Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 42 Sales

"Have the first week sales figures for "The Beginning of Fate" come out? How many copies were sold?" After work, Nobuhiko Noma first went to the sales and marketing department to get information.

Chen Linfeng was the one who signed this order, which was related to his future development in the company, so he has been concerned about the sales since the launch.

Especially with the addition of a new competitor, he was very worried that the new book would not sell well.

"Editor-in-Chief Noma, the sales reports from all offices will be delivered at 9:30. After the statistics department summarizes them, I will have someone deliver them to your office immediately." The head of the marketing department replied respectfully.
"According to yesterday's data, Mr. Qilin's novel has sold more than 50,000 copies. Today's data report should show more than 60,000 copies."

He said loudly, "Thank you, Editor-in-Chief Noma, for signing a new best-selling author for our company. I deeply admire your contribution."

"No, no, thank you for your compliment, Minister Yamada."

Minister Noma thought of the inside information his friend told him, that the competitor's sales should be lower than his own.

He left the marketing department with a smile and walked leisurely towards his office.

Although the elevator to the office was just around the corner, Director Noma seemed to have forgotten the way and took the stairs in the other direction.

The staff he met on the way greeted him respectfully, and Editor-in-Chief Noma nodded with a smile.

When he passed by several other editorial offices on the way, he went in to say hello to his colleagues at the same level. The short distance back to the office took him a full twenty minutes to walk.

At about 9:45, the marketing department delivered the report.

The numbers in the summary column of the table made him happier and happier. 70205. Then he looked at yesterday's sales. He actually sold more than copies in one day.

This is a very obvious signal that the word-of-mouth effect has begun to take effect, and a considerable number of book fans are recommending the book to their relatives and friends, leading to a sales peak.

According to usual sales patterns, the next few days will probably see a small sales peak.

Noma called, "Tanaka, has the second round of printing been confirmed?"

Hearing the affirmative reply from the other end, Noma put down the phone, leaned back in his chair, turned around, and looked out the window at the dark clouds.
"What a nice weather today."

After admiring it for a while, Noma continued to study the report.

Regarding sales distribution, bookstores around middle schools and universities have the best sales data, which is significantly higher than other areas. The data for areas outside Tokyo is slightly insufficient.

"We need to continue to increase publicity resources," Noma slammed the report data on the table and looked down at his subordinates.

"A large number of buyers are concentrated in the student group. They are the ones who will promote the product on their own initiative. It cannot be attributed to us."

Noma's fingers kept tapping on the table, making a "bang bang" sound, like knocking on someone's heart.

"Our publicity coverage of office workers and people outside Tokyo is obviously insufficient. If the sales of Mr. Qilin's novel are affected due to our lack of work, this is unacceptable. Do you understand?"

The subordinates in the editorial department sat upright, fully feeling the importance of their boss, and shouted "Hay" in unison.

"Then why are you still sitting there?" Noma crossed his arms and frowned.

"Yes, I will contact my media friends immediately."

"Editor Noma, I'm going out of town."

"I will communicate with the publicity department to further improve the publicity plan."

……

Noma watched his subordinates busying themselves with satisfaction.

Next, he will also meet up with his friends at the TV station, and the publicity campaign from the mainstream media is also necessary.

In the following few days.

Asahi Shimbun reported the sales success of the new book "Fate" and listed it among the top 10 books worth buying this year.

For several consecutive days, famous literary critics recommended this novel in its literary review section.

There are also some critics who review the two opposing novels together.

However, not many people do this, probably because they received calls from two large publishing houses.

"You can compete, but you can't arbitrarily slander the other party or engage in malicious competition."

Some people even live-broadcasted the sales data of the two books and the word-of-mouth reviews in newspapers on the website.

This should be written by an industry insider, and the sales volume he wrote is almost the same as the real data.

It attracted a large number of netizens to watch.

NHK live broadcast the booming sales in Tokyo bookstores.

Due to the explosive word of mouth and the hype about the competition between the two novels in the news media.

When the NHK crew went there, the novel was at its most popular, and the place they went to was also the most popular location, an intersection of a middle school and a university.

In the camera footage, there was a long queue in front of the bookstore, and book lovers walked out of the store with smiles on their faces from time to time. The reporter stopped a book lover who had just bought a book.

"Excuse me, sir, what kind of book are you here to buy?"

"The beginning of destiny."

"Why did you buy this book?"

"I heard from a friend that this book is good, so I tried to buy it and read it. I didn't expect so many people to like it."

“How did your friend introduce this book to you?”

"He said this book is a masterpiece, a rare novel with a protagonist of a grand scale. It is worthy of being a country with a large territory. It is really enviable."

"Ahem, thank you for your answer."

……

"Excuse me, ma'am, what kind of book are you here to buy?"

"destiny"

"Why did you buy this book?"

“I was recommended by a friend.”

"Me too."

"I'm here to buy Kino's Journey."

“I’m a fan of Kino’s Journey.”

"I saw the author's news and wanted to see what the young genius's work looks like."

"I like the illustrations in the book 'Destiny' more. I want to buy it to see what kind of person such a beautiful girl is."

……

……

Cheng Yongxin fully felt the change in public opinion. All kinds of media, whether television or newspapers, have significantly increased their coverage of Chen Linfeng's novel, and there is a tendency for it to break out of the circle.

"Old Zhao, it seems you don't have to worry. There's no need to do anything. Just the current media exposure alone will be big news in China."

He said with deep meaning in his eyes, "This is an excellent work that directly defeated Japanese novelists in the Japanese market!"

“Moreover, China’s overseas Huaxin News Agency will certainly collect relevant news, and it won’t be long before they will transmit the news back to China.

Who knows when they will spread the news? We have to contact the domestic media ourselves.”

Zhao Changtian was very pleased. This result was much better than he expected.

"Before we leave, let's communicate with the leaders of the General Administration of Press and Publication."

He always wanted to do something. "Xiaofeng has made great contributions to the overseas publication of Chinese literary works and brought glory to Japan. We can't let people down in China. They are in the official management department and their words have effect."

Cheng Yongxin said with a smile, "You really protect him. You don't even worry that much about your son."

Zhao Changtian said confidently, "If my son can reach this level, I will pick all the stars in the sky for him."

Without waiting for the editors-in-chief, Chen Linfeng and Sister Mei stayed in Neon for two weeks. Seeing that the situation had been basically determined and the publicity task was completed, they quickly returned to China.

The current sales of "Destiny" are 7 in the first week and 6 in the second week, with a total of 13 sales in two weeks, firmly suppressing the sales of "Kino's Journey" of .

Moreover, in the top 10 light novels, "Fate" was ranked fifth when it first appeared on the list, and later it advanced to third place.

The gap from the top two is not that big.

In terms of professional reputation, both novels have many fans, and in this respect they can be said to be evenly matched.

The sales volume has initially widened the gap. Judging from the current reputation of book fans, "Destiny" is incredibly high, and they are very enthusiastic about recommending it to their friends.

The gap in subsequent sales volume is getting bigger and bigger.

"Destiny" sold over 30 copies in its first month, while "Kino's Journey" hovered around 20 copies.

The duel between the two novels has come to an end.

As for the various unpleasant experiences between Kodansha and Kadokawa Shoten in this confrontation, they have of course disappeared into thin air.

The two books competed with each other and ended up increasing the sales of both. Tsukada almost wanted to give Taro Yoda an award.

No one knows whether Yida is happy or not.

(End of this chapter)