Murdo had no idea that he had just stepped off the plane and heard such an astonishing news.

He immediately said, "How much is the circulation today?"

"The Times has a total of 700,000 copies distributed today, an increase of 50,000 copies from the usual one. ”

Murdo asked, "How long did it take to sell out the 850,000 copies of the newspaper yesterday?"

The president said, "Ten hours." ”

Murdo: "Have there been similar panic sales in other newspapers?"

The president said, "No." ”

Murdo took a deep breath: "Yesterday the newspaper carried the news of Prince William's wedding, and it took ten hours to sell 850,000 copies of the newspaper. There was no major news today, no special coverage, but it only took ten hours to sell out. Other newspapers are normal, and there must be reasons we don't know. You immediately send someone out to investigate, and you must know the reason behind it as soon as possible. ”

The president quickly said: "Boss, I have already sent a team of reporters out to investigate and interview, and it is estimated that the results will be available in half an hour at most." ”

"Good!"

After hanging up the phone, Murdo stood quietly in place, frowning slightly.

As a media tycoon, it is an unforgivable mistake that such a strange thing happened to his own newspaper, and his media empire did not receive any news in advance. If the news empire cannot control the first-hand information and dig up any secrets in the first place, the consequences will be unimaginable.

It seems that after this incident, he is going to carry out some reform measures.

Only a little more than ten minutes passed.

Murdo received the news.

The president said: "The age group of users who buy The Times today is concentrated in the age range of 10-30 years old. 40% of these people are former old users and 60% are new users. Almost all new users buy The Times not to read the news on it, but to go for one. This is "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" serialized by Master Wang Huan in our newspaper. ”

"What?!"

Murdo exclaimed again, his tone tinged with incredulity.

The president continued: "According to the feedback from the front-line reporters, Master Wang Huan's book seems to have a magical power, and it has attracted almost the entire social community, and many British people have been attracted by it. And many people who can't buy The Times have flocked to our website and Instagram to abuse us. ”

Rao is the experience of a Murdo media tycoon, and after hearing the president's words, he didn't come back to his senses for a while.

I don't know how long it took.

Murdo spoke: "You mean that Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone has already become a hit just because it has been serialized in our newspaper for three days?"

The president said: "According to the current situation, it is like this. ”

“......”

Murdo was silent again for a long time, and then gave an order: "Continue to let the reporter do more investigation samples, if the information is reliable." Then an additional 200,000 copies will be issued tomorrow. ”

200,000 copies!

The president's heart was shocked.

Prince William's wedding, they only issued 200,000 copies.

What is the magic of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone? He had just read a few chapters carefully, and he couldn't get the cool points in it.

However, everything is based on the market, and he nodded and agreed: "Okay, I will order it to go down, and tomorrow the Times will publish 800,000 copies!"

Murdo told a few more key points.

After the two ended the call, Murdo pondered for a moment and made several phone calls.

"Lauren, go investigate a matter on ins, about Wang Huan's "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" ......"

"Brück, there is a supplement for the Americas, and in three days you may want to publish an additional one. ”

"Elma, the Australian newspaper is preparing a supplement, sending more manpower, waiting for my news in three days......"

"Shelly ......"

"Ryan ......"

One order after another was issued.

It wasn't until a few minutes later that Murdo put down his hand and muttered to himself: "The Chinese say that Wang Huan is the founder of the legend, and wherever he passes, he will leave legendary footprints." Could it be that after he goes abroad this time, he will also be able to create a legend all over the world? I want to see now whether "Harry Potter", which only relies on paper media, will really become popular. In three days, it would have been able to sought to be frantically sought after in Britain just by serializing it in The Times. Maybe my media empire has another big thing to do in the next period of time......"

......

......

January 13th.

The Times issued an additional 200,000 copies, bringing the total circulation to 850,000. This amount is on par with the release the day after Prince William's wedding.

On the same day, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" has been serialized to "Chapter 12: The Mirror of Eris". This first episode has reached its real climax. The huge and perfect magical world is completely displayed in front of everyone, and the wonderful process, eye-opening and thrilling plot make everyone who has seen it become completely obsessed.

Early in the morning, Benson rushed to the newsstand.

Today he had a full 120 copies of The Times, 20 more than at Prince William's wedding.

However, when he saw the long line in front of the newsstand, he was still shocked.

Fifty people?

Sixty people?

The line even reached a distant bend in the street, giving curious glances to all the people around them.

Benson had been waiting at the newsstand for eight years, and had never seen such an exaggerated scene.

He suppressed the shock in his heart and opened the newsstand window.

The team instantly began to liven up.

"The Times, hurry up, thank you!"

A copy of The Times. ”

"Two copies of The Times. ”

"The Times, I just need the Harry Potter supplement on the last page. You can leave the rest of the pages to yourself. ”

“......”

All bought from The Times!

There are few exceptions.

And almost immediately after everyone got the newspaper, they turned to the last page, their eyes shining and staring at what was on it. There are even quite a few people who simply sit on the street next to them and just indulge in it.

Half an hour!

It only took half an hour today!

One hundred and twenty times are all sold out!

In particular, to Benson's disbelief, at least a hundred people rushed to him to buy The Times.

"Oh my God, what's the magic of this Harry Potter? These people are crazy, aren't they?"

Benson swallowed unconsciously and muttered.

......

......

At ten o'clock in the morning, Murdo received the news.

The voice of the president of the Times was filled with irrepressible excitement: "Boss, today's 850,000 copies of The Times were all sold out within two hours." ”

"What? two hours?"

Murdo's heart beat violently, but he quickly reacted and immediately decided: "Continue to issue additional copies tomorrow, an additional 500,000 copies!"

An additional 500,000 copies will be issued, which is equivalent to a daily circulation of 1.15 million copies of The Times.

The president's breath became short.

For in the past, there had not been a single British newspaper with a daily circulation of more than a million copies.

Are they going to set this record?

(End of chapter)