Based on the principle of "being close to the water and getting the moon first", Yaguchi Kasuo asked Chihara to write a self-evaluation for the match between him and Zhao Zhixun.

All three of them knew that his fame was the biggest reliance of Chess Magazine.

Of course, Hiroshi Chihara certainly had no reason to refuse and agreed happily.

...

The next day, this stage of the Tianyuan Battle began.

There are a total of 32 chess players, including 28 chess players who passed the preliminaries, and the top four in the Tianyuan Battle last year.

The competition adopts a single-elimination system, with a total of 5 rounds to determine the challenge right.

In the first round, Hiroshi Chihara's opponent was Wang Licheng, one of the "Young Three Feathers".

He is brave and good at fighting, especially in mid-set battles. He often uses strong mid-set hands to make a comeback in the beginning to successfully fight.

However, this was indeed the case at the beginning, but the mid-market failed to turn around and was suppressed by Qianyuan from beginning to end.

...

Recently, Tokyo reporters have felt a clear change:

The Chihara Hiroshi, who was known as the "cold-faced Rakshasa" in the media circle, became unstoppable when facing the interview with reporters.

Of course, Hiroshi Chihara will directly express his requirements—

His identity as president of Chess Soul Magazine must be specifically marked.

Of course, the reporters all understood what he meant, and wanted to take this opportunity to promote the recent new issue of "The Soul of Chess".

They really have no reason to refuse such mutually beneficial things.

...

The location of Chess Magazine in Hong Kong District -

"President, your promotional effect is very good! The sales of "Chess Soul" are still rising. I am going to print another 2,000 copies. This is the budget directory. Please check it out!" Yaguchiko took out a document and put it on Chihara's desk.

Hiroshi Chihara glanced at it, then signed his name and stamped it with his own seal.

Seeing that the other party did not leave immediately, he asked:

"What's wrong?"

The yaku's mouth was holding the document and reported something to him:

"The president, the people from Kii Kyuya told us that there is a publishing house that I hope to meet you."

"Publishing House?" Chihara Hiroshi asked, a little puzzled, "What can they do to me?"

There is a way for Japan's top chess players to make extra money, which is to publish books, introduce Go, or autobiography.

The copyright fee for this chess player has extremely high fees, and for every copy sold, he will get a portion of the money to the author.

But Chihara Hiroshi has no such plan at the moment, and his most important thing now is the competition.

However, the situation was not what he thought, and Yaguru replied:

"It seems they want to publish your "30 Hands to Begin" on "Soul of Chess."

Hiroshi Chihara suddenly realized:

Indeed, if we only look at the length of the article, that article can barely produce a book.

"Can we do this ourselves?" he asked the question.

Since you can publish a book, of course, it is the best choice to hold all your interests in your own hands.

Yaguya's mouth shook his head and explained:

"We can do it if we publish a book, but we don't have relevant channels. If we invest rashly, we have a lot of risks."

Hiroshi Chihara understood that his magazine was not well-founded, so he had to say:

"Then let's arrange it for me."

"Chess Soul" is positioned as a semi-monthly magazine, which means that in half a month, the second issue will be released. The first issue will either be suspended or sold at a low price.

"Yeah, I get it."

...

After staying here for a whole morning, Chihara Hiroshi returned home.

In the evening, Rino Morino came to his apartment.

"Master, this time, you must thank me!" As soon as she met, she suddenly said this.

Chihara Hiroshi glared at her, thinking that she was as mysterious as before, and couldn't help but recall when she first met last year:

At that time, Reno Morino was just a somewhat arrogant girl. Unexpectedly, she looked like this in front of an acquaintance.

"I don't have the heart to play with you. Come and play chess quickly. Let's see if you have made any progress recently!"

In the past two months, because of his schedule, he had to stop Rino's original training plan and asked the actual training to the Jixun Research Association.

Now that I finally have time, of course I have to let her feel the Master’s “care” from time to time.

Hearing this sentence, Rino Morino couldn't help but sag his mouth and said:

"Master, I kindly suggest you, you have such an attitude..."

She deliberately kept it a secret, just waiting for Qianyuan to ask questions, but Qianyuan looked like "You like to say or not."

"Forget it, I'll be more generous and tell you directly!" Morino Rino waved his hand and said, "Sister Chieko has agreed to invest in your magazine!"

"Kiji Chieko wants to invest in my magazine?" Chihara Hiroshi knew that both of them were participating in an amateur competition held by Tokyo TV, and neither seemed to have been eliminated.

"How is it?" Rino Morino's face was full of 'praise' expressions.

Hiroshi Chihara asked:

"Why do you think magazines need investment?"

Without waiting for the praise, Rino Morino was a little disappointed, but said:

"Isn't there a saying that says: 'It's better to have it than not, and it's better to have it than to not.'"

The truth is indeed such a truth... Qianhara Hiroshi nodded and asked:

"How did she know that I opened the magazine?"

As soon as he said that he had said something stupid.

Sure enough, this disciple, who had never been big or small, immediately looked at him like a fool and said:

"Master, have you been emphasizing that you are the president of Chess Soul Magazine these days?"

Chihara Hiroshi was angry, but his tone was still calm, saying:

“I don’t need to invest for the time being.”

"How could it be?" Morino Rino opened his eyes slightly and persuaded, "Master, you may not know that the Muji Group is a well-known consortium in Kansai, and Sister Chieko is the president. As long as she is willing, even hundreds of millions of yen will not be a problem..."

Chihara Hiroshi rolled his eyes:

A few hundred million yen, is this asking him to hand over all his equity to the other party?

This is not because he uses emotional time, but because he does not need investment.

Nowadays, the goal of Chess Magazine is to manage "Chess Soul" well, and the funds in the account are enough.

Even if you have hundreds of millions, the roughly the amount spent is still the same, but you may not be so petty.

"This is not a matter of how much investment, but I really don't need it."

Seeing him say this, Morino Rino couldn't help but pout and said:

"I heard that Sister Qian Huizi has introduced you to a publisher, and it seems that she has been in vain..."

"Publisher?" Chihara Hiroshi immediately remembered the content of Yaguchi's morning report and asked, "Which publisher that took the initiative to find us belongs to Muji Group?"

Rino Morino was stunned for a moment and replied:
Chapter completed!