Big Manga

On Wednesday, March 11, the bookstores in Ninghai City that sold "Weekly Girl" once again lined up.

Wang Jian hasn't seen such a scene for a long time. He is a reporter from the East China News Agency. He has reported the scene when "Weekly Boys" was released before. The popularity at that time still remains fresh in his memory.

However, with the emergence of Zhongxia, Phoenix's comic magazines are no longer as popular as before. Usually, the number of readers who pick up the weekly magazine and read it at the bookstore newsstand is more than the two weekly comic magazines.

There are two factors in this. One is the mass production of Zhongxia Comics. Relying on a large-scale cartoonist, it launched a daily magazine sales model. Although this model is very fake, the daily publication on Tuesday and the daily publication on Monday focus on different points. Essentially a weekly. But anyway, there are new magazines coming out every day, which is very refreshing in the eyes of readers.

In contrast, Phoenix is ​​naturally lagging behind when it is only on sale two days a week. In addition, the quality of "Weekly Boy" and "Weekly Girl" is uneven, and it can't compare with the overall quality of "Sino Summer Magazine".

Under these two factors, the press generally believes that it is a destined development result for Phoenix to give up Ninghai, the comic book base camp, to Zhongxia, so it has reduced its attention to Phoenix.

However, Wang Jian always had an idea in his mind. He felt that Phoenix Company would be defeated by Zhongxia Comics. One of the important reasons was that He Xi did not launch new works.

He Xi published a series in "Weekly Boy" and "Weekly Girl", and over time, the novelty of readers has disappeared, so the release of Zhongxia comics will produce such a big change.

This kind of thinking, today’s hot scene is the best proof...

"Fuck, so many beauties!"

The person who exclaimed was Wang Jian’s partner, He Jin. He was a photographer. At this moment, he was excitedly shooting the hot scene of the bookstore with his camera: "When the Zhongxia Magazine was first released. It doesn't seem to be this spectacular! "

Wang Jian nodded. In the first week of the publication of Zhongxia Magazine, the lively scene was less than half of what it was today. The bookstore in front of them has two floors, and the manga section upstairs has lined up to the first floor. And the team is full of young girls, looking like a daughter country.

"With so many women, I am embarrassed to even interview." Wang Jian smiled bitterly, but He Jin was different, with bright eyes: "What are you afraid of? We are reporters. We interviewed in the past and they wouldn't say anything."

He was a little bit ready to move.

"Right……"

Wang Jian sorted his look and walked to the bookstore.

"Let let, let let!"

But before they walked in, a young man ran out of the bookstore. He was panting, flushed, and holding a magazine in his arms. Wang Jian noticed that it was "Weekly Girl".

"Wait, He Jin." He stretched out his hand to hold his partner who wanted to approach the'Daughter Country', and then walked to the young man: "Hello sir? We are reporters from East China News. Can you accept our interview? "

Wang Jian smelled the perfume from the man. It was the perfume of the women lining up in the bookstore. It seemed that this man was feasting.

"reporter?"

The man was startled, and said in a panic: "Don't interview me. I don't accept interviews. When I entered the bookstore, there were not many people. Who knew there would be so many women in the back. This was an accident-I didn't mean anything insignificant. !"

He misunderstood that the reporter wanted to interview him in the women's group, Wang Jian smiled: "Don't worry, we are not interviewing this matter, we just want to ask about this magazine..."

Wang Jian pointed to the "Weekly Girl" in the man's hand.

The man was stunned, then wiped his sweat: "Oh, it turns out that you are investigating the situation of Teacher He Xi's new work. Say it earlier..."

His expression became much brighter, and his professional sensitivity made Wang Jian know that this is a reader who will be interviewed and answered. He found a good target today.

"Sir, "Weekly Girl" will be on sale tomorrow, why did you come to buy "Weekly Girl" magazine today."

Wang Jian picked up paper and pen. Prepare to record.

"I am a fan of Teacher He Xi. I have been looking forward to his new work for a long time. Today is a girl comic, but I still don't want to miss it." The man touched his head and smiled: "And didn't I cut a lot of comics this week?" "Weekly Girl" is 12 yuan, which is too cheap, and there is no pressure to buy a copy."

"Yeah, indeed."

Wang Jian nodded while writing. Phoenix Company carried out an unprecedented large-scale cut this week. Although it caused dissatisfaction among some readers, in the past, one magazine could buy two magazines for the money, and the price reduction was also favored by other readers.

"Any other reasons?"

Wang Jian continued to ask.

