Zhou Wei was the owner of a bookstore. The only thing he wanted to do now was to lie under the blanket and sleep a little longer. Yesterday's weather forecast said that the temperature would drop drastically today. As expected, it really dropped several degrees today. If he had a choice, Zhou Wei would definitely choose to stay in his warm bed. Unfortunately, he was the owner of a bookstore. Every day he closed his shop meant that he would lose a day's income.
But even so, he still opened his shop much later than usual. When he opened the shop, he was shocked by the scene in front of him.
"Boss, why are you only opening now? We've been waiting outside for a long time.”
"Boss, give me the latest Manke Weekly.”
"Boss, I also want the latest Manke Weekly.”
In front of Zhou Wei, there was a huge crowd of people. They were noisy, but they all asked for Manke Weekly.
"What day is it today?" Zhou Wei thought for a moment. It seemed like an ordinary Wednesday. There was nothing special about it. As for the Manke Weekly that they wanted, Zhou Wei had an impression of it. It seemed to be a new magazine. However, the sales weren't that good a while ago. They couldn't compare to Lotte Society's magazines at all. Why did so many people suddenly buy them?
"You all want Manke Weekly?”Zhou Wei asked uncertainly.
"Of course. Boss, hurry up. I'm still waiting to watch Slam Dunk.”someone said from the crowd. His words resonated with everyone in the crowd. Everyone shouted,"That's right, boss, hurry up. We're all waiting to watch Slam Dunk.”
"Hey, okay, okay. I'll bring the latest issue of Manke Weekly over immediately.”Zhou Wei hurriedly brought out the latest issue of Manke Weekly with a puzzled mood. Very soon, the items he brought out were sold out. The popularity was something he had never seen in his long time in the shop.
After that, there were still quite a few people who came to his shop intermittently. They were all here to ask about Manke Weekly. When they received news that Zhou Wei denied it, they all revealed disappointed expressions. Among them, there was even a young couple who started quarreling.
"Yang Cheng, I told you to get up early to buy Manke Weekly, but you insisted on oversleeping. Now, it's all sold out. We've searched so many stores, but there's nothing.”The girl put her hands on her hips and said angrily.
"I'm sorry, Little Ya. I accidentally overslept. Besides, I also want to see how strong Lingnan's immortal path is. I definitely didn't deliberately not buy it.”The boy explained carefully.
"The Immortal Dao is definitely not as powerful as Liuchuan Feng.”The girl first defended her idol with this sentence before saying,"I have no choice but to look for it again.”
As they spoke, the two of them walked out of Zhou Wei Bookstore.
Zhou Wei had been running a bookstore for so many years, but he had never encountered a situation like this where all the customers came for a magazine. Therefore, while he was annoyed that he did not prepare so many books in advance, he also became interested in the comics that had attracted so many people's interest.
"Next week, you have to pay attention to getting more stock from Manke Weekly.”As he thought about this, he took out the last Manke Weekly from under the bookcase and began to flip through it.
"I want to see how good Slam Dunk is!”
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Chen Ze still did not know that his manga had caused a sensation in the outside world. After he finished his night shift yesterday, he immediately fell asleep. It was not until six o'clock in the afternoon that he woke up to the sound of his phone ringing.
"Hello, who is it?" Chen Ze picked up the phone in a daze. During this period of time, he had been drawing comics while working the night shift. It was really hard. Fortunately, he was a reincarnator, so he did not have to come up with plots and characters like other manga artists, so he could barely cope with it.
However, he had already made up his mind. After a while, when Slam Dunk became popular, he would quit his night shift.
"Let me tell you a piece of good news. It's popular. Your 'Slam Dunk' is very popular.”A woman's excited voice came from the other end of the phone. This voice was familiar to Chen Ze.
Who was this? Chen Ze was puzzled, but he quickly reacted. Such a pleasant voice must be the editor-in-chief of the new animation magazine, Lin Lan. Chen Ze had a very deep impression of her voice. Usually, such a pleasant voice was not something that a beautiful woman could produce.
"What did you say?" Chen Ze asked. He was in a daze just now and was only focused on identifying who it was, so he did not hear what it was about.
"I said it's popular. Slam Dunk is popular.”Lin Lan said excitedly on the other end of the phone.
As the boss of the new animation magazine agency, she had been constantly paying attention to the sales of her magazine, Manke Weekly. Although the sales had not increased rapidly recently, it had been growing steadily. Moreover, more and more people liked to watch Slam Dunk.
However, when the sales volume of the new issue was released today, it gave her a big shock. The 200,000 copies that were pre-sold were sold out in the morning. The printing factory had to work overtime to barely make up for it. After a final check, they found that they had actually sold 600,000 copies. Although it was not even a fraction of Lotte Club, it was still a small climax for the new anime.
According to market research, most people who bought Manke Weekly were here for Slam Dunk. Thinking of the expressions of the editorial department when they saw this news, Lin Lan felt smug. I made you laugh at me in secret. Now you know who the idiot is.
Lin Lan was very happy with the results of Slam Dunk. This was the best proof of her foresight. After using the results to deliberately slap her editors in the face, she immediately called Chen Ze. No matter what, she was the one who dug up Chen Ze, and he was also the key to her surpassing the Lotte Club. Of course, she had to build a good relationship with him.
"Is that so?" Chen Ze said calmly. He had seen how popular this slam dunk was in his previous life, so he was very confident that he could become popular here. Although they were in two different worlds, he believed that divine works could shine wherever they were. They would never fade with the change of time and space. This was the difference between divine works and ordinary works.
Of course, Chen Ze's indifferent tone surprised Lin Lan. This guy was too calm. If it were any other mangaka, they would have jumped up in excitement when they found out that the manga they had painstakingly drawn had finally become popular. If she hadn't seen Chen Ze's ID card when she signed the contract and knew that he was only 20 years old, she might have thought that he was an old man.
"Of course, our latest issue sold 600,000 copies. And according to the investigation, basically all the customers are going for your "Slam Dunk". It has been a long time since a popular newcomer like you appeared in our manga industry.”Lin Lan said," Who asked you to be inferior to those old Gods? But as long as you can maintain your standards, you'll definitely become an A-list artist.”
Lin Lan had her own reasons for daring to say such words. She vaguely remembered that other than the top few, none of the popular comics of the A-list artists had the momentum of Chen Ze's slam dunk. Lin Lan was sure that with the current sales of 600,000, it would definitely be able to break through the million mark in the future. It was even possible to break through the 5 million mark of the super godly work.
"Then, Mr. Chen, let's talk about raising the price.”
Lin Lan's words attracted Chen Ze's attention. When she first signed the contract with Chen Ze, she had mentioned a price increase mechanism. This was something she invented to help new anime artists retain potential. Now that Chen Ze's " Slam Dunk " had shown its potential, she had to use it to keep Chen Ze.
In the end, Lin Lan raised the bid to 800 Chinese dollars per painting, which was double the initial price. In his previous life, Chen Ze was just a lousy mangaka, and he only had the lowest price. Therefore, he was very satisfied with Lin Lan's offer and sincerity.
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