw it well.

Although he has a cheat tool of psionic power, what he tested in Go is his way of thinking and personal talent. Meng Huo is not sure which step psychic can do... The most important thing is-he has other types to choose from, why should he choose? Go.

Hearing his answer, Muto looked lost.

"Okay, eat, eat!"

Sasaki saw that the atmosphere was not right, so he quickly clapped his hands and turned the topic away again. (To be continued)