Chapter 140 The First Stage, the End

After the new books of "Punishment" and "Y's" were released, the total sales of the two comics rose alternately, and they quickly climbed to the sixth and seventh places on the newcomer list.

Just when everyone thought these would be two comics, during the final ranking before July, "New World" announced the holding of "Y's" fan contest, and then pushed "Y's" into everyone's field of vision.

Some readers who usually only read 18X fans noticed "Y's" when they saw their favorite big hands participated in the "Y's" contest. Some game lovers also learned about the existence of "Y's" from the game website.

However, a series of operations did not significantly increase the sales of "Y's", and the weekly sales only increased between 50,000 and 100,000.

Shen Xin was also a little anxious at first, the magazine spent so much money, if the effect was minimal, then the future publicity would be affected.

Of course, if you think about it carefully, it's not difficult to know the reason. After all, the sales volume of a single issue of "Y's" has reached a bottleneck. Readers who want to buy "Y's" have already bought it, and readers who don't want to buy "Y's" will not consider "Y's".

This is like an online novel. If the website recommends a novel several times in a row, the increase in the collection is likely to decrease, and the reason is the same.

What's more, the fan contest hasn't officially started yet, and the advertisement can only attract everyone's attention, but it can't make them willing to spend real money to buy the booklet.

At the same time, another news brought by Yan Fei made him slightly relieved.

Although the sales volume of "Y's" booklet did not increase on a large scale, after some struggles, the sales volume surpassed "Punishment" and ranked sixth. At the same time, the gap with the fifth place was within 50,000 copies. The top five is only a matter of time.

The biggest effect of the fan competition is to drive the sales of "New World". The latest issue has reached 900,000 copies, which is the peak of magazine sales in recent years.

"Y's" has also attracted the attention of new readers. In the new survey, "Y's" got 50 more votes than before, reaching an exaggerated 672 votes. And the eight masters who are about to participate in the doujin contest, even said good things about "Y's", which aroused everyone's curiosity about comics.

This report was not only published on "New World", but also appeared on the homepage of Manjia.com.

Some readers who were hesitant about "Y's", after reading this article, got into trouble again, whether they should also buy a few copies of "Y's".

So far, if there are no accidents, Shen Xin's minimum goal can be regarded as achieved - to enter the top ten of the newcomer list, and the sales volume of the comics ranked first is only 300,000 copies. This is not an unattainable goal. number.

After Zhou Yang finished drawing the names of the fans of "Y's", he bid farewell to other people in the studio, and at the same time, he also started the creation of "Ghost Poses".

The whole studio became very busy immediately, and Shen Xin had to spend more energy on drawing line drafts and backgrounds, while Gao Hang and Lu Ning also started fan creations after work.

Only the champion who has won the fan competition has a reward of 50,000 yuan. If it is divided equally, it is only a little over 10,000 yuan per person, which is not even comparable to the reward of "Y's" booklet.

The goal of the three people is not just money, but more importantly, experience and proof.

As the main writer of the fan, Lu Ning has the biggest workload, and the biggest difficulty she faces is the use of the G-pen.

In her previous creations, she mostly used round pens.

Both the round pen and the G pen belong to the dip pen, but the nature of the two is completely different. The two sides of the ink storage hole of the G pen have been hollowed out, so the nib is very elastic. If you don’t pay attention, the nib will diverge like two sides. Sometimes in order to draw the desired effect, you often have to move the paper .

The nib of the ball pen is relatively slender.

The lines are soft too, but often fall short when it comes to expressing emotional outbursts in characters.

"How about you choose the round pen?" Shen Xin suggested.

Compared with other dip pens, the G Pen is indeed more difficult to use.

"No. I want to be a juvenile cartoonist, so I must know how to use the G-pen." Lu Ning bit her lip with a stubborn face.

Shen Xin thought about it, and felt that what Lu Ning said was not wrong, this opportunity was at best just a trial.

If she encounters a little bit of difficulty, she thinks about retreating, and Lu Ning will not be able to do much in the future.

Shen Xin originally wanted to give Lu Ning advice when necessary, but the broadcast of the new episode of "Hunting Abyss" instantly made the studio nervous.

On June 22, the third volume of "The Hunting Abyss" was released, and the daily sales exceeded 120,000 copies, and the weekly sales exceeded 600,000 copies, which then drove the sales of the first and second volumes.

In the middle of the night of June 30th, the final sales volume of "Hunting Abyss" reached 1.8 million copies, only 200,000 copies less than "Y's", and 180,000 copies less than "Punishment", ranking in "Punishment" After that, ranked eighth.

"Huh... scared me to death."

Seeing that Manjia.com has updated its latest ranking and page, Jian Xiaomei finally let out a sigh of relief.

Ye Hexu's mind was not on the ranking at all, he watched the animation once, and then returned his energy to the original manuscript.

Jian Xiaomei came to Ye Hexu angrily, took off his earphones, and shouted at him: "Can't you be nervous?"

"Ah? Nervous? What are you nervous about?" Ye Hexu looked at Jian Xiaomei puzzled.

"Ranking... You were almost eliminated, do you know that?" Jian Xiaomei said angrily.

"Oh, you said that." Ye Hexu put down the G-pen and yawned, "Even if I get nervous, can I change the result?"

"Eh?" Jian Xiaomei froze slightly, and then said with some hesitation, "Should...can't?"

"That's right. Since I can't, why should I be nervous? Don't worry, I'm the one who wants to win the 'Newcomer Award'. The Abyss will win the first place." Ye Hexu laughed.

""Sin and Punishment" can't be underestimated. It also has new episodes in July, August, and September. Although it's just a Q version of Instant Noodles, it can broadcast two episodes a week, and the frequency is higher than "Hunting Abyss." Jian Xiaomei guessed.

"I guess... before the fourth volume of "Punishment" is released, the sales will not increase much." Ye Hexu speculated.

"Why?"

"The growth rate of the follow-up sales of "Punishment" slowed down significantly, and was gradually pulled away by "Y's"."

"That's because "Y's" promoted the fan competition."

"However, "Sin Punishment" was overtaken before the fan competition officially started." Ye Hexu reminded.

"That's right. Then why did this happen?" Jian Xiaomei was puzzled.

"I guess... it may be that the readers of "Punishment" have been diluted, and some readers have chosen the novel."

Jian Xiaomei understood immediately.

Some of the readers of "Punishment" were Su Han's fans. After the novel of "Punishment" was published, this group of readers would choose novels, causing a diversion of readers.

"Of course, these are just my wild guesses. But one thing is certain, starting tomorrow, every list in the comic festival will be very interesting." Ye Hexu smiled lightly, his eyes full of anticipation.