Chapter 219： What is a consortium? (2 in 1 large

"Very good, you did a good job! Keep working hard!"

After reading it, Xia Yu raised his head and praised Gavin Peter, who was looking forward to it.

"Thank you boss for the compliment!"

Xia Yu’s praise made Gavin Peter very happy, but he still didn’t go to his head, knowing that this time the sales of "Xun Qin Ji" was so high, he actually did not take much credit.

The foundation and influence of "Looking for the Qin" are there, and "Jiuding Daily" continues to assist. Even if it is published by the original Jiuding Newspaper Company, the sales volume will not be much worse than it is now.

So Gavin Peter’s mind is very calm. This time it can’t be counted on him. He just executed Xia Yu’s orders. What really shows his ability should be the publication of other books and various businesses. Pioneering, until then, how much can he do to truly reflect his ability.

Seeing that Gavin Peter was very calm, not arrogant or impetuous, Xia Yu nodded secretly, and his evaluation of him was a little higher in his heart. As expected, he is indeed the one who can make Penguin Publishing Group the number one in the industry.

Looking at the watch in his hand again, Xia Yu asked, "Has this data been released to the public?"

"It has been announced to the public. I made a list of overtime work last night. Then I communicated with Yan Wenhan and put the data on the "Jiuding Daily" and asked him to help promote it."

Gavin Peter replied quickly.

"Well, good job!"

Xia Yu nodded lightly and said.

It stands to reason that Jiuding Newspaper Company and Jiuding Book Publishing Company are two companies. The cooperation between them must follow the procedures, just like Jiuding Book Publishing Company advertises in the "Jiuding Daily", and it has to pay advertising fees.

But this time the publication of "Xun Qin Ji" belongs to the boss Xia Yu. Yan Wenhan will definitely not set up any obstacles. After all, the company belongs to the boss. He will only talk about money unless his brain is flooded. Qian's left hand fell to his right, and instead he had to pay another tax, and the loss was Xia Yu's money.

Moreover, this time the sales of "Xun Qin Ji" set an unparalleled record. It is a breaking news in itself. Even if Gavin Peter does not say, as the leader of a qualified newspaper company, such news must be arranged by people. To report.

Of course, speaking of it, the most important thing is that. Although it is divided into two companies, they are all 100% controlled by the same boss. It can be said that they are brothers, and there is no restriction from outsiders. In addition, Xia Yu also specifically explained However, in special periods, some things must be done in accordance with the rules and regulations, but some rules and regulations can be ignored first to speed up work efficiency and allow the company to develop faster.

It is precisely because of this that Yan Wenhan, Wang Qi, Ma Tengdong and Gavin Peter have also become good friends in private. Many things are very easy to communicate, help each other, and rely on the resources of other parties to develop their own jurisdiction. company of.

Xia Yu is also very aware of this situation, and this is what he is willing to see.

As long as these four companies develop, there will be a rudimentary form of a small consortium. As long as one bank is added, it can be properly regarded as a small local and regional consortium. Although limited by the small number of industries, it will appear Very partial and thin.

As a consortium, the most important point is that the core enterprises within the consortium must exchange resources, help each other develop, and be consistent with the outside world!

What is a consortium? It can be understood from the simplest literal meaning, that is, wealth is grouped and financial strength is grouped. Therefore, it should be grouped for development and exchange needs.

It is with this consideration that Xia Yu encourages them to communicate and cooperate.

After staying at Jiuding Book Publishing Company for a while, Xia Yu encouraged Gavin Peter and went to Jiuding Animation Co., Ltd. in the same building.

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"boss!"

"Boss, good morning!"

"Hello!"

Xia Yu walked into the company with his hands behind his back. When the employees saw Xia Yu, they said hello respectfully. Xia Yu smiled kindly and nodded in response.

Xia Yu discovered that the attitude of the company's employees toward him has changed a lot.

He can clearly tell that the employees respected him before, but now they are full of awe.

Xia Yu pondered for a moment and felt that it should have started when he started to rectify the Xiangjiang comics industry. When Yulang Book Company and Shenghuo Publishing House ceased operations for rectification, and many other comic companies were also implicated, the attitude of the employees became fundamental. Variety.

It is estimated that his methods shocked them. I didn't expect that Xia Yu, a harmless boss who looked human and animals, would be so cruel, and they, as practitioners in the comics industry, would have a deeper understanding than the outside human body.

