Chapter 31: The Popularity of Yo-Yos
The next day, the release of "Go Boy" was naturally uneventful, and even because of the end of "Hulu Little King Kong", the sales increased a lot, and the sales on the first day rose to 110,000 copies, and the total sales are expected to reach about 190,000 copies.
And "Speeding YOYO", Wu Ming's new manga, did not sell very well on the first day of release, only 30,000 copies. Although the results are much better than those of other cartoonists, they are already considered a small amount for Wu Ming.
Mainly because in this era, many people in Xiangjiang have not been in contact with yo-yos at all, and when I look at this comic, it is actually a story about yo-yos, which is even stranger than Go, and most people don't even look at it.
Only Wu Ming's die-hard fans will be willing to spend money to buy a copy first to see the real face as soon as possible. Everyone else will wait for the person who bought it to evaluate it before deciding whether to buy it or not.
Wu Ming and the people of the Order of the Phoenix are not much worried about this situation, they all know the quality of "Super Speed YOYO", and they believe that it will not be long before sales will skyrocket.
After school, Xiaokang was about to go home when he suddenly heard a voice.
"Good!"
Xiaokang followed the shouting and looked, and saw that the two classmates in the class were having fun together, and Xiaokang walked over to take a look.
"Ah Long, Ah Hu, what are you playing?"
"It's Xiaokang, we're practicing yo-yo moves. ”
Ah Long and Ah Hu saw that Xiaokang, who had been playing better, came over and stopped what they were doing.
Xiaokang was a little puzzled and said, "Yo-yo, is this the one you have in your hand?" ”
Ah Long and Ah Hu nodded.
"Isn't this fun, you guys have so much fun. ”
"Of course it's fun, we'll put on a show for you, and you'll know. ”
I saw Aaron throw the yo-yo in the air, block it with his hand, rotate each other with his left and right hands, pinch a line with his thumb, his right hand remains unchanged, his left hand changes to turn the line around a nameless man and shakes it gently, and then shakes it into an arc, and the ball is still spinning.
Ah Hu also threw the ball upwards and blocked it with his hand, but then it was different, he first put the ball up, aligned his left hand with his right hand in an arc linear, took it away with his left hand, and shook it back and forth at the same time, it was like a swing, which was very beautiful!
Xiaokang was stunned to watch the performances of Ah Long and Ah Hu, he had never seen such a powerful toy.
"Ah Long, Ah Hu, you can also play with me. ”
Seeing Xiaokang's pitiful appearance, Ah Long generously handed his yo-yo to Xiaokang and instructed him how to play on the side.
Xiaokang was a little clumsy to play, although he didn't know any moves yet, he could only idle, but he still had a lot of fun.
"Ah Long, Ah Hu, where did you buy this yo-yo, I have never seen it. ”
"Of course you haven't seen it, this is the latest new product from Tole Toys, and it's only been on the market for less than a week. ”
Ah Long and Ah Hu had proud expressions on their faces, obviously proud that they were able to own the newly launched toys so quickly.
Xiaokang asked, "Is that the Dole Toy Company that sells Rubik's cubes and roller skates?"
"yes. ”
"How much do you want to do this, I want to buy one to play with. ”
"It depends on which one you buy, the clutch type is cheaper, and the cheapest one costs 30 yuan a piece. The bearing type is very expensive, and some cheap ones cost hundreds of Hong Kong dollars. The two of us don't have much pocket money, so we can only buy clutch types. However, we also recommend that you also buy the clutch type, I heard the sales staff say that the clutch type is more suitable for novices, and the bearing type needs to be a master to play. ”
Ah Long and Ah Hu's families are also relatively wealthy, and their parents give them more pocket money, otherwise they really can't afford to buy yo-yos. In this era, 30 Hong Kong dollars was worth a day's wages for an ordinary worker.
However, the well-off family is engaged in real estate, and the monthly pocket money is usually a few hundred Hong Kong dollars, so how can you care about this little money.
"When I go back, I go to the mall and buy a yo-yo, and I have to buy one for each clutch type and a bearing type. By the way, where did you learn those tricks? ”
Ah Hu smiled, took out a book from his schoolbag, and handed it to Xiaokang.
"Aren't you usually the fastest to buy comic books, why didn't you buy "Speeding YOYO" today, no wonder you don't know yoyo. ”
With a shocked expression on his face, Xiaokang asked, "You learned from this comic book?"
"yes!"
"Everyone else in the class said that Wu Ming's new "Speeding YOYO" was not good-looking, so I didn't buy it, only "Go Boy". ”
Ah Long and Ah Hu both had disdainful expressions on their faces, and said: "What do they know, I'm afraid they haven't watched "Speeding YOYO" at all, so they say it's not good-looking." Just like the last time when "Go Boy" first came out, it was also said that Go comics were not good-looking, and now I haven't been chasing them. “
"The two of us are not like them, as soon as "Speeding YOYO" came out today, we bought it. Inside is the story of the yo-yo, which is very exciting, and it is recommended that you buy a copy too. There are some tricks in it that are not in the yoyo's manual. ”
Xiaokang was also a little embarrassed to hear Ah Long and Ah Hu say this, you must know that he is also one of those people.
