Wu Ming was not surprised by the predicament of Zhang Dexin and Shangguan Xiaobao, if the pirates in Wanwan were so easy to deal with, those publishing houses in the island country in the previous life would not have waited until the late 90s to develop the Wanwan market.

Even in the game industry, Wanwan's piracy business is in full swing.

The red and white machines that were popular in the mainland in later generations were not actually produced by Nintendo, but pirated goods imported from Wanwan. From the number of imports, it can be inferred that the total number of pirated red and white machines in the mainland may be as high as 20 million in 96.

Those so-called 64-in-1 and 128-in-1 game cartridges are actually pirated goods from Wanwan. Most pirated game cartridges have yellow casings, because the most common problem with cheap plastic products is that they will turn yellow over time.

Later, mainland manufacturers followed suit and followed Wanwan's counterparts to learn from piracy. It's just that the pirates in Wanwan later became genuine dealers.

The counterparts in the mainland are not so smart, most of them go all the way to the dark, and in the end, only a few people go ashore and become genuine dealers.

Wu Ming frowned, he couldn't think of any good way, otherwise he would have handed it over to them a long time ago. Now he also understands the helplessness of the publishers in the island countries. So many people in later generations can't solve this problem, which can only show that this is indeed the general trend of Wanwan now.

Wu Ming had no choice but to say helplessly: "Since this is the case, you should leave those pirates alone." Try to publicize it more in Wanwan, so that everyone knows that we are genuine goods, and we can sell as much as we can in a single line.

As for "Weekly Shonen Star", the problem is not big, as long as we distribute the goods faster, so that we can make a time difference. Even if they wanted to pirate, it would take some time. When their pirated copies came out, ours was almost sold.

The rest of the people who have been waiting to buy pirated copies, they will not come to buy our genuine copies no matter what. Just give them up and you're good to go.

I will also have the Spark Bookstore open in Wanwan to cooperate with your actions. ”

Zhang Dexin and Shangguan Xiaobao also nodded in agreement.

Zhang Dexin said: "Okay, then do as you say, and we will send someone to Wanwan tomorrow." ”

Wu Ming added: "By the way, you remember to search for some talented cartoonists in Wanwan, and you can't let them be ruined by piracy. ”

Shangguan Xiaobao had a smile on his face, obviously agreeing with Wu Ming's suggestion.

"When the time comes, I will go to Wanwan to see it in person, and when the time comes, I will bring them all to Xiangjiang to study. ”

Zhang Dexin asked: "Xiao Ming, you have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace." You came today, in addition to coming to see the situation of the Order of the Phoenix, there should be other things!"

Wu Ming smiled slightly and replied, "Yes, I did come here today for something. ”

Shangguan Xiaobao asked, "Is there anything big?"

Wu Ming smiled: "It's not a big deal, now that our Phoenix Society's weekly comic magazine "Weekly Shonen Star" is on the right track, it's time to prepare the remaining two magazines." ”

Zhang Dexin frowned and said, "Juvenile Monthly and Girl Monthly!"

Wu Ming replied: "Yes, I said at the beginning that our Phoenix Society should learn from the survival of the fittest system of the island country Shueisha. It's just that "Weekly Shonen Star" had just been launched at that time, so it had not yet been officially implemented.

Now, after two months, "Weekly Shonen Star" has no opponents. But we should not slack off, but continue to strive for excellence, so I am going to implement the 'halving system'. ”

Shangguan Xiaobao said with some concern: "Boss, will it be too early, you must know that it has only been two months, and those cartoonists have just adapted to the current serialization mode." If the 'halving system' is implemented now, I am afraid that everyone will be very uncomfortable. ”

Wu Ming shook his head and explained: "It's not early, you must know that there are only twenty long-form serialized positions in "Weekly Junior Star" now. It seems like a lot, but compared to the number of Xiangjiang cartoonists now, it is still relatively small.

For a long time, those newcomers will not see the hope of serialization, and sooner or later they will fall into the arms of our opponents. Maybe there will be a few comic geniuses among them.

Besides, Mr. Kwong, you will soon be going to Wanwan to search for talented cartoonists, if there is no serialization opportunity, will they be willing to join our Phoenix Society?"

Zhang Dexin and Shangguan Xiaobao were silent, the two thought about it for a while, looked at each other, and agreed with Wu Ming's opinion.

"Okay, Xiao Ming, then we'll listen to you. ”

"Boss, we didn't think it through, let's do as you say!"

Wu Ming smiled slightly, and said: "Then it's decided.,In the future, the last two works in the comprehensive ranking will be cut in half.,For new serialized comics,Generally, 10 issues of inspection time will be given.,If the popularity is sluggish during this period has been at the end of the ranking.,Then it will be cut in half.。

These manga that have been 'cut in half', we will not treat them the same as Shueisha. They just let the comics end up, and we transferred them to the monthly magazine to continue serialization, and gave them two more issues to investigate.

If the ranking is still last, it will be forcibly finished. If not, let them continue with the serialization. ”

Shangguan Xiaobao praised: "This is indeed very good, Shueisha's 'waist cutting system' is too cold." After the boss you have changed so much, it will be more humane, and I believe everyone can understand the boss's approach. ”

Zhang Dexin also agreed: "Yes, in this case, those cartoonists will have a total of four months of investigation." If they are cut in half again, we can't blame us for not giving them a chance. ”

Wu Ming smiled, and then continued: "And they are not without the opportunity to return to the weekly, as long as they have been in the top two in the monthly magazine for a long time, they can be transferred from the monthly magazine to the weekly magazine."

In the next issue, you will append a reader survey at the back of the magazine, and promote it on television and in the newspapers, so that everyone knows about our system in the Order of the Phoenix. The monthly shonen manga is named "Monthly Shonen Star" and is released on the 6th of every month. In order to give those cartoonists more time to prepare, it is scheduled to be released on April 6. ”

Zhang Dexin and Shangguan Xiaobao nodded, indicating that they understood.

Zhang Dexin asked again: "What about the girl's monthly? We in the Phoenix Society, we still don't know who can draw girl's comics!"

Shangguan Xiaobao said: "Now there are few people in the entire Xiangjiang who draw shoujo comics, is it too early for us to prepare a shoujo comic magazine." ”

In the past, Xiangjiang was a market for martial arts comics, but now under the leadership of Wu Ming, there are finally many other types of comics. But shoujo cartoons are still a disadvantaged group, and in the sixties, there were several girl cartoonists such as Shanmei, Li Huizhen, and Xie Lingling, and now there is only one Golden Oriental.