"Chief editor, most of our agents have refused to publish this new issue of our magazine. Our best estimate for this issue is that we can only sell tens of thousands of copies.”
In order to deal with this incident, Lin Lan gathered all the editors in the company. As the saying goes, three heads are better than Zhuge Liang. With so many people working together, Lin Lan hoped to come up with a solution.
When Lin Lan heard that, she nodded and said,""Alright, I already know. Now that I have gathered everyone here, I hope that everyone can come up with a solution. Chen Ze's Slam Dunk is the hope of our magazine agency. We can't let anything happen to it.”
As soon as she finished speaking, the editors around her all looked thoughtful and troubled. This time, the agent, the industry bigwigs, and the third-party review magazine all pointed their finger at Slam Dunk. This was something that no one present had ever encountered in the comics industry. Everyone was at a loss.
"Chief editor, I'm afraid this matter won't be so easy to resolve. It's not just about the agent. Even Lotte has issued a document asking us to cut off Slam Dunk. He's the industry's leader. If a magazine like us offends him, the consequences will be very serious.”
A middle-aged man in his thirties said. He had a lot of opinions about Lin Lan signing Slam Dunk. He felt that there was no need to sign a comic like Slam Dunk. Now that Slam Dunk was targeted, he was also one of the main voices in the company calling for them to give up on Slam Dunk.
"Then what do you mean?" Lin Lan looked at the middle-aged man and said indifferently. Her gaze was a little faint, and no one knew what she was thinking.
"Giving up on Slam Dunk isn't something we can afford to mess with. It's not worth it to offend them for Slam Dunk.”
The middle-aged man thought that Lin Lan had finally given in and was willing to listen to him in this situation. That's true. A twenty-something-year-old girl knows what it means to manage a company. You can just hand over the management of the magazine to me. I guarantee that I'll do ten thousand times better than you.
The man thought to himself that he wasn't just dissatisfied with Slam Dunk, he was actually more dissatisfied with his boss. He was someone who had been in the comics industry for more than ten years. How could he submit to a little girl?
At that time, he had come to the new animation magazine agency because he had heard that the magazine agency had the background of one of the top wealthy businessmen in the country. Who would have thought that a little girl would be in charge of him? Especially when he heard Lin Lan's idealistic three principles, he scoffed at her.
"Very good!" Lin Lan nodded." Wang Huan, you're fired.”
When the middle-aged man heard Lin Lan's first sentence, he was delighted. He thought that Lin Lan had listened to his suggestion. However, he did not expect her to fire him.
"Chief Editor, what did you say?" Wang Huan couldn't believe her ears.
"I said you were fired." Lin Lan said expressionlessly," Do you think I don't know what you've been doing in private? You've been making connections all over the company these past few days, asking all the editors in the company to put pressure on me and ask me to give up on Slam Dunk!”
Wang Huan thought that he had done it very secretly, but he didn't expect Lin Lan to know about it long ago."Chief editor, I'm doing this for the company's own good. Lotte Society isn't something we can deal with. And you want to fire me just because of this. Aren't you afraid of hurting the company's hearts?”
Wang Huan argued loudly. After those who had private contact with him heard this, besides worrying about themselves, they also felt a chill in their hearts.
"You're right. If it's just these things, of course I won't hold it against you.”Lin Lan paused for a moment before raising her voice."But you contacted the people from Lotte Club in private and were bribed by them to persuade me to give up on Slam Dunk. Do you think I can still tolerate you?”
"Wow!"
The people present exclaimed in surprise. They had not expected such a thing to happen.
"Chief Editor, do you have any evidence? If you don't, don't slander people here. I can sue you.”
Wang Huan's expression was a little ugly. Indeed, a few days ago, people from Lotte Society came to him, hoping to use him to eradicate Slam Dunk. Of course, the condition was that Lotte Society would hire him as the new chief editor of the group. He had long been dissatisfied with the new animation, and Lotte Society was the industry leader, so he immediately nodded and agreed.
