At the island country Tokyo International Airport, Zhao Chen left the airport and took a taxi straight back to Tianxiashe.

It is now a hot August, especially in the metropolis of Tokyo.

Zhao Chen only stayed in Xiangjiang for less than two months this time. After all, Xiangjiang is just a small market. If it were not for the implementation of the plan, he would not have to stay there for so long. At this time, his focus was on the island country, which was the largest comic market in the world.

The World Society has been on track in just a few months. In addition to Zhao Chen's strength, the people Zhao Chen dug have outstanding strength and experience, and can handle various emergencies well, and it doesn't take Zhao Chen much energy to spend.

This time, in addition to presiding over the overall situation, another reason is that the annual Nebula Award for Island Country is about to be launched, and Zhao Chen's name appears on the comic candidate list of Nebula Award.

The Nebula Award is an annual SF Science Fiction Award that began in 1970. It was voted by participants of the Japanese SF Conference to recognize outstanding SF works. The finalists were works published from January 1 to December 1 of the previous year. Initially, there were long-form departments in the island country, short-form departments in the island country, long-form departments in the overseas short-form departments, and media departments. Later, the film department, comedy department, art department, comic department, literary works department and free department were added.

Among them, Zhao Chen received two nominations, namely the overseas novel department and the comic department. Among them, the overseas novel department of "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" was nominated, while the rebellious Lelouch was nominated for the comic department.

Among them, there is no hope of winning the award in "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty". After all, this is just a martial arts novel. No matter how well it is written, it is difficult to win the award. Often, those who can win the overseas novel department are basically philosophical novels, rather than "casual novels" like "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty".

Of course, "The Rebellious Lelouch" has great hope, because Zhao Chen is at the highest level in this year's new comic works, even among his competitors, Rumiko Takahashi's "Fukulele Boy", which is the same, he has great confidence in Lelouch.

Zhao Chen will naturally participate in this year's Nebula Awards. After all, most of the other comics are founded by their respective comic clubs, and the reward recipients are often comic artists in the comic clubs, such as the Tezuka Awards, elementary school comics, etc. This kind of comics are narrow in meaning and have huge threshold requirements, so Zhao Chen naturally cannot participate. What he can participate in is a comics awards like the Nebula Awards. Perhaps compared with the more popular local comics, Zhao Chen is undoubtedly the type of person who is not liked by the judges, but the audience's eyes are undoubtedly sharp. Even if the judges blatantly, they will not make things too difficult for Zhao Chen. Therefore, Zhao Chen's chance of winning the award is not low, and he is a popular manga audience in this year's Comics Awards.

What's more, those who can participate in the Nebula Appreciation are often elites, among which there are many outstanding cartoonists, novelists, animation production elites, etc. For Zhao Chen, this is his main purpose for coming to the Nebula Appreciation. As long as you grasp it well, you can accumulate a lot of connections in all aspects.

The Nebula Awards were held in a building in Tokyo. Because it is one of the most famous awards in the island country, it is naturally more grand, and most media will send reporters to come. As long as you can win the Nebula Awards, your fame can be said to have greatly increased, especially for newcomers.

Zhao Chen came early. After reading the invitation sent by the organizer to the guard, he successfully entered the venue.

Of course, there are those who come earlier than Zhao Chen in the hall. These are often newcomers or media, and those who are more famous are more likely to be quick to stop time.

Zhao Chen is naturally a newcomer, but compared to other newcomers, he is not too nervous. It doesn’t matter whether he can win the award at the Nebula Awards. What’s important is to strive to gain connections among these elites.

In addition to Zhao Chen's Lelouch, this time, the Nebula Comics Department also has Takahashi Rumiko's "Fukulele Boy", Hagio's "Stack of Misoo", Andazhong's "Mixue Misoo" and Toriyama's "Alarei". If we look at it from history, Hagio's "Stack of Misoo" will win this Nebula Comics Department. Unfortunately, this time the variable Zhao Chen appeared, and everything will become difficult to determine. After all, Lelouch was placed there.

