Chapter 15 Soaring Sales
Two days later, the day when "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" was published in "The Good News Magazine", Zhao Chen got up early that day and left his home with the drawings he had drawn in the past two days, and headed towards the bus stop.
I looked for two newsstands along the way, but I didn’t see the “Good News Magazine”. I didn’t find it until I found it in the newsstand near the bus stop. This has to be said that the influence of “Good News Magazine” in Xiangjiang is really average.
In the newsstand, Zhao Chen bought the latest issue of "Good News Magazine", and stood next to the newsstand to watch, and observe the people who came to the newsstand to buy newspapers or magazines.
After taking a look at the cover of "Good News Magazine", I found that it was a colorful cover of Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling wielding swords and dancing, which looked more heroic and elegant. Zhao Chen just took a look and then opened the magazine casually and watched it absent-mindedly.
Overall, "Qingbao Magazine" is very ordinary, similar to most magazines in the world, and there is no outstanding feature. This is also something that Zhao Chen is a little helpless. But even so, he will not care about such things. After all, "Qingbao Magazine" was not founded by him, and he has no obligation or responsibility!
In my observation just now, only two people bought this issue of "Good News Magazine", which was because the cover attracted them. After all, the painter of "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" can be said to have surpassed this era for more than 20 years.
However, the two of them hurriedly bought the magazine and left. They didn't watch it next to them like Zhao Chen, but planned to watch it again on the road or on the bus.
In a helpless manner, Zhao Chen had to get on the bus and planned to go to Chaiwan so that he could hand over the past two days to Shangguan Xiaobao. And he had another decision that was very crazy for other cartoonists, that is, he would conduct a three-day magazine!
Yes, it is not a weekly magazine, but a three-day magazine. Comics are published in one issue every three days. For most cartoonists, this is an impossible task, because even if they can be completed, it will often seriously affect the quality of the comics. It is precisely because of this extremely difficult level that Niu Lao will achieve such a feat after more than ten years.
But this is not much difficult for Zhao Chen. At his current speed, he can reach the level of a third-day magazine. If he has an assistant in the future, even a second-day magazine can do it. Not only will it not reduce the quality, but it will not also reduce the number of magazine pages.
Not long after Zhao Chen got in the car, a young man sitting next to him suddenly put down the Oriental Daily in his hand, pointed to the Good News Magazine in his hand and said, "Brother, don't you read it? This cover looks good!"
"I have read it. If you want to see it, I'll show you!" Zhao Chen could naturally see the young man's thoughts, but I didn't refuse, so I handed the "Good News Magazine" in my hand to the young man.
"Thank you, brother!" The young man said thank you, looking at it with a little anxious look.
The first issue of "Good News Magazine" only serialized twenty pages. The content in it is explained in one sentence: Yu Wen and the story of killing the Yangzhou Shilong to seize immortality! But the young people were interested in reading it because Yu Wen and the battle with Shilong were indeed quite exciting, and the picture was also quite good, which shows the superb painting skills of the cartoonist!
The most important thing is that it is still in Xiangjiang in 1979. Even if anyone is a comic lover, who has seen such a brilliant comic, he is even half better than "Little Hooligan" in terms of painting skills, because "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" was only drawn twenty years later, so it is naturally more brilliant than the current comics. In particular, the fights in the comic version of "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" are even more exciting, which makes many readers who have read the comic version and the novel version think that the comic version is more exciting, and it would be strange if young people don't fall into it.
"Ah, why are there no more? I'm seeing the key point! Did Yu Wen and the one who had been seriously injured and escaped? Did he get the Eternal Life Art? Why did he stop at the critical point? Alas, it seems that it will take at least a week to wait, and it's not easy to survive during this period!"
The young man sighed lightly. He was a comic fan. This view made him fall in love with "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty". The gorgeous pictures and passionate fighting style all attracted the young man and made him unable to extricate himself.
When the young man was about to return the "Good News Magazine" to Zhao Chen, he found that several people standing next to him were looking at him. Rather than saying that they were looking at him, they were reading the "Good News Magazine" with a more gorgeous cover!
"Brother, look at how you just now, this should be a good comic. Can you lend it to me? Soon." A burly man standing next to him suddenly spoke, but his eyes were staring at the "Good News Magazine". Kou Zhong, who looked fierce and mighty on the cover, attracted his attention, while the elegant and handsome Xu Ziling was ignored by him.
The young man did not hand the magazine to the big man. Although he was a little afraid of the pretty burly man, he still said helplessly: "Brother, if it is mine, I will lend it to you, but this magazine belongs to this brother. I just borrowed it from him, so I can't make any decisions! However, this new comic is really good, especially in the painting and fighting. I will get off the car and buy one later!"
The young man said this and immediately diverted the man's attention. He said to Zhao Chen a little impatiently: "You little brother, can you borrow your magazine?"
"Yes!" Everyone said this, what else could Zhao Chen say? Not only that, he was happy to see it. Because as long as he gained more recognition from more people, the sales of magazines will also increase, and his sense of accomplishment will be more satisfied!
"Thank you little brother!" The big man immediately thanked, took the magazine from the young man, and stood up and started reading it.
"I really can't tell that this guy is actually a comic fan. He really can't use his appearance to judge a person's preferences at will!" Zhao Chen thought so in his heart as he looked at the urgent actions of the man when he flirted with magazines and the fanatical expression on his face.
What made him even more puzzled was that the men standing next to the big man stretched their necks and started reading it. Perhaps it was because they were too bored to stand, so there were better comics to read at this time.
"Thank you, little brother, this comic is really good! After getting off the car, I will buy one too!" After a while, the big man handed the magazine to Zhao Chen with a simple and gratitude expression on his face.
"No need to thank you!" Zhao Chen took the magazine and just glanced at it and found that the magazine was similar to when it was lent out, without any trace of damage, and even the wrinkles were almost impossible to see. This made him sigh that people at this time were still very principled, unlike later generations who used to lend things to others, and when they were returned, the new ones would become old, and they did not care about other people's items at all.
After a few turns to the bus, Zhao Chen took more than ten minutes to walk to the Holy Fire Publishing House with his unforgettable memory. Sometimes he was really moved that it was very convenient to have the ability to remember everything.
"Zhao Chen, you're here just right, sit here!" Seeing Zhao Chen come in, Shangguan Xiaobao immediately called him over. His face was obviously a little excited. He is not only the boss of the Holy Fire Publishing House, but also Zhao Chen's editor-in-chief, responsible for Zhao Chen's comic affairs.
The main responsibility of the comic editor is to edit manuscripts and typeset them. One period of time and one volume of exciting or touching comics is also inseparable from the finishing touch of the editor, and the patience, meticulous review and editing of the comic editor. It can be said that the editor-in-charge has a great influence on cartoonists and can help cartoonists avoid many detours, but this has undoubtedly had a much smaller effect on Zhao Chen.
"Uncle Shangguan, what's wrong?"
"Just just now, the publisher staff came to report that today's "Good News Magazine" has been sold out. Several newspaper stand owners called us to print it and send it over quickly! Do you think this is a good thing? Yesterday, we printed 20,000 copies of "Good News Magazine" as before, but we didn't expect it to be sold out so soon. According to today's trend, today's sales may reach 30,000 copies! This is all your credit. "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" has received a very good response in the market!"
Chapter completed!