On the last day of November, Qin Han gave Nanamoto Hashimoto a holiday. Early in the morning, he went to Nakanosakagami Station and took the Marunouchi subway line to the Shirasensha editorial office.

He had to discuss a lot of things about the single book of "Dragon Sakura".

Before, Xiong Zexin, the editor in charge, said, "Teacher Qin Han, you are so busy with work, we can come to discuss with you, you don't have to go so far", but Qin Han still rejected the other party's kindness.

Although there are beautiful assistants around him every day, and the childhood sweetheart and the Yamei sister next door often come to visit the door, Qin Han's life is not boring, but if he stays at home and doesn't go out for a walk, it will be moldy.

The morning tram was still crowded, but there were no more incidents of idiots.

After 13 stops, I got off at Awajicho Station, walked a little more, and finally arrived at the building of the White Springs Society.

"Hello, I'm going to the editorial office of young_animal." Qin Han came to the front desk.

The front desk lady with a round face and a very cute face said, "Hello, please fill out the visitor card first." ”

Handing the visitor card to Qin Han, the front desk lady picked up the phone and notified the editorial department of "young_animal". However, while she was holding the microphone, she also secretly glanced at Qin Han from time to time, her eyes sparkling, as if she had seen a treasure.

Since turning on the charm aura, Qin Han has been surprised by this kind of thing.

After completing the formalities, Qin Han took the elevator to the editorial office of "young_animal".

The two editors, who were chatting and resting in the corridor drinking coffee, saw Qin Han get out of the elevator and immediately greeted him enthusiastically: "Teacher Qin Han, good morning!" ”

Walking into the editorial office, whenever he saw Qin Han's editors, they also greeted him one after another.

"Teacher Qin Han, it's been a long time since the last celebration."

"I wish you a great sale!"

"Dragon Sakura is getting more and more exciting, and every day the editorial department receives many letters from readers who praise this manga."

The reason why Qin Han has this kind of star-studded treatment is that in addition to the overwhelming popularity of "Dragon Sakura" and the fact that he has become the chief cartoonist of Baiquan Society, the most important reason is that the birth of the two new hot-selling comics, "The Legend of Sword Wind" and "Husband and Wife Growth Diary", is related to him.

It can be said that in the eyes of Baiquan Society, Qin Han is no longer a simple cartoonist, but a leader who can lead the rise of a magazine.

After a while, Xiong Zexin, who was wearing a crumpled sweatshirt and messy hair, ran over.

"Teacher Qin Han, I'm sorry, I'm in a daze, let you wait for a long time, please follow me to the conference room."

Qin Han looked his editor up and down, and said strangely: "Little bear, why are you so sloppy?" Didn't you go home and spend the night at the magazine? ”

It is absolutely inconceivable that women, especially office workers, can appear in the workplace without makeup.

You know, this is the birthplace of makeup, one of the three major evil arts in East Asia!

Xiong Zexin said embarrassedly: "I've been too busy lately, and I almost have time to go home." ”

"It's for the sake of a single book, it's hard work."

Whether a comic can sell well, in addition to whether the content is interesting and exciting, publicity is also the key. Behind every best-selling comic, there is a group of editors who work silently.

came to the conference room and waited for a while, and the editor-in-chief of Hetian arrived in a hurry.

"I'm sorry, Shinjuku was jammed in the morning, and I was a little late." Editor-in-chief Wada said wiping his sweat.

"It's okay." After Qin Han finished speaking, he looked at Xiong Zexin again, "Little Xiong, go back and take a rest, it's enough to have Editor-in-Chief Hetian discuss with me." ”

"Huh?"

Editor-in-chief Hetian glanced at Xiong Zexin's appearance, and also waved his hand: "Alas, what, let you go home." Looking at your unorthodox appearance, wouldn't it be a shame if a visitor came to the editorial office? ”

Xiong Zexin knew that Editor-in-Chief Hetian's words were ugly, but in fact, it was for her own good, and he wanted her to have a good rest, so he nodded, closed the door of the conference room and left.

After a while, the assistant brought coffee and the two began to talk about business.

"Teacher Qin Han, I came today, mainly to let you determine the cover of the single book, as well as the design and slogan of the waist cover, if you need to improve, please also give your opinions."

The editor-in-chief of Wada took out two cover samples from his briefcase, as well as a waist cover.

"The cover was designed by a famous graphic designer, Mr. Qin Han, which one do you like? If you are not satisfied, you can point it out, and as long as you have time, you can make a new cover. ”

Two cover designs, one is the protagonist of "Dragon Sakura", Kenji Sakuragi, in a pose similar to the "objection" in "Reversal Referee", pointing forward with full momentum, and on the blackboard behind him, various learning contents are written as a foil.

The second cover features two girls, Naomi Mizuno and Kano Kasaka. They strolled along the cherry blossom road with test papers in hand, beautiful and innocent, and their eyes were full of hope.

Although the two covers are good, considering that his proud skill is to draw beautiful girls, Qin Han still chose the second plan.

As for the waist seal, there is only "Xueba teaches you to take the entrance examination to the University of Tokyo!" This line of concise but imposing slogans.

Moreover, this line of characters was written by Qin and Han personally with a brush, showing the charm of Chinese characters vividly and vividly, which is very eye-catching.

The waist seal was perfect enough, and Qin Han didn't feel that it needed to be improved.

After finishing the business, Qin Han chatted with the editor-in-chief of Hetian.

"Teacher Qin Han, this time the price of a single book is 450 yuan, and according to the 12% royalty calculation, you can earn 54 yuan for every copy sold. If the first printing of 500,000 copies is sold out, you can buy a top-of-the-line Mercedes-Benz S600. ”

The two of them were in a good mood and joked.

Qin Han did the math in his heart, if all the 500,000 copies were sold, he would have an income of 27 million yen, and it would be more than enough to buy a luxury car or something.

However, Qin Han believes that 500,000 sales are just the beginning, and it is not difficult to reprint two or three times and rush to one million sales.

Coupled with the income from the publication of new single books in the future, it is also very possible to achieve an annual income of more than 100 million yuan next year.

Of course, if you look at the amount of taxes, he is still a certain distance from the top cartoonist.

The editor-in-chief of Hetian said: "The release date of the single book is December 15. At that time, it was close to Christmas, and the people's desire to consume would be very strong, and sales were likely to rise to a higher level. However, there are also drawbacks. ”

"We don't know that people are willing to spend money on Christmas, but we also know about it from other publishers. Maybe there's going to be a fierce battle. Qin Han said.

"Teacher Qin Han, you're right." Editor-in-chief Wada took a sip of coffee, "I inquired about the plans of major publishing houses, and between mid-December and Christmas, there will be many new single books of comics. "Dragon Ball", "Ranma 1/2", "Raiden Swordsman", "Touch", etc., are all manga with an average volume sales of more than one million, and there are countless powerful opponents! ”