Zhao Chen glanced at the hall and saw a familiar figure, that was Rumiko Takahashi. At this time, Rumiko Takahashi had just gained fame with "The Fortune Boy", and Rumiko Takahashi had just graduated. Not long ago, the long series of "The Fortune Boy" was about to be popular. But Aunt Takahashi in this era is still a lively newcomer and not very famous. Naturally, she would not come over like those "old people" who have been tying up, but she has been earlier than Zhao Chen.

At this time, Rumiko Takahashi was only 23 years old. She wore a pair of black-framed glasses on her nose and a kind smile on her face, listening to the conversations of the people around her.

"Is it Ms. Rumiko Takahashi?"

Zhao Chen took a glass of red wine from the waiter, then went straight to Rumiko Takahashi, raised her glass and asked in confusion.

"Ah, yes, I'm Takahashi, who are you?"

When Rumiko Takahashi heard someone calling her, she hurriedly looked at Zhao Chen. When she saw Zhao Chen's tender face, she couldn't help but have doubts. After all, except for the nominees and media reporters who could enter the hall, there were only organizers, but Zhao Chen didn't look like him.

"You can call me Zhao Chen, I'm very happy to know you!"

"What, you are that Zhao Chen, the nominee for "The Rebellious Lelouch!"

When Rumiko Takahashi heard the name Zhao Chen, she was shocked. The wine glass in her hand almost let go. She didn't expect that her biggest competitor would be so young.

Yes, both Takahashi Rumiko, Anda Jun and Hagio Ou Muto all regard Zhao Chen as their biggest opponents in this class, and there is no other reason. It is really that "The Rebellious Lelouch" is so good, so they can't help but admire them when they see it.

"I'm so sorry. I didn't expect the author of "The Rebellious Lelouch" to be so young. By the way, you can call me Rumiko, one of your competitors this time. I'm very happy to meet you."

Rumiko Takahashi held the wine glass in her left hand and reached her right hand in front of Zhao Chen.

Zhao Chen hurriedly handed the wine glass to his left hand and shook hands with Rumiko Takahashi. The two of them met.

"Rumiko, I have also read the "Fu Xing Boy" you created, and the painting is very good!"

"It's too much, and it's not as good as "The Rebellious Lelouch". This time you are the biggest hit in the comics department. With the quality of "The Rebellious Lelouch", I'm afraid that eight out of ten will win the award!"

The two compliments each other, and they get along well with each other.

"Rumiko, I am still the president of Tianxia Society. Maybe we still have opportunities to cooperate in the future."

"That's a great honor! The World Club has been able to gain a foothold in the comics industry in just a few months and has achieved good results. It can be said that it has great potential and may not have no chance of cooperation in the future."

Zhao Chen is quite clear about the future achievements of Takahashi Rumiko. It can be said that among the female cartoonists in the island country, the rankings belong to NO1. His representative works "Fu Xing Boy", "A Meeting Moment", "Ranma 1/2" and "Inuyasha" have sales of about 100 million yuan. It can be said that he is a comic master with amazing achievements. Her comics are the guarantee of sales and ratings. Among all the masters of the island country, their status is enough to rank in the top five and are also one of the biggest pillars of primary school museums. Zhao Chen naturally has the idea of ​​abducting.

However, Zhao Chen also knew in his heart that Rumiko Takahashi had already realized his potential at this time. As long as the senior management of the Primary School Pavilion does not have NC, Rumiko Takahashi would naturally not let Rumiko Takahashi leave. What's more, although the World Club has become famous recently, its scale, sales and foundation are far from comparable to comic giants like Primary School Pavilion.

While Zhao Chen was talking to Rumiko Takahashi, his eyes were always staring at the entrance of the hall. Not long after, his eyes lit up, and another familiar figure appeared in his sight.
Chapter completed!