Chapter 347: Sales Scheduled (Third Update!Ask for Subscription!)
After thinking about it, Le Yiling began to talk about happy things again: "You asked Chang Huanxi to find the group of people from the Shangmei Factory who went to Japan and asked them to contact Tokuma Yasukuai, and sure enough, he agreed to our use of his Tokuma bookstore channel to distribute comic books, as well as terms such as prices. Yasukushi Tokuma, www.biquge.info Pen Fun Pavilion, also agreed to send the first batch of 1 million manga weekly magazines to Japan, which is more than twice as large as our basic market in Xiangjiang!"
"Mr. Tokuma is a friend of our Chinese people, and he is a person who has a deep affection for Huhai Fine Arts Film Studio, so he is definitely willing to help. Yin Jun said, "What's more, the quality of our comic books is very good, and Mr. Tokuma can also see it." ”
In order to let Tokuma Yasushi see his strength, Yin Jun specially asked Chang Huanxi to go to Japan with a sample book of Manga Weekly, and visited Tokuma Yasukuai with Japanese animators, and showed him the Manga Weekly.
According to Yin Jun's half-baked Japanese, there is not much difference between the original Japanese comic books he saw in his previous life -- after all, these reporters have also lived in Japan for more than seven or eight years, and they are very familiar with Japanese language habits.
As long as you are not a fool, you can see the power of the stories in the comic book magazine.
In addition, Tokuma Kangkuai is an absolute Chinese fan, so he readily agreed to cooperate with Yin Jun.
The contract conditions given by Yin Jun are based on the thickness of the current manga weekly and monthly magazines in Japan, priced at a price of 180 yen, which is also about 3.5 Hong Kong dollars, and then subject to the arrival at the port of Tokyo and Osaka.
The landed price of Yin Jun is 6.5% off to Tokuma Bookstore, which is converted to 2.275 Hong Kong dollars, while Yin Jun's landed cost price is 1.875 yuan, basically only earning 0.4 Hong Kong dollars per book.
According to this price, plus shipping or something, the cost of getting the manga weekly is 7% off at most, and the wholesale price of the three major manga weekly magazines in Japan is 20% off, and from this point, the Tokuma bookstore can make a lot of money.
As for whether the number of 1 million copies can be sold out quickly, Tokuma Yasukuai himself is not too worried, because he is a journalist himself, and he has been a bookstore for so many years, so he must know what is a good manga and what is a bad manga.
But Mr. Tokuma also made a request. "That is, after the original proofreading of our Chinese came out, he wanted us to fax it over and let the Japanese side translate the Japanese version by themselves...... He said that although the level of this kind of translation is good, it is not so compatible with the language style of comics, and it is better to have someone do it. ”
"Yes. Yin Jun nodded.
To be honest, a volume is only 0.4 Hong Kong dollars, and 1 million copies are only 400,000 Hong Kong dollars.
But things can't just be seen that way.
If there was no Tokuma Kangkuai, Yin Jun would not have been able to enter the Japanese market so easily, let alone distribute 1 million copies as soon as he came up.
Although he is earning a little less now, Yin Jun is not just looking forward to the current 1 million copies, but also the 6.5 million copies of "Weekly Shonen Jump" in the future, beckoning to Yin Jun!
At the same time, the yen will continue to appreciate, and Yin Jun's profits will be even more at that time.
Besides, what about a single book? A single book sells for 300 yen in Japan, so how much does it cost?
There are also cartoons and various peripheral ...... Isn't it all money?
Compared to these, the money made by a small comic book to open up the market is completely negligible!
On the other hand, giving up this money and benefits and making friends like Tokuma Yasukuai is very beneficial to Yin Jun's development in the future.
In Japan today, there are definitely more people who know Chinese than in 30 years later, and Tokuma Yasushi quickly speaks fluent Chinese and can write beautiful brush characters.
A few years later, when he met Zhang Yumou, he surprised Lao Mouzi with his fluent Chinese, and the painting he gave to Lao Mouzi was treasured by Lao Mouzi.
Oh, yes, between the 80s and 90s, among the directors of Huaguo, only Lao Mouzi made movies alone and didn't care about the budget, the reason was because Tokuma Yasukuai was investing in him.
This Japanese Communist Party member, an absolute hardcore Chinese fan, was also broken by militants during World War II because of his opposition to Japan's invasion of China.
Ken Takakura's "Pursuit" and Momoe Yamaguchi's "Blood Suspicion" were introduced to China by Yasukushi Tokuma last year, and since the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, he has been promoting cultural exchanges between Japan and China, and he is a rare Japanese who is truly good for China.
That's why Yin Jun chose to cooperate with him.
Not to let Tokuma Yasukuai help himself, but to give Tokuma Yasukuai a chance to become Japan's most influential super culture and entertainment tycoon!
Comic Weekly is only a small part of the cooperation, and in the future, Yin Jun will hand over the distribution of his film in Japan to Tokuma Yasu, and even other import and export cooperation, etc., will try to cooperate with him.
Remember Yin Jun's strategy?
If we don't want Japan to be so strong that we don't want to be twisted into a rope, we have to have two opposing parties in Japan.
