Chapter 197: Activities
"The time has been set, it's October 20th!"
"That's only a week!"
"It's just Chu Yu, in order to cooperate with the release of the single book this time, the Xuan Turtle and the publishing house where the single book is released are going to let you hold a fan meeting and signing in the magic capital on that day, so I came here this time in addition to taking this week's comic manuscript, the same ........ I'm here to discuss this with you, and see if you can spare some time that day. Li Xi said.
"October 20th, Wednesday......." Chu Yu thought for a moment.
"Yes, no problem, I'll take a leave of absence from school at that time, comics or something, I'll work overtime in advance to draw both works!"
"It's just...... What I'm afraid of is that there will be a signing meeting when the time comes, and it will be embarrassing if no one comes!" Chu Yu said.
"Nobody, what are you thinking?" Li Xi looked at Chu Yu speechlessly.
"Although I know that you don't pay attention to the outside world, but you are now the author of the second most popular manga author among all the works that Gentoise is now serializing!"
"And a work like Natsume's friend account, which has a huge popularity among women, is holding a signing party in the magic capital, how can no one come?"
After Li Xi finished speaking, he thought about it and told Chu Yu more information.
"This time Natsume's single book was released, the publisher estimated according to the sales of works of the same level in our water edge journals in the past, and the first three volumes of Natsume's friend account were scheduled to be printed in the first edition of each volume, with a total of 1.2 million copies in three volumes.
"Is it?, are there a lot of people coming to the signing of the previous cartoonists in the Demon Capital?" Chu Yu wondered.
After all, he thinks that no matter how interested he is in a comic, he will not be interested in the creator of the comic, even if the author of the comic work he likes is holding such an event next to the house where he lives, Chu Yu may not be interested in joining in the fun.
It's just that 400,000 copies of each single book that Li Xi said were printed in the first edition, which aroused Chu Yu's interest.
After all, it's all money!
He now invests his money in animation production, but he is poor Jingle Bell.
"Then Li Xi, judging from the past situation, how much do you think the sales of Natsume's friend's account will be?" asked Chu Yu.
"I thought you were really going to stay in the Buddhist lineage! You've finally asked a question that a normal cartoonist should be concerned about. Li Xi glanced at Chu Yu and continued.
"Normally, as long as a work maintains a quality level online, its single book sales can be roughly estimated. ”
"Judging from the past sales of the popular manga in the Dragon Country, generally speaking, its average volume sales ended up being almost three times the sales of its single book in the first week of its release. ”
"Anyway, according to our conservative estimates, I think the average sales volume of the single book of Natsume's friends should reach more than one million after the release, but the upper limit cannot be accurately estimated, so I will be conservative, and the printing volume of the first issue will be set at 400,000 copies per volume, and then the printing volume of the later period will be adjusted according to the sales situation. ”
When Chu Yu heard this, he quickly passed this information in his brain and compared the gap between the sales of comics in the two worlds.
In Japan in the parallel world,The ceiling of a single comic book is basically a slam dunk.,Pirates, these masterpieces,The average sales of a single volume is four million copies.,But except for a few comics that can reach this result.,Other comics are far worse in comparison.。。
In that world's top comics, a single book sold in the order of two million is already a popular comic.
For example, works such as giants and hunters are all in this category.
This is the ceiling of the sales of comic book singles in that world.
In Dragon Country, because of the population factor, the sales of works of the same quality will often increase a lot.
For example, Tang Xin's dream world......
Tang Xin serialized the dream world for three years, and the single book of this work was sold to the thirteenth volume, and each single book contained ten words of comics, but the total sales of its single book could reach 31 million copies, which is about 2.3 million copies per volume.
This achievement in Japan in the parallel world is already a manga achievement comparable to that of an old monster like Tomiya.
But in Dragon Country, this achievement only makes her barely qualified to step into the ranks of the top cartoonists in the current Dragon Kingdom.
Attention,It's active.,I didn't count the old-timers in the comic industry who have sealed the pen.,Otherwise, even the top cartoonists who are still serializing comics in the Dragon Kingdom are not comparable to those old monsters.。
But Chu Yu is also satisfied with this conservative sales estimate, after all, based on the average million of a single volume, Chu Yu can serialize more than 50 words of Natsume's friend's account a year and issue five single books.
Based on the sales of one million copies per volume, the total sales volume in a year is five million, the price of a single book of twenty-five yuan, and then Chu Yu's royalties are divided into ten percent.
That Chu Yu can get more than 12 million Dragon Kingdom coins a year by relying on the sales of a single book from Natsume's friend's account, plus various other incomes such as remuneration, not to mention anything else, at least Chu Yu's economic situation that is a little embarrassing because he has invested money in animation production can also be alleviated.
And the million volumes are just a conservative estimate of Gentoris, and the reason why it is conservative is because Natsume's friend account has not yet been animated, and it has not converted a large number of animation fans into a manga fan group.
Otherwise, if the broadcast of the animation and the release of the single book were carried out at the same time, then the turtle would not be so conservative.
But the animation broadcast time of Natsume's friend's account has been set for April next year, and it is only half a year away.
Thinking about it this way, it's a matter of time sooner or later, and as long as the animation production is normal, Natsume's animation will definitely drive the sales of Natsume's friend's account after it is launched.
"Anyway, prepare yourself!" Li Xi said.
"You're worried that no one will come by then, but I think I'm afraid that there will be a lot of people who will come by then, and I'm afraid that you will be soft when you sign by then!"
"After all, Tang Xin has only experienced such a thing once, and now it has been two or three years, and when I mention similar signing meetings, fan meetings and other activities, she is full of rejection, and even would rather work overtime to draw comics than participate in such activities. ”
"It's not that exaggerated!" Chu Yu felt that Li Xi was a little exaggerated.
"It's not an exaggeration, you can go and see it when the time comes!" Li Xi glanced at Chu Yu.
After saying that, he quickly left.
Only Chu Yu was left alone to ponder there.
This kind of activity, the main meaning of which is the meeting between the comic book author and the fans, if you really go, it will be the second public appearance of Chu Yu in the past few years in his cartoonist career.
And the first time was when the Dragon Star Awards were presented.
If it wasn't necessary, Chu Yu really didn't want to participate in this kind of activity, because the higher the exposure, the higher the probability of being recognized, and he didn't really want the people around him to recognize him and affect his life.
But such an event is held by the publisher of the single book and the turtle, and it is not appropriate not to go.
It's obviously unreasonable for people to help you make money, but you want to be a salted fish yourself.
"Forget it, I don't think I have any attraction for people to come to the scene to interact with me, maybe there will be few people in the past, just do it, maybe this event will be over!"
When Chu Yu thought about it, he suddenly felt much more comfortable.
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