The first issue of Weekly Shonen Sun printed 400,000 copies, only 50,000 copies were sold, and the other 350,000 copies were given away, and the Nikgetsu Society lost more than 20 million yen in printing costs plus manuscript fees.

However, after investigation, this effect is really good. Many people who were not going to buy Weekly Shonen Sun, after reading the first issue of Weekly Shonen Sun, decided to buy the next issue of Weekly Shonen Sun, and the total sales of the second issue should be expected to reach nearly 200,000 copies, four times that of the first issue.

This result shocked all the personnel of the Sun Moon Society, and Taniyama Naoyoshi was even more overjoyed.

And after other small and medium-sized comic publishing houses outside heard about this, they could only sigh enviously, after all, they are not like the Sun and Moon Society, with the support of Wu Ming, a big boss behind them, they can take money to smash out of a market at will.

Wu Ming only smiled slightly when he knew it, this is also the quality of the comics on "Weekly Shonen Sun", so he dared to do this. If "Weekly Shonen Sun" is like those comic magazines that hit the streets, no matter how much money is spent, no one will read it, and it will only lose to vomit blood.

Sun Moon Society, in the president's office.

Wu Ming and Taniyama Naoyoshi were sitting on the sofa, talking about the printing and sales of the second issue of Weekly Shonen Sun.

Wu Ming stretched out his hand to pick up a cup of hot tea from the coffee table, squinted slightly and sniffed at the end of his nose, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, turned the cup mouth, swallowed and tasted it in small sips, drank a few sips, and then put down the teacup.

"President Taniyama, it seems that this method has worked well, and we still use this method, and the second issue of "Weekly Shonen Sun" printed 600,000 copies, 200,000 copies were handed over to the East Seller to help sell, and 400,000 copies were given to Torak Toys as a giveaway. ”

After reading the results of the investigation, Taniyama Naoyi also tasted the sweetness, and he was no longer as opposed as last time.

"Understood, boss. Taniyama nodded in agreement, and then changed the topic again. "However, this method can only be used at the beginning, not for a long time. Otherwise, the Sun Moon Club will definitely be dragged down, and the reviews among readers will not be good. ”

"It's natural, and this approach ends in the third issue, and the fourth issue of Weekly Shonen Sun sells in the normal way. Although it is only three issues, it is enough to let those readers know that our "Weekly Shonen Sun" is a good manga magazine. ”

Wu Ming smiled freely, he naturally would not use this method for a long time. has been giving away "Weekly Boy Sun" for free, and when the time comes, it will only be accused of destroying the market order. It will also make people's minds form the impression that "Weekly Shonen Sun" is a giveaway, and it will lower the level of "Weekly Shonen Sun".

In the beginning, this was just a last resort. The current era is not like before, and the aroma of wine is afraid of deep alleys.

If you don't do this and wait for the market to explode, you don't know how long it will take for anyone to watch Weekly Shonen Sun. In February, he will go to his hometown in the mainland for the Chinese New Year, but he doesn't have so much free time to spend here in the island country.

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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is the day when the second issue of "Weekly Shonen Sun" is released.

Because the response from readers was not bad, this time each bookstore also added a little more "Weekly Shonen Sun", instead of only receiving the only ten copies distributed by the East Hawkers.

This is good news for the Sun Moon Society, which means that the figure of "Weekly Shonen Sun" has entered the eyes of various bookstores in the island country, and it is no longer an unfamiliar comic magazine.

The sales of Weekly Shonen Sun did not disappoint those bookstores, and more than half of the Weekly Shonen Sun was sold on the first day. Based on the experience of other manga magazines in the past, the remaining part should be completely sold out before the next issue of Weekly Shonen Sun goes on sale.

This is naturally due to the first Pokemon fans who watched "Weekly Shonen Sun", and after watching the first episode of "Pokemon", they spontaneously promoted it to the people around them.

Now the Pokemon pet machine is popular all over the island country, even if you haven't played it, you've heard of it. At first, these Pokemon fans didn't buy "Weekly Shonen Sun", naturally they were worried that the comics on this manga magazine would not look good. Now that I know that the content of "Weekly Shonen Sun" is not bad, I naturally don't feel sorry for the mere 160 yen.

"Boss, here's a copy of Weekly Boy Sun. A girl dressed plainly and looking quite quiet said.

"No, it's this one. I didn't expect you girls to read other comics besides Mr. Takahashi's "Lucky Star Kid". The store manager replied with an emotional expression.

The girl took the magazine and paid for it, and retorted as she left: "I only bought it to see those pokemon in "Pokemon", and I don't read other comics." ”

After saying that, he left the bookstore in a hurry. It's just that what the girl didn't expect was that she was slapped in the face by her behavior that day, because she also watched "Alalei" and was attracted by the lovely Alalei.

After that, I also read several comics drawn by Wu Ming, only to realize that not all comics are only read by boys, and girls can also read comics. Since then, he has become a big fan of "Weekly Shonen Sun".

On the second day, the seller counted the first-day sales of "Weekly Shonen Sun" and handed it over to the Sun Moon Society, and the first-day sales of "Weekly Shonen Sun" reached 130,000 copies, and according to this trend, the remaining 70,000 copies will be sold out in a short time and will not be returned.

The anxious hearts of all the people in the Sun and Moon Society suddenly let go, and they cheered together,

"Great, President, we've succeeded again!"

Kazuhiko Torishima said excitedly with an irrepressible expression of joy on his face.

"Yes, our days of hard work have not been in vain. ”

Taniyama Naoyoshi is also elated, and this result means that their "Weekly Shonen Sun" is an excellent manga weekly, and it means that his decision to switch jobs from Shueisha is not wrong.

At this time, when he met his former colleagues, he would often be ridiculed, saying that he actually gave up the great future of Shueisha in order to mess around with a child.

Now this sales volume fully shows that his decision is correct, and the future of Sun Moon Society is limitless.

Over the next few days, the remaining Weekly Shonen Sun was quickly sold. "Pikachu", a little elf, has also sparked a craze among Pokemon fans. The fame of Weekly Shonen Sun began to spread among manga readers.