Chapter 461 Ranking

The sales volume of "ic future" was not good on the first day, which made everyone in the editorial department feel pressured, but on the second day, the sales volume of the magazine improved. 's Weibo.

Regardless of its original intention, this Weibo did bring some readers back to "ic future", wanting to see for themselves the quality of the two high-quality comics that Ye Hexu said.

In fact, the quality of "Steel Refining" and "game" is indeed extremely high.

"Forged Steel" happens to be the end of the Glider incident, telling the appearance of "Father" and Glider's death. While not the climax of a fight, it sets up some new ones while unraveling some.

In particular, whether "Father" and von Hoinheim are the same person divided the readers into two factions, and several readers wrote analysis posts.

This sentence not only did not have the trough at the end of the incident, but instead aroused the curiosity of the readers.

In short, this sentence... No, more precisely, "Smelting Steel", has been maintained at a very high level, making readers unable to put down this comic.

The quality of another "game" is also very high.

The title of this episode is called "Trust", but the content is very different from the title. It is not so much trust as "betrayal" or "spy".

The people trapped in the "mastermind space" are divided into two factions, and they are caught in a fight for the status of the mastermind space. At the same time, the protagonist in another world is also betrayed by a very trusted partner, who wants to kill the protagonist.

This person thought he was sure of winning, so he spoke freely, and the protagonist also knew from his mouth that the battle in the mastermind space was caused by someone provoking it.

In the days before, the instigator had a good relationship with both sides.

After telling the protagonist the inside story, the man wanted to kill the protagonist, but unexpectedly, a huge mouth fell from the sky and swallowed the upper body of the man in one gulp.

The blood spattered from the waist, sprinkled the protagonist all over.

Since this page is a double-page spread, and it is dominated by black, the shock that touches the soul touches the brain from the heart.

The excellent content of the two comics has helped the sales of "ic future" pick up, and "The Legend of the Dragon King" is also in the final battle, which has also attracted the attention of many readers.

at the same time,

The hot list has also changed.

"Sirius" went a step further, ranking 5th, while "Shengwu Academy" ranked 12th, and among the top 20, Duoman.com even occupied 4 seats.

The hot list does not simply rely on the quality of comics to sort, but is based on netizens' searches and discussions.

From this point of view, Duomanwang comics, which were "born" on the Internet, have a natural advantage in the competition with magazines-because readers can directly find the content of comics on the Internet, and at the same time, because comics are free, it is easier to form topic.

In addition, the positions of the top three have also changed.

"Steel Refining" reached the top of the popularity list for the first time with "A Snake Holding Its Own Tail (Part 2)", "game" ranked second relying on "trust", and "The Legend of the Dragon King" ranked third.

This ranking is slightly different from the small book of "ic future". In the ranking of the small book, "Steel Refining" and "game" switched positions.

"The 36th issue of the magazine is exactly 4.8 million copies. This is the bottom line set by the top management."

When Wang Wenhong came to Shen Xin's studio, he sat down on the sofa and took a few breaths before his expression recovered a lot.

"I estimate that the sales volume of the magazine may be even lower in the next issue." Shen Xin speculated.

Wang Wenhong raised his brows slightly, with a wry smile on his face.

This is what worries him the most.

The latest issue of "Steel Refining" is the end of an event, and the next episode is "The Messenger of the East", with Zhang Mei and Yao Lin all appearing.

It cannot be said that the story is not exciting, but it has been separated from the previous plot, and it still lacks a sense of tension.

In contrast, the "game" incident has only just begun. It is estimated that in the next month, "cf" will rely on "game" to support its facade, and then it will be the home field of "Restaurant in Another World".

As for "Smelting Steel", the climax of the next story should be in November.

At that time, "The Legend of the Dragon King" had also ended, and it was also impossible for "game" to remain in the same state forever, and the ranking was estimated to go down.

At that time, "IC Future" will have to rely on "Steel Refining" for two months... Can it be done?

"I can't do it." This was Shen Xin's answer, "One and a half months at most."

"One and a half months?" Wang Wenhong laughed dryly, "This time is so embarrassing."

"Yes." Shen Xin stretched her waist.

Aunt Niu has already finished the plot of "Steel Refining", and he has no way to disassemble and reorganize it. It's not that it can't be changed, but that there is no extra time.

"Now we can only hope that Duoman.com will be abandoned by readers because of insufficient content." Wang Wenhong sighed.

"Impossible, or even if there is, it can't threaten the magazine." Shen Xin shook her head and said, "Think about it, so far, Duoman.com has only paid, not collected money. The monthly subscription will be implemented in January next year. If you don’t have content that attracts readers, it’s all money lost. No matter how hard it is, they’re going to bite the bullet and try to get their first bucks. So November and December will definitely add content.”

Wang Wenhong sighed, of course he knew what Shen Xin said, so it was "hope".

"At that time, you may be under a lot of pressure."

"What else can I do? Soldiers come to block it, and water comes to cover it up." Shen Xin shrugged, there was no other way.

"Actually, I'm even more afraid, if a few more web comics appear..." Wang Wenhong worried.

"That's not true." Shen Xin thought for a while, then shook her head, "It costs money to start a comic website, and ordinary companies may not be able to afford this money."

If it was an online website, Shen Xin would not dare to say that, but this is a web comic, and compared with it, it has a natural disadvantage - web authors can use their spare time to create a certain amount of comics every day, even if there is no manuscript fee, they still have Possibly create work as a hobby.

In fact, the first batch of Internet authors did create for hobbies and feelings.

Web comics are different. Its creation cycle is too long, and even a full-time cartoonist cannot shorten the creation cycle. For example, "Steel Refining", Aunt Niu has created it for ten years, and the cost of assistants is also a lot of expenses. Therefore, it is impossible to create a website without strength.

On Earth, there are only a few well-known comic websites in China, such as Penguin and Yaoqi. Now that web comics have just risen, it is impossible for other companies to follow suit too quickly.

Hearing Shen Xin's words, Wang Wenhong felt that it made sense, so he nodded slightly: "In the short term, Duoman.com should be the only company... I hope it can survive."

Shen Xin raised her brows slightly, and leaned against the back of the chair, with a half-smile, but her thoughts turned to the distance.

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