"Also? There is also Mr. He Xi's girlish comics that are also very good! Last time "Inuyasha", my colleagues and I regarded it as a young manga." The man laughed: "We want this time My girl’s comics must be the same as last time, so I went to work today...a few colleagues helped me do the work, and I drove out to buy the magazine."

"Ah, that's right." The man turned his head and said to He Jin, who was about to take the photo: "Don't take the photo. My boss is not here today. If you report me, he will have to scold me tomorrow!"

"it is good."

He Jin put down the camera. He took so many photos a day, and there were very few people who could report it, so it was the same whether he took photos of this man or not. Today’s main interviewers are girls, and of course beautiful girls will be put on the newspaper tomorrow.

"Don't worry, we rarely publish people who don't want to report. Even if we want to put you on the list, we will pretend that others cannot see you..."

Wang Jian felt that the appearance of a man with a mosaic face in the newspaper was also a very interesting propaganda, but he was really hard to tell, so he had to continue to ask: "Are you satisfied with Teacher He Xi's new cartoon? Is it related to Inuyasha" Same type?"

"No, it's different..."

The man shook his head, his expression a little disappointed: "The new manga is a typical girly manga. Originally, I wanted to buy a few copies, but now I can take one and go back for business."

"Typical girly manga?"

Wang Jian quickly wrote it down. He was surprised. No wonder there were no male readers in the bookstore. It turned out that He Xi's new manga was a typical girl manga. He was surprised, why would he give up the style of killing men and women in the past?

At the end of the interview, Wang Jian and He Jin walked into the bookstore. This time their goal was very clear. They interviewed different types of female readers, and the answers they got were surprisingly similar.

Those female readers who have seen the reading samples were full of praise, and praised He Xi's new work as great. The girls who hadn't seen the samples were also very excited. They knew from other channels that He Xi had published a girly manga, and rushed over happily.

"Teacher He Xi has always been biased towards male readers. Even girly comics like "Five Centimeters Per Second" use the perspective of the male protagonist. Although they are all great, I have always expected him to write a manga suitable for girls!"

"But this "Ouran High School Host Club" is very good, I think it looks better than Qin Ya's "Star"."

"This is an orthodox girl comic. I like it very much. It proves that Teacher He Xi is willing to listen to everyone's voice. But after reading it, I found that Teacher He Xi is really good at everything and can draw everything! I hope He can draw more types of comics, don't limit yourself."

Wang Jian also saw some family women who came to buy "Weekly Girl" and the answer was very interesting.

"I like idol romance dramas. After watching the first episode of "Ouran High School Host Club", I feel like I'm telling the story of Cinderella becoming a princess... Although it's a bit cheesy, which girl doesn't have such a dream , I like this comic very much."

"My daughter asked me to buy this, but after looking at the sample, I think I can watch it with my daughter. The handsome guy in it is eye-catching... What are you laughing at? No one stipulates that middle-aged women can't watch handsome guys, right?"

"I think He Xi that kid will soon become a topic of square dance and mahjong hall..."

After the investigation, Wang Jian basically confirmed the effect of He Xixin's comics: This is an inverse harem work that drives women crazy and men don’t like...

This result made him a little disappointed. He felt that He Xi had taken the road of conforming to the market, but in the end when interviewing the bookstore owner, Wang Jian had an unexpected surprise.

"I am very satisfied with Mr. He Xi's new work, which is "Ouran High School Host Club"."

The middle-aged male store manager smiled and replied: "When Mr. He Xi launched "Inuyasha", the sales volume of our bookstore was also very hot, but there are too many male customers, which is a big problem."

"Weekly Girl" and "Weekly Girl" were originally magazines with completely different reader groups~www.ltnovel.com~ I think if Mr. He Xi continues to publish men and women comics in "Weekly Girl", it will be the same as "Weekly Girl". "The positioning of "may be confused or even homogenized. I think that is very dangerous."

"Teacher He may not matter, but Phoenix, as a professional comics company, must have a clear positioning of its magazine classification to cultivate readers. This is also good for promoting the development of comics. If they are confused, cartoonists will not be able to write. For niche works, everyone will write neutral comics."

The answer from the bookstore manager made Wang Jian understand in his heart that He Xi was repositioning the two magazines of Phoenix Company. He could eat all men and women, but other cartoonists did not have this ability.

"In this case, is Teacher He Xi tying himself up?"

Wang Jian always thinks that this is not a good thing, especially for He Xi.

"I don't think it's..." But the bookstore manager didn't think so, he shook his head and smiled: "He Xi, the teacher has the confidence to do this. If he had to scrutinize both male and female readers in the past to maximize the readership of a comic, He may already be confident now."

"He can create sales miracles only by female readers!" ()