Thursday, April 12

The female employees of Qingwan Book City comics area placed this issue of "Weekly Boy" on the bookshelf. They had to complete the job before opening the store. "Weekly Boy" is a very best-selling comic. In addition to the normal bookshelf, an additional book stand is needed for it every week for readers to purchase.

The four female clerks completed this task. After putting the magazine in time, they started chatting at the cover of "Weekly Boy".

"Today's cover is "Five Centimeters in Seconds". Its promotion is really big. It seems that it hasn't been a long time since "Weekly Boy" gave a preview of Mr. He Xi's work!"

"Indeed, there are more and more new comics, and Phoenix's magazines have become much more formal than before. They usually preview new serial comics. Although Teacher He Xi's comics are still among the top, home page color pictures are becoming less and less common, and they usually don't grab the position."

"However, the covers of several magazines this week are all about the movie "Five Centimeters in Seconds". It seems that this movie is very important!"

"Of course, this is Phoenix's first animated movie!"

"Five Centimeters in Second" is Phoenix's first animated movie. Although it has an animation prefix, it is a real movie. Movies are extraordinary and have always been a high-end thing in the eyes of others. When it comes to entertainment in China, the first thing people think of is stars is movies.

*Long* wind

Of course, the economic benefits of the movie are also very great, which is the core reason why Phoenix Company vigorously promotes it.

"You guess how much box office of "Five Centimeters in Second" can reach?"

A female clerk suddenly asked, and the remaining clerks looked at each other.

"I don't know much about the box office of the movie, but I guess it will exceed 100 million Chinese coins!", "100 million Chinese coins are too few. The fan base of "Five Centimeters in Seconds" is there. How many of Mr. He Xi's fans have not read this comic? I guess it is 300 million Chinese coins!"

"Three hundred million. That's too much!" A young clerk exclaimed: "No wonder Phoenix Company wants to advertise it so vigorously. It turns out that movies are so profitable!"

She got a wrong concept, the box office does not equal Phoenix Company's income, but no one explained it to her at this time because they saw the old store manager walking in.

"Shopkeeper, let's work immediately!" Apart from the young clerk, the remaining women immediately dispersed. The young clerk arrived for the first time and blinked her eyes and was stunned. Her reaction was not as fast as anyone else. When she wanted to apologize and leave, the old clerk stopped her.

"Don't worry, chat with me." The old store manager said with a smile: "Since the girl Jose left, no one in the store can chat with me."

"Jose?" The female clerk was stunned, and then quickly remembered: "Is the store manager talking about Miss Jose, Phoenix?"

"Yes, that girl is that girl, why do you know each other?" The old store manager stroked his beard and laughed: "She was the clerk in our store before!"

The female clerk felt a lot of grief. How could she not know Jose? After coming here to work, the person she talked about most often was that person. However, she was very unfamiliar with Jose. It was not until the Phoenix Company interview was broadcast on TV a few days ago that the female clerk knew what Jose looked like for the first time.

After that interview, some of the seniors in the store became even more enthusiastic and talked about the past when they got along with Jose. It was okay to hear this once or twice, but after listening to it, the female clerk gradually understood that those colleagues were simply using the work with Jose as a show-off tool.

The old store manager said it was fake that no one chatted with him, but in fact he just wanted to talk about Jose in front of her. However, compared to Jose, the female store clerk was more interested in He Xi.

"Shopkeeper, I have heard about Jose dozens of times. Can you tell me about Teacher He Xi today?" the female clerk said with a bitter face.

The old store manager was a little embarrassed: "Teacher He Xi, Hum... I'm very familiar with him, do you know? When he first debuted three years ago, Jose and I were talking about him being very popular..."

“…Shop manager…Teacher He Xi has been in the industry for four years…”

"Four, four years?" The old store manager coughed twice: "Time flies so fast. When people get old, they have a little bad memory... Anyway, I am very familiar with He Xi. The cover of this "Weekly Boy" is "Five Centimeters in Seconds"! I seemed to hear you talking about the box office just now, and I told you... The box office of "Five Centimeters in Seconds" will exceed 100 million on the first day, and the total box office is at least 600 million Chinese coins!"

"Sixteen hundred million!?" The female clerk exclaimed, and even attracted the gaze of a clerk behind the bookshelf. The clerk smiled and said, "I'm telling you, the store manager, are you talking nonsense? The total box office of the movie directed by Teacher Qingsong last year was only more than 500 million. Teacher He Xi's popularity is not as good as him, right?"

