Chapter 218 Reverse Growth

In the early morning of the next day, Jiang Zhong came to the magazine office early. Just as he put down his briefcase, he saw a stack of forms on the table.

"Has the statistics of "Soul of Chess" been calculated?" Jiang Zhong asked.

"Not yet, the major bookstores are counting, and the results should be known soon." A staff member said.

Jiang Zhong nodded slightly, sat down and looked through the form that had been sent, and frowned slightly after the computer simply added the sum.

Afterwards, the data was sent to Jiang Zhong one after another.

After repeated checks three times, Jiang Zhong rubbed his face weakly, sighed, and remained silent for a long time before dialing Shang Haozhi's landline.

Shang Haozhi was also debating whether to call Jiang Zhong. Now he was like a parent who was worried about his child's grades. He was both looking forward to and worried about the sales of "Soul of Chess".

The landline on the desk suddenly remembered, and Shang Haozhi made a clever call, and then quickly picked up the phone.

"Hello……"

The other editors all looked at Shang Haozhi, especially Wang Wenhong. He could even feel his heart beating rapidly.

"Oh...thank you, I see." Shang Haozhi's expression tightened, he slowly put down the phone, and looked at the other people in the editorial department, "The first volume of "Soul of Chess" sold 30,000 copies in the first week."

30000?

"How is it possible? This is too low." Wang Wenhong slapped the table and stood up.

Only 30,000 copies were sold, and the sales in the next few days are not expected to be too high.

"Sit down first, I can understand your feelings, but Jiang Zhong doesn't need to lie to us." Shang Haozhi crossed his fingers, his face full of sadness, "Don't tell Mr. Shen...we will make a judgment after the results come out in a week. "

"What if Mr. Shen asks?" Wang Wenhong was in a mess after sitting down.

"Just say you don't know, let him ask me." Shang Haozhi said in a deep voice.

Wang Wenhong suppressed his silence, opened the Manjia.com forum, and clicked on the "ic future" section.

There are not many posts related to "Soul of Chess" in the forum, and everyone still prefers to discuss "Legend of the Dragon King" and "Hunting Abyss". After all, the two comics have been biting each other tightly in recent weeks. In the end, at the climax of "The Hunting Abyss", it was still 50 votes behind "The Legend of the Dragon King", ranking second.

In addition, there are also several posts related to the booklet of "Soul of Chess" in the forum. Everyone has a high evaluation of the booklet, but the sales volume is not high.

The typical applause is not popular.

Is it really a niche work? Or... because of Zhen Duo's defeat, everyone is still unwilling to accept "Soul of Chess"?

But half a month has passed since that game, and most people should calm down and accept the fact that they lost again in Go.

Wang Wenhong wiped off the sweat from his forehead with a tissue, and rubbed his forehead helplessly.

"One week...you can't even sell 100,000, can you?" Wang Wenhong muttered to himself.

If this trend continues, it may not be possible to reach 100,000 volumes.

Generally speaking, the sales volume of a newly released booklet is the highest on the first day, and after two or three weeks, the single-day sales volume is almost negligible.

Few comics can maintain a relatively ideal sales volume.

"Don't worry, with the quality of "Soul of Chess", sales won't be so bad,

Maybe it will explode tomorrow? "

Hu Ke looked at Wang Wenhong with a sad face. He originally wanted Wang Wenhong to persuade Shen Xin to change the plot of the story and speed up the pace of the story, but now it seems that it can only be delayed for a few days.

Wang Wenhong scratched his head and nodded depressedly.

On this day, he didn't go to Shen Xin's studio, but fell asleep after drinking two glasses of wine. As a result, he was almost late for work.

There was a silence in the office, as if a big hand was holding most people by their throats.

Shang Haozhi crossed his index fingers and placed them on the table. From the moment Wang Wenhong entered the editorial department, Shang Haozhi never left his eyes until he sat on the seat.

The entire editorial department was filled with a sense of tension that made people feel weak.

Just as Wang Wenhong opened his notebook, Shang Haozhi's landline rang again.

