Chapter 1109: New Year's ......
Winter goes to spring, and it's another year.
The animation of "SLAM DUNK" arrived as scheduled, mainly by kit, and the animation created by orochi and Dongxi Society, appeared in front of everyone, and various game storyboards showed the training matches of Lingnan and Xiangbei perfectly, which made the audience addicted, and at the same time, a large number of readers who had never read comics began to pay attention to the comics of "SLAM DUNK".
Subsequently, it was the national tournament of the high school basketball game, and "Comic Future" continued to cooperate with the organizing committee, and the sales of "SLAM DUNK" soared again, and in just three months, the average volume sales of "SLAM DUNK" in China increased by 500,000 copies, from 2.1 million copies to 2.6 million copies.
For Comic Future, SLAM DUNK is the hallmark of Comic Future, and there is no one.
The sales of other comics in single books have been left behind by "SLAM DUNK", such as "Crossing Girl" and "Demon Road", both hovering at 60 volumes, and "The World Without Demons" and "Demon Creation World" hovering around 500,000 copies.
In addition to the extremely high sales in China, "SLAM DUNK" has also made great progress in District 11, and "SLAM DUNK" has exceeded 2 million copies from the previous 1.6 million copies.
PURELY IN TERMS OF SALES, THE ONLY THING THAT CAN COMPETE WITH "SLAM DUNK" IS "ETERNAL GATE", WHICH HAS DROPPED TO AN AVERAGE OF 2.85 MILLION COPIES.
If there is a comic that has a high popularity in Huaxia and District 11 at the same time, the first comic name that pops up in most people's minds is "SLAM DUNK".
More often than not, animation plays a promotional role, and what really attracts readers is still the quality of the comic itself.
There are comics, in the middle of the story, that take the plot to a high level. After the tide, there will be a transition period, and if the content is managed properly, it will quickly move on to the next "map", and some comics will start to decline, and there is more than one manga that has seen this.
"SLAM DUNK" is obviously not among them, because after Xiangbei got the right to qualify, the reader's sense of expectation also followed.
On the big side, readers want to see the Xiangbei team in the national competition, and to put it mildly, it is also worth looking forward to what kind of effect Ikebana 20,000 shots can bring.
In this expectation, the matchup table for the national competition is also freshly released, Xiangbei is classified into the C file, and their first opponent is Feng Yu in the A file......
The schedule of "SLAM DUNK" is slightly different from that of Huaxia.
After communicating with Fang Man, the person in charge of the high school league, Shen Xin decided that it would still be played according to the original matchup, as for the reason, it was because if it was divided into group stages, the progress of "SLAM DUNK" would be very slow.
In order to match "SLAM DUNK", Fang Man also changed the schedule of the national competition.
The disadvantage of this schedule is that the team has a low tolerance for error, which is likely to lead to a situation where the team is on the line, and the advantage is that each game is a do-or-die match, which is easier to attract spectators, and there is no handicap between teams.
As it turned out, it was a knockout round from the first game, which really made the whole game more exciting.
As for the match between Xiangbei and Fengyu, the plot of "SLAM DUNK" has always been tense, and with the well-made animation, the results of "SLAM DUNK" have always remained stable.
The so-called stability is that in most cases, the double magazine is the first.
However, the reader has no time to relieve the excitement in his heart, because the most essential part of the whole "SLAM DUNK", which is also the most exciting battle in the whole book - the match between the C-file team Xiangbei and the AA team, the perennial first in the national competition, and the high school attached to Shantou University of Technology - is also on the agenda.
Most readers don't know why Xiangbei met the national champion so early - if they beat Shangong, then the other teams should be vulnerable?
Or will the Xiangbei team eventually lose to Shangong, creating a false impression of "glory despite defeat"?
"This is definitely the case, otherwise, it will definitely not let Xiangbei meet the big boss so soon."
"The usual trick of cartoonists! Losing the game and doing it all over again can be serialized for another four or five years. Introduce new characters and hone your team. Well...... Sales of single books are swishing upward. β
"'The Strongest Pitcher' has already used this technique."
"How have I used it, I still like to watch it."
"However, Mr. Shen is not willing to stop, right? With an average sales of 2.6 million copies of this volume and an average of 2 million copies of the 11 district volumes, "SLAM DUNK" is simply a hen that lays golden eggs. β
"At this level, the end of "SLAM DUNK" should not be up to Mr. Shen alone. This involves the interests of the two magazines......"
"As long as he paints, I dare to buy it...... Afraid of what? β
"Don't you expect to see the match between the Xiangbei team and Shangong?"
"I'm looking forward to it, but I guess it's going to be hard to win. In order to deal with the Xiangbei team, Shangong carefully analyzed the game video of the Xiangbei team, which had never happened before. β
"But Xiangbei is also making serious preparations, and it is estimated that it will be another vicious battle."
"Looking forward to ......"
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Readers' expectations are not only reflected on the Internet, but also sent to the magazine "Comic Future" one after another.
Wu Xiaoli sorted out the envelope and put it in a large cardboard box, planning to take it back to Shen Xin's studio after work.
After sitting down, as soon as she took a sip of water, Yu Chen walked out of the editorial office in a flashy manner, and just walked to the desk, the landline on the desk rang.
"Say, no! As long as I'm the editor-in-chief of Comic Future, I'm not going to allow that to happen. What do you mean? Using Comic Future as a springboard? If you don't have full copyright, you dare to serialize it in "Comic Future"? Or a webtoon that has already been serialized? Did I hear you right? What ...... DN? γSLAM DUNKγοΌ Shh It's true that we don't have full rights to these two comics, but you have to be clear that I didn't decide on them. If you can get Bao Dong and Mr. Shang, I have no problem.
"I'll just say it, it's just not good. Even if they have been serialized on the Internet, I dare to put them on "Comic Future". And it's not qualified. That's all, no need to fight anymore. β
After hanging up the phone, Yu Chen spat and scolded, "Really take any comic from "Comic Future".
Wu Xiaoli's eyes widened, and Xu Jie looked at each other and grinned.
It has always been a big deal to make Yu Chen so angry, and the other party is obviously not a fuel-efficient lamp, so he also pulled "SLAM DUNK" in, which made Yu Chen jump to his feet and scold.
Comic Future's current sales are as good as the number 2 to 5 on the sales charts. Such a top-notch manga is the signature of "Comic Future", and it is purely unpleasant to bring "SLAM DUNK" in.
As for which comic book wants to be serialized in "Comic Future", Wu Xiaoli has also heard of it.
There is a sentence, Yu Chen is not wrong, the other party just wants to use "Comic Future" as a springboard, and it is reasonable for Yu Chen not to agree.