Chapter 113: Near Summer
Coming out of Fujian Yoshihiro's apartment, it was already noon, and after dealing with a bite in the company's canteen, Wang Ming came to the office of the editor-in-chief Liu Chengfeng. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Look at it, all the reports of the past few days are related to us. ”
There was a thick stack of newspapers on the table, and Wang Ming picked up a few of them casually and looked at them.
"Ordinary stories, "Five Centimeters per Second", "The Fall of Genius, The Story Behind the Forty Times Sales Difference", "The Collective Job Hopping Incident of Writers under the Name of "Cat Look", "The Genius Who Ignores Everyone"
These are reports that belittle Wang Ming and the four seasons, according to the situation in the previous two weeks, this kind of report should be the mainstream of comic news, and there are still a small number of neutral reports, which are also some large entertainment newspapers, and when they reach this status, they don't need to chase the wind and increase sales, as long as they report truthfully.
However, this week's newspapers were not all disparaging and neutral.
Wang Ming flipped through it, and he found that the originally neutral large-scale entertainment newspapers such as New Comics, Love Comics, and the like were all touted, and the target was not the content of the comics, but him.
The new comic says: Qingbai teacher and "Death" after another masterpiece "Five Centimeters per Second", this is an ordinary work, it tells us a past, we all have the past, if you want to really understand this work, you also need a little life experience...... In short, this is a work with a master's style, and I look forward to Mr. Qingbai's further achievements.
Love comics said: "Five centimeters per second" at the beginning of a very good job, childhood sweethearts, two little guesses, almost perfect feelings, the two are not separated due to cancer, car accidents, divorce, life experience and other issues, but I never expected a job transfer, when I read it and think about it, this reason is simply the best reason, the two in the comics are just like ourselves, in love with a boy or girl, but for some practical reasons have to separate...... Looking forward to a happy ending for Kiki and Akari in the end.
After reading these reports, Wang Ming couldn't help but be a little excited. He didn't expect someone to stand up and speak up for justice.
"You know why I called you, right?" Liu Chengfeng said: "Originally, I thought that the sales of your work were so poor, and the media would be one-sided sarcasm, but I didn't expect that there were still so many newspapers, and their eyes were bright." ”
"yes, that's a good feeling. ”
Looking at Wang Ming's smile, Liu Chengfeng took out the love comic newspaper and threw it in front of Wang Ming: "They want to conduct an exclusive interview with you, I personally suggest that you accept this interview and wash away the rumors on you by the way." ”
Wang Ming knew that at this time, it was best for him to stand up and refute and clarify, and blindly retreating could not solve any problems.
"Okay, when?"
As if knowing that he would definitely agree, Liu Chengfeng said directly: "Tomorrow at nine o'clock in the morning, the location will be in the living room of the editorial department." ”
Tomorrow is Sunday, and although he has been busy lately, he can't and doesn't want to refuse this interview.
Leaving the office, Wang Ming walked to the editorial office. Every Saturday, the editors of the editorial department will count the notes collected on the first day, sort out the data of the previous nine weeks, calculate the average data of the ten weeks, rank the works, and then prepare the serialized manuscripts, which seems very busy.
However, busyness can't hide the confusion on the faces of these editors, and the fact that "Cat Look" has only been increasing sales for a month and a half has already dealt a major blow to them. Teacher Qingbai's new work makes everyone think that it is a comeback battle, but the final results are not satisfactory, and some female editors' eyes are red, they really like it here, and they don't want the four seasons to go bankrupt.
Wang Ming sat on the sidelines and waited, he wanted to know the reader's feedback from the editorial department.
"Teacher Qingbai, this is your letter from a reader. ”
Seeing that Wang Ming was sitting bored, Madoka picked up a box on the table and came to Wang Ming, and this box was full of letters from readers.
"So much?"
Wang Ming didn't expect that there would be so many letters from readers this time, and when "Death" was serialized, there were not as many letters from readers as there are now.
Once, Xiaoyuan was worried that Teacher Qingbai was too young, and the head office had taken care of it, and most of the readers' letters, Xiaoyuan would go through them first, and select some of them to be sent to Wang Ming, so not all the readers' letters Wang Ming got in the past.
This time, after Xiao Yuan read it, he didn't throw any of them away, and handed them all over to Wang Ming, because none of these letters were harassing or abusive.
Wang Ming picked up the top postcard and glanced at it - "Teacher Qingbai, I wish you lovers will eventually become married." ”
Seeing this, Wang Ming's face was embarrassed, what the hell is this? I don't have a crush, okay!
took out a few postcards in a row, some of them were written with readers' opinions, some were still very pertinent, and some of them were speculations about the next plot, but I haven't seen a single guess right.
I sat here and read the letters from readers for more than an hour, most of them compliments. Judging from the handwriting, women are the majority, and women are also the main audience of "Five Centimeters per Second".
In an hour, the editorial department finally counted the data.
The data reported was still Lin Feng, he stood up and said: "The first place "Five Centimeters per Second" has a ...... vote rate"
Speaking of this, Lin Feng paused, and when he saw that Teacher Qingbai and the editor-in-chief were there, he said in a brisk tone: "91%!"
Hearing this achievement, the cup in Liu Chengfeng's hand shook, and a few drops of water spilled along the rim of the cup made the documents on the table wet, but at this time he couldn't care about it at all.
Why is it so high? How many years has this been done? 10 or 20 years?
couldn't help but look at Wang Ming, who was sitting there and smiling very calmly, and said in a low voice: "It's really amazing." ”
This news caused an uproar in the editorial department, which was as calm as a pool of stagnant water, and it was the first time that everyone had seen such a high level of satisfaction in the first episode of the comic. You must know that this receipt is a single choice, not a multiple choice, readers can only choose the one they like the most, even those best-selling cartoonists dare not guarantee that their satisfaction will reach 60%.
In recent years, it is rare to have a satisfaction rate of more than 50, let alone more than 90.
This time, though, it was an exception.
Liu Chengfeng suddenly figured it out. "Cat Watch" sold 30,000 copies last week, and these people should be big fans of other cartoonists. And the total sales in these two days are 400,000 copies, which means that about 350,000 people are coming for Mr. Qingbai's new work, so it is not impossible to get this kind of large proportion of crushing.
Seeing the cheering of everyone, Liu Chengfeng really couldn't bear to tell them the truth, the editorial department needed such good news to lift the increasingly silent atmosphere.
The smiles on everyone's faces made Wang Ming very happy, but he still had a lot of things to do next, so there was no need to stay here.
When I came to the street, my afternoon vision was in the sky, and the 33-story Tianwang Building behind me reflected the sun's rays.
Gently squinting their eyes, looking through the scorching air, looking at the busy streets, the women changed into light gauze skirts, and the exposed thighs and vague absolute realms constituted the most beautiful scenery in summer.
Wang Ming whistled: "Summer has finally arrived." ”