"Hello……"

Wang Wenhong felt that his heart was being held by someone, and he immediately turned to look at Shang Haozhi, only to find that Shang Haozhi's expression became a little weird.

Later, Shang Haozhi's reply made Wang Wenhong even more puzzled.

"Ah? How did this happen...you don't know...well. I know."

After hanging up the phone, Shang Haozhi also noticed everyone's gaze, coughed a little dryly, and explained: "The sales volume of "Soul of Chess" was 31,000 copies the next day. Although it was only 1,000 copies more than yesterday, it is a good sign."

Rise instead of fall?

Wang Wenhong blinked, and quickly opened the manjia.com forum. There were still too many posts related to "Soul of Chess".

During his break, he also went to the sales department, but Jiang Zhong told him that the increase in the sales volume of "Soul of Chess" may be just a coincidence.

"I don't have enough data to support it, so don't have too much hope." Jiang Zhong's words poured cold water on Wang Wenhong.

On the morning of the fourth day of the release of the "Soul of Chess" booklet, another news came from the sales department.

"Fifty thousand volumes!" Shang Haozhi hung up the phone with a rare smile on his face.

fifty thousand?

Wang Wenhong was taken aback for a moment, and then he couldn't wait to open the forum. There were more posts related to "Soul of Chess". There was even a newcomer who signed in. Many netizens who had never registered for Manjia.com account left messages and signed in under this post.

In addition, posts related to the booklet of "Soul of Chess" also came out one after another.

"Well, to be honest, I still haven't recovered from my current mood. I really can't accept Zhen Duo's nine-dan defeat to the lieutenant general of Han. But I still can't let go of Go."

"Soul of Chess is indeed a good manga, but I would like to say that its pace is too slow. At the end of the first volume, the main character only played a few games of chess. If I had Zuo Wei by my side, I would have beaten him long ago. A professional chess player."

"You're awesome, but aren't you afraid of being dissected? Elementary school students who beat professional chess players one after another will definitely be studied intensively, and maybe they will be exposed."

"That's right, Xiao Guang was "marked" by Xiao Liang just because he won against Xiao Liang. If he wins against Shi Xingyang, wouldn't Huaxia Chess Academy be turned upside down?"

"So, the pace of Go manga can't be too fast. It doesn't need to be as intense as football or basketball... Besides, after watching "Soul of Chess", I also learned a lot about Go..."

"That's right—"

"I usually don't read manga, but I turned over two pages when I was bored in Chess Club, and found it quite interesting. The only regret is that the series from "ic future" has already reached chapter 14, and there are a few episodes in between that I haven't had time to read.

...

Looking at these posts, Wang Wenhong suddenly had an idea in his heart.

Could it be... "Soul of Chess" really survived?

Wang Wenhong's guess was confirmed on the morning of the fifth day. On the fourth day, the sales volume of "Soul of Chess" reached 100,000 copies, and at the same time, 100,000 copies were reprinted.

Happiness came so suddenly.

Wang Wenhong didn't even react at the first moment, and immediately rushed out of the editorial office and dialed Shen Xin's phone.

"Mr. Shen, congratulations, the 100,000-volume reprint!" Wang Wenhong grinned.

"Reprint?" The g-pen in Shen Xin's hand stopped, a little surprised, "You mean... 300,000 volumes, and 100,000 volumes to be reprinted?"

Shen Xin was also a little surprised, you know, the plot of "Soul of Chess" has not yet fully unfolded.

"That's right! I'm busy now, and I'll look for you at night."

The three assistants downstairs looked at Shen Xin upstairs.

"Come out with a reprint, let's have dinner together tonight!" Shen Xin got up, came to the fence, and said to the others.

"The reprint... is coming out?" Gao Hang blinked, then clenched his fists, "That's great! Teacher Shen!"

Ma Ning swallowed, and looked at Shen Xin in disbelief.

A Go manga...a week's sales are comparable to popular fighting comics, which is...really exaggerated.