Chapter 70 Sales growth against the trend
On the day when "Tianxia Weekly" was released, Zhao Chen did not stay at home, but was waiting for news at Tianxia Comics Company. Shangguan Xiaobao and Ma Rongcheng were also sitting aside, quietly waiting for the employees' responses.
"With the quality of "Football Young Player" and "Chinese Heroes", the subsequent sales should not be bad!"
Shangguan Xiaobao held the teacup and took a sip of tea. He looked at Zhao Chen who was a little nervous in front of him and said softly. He believed in his own vision. In Shangguan Xiaobao's opinion, these two comics are excellent works. Whether it is the painter, the plot or the charm of the characters, as long as the quality afterwards remains unchanged, the sales volume will soon be opened.
Zhao Chen nodded without saying anything. After all, Tianxia Comics Company belongs to him. Naturally, he has high hopes for Tianxia Weekly. Although he knows the charm of the two comics, he still feels a little nervous.
As for Ma Rongcheng sitting on the other side, he was even more nervous. This was his first time painting a long comic. If he failed, it would undoubtedly bring him a big blow. Although Ma Rongcheng knew in his heart that the quality of "Heroes of China" was good, he was still quite nervous, which made the office become dull. The three of them were speechless for a long time and were waiting for the news tacitly.
Shortly after the time passed, an employee who was responsible for sales entered the room, with obvious excitement on his face, and handed the notebook in his hand to Zhao Chen, which recorded the sales situation in the morning.
Zhao Chen hurriedly turned his gaze to the notebook, and Shangguan Xiaobao and Ma Rongcheng also hurried to Zhao Chen, looking at the dense numbers on the notebook.
"It's quite good. I sold 20,000 yuan in one morning. You can tell the publisher and customize 5,000 copies!"
Zhao Chen swept over the pile of numbers on the notebook, his eyes followed the total sales volume that fell on the back, and his face was full of excitement.
"Tianxia Weekly" had rushed to produce two batches, each batch had 10,000 yuan, and the total amount was 20,000 yuan. After all, this was the first issue, and Zhao Chen was actually not sure. It was not until now that he saw the specific sales volume that he was shocked to find that the 20,000 copies of "Tianxia Weekly" had been sold out. He couldn't help but think about it and asked the employee in charge of the sales to go to the publishing house and rush to produce the last 5,000 copies. He felt that this number was almost enough for the market to digest.
After the sales staff left, the three of them couldn't help but look at each other, with relief smiles on their faces. The sales volume of more than 20,000 in the first period was really beyond their expectations.
"Zhao Chen, the cover you designed seems to have made a great contribution. Otherwise, even if the quality of the magazine is better, it would not be possible to sell this quantity in the first issue when competing with Huang Yulang! Hehe, I don't know what expression that guy Huang Yulang will look like after he knows. It's really exciting!"
Shangguan Xiaobao has always regarded Huang Yulang as his biggest opponent, and he wished he could go to Yulang International Co., Ltd. to "visit" Huang Yulang.
"No matter what, the sales volume of this issue may not be as good as "Qing Fresh Weekly", but the good show is still coming!"
Zhao Chen showed a look of watching the show. Although "Drunk Box" is a classic Hong Kong comic, its sales are not as good as "Chinese Heroes", let alone the joint offensive between "Football Young Player" and "Chinese Heroes", which directly led to "Qingxin Weekly" being weaker in quality.
Yulang International Co., Ltd. is not far from Tianxia Comics Company, only a few hundred meters away. Huang Yulang was sitting in his office at this time, holding a comic magazine in his hand, which was "Tianxia Weekly"!
Looking at the exquisite cover of "Tianxia Weekly", Huang Yulang couldn't help but frown, and stretched out in an instant. In his opinion, this was just a crooked path, which was to attract readers' attention. The most important thing about comics is quality.
When Huang Yulang began to study "Tianxia Weekly", his face gradually became solemn.
"I didn't expect that even though Zhao Chen changed his style, the quality still did not decrease. Although this kind of sports comic is a bit unpopular in Xiangjiang, as long as it succeeds, it can quickly expand the Xiangjiang market!"
After watching the content of the first episode of "Football Young Players", Huang Yulang knew in his heart that his suppression plan might face a failure. In fact, Zhao Chen's "Football Young Players" is of good quality, and his painting style is even better than "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty". The most important thing is that it can open up the market for primary and secondary school students in Xiangjiang well. This is the benefit of this sports comic.