"Sue me!" Lin Lan sneered. She took out a stack of photos from somewhere and said," These are the best evidence. The people you're talking to are from Lotte Society.”
After saying that, she threw the stack of photos on the table. The editors around them were in an uproar. They all reached out to pick up the photo. After reading it, the way they looked at Wang Huan immediately changed.
She had been fighting for justice for him just now, thinking that he was doing this for the good of the company, but she had actually been fired by Lin Lan. He did not expect that he would actually use her to achieve his goal. Thinking of this, those who had interacted with him began to curse in their hearts.
"Do you need me to say anything more? Wang Huan, you're no longer a member of our new animation magazine agency. Pack your things and leave!”Lin Lan said coldly to Wang Huan.
Wang Huan's face was livid. He packed up his things under everyone's gaze and walked to the door. However, he seemed to be unwilling and said,"Lin Lan, I'm telling you that the advice I gave you is true. Lotte Society isn't something you can deal with. Offending it is simply courting death.”
Although he had left, his last words still had a lot of effect. When the editors present thought of the behemoth Lotte Society, fear and confusion appeared on their faces.
"Is the Lotte Club inviolable? It was indeed the industry's leader for the past 20 years, and so far, no magazine agency had been able to compete with it. Our new anime is just a small magazine that has just started. Compared to it, it's like an ant and an elephant. But do you really think it's inviolable?”Lin Lan said slowly.
"If it's really inviolable, then why did it ban our 'Slam Dunk' in such a hurry? Everyone, don't forget what kind of magazine it was twenty years ago. At that time, it was just a small magazine company like ours. Because of Li Mingyang, it defeated the overlord at that time and became the new boss.”
"Today, we also found Li Mingyang from our new animation magazine agency. Chen Ze's performance of Slam Dunk was not inferior to Li Mingyang's. In fact, it was even better. I think that's why they're in a hurry to deal with Slam Dunk. As long as we get through this, I think the era will change soon.”
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During the meeting, Lin Lan used her words to encourage all the staff of the magazine agency, but this did not help solve the problem. Now that the new cartoon was facing a siege from all sides, the sales of the magazine plummeted to tens of thousands or even thousands. If this problem was not resolved, the magazine agency would be in danger of bankruptcy.
Unfortunately, even though the entire company had worked together, they could not come up with a good solution. At this moment, she received a call from Chen Ze. Chen Ze had thought of a solution.
"You mean to serialize it online?" Lin Lan asked uncertainly.
"That's right. Since the magazine agent is unwilling to provide us with a channel, why don't we provide the comics online? This way, he might be able to solve the problem temporarily.”
Chen Ze came up with the idea to serialize it online. However, he was also inspired by the online literature in his previous life. In his previous life, the emergence of online literature made it so that countless people with literary dreams no longer had to worry about not having a place to publish. This brought about a revolutionary change in novels.
Although manga had its own uniqueness and couldn't be compared to novels. However, he should be able to get through this period of difficulty. He would not be suffocated to death because of the agent's problem.
Moreover, humans were always profit-seeking animals. As long as their comics received a good response on the Internet, they did not have to worry about not having an agent to publish the magazine. As for the quality of Slam Dunk, Chen Ze was very confident.
" Unlike the past, where we were always one issue behind the magazine, we can promote the manga to the same issue as the magazine, or even one issue earlier. We can view the manga through the way of a membership, and we can even give tips, set up monthly votes, etc.”Chen Ze voiced out his thoughts.
"Is this really okay?" Lin Lan said uncertainly.
"Of course, I'm willing to guarantee it. If it doesn't work, I don't want my royalties.”In his previous life, the novel website was very popular, although comics had their own uniqueness and could not be simply compared to novels. However, Chen Ze was confident that he could use this method to tide through the difficult times and wait for things to turn around.
For some reason, after hearing Chen Ze's confident words, Lin Lan's anxious heart inexplicably calmed down.
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