Hong Kong Island Comic Master

Chapter 137 Don't worry
"The latest issue of the juvenile magazine sold 5 on the first day, a year-on-year increase of 2%. It is expected that the sales volume in a week will exceed [-], a year-on-year increase of [-]%..."

Xie Zhirong, a group of editor-in-chief of Two-dimensional magazine, was talking nonstop in the conference room, while Li Wannian was dozing down below.

After going to Neon for five days, Li Wannian's comic serialization progress was severely delayed, and he had to work harder.

In the past two days, Li Wannian slept for three hours in total.

It can be said that I have experienced the hardships of a cartoonist weekly serialization.

"At present, the magazine's sales decline has stopped, but it relies more on the readers of the magazine itself. If the magazine does not undergo major changes, it will be difficult for the magazine to achieve substantial growth this year!"

When Xie Zhirong was making a report, his eyes kept glancing at Li Wannian who was dozing off.

Regarding the current predicament of the magazine, it is actually very simple to change it, as long as Li Wannian continues to draw "Death"!

But Xie Zhirong also knows very well that the decisions made by Li Wannian will generally not change!
While Li Wannian was on a business trip in Neon, DreamWorks also held its annual meeting.

At the meeting, Li Wanshui, as the general manager of the company, made an annual report.

According to this year's DreamWorks annual report, in the past year, the revenue of various subsidiaries and departments of DreamWorks has achieved explosive growth, with the average growth even exceeding 100%.

With such an astonishing growth rate, it looks like the company’s future is bright!
Therefore, at the conference, Li Wanshui also proposed the full-year goals for 79 and issued this year's task indicators to various departments and subsidiaries.

As the core subsidiary of DreamWorks, Two-dimensional Magazine naturally has mission indicators, including: copyright promotion and revenue, magazine sales, structural optimization, etc. Among them, the most important sales target is to grow by 200%.

Originally, it was still possible for Two-dimensional Magazine to achieve this growth goal.

After all, in August last year, the magazine launched two more magazines, and the sales volume was naturally higher than that of one magazine.

But now, due to Li Wannian's lack of cooperation, he deliberately suspended the publication of "Death", causing the sales of "Youth Weekly" magazine to plummet in January, and the originally good growth momentum was interrupted.

If the January sales estimate is based on, the magazine will definitely not be able to achieve its target for this year.

Therefore, the magazine is very anxious from top to bottom.

Xie Zhirong also knew that if the magazine wanted to achieve its goals, it could not rely on Li Wannian alone. They also needed to work hard themselves.

But everyone at the magazine has become accustomed to the original fixed development model. Anyway, as long as we hold on to Li Wannian's thigh, the magazine can be the number one in Hong Kong Island, so why should I give up?

Therefore, it is not easy to change their thinking immediately.

Li Wannian didn't realize that Xie Zhirong was looking at him. He was still sleeping soundly. Even until Xie Zhirong finished speaking, Li Wannian was still sleeping soundly.

"Cough cough!"

Uncle He saw that Li Wannian was still sleeping, but it was Li Wannian's turn to speak next, so he couldn't sleep anymore!

So he made a sound to remind him, but Li Wannian completely ignored it, or in other words, he was not aware of it at all.

"Mr. Li, Mr. Li?"

Zhong Chuhong on the side came closer and gently shook Li Wannian, finally waking him up.

"Huh? Is the meeting over?"

Li Wannian opened his eyes in a daze, thinking that the meeting was over, and planned to get up and leave.

Fortunately, he was caught tightly by Zhong Chuhong and did not stand up in front of everyone.

"Mr. Li, do you have any instructions regarding the magazine's current issues?"

Uncle He, who had always been reasonable and refused to give Li Wannian any face, did not say a single harsh word when he was sleeping with Li Wannian this time.This is because before the meeting, Zhong Chuhong had vaccinated Uncle He and told him that Li Wannian had been very hard these days.

Although Uncle He was usually sharp-tongued, he was also a bitch. He didn't want to see Li Wannian working so hard, so he just slept. After all, this was their family's property.

Is there any problem sleeping in your own home?

"What's the problem with the magazine? Is it sales? Just wait!"

Li Wannian said it in an understatement, but the other editors were helpless when they heard it.

Boss, this is your company, so be careful!

"Currently, the magazine's sales have stagnated, and we have to take some remedial measures!"

Xie Zhirong was still young after all. Seeing that his boss was so unmotivated, he boldly spoke out.

"It's not that serious. Didn't sales drop much? It will get better later!"

Li Wannian replied listlessly and seemingly lazily.

However, Li Wannian's words caused several other editors in the conference room to talk about it.

"Quiet! Be quiet!"

When Uncle He saw that the conference room was too noisy, he opened his mouth to warn. However, the noise showed no intention of weakening and instead tended to get louder.

Seeing this, Li Wannian sighed and said to Xie Zhirong: "Editor-in-Chief Xie, do you have any good suggestions?"

Hearing Li Wannian ask for his opinion, Xie Zhirong cleared his throat and stood up.

"Mr. Li, first of all, "Dragon Ball" is coming to Neon. I hope our newspaper can carry out extensive publicity and use its good reputation abroad to offset the current negative public opinion on Hong Kong Island!
Secondly, we need to further discover new talents. We can hold a competition again this year to find authors suitable for publishing comics! "

Xie Zhirong seemed to have come prepared. He talked a lot eloquently and was quite insightful, although Li Wannian didn't care about it.

The ideas are all good ideas, but the key is of little use.

The serialization of "Dragon Ball" in Neon has indeed helped spread his popularity and improve his reputation. However, "Dragon Ball" itself is already very famous in Hong Kong. It is not the popularity that causes the magazine's sales to decline.

Secondly, discover new talents. Li Wannian has been doing this two years ago. However, it takes time to find and train new talents. This is a delicate job that requires grinding an iron pestle into a needle and cannot be effective in a short time.

As for the sales of the magazine itself, Li Wannian believes that it will bottom out sooner or later.

Now the comic has been updated with six paintings. Wulong, Leping, and Pu'er have all appeared one after another, and the plot is about to enter the Little Gao Dynasty in the Flame Mountain.

And the subsequent plots will only become more exciting and more powerful.

So Li Wannian doesn't need to do anything at all. As long as he draws comics well, sales will naturally increase.

It's a pity that other people don't have Li Wannian's self-confidence and ability to predict the future. Therefore, they don't understand Li Wannian's thoughts at all.

"Okay, if you want to do it, just do it!"

However, Li Wannian agreed to all the suggestions put forward by Xie Zhirong.

After all, seeing the editors working so hard, wouldn't it look like they were useless if I didn't let them do it?
What's more, even if these things are done, it will not be harmful to Li Wannian and the company.

"Yes, don't worry, Mr. Li, I will do my best!" The smile on Xie Zhirong's face was beyond words.

(End of this chapter)