Big Manga

Chapter 21 :new role

“How about online serialization?”

Meng Huo discussed a countermeasure with Alice, and came up with an idea: “Putting “Detective Conan” on the Internet, readers can read it without buying a magazine. Isn’t it good for promotion?”

magazines limit readers, and the Internet does not have this problem.

Meng Huo thought this was a good way, but Alice unceremoniously rejected it.

“Impossible, online serialization does more harm than good, and best-selling comics do not allow online serialization.”

She explained to Meng Huo that none of China’s publishing companies would put their work online to reduce its value. Online serialization requires reader stickiness, and comics that change every week are difficult to gather stickiness.

In this world, copyright protection is serious, people’s culture and entertainment are abundant, and offline books are the most popular.

Meng Huo thought one thing wrong. The popularity of the Internet in his previous life made him take it for granted, but that was a deformed market. Limited life and entertainment, poor publication of novels, and different consumer concepts have led people to favor online serialization, creating an illusion of prosperity.

But that prosperity has never appeared in other developed countries in the same world. What will happen to this world?

There are many bookstores, and many kinds of comics and novels. People can buy their favorite books at any time. Why do they favor online novels? According to Alice’s words-“If you spend money, you can’t hold it in your hand, you can only look at the screen. What’s the value of something like this?”

This kind of thinking represents the vast majority of people, especially the collectible books like comics.

Of course, there are also online serializations. Its development history is longer than in the previous life, and its quality is higher, but it will not be too prosperous. Many newcomer novelists started serially on the Internet, were discovered by publishing companies after becoming famous, and then embarked on the path of professional novelists.

Meng was chosen in the right direction. If he made his debut from the novel, he might still be fluttering now. Moreover, Ye Xiong also denied the idea of ​​online serialization on the phone. Instead of getting popular, it will affect the sales of magazines and single-page books. In the long run, it will definitely do more harm than good.

Of course, he also explained that it is not impossible to publish online. Some comics will have a special online version after the end, but that will have to wait until the offline benefits are saturated. For popular comics like “Detective Conan”, as long as the publisher can make money, the possibility of online publication is very low.

This incident made Meng Huo feel discouraged and had to find another way.

On September 2, Ninghai No. 1 Middle School opened.

The summer has just passed, and the heat of the sun has not subsided. The students in blue and white school uniforms listened to the speech in the square and returned to the teaching building with sweat.

“Snapped!”

A hand patted Meng Huo’s shoulder. He turned his head, Shen Jie’s smiling face bloomed like a flower among the many young faces: “Meng Huo, finally found you!”

“long time no see.”

Meng Huo smiled slightly. He found that Shen Jie was with two girls next to him. He was surprised and said: “As expected, it is you. Did you make friends so soon?”

“They are my roommates, this is Han Xuan, and she is Li Yu!” Shen Jie introduced the two girls around Meng Huo. Meng Huo greeted them, but he didn’t care much.

He is ready to leave after he finishes taking the book. He can’t see his classmates a few times a year, so he doesn’t need to keep it in his heart.

“What about you, why don’t you see your roommate?” Shen Jie looked at Meng Huo’s side, “You are too lonely too!”

“I don’t stay, there are rented rooms here.” Meng Huo smiled, and he asked afterwards: “I’m in Class 10, you seem to be different from me?”

“Correct.”

Shen Jie was surprised that Meng Huo had no accommodation, and still replied: “I’m in a class. I don’t know why the school separates us.”

Class 1 is the key class, and Class 10 is the general class. According to common sense, they all have good grades and come from the same place, and Meng Huo should be able to be put in the same class. But don’t forget that he is a special student who is not allowed to come to school, and his placement in key classes is prone to controversy.

Meng Huo understood this, so he didn’t care much.

He was very happy to see that Shen Jie found a friend so quickly, and from the standpoint and demeanor, she was still the center of the three, and the other two girls were relatively shy.

Meng Huo doesn’t worry about the situation of his fellow villager anymore.

He chatted with Shen Jie for a few words, then received the textbook in the classroom and went home.

He bought the translation version of the novel “Sherlock” on the road, knowing that he knows his enemies and himself, but Meng Huo wants to see how good this novel is.

The whole afternoon was spent in his time reading novels. The plot of “Sherlock” made Meng Huo amazed. The story tells the process of solving a case by a young detective. A series of suspenseful cases are full of suspense. The protagonist is perfect and literary. , Philosophy, medicine, music, swordsmanship… everything is proficient!

He solved impossible puzzles time and time again, and the wisdom he showed was shocking.

After reading this novel, even Meng Huo had an urge to collect it. From the criminal tactics and reasoning process, “The Detective Sherlock” is already invincible.

However, it also has shortcomings.

One of them is from a Western background, and the age is so old that young people may not like it. The second is that the protagonist is too perfect, he is like a robot, a computer, and he looks down on any woman, which is just the opposite of Detective Conan.

“Detective Sherlock” puts the understanding of mystery as the first element There is basically no description of life and emotions. These are the advantages of “Detective Conan”.

However, the gap between the two is still very large. How to narrow this gap?

The method of online serialization has been blocked, and corporate publicity and operation cannot be used. Meng Huo can only start with the content of “Detective Conan”. The first thing he thought of was to add an interesting new case to the booklet.

But even if the case is interesting, he is not sure that he has won “Sherlock”. Maybe he should start from other aspects, such as relying on the air mass in his head?

Meng Huo didn’t pay attention to it for a long time. He focused on it again, and immediately noticed that the air mass had increased a lot.

It is really recovering, and now it has recovered barely enough for one picture, but what can one picture do?

Meng Huo thought of a way. He was not sure that this way could make the single-page version of “Detective Conan” surpass “Detective Sherlock”, but it would definitely increase sales!

He took out his cell phone and called Alice.

“Has the pamphlet been sent to the publishing house?”

“Not yet, it will be on sale next week!” Alice was sitting in the editorial department reviewing the manuscript. She said: “I am very busy now, and I am finalizing the ninth chapter, which must be sent to the publishing house in the evening.”

“Wait, don’t send it over.” Meng Huo was taken aback: “I want to draw the ninth chapter again. Could you please ask Editor-in-Chief Ye to see if he can delay the release of “Weekly Shonen”.”

“I want to join a new character!”