Chapter 115: Digging the Foot of the Wall (Asking for Subscription)
As a first-line magazine of youth magazines, "Qingfeng" still has few foundations compared with the old "Yilin", "Youth Digest" and "Reader".
Looking at the sales of these old magazines in recent years, they have been steadily rising, and their own side seems to have reached the limit, and the sales of the last few issues have been weak, and they can no longer move when they reach one million copies.
Under the trade-off, if there is no breakthrough on the side of your magazine, then it is inevitable that the sales will fall below one million.
At that time, the first-line brand of "Qingfeng" magazine will not be guaranteed.
I have just received the position from the old editor-in-chief, and if I really smash the brand of "Qingfeng" magazine in my own hands, not to mention it, I am estimated to be the editor-in-chief of the end.
"Let's talk about it, what should I do?" Zhang Yue looked at the expressions of all the editors below who bowed their heads and said without saying anything.
Hearing the editor-in-chief's question, Su Feng, the editor-in-chief of romance on the side, thought for a while and said: "In fact, compared with those old magazines, there is no difference in quality between our magazines, and the reason why there is a gap of more than 100,000 sales is still a matter of heritage. ”
Immediately afterwards, the other editor-in-chief, Feng Qingyang, also nodded and reconsidered: "I also agree with the analysis of Editor-in-Chief Su, if we want to keep the passing line of million sales, then we can only find a famous writer to boost sales, and we want to rely on our own manuscripts, there are many such manuscripts, but this is a long-term matter after all, relying on ourselves, it is obviously a little difficult to increase sales in the short term!" ”
Zhang Yue listened to the words of the two, smiled and said: "What you said is very reasonable, but I'm not listening to your tirade here, what I want is the result, the result, since the manuscript is useful, then go to a famous person to talk!" ”
After a fire, Zhang Yue picked up the cup in front of him and took two sips.
In fact, this is not to blame Zhang Yue, the leadership above doesn't care about anything or not, what the above wants is results, and if you can't make results, it is the dereliction of duty of you Zhang Yue and a group of editors.
Listening to Zhang Yue's reprimand, Su Feng and Feng Qingyang's faces were red and white, and many other editors were silently afraid to speak, for fear that this nameless fire would fall on their heads!
Seeing that the atmosphere at this time was a little embarrassing, Wang Yatang, as the deputy editor-in-chief, opened his mouth and said: "Lao Zhang, you first dissipate your anger, in fact, the editors under him are not to blame for this matter, after all, there are only dozens of famous Chinese writers who turn over and over, and now most writers have a place to contribute, and they really want to find a famous artist to come out for a while, and it is really a little difficult for them!" ”
After listening to Wang Yatang's words, Zhang Yue couldn't help but sigh and said: "Alas, why don't I know about this matter, but the leadership puts a lot of pressure on me, and I, the editor-in-chief, are also walking on thin ice, so let's not make some achievements, including me, the editor-in-chief, a considerable number of people are estimated to change positions!" ”
Hearing this, many editors are in a dark heart, if they really want to make a big adjustment, then they are in danger of losing their jobs, and now in this world, they are being laid off everywhere, if the future is worrying!
While everyone was thinking about it, an associate editor spoke weakly.
"Editor-in-chief, everyone here, I have found some doubts in this number list!" Lin Feng is the deputy editor-in-chief of the romance section, he is not very old, and he rarely speaks at meetings, but at this time, in front of the old editors, he has some scruples about speaking.
"Don't babble, just say anything!" Zhang Yue heard someone speak, and his tone became kinder and said.
Hearing the editor-in-chief's words, Lin Feng straightened his tone and said, "I don't know if you have heard of the magazine "Huaxi"? ”
Everyone was a little puzzled after listening to Lin Feng's question, after all, what can this kind of third-tier small magazine have to do with "Qingfeng".
"It seems to be a small third- or fourth-tier magazine with very little sales, what's wrong?" Deputy editor-in-chief Wang Yatang said.
"Usually everyone puts their eyes on big magazines, in fact, I also pay attention to these small magazines, this Huaxi has been selling sluggishly in recent issues, but this issue their sales have skyrocketed by more than 20,000 copies, even if this sales are put in the first-line magazines, it is also very impressive!" Lin Feng said.
"Oh? That's kind of interesting, go on! At first, I heard Lin Feng say that Zhang Yue didn't think much of "Huaxi", after all, it was a small magazine, and when he heard that the other party's sales had skyrocketed by 20,000, it immediately aroused his interest. Now he's very concerned about sales.
Lin Feng nodded and continued: "I will pay attention to this matter when I see this issue of the report in the morning, and after a check, I really found out the reason for their skyrocketing, they recently invited a famous expert in fantasy - Gu Qingyang!" ”
"Gu Qingyang? Is that the author of "Lin Xian"? As soon as Zhang Yue heard Gu Qingyang, he immediately knew who it was, after all, "Lin Xian" was a small hit in the first two years! And the original serialized magazine of "Linxian" was precisely "Qingfeng".
"That's right, it's him, his latest book serialized in Huaxi is called "Chaos God" is also a fantasy work, and now it seems that this "Chaos God" has the posture of "Lin Xian" back then!" Lin Feng said.
"Chaos? I really want to read this draft, Gu Qingyang submitted it at the time, but I came to see this manuscript at the time, so I politely declined! Hearing Lin Feng say chaos gods, Zhang Xiaoxu, as the editor-in-chief of fantasy, immediately remembered this draft, obviously, even now, Zhang Xiaoxu doesn't quite agree with the manuscript of chaos gods.
"Actually, I've also read the manuscript of this "Chaotic God", don't say it's Editor Zhang, even I, the deputy editor-in-chief, are not very optimistic, but then again, readers' tastes are not static, the year before last was still very popular, but this year it is sluggish, this wind direction is really changing rapidly, is this year's wind direction blowing towards fantasy again?" Hearing the chaos, Wang Yatang, the deputy editor-in-chief, also said a little strangely.
"It's not surprising! Gu Qingyang is an old author after all, and it is understandable that he is more sensitive to the control of the wind direction than us step-by-step editors, but what do you mean by Lin Feng? Seeing that everyone said a lot, Zhang Yue couldn't help but ask.
"It's actually very simple, dig him up!" Lin Feng stretched out his hand and made a digging motion, and said with a smile. (To be continued.) )