"The time is set, it's October 20!"
"That's only one week away!"
"It's just Chu Yu, in order to cope with this pamphlet sale, Xuangui and the publishing house that issued the pamphlet are going to let you On that day, a fan meeting and signing event was held in Magic City, so besides picking up this week's manga, I also came to discuss this matter with you, you see. Can you spare some time on that day?" Li Xi said.
"October 20th, Wednesday..." Chu Yu thought for a moment.
"Yes, no problem, I will ask for leave when school matters, comic manuscripts, etc., I will work extra work in advance to draw both works!"
"It's just...I'm afraid that something will be held then. The signing event is embarrassing if no one comes!" Chu Yu said.
"No one, what are you thinking?" Li Xi looked at Chu Yu speechlessly.
"Although you know that you don't pay much attention to the outside world, at any rate you are now the author of the second most popular manga writer among all the works that Hyungui is serializing now!"
"And Natsume Friends Account is among the female crowd. The hugely popular works are held in the magic city, how can no one come?" After
Li Xi finished speaking, he thought for a while and told Chu Yu more news.
"This time Natsume's pamphlet is issued. The publisher estimates based on the sales of works of the same level in our Water Edge Periodicals. The first three copies of Natsume's Friend's Book are scheduled to be printed in the first edition of 400,000 copies each, with a total of three volumes. With 1.2 million copies, people are so confident that you are worried that no one will come even if you hold an autograph meeting?"
"Really? Are there many people who come to the autograph meeting issued by the manga artist's booklet?" Chu Yu doubted.
After all, he saves others by himself. Anyway, he feels that no matter how much he is interested in a comic, he will not be interested in the creator of the comic, even if the author of the comic he likes is held next to the house where he lives. Chu Yu might not be interested in participating in such an event.
It's just that the first edition of every single book that Li Xi said had printed 400,000 copies, which aroused Chu Yu's interest.
After all, that's all money!
He now invests money in animation production, but he is very poor.
"Then Li Xi, based on the past situation, how much do you think the sales of Natsume's Friends Account will be?" Chu Yu asked.
"I thought you were really going to stay in Buddhism! You finally asked a question that normal cartoonists should be concerned about." Li Xi glanced at Chu Yu and continued.
"Normally, as long as the quality level of a work is maintained online, its single-line sales can be roughly estimated."
"Looking at the past sales of Longguo's very popular comics, generally speaking, its average volume sales volume. In the end, it was almost three times the sales volume in the first week of its release."
"Anyway, according to our conservative estimate, we think that the sales volume of the single volume of Natsume's friends account should reach more than one million after the release, but the upper limit is nowhere. It's an accurate estimate, so it's conservative. The first issue is set at 400,000 copies per volume, and then the later printing volume is adjusted according to the sales situation."
Chu Yu heard this information quickly in his brain and compared the two. The gap in comic sales in the world. In the parallel world of Japan, the ceiling of manga pamphlets is basically a slam dunk. There are masterpieces such as Pirates. The pamphlets are sold at 4 million volumes. However, in addition to a few manga that can achieve this result, other manga It's far worse. . In that world's top comics, the single-line book sales are already on the order of two million, which is already a popular comic. For example, works such as giants and hunters are all in this category. This is the ceiling of the world's comic book sales. In Longguo, due to demographic factors, works of the same quality often sell more. For example, Tang Xin's dream world...
Tang Xin serialized Dream World for three years, and the booklet of this work was sold to the thirteenth volume. Each booklet contained ten comics, but the total sales volume of the booklet could reach 31 million copies, which is an average volume of two hundred and thirty. Around ten thousand copies.
This achievement in Japan, which is a parallel world, is already a comic achievement comparable to an old monster like Fujian.
But in the Dragon Kingdom, this achievement just makes her barely qualified to enter the ranks of the top cartoonists in the Dragon Kingdom.
Note that it is active duty, and the old man in the comics industry who has already closed pens is not counted. Otherwise, even the top cartoonists who are still serializing comics in the Long Kingdom are not comparable to those old monsters.
But Chu Yu was also satisfied with this conservative sales estimate. After all, based on the average volume of the single volume, Chu Yu can serialize more than 50 stories about Natsume's friends in a year and issue five single volumes.
Calculated on the basis of the sales volume of one million volumes per volume, the total sales volume in one year is five million, and the single book price of 25 yuan per volume, and then Chu Yu's royalties are divided into 10%.
Then Chuyu can get more than 12 million Dragon National Coins by relying on the single-line book sales of Natsume's friends' accounts, plus various other incomes such as author's remuneration. Let's not say anything else, at least Chu Yu is now because The financial distress of investing money in animation production can also be alleviated.
And the millions of scrolls are just a conservative estimate of Xuangui. The reason for being conservative is that Natsume's Friends Account has not yet been animated, and the large number of animation fans has not been transformed into a group of comic fans.
Otherwise, if the broadcast of the animation and the release of the booklet were carried out at the same time, Xuangui would not be so conservative.
However, the animation broadcast of Natsume's Friends Account has been scheduled for April next year, which is only half a year away.
If you think about it this way, it's a matter of time and night. As long as the animation production is normal, Natsume Animation will definitely drive the sales of the single book of Natsume's friends' bills after the broadcast.
"Anyway, prepare yourself!" Li Xi said.
"You are now worried that no one will come by then. I think that there will be a lot of people who will come by then. I am afraid that you will be soft when signing and signing!
"After all, after Tang Xin had only experienced such a thing once, it has been two or three years now. When I mention events like autographs, fan meetings, etc., she refused with a face, and even preferred Going to work overtime to draw comics is unwilling to participate in such activities. "
"Not so exaggerated!" Chu Yu felt that Li Xi was a bit exaggerated.
"It's not an exaggeration, you'll go see it then!" Li Xi glanced at Chu Yu.
After speaking, he left soon.
Only Chu Yu was left alone to meditate.
The main significance of this kind of activity is the meeting between comic authors and fans. If it does go, it will be the second public appearance of Chu Yu's cartoonist career in the past few years.
The first time was when the Dragon Star Award was presented.
If it is not necessary, Chu Yu really doesn't want to participate in this kind of activity, because the higher the exposure, the higher the probability of being recognized. He doesn't really want the people around him to recognize him and affect his life.
However, such an event was held by the issuer of the separate booklet and Xuangui, and it would be inappropriate to not go.
People are helping you make money, but you want to be a salted fish. This is obviously unreasonable.
"Forget it, I don't think I have any attraction for people to come to interact with me, maybe there will be few people in the past, just do it, maybe the event is over!"
Chu Yu said Thinking, my heart feels a lot more comfortable.