Five thousand dollars is really not much money now. The two sides quickly signed a contract, and Xu Qing was already very satisfied with this situation.

The next step should be the printing of "Notes on Tomb Robbery".

"How did you get the cover? Do you need us to find a professional designer? Or just use the picture on your Su Feng Radio official website. ”

On the official website of Su Feng Radio, at the top of the "Tomb Robbery Notes" section, there is a picture similar to the cover. The picture on it is a bloody corpse, bloody, but indeed quite terrifying.

But after a pause, Xu Qing came up with another idea.

"Let's talk about the rest first, I'll send you a picture when it's over. There's a guy in the fan base who is very talented, and I've drawn a picture before, and I like it too. ”

What Xu Qing said was the invitation letter to the fan group of "Tomb Robbery Notes" sent to Xu Qing by later generations in the fan letter.

The front of the invitation is the same as the other envelopes, but the reverse side is a hand-drawn color illustration.

Against the backdrop of night, a short-haired young man leaned against a rock, looking at the night sky with a melancholy gaze.

Xu Qing took a look at it at the time and found that the young man in this hand-drawn drawing was actually eighty percent similar to Zhang Qiling in the comic version of the previous life.

The hand-painted one, the painting level is really good, the expression is very expressive, with some melancholy eyes, it looks really a bit of Zhang Qiling.

At that time, this invitation letter left a deep impression on Xu Qing.

At that time, not long after Xu Qing entered, he inquired about this invitation, and finally learned that it was a hand-painted work of wolf teeth.

Thinking about it at this time, that picture is really suitable for the cover of a physical book.

Horror novels are physical books, and the most suitable ones are black, dark green, blood, and earth color backgrounds.

The black background blends in with the night, which fits the scene of Zhang Qiling looking up at the night sky.

Hand painting is not as delicate as computer graphics. However, the sketch-like sense of line of hand-painting gives this picture a sense of ancient vicissitudes.

It just so happens that it is related to the story of tomb robbery.

Anyway, if you find someone to design it, you have to spend money, so it's better to hand over this money directly to Wolf Fang.

After getting along with each other a few times, Xu Qing also knew that the conditions in the wolf's house were not bad, nor were they bad for the money.

But it is an honor to be able to become the cover of the physical book of "Tomb Robbery Notes" by hand-painted works.

Instead of looking for someone else, it is better to leave it to the wolf. It can be regarded as Xu Qing and the fans in the group, interacting again.

"The first issue, how much will be printed first?"

Xu Qing was silent for a moment, but quickly said a number first: "The content that has been broadcast so far is almost enough for five physical books, first print 100,000 copies of each of these five." ”

Zhao Yaqin couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Eh, a total of 500,000 copies?"

It is no wonder that Zhao Yaqin was surprised, although "Notes on Tomb Robbery" is popular, the gestation period is still too short. So far, it is a situation that is popular in the Sufeng area, but it has just unfolded nationwide.

In fact, no matter how popular the radio program itself is, the audience of its program can listen to the content of "Tomb Robbery Notes" through the Internet at any time.

In such a situation, how many fans will choose to buy the corpse of "Tomb Robbery Notes" said that Zhao Yaqin is not good to judge too early.

Radio shows have been in high ratings, but it's not unheard of before that physical book sales have suffered a waterloo.

So in the first issue, I printed less and tried the market reaction, which was already a practice for other authors in the past.

But now, as soon as Xu Qing opened his mouth, he would print 100,000 sets first.

In other words, for many works, 100,000 sets is a high sales.

If you can't sell it in a short period of time, won't it cost you to pile it up in the warehouse? Instead of piling it up, it's better to print it again when the time comes. What's the hurry?

Zhao Yaqin also reminded Xu Qing out of kindness, but Xu Qing smiled lightly. "Well, it's 50,000 sets, no problem. ”

For other works, the first edition of 50,000 sets is indeed a bit much.

However, "Notes on Tomb Robbery" is a masterpiece called "phenomenal" in the previous life.

Regardless of how much the value of copyright has risen in 10 years.

In the previous life, "Notes on Tomb Robbery" created a myth of sales of 12 million copies in four years in the first four years.

It is said that "Dream of Red Mansions", which has the highest sales among the four famous novels, has only sold 100 million copies in history.

Xu Qing's "Notes on Tomb Robbery" is actually a bit restricted by the platform, and there are many more people who read novels than those who listen to them.

There was such a saying in the previous life: "Ghost Blows the Lamp" is the originator of tomb robbery novels, and "Tomb Robbery Notes" is the pinnacle of tomb robbery novels.

Because of the appearance of Xu Qing, "Notes on Tomb Robbery" in this life is the originator and the pinnacle. Originally, it should be more popular than "Ghost Blowing the Lamp".

However, in this life, "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" is already popular in Huayu Chinese, and the influence of "Tomb Robbery Notes" is still mainly in the Sufeng area. Nationally, the influence is actually a little lower than "Ghost Blowing the Lantern".

This is actually the limitation of the platform. There are not as many people who listen to books as there are people who read books. Moreover, the programs of Sufeng Radio are generally sought after by the audience in the Sufeng area.

In other regions, mainly they don't know that there is such a radio program, so how can they be popular.

At that time, Xu Qing brought "Notes on Tomb Robbery" to the world in the form of a radio program in order to stabilize his career in the radio.

Thinking about it later, it was indeed a bit condescending. In the past, Xu Qing had already discussed with Director Guo about releasing the novel version of "Notes on Tomb Robbery".

The copyright was originally in Xu Qing's hands, and Xu Qing wanted to release a text version, as long as it did not affect the nature of the first release of "Tomb Robbery Notes" on Sufeng Radio, it would not affect the contract between the two parties at that time.

Xu Qing said hello, and he was already very face-saving. Guo Jianxin also expressed his understanding, and after that, Xu Qing also put the novel version of "Notes on Tomb Robbery" on the Internet.

The popularity of "Tomb Robbery Notes" has been affected to a certain extent due to platform restrictions. But Xu Qing is still very confident in "Notes on Tomb Robbery".

The popularity of "Rain Hazy" is nationwide, and with the rain hazy support, there is no problem with the sales of "Tomb Robbery Notes".

Whether it can exceed the sales of the first edition of the previous life, Xu Qing does not dare to guarantee.

But 100,000 copies, thrown into the fans of "Tomb Robbery Notes", will definitely be digested quickly.

Xu Qing now has 900,000 followers on Weibo, and yes, not every fan will buy the physical book "Notes on Tomb Robbery".

But who said that the fans on Weibo are all Xu Qing's fans.

If you like to read books, you can read books, and there are still many fans who don't go to join groups and don't pay attention to Weibo, and even occupy a considerable proportion.