DAY 85 GETTING ON THE REST AGAIN (1)
Ai Fei yawned a big yawn and parked the car at the gate of the company. The quality of Mercedes-Benz is so good. The only problem is that there is no air conditioner! In this hot season, he simply thought he had returned to the world of global warming. Why is the weather so hot? Hell! Every time he got into the car, he felt like dough was put into a cage, waiting for the time to be steamed.
The hot weather made his spirit weak, and even the weekly regular meetings were in a hurry. Fortunately, after a period of operation, the company has formed an operating mechanism under the president and the editor-in-chief. Regardless of whether he is in the company or not, his normal operation will not be greatly affected.
Without any scruples, Ai Fei walked into the office: "It's so hot!"
"Yes, thank you for your hard work."
"It's okay." He handed the briefcase to the secretary and sat down in the seat: "Is there anything wrong this morning?"
"Only Torishima and Kato Kwan have come together and put a report on the magazine's distribution on your desk. Kato Kwan said that if there is any problem, they will come up immediately and answer it in person."
"Wait a minute. Do you know? Every time one person is added, the temperature in the room will rise twice! Well, is this the report?" He picked up the report from Yu Gong's mouth on the table and looked through it. This report is a report on the market preliminary survey and questionnaire that he specifically mentioned in the last company meeting, which he introduced more authors and works to the market.
Although he has been the president of the company for less than a year, Kato Maei and others have become familiar with his habits and behaviors. Faced with those boring and boring text reports, what he prefers to see is a description with specific numbers and proportions. This time the report is the same. In written text, there are survey data for readers everywhere. Through these data, Ai Fei found that 89% of the interviewees refused to reduce the publishing ratio of "Naru" in the future, and this number is 67% and 73% when facing "Crayon Shin-chief" and "Dragon Ball". If you think about it according to such numbers, your paintings are still very marketable!
Take up the suit on the back of the chair and put it on: "Call Kato and Torishima and ask them to come up. Oh, don't have coffee, just change to tea."
"Hi!"
When Kato Maichi and Torii Ankang came in, Ai Fei's cheeks and forehead were already covered in sweat, but in order to maintain the minimum politeness, he was still insisting: "Mr. President..."
"I've read the report!" Ai Fei nodded: "It's true that he is Kato Jun, who was once the editor-in-chief of the School Children's Club. The report he wrote is indeed different from others! I have known for a long time that giving you this job is the most correct choice! Oh, Torishima Jun is doing a good job."
The two bowed slightly and expressed their gratitude to him: "The data... What I don't understand is that have other authors conducted similar market research on their works?"
"..." Kato Qian was stunned for a moment: "Sorry, we only conducted this matter on the work of Mr. President."
"I understand." Ai Fei patted the report on the table: "My opinion remains unchanged. I will release as many works as possible by other authors to give readers more choices."
"If you do this, it will be very difficult. If you forcibly remove some of the works that are very popular with readers, it will cause readers to be dissatisfied with the magazine and will also cause our magazine sales to decline."
"I understand all these." Ai Fei stood up and walked around the office a few times: "There are other varieties of similar magazines available to readers in the market now?"
"Are you talking about other comics?"
"Yes."
“So far, no other magazines have been found to be mainly published in comics.”
"In other words, there is only one "jump schoolchildren's animation club"?"
"Hi! That's it."
“What is the second sales volume in April?”
“It’s 1.39 million copies.”
Ai Fei rolled his eyes: "If this happens, even if it is reduced, it shouldn't be much different. Kato-kun..."
"Hi!"
"The content of the first issue of May has been confirmed now, right?" After receiving a positive reply, he continued: "Magazines that have confirmed the content should not be changed for the time being. Starting from the second issue of May, reduce the publication of the above three comic works, and give the spare pages to other authors' works, Torishima, and which works to use and which works, please consult with Kato. After the second issue is launched, continue to conduct a market research with Tanaka Jun of the Public Relations Department to listen to readers' feedback. If the problem is not very big, continue this process."
"Hi! We get it."
"That's it. Please."
The two of them were about to bow and leave, but they stopped him again: "Kato, how many issues have "Nao" been published so far?"
This question made Kato feel sad. How did he remember how many issues he published? Or Ankara Torihiro, he just hesitated for a moment and immediately replied to him: "As of the second issue in April, Naruto has published a total of 156 issues, including 43 issues issued by Mr. President alone, and 113 issues issued after the merger."
"It's already a big number, isn't it?" Ai Fei said with a smile: "Maybe, it's time to operate our animation department again."
"Eh?" Torii Ankara was shocked: "Anime? Mr. President, the work of anime has not been... Mr. Yamashita..."
"Did you want to say no?" Ai Fei shook his head: "One time and another time. Naruto has already had a certain position in the hearts of readers. I just read your report. Those who support Naruto account for the largest proportion of the total number of readers and have received the highest recognition. In this case, I think it is the time to launch the anime on the market."
Niaoyu wanted to persuade him a few more words, but Ai Fei interrupted him: "I will explain this in detail at the company meeting next week. You... please go down and prepare the corresponding work first."
“…Hi!”
After the two of them walked out of the office, Yumiya Jingzi suddenly said: "Does Ai Jun really want to temporarily remove part of your work?"
"Yes, what, do you have any problems?"
"Ah, no! Of course not, but many people...even me, they like the characters you write very much! Especially Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, Gaara, Kakashi in Naruto, are all very likable characters! Not to mention the characters in Shin-chan Crayon... Why, are you going to say goodbye to these people?"
"Don't worry, it won't be as fast as you imagined. Moreover, the printing and distribution of magazines in the future will enter a new era. At the appropriate time, the release of "Jump School Children's Animation Club" will be changed from two issues per month to one issue per week. More magazines will have more space to show different works. Readers will choose different content and stories to read according to their preferences, including several of my works."
His explanation finally made Yugong feel relieved: "That's good." After saying that, he quickly apologized: "Look at me, how rude I am?"
Today and tomorrow are all three updates, and Sunday is due to work, the update will be temporarily stopped for one day. Do some preparations for Monday's release.
Chapter completed!