Chapter 430 The Explosive Jingle Cat
"Okay, start printing immediately, and then publish the next issue." Yang Wendong agreed: "It's good to see the market's feedback, otherwise we can't guarantee anything just by relying on a few of us."
Whether something like literature and art can be famous before it is launched, no one dares to guarantee; unlike industrial products, after a few people study it, they will know how it is.
As a time traveler, he can only guarantee that the whole story will be very attractive, but it is hard to say to what extent it will be. After all, the details are different. Even many popular comics in Japan in the previous life had poor results in the early stage. , and this is still Hong Kong, and the scene and culture are also different. Everything is still variable.
Of course, intuitively speaking, Yang Wendong has a lot of confidence that "Jingle Cat" will definitely become a hit. In an era where there is not much entertainment threshold, a little bit of interesting stuff can make people obsessed.
"Okay, then I'll let the printing side start work now." Wu Hailin said: "The next issue of the weekly magazine will be sold in Hong Kong and Wanwan on January 3. Our production capacity is enough to cover the Chinese version, but overseas It may be too late.”
"It doesn't matter." Yang Wendong said: "Stagger one issue, just to see the market feedback. If many people are dissatisfied with a certain character or plot, it can be changed later."
In fact, comics, like novels, can be modified, and Jin Yong has made many changes. The contents of the novels read by people in the previous life have already been revised many times.
Zhang Zhiyuan agreed: "Okay, let's get ready now."
The time soon came to 1965.
In the Yang family villa, Bai Yushan and Su Yiyi held their children. After coming to Yang Wendong, they asked: 'Brother Dong, what are you looking at? ’
"Nothing, just read the news in Hong Kong." Yang Wendong said with a smile: "House prices began to slow down last month, and the transaction volume fell a bit month-on-month. Now many commentators in newspapers are discussing it."
The emergence of Changxing Real Estate has definitely had some impact on Hong Kong real estate. Especially since the sell-off began in the second half of 1964, many people have also fallen into a wait-and-see stage.
However, according to what Yang Wendong knows, the trigger for the next wave of real estate crisis in Hong Kong is the run on Hang Seng Bank, which led to the same run on many other Chinese banks. Even though the Hong Kong government was wiping its butt behind, it still made many people feel Unsafe and economic circulation naturally affects housing price transactions.
Of course, for Yang Wendong, these are not important. He has cashed out anyway. As for the timing of bargain hunting in the future, it actually has little impact on the current economic crisis. It will also have to wait until 1967. At that time, with the scale of his funds, it will not be You need to wait for the lowest point before buying the bottom, which is almost enough. Whether it is cashing out or buying the bottom, the scale of funds is large, and it takes time.
Bai Yushan nodded and said: "Yes, last time I went back to my parents' house, my father said that fortunately you reminded him and allowed him to cash out a lot of properties."
"Well, I have also reminded everyone around me." Yang Wendong said: "Next time you go back and tell me, if it continues to fall, don't just buy the bottom casually, just keep an eye on my movements."
With the capital scale of Changxing Real Estate, it is impossible to hide the big moves from others. Like the previous cash out, half of the people in Hong Kong knew about it. However, many people did not believe Yang Wendong’s judgment. There were actually too many people who were confused and confident. .Just like the big A stock investors a few decades later
Bai Yushan smiled and said: "Okay."
Yang Wendong said to Su Yiyi again: "It's the same with Yiyijia here. Don't expand the store this year. Rest assured to build a good clothing factory. As long as your costs can be reduced and the quality can be stable, then I will follow up. Invest capital overseas and turn your store into a multinational chain.”
The core of a chain enterprise is cost and quality. As long as the price-performance ratio can be achieved, it can continue to expand. Just like Uniqlo in the previous life, its own capital can only speed up the expansion; anyway, no matter how strong the capital strength is, if If the price-performance ratio is not good, it is useless. The more you invest, the more you will lose
Su Yiyi nodded and said: 'Okay, I don't want to expand anymore. More than 100 are enough now, basically covering most of Hong Kong. ’
"Is it still early?" Yang Wendong shook his head and said: "The next 100 Carrefour stores are not enough, let alone you selling clothes. In the future, Hong Kong will definitely continue to expand its residential area."
In the 1940s and 1950s, there was a wave of baby boomers. These people got married and had children in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Coupled with a large number of immigrants, Hong Kong's population grew rapidly, which also increased the demand for urban development.
Su Yiyi smiled and said: "Maybe, but actually I'm not that ambitious."
"You have no ambition, but what about your subordinates?" Yang Wendong said: "When a company develops, sometimes it is difficult not to make progress."
A company is like a ship, where the interests of all employees are tied together. Even if the boss thinks things are going well, his subordinates may not;
Of course, this premise is for companies that are at the forefront of the trend. Ordinary companies that want to take off may not necessarily have this ability.