"Then I'll go to the bookstore and buy "Speeding YOYO" now, bye-bye!"
After speaking, Xiaokang quickly ran towards the school gate.
"Bye-bye!"
Ah Long and Ah Hu saw that Xiaokang was gone, so they continued to practice yo-yo tricks hard, preparing to show their skills in front of their classmates in the future.
After Xiaokang left school, he went to the bookstore where he usually buys comic books and bought a copy of "Speeding YOYO", and then went to the mall to buy two yo-yos.
When he returned home, Xiaokang was engrossed in reading "Speeding YOYO", and after reading it, he realized that what Ah Long and Ah Hu said was true, and this cartoon was indeed very good.
"This Wu Ming is really powerful, much more powerful than Wu Ming in "Go Boy", Dongfang Instant can't compare to him at all, it's better to let him be the protagonist. ”
Xiaokang shouted while reading the comics.
If future generations of people who have watched the cartoon "Speeding YOYO" watch the "Speeding YOYO" cartoon drawn by Wu Ming again, it is estimated that they will burst into foul language.
"Nima, what the hell is this?"
Although Wu Ming is just a porter, it is impossible for him to completely copy his previous life. Not to mention that the anime is adapted into a manga, there are some places that need to be slightly changed. Even some of the characters in it have to be changed.
Especially in his previous life, the background of the characters in "Speeding YOYO" was in the island country, but now he is in Xiangjiang, and he himself is a Chinese from the mainland.
If the cartoons he draws, the protagonists in them are all island people, and then it will be lively. Those media estimates that he will scold him for forgetting his ancestors, and even his parents will not stand on his side, but will only criticize and educate him.
So Wu Ming will make some changes every time he draws a comic, just like this "Overspeed YOYO". Wu Ming changed the location of the story from the island country to Xiangjiang, and the surname of the actor Domoto Instant was also changed to Dongfang by Wu Ming, that is, one of the four major families that have been written badly in later online novels.
The actor's name was changed to Dongfang Instant, and the others were no exception. The heroine was changed from Yumemiya Li'an to Gong Li'an, and the male number two "Hojo-in Saint" was changed by Wu Ming to Wu Ming's own name.
That's right, Wu Ming is such a bad taste. Not only "Speeding YOYO", but also "Go Boy" could not escape his clutches. The disciple of Guo Fengchun, the god operator inside, Pan Guoxing's name was also changed by him to "Wu Ming".
It can be said that among the readers of "Go Boy", the comic character "Wu Ming" is more famous than the author Wu Ming himself.
I don't know, did he ever think that Pan Guoxing, who was replaced by "Wu Ming" in "Go Boy", was the second senior brother, and the second senior brother was the code name of Zhu Bajie in "Journey to the West".
If it weren't for the fact that all the characters in "Hulu Brothers" and "Hulu Little King Kong" had no names, it is estimated that they would not be able to escape Wu Ming's poisonous hands.
At that time, when Zhang Dexin was reviewing the manuscript, he was also very shocked when he saw a "Wu Ming" appear in "Go Boy". But he can't do anything about Wu Ming, so he can only be happy with him.
The next day, Xiaokang immediately couldn't wait to take the yo-yo he bought to play with Ah Long and Ah Hu, and let them teach him those yo-yo tricks by hand.
Then when it came time for class on Monday, the three of them deliberately played yo-yo in front of their classmates.
The other students were also very envious when they saw how energetic they were playing yo-yos, so they asked them what kind of toy it was.
Then they learned that it was a new toy yo-yo from Tole Toys, and that "Speeding Yoyo", a manga that tells the story of a yo-yo, was very good.
With the popularity of yo-yo among students, the sales of "Speeding YOYO" are also rising. By the time the second phase of "Overdrive YOYO" was released, the sales of the first issue had reached 110,000.
And yo-yo is also known by more and more people with the serialization of comics. Even many adults saw some children playing cool tricks with yo-yos, and they paid for them to go home to play.
In this way, Wu Bing'an tasted the sweetness of drawing comic promotional toys for the first time, although many other toys have also launched various yo-yos in the future, but most people have recognized the yo-yos that appeared in "Speeding YOYO". Even if the Dole Toys Company still has to pay a licensing fee to the Order of the Phoenix to buy those yo-yo styles, it is all its own business, and the left hand is just the right hand.
He didn't know that this was left over from the toys in later generations, and those toy dealers in later generations spent money on animations in order to promote their toys, focusing on toy products, interspersed with certain plots, and broadcast them in prime time on TV stations across the country. Even for the sake of exposure, these cartoons not only do not require TV stations to spend a penny on procurement, but will give a certain amount of publicity and promotion fees.
But in this life, it is time for Wu Ming to take the lead, but he still holds back several big moves waiting to be issued.