Another World Under My Pen

"Editor-in-chief Shi, many newsstands are out of stock."

Director Li of the Publishing Department personally ran to the editor-in-chief's office and said excitedly: "As soon as we went to work today, we received a lot of calls from dealers requesting replenishment. The specific figures are still being counted, but they add up to at least 40,000 copies!"

"Oh? Then quickly arrange for delivery!"

Shi Cheng was overjoyed when he heard that, and hurriedly ordered. Compared with the circulation of "Tianyu Boys" of more than two million, 40,000 copies seem to be inconspicuous, but only one afternoon, how much can you expect?

"Don't worry, it has been arranged."

Aside from responding to yesterday’s concern from the editor-in-chief, isn’t it just a show of merit? Director Li smiled with a relieved expression on my face, "In addition, just yesterday, our magazine suddenly added nearly 1.7 subscribers, and it is estimated that it will continue to increase today... Editor-in-chief, this is a long time. The thing is here!"

"Hahaha... good! good! good!"

After three good words in a row, Shi Cheng laughed from ear to ear.

The surge in magazine sales is of course a good thing, but compared to the order of 20,000 more copies in one breath, Shi Cheng likes to hear that magazine subscriptions are more than 17,000! Because the former means that everyone just bought one issue at newsstands and other places, but the latter is at least half a year, that is, dozens of issues...

Now, let's see who would dare to say that the 15-point royalties are high!

In the past two days, Shi Cheng has also accumulated a lot of pressure. After all, the unprecedented fifteen points of royalties have caused many people to question. Even the two deputy editors who supported him... To be honest, Shi Cheng does not think it is sincere support. he! Especially for a guy who doesn't deal with himself in the past. Who knows if he wants to make mistakes and then trouble himself?

But as soon as this result came out today, Shi Cheng was at ease.

Only the first day!

Lao Bai's novels have been stopped for several months, and not all readers can see his single chapters in time, so it is conceivable that not everyone will buy comics the first time. So yesterday’s situation can last for a week, and "Tianyu Boys" will definitely not lose this time. If the performance after the slam dunk is outstanding and continues to attract readers...

It's not not losing money, but making a lot of money!

After experiencing rapid growth in the previous few years, the circulation of "Tianyu Boys" has been sideways for a long time, and even dropped slightly for a few months. In addition to the fact that there have been no hot new products, the rapid increase in competitors is also an important reason. In recent years, domestic comics and animation have begun to flourish, and large-scale works are everywhere. More and more capital and new magazines appear, which put great pressure on old magazines like Tianyu Junior.

Otherwise, Shi Cheng wouldn't dare to give fifteen points just by relying on Lao Bai's name!

Of course, Shi Cheng does not deny that, in fact, he already has the idea of ​​increasing prices for cartoonists to deal with the loss of more and more competitors and cartoonists. It's just that it was mentioned twice before, and almost all of them were opposed, which made Shi Cheng helpless. It happened that Lao Bai asked for fifteen points this time, and because of his reputation, Shi Cheng took the opportunity to forcefully pass the fifteen points request...

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Three days later, a regular meeting in the editor-in-chief of Tianyu Youth.

"Who else?!"

Sitting at the top of the long desk, editor-in-chief Shi Cheng glanced around his subordinates, and asked faintly: "As for the next issue of the magazine's proposal to add another 300,000 prints, do you have any comments? ?"

There was silence in response to him.

No one dared to object, because in the past three days the magazine sold a full 190,000 copies more than before! Especially on the second day, 80,000 more copies were sold in one day, and nearly 70,000 copies were sold on the third day. And magazines continue to be sold. Some small cities far away from the printing plant have just started. God knows how much will increase in the end?

Even more exaggerated is that there are more than nine thousand more magazine subscriptions!

If the minimum period is half a year, the subscription of nearly 10,000 is 240,000 copies, which is also a very surprising number. Therefore, no one knew how to respond to Shi Cheng's proposal for a while.

"Hehe, I think I can be a little more cautious."

