Chapter 223: Out of stock
"Let's go, we'll line up too!"
Lu Xue happily pulled her husband to the back of the line. As soon as she walked over, she heard the discussions of the two people in front of her.
"A coincidence, you came here to buy "Weekly Boy"?"
"It's you, haha, I heard that this issue of the magazine is about to become a column of Teacher He Xi. Moreover, it is released at the same time in Nanhu City for the first time, and other bookstores will only be available in the afternoon. I can't miss the opportunity!"
"This is the scene, it's really spectacular, it's not in vain this time!"
"It's a pity that Huamei opened the door too late, so it's better to open early. I'll have to go to work later."
Hearing the chat between these two readers, Lu Xue sighed in her heart that the sales of "Weekly Boutique" magazine in Zhongxia last week exceeded historical records, and many media did not take "Weekly Boy" seriously.
But now, it is obvious that "Weekly Boy" may not be worse than "Weekly Premium".
"Click..."
When Lu Xue heard the sound of taking pictures, she turned her head and found that her husband was holding up his cell phone to take pictures.
"What are you doing?" she asked curiously.
"Take a photo, this kind of scene is rare." The husband replied, then pointed to the team in front: "Look, there are still many people taking photos!"
Lu Xue looked up and found that there were indeed many young people taking photos with their mobile phones. People nowadays are very pursuing trends, and taking photos and sharing online is one of them.
Share? Lu Xue seemed to think of something, but before she could catch the inspiration, the team suddenly cheered: "It's open, it's open!"
The aluminum alloy roller shutter door of Huamei Bookstore slowly opened a gap, and then suddenly stopped. The clerk inside heard the cheers outside and looked curiously through the gap. Countless eyes stared at her, and she was startled.
"So many people!?"
This clerk worked in Huamei Bookstore for several years and had never seen so many people gathering outside the door. What happened? All these people came to buy "Weekly Boy"?
The female clerk was a little nervous. She decisively closed the roller shutter door again, hurried into the bookstore and shouted: "Shopkeeper, store manager, there are many books coming outside. We don't have enough staff!"
At the headquarters of Huamei Bookstore, the phone rings non-stop.
"Yes, no one? This is because you are not prepared in advance, we..."
"How many readers are there at the entrance of the bookstore? Is it open for business..."
The operators were busy following the phone call, and while answering the phone, they had to record matters on paper. The two men who bought Huamei Bookstore were different from the previous chairman. They had very strict requirements. They especially had high requirements for data and response speed.
These operators have to record the status of bookstores in various parts of China in real time, and then submit the statistics by special personnel. When others are still sleeping, they are sweating profusely.
However, even so, the two managers were still unsatisfied.
"Slow, too slow! What era is this? They are still so delaying!" The young man in glasses was particularly dissatisfied. Although the middle-aged man sitting on the sofa next to him was frowning, he was more rational: "Forget it, we can't put the previous standards here. This is an ordinary company, and the efficiency is still good now."
"Let them calculate the sales expectations in the future quickly. I see that the situation is wrong. If the stock is out of stock, it would be ridiculous."
Out of stock. This situation will make these two men look out of shape to face the elderly, and then two more outstanding people will be responsible for Huamei Bookstore.
They don't want to give it to others for this mission.
At seven o'clock in the morning, there was a quarrel breaking out in the editorial department of Phoenix Company and Weekly Boy.
"You ask me to say a few times. The magazines in Zhaoyang District are not enough to sell. The bookstore there is calling to urge you! Professor Yang, please inform the publisher as soon as possible. Let them send the inventory in the warehouse!"
"No, absolutely not! The magazines in the warehouse will be shipped to other cities in two hours, and there is no extra quantity to be provided to Zhaoyang District!"
The topic of the editors' argument was that there was not enough magazines. This week was the first week of the joint release of Phoenix and Huamei Bookstore. Phoenix sent half of the magazines to Huamei Bookstore.
