Back to the day before, not long after Chen Ze revealed on the Internet that he was going to start an online series, this news spread throughout the entire manga industry.
" Slam Dunk " had been in the limelight on the Internet recently, showing its unrivaled popularity and potential as a national level comic. Only the old gods of Lotte Society could compare to this kind of godly work, and the only one who could suppress Chen Ze was China's number one comic master, Lee Myung Yang.
Such a divine work naturally attracted the attention of the industry. Many editors of the comic magazine were looking forward to seeing if Chen Ze's " Slam Dunk " could create a miracle and break the dominance of Lotte Society, which had dominated for 20 years.
When the news of Lotte Society taking the lead to ban Chen Ze spread in the industry. Many editors of small magazines felt sorry for Chen Ze. Such a godly work was about to fall.
However, although they felt indignant for Chen Ze, Lotte Society was a giant in the comics industry. They did not have the ability to go against them, so they could only curse Lotte Society in their hearts and give Chen Ze moral support.
Therefore, when Chen Ze revealed that he was going to serialize Slam Dunk online, it immediately attracted the attention of countless people.
"Chief Editor Yang Yicheng, the new animation magazine agency is about to launch a new business model-online serializations. What do you think of this business model?”
Ye Ming was a reporter for the evening news in Georgopol. He had heard about Slam Dunk from his hometown. Although he was not a comic fan, he knew how popular Slam Dunk was on the internet.
Similarly, he knew a thing or two about the news that Lotte Society had banned Slam Dunk.
Therefore, when Chen Ze suddenly announced that he was going to serialize Slam Dunk online, he immediately rushed to Lotte Society's G City branch to interview the chief editor of the branch to see if there was anything to talk about.
"The new animation magazine company's online serialisation is a new business model. In fact, our Lotte Society has long had a business plan for this business model.”Yang Yicheng said.
"Then do you think the new animation magazine agency will be successful? As far as I know, their magazine's ace comic, Slam Dunk, has been boycotted by your Lotte Society. What do you think of continuing to serialize Slam Dunk online?”The reporter continued to ask.
"I have already emphasized that our magazine has already evaluated this business model. The conclusion was that there was no commercial value. People liked the kind of leisure feeling that could be read anywhere with a magazine.
"Now that the new anime magazine agency has brought the comics onto the screen, this limits the freedom of the readers, causing them to have to stay in front of the computer for a long time. This kind of practice was against the readers 'habits and would not work in reality.”
"I don't know how the editor of the new animation magazine agreed to this kind of serial method. In fact, as long as it's a normal industry insider with many years of experience, they wouldn't agree to this method. As far as I know, the boss of the new animation is a young girl. It's no wonder. Young people were always prone to making mistakes.”
"Also, regarding Slam Dunk, you have to note that we are not trying to ban it. It was just that the content was not suitable for young people to spread. This point had already been made very clear by the magazine.”
"Now, the new animation magazine company is bent on doing things their own way and not listening to our advice. Even after the distribution company refused to publish Slam Dunk, they still want to serialize it. This only proves what I said just now. The manager of the new animation magazine is still too young.”
As the chief editor of Lotte Society's G City branch, Yang Yicheng had received the order to ban Slam Dunk from the headquarters in BJ City a few weeks ago. He had used Lotte Society's huge resources to ban Slam Dunk from all aspects, from public opinion to channels. It could be said that the recent difficulties that Chen Ze and Lin Lan had encountered were all caused by him.
Yang Yicheng was only the chief editor of a branch of Lotte Society, and the resources he used were far from comparable to the head office. However, this had already forced Chen Ze and the new anime into a desperate situation. They had no choice but to rely on the strange method of online serialisation to turn the tables. The 20 years of accumulation of Lotte Society was evident.
Yang Yicheng had only found out today that Chen Ze and the new animation magazine were going to serialize their work online. He had already used various methods to force them into a desperate situation. According to his own estimation, if the new animation magazine company did not give up on Slam Dunk, they would go bankrupt in less than a month due to debt issues. But today, he suddenly found out that they were going to be published online.
