If it is said that Aino Suzuki's Twitter became popular, it only reflects the popularity of "Dragon Sakura" from the side. Then the employees of the marketing department of Baiquan Club felt the hot sales momentum of this comic more directly.

"Chunjiutang Bookstore just called and said that the inventory of "Dragon Sakura" is only 10%, let's hurry up and reprint it!"

"The booksellers in Kyushu are also urging!"

"Shikoku's too."

"Sapporo Kinokuniya is all sold out!"

Sato, the head of the marketing department, listened to the various information reported by his subordinates, and had mixed mixed emotions of happiness and anxiety.

Today is December 20th, the fifth day of the release of the first single volume of "Dragon Sakura".

This time, the White Springs Club was bold and made the decision to print 500,000 copies of this comic for the first time, which was absolutely unprecedented. In the past, the most first printing of manga was only 200,000 copies. This time it doubled and doubled, and it was a very risky strategy.

Originally, the forecast of the marketing department was to sell 200,000 copies in the first week, and the 500,000 copies in the first printing would be sold out within a month.

Who knew that the sales situation was far better than expected, and it was only the fifth day, and the inventory in various places was already urgent.

The marketing department receives more than a dozen calls every hour urging them to replenish their stocks. The rapid ringing of the phone makes people more and more anxious the more they listen to it, but when they think of the generous bonuses after the sales surge, the employees who have been working at a high intensity have their complaints also disappeared.

Looking at the subordinates gathered around his desk, Minister Sato rubbed his temples and said, "Don't panic yet, let's talk about them one by one, from east to west, starting with Hokkaido." What's going on in Sapporo, which was the first to sell out? I think it was snowing heavily in Hokkaido this week. In that kind of weather, snow can build a wall to block the door, and it is more difficult to go to the street than to go abroad, why are so many people running to buy "Dragon Sakura"? ”

The subordinate in charge of sales in Hokkaido said, "Minister, this has something to do with an interesting incident that happened in the area, don't you know?" It's all gone viral. ”

The subordinate handed over his mobile phone and played a video of the local news in Hokkaido.

On the day of the release of "Dragon Sakura", it snowed heavily in Sapporo on the first night, and the traffic was congested.

But the next day, Kinokuniya, the best-selling bookstore in Sapporo, welcomed a few special guests early in the morning.

Four people drove a snow shovel tractor to clear the road that the city government had not had time to clear the snow and arrived at Kinokuniya. This exaggerated situation stunned the bookstore clerks.

It is said that these four people are all loyal fans of Qin Han-sensei, and once drove a luxury car from Hokkaido to Tokyo to participate in the doujin exhibition.

When they arrived at Kinokuniya, each of them bought 100 copies of "Dragon Sakura" in one go, vowing to draw a signed edition before stopping. As a result, Kii Kuniya was so frightened that it immediately activated the purchase limit, otherwise, it was really possible for these four people to buy all the single books of "Dragon Sakura" in the bookstore.

The incident was later reported by a local television station and became a hot topic for a while. Many people who didn't know about "Dragon Sakura" before, or even didn't read manga at all, also ran to the bookstore to buy a copy and go home out of curiosity.

Hokkaido is so cold in winter that you can't go out, so you spend most of your time at home. In order to pass the time, residents of the Hokkaido region have a good habit of reading. Now coupled with the news of "snow shoveling tractors exploding", it is only natural that "Dragon Sakura" is selling well.

After listening to this explanation, everyone else, including Minister Sato, had expressions of "there is still this kind of operation".

Counting the "female high school student met Teacher Qin Han" on the day of the release, this accidental event caused an Internet boom and also made a lot of contributions to the sales of the single book.

If Minister Sato knew the famous words of a certain Oriental elder in the other world, he would definitely give Qin Han a laurel crown that "will make big news".

"It seems that the right people are on our side. This time, it's impossible to win! Minister Sato laughed, and the fatigue accumulated from days of high-intensity work seemed to be swept away.

Next, the subordinates in charge of sales in each prefecture reported the situation to Minister Sato one by one.

One hundred and ten pieces of information are summed up in two words: print!

Minister Sato gritted his teeth and clapped his head: "Notify the printing house, print!" Print hard, print hard, print as much as you want, and print selflessly! ”

So, before the first week of sales ended, "Dragon Sakura" was reprinted. Moreover, the second edition was reprinted, with 700,000 copies, setting a new record in the history of the White Spring Society.

Christmas is approaching, the weather is getting colder, but the competition among publishers is intensifying.

For this sales war that began in early December, the weekly sales list of Oricon comics released on December 23 is a phased summary of all expectations.

The Oricon Public Trust List is the most well-known and influential ranking in Dongying.

The list provides sales rankings for a wide range of cultural and entertainment consumer products, from music, animation, movies, and TV series to games, to comics, photo books, novels, and many other books.

Not only will major merchants keep an eye on the Oricon list to find business opportunities, but all kinds of fans and blacks also like to use the Oricon sales as dry goods and use them as ammunition in online debates.

Especially this week, the popular comics of major publishing houses are intensively on the battlefield, new single books are released in succession, and there is fierce competition under the lively and lively prosperity scene.

In particular, "Dragon Ball" and "1/2 Ranma", two national-level comics, have attracted a lot of attention.

Finally, when it was time for the weekly list to be announced, due to the huge number of visitors, the official website of Oricon had a situation where the web page opened slowly and even 404.

Minister Sato sat in his office, anxiously refreshing the website over and over again.

It wasn't until he felt like his finger pressing F5 was about to go numb, that the oricon weekly list was finally updated.

"First place: Dragon Ball Volume 23, Volume 1783459. Release date: December 14. Number of weeks on the list: 1. ”

"Second place: Ranma 1/2, Volume 18, Book 1200566. Release date: December 14. Number of weeks on the list: 1. ”

"The first two are really not in suspense...... Minister Sato said in his heart.

Although the White Springs Club shouted the slogan "Below Dragon Ball, all beyond", it was just a good wish. What is the difference between setting a higher goal and salted fish?

At this time, the official website of ORICON with too many visits was stuck again, and the third place was not displayed.

Minister Sato continued to refresh in an irritable mood. Just when he was about to lose patience and was about to do something else first, the third place on the weekly sales list of Oricon comics finally came out.

"Third place: "Dragon Sakura" Volume 1, 492017 volumes. Release date: December 15. Number of weeks on the list: 1. ”

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When Minister Sato saw this result, his heart pounded and he almost jumped out of his chair.