Chapter 25: Print less
At 6 p.m. on July 22, the conference room of Youth Publishing House.
Editor-in-chief Xu Lin sat at one end of the rectangular conference table, flanked by editors from various departments of the publishing house, and Zou Yu sat on her right.
It was already off work, but because of the terrifying sales of "The Days of Living with a Flight Attendant", now, all the editors have been called over by Xu Lin for a meeting!
Xu Lin was holding a piece of paper in his hand, which was obtained through some special relationship with the sales of today's "Days of Living with a Flight Attendant" at the Xuefu Bookstore.
This sales volume is an internal statistic of Xuefu Bookstore, which is only available to publishers and their own internal data, and the above data is specific to the single digits, and there is no moisture.
Seeing this data on the statistical table, the corners of Xu Lin's mouth twitched slightly, she was really shocked.
From 8 o'clock in the morning "Days of Living with a Flight Attendant" to be listed in major bookstores in first-tier cities to 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the sales of the book "Days of Living with a Flight Attendant" in the school bookstore is: 20,000 copies!
On the day of living with the flight attendant, all of them were sold out on the same day, ranking first in the school bookstore on the same day.
And the 20,000 copies sold are because the school bookstore only distributes 20% of the first-print books from their youth publishing house, or the sales will be more.
Because the school bookstore has called countless times, they also want to order another 300,000 copies of "Days of Living with a Flight Attendant".
So when Xu Lin saw this data, he couldn't believe it, how could this be possible, this is the first day that Xuefu Bookstore sold 20,000 copies, and multiplied by twenty is the total sales of the country, which is almost 100,000 copies.
My God, we only printed 100,000 copies, which means that there will be 3.1 million people in the country today who can't buy "Days of Living with a Flight Attendant"?
Subsequently, the sales department clearly told him one after another that his idea was true, and the sales of "Days of Living with a Flight Attendant" exploded.
"The Days of Living with a Flight Attendant" is going to be popular, Mr. Dong Guo is going to be popular! Oh, it should be said that it is going to be even more popular!
Thinking like this, Xu Lin immediately convened a meeting of the editors to discuss the reprinting of "Days of Living with a Flight Attendant".
"This is the sales data of today's "Days of Living with a Flight Attendant" at Xuefu Bookstore, let's take a look. Xu Lin handed the paper in his hand to an editor next to him.
"Twenty thousand, twenty thousand...... Wait, my God, this is 20,000 copies, I calculate, 2 times 20 equals 40, that is to say, the first printing of 100,000 copies of "Living with a Flight Attendant" on the first day of release was all sold out, and there is still a big gap in the market, at least 300,000 copies?" The editor looked at Xu Lin dumbfounded.
Xu Lin didn't speak, just nodded, and then moved his fingers, motioning for him to pass the paper down.
There is no doubt that everyone's expressions are quite shocked after watching it, this sales are simply explosive, they haven't seen such exciting sales for a long time!
"I want to ask you what you think. After everyone finished reading it, Xu Lin spoke.
"I suggested that it be reprinted immediately, and our production line was running at full speed overnight to produce 'Days of Living with a Flight Attendant'. Zhang Tianhua of the sales department spoke.
He is in the sales department, and he knows how crazy the order for "Living with a Flight Attendant" is today, and there are more than 800,000 orders in his hands alone.
"Yes, print it right away. ”
"I agree. ”
"I agree. ”
There was unanimous support for the proposal to print immediately.
"It's to be printed, but how much is appropriate?" Xu Lin asked as he tapped the table with a pen lightly.
"I think at least 1 million copies should be printed first. Zhang Tianhua spoke.
"Won't 1 million copies be a bit much, why don't you print 800,000 copies first?" Guo Xiaoxia from the planning department said, a little worried about whether today's sales would be a little watery.
"No, it will definitely be sold. Zhang Tianhua of the sales department said confidently.
The others didn't speak, just looked at Xu Lin, because everyone knew that she must have had an idea in her heart a long time ago.
"First of all, in terms of Mr. Dongguo's current popularity...... Of course, he has been very popular recently, and the quality of the articles he wrote before is also very good, but this sales are too exaggerated and a little terrifying, which can catch up with Zhang Xuan and Pei Mengmeng. I'm worried that the foundation of his first book is not very solid when it comes to the market, will the sales drop suddenly after we increase the printing volume, so if we print more, will we print less first?"
Xu Lin slowly opened his mouth and analyzed Dong Guo Yao's situation. Then he suddenly turned his head to look at Zou Yu: "Xiaoyu, how much do you think should be printed?"
Zou Yu was stunned when he heard this, looked at the people at the conference table, and whispered: "I think at least 1.5 million copies will be printed, right?"
"Days of Living with a Flight Attendant" was signed by her, and of course she hopes that "Days of Living with a Flight Attendant" will sell as much as possible.
"1.5 million copies, Xiaoyu, let me tell you, you just arrived at the editorial office, you may not know much about the situation, even if it is ......"
An old editor next to him was about to open his mouth to teach Zou Yu when he heard this, but heard Xu Lin speak: "Okay, for the time being, let's print it first...... 3 million copies, all departments are working overtime tonight, go and do it immediately!"
"What, 3, 3, 3 million copies...... Editor-in-chief, what do you call a little less printing?"
"Editor-in-chief, don't take you to play tricks on people like this!"
"Oh, my little heart...... 3,000,000 copies!"
Everyone originally thought that Xu Lin said that the print less was less than 500,000 copies, but she didn't expect her to say 3 million copies coldly, and everyone was thundered at this time.
Although Xu Lin has always said the same, the number of 3 million copies is not a joke after all, once it is printed and cannot be sold, it will be a big loss, so there is a humane: "Editor-in-chief, will these 3 million copies be a bit much!"
"Yes, editor-in-chief, why don't you think about it again?"
Xu Lin replied to them with only three words: "Trust me!"
After speaking, he continued: "Let's all go back and prepare, arrange our tasks, and I will invite everyone to have supper in the evening." ”
When the editors heard this, they all left the conference room.
Zou Yu stayed and asked, "Sister Xu Lin, are you so confident?"
"Hehe, I'm confident in the data of the Xuefu Bookstore! Xiaoyu, you will add another three thousand five bonuses this month. Xu Lin picked up the statistical table and looked at it again, and said.
"Thank you, Sister Lin. Zou Yu was stunned when he heard this, and then his eyes burst out with surprise.
"So you invite everyone for supper tonight, you don't have anything to do right now anyway, go buy it." Xu Lin said.
When Zou Yu heard this, the expression on his face suddenly turned the color of pig liver, and he said with some reluctance: "Ah? Didn't you say that you invited it?"
"What, reluctantly, I'll ask you, but your ...... this month" Xu Lin said as she reached into her pocket, ready to take out the money.
When Zou Yu heard this, he didn't wait for Xu Lin to finish speaking, and immediately interrupted: "Beautiful, sexy and empathetic editor-in-chief Xu Da, I'm going to buy supper to ensure that everyone eats and drinks well and works hard." ”
After speaking, he rushed out of the conference room.
"Hmph, little girl, I can't cure you yet. Xu Lin looked at Zou Yu, who was running faster than a rabbit, and her face showed an expression that her aunt and grandmother had eaten you.