For some reason, when Yang Yicheng received this news, he felt inexplicably flustered. He originally wanted to do a good job of banning Slam Dunk so that he could establish his qualifications for entering the headquarters.
However, when he thought about Chen Ze and his Slam Dunk, it seemed that it had always been outside of his plans. From the very beginning, he had once asserted that it had no commercial value, but in the end, it became the fastest rising comic of the year.
He had wantonly used the Internet trolls to smear its reputation, but in the end, its fans had actually united and defeated the trolls he had hired. Not only did the reputation of the slam dunk master not suffer, but his popularity also increased.
Today, he had forced it into a desperate situation, but it wanted to serialize it online again. It wouldn't really bring it back to life, right?
"That won't happen. I've done my research on online serializations before. It's simply not a viable business model.”Yang Yicheng thought to himself.
In fact, he had just belittled the new animation's commercial behavior in front of the reporters as a form of self-consolation and encouragement.
"In short, web manga is simply not feasible. The commercial operation of the new animation had only accelerated their demise.”Yang Yicheng finally made such a conclusion in front of the reporters.
Soon, Ye Ming wrote the interview and published it on the evening newspaper of Georgopol.
Genius or Destruction? The editor-in-chief of Lotte Society asserted that the online serial of Slam Dunk was suicidal.
G City was one of the three largest animation bases in the country. It had countless comics magazines of various sizes. Therefore, the article in the evening news of Georgopol caused a huge reaction in the industry. Everyone was staring at the new animation magazine company's movements, wanting to see how the commercial attempt would turn out.
This was why Lin Lan immediately revealed the results when she heard that Slam Dunk was sold well online.
She was also a strong-willed person. Yang Yicheng, the editor-in-chief of Lotte Society, mocked her in front of the reporters. She wanted to use facts to prove who was the young one.
"More than 500,000 people?"
The people in the comics circle in Georgopol quickly received the number of Slam Dunk's users. When they heard the number, everyone gasped. So, so many.
They thought that although Slam Dunk had a high popularity on the Internet, it would be at most a hundred thousand. After all, this was an immature business model.
However, he did not expect the data to be so heaven-defying. It was already over 500,000 on the first day. It was not impossible for it to exceed a million. Breaking a million was the requirement of a medium-sized magazine.
In their shock, they began to gloat. Didn't Yang Yicheng, the chief editor of Lotte News Agency, conclude in front of the reporters that the online purchase of " Slam Dunk " would definitely not succeed? Now that the data was out, his face was slapped so hard that it could only ring out.
Lotte Society and Yang Yicheng were used to running amok in the comics industry in City G. Now that they were slapped in the face, many people were secretly praising them. At the same time, he also wanted to see what kind of counterattack Yang Yicheng would have.
In the Lotte Society's G City branch building, Yang Yicheng sat in his office with an ashen face. On the computer opposite him was the official website of the new anime magazine. On the banner hung a line of large words: " Warmly celebrate the great god Chen Ze's 'Slam Dunk' with a daily number of 500,000."”
"He actually succeeded. How is this possible?”Yang Yicheng thought to himself.
He had just received a call from the headquarters. The headquarters had already learned about the news of Slam Dunk's popularity on the Internet. He was very dissatisfied with Yang Yicheng. That gentleman said that if Yang Yicheng couldn't solve Slam Dunk, he didn't mind changing the branch in G City.
"Damn it!" Thinking of the phone call just now, Yang Yicheng was furious. Originally, after successfully solving Slam Dunk, he could be transferred to the headquarters, but now it was all for naught.
The channel agents were all people who forsaken justice for the sake of profit. He was able to encourage them to ban Slam Dunk because of Lotte Society's prestige. Now that he couldn't beat Slam Dunk to death, they would definitely go back and continue publishing it. If that happened, his plan would be completely ruined.
"No, there must be a way to solve it!”Yang Yicheng gritted his teeth and thought with a dark expression.
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