"Nine Yin White Bone Claw, look at the move!"

"Hmph, eat my eighteen palms of dragon descending!"

Outside the door of Brother Rong's bookstore in Yau Ma Tei, dozens of young people gathered together, making trouble, shouting various martial arts moves from time to time, and fake fights there.

A young man with yellow hair jumped high and pushed forward with both palms: "I am Ouyang Feng, the first type of toad gong - the toad has regrets, and the decrepit boy takes over." ”

"I'll pick your mother, how can a toad have regrets." The beaten young man turned around to avoid it, and then also pushed it out with both hands, "Let you see Brother Jing's authentic Eighteen Palms of Dragon Descending, the first style - Kanglong has regrets." ”

"A yang finger breaks you!"

"Haha, I've practiced the left-right fighting technique, where is Aunt Ying, I'll come to play with you."

"Yau Ma Di is here, let you poison the south emperor and the north beggars, and all of them will be killed with bricks."

While the teenagers were arguing, Brother Rong's bookstore opened the shutter door with a bang, revealing that it was full of various pictorials and magazines. The teenagers who were struggling suddenly stopped, and they all crowded over.

"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze the decrepit boy, there are a lot of purchases today, and they are all there." The boss was holding half a cigarette, and the old cigarette scolded indistinctly.

"Brother Rong, hurry up and give me the fifth issue of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"!"

"Pay the money, give the book, hurry."

"I'll buy two copies, hurry up."

"What's in a hurry, everyone has to buy, today's young people, alas, really don't know how to respect the old and love the young!" Brother Rong scolded and collected the money, and then threw the comic book with "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" written on the cover to the young man who was screaming in a hurry.

Today is the day when "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is on the shelves.

After a while, the two large bundles of "Condor Shooting" comic books that came in were sold out.

After the wave of panic sales is over. Brother Rong took out two bundles of "Condor Shooting" comics from behind, and placed the comics on the bookshelf. While muttering to himself, he sighed: "Huang Yulang has turned over, thank God that the comics he drew before can sell fifty copies a day." Now that I've painted "Shooting the Condor", a few hundred copies a day is not enough to sell. ”

After smashing the butt of the cigarette, Brother Rong muttered again: "If this is the case, I have to let the book come over again in the afternoon." ”

Without waiting for Brother Rong to put the comic books in place, another group of teenagers entered the bookstore with a smile.

"Boss, has the latest issue of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" been put on the table?"

Brother Rong's temper has always been very impulsive: "The decrepit boy doesn't look at it with his own eyes, it's all on the shelf." ”

The teenagers also seem to know Brother Rong, know his temper, and don't care at all. I paid for the book, and then left with a smile.

Since the opening of the door, the people who came to buy comics have not stopped, and most of the people who came one after another came to buy "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

Ah Cheng and Ah Hua are one of them, and after buying the book, the two sit down on a bench on the street not far away, discussing the plot of the comic with relish. This one thinks Guo Jingshuai, and the other thinks Huang Rongmei and says that this trick is amazing. said that the trick is very happy.

Suddenly, Ah Cheng seemed to remember something, and said to Ah Hua: "Andy, I heard that Tan Zhang wrote "Shooting the Condor". It seems that there is a book signing meeting in Causeway Bay today, do you want to go and ask for autographs? ”

"Today, Tan Zhang came to Causeway Bay for the book signing? It's really fake, I bought a lot of his books. I really want a signature, are you going? ”

"I want to go too. But I don't have any money in my pocket, so I'm always looking for you to read books. If I want to sign an autograph, I have to buy books, and my mother gave me breakfast money, and I bought comics. Ah Cheng shook the comic book in his hand depressedly.

Ah Hua's eyes rolled: "I'll borrow your book." ”

Ah Cheng said disdainfully: "Pick, you think I don't know what the hell you wanted, lend it to me and ask for an autograph, and then you want it back to you, so I won't be fooled by you." ”

"I am not such a person, don't slander me." Ah Hua couldn't make a plan and came up with another plan, "Otherwise, how about we take the comic book and go to Tan Zhang to sign it, this is also his novel drawn, with his name on it." ”

Ah Hua pointed to the upper left corner of the comic book, which read: "Original - Tan Zhang." ”

"Will it work?"

"Let's try."

With the mentality of giving it a try, the two teenagers took a car to Causeway Bay. There is a large bookstore in Causeway Bay, which is the headquarters of Xinya Culture, and when the two of them arrived, they saw a long queue outside the bookstore, stretching far along the street, and they could barely see the end of the line.

"Wow, there are too many people, Chengzai, at least wait a day!"

"Then will you wait?"

"It's all here, thanks to not getting an autograph, anyway, there are no classes in school today, let's line up."

The waiting time for signing a book is much faster than the usual queue to buy it earlier, after all, it only takes a few tens of seconds to sign a book. The team, which was originally far away, was moving at a speed visible to the naked eye, and Ah Hua and Ah Cheng were surprised to see that not only the two of them were holding comic books, but in fact, many people were coming over with different books.

The four famous catches and the condor trilogy are complete.

After about an hour, Ah Hua and Ah Cheng finally followed the team to the table of the book signing. The two saw Tan Zhang, sitting on a chair, signing at a fast pace, and occasionally looking up and smiling at the book friends who came to sign. There were several people standing next to them with work signs, maintaining the order of autographing.