A group of people in Japan who are friendly to China in the future have been completely marginalized, which is why Koizumi and Abe are so unscrupulous, and if someone like Yasuya Tokuma, who is quite influential and has great wealth, disagrees with their approach, do you think Japan will still deal with China like that?
And this is also Yin Jun's consistent practice, just like Yin Jun treats Cheng Long, if you are good to us, then you should be rewarded, let those white-eyed wolves and centrists see that it is also a profitable thing to be friendly with the mainland, which can win more partners.
"In addition, I thought about it for a while, Tokuma Yasuai is still too careful, our manga will definitely not be bad!" Le Yiling said, "Do you say that we should first ship the scheduled 3 million copies to the port, temporarily store them, and when they want to add them, we can get them directly from Japan without being so hasty in transferring goods?"
"Sister, you are so smart!" Yin Jun's eyes lit up, "Let's do this!"
Tokuma doesn't know how powerful the manga weekly is, but Yin Jun knows!
Not to mention 1 million copies, 3 million copies, if they sell smoothly, even if it is 5 million copies, it will not surprise Yin Jun at all.
Take out a random copy of this, they are all super comics that have been tested by the market for a long time, if this doesn't sell well, it's definitely a problem with Yin Jun and the production team, and it has nothing to do with the quality of the classic itself.
Therefore, all the 3 million copies given to Japan are shipped to the ports of Japan at one time in advance, and the warehouse is rented for storage, so that the transportation cost can be saved, and the stock can be quickly replenished, so that it can quickly occupy the market and not consume the enthusiasm of readers in vain.
"As for the South Korean side, we don't have the channels for the time being, and we can't do it yet. Only after the word-of-mouth fermentation, they will introduce it themselves. Le Yiling said, "Otherwise, if the Korean version of the comic weekly is produced, and the cost is not available for a while, so much cost will be wasted." ”
"Yes. Yin Jun nodded, "There's no rush in this matter, as long as our fame is out, the Korean market will be ours!"
South Korea's pursuit of anime is a little worse than Japan's, but it's definitely very powerful.
It's just that Japan is the sworn enemy of South Korea, and many Japanese cultures are born with a disadvantage in South Korea, so the hegemons of Japan's three major manga weeklies have not set off much in Korea.
However, the sales of Japanese classic manga monographs are still very high in South Korea.
For example, "Dragon Ball", "Saint Seiya", "Slam Dunk", "Naruto", "One Piece", ...... Wait, that's a super popular comic book.
Now it has become a comic book produced by Xiangjiang, and originally Xiangjiang's movies and television are deeply loved by Koreans, so Xiangjiang's comic weekly naturally has no obstacles.
In addition, the names and other names have all been changed to Chinese names, which makes Koreans have no dyslexia - most Korean surnames are native to China.
However, the most famous publishing groups and bookstore systems in South Korea are relatively closed groups, and if you enter without any fame, you will inevitably be a little restricted, far less mature than the Japanese side of the market and the help of acquaintances.
Therefore, the idea of Leyiling is very correct.
"In addition to the two big markets of Japan and South Korea, I have already contacted the treasure island, and the freight is also out of us, and the price to Hong Kong is 6% off, which is contracted by three publishing houses, with 500,000 copies in one issue. Le Yiling said: "In addition, Nanyang, we only contacted Singapore for the time being, and they asked for 100,000 copies, or 6% off the price in Hong Kong." …… In this way, the number of copies we will publish in the first issue is scheduled to be 3.8 million copies, and in fact, 1.8 million copies will definitely be sold.
"It's the printing house that's under pressure, and I'm just worried that they won't be able to meet the needs when they work overtime. Yin Jun said confidently.
Le Yiling smiled unconsciously, this Ah Jun, although he is humble and low-key, and a bit of an idiot, he is full of confidence at all times, and there is never any difficulty to knock him down, this is a very good place.
"Then I'll tell them to print 5 million copies first?"
The normal capacity of the printing plant was expected to be 10 million copies a week for two shifts a day, but that didn't mean that it would have to print that much in the first place.
I'd rather wait until the market opens in the future, and then continue to print, and can't print 10 million copies directly, which is a waste of manpower and material resources.
"Okay, that's it for now. Yin Jun calculated, even if he wanted to print more, and then open a night shift, and become three shifts, the printing volume of a week would be 15 million copies, which would be enough to catch up with the gap before printing.
"We received a telegram that this time the German machine was expected to arrive three days ahead of schedule...... That is, if they can arrive in Hong Kong the day after tomorrow, the staff from Germany will also arrive in Xiangjiang by plane on the 17th. Le Yiling said, "Zhou Yuping and they have calculated, if the commissioning starts on the 18th, the construction can start on the 20th at the latest, so that we can sell together on Saturday, September 1st? It is expected that at that time, the ships to Japan, Baodao and Singapore will definitely arrive in Hong Kong as long ago." ”
Of the three major manga weeklies in Japan, except for "Weekly Shonen Jump", which was released on Monday, the other two were released on Wednesday.
On Saturday, there are also some monthly comics on sale.
Yin Jun pondered for a moment, there are some advantages and disadvantages to releasing on a rest day.
But if you think about the quality of your manga, it's not a problem at all when it will be released!
"Good!"
Yin Jun nodded, "Let's see how this first battle went!"
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