In July, "Comic Future" cooperated with major platforms to carry out a series of rights protection activities, and achieved certain results.

The forums with D version resources posted in China, as well as the domestic D version websites that want to take off through the craze brought by the comic paradise, have all been blocked, and the search of D version resources by domestic search engines has also decreased a lot.

Sales of Comic Future have finally stabilized, with 3.5 million copies a week, 500,000 fewer than before the closure of the magazine.

Including Shang Haozhi, no one expected that the suspension of "Steel Refinement" would bring such a big change to the sales of "Comic Future", after the attack on the D version, the sales did not rise but fell, and on the other hand, the single book remained at about 70% of the sales of the single book before the appearance of the D version.

If you analyze it carefully, you can also find some of the reasons.

First of all, the decline in the sales of the magazine has something to do with the closure of "Steel Chain", because its sales of single books have not been greatly affected.

Secondly, the D version of the website can be blocked, but in the face of hidden means, there is no good way, such as someone will publish resources in the penguin group, and then for example, the popular network disk abroad.

Again, or rather, the blow to the magazine is even heavier, even if the server of Manga Heaven is attacked, but soon, the website will not only be resurrected, but also a similar D version of the website will appear.

That's right, even abroad, there is more than one D-version website, and there are even websites that translate some popular manga into Japanese and English.

The magazine also felt helpless about these websites, quite a feeling that "the wildfire is inexhaustible, and the spring breeze blows and grows again", and "Comic Future" has no agent in these countries, so it is very difficult to defend its rights.

They also did not want to let go of these websites, but they had no way to stop them, so they could only hope that the "Cartoonists Association" would reach an agreement despite consultations with foreign countries.

For a long time in the future, domestic magazines and comics, even light, will face such a situation, without exception, without exception, without sparing, which is almost the consensus of the industry.

The environment for the creation of comics in China is stable, and the magazine has also lowered the number of first editions of single books compared to before.

This year, the "avalanche" triggered by the D version has made comic practitioners feel a chill.

Duoman held an activity of recharging and giving coupons, and the highest even reached the preferential range of charging for one year and getting one year free, which made its business value increase slightly - after all, it did not include all domestic comics, compared with the D version, this is a weakness.

"Comic Future" has even fewer options, it mainly makes money from single books and magazines, you can't buy one get one free, right?

After negotiating with Luo Zheng, the magazine decided to put "The King of Rock and Roll" on its own app, ten yuan a copy, and the income was fifty-fifty.

In July, the home of "King of Rock and Roll" will be the main game, and the magazine not only highlighted the comic on TV programs, but also put up posters in major bookstores to promote the new single book of "King of Rock and Roll", and advertised on related two-dimensional websites and other magazines.

The Comic Future app has also given "King of Rock and Roll" a boot color, and plans to add the comic directly to readers' bookshelves after the comic is officially logged in to the app - this is already the best promotion of the app.

This kind of treatment has never even been enjoyed in "Steel Forge".

Luo Zheng also knew that this month was his best opportunity, and he held back his strength and wanted to prove himself, and the plot gradually went higher, trying to stabilize his advantages before "Steel Refining" came back.

On the other hand, "Hunting the Abyss" is about to end, and some readers have bought the magazine for the sake of feelings.

As a result of these two factors, the sales of "Comic Future" rose steadily to 3.68 million copies in July.

However, this magnitude of growth obviously cannot satisfy Shang Haozhi.

"Climax...... Hurry up and let Mr. Luo hand in the most exciting parts. Shang Haozhi reminded Xu Jie.

"Mr. Shang, the comic must have a rhythm, if the foreshadowing in the early stage is not enough, even if the climax is drawn, it will not make people shine, still believe in Mr. Luo, right?" Xu Jie patiently persuaded.

He now also knows Wang Wenhong's difficulties.

After the closure of "Steel", all the pressure was on "King of Rock and Roll", the first position seemed good, but under the ass was the volcano.

Compared with "Steel", in addition to the inferior quality, the biggest disadvantage of "The King of Rock and Roll" is the subject matter, and there are not as many potential readers as "Steel".

Xu Jie is well aware of the contradiction between the high-level and Shen Xin, but at present, it is difficult to make a big difference with only one or two comics.

Shang Haozhi's intention is also obvious, that is, he is ready to prove to Shen Xin that whoever they want to support will be popular, so as to make Shen Xin give in.

When the magazine put all its expectations on "King of Rock and Roll" and "Otherworldly Restaurant", the pressure on the two comics was understandable - they had to not only face the aggressive multi-comic web and "Age of the Gods", but also carry the sales of "Comic Future".

Shang Haozhi rubbed his forehead, feeling depressed.

After the closure of "Steel Chain", the popularity of animation on the Internet continued to rise, not only in China, but also in the 11th district.

Due to the popularity of the animation, even if the comic was interrupted for a month, it still ranked among the top three on the popularity list, stabilizing the head of "King of Rock".

This situation is not what the top management wants to see, but they can't find a work that can replace "Steel Forge" for a while.

It's hard.

At this moment, Yan Fei walked into the office with two envelopes.

"How is Mr. Shen?" Shang Haozhi couldn't help but ask.

"Teacher Shen?" Yan Fei was stunned for a moment, Shang Haozhi hadn't asked Shen Xin about it for a long time, "The arm is fine, and the inflammation in the stomach has recovered well." ”

"Have you started drawing names?"

"Of course, Orochi has been urging over there." Yan Fei explained.

"Where did you get it?"

"I'm nervous, Al and Hohenheim will meet, and they may face 'Father' next."

Shang Haozhi looked at Yan Fei, who was beaming, and sighed again in his heart, and could only hope that "The King of Rock and Roll" would get up soon.

"By the way, Mr. Shang, have you ever paid attention to the rankings of Western anime?" After Yan Fei sat down, she suddenly asked.

"No, what's wrong?" Shang Haozhi was puzzled.

"You can search the Internet and find out." Yan Fei smiled reluctantly.

"Huh?"

Shang Haozhi looked confused, but he still subconsciously searched for the Asian animation list of the United States, quickly browsed the list, and was immediately speechless.

The animation of "Steel Forge" ranked 3rd with a score of 9.3, and "The Journey of Two" ranked 7th with a score of 8.9.

What's going on?

Shang Haozhi was confused, and hurriedly glanced at the number of reviewers.

The number of people who rated the two comics together is less than two hundred.

He looked at the other anime, without exception, all of them were the works of District 11, and there were even many monster-level manga from twenty or thirty years ago.

Could it be that there are readers abroad who watch the animation of "Steel Forge"?

Shang Haozhi blinked, and his mind couldn't turn around.