Ah Hua stepped forward and handed over the comic book, and was picked up by a female staff member next to Tan Zhang, and glanced at Ah Hua very dissatisfied: "Although this comic book is adapted from Tan Zhang's novel, it is Huang Yulang who draws the painting, if you want to sign it, you should go to Huang Yulang to ask for it." ”

Ah Hua hurriedly said: "I have all of Tan Zhang's novels at home, but I didn't bring them. ”

"Who knows, I said I didn't bring it, and I can't just take a comic book to sign it anyway." The female staff member choked.

This made Ah Hua and Ah Cheng behind him a little embarrassed.

I don't know how to answer.

At this time, Zhang Tan, who drank a sip of mineral water, took the comic book: "Forget it, the comic is adapted from my novel, and buying a comic book can be regarded as a support for me, I will help you sign it." ”

After that, he signed his pen name. Then he handed it back to Ah Hua: "Thank you for your support, but I hope to try to buy my novels to sign in the future." I don't care where I sign it. The point is that this comic book has its artist, and it should be signed by someone. I can't rob them of business, can I? ”

Zhang Tan's words, like a cool breeze, resolved the embarrassment of Ah Hua and Ah Cheng, and the two took the signed comic book and left the signing table gratefully.

Walking out of the door of the bookstore, Ah Hua immediately shouted: "Wow, have you seen Chengzi, Tan Zhangren is so good, that woman has a stinky temper." also said that he would not sign it, and Tan Zhang would sign it! ”

"Yes, I was blocked by that woman, I thought I was going to be embarrassed, I was so almost saved by Tan Zhang, I want to buy a set of four famous novels when I go back, thank Tan Zhang." Ah Cheng said.

"Don't you have all the money for breakfast, how can you buy it?"

"I don't eat any more lunch."

"Pick, you have a kind of Chengzi. I support you, and I treat you to a big meal at noon. ”

Ah Cheng said emotionally: "Wow, Andy, you are really my good brother." ”

Ah Hua scratched his hair. Tugged and said: "Anla, Anla, the eldest brother should take care of his horses." ”

"Pick! Who is your horse, I am only willing to be a brother. ”

"It's all right."

……

If Ah Cheng and Ah Hua like Peking Opera. You know that loyal ministers and good people in Peking Opera are generally red-faced. Traitors and bad guys are generally white-faced. So an old saying was born, which is called one sings red face and one sings white face. The metaphor is that one acts as a bad guy and the other acts as a good guy, working together to win.

The scene that moved the two at the book signing meeting was precisely a red and white face play.

But between the star and the assistant, it must be the assistant who sings white face, and the star who sings red face, the benefits are all obtained by the star, and the pot is carried by the assistant. Of course, the assistant was originally used to do chores and carry the pot.

Signing is a physical task, and Zhang Tan signed thousands of signatures before he was freed.

After finishing the busy work, the rest of the time, of course, Zhang Tan is playing. This is the second time he has come to Xiangxiang, and the last time he came was on National Day, to visit the Jade Dynasty Publishing Group to see how the adapted comics were. This time was no exception, before leaving, I went to the Jade Dynasty again.

Drink with Huang Yulang.

When Huang Yulang saw Zhang Tan, he was very enthusiastic, and for no other reason, the comics of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" were a big hit.

Originally, a few comics under the Jade Dynasty could only sell 20,000 or 30,000 copies in one issue, and they were struggling to survive. Not to mention the average sales of 1340,000 copies of "Fengyun" published by Tianxia Publishing House, which is the sales champion of Hong Kong comics, is also far from the sales of several masterpieces of Japanese comics.

As a result, after the adaptation of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was put on the shelves, more than 60,000 copies were sold in the first issue. One week a week, in the second issue, just in time for the "Legend of the Condor Heroes" TV series to be broadcast in Xiangxiang, the sales immediately increased significantly, reaching 100,000 copies. The third issue soared to 130,000 copies.

It is on par with the sales of the champion comic "Fengyun".

In the fourth issue, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" set a peak data of 160,000 copies, becoming the highest sales record of a single issue of Xiangxiang comics since the new millennium. Although there is still a long way to go from the record of more than 200,000 books set by "Fengyun" in 1998.

But this achievement is still not negligible.

Since the SARS battle, the Xiangxiang comic market has shown signs of shrinking, and "Fengyun" is inevitably going downhill, encouraging it to maintain sales of 1340,000.

Xiangxiang comic market, it has been a long time since there has been such a strong new comic.

Wait for the end of the "Legend of the Condor Heroes" TV series.

The sales of the fifth issue of the comics, which are newly released today, will probably decline, but the 150,000 copies printed by the printing house are still ordered by bookstores all over the world.

Basically, according to the market research of the Jade Dynasty, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" can maintain a sales volume of around 150,000 copies, and steadily beat "Fengyun".

With the victory of Tan's martial arts adaptation of comics, the Jade Dynasty finally broke out a vigorous development momentum, and the once brilliant Huang Yulang finally made a comeback after experiencing the bitterness of the world.

The amount of food has increased, and it is said that now I can eat two large bowls of dry rice at a time.

Huang Yulang is happy, Zhang Tan is also happy, the adaptation fee is drawn according to the sales volume, the more you sell, the more you draw.

"In the next step, we plan to cooperate with the agents of Taiwan to distribute goods to Taiwan, and we are also actively contacting channel providers in Southeast Asia. At the same time, I have asked the painter of the Jade Dynasty to start creating "The Four Famous Catches", and make persistent efforts to publish the world! (To be continued.) )