Chapter 371: World's Attention
The sales of "Pokemon" is scheduled to be on April 25th, but its pre-order sales exceeded two million copies in the first three days of its official release.
These two million sales volumes do not include distributor procurement, but are genuine players’ reservations. After Longquan Company announced this number, the entire Chinese press industry was in full swing, and the game industry even heard the wailing of "Wolf is coming".
"There are too many reservations!", "He Xi is selling games or picking up money!" Even some journalists could not understand the achievements of this sales volume, and questioned Longquan Company's fraud: "These sales must be counterfeits. The pre-sale volume of two million is not easily achieved even the game masterpieces costing hundreds of millions!"
But Longquan Company quickly took out data from third-party statistical agencies to prove that their pre-sale sales were not faked, and then the media industry caused a complete sensation.
"Pokemon" broke several records. It is the most pre-sale handheld game in history, the most popular animation adaptation game, the most popular game in spring, and local media and news stations have broadcasted the amazing pre-sale volume of "Pokemon". It became popular before it was sold, and He Xi once again became the focus of attention.
The most popular newspaper in East China, East China Weekly News, has praised He Xi with an unprecedented front page. It wrote: "It is familiar to say that the new official took office three times, but the flames after He Xi took office have continued. Since Phoenix Company revealed before the Spring Festival that this young cartoonist was about to become the second-in-commander in the company, countless people have speculated where He Xi would lead Phoenix Company. However, no matter how optimistic people are, they have never thought. This young man, who just turned 18, created shocks again and again in less than three months after taking office."
"In February this year, He Xi announced that the comic weekly magazine of Phoenix Company was expanded from two to four, and at the same time, "Xi" comics were sold again. This decision changed the comic map of the entire China. The number of cartoonists under Phoenix Company has grown steadily. After experiencing the pain of transformation, the sales of four weekly magazines of Phoenix Company have been awesome this month..."
The newspapers list all He Xi's actions from February to April, adding comic weekly, the new comic "Shana with the Eyes", the Carnival of Comic Island, the game release of "Pokemon", and the animation of "Detective Conan" that may be released next month. In just three months, He Xi has done too much, which seems very incredible for a company.
Enterprise decisions are generally long and thoughtful, and few companies will create big news for several months. Therefore, in the Chinese corporate circle, this year's Phoenix Company is like drinking stimulants, running forward, so fast that it is so fast that it wants to follow, even if you look at it, you will be dazzled.
However, with such a fast development speed, Phoenix Company still gives people a feeling of being as stable as Mount Tai. The three branches are divided into orderly, the employees are fighting spirit, the capital operation of the head office is in good condition, and all businesses are not affected by the development. Seeing this scene, no matter how hard a person with a elm-headed head is, he can't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that He Xi is still a business genius!"
Comics genius, animation genius, music genius, gaming genius... There are too many genius auras that are raised on He Xi, but no halo has ever been more fearful than the "business genius". Of course, in addition to fear, there are also regrets and regrets...
Zhongxia Company is the person who regrets the most. After seeing the rapid development of Phoenix Company, the capitalists behind Zhongxia began to feel distressed. If he had known that He Xi had such outstanding business talent, what would he do if he gave him a part of his shares? As long as Zhongxia was willing to sacrifice his interests, it would not be difficult to acquire Phoenix or get He Xi.
If He Xi belonged to Zhongxia, then in two years, the Chinese comics industry would have been monopolized by Zhongxia. Unfortunately, now, capitalists can only swallow the bitter fruits caused by short-term interests.
"What kind of regret does China bring? How many young geniuses are overshadowed!" Ning Hai, editor-in-chief of the comic column of China's largest news website, looked at the two reports in his hand with a sigh, and sighed: "Is it the times that make heroes, or heroes that make the times--the answer needs no more."
Four years, no, it hasn't been four years yet...
Zhou Qing witnessed He Xi's growth. He noticed this cartoonist when "Detective Conan" was just popular, but he never expected that He Xi would grow to this level in just over three years.
"The pre-sale of Pokemon is more than two million, which is higher than the total circulation of Weekly Boys back then!" He shook his head. It was terrible. In just three years, He Xi not only created himself, but also increased the various businesses of Phoenix Company by more than ten times.
"Editor-in-Chief, do we need to prepare a special topic for Pokemon?" said the deputy editor of the editorial department. "Pokemon is a game, but it is of the same origin as Pokemon, and now it has a lot of attention. I think it is possible to conduct a special report when it is released."
Zhou Qing pondered slightly. The company had a special game news channel. He was wondering whether it was appropriate to grab a business like this.
"How much do comic readers pay attention to Pokemon?" he asked with his head raised.
"Very high." The deputy editor nodded and replied: "Readers who like comics have always been very concerned about Mr. He Xi's news, and the original work of "Pokemon" is a popular animation. Readers who like "Pokemon" will pay attention to this game."
"Then do it!"
Zhou Qing made the decision. Since comic readers are paying attention to "Pokemon", it is okay to put this news in the comics column. These few months have been the period of rapid development of Phoenix Company, but for their comic news editors, it is also a prime time for many topics and can easily get bonuses.
In particular, "Pokemon" and "Detective Conan" are both popular masterpieces. Their new copyright application makes the market very optimistic and there are many people paying attention to it.
On April 25, "Pokemon" was officially released. Before dawn in the morning, Zhou Qing got up and rushed to the editorial department. He kept calling his subordinates on the road and asked them to collect first-hand news materials before going to work.
They are not the only media that are so active. Many reporters from all over China have focused on this day and set off early to collect materials. However, no one expected that there would be serious traffic jams in various major cities in China. At dawn, the traffic on the street actually reached the peak hours of work. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!