In particular, many of the company's employees who have quit from other comic companies must feel very complicated during this period.

After thinking about it, Xia Yu didn't care anymore. This kind of thing can only let the employees adapt to him slowly, instead of his boss changing with them.

Xia Yu walked into the company. When passing by Ma Tengdong’s office, he saw his office door open. Ma Tengdong was sitting at his desk thinking, his expression was a bit tangled, and his expression changed. It seemed that he was too focused and did not notice Xia Yu. At the door.

Xia Yu knocked on the door, and Ma Tengdong raised his head impatiently. When he saw that it was Xia Yu, he immediately stood up, restrained his impatient expression, and said respectfully: "Boss!"

"Ok!"

"Oh? Has the first issue of "Military Manke" magazine finished?"

Walking to the front, Xia Yu glanced casually, and when he saw something on Ma Tengdong's desk, he raised his brow and said.

"Yes, boss, I just arranged for someone to print the first book today. I'm going to report this to you. You can take a look."

Ma Tengdong said immediately, then took the magazine and handed it to Xia Yu.

"Okay, let me see first!"

Xia Yu took the magazine, then sat on the sofa and looked at it with scrutiny eyes.

Ma Tengdong started to make tea on the side, watching the changes in his boss Xia Yu's expression from time to time.

Xia Yu didn't read the content of the comics, but looked at the structure, layout and layout of the magazine.

After a long time, Xia Yu flipped through the entire magazine and said with a satisfied smile: "Well, it's pretty good, just print it according to this template."

Hearing Xia Yu's evaluation, Ma Tengdong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and said, "Okay, I'll make arrangements later."

"By the way, what is the cost of this magazine and do you have any suggestions for the price?"

"Boss, the design of our magazine is 16-fold in length, with a total of forty-eight pages, and according to your requirements, the inner pages are full-color pages, so the printing cost is relatively high."

"I have done calculations. If you print according to the printing volume of 100,000 copies, all the costs can be controlled at about 1.3 Hong Kong dollars. The cost will decrease with the increase of the printing volume. In order to ensure the profit, I suggest the ex-factory price is At 2.2 Hong Kong dollars, the unified retail price is 3 Hong Kong dollars, leaving 26.7% of the gross profit to distributors."

Ma Tengdong blurted out the report, he knew this data well.

Hearing what Ma Tengdong said, Xia Yu thought for a while, nodded silently, and approved the price.

He had known about the situation of Xiangjiang comics industry before.

Huang Yulang's "Dragon and Tiger Gate" is also 16-open, but it is 16-open horizontally, while "Friends Manke" is 16-open vertical.

And the number of editions is the same forty-eight editions, so in this respect, the paper cost of "Military Friend" and "Dragon Tiger Gate" are the same.

In terms of color, "Dragon Tiger Gate" is also a full-color page, and the retail price is 2.5 Hong Kong dollars per copy.

However, this price has been implemented since 1976, and has remained unchanged for two years.

Therefore, Ma Tengdong mentioned the price of "Zhiyin Manke" to 3 Hong Kong dollars, which is not too high. I have mentioned 0.5 Hong Kong dollars in two years. I believe readers should also accept it.

Moreover, it is now in a special period. The Hong Kong government is vigorously rectifying the comics industry, which has caused many comic magazines to cease publication, and readers have money and cannot draw.

So this is a good time to raise prices. As long as the "Military Man Ke" comes out, even if it is 0.5 Hong Kong dollars higher, readers will still accept it if there is no choice, and they will naturally adapt.

If the price is raised, the profit of the comic magazine has increased by 0.5 Hong Kong dollars.

According to the printing volume of 100,000 copies, the cost of a copy of 1.3 Hong Kong dollars and the ex-factory price of 2.2 Hong Kong dollars, the gross profit of selling comics alone can be 40%, and if the printing volume increases and the cost decreases, the gross profit will be even higher. !

In the situation Xia Yu learned, the retail price of "Dragon Tiger Gate" was 2.5 Hong Kong dollars and the ex-factory price was 1.8 Hong Kong dollars. The cost should be around 1.4 Hong Kong dollars, and the gross profit was only 22.2%.

But for comics, magazines can be profitable even if they are very profitable, in addition to advertising revenue, and peripheral licensing revenue, those are the big ones.

