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The release of "Son of Detective" by Zhongxia Company was also known to other people in Phoenix Company.

On April 26, the second day after the issue of "Weekly Boutique", that is, on Sunday, Alice came to Meng Huo's house to discuss countermeasures.

"When is your new comic going to be released?"

she asked.

"Let's release a preview on "Weekly Boys" and "Weekly Boutique" next week." Meng Huo thought for a while and replied, this new comic should not be abrupt, and the publicity work must be done in advance.

"That means the serialization will start next week, right?"

Alice nodded, she was very satisfied that the release time was only a week later than "The Son of Detective".

"Then I won't leave today, you show me that comic first." Alice said: "I need to know the content first, so that the company can formulate a promotional strategy when I go to work tomorrow, right...then It's a monthly magazine, right?"

She took out a pen and paper and began to memorize.

"Yes, the monthly magazine, the name is "Monthly Boys." Meng Huo nodded with a smile.

Alice was stunned, she didn't like the name: ""Monthly Shonen"? If only your comics, why not use your pen name? This way the effect is better, and the enthusiasm of readers is easy to catch."

He Xi is already a golden sign in the hearts of most comic readers. If a magazine is named after him, Alice absolutely believes that it will get twice the result with half the effort.

"My pseudonym?"

Meng Huo lowered his head and thought, this is also a solution.

"Then let's discuss it."

This Sunday, Alice and Meng Huo spent a rare day preparing to discuss the plot, and Shen Jie also participated. She knew nothing about comics, but she was very keen on naming the new magazine.

However at noon. Alice answers a phone call, and things change a bit.

"What's wrong?"

At that time, several people were just finishing their lunch. Alice left to answer the phone, and when she came back, her expression was very gloomy. Meng Huo felt a bad premonition in his heart.

"We underestimated Zhong Xia!" Alice sat down.

He said coldly, "A former friend called me just now and told me something."

"What's up?"

"The serialization of "Son of Detective" this time is not as simple as it appears on the surface. CCTV has purchased the animation copyright of "Sherlock"." Alice frowned slightly, and her expression became colder: "It has not been officially announced yet, but tomorrow's news The simulcast will definitely broadcast notifications, and the animation of "Sherlock" will be released simultaneously with the comic "Son of Detective."

Meng Huo was startled, the turning point was too fast. Animations are out!

"At the same time, this matter has been prepared very early. When you went on a trip, Zhongxia reached an agreement with CCTV and started making animations." Alice glanced at Meng Huo and said coldly: "And be in charge of this animation." The director's name is Su Yuhua, I think you should know him."

Meng Huo frowned, Su Yuhua. He does. This is the woman who came to buy the animation copyright of "Detective Conan", because she wanted to buy out the copyright at a low price and not allow him to interfere in the animation production, but Meng Huo finally refused.

At that time, Su Yuhua threatened to find someone else, but she did not expect that she would do what she said, and now she really found Zhongxia Comic to cooperate. CCTV plus Zhongxia, a powerful alliance, a terrible combination.

"Wait. What did you just say about the animation of "Detective Sherlock"?" Meng Huo suddenly thought, it's not right: "Not "The sequel of "Detective Sherlock", nor "Son of Detective"?"

"right……"

Alice nodded as a matter of course.

""Detective Sherlock" has no animation, how can the following works appear, but they have signed a cooperation agreement for two." She said: "This is a series of works, the first episode and the serialization of "Son of Detective" start unanimous."

This incident is actually not surprising. The progress of animation is faster than that of manga, and it takes longer to prepare. "Son of Detective" has not yet been released. If the first and sequels are skipped and the animation of "Son of Detective" is directly produced, it will not be released until several months later.

Zhongxia Company is of course unwilling to do this. When Meng Huo was traveling, they started to make the animation of "Sherlock", which just happened to be launched together with "Son of Detective".

I have to say that CCTV is very efficient. This is a countermeasure against Ninghai TV's "Pokemon", whose ratings have reached 45%. Although the rate of increase became slow, it far exceeded the ratings of "Tom and Mouse Couple". This incident caused a lot of public opinion pressure on the CCTV animation team.

