After reading the first Qin and Han works published in the magazine in his hand, the editor-in-chief of "Good Friends" said with a serious expression: "We have met a strong opponent!"

She looked around, looked at her subordinates one by one, and said earnestly: "For us, now is the best time, and magazines can be sold if they are made casually. But precisely because of this, it should not be taken lightly. Because, a good market prospect means that more and more competitors will pour into this industry. Perhaps relying on the dividends of economic development, it is not difficult for a comic magazine to stay in business. But if you don't want to just aim for 'not going out of business', but want to stand at the top of the industry, it's a very, very difficult thing. ”

In the workplace, the number of women at the top of the company is quite rare. Even for a female-oriented comic magazine like "Good Friends", female editors-in-chief are quite rare.

Now that the editor-in-chief can climb to the current position as a woman, he is definitely not an idle person.

So listening to her lecture, the other editors all held their breath one by one, and only dared to keep nodding their heads.

"Our "Good Friends" has sold nearly two million copies today, which is the number one women's manga magazine in Toei, and several shoujo manga magazines from Hakusensha, including "Flowers and Dreams", are far from us. This is thanks to the collaboration of Takeuchi-sensei and other manga artists. The editor-in-chief saluted Naoko Takeuchi, and the other party returned the salute.

Then, she stared at Koji Muta, and the conversation changed: "But if anyone thinks that with Sailor Moon, we can sit back and relax, then they are very wrong! Muta!"

was named by name, Koji Muta reflexively said "Hi", his heart trembled, and an ominous premonition enveloped him.

"I heard that a few days ago, in order to socialize, in the busy time before the magazine was about to go on sale, not only did you not work overtime, but also left work early and handed over your work to others, is there such a thing?"

Koji Muta said "Oops" in his heart.

That's exactly what happened the last time I socialized with a female college student.

Because the object of the friendship was students from a prestigious school like Ochanomizu University, he was so excited that he wanted to leave work early, go to the beauty salon to get his hair done, clean himself up properly, and then go to the friendship.

Koji Muta doesn't think there's anything wrong with pushing his job to newcomers, it's to "train" newcomers so that they can take charge of themselves as soon as possible.

But now, when the editor-in-chief asked, he felt weak for a while.

"Editor, I'm ......"

"No need to explain, come with me to the office. With your irresponsible work attitude, you dare to criticize the cartoons of other people's magazines?"

Seeing that Koji Muta followed the editor-in-chief into the office like a mournful exam, the other editors, you look at me, I look at you, and they all forcibly held back their laughter.

It seems that Koji Muta's popularity in the editorial department is really not very good.

On the other hand, Qin Han didn't know that someone had suffered indirectly because of his comics. The only thing he pays attention to is how well this issue of "Flowers and Dreams" sells. and the follow-up reader evaluation of "Pretty Girl of Light HC", whether it is good or bad.

On the night of the magazine's release, Yuo Kojima, his editor in charge of "Flowers and Dreams", called, and his tone was refreshing, as if something good had happened.

"How's it going, Kojima, listening to your tone, the sales of this issue of "Flowers and Dreams" should be very good, right?"

"It's more than that. I heard from a friend of Kodansha that one of the bastards had bad luck today...... Ah, I'm really sorry, Teacher Qin Han, I shouldn't have said such an inconsequential thing. Kojima Yuo restrained his joy and told Qin Han the sales report he had just obtained, "Teacher Qin Han, according to the flash report, the sales of this issue of "Flowers and Dreams" are expected to reach 800,000 copies!"

The average sales of "Flowers and Dreams" before fluctuated back and forth between 6.89 million and 700,000. This time, with the strong debut of "Pretty Girl of Light HC", the sales rose by nearly 100,000 at once!

Moreover, this is only the first installment of the series. After that, as the popularity of "Pretty Girl of Light HC" grows more and more, especially after the release of a single book and the animation, the sales of "Flowers and Dreams" will increase by leaps and bounds.

Although Yuo Kojima had quarreled with Koji Muta before, he had made bold statements such as "more than "Good Friends" and "Sailor Moon".

However, after calming down, he also knew that it would be quite difficult to achieve these goals.

The sales of "Flowers and Dreams" are more than double that of "Good Friends". Kodansha's "Good Friends" has a status in the field of shoujo manga like Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump". Instead of holding the unrealistic idea of "surpassing each other", it is better to be down-to-earth and increase the sales of your magazine step by step.

The gap between "Flowers and Dreams" and "Good Friends" is difficult to make up because of the gap in the overall strength of the authors of the two sides. However, it is not impossible for Qin Han's "Pretty Girl of Light HC" to surpass "Sailor Moon".

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The serialization of "Pretty Girl of Light HC" got off to a good start, which made Qin Han breathe a sigh of relief and could focus all his energy on "Terraria", which will be released at Christmas.

As the second game produced by Terracotta Warriors Entertainment, Qin Han has high hopes for it, hoping that this game, which is the first to introduce the concept of sandbox world and high degree of freedom in this parallel world, can achieve excellent sales results and provide sufficient funds for him to acquire Dongbao's shares in the future.

On December 23, the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Entertainment in the port area was quiet. After several weeks of overtime, Qin Han gave the employees a three-day holiday, from the 23rd to the 25th, Christmas Day. At the same time, a generous bonus equivalent to two months' salary was also given as a Christmas gift.

The employees shouted "Long live the president" and went home for Christmas with their bonuses. Whether the employees are happy with their families, or go out to wave with bonuses, or are alone and nibbling on dog food for the holidays, Qin Han is too lazy to care. He himself has to prepare well for this holiday.

Although Qin Han, who is a Chinese in his bones, has no special feelings for Western festivals such as Christmas, since it is an opportunity to interact with girls and brush up on his feelings, how can he miss it?

There are four Christmas presents to prepare, and they must be thoughtful and not perfunctory. The dinner on Christmas Eve also had to be played by himself, and he couldn't bury his drug-level cooking skills.