The gross profit calculated by Xia Yu's "Friends Manke" can be so high, the most important thing is to increase the price by 0.5 Hong Kong dollars, which in vain has a gross profit of 0.5 Hong Kong dollars.

"Yes, the price is based on this!"

Xia Yu said to Ma Tengdong who was waiting for comments.

Ma Tengdong nodded and replied: "Yeah!"

Suddenly, Xia Yu remembered something wrong with Ma Tengdong just now, and he asked with concern: "Tengdong, I saw you frowning just now, why? What's the trouble?"

Ma Tengdong was taken aback, but he didn't expect his boss to see him just now.

But now that the boss saw it, and he hesitated to raise the matter with the boss, since the boss took the initiative to ask at this time, he didn’t hesitate anymore. He planned to say it and asked the boss what his plan was and if he had any plans. He continued to struggle.

After making the decision, Ma Tengdong bit his head and said: "There is no problem, but I want to ask you, when will our comic magazine be released? The current situation of the Xiangjiang comic industry and public opinion seems..."

In the end, Ma Tengdong still didn't have the courage to explain it. After all, the current situation, or the dilemma, was caused by the boss. If he continued, he would have the meaning of blaming the boss.

But even if Ma Tengdong did not continue to say, Xia Yu understood what he wanted to express.

"It turned out to be the problem, I thought you were worried about it!"

Xia Yu smiled carelessly and said.

Seeing the boss's reaction, Ma Tengdong was a little confused. He blinked and found that the boss didn't seem to be surprised or worried.

Does the boss already have plans?

Ma Tengdong raised an expectation in his heart and looked at Xia Yu tightly.

"I didn't tell you clearly before. I considered this matter from the beginning. The purpose of using public opinion is to clean up other colleagues, reshape the environment of the comics industry, and formulate new rules. It is not to destroy the comics industry."

"Now that the plan is only partly underway, you are worried that the current public opinion situation is a one-sided boycott of comics. You don't have to worry about this. Now that the "Military Manke" has been finalized, it is time to get the comics industry back on track. "

"I can make public opinion fall to one side, and I can naturally also make public opinion fall to the other side, so you don't have to worry, now you are ready to publish a magazine soon."

Xia Yu explained with a smile.

Hearing what Xia Yu said, Ma Tengdong was overjoyed and completely relieved. At the same time, he secretly blamed himself. Sure enough, he thought a lot. The boss thought more about things than him. He was just eating carrots and not worrying.

Thinking that the magazine would be published soon, and after more than two months, it was finally time to test the results. Ma Tengdong couldn't help clenching his fist, looking forward to it.

"Now you are going all out to prepare. If the time comes and you are out of the basket, I will find your trouble Xia Yu looked at Ma Tengdong and said jokingly.

Although the boss said in a joking tone, Ma Tengdong paid attention to it 200%, and solemnly said: "Boss, rest assured, I will be ready to make sure that I will not get out of the basket!"

"Well, make a release plan, let me see in a few days!"

Xia Yu patted him on the shoulder to show encouragement, then exhorted.

"Yes!"

Ma Tengdong raised the volume and promised.

"Go, take me to various comic studios to have a look, so I can understand the specific progress."

After taking a sip of tea, Xia Yu put down the cup and stood up and said.

"Please follow me!"

Ma Tengdong said quickly, and then led Xia Yu to the comics studio.

The first one to enter is the "Dragon Ball" studio.

As soon as I entered, I saw dozens of employees immersed in painting, and the entire studio was filled with the rustle of paintbrushes rubbing on the paper.

Xia Yu and Ma Tengdong walked in and looked at each employee's drawing. Some employees raised their heads and found Xia Yu and two people. They just wanted to speak, but they saw Xia Yu beckoning to stop them.

At this time, Xia Yu saw Ma Rongcheng concentrate on painting. He walked behind him, watched him paint, observed for a minute, and showed a satisfied smile.

Indeed, although Ma Rongcheng is not very strong, but considering his age, he is already better than his peers. At least, as Xia Yu just saw, Ma Rongcheng’s level is no longer as good as those of the twenty-two-year-old employees. Worse.

Retracting his gaze, he saw Song Quanping who was waiting quietly. Xia Yu nodded at him and said, "Go to your office and call the other two team leaders."

After Song Quanping responded, he took Xia Yu and Ma Tengdong towards the office.

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