Chapter 83

The first edition of "Y's" was 100,000 copies.

The editor-in-chief was extremely surprised when he received the report from the sales department.

Zombie Face's reaction was quite normal: "The sales volume of the first volume of "Y's" reached 230,000 copies. Even if the sales volume of the second volume is worse, it will not be less than 100,000 copies. Moreover, this is what the president meant. . Judging from my experience, the second volume is likely to be reprinted."

Of course the editor-in-chief believed Zombie Face's words, but he didn't expect that "soon" would be on the third night.

"The sales rate in the market has exceeded 60%, so we will add another 100,000 copies." Zombie Face informed the editor.

"So fast?" the editor-in-chief asked in surprise.

"The bookstores outside Yunhai City have digested 30% of them." Zombie Face said.

The editor-in-chief opened his mouth slightly, and his heart beat rapidly.

Bookstores outside the sea of ​​clouds also sold 30,000 copies, which meant that "Y's" was gradually gaining attention from domestic readers.

"By the way, driven by the release of the new book, the first volume decided to reprint another 20,000 volumes."

Originally, the first volume of "Y's" had been decided to be recalled, but now it was suddenly told to reprint it again, which made the editor-in-chief feel like he was dreaming.

"New World" has not appeared in such a work for a long time. Wait... Is "Y's" really likely to hit the "Newcomer Award"?

If so, the next step is to plan well.

The editor-in-chief rubbed his hands, and the excitement in his heart flooded his face.

"By the way, what's the situation with "Faltering"?"

"I don't know, there is no official data. But according to the news from the bookstore, its single-day sales volume is far from that of "Y's". Also, "Shaky" also has sales in China, but most of the sales are the first. volume, and it didn't sell as well as the first volume of Y's."

"oh."

The editor-in-chief breathed a sigh of relief. There are still a few days before the early morning of February 1st. If there are no accidents, Shen Xin's duel should be stable.

...

Chen Zijiao has slept poorly in recent days.

Originally, he wanted to go to Roaming Bookstore to read Shen Xin's jokes on the release date of "Y's", but he was disappointed, even a little uneasy and confused. It seems that not many readers came to buy "Y's". After six or seven hours, there are still readers queuing up?

By the way, at three or four in the afternoon, he couldn't wait any longer, so he ran back to the studio in despair.

He tried to calm down and draw the original manuscript, but the picture he drew never achieved the desired effect.

Today's situation still hasn't improved. Before dawn, Chen Zijiao opened his eyes, lying in bed repeatedly unable to sleep, and finally got dressed and came to his studio to draw the line draft that he hadn't finished yesterday.

Because of something on his mind, the G-pen in his hand is not as "obedient" as usual. He even feels a little powerless when he inks the lines.

In desperation, he put down the G-pen, leaned against the back of the chair, narrowed his eyes, unconsciously, his consciousness was in a trance.

After an unknown amount of time, the doorbell rang. Chen Zijiao suddenly opened his eyes, glanced at the alarm clock in front of the desk, and realized that it was already 8 o'clock.

He opened the door, Ruan Ying bowed slightly, and then followed him into the studio.

"I haven't drawn the original manuscript yet, so you clean it up first, and then I'll give you the original manuscript." Chen Zijiao said weakly.

Ruan Ying was slightly taken aback, she could see that Chen Zijiao was in a bad mood, could it be because of the duel with Shen Xin?

Thinking of this, Ruan Ying felt a little guilty. The trigger for this duel was her job-hopping with Qiao Yu. If she lost this duel, her situation would not be very good.

"By the way, where is Qiao Yu? He usually comes early." Chen Zijiao thought of Qiao Yu.

"Ah? He... Didn't he tell you yesterday..."

"Yesterday? Oh... I remembered.

He said he wouldn't come today, right? I haven't been in a good mood for the past two days, and I almost forgot about it. "

After Ruan Ying and Qiao Yu arrived, he did not resign his other assistant, Xiao Liu, so he still has three assistants, but the other one is farther away and arrives later every day.

