Chapter 35 Doubt
The editorial department of "New World" has been in chaos since the second day of the new magazine's sale.
The sales of the major bookstores are better than the past few issues, which makes the editor-in-chief feel that the sales of "New World" may show an upward trend for the first time after several consecutive months of decline.
The fact is the same. On the third day, major bookstores called for pre-orders one after another, and the new issue of "New World" had to print 50,000 copies. A day later, under the urging of the bookstore, the printing factory printed another 30,000 copies, which barely met the bookstore's demand.
More than half of the readers who were lost before came back.
The sales volume is temporarily not as good as the revised version of "Dreamer", and the revenue "Y's" brings to "New World" is not as good as "Shaky", but the editor-in-chief is very content.
After all, he didn't pay too much.
Coloring page, who is it for? Only 100 posters were printed and distributed to several large bookstores; as for the advertisements in the half-page magazine, only one page was added, and three advertising spaces were sold by the way.
Perhaps the biggest expense was printing Iori's color picture on the back of the questionnaire.
One should not be too greedy, he was already very satisfied with such a result.
The only thing that surprised him was that even though more magazines were released, the number of questionnaires received did not increase.
But even so, the magazine still received 60,000 to 70,000 questionnaires, and it was not difficult to extract a thousand of them.
After the results of the questionnaire were calculated, the editor-in-chief found Yan Qu with a smile, and handed her the statistical form, "Tell Teacher Shen Zheng, we must guard against arrogance and impetuosity."
Yan Yan glanced at the statistical results, raised his brows slightly, which was slightly inconsistent with his expectations, "Editor-in-Chief, I want to go to Mr. Shen's place and receive the original manuscript of Chapter 3 and the name of Chapter 4."
"No problem, these things, you can do it yourself." The editor-in-chief waved his hand, just took two steps, then turned around, "By the way, many readers have sent letters to Mr. Shen, you choose Send him some?"
"Okay." Yan Yu nodded quickly.
Letters from readers are of little significance to the author's creation. They just tell the cartoonists what they think, and some of the content even tends to be idealistic. If cartoonists care too much about readers’ opinions, the comics they create will easily go astray, and in the end there will only be one result—the collapse of the story.
Therefore, it is best for cartoonists not to read these letters related to suggestions, but the editor has no way to know the contents of the letter without tearing the envelope, so he can only choose some envelopes that are pleasing to the eye.
After packing dozens of selected letters into a paper bag, Yan Qu took the subway and hurried to Shen Xin's studio.
After knocking on the door, Yan Yu followed Qiao Yu into the room.
Ruan Ying held the D-pen and concentrated on drawing the background. Qiao Yu returned to her seat and picked up the net cutter to cut off the dot paper that needed to be pasted.
The completed manuscripts were lined up side by side and spread on the surrounding floor. Yan Tan knew that this was drying the ink on the manuscripts.
"Sister Yan, don't you accept the manuscript tomorrow? The manuscript is not finished yet...it may take a few hours. You should find a seat first." Shen Xin glanced at Yan Yu, then lowered her head.
"Can't you come over and take a look? "Y's" is in the market and has a great reputation, but you don't care about it." Yan Yan put the paper bag with the letter and the letter on the ground, looked around, but found no chairs, only a stool, and then Pull over and sit down first.
"What is there to care about?" Shen Xin put down the dip pen, took out a tissue, wiped the ink on her hands, and looked up at Yan Yu, ""Y's" has the ability to attract people's attention."
On this point, Shen Xin did not lie.
During the years when "I"s" was serialized, it was very popular with readers, and Gui Zhenghe was also called by many readers as the best cartoonist in "Jump" who can draw girls.
It's a pity that Shen Xin's artist has not been able to bring out the greatest charm of this comic, and he can only hope for a breakthrough in the future.
"That's right. In this survey, "Y's" did get the first place, but...not much ahead of the second place." Yan Qu smiled wryly.
"Ah? Isn't it?" Shen Xin couldn't believe it.
Even if his artistry is not as good as the original, the story is a good one and the chapters are just right. How could the number of votes not be high?
"I don't know, it's just more than 30 votes more than the second place. Although the magazine's sales have increased a lot, a few editors don't think it has much to do with you. However, the returned questionnaires are also It's really too little."
Thinking of this, Yan Yu was not in a good mood, especially that Li Jiming, who was in the office just now, said very firmly: "The sales volume this time has something to do with "Y's", but it's not too big, otherwise "Y's" wouldn't just be better than "Y's". The second place leads by more than 30 votes. This can only show that "New World" has bottomed out and rebounded, even if "Y's" is not there, it will still increase."
Bottom? hehe……
Then why didn't it bottom out in the last issue? Li Jiming clearly resented Shen Xin for taking away Gong Yan's front page.
Yan Yu lost a good impression of Li Jiming.
"Wait, sister Yan, are you saying that the sales of magazines have increased, but the number of questionnaires sent back has not increased?" This is the first time Shen Xin has heard of such a thing.
"Yes, to be precise, two or three thousand sheets are missing." Yan Yu also sighed, and she still hasn't figured out the reason.
"That's a strange thing."
The more magazines are sold, the more questionnaires will be sent out, and logically speaking, the more questionnaires should be sent back.
"Ahem... I should be able to explain one or two reasons for the doubts raised by Teacher Yan." Qiao Yu, who had pasted up the dot paper, sat up straight, turned and said to Yan Yu and Shen Xin.
"What's the reason?" Yan Yu asked in surprise.
Ruan Ying, who was standing on the background of the painting, also looked up at Qiao Yu, her eyes full of curiosity.
Qiao Yu took out a tissue to wipe off the ink on her hands, a rare smile appeared on her face.
"My neighbor is just a freshman in high school and is also a fan of comics. I met him when I went home two days ago, and he just bought a copy of "New World". Teacher Shen's work was published in this issue, so I also I want to know what they think of this comic. As a result, my neighbor said that he bought this magazine for his collection, and he bought a copy before."
"I bought one, so why did he still buy it?" Yan Qu was a little puzzled.
Shen Xin also nodded, he was also curious.
"He said that the previous one was torn up and used for publicity, so he bought another one for his collection."
God's propaganda!
Shen Xin has black lines all over her head.
He can understand buying another copy for collection; but after tearing up the other one, what the hell is it to use it for publicity? This is an authentic juvenile manga, not a book.
"I asked him again which comic he thought was the best, but he hesitated and couldn't tell. Then, I asked how about "Y's"? He said he didn't read it."
Hearing Qiao Yu's words, Yan Fan made a general guess, ""Y's" is on the front page, so it's impossible for readers not to know... Could it be that they are shy?"
Shen Xin rolled her eyes depressedly, the characters he drew didn't reveal any points, so what's there to be shy about?
"It's possible. After all, Mr. Shen's paintings are different from other people's. They are somewhat realistic. Many high school students have experienced secret love, so even if they like it in their hearts, they will not reveal it easily." There was no sound. Ruan Ying said suddenly.