Hong Kong Comic Master

"The latest issue of the youth magazine sold 43,000 copies on the first day, a year-on-year increase of 5%. It is expected that the weekly sales will exceed 72,000, a year-on-year increase of 2%..."

Xie Zhirong, the editor-in-chief of the second dimension magazine group, was talking incessantly in the conference room, while Li Wannian was dozing off below.

After five days in Neon, Li Wannian's comic serialization progress was seriously delayed, and he had to speed up the work.

In the past two days, Li Wannian slept for three hours in total.

It can be said that he has experienced the hardships of cartoonists when they update their comics weekly.

"At present, the decline in the sales of the magazine has stopped, but it depends more on the readers of the magazine itself. If there is no major change in the magazine, it will be difficult to have a significant increase this year!"

When Xie Zhirong was making a report, his eyes kept glancing at the dozing Li Wannian.

For the current predicament of the magazine, it is actually very simple to change it, as long as Li Wannian continues to draw "Death"!

But Xie Zhirong also knows that Li Wannian's decision will generally not change!

When Li Wannian was on a business trip in Neon, DreamWorks also held its annual meeting.

At the meeting, Li Wanshui, as the company's general manager, made an annual report.

According to DreamWorks' annual report this year, in the past year, the revenue of each subsidiary and department of DreamWorks has achieved explosive growth, and the average growth is even more than 100%.

With such an amazing growth rate, it seems that the company has a bright future!

Therefore, at the meeting, Li Wanshui also proposed the full-year goal of 79 and issued task indicators for this year to each department and subsidiary.

As the core subsidiary of DreamWorks, the two-dimensional magazine naturally also has task indicators, including: copyright promotion and income, magazine sales, structural optimization, etc., among which the most important sales target is a 200% increase.

Originally, it was possible for the two-dimensional magazine to achieve this growth target.

After all, in August last year, the magazine launched two more magazines, and the sales volume was naturally more than the situation when one was published.

But now, due to Li Wannian's non-cooperation and the deliberate suspension of "Death", the sales volume of "Weekly Shonen" magazine in January plummeted, and the original good growth momentum was interrupted.

If the sales volume in January is estimated, the magazine will definitely not be able to achieve its goal this year.

Therefore, the magazine is very anxious from top to bottom.

Xie Zhirong also knows that if the magazine wants to achieve its goal, it cannot rely on Li Wannian alone, and they also need to work hard.

But the magazine has become accustomed to the original fixed development model. Anyway, as long as they hold on to Li Wannian's thighs, the magazine can be the first in Hong Kong Island, so why should I give up?

Therefore, it is not easy to change their thinking immediately.

Li Wannian did not realize that Xie Zhirong was looking at him. He was still sleeping soundly, even until Xie Zhirong finished speaking, Li Wannian was still sleeping soundly.

"Ahem!"

He Bo saw that Li Wannian was still sleeping, but it was Li Wannian's turn to speak next, so he couldn't sleep anymore!

So he reminded him, but Li Wannian ignored it completely, or didn't realize it at all.

"Mr. Li, Mr. Li?"

Zhong Chuhong, who was standing next, came closer and shook Li Wannian gently, finally waking him up.

"Hmm? Is the meeting over?"

Li Wannian opened his eyes in a daze, thinking that the meeting was over, and was about to get up and leave.

Fortunately, he was held tightly by Zhong Chuhong, so he did not stand up in public.

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"Mr. Li, do you have any instructions for the current problems of the magazine?"

Uncle He, who always refused to give Li Wannian face when he was right, did not say a harsh word when facing Li Wannian sleeping this time.

This is because, before the meeting, Zhong Chuhong gave Uncle He a shot of prevention, telling him that Li Wannian had been very hard these days.

Although Uncle He usually had a sharp tongue, he was also a tofu heart. He did not want to see Li Wannian working so hard, so he slept, anyway, this was their family's business.

Is there a problem sleeping in your own home?

"What's the problem with the magazine? Sales? Just wait!"

Li Wannian said lightly, but the other editors were helpless.

Boss, this is your company, you should be more careful!

"The sales of the magazine are stagnant at present. We have to take some remedial measures!"

Xie Zhirong is still young after all. Seeing that his boss is so unmotivated, he speaks up boldly.

"It's not that serious. The sales haven't dropped much. It will get better later!"

Li Wannian replied listlessly and lazily.

However, Li Wannian's words made the other editors in the meeting room talk about it.

"Quiet! Everyone, be quiet!"

He Bo saw that the meeting room was too noisy, so he reminded them. However, the noise on the scene did not mean to weaken, but instead tended to intensify.

Seeing this, Li Wannian sighed and said to Xie Zhirong: "Editor Xie, do you have any good suggestions?"

Hearing Li Wannian asking for his opinion, Xie Zhirong cleared his throat and stood up.

"Mr. Li, first of all, Dragon Ball is about to be released in Japan. I hope our newspaper can advertise it extensively and use its good reputation in foreign countries to offset the negative public opinion in Hong Kong!

Secondly, we need to further explore new talents. We can hold a competition again this year to find authors suitable for publishing comics!"

Xie Zhirong seemed to be well prepared. He said a lot and was quite insightful, although Li Wannian didn't care about it.

The ideas are all good, but they are not very useful.

The serialization of "Dragon Ball" in Japan does help to spread his popularity and improve his reputation, but "Dragon Ball" itself is already very popular in Hong Kong Island, and it is not the popularity that caused the decline in magazine sales.

Secondly, to discover new talents, Li Wannian has been doing this two years ago, but it takes time to discover and cultivate new talents. This is a delicate job that takes time to grind an iron rod into a needle, and it will not work in a short time.

As for the sales of the magazine itself, Li Wannian believes that it will rebound sooner or later.

Now the comics have been updated for six pictures, and Wu Long, Le Ping, and Pu'er have appeared one after another, and the plot is about to enter the Xiao Gao Dynasty of Huoyan Mountain.

And the plot will only become more and more exciting and more and more powerful.

So Li Wannian doesn't need to do anything at all, as long as he draws comics well, sales will naturally increase.

Unfortunately, other people don't have the confidence and ability to predict the future like Li Wannian, so they don't understand Li Wannian's ideas at all.

"Okay, do it if you want to!"

However, Li Wannian agreed to all the suggestions made by Xie Zhirong.

After all, seeing the editors working so hard, if I don't let them do it, wouldn't it make them look useless?

Moreover, even if these things are done, it will not be bad for Li Wannian and the company.

"Yes, don't worry, Mr. Li, I will do my best!" Xie Zhirong's smile was beyond words.