Four Hundred and Sixtieth Eighth Chapter Coincides

This time, it was no longer just "Comic Future" that was impacted by Duomanwang. The other two major magazines and first-line magazines like Manweek also felt the pressure.

Since the main comics of most magazines will be published in single volumes, the audience for comics outside the top 10 of the small book is not as large as that of the top-ranked comics.

As a result, many people have given up on magazines and turned their attention to free comics.

Sales of Comic Future's 46th issue hit another record low.

Even Bao Jiyi couldn't sit still anymore, and immediately called Shang Haozhi who was in a meeting.

"What solution do you have for the current situation?" Bao Jiyi, who was sitting on the boss chair, looked at Shang Haozhi standing in front of him, frowning.

"To be honest, relying on "Comic Future" alone...it might be very difficult." Shang Haozhi looked at Bao Jiyi squarely, his hair was already a little messy, which was really rare for Bao Jiyi who always paid attention to his image.

"Yeah?"

Bao Jiyi's eyes were sharp, and Feng Shuo's combination of punches was really hard to guard against. The entire comic world was turned upside down by Feng Shuo.

Feng Shuo is like a catfish, disturbing the calm of the lake.

"Moreover, this is not the most important thing. Other small magazines have cooperated with Duoman.com to provide a lot of good comics. The alliance between them is also very unfavorable to us."

There is no shortage of high-quality comics in small magazines, but because the magazine is too small and the assets of the magazine are not strong enough, it is impossible to spend a lot of money on advertisements. Now with the help of Duoman.com, many comics can be in close contact with readers through the monitor screen.

However, the cooperation between the small magazine and Duoman.com is limited to the completion of comics, because Duoman.com also has its own serialized comics, some of which are of very high quality. "Shengwu Academy" is an example.

Of course, they have the advantage of free comics, but if they are garbage comics, even if they are free, no one will read them.

The positions of "Game" and "Steel Refining" are separated by these two comics.

Coupled with the upcoming "Golden Paintbrush Grand Prix" in December, Duoman.com is also trying its best to cultivate its own cartoonists.

In contrast to "Comic Future",

Although "Alien Restaurant" performed well during this period of time, but helplessly, "Comic Future" lost its signature comics one after another, and one or two signature comics have been difficult to stop the decline in magazine sales.

But Bao Jiyi has no way to criticize Shang Haozhi. It is not only "Comic Future" that is under pressure from Duoman.com, other magazines are also suffering.

"Then what do you mean...we just wait to die?" Bao Jiyi tapped the desktop, "We also have web comics - since they can be free, so can we."

"No!" Shang Haozhi shook his head hastily, "Those authors who signed the contract handed over the electronic copyright to us because they believed in us..."

"But we are also thinking about them. If "Comic Future" fails, it is even more impossible for them to benefit from these comics." Bao Jiyi said meaningfully.

Shang Haozhi clenched his fists, "But it's still a drop in the bucket, and it won't change the overall situation—I suggest that we wait until next year."

"Next year? Why?"

"Next year... Duoman.com will charge a fee. By then, the magazine's sales may pick up. In addition, "Hunting Abyss" will return, and our situation will be better." Shang Haozhi suggested.

"But Duoman.com also has a 'Golden Paintbrush'... the total bonus is 10 million. It is very difficult for us to come up with such a large sum of money as a bonus. Therefore, we basically have no advantage." Bao Jiyi shook his head. Next year, "Comic Future" will also hold an award, but now it seems that it should be very difficult.

Shang Haozhi took a deep breath, "I have another way."

"Um?"

"Separate the magazine and electronic version of "Comic Future". Select editors from various editorial departments and set up a special editorial department to be responsible for the operation of web comics-this organization is independent of all magazines and is responsible for all works of Yishu Culture electronic copyright." Shang Haozhi said boldly.

"Shang Haozhi!" Bao Jiyi slapped the table hard, "Do you know what this means?"

"Transformation!" Shang Haozhi said loudly, "Electronic copyrights are operated separately, magazines and websites, whichever is more popular with readers, we will focus on whichever one is more popular."

"Even if it's an online comic, there must be a major work. What kind of comic are you going to make the main force, "Steel Refined" or "Game"? You know, if this will be done, will it have much impact on the sales of the booklet?"

Shang Haozhi gritted his teeth and remained silent. This is the crux of the problem. He can't guarantee that the author's income will increase.

"There's also...the plan, have you thought about the plan? It's just a twitch of your brain, and you can say whatever you think of." Bao Jiyi sighed.

"Although this is an idea that came up on the spur of the moment in my brain, I am not without ideas."

"What idea?" Bao Jiyi asked back.

Shang Haozhi pulled out his smartphone, "Mobile App."

"App?" Bao Jiyi frowned slightly, thinking about the pros and cons of it.

The biggest advantage of the mobile app is that it liberates readers from reading comics. They don’t have to stay in front of the computer, but can read comics anytime, anywhere.

It's pretty much the same as a magazine... no, maybe even more than a magazine in some ways.

"Submit the proposal first... Let me remind you that even if it is approved, the board of directors agrees to operate the electronic version separately, but the time it takes to reintegrate the company's internal organization may be far beyond your imagination."

"I will make a plan as soon as possible, but I also invite Chairman Bao..."

"Let's see the plan first." Bao Jiyi waved his hand and said.

Shang Haozhi took a deep breath and nodded slightly.

...

"The current situation is like this. Duoman.com's app production has already been established. If it is fast, it should be produced in the middle of next year. By then, giving the app a free trial for a certain period of time should attract a large number of readers. And , Compared with the magazine, our biggest advantage is that the department does not need to be integrated, and the comics can be directly transferred to the app."

Tong Yu threw the document on the desktop, looked around, and finally landed on Qian Sheng, "Chief Editor Qian, is the website's hit rate okay recently?"

"Yes, we brought back some readers who had left. There are also nearly 5 million registered users, including more than 3 million active users. The online evaluation of us is also very high. Many people say that they will never buy magazines again. Some people also said that they only knew that the second-tier magazines also have good-looking comics." Qian Sheng flipped through the notepad and said what he had prepared.

"So, the quality of the comics has nothing to do with the quality of the comic itself, but more importantly - the platform. Any cartoonist who rejects us will definitely regret it in the future."

Tong Yu silently added another sentence in his heart, including rejecting Shen Xin twice.