According to Qin Han's plan, "Oriental Gensokyo Story" will be officially launched as a beta version for the public at the Winter CM Doujin Exhibition after being tested and improved by the company's internal alpha version.

He plans to make 3,000 beta copies of the game's software, which will be distributed as a giveaway to promote the game, collect player feedback, and continue to improve it.

Two months later, during the Chinese Lunar New Year, everything is basically ready and can be sold on Steam.

And at that time, it was just in time for the Spring Festival promotion, and it was the time when Steam users had the strongest desire to buy, buy, buy, and chop their hands. Although it is impossible for new games to be discounted as soon as they come up, taking advantage of the trend of the people enjoying the plus one, it should be able to promote sales to a certain extent.

If the abacus is played well, then it is very important to ensure the progress of the game.

Fortunately, since Qin Han started the new profession of "game producer", he has a lot of experience and skills in game project management, and has managed a group of part-time college students under his command obediently, and the work progress has been completed smoothly.

In addition, in terms of comics, the new publicity strategy formulated by Shirasensha is not only to place as many advertisements as possible, but also to contact major bookstores and hold book signings as much as possible.

For the average cartoonist, their work is often more well-known than the author himself. Many readers may be loyal readers of the manga, but they may not necessarily have an impression of its author.

However, the situation in the Qin and Han dynasties was different.

Although he debuted as a commercial cartoonist, he didn't have a long time. But the popularity and influence are extraordinary.

Not every cartoonist has millions of Twitter followers and has a huge influence on the web. It's not even a cartoonist who can make an appearance on NHK.

Therefore, after research, the White Spring Society decided to make full use of Qin Han's popularity to further increase the sales of comics.

Qin Han didn't have much of an opinion on this. It's just a signature, and he's already battle-hardened.

After several book signings were held at major bookstore chains such as Shinjuku Kinokuniya, Akihabara Torano's Den, and Ikebukuro Junkudo, the results were good according to feedback from the marketing department of Shirasensha.

In the second week of its release, the hot sales momentum of "Dragon Sakura" continued unabated, and the final weekly sales forecast was around 330,000 copies, a decline of less than 40%.

Generally speaking, the sales of comics in the second week have dropped by about 40% to 60% compared to the previous week. It will take a month to two months before this decline stabilizes and enters a state of thin water.

The second-week drop of less than 40% for "Dragon Sakura" is definitely a very encouraging statistic. This shows that this comic is not a mediocre work that only relies on hype and gimmicks to sell well, but an excellent work with rich and interesting content that can make people read it without putting it down.

And with more and more opportunities to appear in public, Qin Han's fans are also growing rapidly, and there are even spontaneously organized fan clubs on the Internet.

"Dragon Sakura" was born out of nowhere, winning the third place on the most critical Christmas sales weekly list, which caught Shueisha off guard. However, in view of the sales of a batch of manga led by "Dragon Ball", the sales are still gratifying, so the company still celebrated a Christmas happily and then began to prepare for the New Year's party.

However, some people are happy, and naturally some people are worried.

Around Christmas, the person in the worst mood is none other than Ryuzo Toshima.

His manga "Raiden Swordsman" surpassed "Saint Seiya" by a slight sales advantage, and finally won the position of the Four Heavenly Kings of Jump.

Although "Jump Four Heavenly Kings" is just a non-recognized title that has been circulated among fans, it is still an affirmation of the strength of a manga artist.

However, Ryuzo Toshima, who has fulfilled his long-cherished wish, is still not happy.

Because, he actually lost to Qin Han again!

Again!

Toshima Ryuzo really can't figure it out, in terms of platform, Shueisha is far better than Hakusensha. In terms of popularity, more than ten volumes have been published, and the animated "Thunderbolt Swordsman" should also be crushed to produce the first single volume of "Dragon Sakura". What's more, he also used his connections to let Shueisha take away a lot of the advertising resources originally allocated to Baiquan Society.

Why did "Raiden Swordsman" still lose to "Dragon Sakura"?

Toshima Ryuzo thought about it for a long time, and the only conclusion was that "Dragon Sakura" was indeed better than "Raiden Swordsman". But it's something he'll never admit.

After the Oricon manga weekly sales chart was announced, Ryuzo Toshima spends his days hanging out at Roppongi's nightclubs, numbing himself with alcohol, and relying on cheap praise from the bartender to regain his confidence.

At more than ten o'clock in the morning, after drinking all night, his mind was still groggy and drunk, and Toshima Ryuzo, who was full of alcohol, left the nightclub he frequented and prepared to go home.

He still had some reason in his head, and instead of choosing to drive himself, he took the tram home.

After the rush hour, there were not many people on the train, so Toshima Ryuzo casually found a place to sit down.

It didn't take long for him to hear a conversation between two people beside him.

"Dragon Sakura, this is the manga you bought yesterday?"

"yes, this comic has been going viral lately. Do you know its author, Mr. Qin Han? Not long ago, he went to NHK. ”

"I know, I know! Many students in the school are reading it, and even my Chinese teacher even recommended this comic. That old-fashioned old man who says Matsuo Basho on the left and Natsume Soseki on the right every day, actually reads comics, it's such an exaggeration!"

"I have something more exaggerated here. Do you know, this "Dragon Sakura" was bought at my father's expense. Obviously, when I usually give pocket money, I have to die of slamming the door, but this time I was unexpectedly generous. He also said that if "Dragon Sakura" is released again in the future, he will buy it all for me. It was a real shock. ”

When Toshima Ryuzo heard this conversation, the good mood of having fun all night suddenly disappeared.

"Dragon Sakura", "Dragon Sakura", "Dragon Sakura"...... You can hear these two words everywhere!" Toshima Ryuzo clenched his fists and became angry.

He felt that Qin Han was like a huge and thick cloud, enveloping his heart, as if it would never linger.

It's like a martial arts master's heart has a magic barrier.

"No! I must not admit defeat! It's only the first week, and it's not certain who will win the final sales. And this time, I not only want to win against Qin Han, but also let him collapse from now on!"

Thinking of this, Toshima Ryuzo woke up more than half of the time.

A plan was taking shape in his mind.

He took out his phone and dialed a call.

The other party is a junior member of the Yamaguchi-gumi who he met during a drink, and he is reliable, very strict-mouthed, and has recently owed a lot of money for betting on horse racing. As long as you can afford it, the other party will definitely be willing to do it.

"Hey, is it Dharmasan, I'm Toshima Ryuzo. There's one thing I'd like to ask you for, it's not a problem in terms of price......"

After the phone call, a smile appeared on Toshima Ryuzo's gloomy face.