Ruan Ying laughed awkwardly, not knowing how to answer.

At this time, the doorbell rang again, and Chen Zijiao turned around and asked, "It should be Xiao Liu."

"It's possible..." Ruan Ying opened the door, but saw Wang Wenhong standing outside, "Wang Bian, why are you here?"

"If you have anything to do, ask Mr. Chen."

Seeing Wang Wenhong frowning tightly, Ruan Ying didn't know why, but she still made way for him.

"Brother Wang, what can't you say on the phone?" Chen Zijiao asked.

"I can't tell you clearly on the phone." Wang Wenhong took a deep breath, "I got more accurate information from the store managers of major bookstores and Yunhai's editorial circle. The total sales volume of "Shaky" has been surpassed by "Y's" Overtaken."

"So fast?" Chen Zijiao couldn't believe it.

There are still three days before the early morning of February 1st. How come it was overtaken so quickly?

"The sales volume of "Y's" in the domestic market continues to rise. The first volume has been reprinted with 20,000 copies. It is estimated that there may be reprints in the future, let alone the second volume. "Punishment", but the gap between "Shaky" and it is likely to widen."

When Ruan Ying heard Wang Wenhong's words, she opened her mouth slightly, looked at Chen Zijiao, and then at Wang Wenhong, feeling her hands and feet were cold.

Once "Shaky" loses the duel, it means that she can only work here for a month at most.

"How did this happen?" Chen Zijiao's eyes widened, "Didn't you say that "Shaky" has risen to the third place in the "Dreamer" survey?"

Wang Wenhong sighed, "That's right, but you have to be clear that the second volume of "Faltering" does not have the content you are drawing now, not to mention that "Y's" has been the first in the questionnaire of "New World" in recent months. name. There is a gap in the quality of the single volumes of the two comics.”

"Then why do you still let me confront "Y's"?" Chen Zijiao's face turned red, and he was a little mad.

"Since you started to leave Su Han's text aside, the gap between "Shaky" and "Y's" has gradually widened. Can't you see it? Not only that, even in "Dreamer", the ranking of "Shaky" is also high. Gradually reduce. If you don't fight hard, you will have no chance at all." Wang Wenhong said.

"Then... what should I do now?" Chen Zijiao panicked.

"The only thing we can do is to appeal to readers on Weibo to buy the booklet of "Shaky"." Wang Wenhong gritted his teeth, this is undoubtedly Chen Zijiao's last hope.

Chen Zijiao remained silent, turned around and walked towards the studio.

"By the way, isn't Qiao Yu here yet?" Wang Wenhong remembered that Qiao Yu came early every day, but today, Qiao Yu's workbench was cleaned up very clean.

"He has something to do today, I'll let him rest for a day." Chen Zijiao pushed open the studio door and said casually.

Ruan Ying quietly raised her hand, "Bian Wang, actually, what Qiao Yu meant was not 'not coming today', but 'not coming from today'."

"Ah? What do you mean?" Wang Wenhong asked in surprise.

Chen Zijiao also stopped, turned around, and looked at Ruan Ying in shock.

Is this what Qiao Yu said yesterday?

It's possible, after all, he was in a trance, he might have misheard, but... But why is he so aggrieved?

Ruan Ying smiled awkwardly, "That is to say, he resigned."

quit...

"He offended Shen Xin, and now he's doing this again, does he still want to hang out in the sea of ​​clouds?" Chen Zijiao growled.

"He's going to Hongchuan for a while... It seems to be the ticket for today." Ruan Ying said.

"What about the wages? Haven't you paid the wages for this week?" Wang Wenhong asked.

Ruan Ying scratched her head, with mixed emotions in her heart, "Mr. Shen asked Yan to edit it not long ago, and gave him a reward of 20,000 yuan for the booklet, so I shouldn't be short of money recently."

Chen Zijiao opened his mouth slightly and was speechless for a long time.

Wang Wenhong clapped his hands helplessly, now he finally knew how Shen Xin was feeling at that time.