On March 12, the inaugural issues of Happy Dragon and Happy Phoenix were officially released.

After a week of vigorous publicity, the two magazines have made a name for themselves in their respective regions.

The popularity of the Pokemon pet machine is not blown, and now its global sales have exceeded 30 million. Taking advantage of its east wind, the single book of "Pokemon" has also been sold well all over the world.

Now "Pokemon" is much more famous than popular stars in Xiangjiang and island countries.

After knowing that "Pokemon" was going to be transferred from a weekly to a newly launched monthly magazine, fans in Xiangjiang and island countries scolded the Phoenix Society and the Sun and Moon Society for making money.

In the past, you only needed the money of a magazine to read so many good-looking comics. Now if you want to watch "Pokemon", you have to spend an extra penny.

In particular, these two new manga magazines do not have 1,000 pages like Monthly Shonen Sun and Monthly Shonen Star, but they also have 750 pages, so the price is 1.5 times that of the weekly magazine.

But with the above content, many fans only want to watch the eighth that belongs to "Pokemon".

Some fans couldn't help but sigh at the sky: "What about the festival of the publishing house?"

In this regard, Zhang Dexin, Shangguan Xiaobao, and Gushan Shangyi could only shake their heads and sigh: "After following the boss for so long, our festival has long been lost." ”

Because when Wu Ming was chatting and talking, he often told some jokes about "festival" in his previous life without paying attention, and he also drew them in comics. So now, the new meaning of the word "festival" has been widely spread among comic fans and even ordinary people in Xiangjiang and island countries.

Although many fans hate the Phoenix Society and the Sun and Moon Society's money-making behavior, in order to watch the latest "Pokemon", they can only take out money to buy magazines with tears in their eyes.

As a result, the Order of the Phoenix's "Happy Phoenix" and the "Happy Dragon" of the Sun Moon Society sold 40,000 copies and 300,000 copies respectively on the first day of sale.

The next day.

Order of the Phoenix, in the President's Office.

Zhang Dexin sat on the sofa, looked at Shangguan Xiaobao, who was sitting in the seat of the president who originally belonged to him, and smiled with his fists: "Lao Kuang, congratulations on your promotion to president!"

After the new journal was listed, Zhang Dexin had already stepped down from the post of president of the Phoenix Society, and today Shangguan Xiaobao has officially taken over the position of president from Zhang Dexin.

Shangguan Xiaobao shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said, "It should be that I congratulate you on your promotion to the president of the Spark Group, right? The Phoenix Society belongs to the Spark Group, and you are still my top boss, so there is not much difference between me and before." For the sake of such a long friendship, you will have to take care of me more in the future. ”

Xinghuo Publishing & Media Group is the name given by Wu Ming for the publishing and media company established later. As early as when the Spark Bookstore was founded, he had already decided on the name.

Wu Mingke has the ambition to develop Xinghuo Group into one of the world's leading publishing and media companies. This name is the place on his mind. As the name suggests, "Xinghuo" means that a spark can start a prairie fire. Wu Ming hopes that this company will slowly spread and burn around the world like a spark.

Zhang Dexin's face was full of spring breeze, and it was obvious that he was very happy that he could become the president of Xinghuo Group.

"What do you say about caring or not, the boss said that you will have full authority to handle the affairs of the Phoenix Society in the future, and the Spark Group will play a supervisory role in the future, and you can let go of your hands to develop the Phoenix Society. Zhang Dexin said disapprovingly.

"That's right. Shangguan Xiaobao asked curiously, "The boss didn't say which newspaper and literary publishing house he wanted to acquire." ”

"That's it. Zhang Dexin replied with a smile.

"Which one?"

South China Morning Post, Cheng Pao, Xin Pao, Hong Kong Economic Journal, and Tianma Press. ”

Shangguan Xiaobao opened his mouth wide and gasped, and said in shock: "It seems that the boss is really here." Tianma Publishing House aside, the other four newspapers are among the best among the newspapers in Hong Kong. If you want to buy it, it will take at least hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars. But after he really bought it, the boss will become a newspaper tycoon in Xiangjiang. ”

As Shangguan Xiaobao said, these four newspapers occupy a large share and influence in the Xiangjiang newspaper industry.

The South China Morning Post (SCMP) is an English-language newspaper covering Hong Kong, China and Asia. It has always been the most credible newspaper in Hong Kong, the Mainland and Asia.

The remaining three newspapers were all Chinese.

"Xin Pao" is a general newspaper for the common people, with strong entertainment and pastime, and the content is completely reader-oriented, and it shares the world of Hong Kong Entertainment Newspaper with another entertainment newspaper, "Oriental Daily".

"Sing Pao" is a newspaper with the longest history in Hong Kong, focusing on providing the best for old readers.

People in the mainland know about this newspaper because after this newspaper was bought by Gu Zhuoheng, they "crazy" engaged in political attacks and smeared the mainland. At that time, everyone was taken aback, because this newspaper has always been regarded as "pro-China," and no one expected that it would suddenly maliciously spread rumors and slander the leaders of the central government in charge of Hong Kong affairs.

Later, after everyone learned that Gu Zhuoheng was wanted by the Pengcheng police for the crime of "illegally absorbing public deposits", it suddenly dawned on him. It turned out that this guy actually wanted to put pressure on the government in this way to force the government to let him go. However, this guy's trick naturally did not succeed, so he could only hide for his life.

In this life, after "Cheng Pao" was acquired by Wu Ming, he could also avoid being poisoned by Gu Zhuoheng in the future.

Hong Kong Economic Journal is a "young" newspaper, founded in July 1973, with a history of nearly eight years, but it is the first Chinese newspaper in Heung Kong to provide professional financial information and in-depth analysis of current affairs.

Zhang Dexin nodded and praised: "The boss's vision is still very good, and these four newspapers have almost included all types of readers." Once these newspapers and periodicals are taken down, Xinghuo Group can immediately become the leader of the Xiangjiang paper media industry. The boss's influence in Xiangjiang will also be greatly improved. ”

Shangguan Xiaobao also thought so, and sighed: "Yes, when the time comes, with the addition of Star TV, the Xiangjiang media industry will be the boss's world." ”

In fact, Wu Ming also wants to buy Xiangjiang Sing Tao Newspaper Co., Ltd., which owns the English Standard newspaper, the second-best-selling English-language newspaper in Hong Kong, and Sing Tao Daily, a long-established Chinese international newspaper with a global distribution network, and many other newspapers.

It can be said that after buying this company, together with the four newspapers and periodicals "South China Morning Post", "Cheng Pao", "Xin Pao", and "Hong Kong Economic Daily", Wu Ming will be able to control more than half of the print media in Hong Kong. Coupled with Star TV, it will be much easier to manipulate public opinion in Xiangjiang.