Chapter 185 Everyone expressed their opinions
After Yang Chaoye put down the phone, he smiled and said to Su Cheng: "You are really right, it was Li Shuai who called."
"Just shout Come up, the office on the third floor is crowded and small," Su Cheng suggested.
"Okay, I'll call him and ask him to come up." Yang Chaoye nodded.
Then he made a call to Chivalry Media Company.
About five minutes later, Li Shuai strode into the president's office.
"Boss, Mr. Yang."
"Well, let's go over to the sofa over there and sit down and chat." Su Cheng said with a smile.
"Okay."
"Those two books in your hand are samples of the next issue of "The Long Road to Life" weekly, right?" Su Cheng saw two books in Li Shuai's hand A weekly with a different cover than the first issue of "The Long Road to Life".
The protagonist on the cover becomes Conan. Conan is seen sitting on a chair with his legs crossed and his chin propped up on one hand. He looks very shrewd.
"Yes, boss, you guessed it right. I brought this up specially for the boss and Mr. Yang to see." Li Shuai smiled and handed one of the books to Su Cheng.
"You've finished reading the first issue. Are you bored sitting here? This is the second issue. Take it and read it slowly." Su Cheng turned around and handed the comic weekly to Guan Jiahui with a smile.
"Brother, you are great. After reading the first issue, I already wanted to continue reading the following plots. I didn't expect to be able to read it so soon." Guan Jiahui happily accepted the comic weekly .
After saying that, he ignored Su Cheng and others again, sat on the chair next to the desk and started reading slowly.
If there hadn't been anyone else present, she would have already rushed up and gave Su Cheng a passionate kiss.
Su Cheng and Yang Chaoye returned to the sofa again, and Li Shuai also followed.
"It didn't take long before the comic was released. You guys are very fast!" Su Cheng said to Li Shuai.
“Boss, the main reason is that the detailed outline you gave is so detailed that you don’t even need to design the character’s avatar, so the painter doesn’t have to think about anything at all, as long as he has painting skills, the speed will naturally be very fast. The content of this issue was actually drawn in one day, and we only chose to make it a weekly in order to make our magazine sell more and extend the life cycle of the comics." Li Shuai explained.
"Let me take a look at the content first. I have been chatting with Mr. Yang about work matters just now, and I haven't had time to read it yet." Su Cheng brought the first issue of "The Long Road to Life" to the front , turn to the first page.
"Xiao Ai, help me compare it with the original work. How does it compare with the original work?" At the same time, he quickly flipped through the magazine and asked Xiao Ai to scan the contents of the comic weekly.
"Master, after comparing with the original work, "Dragon Ball" is 98% similar to the original work, and "Detective Conan" is 97% similar to the original work. The two comics basically only have some deviations in the details. Some of them are even better than the original work, and the evaluation rating can reach S level." Xiao Ai quickly gave the answer. After listening to Xiao Ai's words, Su Cheng felt relieved.
However, since it has attracted so many people to buy it in these two or three days, it is enough to prove that the painting is not bad.
It’s just that Su Cheng still wanted to confirm it.
"After strict selection in the early stage, we hired four painters with good drawing skills and good character. Each two painters were responsible for one comic. Because a comic weekly only published one comic, and the serialization speed was too fast. After making the decision, we published the two comics together in the newly launched "Long Road to Life" comic weekly in the early stage. This was considered as our first attempt to test the water. The results were naturally gratifying and we were a great success.
At present, we are still continuing to recruit animators to serve as the shooters for other comics. It is expected to recruit a total of 20 animators. The successful test of "The Long Road to Life" also makes us full of confidence in the subsequent comic works, so Our initial plan is to set up ten comic project teams in the later stage to create ten comic magazines specifically for these ten comics. The content is not enough and advertising will be used to make up the content. At that time, we will add a little plot and some youth advertising.
After "The Long Road to Life" has been serialized for a few more issues and the readers have stabilized, we will split "Dragon Ball" and "Detective Conan" from "The Long Road to Life" into two serialized magazines.
We issued it for the first time this Friday. We only stocked 10,000 copies on the first day, and printed an additional 20,000 copies on the second day. Today is the third day, and the stocking quantity has reached 30,000 copies, but The logistics department told me that today's 30,000 books are almost finished. Many bookstores called to place orders at noon. We can only satisfy some bookstores at the moment.
However, we estimate that they will be sold out today. This is the peak of sales. Sales will decrease next. Selling 100,000 copies is already beyond imagination.
At present, we are preparing to bring the comic weekly into our traditional Chinese markets such as Wanwan, Haojiang and Singapore. By then, it will not be a problem to have sales of 200,000 or 300,000. If ten comics are serialized at the same time, the ideal situation is that we will have one issue It can sell millions of comic weekly copies, and with the addition of advertising fees, Chiayi Media Company's revenue will definitely make it the leading company among the many subsidiaries of the Su Group.
In the future, when we open up more overseas markets, our income will be even greater. Japan, for example, has a population of 115 million, and there are a lot of teenagers who like comics. If we can develop the market there, , our income is at least dozens of times that of Xiangjiang. ”
Li Shuai introduced the recent development of the comic department in great detail. At the end, he was extremely excited.
He had never thought that a media company that was on the verge of bankruptcy would Not only can it be revived, but it can also become a company with a monthly revenue of tens of millions, and this revenue is still rising.
This revenue capability is already greater than that of many listed companies in Hong Kong. < br>
"You have done a very good job. After these comics have passed the test of the Xiangjiang market, we will promptly explore overseas markets. Comics or literary works are different from other products and are very susceptible to piracy. Therefore, in addition to Wanwan and Xinjia In addition to the markets we can control such as Po and Haojiang, we should expand sales channels in the form of cooperation in other markets.
In this era, it is inevitable for publications to be pirated by pirates. , We can still suppress these pirates in Hong Kong, but not overseas.
As the saying goes, a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake. It is impossible for us to monopolize all the profits. If we can't beat the locals, we might as well open up cooperation and cooperate with the strongest overseas publishers, give away part of the profits, and let local partners deal with these pirates. In this way, we can not only quickly open up overseas markets, but also let local partners deal with these pirates. It can also occupy more markets.”
Yang Chaoye is indeed an experienced professional executive and passed on some experience to Li Shuai.
"I very much agree with Mr. Yang's words. Mr. Li, your company's next development strategy should be based on this." Su Cheng nodded.
(End of this chapter)