Chapter 213: The Editor-in-Chief's Determination
300,000 copies? Reprint in a week?
If the requirement for reprint is to follow a 50% sales rate, then 150,000 copies must be sold in a week, which is not easy to do for a single book of "Chess Soul".
Shen Xin is the "newcomer king", yes, but the comic festival has been held for a total of 16 sessions, which shows that there are already 16 cartoonists who have won the newcomer award, but these cartoonists have rarely become pillars like Wang Yunze.
What's more, "ComicFuture" is not the magazine that Shen Xin became famous, that is, he wants to gather popularity in "ComicFuture" again.
It's not that Shen Xin is not strong, Shen Xin also needs time.
300,000 copies a week, for Shen Xin, it is not easy to do, especially the current sluggish performance of "Chess Soul" is even more worrying.
If one step is too big and the desired result is not achieved, the leadership above will definitely be held accountable. After that, it will not be easy for "Chess Soul" to reach the first release of more than 300,000 copies.
"Mr. Shang, I suggest...... No, isn't it a lot of starters? Wang Wenhong was a little entangled.
These words were originally spoken by other editors-in-charge, but now they ...... At least at this moment, before finding the reason for the decline in the performance of "Chess Soul", Wang Wenhong still did not dare to be too aggressive.
"What do you want? As the editor-in-charge of "Chess Soul", why don't you even have this confidence? 300,000 copies...... Not a lot. ”
There are not many gods, and some single books of comics may not sell 300,000 copies until they are out of print.
An editor in the newsroom has a black line.
"Of course I'm confident." Wang Wenhong also let go, and said stubbornly, "Isn't it just 300,000 copies?" ”
The other editors looked at Wang Wenhong in surprise, do you really dare to say this?
"That's unbelievable?" Shang Haozhi glared at Wang Wenhong, "There are still two weeks left before the first volume of the single book goes on sale...... Two weeks can change a lot of things. Wang Wenhong, whether "Chess Soul" can rush up depends on this time. ”
"Huh?" Wang Wenhong didn't quite understand.
Shang Haozhi said angrily: "You don't think that in recent years, Huaxia Go will only lose this time, right?" I'm telling you clearly, it's impossible, and you'll lose many times in the future. Is it true that every time a Go championship is lost, there will be a big fluctuation in the ranking of "Chess Soul"? We're not on a roller coaster.
"The plot of "Chess Soul" is fine, and "Chess Soul" can't be asked to 'pay' for the loss of chess players. This time, no matter what, we must push out "Chess Soul", even if Huaxia Go loses again in the future, the popularity of "Chess Soul" will not drop too much.
"You don't have to worry about the single book, the sales department is responsible for the sales of "Chess Soul", and when I came back, they were in contact with major bookstores in China to try to win the support of bookstores as much as possible. You ask Mr. Shen to draw two promotional color pages, and during this time, don't tell Mr. Shen about the results of "Chess Soul", so as not to worry him. ”
"I know." Wang Wenhong nodded.
When the other editors heard this, they also eased up a bit.
Hook leaned back in his chair, his gaze swept to the screen in front of him, and his heart finally relaxed.
"By the way, "MangaFly" has just introduced a comic from District 11, called "Slam Dunk", the author is Wang Yuchuan Yao, a newcomer in District 11 last year, and the strength must not be said. Not long ago, I met Mr. Qiu Gongyu, who said that Yuan Zhe originally wanted to introduce the author's upper comics, and he was still busy in District 11 during the Chinese New Year. However, at that time, the manga had just ended. The editor-in-chief of Leap recommended this one.
"Tamagawa's last manga is called "Sledding Master", which is also a niche sports manga, but he relied on that manga to win the newcomer award. There is no doubt about the strength, one word - strong. Of course, Mr. Shen and Tamagawa have no competition, but our magazine and MangaFly do. So, everyone pay attention to this comic, don't be overshadowed by "Slam Dunk". ”
Shang Haozhi threw the magazine under his arm to Jia Hui, "You take the time to read it." ”
Wang Wenhong sat down slowly, although Shang Haozhi said that the publicity department would be responsible for the sales of "Chess Soul", but he was still a little worried in his heart, even if there was the help of the sales department, it would not be easy to complete this matter.
After getting off work, Wang Wenhong first went to Jiman, bought a copy of "MangaFly", and read "Slam Dunk" on the way to Shen Xin's studio.
The first sentence of the comic is mostly to explain the background, and the same is true for this step.
The protagonist studied abroad in the United States when he was a child, and when he was in middle school, he and his friends won the national junior high school basketball championship, and after entering high school, the protagonist and his friends parted ways. The other students entered the same high school, with the goal of dominating the country and completing the third consecutive high school championship. The protagonist came to the basketball school in the next county because of his mother's work.
Because it's a famous basketball school, his teammates have doubts about the protagonist's strength, so the protagonist proposes to go head-to-head with the team's leading star, and the result is to beat each other.
After reading the first sentence, Wang Wenhong's first feeling was "fast" and "cool"!
This kind of "fast" refers specifically to "rhythm"; "Cool" refers to the reader's mood after reading this sentence.
In the first episode, Haruka Tamagawa not only completely introduced the background of the protagonist, but more importantly, the protagonist publicly "executed" the star in the first episode, which immediately pulled up the atmosphere of the comic.
Wang Wenhong immediately had a sense of expectation for "slam dunk".
Few domestic cartoonists dare to use such a fast pace, if the ability is insufficient, they will be weak in the later stage, and the subsequent plot will easily collapse.
Considering that Haruka Tamagawa is the rookie king of District 11, and the upper part is also a sports-related manga, overall, the control of this manga should not be bad.
"Chess Soul" is still stable until now, and there is no big high. tide, compared with "Slam Dunk", the rhythm is indeed a little slow, and it is no wonder that some people say that "Chess Soul" is not "burning" enough.
Wang Wenhong was so worried that he knocked on the door of the studio.
"Is Mr. Shen here?"
"Upstairs." Ma Ning closed the door and pointed to the second floor.
Wang Wenhong said hello to Gao Hang, and then went upstairs, and saw Shen Xin lying on the table painting, and the manuscript paper was sprinkled on the ground.
He quietly walked over and picked up the A4 paper on the ground, which was full of characters from "Chess Soul", in addition to that, there were a lot of backgrounds, including schools, dojos, chess clubs, ......
Wang Wenhong picked up the straw paper and sorted it out, but before he could stand up, he suddenly heard a "bang", and hundreds of pages of straw paper were scattered on the ground, and he could only pick up these manuscript papers again.
Page by page, each page filled with characters and backgrounds.
The G pen reaches into the inkwell, and the tip touches the bottom of the bottle, making a crisp sound.
Wang Wenhong hurriedly put away the waste manuscript paper, took out a bottle of ink from the cabinet next to the wall, and put it on Shen Xin's workbench.
Shen Xin was about to dip in the ink, but suddenly found that there was an extra inkwell, so he raised his head and saw Wang Wenhong standing in front of him.
"When did you come?"
"Just came. Teacher Shen, pay attention to your body. ”
Shen Xin nodded, his gaze fell on Wang Wenhong's face, "Thank you...... I see you're in a hurry, what's the matter? ”
"Uh...... Yes. Do you know this issue of the magazine? Wang Wenhong took out "MangaFly".
"Oh, I've seen it, there's a comic called "Slam Dunk" in it, which is kind of interesting." Shen Xin twisted his neck, stretched his muscles, and a chuckle appeared on his face.