September 11

"Xiao Huo, breakfast is ready!"

When the screams came from the living room, Meng Huo was brushing his teeth in the bathroom.

While brushing his teeth, he rubbed his eyelids in the mirror. I wondered if it was an hallucination, but he felt like he had dark circles.

After washing, Meng Huo returned to the living room with worries.

"Mom, do I have dark circles?"

Li Qin was stunned and looked at his face carefully: "No, you've read it wrong."

Meng Huo sat down to have breakfast at ease. He didn't want to have dark circles at a young age.

"Xiao Huo." Pour a glass of milk to Meng Huo, and Li Qin asked, "Today is the day for the release of the comics. Do you want to buy one?"

"No." There was a bowl of noodles on the dining table. Meng Huo picked up the noodles with chopsticks: "The editorial department will send you a few books, so we don't have to buy them ourselves."

He happily ate the noodles. Even if the single book was released, Phoenix Company would prepare a few for him. Meng Huo sent a message last night saying that he would send one to Chen Jie.

The female student replied very happily: "It just so happens that I have no money, I will pay you back the single book next time."

But every time Meng Huo releases a single book, there are several books. Why do you need Chen Jie to send it?

"So Alice will come in the morning?"

Li Qin sat next to Meng Huo and ate noodles, thinking of the sister: "She has been busy with your comics recently, and she should be quieter after the release this time."

Alice and Meng Huo were both busy these days, and Li Qin was very worried.

She suddenly thought again: "Xiaohuo, how much do you think you can sell a single business instinct and how much money can you make?"

"Well, if it's all over the country, one million should have been sold, right?"

Meng Huo didn't want to scare Li Qin and used cautious words: "My royalty is very high, but I still have to deduct taxes. I guess I can get more than two million!"

The biggest preferential treatment given to Meng Huo by Phoenix is ​​10% royalties, and his calculation method is not wrong. However, there are great loopholes in the quantity. Huaxia is a big country, and the first print of "Detective Conan" has exceeded one million copies, and the final sales will definitely be more.

However, Li Qin was still scared.

"Two, more than two million..." She almost couldn't catch the chopsticks. What does more than two million mean? This money is enough for the mother and son to buy a house in Ninghai City, and it was paid in one lump sum!

When they buy a house, they are completely from Ninghai. If they say it out, Li Qin's brothers and sisters will probably faint.

"Xiaohuo, don't spend money indiscriminately!"

Li Qin suddenly remembered a sentence, a man becomes bad if he has money, and she can't rest assured: "What money do you want to use in the future? You must tell your mother!"

Meng Huo turned his head to look at her and smiled.

"Okay, mom, don't worry."

He doesn't gamble or piao, he doesn't have any hobbies, and he won't do anything that makes Li Qin sad.

In the morning, Alice came over with a few books, and she appeared with the deliveryman.

"Did you buy a treadmill?"

Alice looked at the deliveryman who carefully moved the treadmill into the house, and looked surprised: "How much?"

"Six thousand, for household use." Meng Huo brought Alice into the study and asked Li Qin to help debug the treadmill outside: "Have you brought a single book?"

Alice took out the single-line book of "Detective Conan" from her shoulder bag. As soon as it appeared, Meng Huo's eyes lit up. The cover of the single-line book is the same as the subway poster, which is the picture of the male and female protagonists together.

"You really know how to do business."

Meng Huo was very satisfied. It turned out that the poster had this purpose. I wonder if Ye Xiong had planned it long ago.

"It's not just that!"

Alice laughed, and she turned to the last page: "What do you think is this?"

"This is……"

Meng Huo was surprised again. He saw a beautiful maple leaf bookmark, but the picture on it was a monster thief Kid.

"We made your three pictures into bookmarks and placed them randomly on the last page of each book, so we dragged them to the sale today." Alice took out different bookmarks from other books, each of which was very exquisite: "It's a pity that the bookmarks are too small and do not show the artistic conception of the pictures."

He said that, but Alice was still a little proud. These bookmarks were made very well and would definitely surprise readers.

Meng Huo praised the bookmarks, and the single-line book quality is also good. The publisher did not cut corners, so 30 yuan was a good deal.

"By the way, Meng Huo."

Alice hesitated for a moment and said, "The sales of "Sherlock" is very high. Yesterday, she sold 700,000 copies in Ninghai. The editor-in-chief hopes you don't be discouraged."

"Seven hundred thousand copies in Ninghai City?" Meng Huo was stunned, then shook his head and said, "It seems that I underestimated the market. The first print of "Detective Conan" is 1.5 million copies. I think you should print it immediately."

Alice was stunned.

"Do you think "Detective Conan" will surpass "Detective Sherlock"?" She swallowed: "Is this your thought?"

Meng Huo smiled faintly.

"I turned out to be the opponent of the novel "Sherlock"..."

If Mach could fully describe that novel, Meng Huo might not have the confidence to win, but he was disappointed after reading the comic book.

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There is still a crowd in front of Qingyuan Book City. Yesterday's sales champion "Detective Sherlock" is still in front today, and next to it is "Detective Conan", which just released today.

"Mr. Are you going to buy this?"

An old man with a cane walked over slowly, and the book sales lady's eyes lit up. Seeing that the customer was obviously a fan of "Detective Sherlock", she quickly picked up the book and handed it over.

"I don't want this book..." However, surprisingly, the old man reached out and pushed away "Detective Sherlock" and turned to "Detective Conan": "It's this. I've seen this picture on the subway and bus. How much does this book cost?"

The book sales lady was stunned.

He Qian took advantage of the break to read a book, and her phone suddenly whirled. She took it out and saw it was a text message.

"Miss He Qian, I am Teacher Mach. When will you get off work today?"

The content of the text message made her frown slightly. The dead otaku yesterday turned out to be a mach, but who leaked her mobile phone number?

She thought about it and replied.

“Third to six.”

It was five o'clock when he got off work. He Qian covered her phone coldly and continued to open "Detective Conan" and started watching it.

"That idiot actually painted "Sherlock" like that. I really think I'm so amazing!"

He Qian, who is very skilled in comics, can see that "Detective Sherlock" is the charm of the suspense and tension throughout the whole article, but Mach's paintings are too bright, attracting readers' eyes to the characters' appearance, and there is no atmosphere like the original work at all.
Chapter completed!