On December 30, the 9th volume of "Steel Forged" was officially released in China.

As soon as the door of the Jiman Bookstore was opened, the clerk saw that there was already a queue outside the door.

"If you have already pre-ordered Steelforge Volume 9, please stand on the left, take your ticket stub, go to the front desk to pay the balance, and pick up the manga. For those who have not made a reservation, please go to the new comics area on the first floor to purchase comics. ”

Hundreds of readers buy a comic at a time, and it has appeared before, especially when "The Legend of the Dragon King" was at its most popular.

However, in recent times, especially after July, it is difficult to see such a scene again.

In the impression of the clerk, the only thing that is more lively than now is probably the last volume of "The Legend of the Dragon King" on sale.

It's just that there is an emotional factor in that time.

After all, after the end of the comics that have accompanied everyone for more than ten years, some people will deliberately buy them even if they don't read them, just to commemorate their youth.

But now, the emergence of Duoman.com has affected the operation of bookstores to some extent.

In particular, 50 new comics have been added to Duoman.com, and 50 old works have been released online for Comic Future, and these changes have also made readers adapt to online reading.

The hot scenes that used to occur are rarely seen again, especially today, when so many people are queuing up to buy books before they even open.

After the clerk spoke, the customer consciously stood in two teams, one team stood on the left, and under the guidance of the clerk, came to the front desk, handed in the ticket stub, paid the balance, and took away the ninth volume of "Steel Forge".

The other group went to the new book sales area to buy a new book of "Steel".

"This is your book." The store manager smiled and placed a copy of "Steel Forged" in the hands of customers.

The customer was about to leave, when he suddenly saw a magazine standing at the front desk, and the cover was a young man in a light-colored sweatshirt, with his hands in his trouser pockets, looking ahead.

is very young, probably in his early twenties, very delicate, seemingly polite, but there is a sense of arrogance.

"Dialogue with Shen Zheng: A Different Character Original Artist." The customer softly read out the title of the cover of "Star Game", "Hey, store manager, is Shen Zheng on this the author of "Steel Forge"?" ”

"That's right. In December, "Star Game" deliberately conducted an exclusive interview with Mr. Shen. ”

"Here's a copy." The customer reaches out.

The corners of the store's mouth curled slightly, and then he put a copy of "Star Games" in the customer's hand.

The other customers heard the conversation between the two and immediately pricked up their ears.

Games also belong to the second dimension, although they are also divided into several factions, such as the animation party, the comic party or the game party, and there are also people who "double repair" or "three repairs", but even those who only watch anime will have heard of some games.

Hearing that "Star Game" interviewed Shen Zheng, many people are also interested in this issue of "Star Game".

When the store manager saw this scene, he smiled proudly.

……

The popularity of "Steel Forge" in bookstores soon "spread" to the Internet, and some readers showed the photos they took when they bought them online, and some comic book store customers rubbed shoulders with each other, as if they were buying discounted items in the supermarket.

At the same time, some people also showed the cover of "Star Game" to let everyone "solve their hunger".

"The hottest cartoonist in China should be Mr. Shen, right? "Star Games" conducted an exclusive interview with him, and put it in the heaviest 'character' column, which is five pages. ”

"Huh? Photo so young? Isn't it retouched? ”

"How is that possible? He is now twenty-five or sixteen years old, younger than most cartoonists. ”‘

"It's not...... In my memory, probably most of the newcomers are older than Mr. Shen. ”

"Mr. Shen was 18 or 19 years old and won the Newcomer Award. How do others compare? ”

"Yes."

"Damn, it's okay just to be young, and I'm so handsome, and my heart is suddenly blocked."

"Don't worry, if you work hard for a few more years, you will find that the gap between you and Teacher Shen is even greater."

“…… Get lost. ”

"The person who bought "Star Game", let me reveal a little, what did Mr. Shen say about this issue of the magazine?"

"I didn't say much, but I briefly mentioned my journey into this industry, focusing on how I got in touch with "God Descent", and then was invited to become the character designer of "God Descent".

"Huh? Just a brief mention? I thought I'd go into detail? ”

"It's a game magazine, not a comic magazine, and of course the focus is on the game. However, in order to design the characters, Mr. Shen also worked hard, more than 30 characters, and used almost a thousand sketches. ”

"So much?"

"At the end of the interview, several sketches were published, each of which was classic. Most of them, though, are not finished. To be honest, after looking at those sketches, I was a little expectant. That's right, the key point. Zhenyu Technology said that after the release of the "God Descent" game, these sketches may be made into an album and sold, including the original drawings submitted to the production team. Looking forward to it. ”

In just one day, the number of posts in the "Comic Future" section exceeded 300, which rarely suppressed Duoman.com, more than half of which were related to "Steel Chain" and Shen Zheng, and the remaining small part was related to the upcoming serialization of "Hunting Abyss".

……

The editorial department of "Comic Future" was in a tense atmosphere from the release of the 9th volume of "Steel".

"Steelcore" is the most popular comic of "Comic Future" right now, so the sales of this volume are likely to be the ceiling of "Comic Future" in the near future.

Unless a comic that is better than "Steelcore" comes out, if you want to break this number, you still have to rely on "Steel".

Although there was a lot of tension in the editorial department, the sales volume of "Steel Refining" on the first day still did not come out until noon on the 31st.

"On the first day, 150,000 copies!"

When Shang Haozhi heard this number, the tension in his heart slowed down slightly.

150,000 copies a day, and according to this trend, it should reach 700,000 copies in the first week.

In the current comic industry, this sales volume should be the best.

"It's okay......" Wang Wenhong took a breath, 150,000 is a relatively safe number, at least worthy of the popularity for a period of time ago.

The only fly in the ointment is that "Steel Refining" has not released an animation, otherwise, it is possible to exceed one million in a single week.

"Although we have taken a break for the time being, we should not take it lightly." Shang Haozhi's heart was stable, and he said, "What kind of countdown did you all post on the homepage of Duoman.com, right?" They must have other moves. ”

At the mention of this countdown, Shang Haozhi's heart was full of disgust.

"Oh, is it a countdown to the interview with a mysterious person? The mysterious figure should be Mr. Wang, right? Zhou Xiaoming suddenly realized.

Shang Haozhi glared at Zhou Xiaoming angrily, he deliberately didn't say it so thoroughly, but Zhou Xiaoming still pierced it.

At this moment, he forgot that it was he who provoked this topic.

On January 1, the first issue of the magazine of the new year was released, and at the same time, Duoman also interviewed Wang Yunze.