Huang Yulang was not very worried. He had confidence in his new comic "Drunk Fist", believing that "Drunk Fist" could compete with "Football Young Players", just as "Dragon and Tiger Gate" could always suppress "Bruce Lee".
After watching "Football Young Player", Huang Yulang didn't want to watch the later "Chinese Heroes", because in his opinion, Ma Rongcheng was almost equivalent to a new cartoonist. If he hadn't regarded Zhao Chen's World Comics Company as an opponent, Huang Yulang wouldn't have watched it.
But just by watching this, Huang Yulang's face became gloomy. He did not expect that Ma Rongcheng, who was equivalent to a new cartoonist in his eyes, was so powerful. The level of "Chinese Heroes" was vaguely better than "Drunk Fist"!
"Damn it, this time it seems that it can't stop Tianxia Comics Company. With these two excellent comics, Tianxia Weekly will surely soar into the sky! Zhao Chen, Zhao Chen, I did not read you wrong. You are destined to be my biggest opponent in unifying Xiangjiang Comics!"
Huang Yulang is very ambitious, but these are all based on his strength. Today, Huang Yulang's fame in Xiangjiang can be said to be overwhelming any local cartoonist, including Shangguan Xiaobao, not to mention Zhao Chen, who is far less famous than Huang Yulang at this time.
It is precisely because of such a strong reputation and strength that Yulang International Co., Ltd.'s development has been so rapid and occupied a considerable market in just a few months. If it weren't for the unprecedented popularity of "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", Yulang International Co., Ltd. would have occupied half of the Xiangjiang comic market at this time.
But Huang Yulang did not expect that "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" was blocked, and now "Football Young Player" and "Chinese Heroes" have appeared again. This will inevitably make Huang Yulang's ambition still die. With this repeated relationship, Huang Yulang began to regard Zhao Chen as one of his biggest opponents.
Just as Huang Yulang put the "Tianxia Weekly" in his hand on his desk, the door of the office knocked.
"Come in!"
A staff member entered the office with some paper in his hand and placed the paper in front of Huang Yulang.
"Boss, this is today's sales!"
Huang Yulang did not speak, but quickly opened the paper, which recorded the sales of comic magazines and daily newspapers under Yulang International Co., Ltd.. Huang Yulang did not concentrate on other places, but directly found the paper recording "Fresh Weekly" and looked at the dense sales on it.
When he saw the total sales volume, a trace of violence flashed through Huang Yulang's eyes. The sales volume above was somewhat different from what he imagined, to be precise, it was relatively low.
Before the release, major bookstores and newsstands purchased more than 30,000 copies of "Fresh Weekly", but the total sales volume has not even reached 40,000, which means that only a few thousand copies have been increased. This is due to the quality of "Drunk Fist" and the fame of Huang Yulang.
Huang Yulang's chest kept rising and falling, and finally took a deep breath and said to the staff member: "Have you found out what I asked you to investigate?"
"I just went to that publishing house. The publication of this issue of "Tianxia Weekly" reached 20,000. Now I am rushing to produce the third batch of 5,000 copies!"
The staff suppressed their nervousness and expressed the results of the investigation.
"Okay, you can go out!"
Huang Yulang didn't say anything, but his face turned a little bit blue. Although "Fresh Weekly" obviously surpassed "Tianxia Weekly" in terms of total sales, the growth trend was not as good as that, which means that Huang Yulang's decision this time had failed. With the quality of the two comics "Tianxia Weekly", it was destined to soar to the sky as long as there was no mistake in making mistakes.
However, Huang Yulang was still quite unwilling to accept it. Naturally, he didn't want to see the expansion of the World Comics Company, as it would inevitably seriously affect his interests. If he wanted to unify the Xiangjiang comics market, he would inevitably end in vain.
On the second day after the two comic magazines were released, newspapers led by Oriental Daily reported on the sales of the two comic magazines. The article tried hard to belittle the two new comics of "Tianxia Weekly", which correspondingly raised the level of "Fresh Weekly".
These newspapers were achieved by Huang Yulang using his own connections and interests, in order to work hard to reduce the sales of "Tianxia Weekly" and thus achieve the development momentum of suppressing the development of Tianxia Comics Company.
Chapter completed!