CCTV launched a new animation, which is also bad news for Phoenix. Although it is not the same work, the animation of "Detective Sherlock" can also increase the popularity and sales of "Detective Son". Zhongxia and the CCTV animation team complement each other and achieve a win-win situation. Of course, Duke Anthony's salary must also be very high.

However, the news was not too bad. After all, it was not an animation of "Son of Detective", and the impact on the market would not be too exaggerated. Meng Huo still had confidence in his heart.

A hotel in Ninghai.

"Cheers!" The trio from Zhongxia Company sat down to eat together. Wang Zhe drank the wine in the glass in one gulp and laughed loudly: "It's cool, it's better to have a holiday. Minister, you should treat guests more often."

"It's a good idea." Yang Liang snorted coldly. As time got longer, the editor-in-chief of the manga became more and more enthusiastic with him. The cautious and careful look at the beginning is basically invisible now.

"You are incidental." Yang Liang said bluntly, he turned his head to look at Li Xin, and smiled: "You have worked hard during this time, "The Sequel to Detective Sherlock" ended wonderfully, and I am very grateful for next week's "Detective Sherlock." The sales of "Son" are full of expectations."

After nearly a month of serialization, Li Xin has successfully stabilized his position, and Yang Liang is satisfied with this.

"I will continue to work hard, Minister!" Li Xin nodded excitedly. Although he has experienced setbacks, his road is getting smoother and smoother. He will be recognized by people on the street, which was unimaginable a month ago. .

Many celebrities have become his friends, and those celebrities are also very envious of his speed of becoming famous.

"However, Minister..." After the excitement, Li Xin calmed down, and he asked with some concern: "CCTV launched animation, but will it increase our comic sales? Recently, the sales of comics in Ninghai have not increased. ..."

"Weekly Boutique" sold more than 1.5 million in Ninghai in the first week, but the current sales volume has hardly changed, unable to break through 1.6 million.

"There will be an increase, so don't take Ninghai seriously." Wang Zhe said with a smile on behalf of Yang Liang: "This city is different from other places, the market is already saturated."

Ninghai has always been at the forefront of the comics industry. Longteng and Phoenix companies have taken root in this city for several years and have already developed a group of readers. Last year, He Xi turned out to be born, and he brought several changes and struggles to the Ninghai comics industry. Today, in the whole of China, the city with the most mature comics market is Ninghai.

The manga readers in this city have reached their limit, and there is almost no room for increase in number. The main battlefields of Zhongxia Company and Phoenix Company have moved to other places, and in those places, Zhongxia Company has an advantage.

"Yes, don't worry! "Son of Detective" is in line with the preferences of Chinese people, and with the appeal of "Sherlock", it will be very popular." Yang Liang followed with a smile: "Next week there will be animation and comics. Launched, the influence of CCTV animation is very good, and with the high quality of "Detective Son", it is not a big problem to increase sales by half compared to now."

Increase sales by half. This is the middle sales volume chosen by Zhongxia Company between the best and worst estimates. After evaluating the influence of animation, Li Xin's strength, the quality of "Detective Son" and the comprehensive quality of "Weekly Boutique", it will not There is too much gap.

Now, "Weekly Boutique" has one-third more sales than "Weekly Boys", and after "Detective Son" comes out, it is equivalent to more than twice that of "Weekly Boys".

Back to how it was a month ago...

Phoenix Company can create a miracle once, but it is impossible the second time. China's third largest bookstore chain, the number of channels is not as good as one-fifth of Huamei's, and they are all located in second- and third-tier cities that overlap with Huamei Bookstore.

That is to say, it is impossible for Phoenix Company to improve its channels by forming an alliance with a certain company.

Thinking of this, Yang Liang became happy, and he took a sip of wine.

"That smiling little fox, he's out of luck this time!"

In the past few weeks, Yang Liang still hasn't forgotten He Xi's playfulness. He has never been tricked by a child like this, and he is still gnashing his teeth.