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71 Warmth

Back at the office of the school club, three o'clock in the past 5 minutes. After receiving the notification from Sakai Shima, everyone was waiting in the conference room. Ai Fei quickly took off his coat and handed it to Yumiya: "Pour me a cup of coffee. Who else needs it?"

“…………”

"Just pour me a cup."

"Hi!"

"Sit all." Ai Fei waved his hand and sat down first: "Today is the day when the new issue of the School Children's Club is on sale. Many colleagues have seen it at the sales points in the city, and the situation is quite good. Of course, there are many problems. The most important thing is: First, some areas have been released early. Second, readers have a good impression of this work and the impact of the release time. I don't know if it is because our preliminary publicity work is not done properly or the readers do not recognize it? Fujijun, you are responsible for the early publicity work. What explanation do you have?"

Such words are equivalent to holding accountable. Fuji Takeuchi dared not neglect and immediately stood up: "I'm very sorry. Because my job is not in place..."

"It's not the time to apologize. How could the situation become like this? Don't you know that if such a thing is exaggerated through newspapers, all our efforts will be in vain! Not only will readers lose confidence in our next issue of magazines, but the public will also suspect that our hype this time is a malicious joke!"

"Hi Yi! I will be serious about the issues reflected in this sales..."

"Sit down." Ai Fei suddenly interrupted him: "Xiyi, tell me what you think?"

"Hi! I think that although the development of things has been beyond our expectations to a certain extent, it is not irreversible. Especially since many readers are waiting in the cold wind, it further shows that our works can still be recognized by readers. It is our early publicity and other works that have laid a good reader foundation, which has caused the situation today. As for the early release of some places, I think it can be understood as a helpless move that does not want to see more people suffer in the cold wind."

"...I personally think that readers like and buy works, this is just because the public is not used to such a newly emerging way of selling. They never thought that someone would really follow the scheduled sales period. Therefore, it was a situation where people waited a long time before 12 o'clock. In their opinion, it might be better to implement the method of buying as you go, right?"

"……………” Ai Fei's expression was obviously slowed down: "Well, Nishio Jun said it makes sense. What do you think about other sales points that were released in advance?"

"Uh... the situation of these sales points is because they also consider the readers... waiting in the cold wind, so..." Fuji explained incoherently, as if he wanted to plead for these people.

"Thank you." Ai Fei took the coffee handed over by Yumiya Jingzi and took a sip: "After you go down, you draft a resolution and send it to each sales point. All locations that are sold in advance will be stopped from next month! The extra parts will be distributed to other sales points that act at the prescribed time."

"Mr. President, isn't this decision too cruel?"

"Since you have set rules, you must abide by them. Those who do not abide by them will be punished accordingly!" Ai Fei waved his hand: "If you let go of it gently, what should you say to those who are well-mannered? Don't discuss this matter anymore. Fuji-kun...?"

"Hi!"

“How is the situation in the advertising department?”

"Very good!" Speaking of this topic, Fuji unconsciously raised his tone: "It was just three hours before the president came back, and I received no less than 45 phone calls, asking me to take advantage of the big sale of comic boys to launch their products as early as possible. However, the earliest schedule will continue until February next year, so I can only say sorry to them. Haha..."

In a happy mood, he chuckled: "However, Mr. President, the Advertising Department staff think, can we add some advertising layouts appropriately?"

"Absolutely not!" Ai Fei flatly rejected his proposal: "To some extent, publishing houses can be regarded as the entertainment industry, and one of the most important principles that this industry should maintain is to make readers and audiences dissatisfied with desires. To put it simply, it is to maintain a certain sense of market hunger. Only in this way can we control the initiative."

"……………” Fuji didn't understand what he meant, but had to choose to obey.

Ai Fei smiled: "Although the layout cannot be increased, it can increase some necessary expenses. Fuji-kun...?"

“Hi Yi.”

"Whoever says hello to the advertising merchant, who is willing to put their products on the advertising page in advance can do so by increasing the cost."

"Increase the fees?" Fuji immediately understood: "But, sir, will this harm the interests of those guests who signed advertising contracts with us in advance?"

