"That's right, I specially asked people to study the development of "Bosom Friend", this comic magazine is too threatening, according to the authoritative ranking data of the Comics Association, the weekly circulation of "Bosom Friend" has reached 920,000 copies, surpassing the "Great Voyage" of the New Book House, ranking ninth. ”

Shueisha's president, Ichiro Soga, said with a serious face.

The authoritative list that Ichiro Saga said is very accurate, and it is a list specially counted by the Island Country Manga Association, which is updated once a week.

Yesterday, he saw the leaderboard handed in by his subordinates, and Shueisha's core manga magazine, "Weekly Shonen Jump", was still ranked second.

The top 10 in the latest edition are:

First: "Weekly Youth SUNDAY", with a weekly circulation of 2.82 million copies, belongs to the Elementary School Museum, and serializes the "Lucky Star Kid" that is now popular in the island country.

Second: "Weekly Shonen Jump", with a weekly circulation of 254 copies, belongs to Shueisha.

Third: "Weekly Shonen Magazine", with a weekly circulation of 2.03 million copies, belongs to Kodansha.

Fourth: "Weekly Manga Action", with a weekly circulation of 1.51 million copies, belongs to Futaba Society, and has been serializing "Lupin III", a national manga of the island country.

Fifth: "Flowers and Dreams", with a weekly circulation of 1.4 million copies, belongs to the White Spring Society.

Sixth: "Weekly Shonen Champion", with a weekly circulation of 1.2 million copies, belongs to Akita Shoten.

Seventh: "Weekly Comic Times", with a weekly circulation of 1.12 million copies, belongs to Fangwen Society.

Eighth: "Juvenile King", with a weekly circulation of 1 million copies, belongs to the Juvenile Pictorial.

Ninth: "Bosom Friend", with a weekly circulation of 920,000 copies, belongs to Jiuding Animation Co., Ltd.

Tenth: "The Great Voyage", with a weekly circulation of 900,000 copies, belongs to the New Library.

This statistic is the statistical data of the comic market in the island country, and it is not counted outside the island country.

Not long ago, "Bosom Friend" squeezed out a comic magazine with a weekly circulation of 850,000 for the first time with a weekly circulation of 860,000, and rushed into the tenth place on the list, becoming very conspicuous, and the impact changed instantly.

Because this is the first foreign manga ever to break into the top 10 of the island country's comic market.

The original comic giant finally paid attention to it thoroughly, and mobilized its forces to strip off the bottoms of "Bosom Friend".

Unexpectedly, it didn't take long for "Bosom Friend" to rush into the ninth place, with a weekly circulation of 920,000 copies.

At this rapid growth rate, it was not long before the circulation of "Bosom Friend" reached one million copies.

And what makes the Soga family pay more attention is that market research has found that the quality of the four comics of "Bosom Friend" is particularly high, which has affected the reputation of their comic magazines, after all, the contrast is obvious, which even Soga Ichiro and others have to admit.

How can the Soga family, as the overlord of the manga industry, not pay attention to it?

The best way is to buy "Bosom Friend" while it is still weak.

It's a pity that Jiuding Animation Company did not announce the sales of "Bosom Friend", so the Soga family didn't know that "Bosom Friend" had more than one million sales in markets other than island countries.

was directly rejected by Ma Tengdong on the grounds that the price was too low.

Of course, the real reason is that "Bosom Friend" belongs to the core component of Xia Yu's cultural strategy, and it is impossible to sell it.

"If they don't sell it, then they can only suppress it, and it just so happens that I have made a comic with a style similar to "Pokemon", and after blocking them, as long as there is a period of time, they can take away the market that originally belonged to them. ”

Sutaro Soga, president of the White Spring Society, said coldly.

"Then suppress it and grab the market, it just so happens that I also asked people to study a manga with a similar style based on Dragon Ball, and it's time to come out. ”

Kohei Soga bowed slightly, and said directly, he is not only the president of the Shogakukan, but also the president of the Hitotsubashi Group and the patriarch of the Soga family.

