Chapter 31: The Times
The single book of "Detective Conan" was released one day, and the sales volume in Ninghai City exceeded 700,000!
On the 12th, Lai Lu, a comic news reporter who had just gotten up, received a call from her boss, she looked at the date, April Fool's Day has passed for half a year, how can there be such a ridiculous thing?
"Boss, don't tease me, I'll go to work on time today."
"Why am I teasing you early in the morning! Lai Lu, if you don't want to be fired, rush to the Phoenix Mansion right now, Xiao Wu has already passed, no matter who you two interview, you two must bring me the news back! ”
The boss yelled and hung up the phone, and Lai Lu was stunned for a long time before realizing that it was not a joke.
She didn't even eat and hurried to the Phoenix Mansion.
"Detective Conan...... 700,000 ......"
If this news is true, then the storm it brings is too great. Normally, the editorial department of "Weekly Boys" would not be interviewed easily, and Lai Lu had to block the door before they went to work, and maybe even one or two heavyweights.
But she was stunned when she arrived at the Phoenix Building, where dozens of reporters with microphones or cameras were already waiting.
"Can't they slow down!"
Lai Lu sighed secretly, and then joined his colleague Xiao Wu.
The news of the press spreads so quickly, which is why they are called paparazzi.
However, it is not surprising that there is such a scene in major news, and Lai Lu has basically determined that the news is true, otherwise it would not have attracted these reporters. She still remembered the smugness on the face of Mr. Mach, the author of "Sherlock" interviewed yesterday, and wondered how he would feel when he heard the news.
Lai Lu has a good impression of the handsome cartoonist, and she can't help but feel sad.
Mr. Mach is a talented cartoonist, and the sales of "Sherlock" are extremely hot, who would have thought that the record would be broken the next day? In today's results, the more genius Mr. Mach is, the more powerful the sales of "Sherlock", the more it shows the strength of "Detective Conan"!
The editor-in-chief of the comics of Longteng Company once said that no matter whether it is hostile or not, the road of a comic genius will always turn many people into stepping stones.
This sentence was originally a declaration of contempt for other peers of Longteng, but today it seems full of irony: the genius of this company is being surpassed by a rookie cartoonist, and no matter how much Mach teacher struggles, he will step on him.
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At eight o'clock in the morning, Alice took the makeup mirror and put on some foundation, and then rang the doorbell of Meng Huo's house.
"Oh, it's you, sister!"
Li Qin opened the door with a surprised face: "Come in, why is it so early today?" ”
"There is good news today."
Alice closed the door, changed her shoes and walked into the room, where she immediately found Meng Shu sitting at the dining table eating noodles.
"You're still having breakfast?"
"Yes, have you eaten, I'll get you a bowl."
Li Qin said and walked to the kitchen.
"Sister Qin, no, I've already eaten it!"
Alice hurriedly walked over to stop her, she was a little embarrassed, it was always not good to come over while others were eating.
"Then I'll pour you a glass of water."
Li Qin asked Alice to sit on the sofa, poured her a glass of water, and then went back to eat noodles.
At this time, Meng Shu had finished eating, he drank all the milk, dried his mouth with a tissue, and walked to Alice and sat down.
"What's the news?" He asked, and then looked at Alice's face strangely, "You seem to have dark circles under your eyes, didn't you sleep last night?" ”
Alice was shocked, didn't she cover it just now? Meng Huo's eyes are too powerful! Of course, this is just an accident, Meng Shu has been paying attention to the problem of dark circles in the past few days, so he inadvertently noticed it.
"It was a busy night last night." Alice smiled wryly: "Detective Conan is going to be reprinted, those bookmarks are being made elsewhere, and several editors haven't slept." ”
She regretted that if she had doubled the number of first prints, it would have been much easier now.
"Printing?" Meng Shu didn't think it was strange, Huaxia was so big, and the first printing of more than one million copies was definitely not enough: "How about the sales of the single book yesterday?" ”
"That's what I'm talking about!"
Alice immediately became excited: "You wait, I'll turn on the TV for you, there must be a morning news." ”
She turned on the TV and tuned to the Ninghai TV channel, and within a few minutes, the news of "Detective Conan" was played.
According to the news from this station's entertainment channel, the single book of "Detective Conan" released yesterday sold 850,000 copies on the first day in Ninghai, breaking the record of 700,000 detective comics created by "Detective Sherlock" the day before...... It is reported that "Detective Conan" is the first original manga to reach this sales, and experts predict that its final sales are expected to exceed 8 million copies, surpassing the adaptation of the popular novel, and this is only the first single book released by the comic......"
The TV scrolled through the sales boom of the bookstores, and then the camera shifted to the Phoenix Building.
"Front-line reporters report."
In the midst of a crowd of reporters, Ye Xiong, editor-in-chief of the editorial department of Weekly Boys, was blocked at the door and could not enter.
"Editor-in-chief Ye, the sales of the single book of "Detective Conan" have been true, do you think this is a miracle?"
Ye Xiong's face was visibly tired, but his eyes were very clear.
"Of course I don't think that ever since I received the submission for Detective Conan, I believed that it would one day!" He said in high spirits: "This sales are just the beginning, the comic industry has changed, it will no longer be a vassal of novels in the future, I believe that there will be more excellent original comics, and comics will become a new thing that can compete with any other cultural industry!" ”
"Editor-in-Chief Ye, although "Detective Conan" surpassed "Detective Sherlock" in sales in Ninghai City, but "Detective Sherlock" has a wider range of fans across the country, and the outcome is undecided.
"You don't have to beat around the bush, just ask me who will win!"
Ye Xiong glanced at the reporter who asked the question.
"But if you follow your analogy, there is no doubt that the teacher will be Zhuge ." He snorted coldly: "Teacher Mach can't be said to be Zhou Yu, it's a pity that the teacher's opponent hasn't appeared yet, and maybe it will never appear......"
Wow –
The reporters on the field were in an uproar, all shocked by Ye Xiong's declaration.
Meng Shu in front of the TV was also shocked by his attention, but he didn't expect Ye Xiong to come back with more exciting words.
"I believe that Mr. He Xi has opened an era of original comics, and I hope that all other cartoonists can realize this, use their wisdom and sweat, and catch up in this era, otherwise this will not be an era of comics."
"It's the time of what a pity!"