"It's always OK to squeeze in. If there are too many people willing to spend money, we will consider other ways."

"Okay, I get it."

"What's the situation with Yuwu?"

Fuji was stunned for a moment and immediately reacted: "Hi! The cost calculation of Yuwu is in progress. The specific data will be sent to the president for review before tomorrow evening."

"Very good. That's it." Ai Fei once again picked up the coffee and took a sip: "The next issue is about work next year. There are a large number of comic readers from the public, which can be seen from the recognition of our magazine when it was newly launched. I think there will be many authors who are working hard to create their own creations, hoping to become a member of the improvement of their lives with the paper and pen in their hands. Niaoyujun..."

"Yes, Mr. President."

"I said at the last time at the meeting that I would like to gather some potential readers to tell them about the future development of the comic industry and the types that readers like, and we should give them the editor's opinions. Let them be targeted and not just do useless work."

"I understand. I will arrange this work next year."

"The end is about the animation studio of "jump". Many people are not very interested in the small studio I created at the time. Even after my request and order, some people began to care about the performance of the studio. Is this the case?"

Fuji Takeuchi's face turned red, he said a few words, and said nothing.

Ai Fei didn't care: "After three months, both the work and achievements of the studio and the school club are obvious to all. The publishing of "Crayon Shin-chief" and "jump" magazines and the publishing of comic boys each have their own markets and readership groups. Today, it is time to consider combining these two magazines. I think the merged magazines will definitely create a miracle of sales. What do you think?"

"Mr. President... I don't know if these two or three works in your conception will be sold in the future or will they be distributed in one magazine?" Kato asked carefully, "If the current sales volume cannot be achieved, the printing, sales, and distribution of another work will inevitably have an impact on other magazines."

"Jump will be released independently. "Crayon Shin-chan" can be collected into comic boys and released at the same time. If this is the case, I think the name of comic boys cannot be said to be very suitable for the style of our future works. If we want to change a more suitable name, I want to change the name to "Jump Manga Boy", what do you think?"

As the president, he said such words and made others object. The conference room was silent for a moment, and everyone nodded, as if they thought that this name was a good idea that could represent everyone's voice. Even if there were people like Niaoyu Ankang who were not very interested in this name, they wisely chose to shut up.

Ai Fei was happy: "If everyone agrees, the magazines we will launch from January next year will be renamed "Jump School Children's Animation Club". In terms of imperial dance, Merit Publishing House, and other corresponding publicity, they all need to be unified. I don't want some artificial low-level mistakes."

"I understand!" Seeing that the president had made up his mind, everyone had to choose to obey.

After everyone walked out of the conference room, Ai Fei drank all the remaining coffee and returned to the office. He saw Yumiya Jingzi sitting in his seat with her face lengthening, looking very unhappy: "Hey, what's wrong with you?"

Yugong Jingzi calmed down and quickly replied: "Ah, nothing."

"Are you uncomfortable?" Ai Fei walked to her and looked down at her beautiful face: "It's not that I'm sick when I went out just now, right?"

"No." Yumiya Iko thought for a moment: "Hey..."

"Hey? This seems to be a very strange name. Are you calling me?"

"I'm sorry!" Yumiya Jingzi bowed and apologized first, then walked to Ai Fei's desk, staring at him blankly: "Mr. President, I have a request for... you."

Ai Fei crossed his hands in a funny way and put them on his chin: "Tell me, what is it?"

"Can you please stop smoking?"

“Eh?”

"I'm very sorry, my...sir's father died because of too much smoking. I don't want the familiar friends and relatives around me to be hurt because of such reasons! So, please forgive my willfulness and recklessness."

Ai Fei smiled movedly, stood up from the chair, walked to her, and before she could react, she gave her a big hug: "Thank you, Ms. Yumiya Jingko! Your concern for me made me very, very touched! Well, it seems that I should express my gratitude to you with a raise?"

"Eh?" Yumiya Jingzi was stunned: "No, no, no, no..."

"Of course you said no, I'm just being polite. You didn't take it seriously, right?" Ai Fei laughed.

"You guy!"
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