Since the release of "Astrology Killing Magic" was decided at short notice, Kodansha did not have time to do any publicity or warm-up in advance.
Therefore, Yasunori Mikoshiba naturally believes that "Astrology Killing Magic" will not be snapped up under such circumstances.
Unfortunately, the head of the sales department, whom Kodansha called the "King of Sales," made a miscalculation.
Not long after "Astrology Killing Magic" was taken out by the sales department employees.
The first sales employee called:
"Boss Mikoshiba! Even if we limit each person to buying only one copy, the five hundred copies of "Astrological Killing Magic" I brought with me have already been sold out in the bookstore!"
"It seems that Mr. Wucheng is very popular. Although some people follow the trend and buy books, most of the buyers decided to buy the book because they were infected by the poignant words of Mr. Wucheng after reading "A Platycodon Flower" Buy Maijo-sensei’s debut work!”
The subordinate on the phone was still chattering about things in the bookstore.
Yasunori Mikoshiba was not in the mood to listen to his subordinates. He looked up his watch and found that less than twenty minutes had passed since "Astrology Killing Magic" left Kodansha!
Take away the time on the way to the bookstore?
Don’t you mean that? Five hundred copies of "Astrological Killing Magic" were delivered to the bookstore and were sold out in less than five minutes?
As Yasunori Mikoshiba was thinking, other calls came in one after another.
No need to guess, these phone calls are all reporting the news that "Astrology Killing Magic" has been sold out at lightning speed!
Seeing how popular "Astrology Killing Magic" is.
Yasunori Okoshiba naturally understood that Maijo Kyousuke's "Astrological Killing Magic" already had the potential to become a best-seller!
Thinking of this, Yasunori Okoshiba rushed out of the office door and ran towards the president's office while answering the phone.
"boom!"
Yasunori Okoshiba pushed open the door of the president's office.
I saw Genjiro Noma eating and drinking in the office.
And the sudden intrusion of Yasunori Okoshiba made Noma Genjiro's eyes, which were originally squeezed into a line by his fat, now widened.
When Yasunori Mikoshiba saw this scene, he realized that he had forgotten to knock on the door because he was so excited.
However, this is an important moment in the business war, so there is no need to stick to these details!
Thinking of this, Yasunori Mikoshiba immediately used his rich sales experience to make the most suitable judgment.
"President Noma! "Astrology Killing Magic" was sold out in only about five minutes in one of the 100 best-selling bookstores in Tokyo, with each book limited to 500 copies!"
"And according to the information from my subordinates, although there are some readers who follow the trend and buy, most of the readers are attracted to Maijo Kyousuke because of "A Platycodon Flower" in "Top Hat" magazine, and the resulting purchases want!"
When Genjiro Noma heard "Astrology Killing Magic", it was sold out in just about five minutes, with a similarly shocked expression on his face.
You know, the last time a book could achieve this kind of popularity was in 1979, when it won the 32nd Japanese Mystery Writers Association Novel Award, "The Abduction" by Mr. Tendo Makoto!
In just one month in 1979, Kwang Bunsha's "The Abduction" sold an impressive 300,000 copies! All of a sudden it was in the limelight!
Thinking of this, Genjiro Noma didn't care about Yasunori Okoshiba's impoliteness and asked directly:
"Taidian, sales is your strong point. In view of the current good situation, how do you think we can seize this opportunity?"
On the way here, Yasunori Okoshiba had already thought of a countermeasure. After hearing Genjiro Noma's words, Yasunori Okoshiba immediately spoke:
"President, the 500 copies of "Astrology Killing Magic" were sold out in about five minutes, which shows that the public's expectations have been fully met."
Under this circumstance, I think we should print an additional 150,000 copies of the existing 'New Book Review' immediately! "
"Since these 150,000 copies have been typeset and proofread, they will definitely be able to be printed before Wednesday. These 100,000 copies are our basic cards."
"At the same time, we asked the design department to rush to design 200,000 cheap, easy-to-carry 'Library Books' to increase Wucheng Teacher's sales and reputation."
"Make another 50,000 'Collector's Editions' and sell them to Mr. Wucheng's die-hard fans for their collection!"
Yasunori Okoshiba took out the whiteboard pen from his suit pocket, walked to the whiteboard nearby, made a detailed plan, and explained his plan to Noma Genjiro.
"President Noma, today is Monday, and the 500,000 copies of "Top Hat" magazine have been sold out as soon as they were released."
"So we plan to issue another 300,000 copies of "Top Hat" on Tuesday to further build momentum for Teacher Wucheng! At the same time, we will carry out a squeezing attack on other publishing houses!"
"But now, Teacher Wucheng's popularity has reached an unprecedented level."
"Therefore, the additional 150,000 copies of the 'New Book Review' version of 'Astrological Killing Magic' will be printed in two batches, and will continue to put pressure on other publishers on Wednesday and Thursday respectively."
"When the market for "Astrology Killing Magic" is saturated, we will continue to release the 'Bunku version' of "Astrology Killing Magic" in batches on Fridays and Saturdays to continue to attract passerby readers and increase the popularity of Teacher Wucheng!"
"If all goes well, by Sunday, the sales volume of "Astrology Killing Magic" will reach an astonishing 400,000 copies!"
"We can take this opportunity to invite Mr. Wucheng to hold a signing event with sales of 400,000 yuan!"
"At the same time, a "collector's edition" with a price of up to 5,000 yen will be sold on site!"
"Only by purchasing the 'Collector's Edition' can you get the autograph of Mr. Wucheng!"
“And wait until next Monday, the second issue of Top Hat magazine will be released!”
"In this way, we have achieved an eight-day squeeze on other publishers with Top Hat magazine and Astrology Killing Magic!"
"And wait until next week, the Japanese mystery writer challenge launched by Maijo Kyousuke in "Top Hat" magazine will be in full swing!"
"As long as we seize this opportunity, we can successfully swallow up the share occupied by many other publishing houses!"
When Genjiro Noma heard what Yasunori Okoshiba said, he opened his mouth in shock.
When he came to his senses, he couldn't help but applaud:
"Tainian, you are worthy of being the 'King of Sales' in Kodansha. This is really a vicious business war!"
"If I were any other publisher, I would definitely yell at you!"
"But business war is a cruel war without gunpowder. If Maijo Kyousuke, the 'supernova' in the reasoning world, is discovered by other publishing houses."
"I don't think any publishing house will give up this opportunity to suppress other publishing houses!"
Noma Genjiro showed a proud smile on his face, and then took out a contract from the drawer and quickly wrote on it.
"I don't trust people when I employ them, and I don't use them when I doubt people. People who can create value for me are the useful people, and we can't treat them badly."
"Tainori, take my letter, go to the Human Resources Department, and tell them that Naoki Akimoto will be promoted to deputy director of the Publishing Department of the Art Museum next month, and Hiideomi Uyama will be promoted from deputy editor to chief editor."
"As for Jiang Liumei, she is already the editor-in-chief, so let's give her an additional one-thousandth of the magazine's sales share."
After Genjiro Noma finished speaking, he threw the letter to Yasunori Okoshiba, picked up his job again, ate and drank...
