"Participate in an event, what event, commercial performance?"

Director Xiong of the Weightlifting and Wrestling Center, who is also one of the members of the Chinese Olympic delegation, heard Meng Fan say that he wanted to apply to go out to participate in an event, which was not surprising, although this kind of thing did not happen much in the Weightlifting and Wrestling Center before, but it was common in other centers and associations, especially those with sports superstars.

It is no longer taboo for athletes to participate in activities or even those related to commercial performances. If you can generate income and promote sports, why not, as long as you don't delay training and competitions, it's allowed.

Like Meng Fan's current popularity, it is normal to receive an invitation to any event. In addition, Meng Fan's situation is also special, except for the competition and obedience to the national team arrangement, the others enjoy autonomy, and even the training is autonomous.

Of course, because of the current special period, Meng Fan must be approved by the delegation, and the delegation naturally wants to ask what the situation is.

"It's a commercial event. ”

Meng Fan explained the general situation.

Director Xiong was also convinced after listening to it, he had seen a lot of commercial performances, and it was the first time he had heard of this kind of commercial performance for himself. Patted his head and remembered Meng Fan's other identity, and said with a smile: "So that's the case!" Okay, no problem, our delegation will definitely support this kind of activity, and the culture and sports are a family, so I will give you your approval directly here." Of course, after all, it is still during the Olympics, and you still have to abide by the rules set by the national team when you go out. ”

"Well, I know. ”

After Meng Fan got the approval, he also called back to Goro Takahashi.

The subsequent itinerary was naturally arranged by Kodansha, and Kodansha's side was also very powerful, and the venue of the signing meeting was directly arranged in the neon judo mecca Neon Martial Arts Hall, which was the venue of the previous Olympic judo competition.

In addition to the functions of fixed judo team training and competitions, Neon Martial Arts Hall is also the first choice for many big-name singers to perform in neon concerts.

Of course, it's the time of the Olympics, and even if the biggest singers want to hold any kind of event here, the possibility is very slim, and even if the venue has completed all the Olympic events, it is basically impossible. The reason why Kodansha was able to gnaw down this site during such a special period was that in addition to the energy of Kodansha itself, Meng Fan himself also played a certain role.

Kodansha plans to arrange a signing session for Meng Fan after Meng Fan wins two judo championships, and the venue is the first Neon Martial Arts Hall, and before Meng Fan agrees, Kodansha has already revealed its intention to the Neon Martial Arts Hall management agency.

The Neon Budokan side was not ready to agree, but even if Kodansha came to talk, it was ready to press the time until after the Olympics, and the face given was to let the Kodansha side get the right of priority, because after the Olympics, the Neon Budokan will definitely take on a lot of performances, and there are already a lot of queues at present.

As soon as he heard that it was Meng Fan, he immediately agreed, and did not ask for anything, and even the venue fee was the same as usual and did not increase the price during the Olympics.

Meng Fan saw that the venue was arranged in the Neon Martial Arts Hall, he was also a little surprised, he didn't understand anything else, but as a person who used to chase CV and otaku culture, he was still very familiar with this venue, and he also understood its status in the concert industry, so he really didn't expect his signing meeting to be arranged here.

Meng Fan also confirmed it several times, to be honest, he thought of a reason, that is, the neon judo world also took this opportunity to put forward some requirements, such as the cliché "communication" and "guidance", and then when he heard that there were no requirements, he only said that he respected the strong, which was also unexpected.

Of course, behind this may also be that people in the neon judo world will "play", although they don't ask for anything, but they also want to gain Meng Fan's favor through this move, and even give a favor.

After the itinerary was finalized, Kodansha also immediately launched publicity, and the publicity effort did not need to be large, mainly the official website publicity, and then it was almost the same to promote it on the mainstream portal of Neon, and the others naturally had Meng Fan's "popularity buff" bonus, which was absolutely ten times more effective with half the effort.

In addition, the Neon Budokan also has a huge poster hanging at the door.

As for the single book of "Strange Man of the Mountains and Seas", Kodansha has been prepared for a long time, and with the development of the neon comic industry, if it is temporarily reprinted, it can be done in a day in one million copies.

Of course, the magnitude of one million copies is still a bit exaggerated, and Kodansha has set a first print run of 200,000 copies, which is also the largest first print run of Kodansha's manga serials in recent years.

A small part will be shipped to the Neon Martial Arts Hall for Meng Fan to sign and sell, and most of it will be issued normally.

Meng Fan and Kodansha were negotiated on the afternoon of the 14th competition day, the publicity began in the evening, and the signing was on the second day, and the whole itinerary was very tight, but neither Kodansha nor Meng Fan was worried that there would be no fans, even if it was still during the Olympic Games.

Speaking of this timing, there are definitely pros and cons.

The advantage of arranging signing during the Olympics is that there are a lot of people, not only neon fans and Chinese fans, but also people from all over the world who come to watch the Olympics; the disadvantage is that there are still Olympic games playing, and there must be a large number of people who will choose to watch the games.

Of course, even if there is a small number of people left to participate in the book signing, although the proportion is small, the base is very large, and the final number of people will definitely be more than usual.

This is also one of the reasons why the society chose to talk about this point in time, as for the main reason, it is still necessary to take advantage of Meng Fan's Olympic popularity during the Olympics.

In terms of overall sales, signing is definitely only one part of the process, and there is also the sales of comic houses and bookstores around the world, as well as on the Internet, which is the big deal.

All in all, it is the issuance of a single book through signing.

The people who come to the book signing are certainly far less than the people who go to the bookstore to buy comics, after all, even if it is neon, there are still most people who are unlikely to go to the Olympics in person, or even go to Kyoto.

As soon as the news about Meng Fan's signing meeting at the Neon Martial Arts Hall during the Olympic Games and the launch of the single book came out, the neon network and the Huaxia network were boiling for a while, and most of the other foreign media were confused.

The comic book of the Olympic hardware king?

Is this to use your popularity to make money?

People in other countries, even if they believe that Meng Fan himself is a cartoonist, few people will believe how good the quality of Meng Fan's comics will be.

It's not about making money through popularity!