Chapter 236: Magazine Preview
"Sherlock Detective" and "Son of Detective" are released simultaneously, but this refers to the same week, with different days, and the animation will be aired on Tuesday, while the comic will be released on Saturday.
Meng Huo watched the first episode of "Son of the Detective" at home. He thought it was pretty good, but that's all. CCTV did it very carefully, but the effect did not surprise people, and the songs inside were also very old.
"I have heard these songs, and they seem to be songs from the previous movies and TV series of "Detective Sherlock".
Li Qin told Meng Huo that she had actually watched the TV series adapted from this novel. Although she didn't watch it carefully, you can imagine how well-known "Detective Sherlock" is.
Meng Huo felt that ancient songs might be able to evoke the memories of some old readers. He didn't understand whether CCTV's approach was right or wrong. Will attracting old readers make the main age group of comics - young people - disgusted?
It is difficult to answer these things, but in fact, the overall quality of the animation "Sherlock" is OK.
However, animations are different from comics, and their spread will not be restricted by channels, so Meng Huo can at least be sure of one thing. The two animations "Detective Sherlock" and "The Cat and the Mouse" combined cannot surpass "Pokemon"!
In this regard, Meng Huo felt that CCTV was doomed to fail. Their launch of new animations would make "Pokemon" more powerful. Unfortunately, Zhongxia Company would not be affected. "Detective Sherlock" was broadcast on CCTV, which is only beneficial to their comic sales.
On Wednesday, before the release of "Weekly Boutique" was released, "Weekly Girl" was the first to be released. This is Phoenix's first step to promote the new magazine, under the cover full of girlishness. Now a slogan has been printed.
"Phoenix Company is about to launch its latest magazine - Xi."
This is a line of words that are not big or small. The cover of the magazine advertises other comics and books. It is generally easy to arouse readers' disgust. However, this time, the name of the new magazine is "Xi", which makes readers think a lot.
"Xi--Isn't Teacher He Xi's intention?"
"Wow! New magazine, is Teacher He Xi going to launch his own magazine?"
The young girl who bought "Weekly Girl" was full of excitement, but except for a slogan, there was no other information in the weekly magazine. The new magazine was very mysterious and attracted a lot of appetite.
"Teacher He Xi is going to release a new work! Do you know?"
"Have any insider revealed the news about the new magazine? Is there any new work by Mr. He Xi? Or is it just using Mr. He Xi's name?"
At the He Xizhi Home Forum, readers rushed to ask questions. Meng Huo shook his head in his heart when he saw these people's comments - it was not that he didn't want to leak more content, but that it was not convenient to do so now.
A few days ago, the name of the new magazine was finally named "Sigh", with only one word. Meng Huo felt that it was not good, but Alice and Shen Jie agreed, and he nodded in agreement.
"Xi". When this magazine was announced to the public, it can also be called "Ximan" - a comic magazine that symbolizes why Xi. Others from Phoenix Company did not object, and things began to go smoothly. However, they encountered trouble during the approval stage.
Unlike ordinary books, Chinese newspapers and journals must undergo strict government approval procedures before the publication of newspapers and journals. Only magazines that have issued issues can be launched on the market. One issue is aimed at one magazine, and Phoenix Company has only two - "Weekly Boy" and "Weekly Girl".
The approval time for magazine issue numbers is 10 working days. Alice, who had been editing for less than a year, did not know about this in advance. As a result, Meng Huo's plan to release next week went bankrupt.
"It's going to be delayed by another week..."
Meng Huo felt regretful, but this was a bitter fruit that he had not investigated clearly. Now he can only temporarily reduce the publicity content. In order to prevent unexpected situations, he did not even write down the time.
If it goes well, "One Piece" will be released two weeks after "Son of Detective" is released.
"New Magazine!"
However, the news that Phoenix Company was about to release a new magazine was exposed, but Zhongxia Company paid great attention.
"That's so fucking..." Yang Liang was so angry in the office: "He Xi wanted to use a new magazine to deal with "Son of the Detective". No wonder he didn't tell us what the second comic was. He must be planning to launch a new comic in this new magazine!"
Duke Anthony wants He Xi to fight against him. Most of the people in Zhongxia Company, including Yang Liang, think that He Xi will use the previous comics, and there are basically no sales of previous comics that can beat "Son of the Detective".
They had never questioned this fact, and did not expect He Xi to launch a new comic. If you want to tell the reason - He Xi has released too many works in the past few months, "Dream Eater", "Sakura University Male Public Relations Department", "fate/staynight". It is logical that he could not have released a new work so soon.
"Can't he calm down a little?" Yang Liang's head was so big that he looked at Wang Zhe next to him, but found that he was very calm: "Wang Zhe, you don't seem to be surprised at all?"
Wang Zhe nodded and said lightly: "Teacher He Xi's speed has long numbed me..."
He is different from Yang Liang. He saw He Xi's new work speed last year. This time he released a new work, and he didn't even feel much surprised. Perhaps the only surprise was that he didn't expect that the new work would be launched in a new magazine.
"Minister, don't worry." Wang Zhe spoke to comfort Yang Liang: "The sales of "Weekly Boy" is the ultimate of Phoenix Company. Even if they launch a new magazine, they will not be able to create miracles with limited time."
"As long as the new magazine does not exceed the circulation of "Weekly Boy", we still have an advantage."
Zhongxia's estimated circulation of "Weekly Premium" will exceed half of the current, more than twice that of "Weekly Boy". Theoretically, as long as Phoenix's new magazine does not exceed "Weekly Boy", Zhongxia will win.
"It makes sense! What you said makes sense. If it was a magazine... it would not be more than "Weekly Boy"!"
Yang Liang thought about it and Wang Zhe was right. The magazine market was difficult to develop. It took a long time for "Weekly Boy" to have its current sales. The number of cartoonists restricted the development of Phoenix Company. A new magazine did not have the chance to surpass "Weekly Boy" unless the magazine provided a personal stage for He Xi.
But a magazine costs hundreds of pages. How could He Xi achieve this level while taking into account so many serialized comics?
“If it does, it would be too exaggerated…”
Yang Liang muttered, he felt a little headache. Zhongxia had just launched an animation, and He Xi immediately launched a new magazine to deal with it. Obviously, the child was ready long ago.
Chapter completed!