Su Yiyi nodded and said: "Well, let's develop normally in the future. Many of the employees who followed me at the beginning really wanted to be promoted and get a raise."
"Yes, they don't think their salaries are high." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "This is also a good thing. Only when employees are motivated can the company have a future."
Companies under the Changxing Group have a complete set of objections to employee salaries, which are generally higher than similar companies. This naturally leads to employees wanting to keep their jobs;
The company is developing rapidly, and the old employees can get more or less salary increases or even promotions. In this case, everyone is naturally happy for the company to grow rapidly.
"Yeah" Su Yiyi nodded.
Yang Wendong added: "Changxing Culture will release an animation today, and I'm also going to check out some bookstores in Central. Do you want to go together?" "Okay." Bai Yushan agreed with a smile, and Su Yiyi naturally Same thing.
The three people quickly set off and followed the convoy to Central.
In the era before computers, there were still many bookstores, and many people also liked to read books to kill time or study, etc.
In front of a bookstore, many people were swimming quickly inside. Yang Wendong and others also walked in, and at a glance they saw some children gathered around some newspapers.
The boss looked at the three of them and said with a smile: "What books do you want to buy?"
"Let's just take a look." Yang Wendong replied.
"Oh, that's optional." As soon as the boss heard the tone, he knew that the visitor didn't seem to have any intention of buying books, so he ignored him.
There are still a lot of people like this. Many people just come to read a book, flip through a lot and then leave. Although I don't like people who waste time like this, usually as long as it's not too much, the bookstore owner can't say anything.
Yang Wendong came to the bookshelf and flipped through a book, but he still stared at the children next to him and listened to what they were saying. There was no way, if he, an adult, went over to discuss children's comics, he would be regarded as an alien. Even if Japan is a country where two-dimensional culture is popular. Adults generally like various fighting comics or high school student-level comics.
“Ding Dong Cat is so cute”
"How many treasures are there in this cat's bag? It's so amazing. I wish I had it."
"This arbitrary door is so powerful. If I had it, I would never be afraid of being late again."
"This forgiveness hat is even more powerful. With it, you will no longer be afraid of anyone."
The comments made by primary school students and middle school students are all very real, mainly about some props of Jingle Cat, which are simply incredible.
After Bai Yushan heard the comments of the children next to her, she also brought a newspaper over. After reading it for a while, she asked: "Brother Dong, these props are really magical."
"Of course, otherwise how can we attract people?" Yang Wendong said with a smile.
In fact, the props such as the arbitrary door and the forgiveness hat were proposed by Yang Wendong in his early days. One was to attract people. These props are also some that Yang Wendong can remember and were very famous in his previous life. The second one is for the establishment. The folks at Jingle Cat give a few examples.
Su Yiyi also looked at it for a while, with some magic and shock in her eyes, and said: "Oh my God, how did you come up with this kind of prop setting?"
"Just don't think about logic." Yang Wendong said with a smile: "Many fantasies consider logic too much, so they are restricted. When you don't need to consider the reasons, just fantasize casually."
Many fantasy settings and martial arts settings are limited because the logic needs to be rigorous; but animation does not need it, just outrageous, and children do not need logic
After Su Yiyi put the comic newspaper back, she said: "Brother Dong, I feel that the children like to read this comic."
Bai Yushan said with a smile: "Don't talk about children, even I want to see it. I also want to see how many props are behind."
"Well, it seems that the results should be good this time." Yang Wendong said with a smile.
This is also the first comic changed from a previous Japanese anime. Good works can shine in any era, especially this kind of comics, which can really last a lifetime. Even if Yang Wendong gets old in a few decades, this kind of work will shine. Comics can go on forever, and the protagonists will always be children
The next day, Zhang Zhiyuan and Wu Hailin came to Yang Wendong's office with smiles on their faces.
Zhang Zhiyuan said: "Yang Sheng, various bookstores and other comic sites in Hong Kong started calling us yesterday afternoon and evening to urge us to deliver goods. When Jingle Cat came out, many children liked it very much, and now they are all out of stock in the market. ”
"How much did you sell yesterday?" Yang Wendong asked.
Zhang Zhiyuan replied: "A total of 3,500 copies were sold yesterday. This is only the data in Hong Kong. The same is true in Wanwan. There are too many people buying and they are also urging the goods. A batch was urgently shipped last night, but it is estimated that today It still won’t be enough.”
"Didn't we publish it in advance two days ago? Isn't it enough?" Yang Wendong asked.
Zhang Zhiyuan replied: "We printed some in advance, but we also had some other printing tasks before.
The popularity is now beyond our imagination, and they have all switched to publishing Jingle Cat. The current supply in Hong Kong and Bay Area should be no problem, but the release in overseas markets may have to wait. ”
"Well, let's delay it a little and give priority to Hong Kong and Wanwan." Yang Wendong said with a smile: "If we continue to purchase more color printing equipment, we will probably be very busy in the future."
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