176 Comic Book Signing
I came to knock on Xu Xing’s door early the next morning. Didn’t I agree to start at 9:00 in the morning? It’s only past seven o’clock now.
Xu Xing's eyelids drooped, he squinted his slit and looked at the time and continued to sleep, but Xia Tian knocked on the door, which made Xu Xing really unable to sleep well, so he had to open the door in his pajamas.
"I finally got up, hurry up and have breakfast, and we'll go."
"Do you need this early? Didn't you make an appointment to sign for sale at 9 o'clock?" Xu Xing said yawning.
"You haven't signed the sale before. Even though you have made an appointment at 9 o'clock, you still have to prepare in advance."
"Okay OK."
Unlike in the island country, the breakfast is very rich in soy milk and fried dough sticks. Their breakfasts are basically rice, miso soup, natto, etc. Xu Xing is not used to these things, so he can only eat some bread and it will be solved.
Xia Tian reminded: "Often the signing results are good but you don't even have time to eat lunch, so you'll still have a little full."
“Are you busy signing?”
"There is no such thing as District 11. Zi Wuyu's signing is quite deserted, but the country is really busy and has no time to have lunch."
"Okay, I'll bring a few buckets of instant noodles."
When Xu Xingxia arrives at Mayday Bookstore (まんだらゑ) the largest 2D bookstore in the island country, the products sold include published comic books, toys, idol products, animation song records, role-playing products, video games, comic originals, etc.
Xu Xing and the others arrived at the branch in Ikebukuro. Kataoka Yosuke had been waiting here for a long time. When he saw the two of them coming, he quickly smiled and leaned forward and said, "Xue Sangxia Jiang, you are finally here. We are all ready to wait for you two."
After simplifying makeup in the background, I sat in my seat. There was still some time before I started. Looking at the sparse crowd, Xu Xing asked: "I don't understand the comics either. The sales volume on the first day is good."
Xia Tian smiled bitterly: "It is already a top comic that can sell more than 10,000 copies on the first day of the island country. If you can sell more than 3,000 copies on the first day of the Long Song Festival, you will also receive greater attention on Hero SQ."
"Three thousand." Xu Xing had no idea about this number.
The signing for sale officially started at 9 o'clock, and there was still a scattered crowd. There was no such thing as a long queue in the novel and animation. It was only the treatment of the Big Five and the Siege. It was normal for a comic like Changgexing to sign a few minutes. It was still a question whether there was a thousand copies in a day if you counted the number of people.
In the morning, Xu Xing made an appointment to sign about a hundred copies, which was far worse than in the domestic CCG. At that time, he had a sore hand signing with Mo Shanshan, Xia Ruoying and others every hour. Now he has signed for a whole morning but he is not tired at all.
At noon, I still had time to have instant noodles together, and Xu Xing complained: "Do you see, the number of signings can reach one thousand?"
"If it was the case in the afternoon, let alone a thousand, five hundred would be hung."
"Will that affect the serialization of Changgexing?"
"Absolutely, magazines will definitely lower the importance of Changgexing. After all, only profitable comics have a future."
At this time, a noise came from the door of the bookstore. It sounded like it was Japanese. The translator was too far away and it was impossible to translate it for the two of them to hear it.
A large number of islanders flocked to Mayday Bookstore, including student parties, office workers and even housewives.
"ほら, あそこ." A beautiful female student from the island country pointed at Xu Xingxia.
"Are your fans?" Xu Xing asked softly.
"I don't know." Xia Tian shrugged.
It was not until the leader walked to the signing table and came to Xu Xing with a long song book, and the translator began to translate Japanese into Chinese: "Hello, President Xu, I am Miho Akiyama. I especially like your works, especially the unique feeling of the porcelain country, which made me obsessed." As he said that, he pushed the first volume of the long song book in front of Xu Xing.
It seems that he is an ancient style party. Xu Xing asked curiously: "Are you all here to sign and buy comics?"
"Yes, we are a fan club that combines Xingtian Company and Changgexing. Because most of them have work or school, we have to make an appointment to come at noon."
Xu Xing handed the signed comic to Miho Akiyama and said thank you with a smile.
Miho Akiyama also said a blessing: "I wish you a long song to make a big hit." After that, he left
There were about two hundred people in this group. Their arrival successfully triggered the shelter effect. When the people around the world saw that there were so many people signing the car, I would also buy a book to sign it. So the people gathered more and more, and even lined up outside the store.
"Is it signing in there?" asked a passerby curiously.
"yes."
"What kind of master's work is it?"
“The comic songs on Hero SQ are here.”
Changgexing, passers-by touched his head, Hero SQ, but Changgexing really didn't have much impression.
The fans of Xing Tian in the team actively recommended: "Uncle, the author of Changgexing is a very amazing person."
"Is that? Which master is that?" The passerby showed interest.
"The original work of Changgexing is Xu Sang, the president of Xingtian Studio. Does Xingtian know?"
The passerby was stunned, very familiar. He thought about it carefully, clenched his right fist and hit the palm of his left palm, "I remembered that it was the porcelain company that lost to the "Siege City".
"That's right, their president is also the original author of "Long Song Xing", the screenwriter of "Soul Street", "Star Travels" and "Loves". His recent work "Loves" also won the BBT Digi6 Gold Award, and is now being signed in."
"Is that so? It's amazing, then I'll buy a book to read."
Another passerby successfully recommended, and the queue for buying comics grew stronger and stronger.
The popularity of signing continued until five o'clock in the afternoon. Xu Xing, who was still complaining in the morning, couldn't laugh at all. His smile had already been fixed on his face.
The afternoon is a very different difference from the morning. Since the group of fans came to sign, they have never stopped. It is even more terrifying than CCG. Although there are more people that time, they are at least in turn. This time, they signed for five or six hours continuously.
Xu Xing and Xia Tian were in pain and happiness. Kataoka Yosuke next to him was very happy. According to this attitude, 3,000 copies on the first day was not a dream. If he could sell 5,000 copies, Changgexing could be called a best-selling comic, and Kataoka Yosuke's status in the magazine will also increase accordingly.
At 6:00 p.m., because it was too popular, the signing time was extended to 6:00. According to the statistics of the store manager, the 5,000 Changgexing single-line books purchased by Mayday Bookstore sold 4,322 books.
This result set the sales record of porcelain comics in island countries. Even though his hands were completely unaware of it, Xu Xing still invited Xia Tian, Kataoka Yosuke and everyone from the bookstore to have supper together.
When you reach the level of Xu Xing, you don’t need to invest money by yourself when you make animations. As long as you open your mouth, some people will send money to your door. Without the financial pressure to create animations, Xing Tian will be overwhelmed, so he can spend tens of millions of a ten-minute "Loves" movie.
Chapter completed!