Qingsong in her mouth is a top Chinese novelist and has been famous for ten years. Last year, he changed to a director and made a movie. The total box office of the first movie he filmed exceeded 500 million, and he won the reputation of being the first new director in the year. At that time, it surprised many people!

The sales of top comics are not as good as novels. Logically speaking, He Xi’s popularity is not as big as Qingsong. How could a movie have a box office of more than 600 million yuan?

"Hmph... You are really useless for young people... they are more stubborn than me, the old man, and can't understand the current affairs." The old store manager glared: "Can He Xi's movie be compared to Qingsong? Why do you still hold on to the idea that he is not as good as a novelist? Let me tell you, He Xi's strength has long surpassed those novelists!"

The clerk laughed: "Shopkeeper, what the newspapers and TV say is different from you?" So far, no one in China's newspapers and TV media dares to say that He Xi is more powerful than that of first-class novelists. This is the case. Although his comic sales are high, he is always short of popular novels.

But this is exactly what the old store manager is most dissatisfied with.

"What do you know? Those media are talking lies with their eyes open!" He said unhappily: "Comparing cartoonists with novelists, He Xi is certainly not as good as novelists, but is He Xi a simple cartoonist? I dare to say that if anyone with a little brain, he dare not say that!"

Comics are now not as good as novels, which is true, but He Xi is not as good as novelists, which is a big mistake! He Xi is the highest symbol of cartoonists, but he is not only a cartoonist, but also an entrepreneur and pianist... It can be said that He Xi's idol aura exceeds that of his cartoonist aura, and his influence is definitely more than that of first-class novelists.

Of course, no one wants to admit this. Most people in China will associate He Xi with comics. If He Xi surpasses first-class novelists, then many people will understand it as "the sales of comics". The "the market of comics" has surpassed the novel industry, and the shock will be great.

Coupled with Phoenix's low-key company, He Xi is even more low-key. No media will find trouble to tell the truth, which will cause group swearing. If a newspaper dares to say that He Xi is superior to a top-notch novelist, then there is no need to think about it. Someone will slap the novel sales the next day. Even if you say that He Xi is developing in multiple ways, it will also cause some people to scold He Xi for being ridiculed by "not a cartoonist".

No one can say anything inside or outside.

"And He Xi has long been a director..." The old store manager said with a smile: "If you ask Qingsong, a person who has never been a director, compare with him, isn't that asking for abuse?"

The two clerks were stunned, and then quickly responded to what they said, "He Xi has long been an animation director." He Xi's animation quality is obvious to all. Because of this, no one has ever been worried about its quality issues since the news of the movie "Five Centimeters in Seconds" was released, and fans will wait for it to be released with peace of mind.

This is something that novelist Qingsong can't surpass. He made a movie for the first time and could still earn a total box office of 500 million when fans left distrust. In addition to the popularity, the bigger factor is that the film market in China is very broad, and the box office revenue can only cause a sensation under the new director.

"After saying this..." the young female clerk frowned: "Then Teacher He Xi's total box office is still less than 600 million, right?"

She calculated that "Five Centimeters in Seconds" was originally a popular comic work, and then He Xi's directorial strength was trusted by fans, and it was released nationwide... He Xi's comics are also very popular in the extreme east and the Far East, and the final box office revenue should not be only 100 million higher than Qingsong.

"This is because there are other popular movies released at the same time." The old store manager nodded and said: "There will be two popular movies released this month, and one will also be available at the beginning of next month. These three movies will affect the box office of "Five Centimeters in Seconds". Its release time is not good... If there are no competitors, the total box office should be more than 800 million Chinese coins."

The production of Chinese movies is very high, but popular movies are generally broadcast in separate periods. It is rare to release three popular movies within a month. In addition, the quasi-popular "Five Centimeters in Seconds" has four popular movies in total. This is a good thing for the audience, but it is a bad thing for each movie. The cinema has different time schedules. The four movies have to compete for each other, and the result is that the total box office rises and the individual box office decreases.

According to the old store manager's calculation of the box office of the movie in the past, he felt that "Five Centimeters in Seconds" was not difficult for a box office of more than 800 million yuan, "It's a pity."

Although he felt it was a pity that he lost 200 million, the 600 million figure still shocked the clerks, and the young clerks said even more shocked: "A movie can make so much money, why doesn't Phoenix Company spend more money to promote it? Its market value will soar because of this incident, right?"

"That's certain."
Chapter completed!