However, the current situation is unexpected. The channels of "Weekly Boy" are actually out of stock. Even in Ninghai City, which is quite well prepared, many magazines in bookstores are about to be sold out in just one hour.
"Sun Yang, notify the publisher to print it immediately! The warehouse is the first to meet the needs of nearby areas, and the magazines printed by the publisher are sent to various places."
Ye Xiong, the editor-in-chief of the editorial department, was calm and gave orders calmly. His calm appearance was very trustworthy, but his heart was turbulent.
This issue of "Weekly Boy" is the issue where He Xi's most works, and the editorial department expects its sales to be very popular. In addition, the franchise of Huamei Bookstore, the number of magazines prepared in advance has exceeded twice the previous ones!
In other words, although Huamei and Phoenix have conflicts and overlaps in some cities, Phoenix Company does not have any discount when calculating its own channel sales. Even in Ninghai City, they have prepared one million magazine sales expectations.
However, now it seems that the editors underestimated He Xi’s three-letter effect, and the company’s inventory seems to be insufficient.
"The calculation error was made, and I gave too many magazines to Huamei Bookstore." Ye Xiong frowned and thought. He might have overestimated the sales of Huamei Bookstore. If he had known, he would have given one-third of the magazines to Huamei Bookstore, and two-thirds would be sold by himself.
"Zhou Quan, call Huamei Bookstore and ask if they have any extra magazines to return to us."
Ye Xiong ordered an editor, but as soon as he finished speaking, another editor suddenly screamed: "Editor-in-chief, Huamei is calling!"
The young editor covered the microphone with his hands and turned to Ye Xiong and said, "Huamei said that the popularity of the magazine exceeded expectations. If we were to provide another 400,000 copies, what should we do?"
The entire editorial department heard a breath of breath, followed by a dead silence.
"Do you still need to add prints?" Sun Yang, who was in charge of negotiating with the publishing house, jumped up first: "It is impossible, the publishing house is already working at full capacity, and there is no way to add prints!"
Ye Xiong stood up slowly, he felt a little dizzy. What is this? Not only does Phoenix Company need to add prints, but even Huamei Bookstore also needs it. Both of their companies are facing the possibility of out of stock?
This week's "Weekly Boy" has twice the previous shipment volume, and the quick report has not yet come out, but Huamei's orders alone have exceeded the previous total sales volume!
Why is this happening?
Is He Xi’s plot really so outstanding in the third episode? This is wrong. It takes several hours to show the effect of excellent comics. However, it has only been less than an hour since it is released, and almost all readers who buy magazines have not read this issue of comics!
"Alice." Ye Xiong shouted, and the blonde female editor stood up: "Editor-in-chief, don't ask me, I'm confused too."
Alice frowned slightly, she was surprised and happy, although she didn't know why the sales at the beginning were so popular. However, when readers read this issue of "Weekly Boy", the popularity will further increase. She is very confident in the three-episode plot of "Detective Conan".
"You don't know either?"
Ye Xiong was surprised. There was no reason for this, but he thought again that the popularity of Huamei Bookstore may be because they did a good job of advertising outside. And if the sales of Phoenix Company were removed from the influence of Huamei Bookstore, the current situation would not be too exaggerated...
Although there are still many doubts, these answers can be investigated later. What is more important now is-
"You reply to Huamei Bookstore first, we will provide 400,000 copies immediately!" Ye Xiong slapped the table, and after he said that the editor who was on the phone, he turned around and shouted: "Sun Yang, please contact other publishing houses and ask them to help print."
The editors divided the work and started working, Alice also sorted out the package, and she wanted to go to the warehouse to supervise the magazine's allocation.
"Alice, this issue of "Weekly Boy" may not be as good as "Weekly Best" but it should have exceeded half of its sales." Ye Xiong said to Alice: "The gap will narrow in the future. You can notify Mr. He Xi of this good news!"
Chapter completed!