Chapter 34: Investing in Phoenix
Shen Jie was a good talker, and he really invited Meng Shu to drink mineral water, a medium-sized bottle.
She also bought a bottle herself, and the two of them sat on the bench on the street, Shen Jie didn't seem to want to continue talking, she gurgled like wine, and her petite face looked mysterious under the faint street lamp.
"Alright, I'll go back!"
Soon, Shen Jie stood up. She threw the empty water bottle out and threw it into the garbage bin ten meters away.
Meng Huo wanted to applaud her, this guy's skills are really good.
Shen Jie put on her hat, picked up the single book of "Detective Conan", waved her hand and turned to leave.
Meng Shu looked at her back, hesitated for a moment, and still shouted: "Hey, if you are homesick, you can sue me, I will invite you as much mineral water as you want." ”
"Hey, hey, don't just debunk other people's minds!" Shen Jie paused, then turned around and said with a smile: "I don't like boys who are too smart, but I will remember your words, and you can't just let me fly in the future." ”
"I'm not busy with work, I can come over."
Meng Shu smiled slightly.
He watched Shen Jie climb over the wall and return to the school, and only turned around and left after there was no movement.
In the days that followed, Meng Shu studied the new abilities while paying attention to the follow-up of the single book. The single book of "Detective Conan" has gradually been sold across the country, and sales have continued to rise, and readers from all over the world have rushed to buy it.
"The hottest original manga", "The manga masterpiece that sells as well as a best-selling novel", "The No. 1 detective manga in history", "The most collectible youth manga...... There are too many titles that have been placed on Detective Conan, and the most important of them is the fact that it defeated Sherlock.
The news media finally found such a topic, and naturally spared no effort to hype. And the result of this hype is that everyone knows the comic book "Detective Conan", which stepped on the corpse of "Sherlock" and gained a lot of attention.
Phoenix took the opportunity to fall into the ground, originally "Sherlock" had far more sales points in the mainland than "Detective Conan", but now where it appears, "Detective Conan" will appear.
When readers see these two comics, bookstore owners will tell them that "Detective Conan" is selling better than "Sherlock", plus the contrast between the cover and the image. Most readers chose Detective Conan, and the gap between the two is getting wider.
Five days later, the total sales of "Detective Conan" in China exceeded 8oo copies, faster than experts predicted, while the total sales of "Sherlock" in the same period were only 5oo copies.
The gap between the two is irreparable.
"I want to honestly say that Detective Conan is more interesting than the novel adaptation, not only because we can't predict what it will do, but more importantly, because some of the comic book techniques used, his storyboards, characters and environmental details are well done, and the pacing is very suitable for comics, which are the most lacking skills in comics that focus on adapting the content of the novel."
"It's surprising that there are such works of original comics, but the adaptations of novels are not as good as those of mystery novelists, who are always writing boring things. Both the mach teacher and the reasoning association lost, and "Detective Conan" is indeed worth recommending. ”
"It's good to draw detective stories with a young mind. The graphics are excellent, and looking at the comics feels like looking at the scenery, and he is still improving, and I think one day he will depict the story as beautiful as the movie. ”
There are also many reviews from veterans on the Internet, which represent that "Detective Conan" has entered the eyes of the upper echelons.
It has gradually invaded all walks of life and become more and more influential, and Phoenix has received copyright requests from many writers, film companies, animation companies, and even game companies, and of course the final decision on these copyrights is still in Meng Shu's hands.
"Detective Conan" has not been around for a long time, and even if the copyright is sold, there is not enough content to support various adaptations and evolutions, and those companies and individuals just want to start in advance. But Meng was not short of money, so he refused.
While refusing, he was worried about how to explain the problem of sales to Li Qin. Meng was told that Li Qin's sales were 1 million, but now it has increased eightfold, and his royalty income is still more than 10 million after deducting taxes, and even 20 million Huaxia coins after a while.
What do you say about so much money?
However, just when Meng Shu hesitated, Li Qin inadvertently saw the news from the news, and when she saw it, the sales volume had already exceeded 8.5 million copies. Li Qin vaguely remembered that Meng Shu said that one million could have taken more than 2 million Huaxia coins, and 8.5 million could have been more than 17 million Huaxia coins?
She couldn't bear the stimulation and fainted.
Meng Huo was studying with Alice in the study at the time, and when he went out to see Li Qin fainting, both of them were startled. They hurriedly helped Li Qin to the room, took a towel to cover his face and took medicine, and it took a long time to make Li Qin wake up.
As soon as the mother woke up, the first thing she said was: "Xiao Xu, even if you become the president of the country in the future, I will not faint." ”
Li Qin accepted her fate, her son must not be viewed with common sense, and she will not feel strange if there is a big incident in the future.
When Alice and Meng were asked why she had fainted, they both smiled bitterly. However, this incident immediately brought a stricter problem, and Li Qin wanted to know what Meng Yu planned to do with the money.
Meng was told that she had no plans for the time being, and that it would be months before she could get the money.
However, at this time, Alice suddenly said something amazing.
"How about using that money to buy shares in the Phoenix Company?" The editor said with a smile: "Although 20 million can't buy a lot, the company will definitely be happy to sell it to you." ”
Her words were not groundless, in fact, this was the instructions given to her by the chairman of the Phoenix Company. "Detective Conan" will soon be able to give Meng a royalty of 20 million Chinese coins, but the biggest beneficiary of this comic book is not him, but the merchant Phoenix Company.
Phoenix has made the gains of the past year in the past few days, and the company's top management is ecstatic and at the same time afraid that Meng will jump ship and leave.
The preferential contract signed by Ye Xiong and Meng Huo could no longer reassure them, and after discussion, Phoenix Company adopted a more effective countermeasure, they wanted to turn Meng Huo into a shareholder of the company, and completely tied him together.
Undoubtedly, this is a very tempting condition.
Meng Shu thought about it for a few days, and in the end, it was not difficult for him to make the money he earned, regardless of whether he planned to draw other comics for the time being, "Detective Conan" alone still had a long lifespan, and dozens of single books were not a problem at all.
In that case, why give up this opportunity?
He decided to take a stake in Phoenix.
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