After setting the tone, Kohei Soga first came forward to contact the old rival of the Otowa Group, and after making a strong statement, the Otowa Group immediately agreed to suppress "Bosom Friend" together.

Hitotsubashi Group and Otowa Group are the only two super hegemons in the island country's publishing market, although the profit contribution of manga is more than one-fifth, but the publication volume only accounts for less than one-seventh of them, and their publication volume in other fields such as humanities and social sciences is also very large, and they have a strong voice in major bookstores, and can be said to be the parents of major bookstores.

"Bosom Friend" is just a manga magazine, and when it is distributed in major bookstores, in fact, sales will not account for much of the turnover, and the goods of the Hitotsubashi Group and the Otowa Group will be more.

So in order not to offend the Hitotsubashi Group and the Otowa Group, they both agreed to no longer sell "Bosom Friend".

......

Chiyoda District, Tokyo, the island country of Tokyo, Jiuding Animation Co., Ltd. Island Country Branch sits on the ground.

"President, it's not good, something happened!"

Wu Tengjun, head of the distribution department of the island country branch of Jiuding Animation Co., Ltd., was in a hurry, and came to Ma Tengdong with a solemn face and said.

Ma Tengdong frowned, and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, he patiently asked in a deep voice, "What's wrong?"

"President, a new issue of the magazine will be released the day after tomorrow, but so far, no dealer has sent us an order!"

"Then I looked for five distributors in a row, but I didn't see the president of each dealer, and the others excused themselves because of the above decision and temporarily stopped subscribing to our magazine, and the specific reason is still under investigation!"

Wu Tengjun lowered his head too deeply and said heavily, very panicked in his heart, for fear of ushering in Ma Tengdong's thunderous anger.

After all, as the director of distribution, no matter what the reason, if there is a problem in the distribution work, he has an unshirkable responsibility.

However, the imaginary thunderous anger did not vent on him, he raised his head slightly, and saw that the president Ma Tengdong was frowning and deep in thought at this time.

"They must have done it!

Ma Tengdong was furious in his heart, a black hand appeared in his mind, and the more he thought about it, the more sure he became.

Yiqiao Group came to him one after another, but he wanted to buy Jiuding Animation Co., Ltd. out of his own strength, but of course Ma Tengdong refused, and he couldn't be the master.

Especially in the face of his original top boss, that is, the president of Shueisha Ichiro Soga, Ma Tengdong did not give him a good look.

At the beginning of Shueisha, there were many members of the Soga family who held important positions, what virtues and positions of the Soga family were, Ma Tengdong was clear, as a Chinese, there was no need to mention how many grievances he suffered in it.

Whether it is the conjecture or not, Ma Tengdong has to be further determined.

Shaking his head slightly, Ma Tengdong stretched his brows, picked up the phone and dialed a number.

He was calling a good friend of his, who owns a bookstore.

"Hey, Mr. Moriya, I'm Ma Tengdong, long time no see......"

"I want to ask...... Okay, I understand very well, I'll get back in touch when I'm free!"

After hanging up the phone, Ma Tengdong's face was very ugly.

He guessed part of it, and sure enough, it was the Hitotsubashi Group that made the trick, and the situation was even more serious.

Not only the Hitotsubashi Group, but even the Otowa Group, the rival of the Hitotsubashi Group, also participated in the suppression.

His friend only opened two bookstores, and his strength was very small, and in the face of the opinions of the two parents of food and clothing, the Hitotsubashi Group and the Otowa Group, he naturally did not dare not listen, and Ma Tengdong also expressed his understanding for this.

Of course, perhaps because he felt guilty for forgetting to inform Ma Tengdong, Moriya also told Ma Tengdong a piece of news, that is, the latest issue of "Weekly Shonen SUNDAY", "Weekly Shonen Jump" and other manga magazines, there are new comics with a style similar to the four major comics on "Bosom Friend".

This is what annoys Ma Tengdong the most.

The little devil is too insidious!

is completely bullying, relying on its own strength to suppress their company, and then come up with comics with a similar style, to snatch the market that originally belonged to "Bosom Friend".

This method is too vicious! It's too shameless!

It's too much of a deception!