In silence, the deputy editor-in-chief Lao Hu pushed his glasses and said with a smile: "The last issue originally added 200,000 prints. If this issue adds another 300,000, it will be 500,000... …The number is indeed a bit larger. I personally think that I can try it first and add 100,000 copies, and look at the feedback in this issue."

Lao Hu does not doubt the reasons for the increase in magazine sales.

If you only add tens of thousands of copies, you may have to think about it, but the sales volume of nearly 200,000 copies in three days has been increased. This cannot be explained by other reasons.

But for the durability of the slam dunk, Lao Hu still has some doubts.

Don't forget, this is just the first story.

Although Lao Bai's influence is large enough from the data, it is doubtful whether this situation can continue. After all, fans are the least common sense creatures. They can buy a magazine for 30 yuan for a single chapter of Lao Bai, and they can also forget about it after supporting it. What if it’s not the type they like, or people don’t like comics at all? How many people will buy in the next issue?

So step by step is undoubtedly the safest approach.

Of course, Lao Hu was not the only one who had the same idea. Soon another deputy editor-in-chief Xiao Zhao also spoke up: "I agree with Lao Hu! Editor-in-chief Shi, the magazine sales have increased, of course everyone is happy, but... I think it should be safer. After all, the cost pressure of printing 500,000 copies is too great!"

At a price of 30 yuan, the editorial department is almost unprofitable!

The first is that a large part of the pricing is eaten up by the distribution discount, and the second is to compete with the peers. The printing requirements of the "Tianyu Boys" comic magazine are relatively high, and each has hundreds of pages, and the printing cost is also quite amazing. If you add the operating costs of the editorial department and the author's manuscript fees, etc., some magazines even have to pay for it.

Those responsible for making money, of course, are the booklets and various peripherals.

Fortunately, the circulation of "Tianyu Boys" is really large, so most of the time it can be slightly profitable, at least it is flat. But if you rashly increase the number of prints by 500,000, the result is not satisfactory...

After hearing the words of the two assistants, Shi Cheng frowned.

"Okay, then add one hundred thousand more!"

The two deputy editor-in-chief always supported him to give fifteen points in royalties. Regardless of the purpose, Shi Cheng couldn't refute their face. After thinking about it, he nodded and agreed. However, he looked straight and continued: "Anyway, fans of martial arts novels are buying our magazines in large quantities. This is an excellent opportunity. We must seize it. Do you have any ideas?"

Without thinking about it at all, Lao Hu said without hesitation: "Publishing martial arts comics should be the best way! In fact, in the past two days I have also paid attention to the book review section of Lao Bai's several martial arts novels and the discussion about slam dunk. Actually there are many, but everyone is more complaining about why Lao Bai didn’t draw martial arts comics, or authorized his own novels to be painted by others! I think we can communicate with Mr. Sun, if he doesn’t want to draw, even if we buy It’s okay to get someone to paint, of course, it’s better to buy the rights to adapt several novels to comics..."

"Seconded!"

Deputy Editor-in-chief nodded, and then said: "I have known about these books a long time ago. The number of fans is very large. If they can be adapted into comics and published in our magazine... "

"Yes, the two vice presidents are right!"

"I am a fan of martial arts novels, if there are comics, then I must read them!"

In the meeting room, everyone's voice of sympathy suddenly sounded. Lao Bai can create such a big battle with a basketball cartoon. If it is really the Legend of Condor Heroes, what would happen if Tianlong Babu was adapted into a cartoon?

"Okay, then talk to him!"

Seeing that everyone’s opinions were very consistent, Shi Cheng naturally had no reason to oppose, and he quickly made a decision: "Xiao Xu, you are the editor in charge of "Slam Dunk", this time you will talk to them about martial arts comics. Yeah. But...the conditions are ours. If they don’t agree, they will come back to discuss it."

Shi Cheng felt a little bit lingering about the lady agent.

Fortunately, the editor in charge Xu Lang has not seen Sun Ya's strength, and soon nodded with a smile: "Okay, it just so happens that I also want to make some comments on the follow-up creation of a slam dunk, and I will call them after the meeting... "

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