I am the master of depressive comics

Chapter 72 Octopus Pi’s sales reached nearly 400,000 copies in two weeks

"Okay, editor in front of the palace, let's get down to business first."

After Takeda Kazuki finished speaking, Editor Miyamae Sword immediately changed the topic and slowly told Kamiya Yu.

"Okay, Chief Editor Takeda."

"I called Teacher Kamiya here this time mainly because of two things."

Under Kamiya Yu's confused gaze, Miyamae Tsurugi stroked his glasses and spoke softly.

"The first is the sales volume of the teacher's single book. Although it was released on the same day as Jump yesterday, the sales volume has increased greatly."

"Teacher Kamiya, can you guess how many copies are sold in a single day?"

Kamiya Yuu rolled his eyes. He didn't expect that the editor Miyamae, who worked seriously before, would also make some jokes with him. But Yuya Kamiya had no choice but to follow his wishes and guess how much the sales would be.

"Editor in front of the palace, it should be about 30,000 volumes."

"Hey~, editor, please stop being so pretentious and just say it clearly."

Seeing Kamiya Yu's slightly anxious expression, Miyamae Tsurugi stopped joking, and the ensuing reply really shocked Kamiya Yu.

"It was Kamiya-sensei who more than doubled his guess, with a single-day sales of 70,000 copies. If not for the influence of Jump serialization, Octopus' Original Sin (volume 2) would have reached a higher level."

In the Sakurajima country, the sales volume of a single volume in a single month is only passing around 100,000 copies, 500,000 copies is considered excellent, and 1 million copies is the kind of comics that are easy to publish derivative works and obtain high copyright income.

As for more than two million, that can only be achieved by truly senior cartoonists who have accumulated enough fans and extremely excellent works.

As for newcomers who want to become gods with a book and achieve millions of sales in a single month, it can only be said that they are rare in China. In short, such comics exist, but not many.

[The setting of this book may not be consistent with reality. 】

Before his surprised expression could calm down, Kamiya Yuu was shocked and a little dizzy by the words of the editor in front of him.

"Since the release of Octopus Pit on the 8th of this month, the sales volume of Teacher's comics has increased rapidly in just two weeks. So far, more than 390,000 copies have been issued."

Silence, deathly silence. When the editor in front of the palace told the result, the two people in the room gradually became quiet.

Such a result surprised Kamiya Yu. After all, this was his debut work, and in just two weeks, it had already sold nearly 400,000 copies. While Kamiya Yuu was shocked, Miyazen Ken continued to add.

"Mr. Kamiya, according to past data, the monthly sales of his works should be around 700,000 copies. This is already very good. I would like to congratulate Mr. Kamiya in advance."

Miyazaki Tsurugi's lips moved slightly, and a smile appeared on his face, as if he was sincerely happy that the teacher had achieved such a result. After all, as a comics editor, who doesn’t want his authors to go as far as possible?

"Thank you, editor Miyazaki, for your continued care. If it weren't for you, editor, I might have taken a lot of detours."

Although Kamiya Yuu is very happy that Octopus Pi can achieve such results, what makes Kamiya Yuu even more grateful is his editor-in-chief.

In Sakurajima Country, you can't just draw comics. There are many hidden requirements that authors are forced to comply with. For example: interpersonal communication between superiors and subordinates, guidance for newcomers, external tasks for the club, etc.

But Kamiya Yuu has never been involved in these matters. This has always been the editor Miyamae helping him and fulfilling his obligations as an editor.

If it wasn't Miyazaki who was the editor in the first place, but an irresponsible manga editor who shirked his duties, Kamiya Yuu might have had more troubles.

Looking at Kamiya Yu's grateful eyes, Miyamae Tsurugi felt a little confused and couldn't help but think about it.

[Teacher Kamiya, what are you doing? Did you say something wrong? Impossible! I've looked at the sales data several times. ]

Although Miyazaki Ken was a little confused, he still didn't ask any more questions and just spoke quietly again.

"Teacher Kamiya, the second thing is..."

dong dong dong

A rhythmic knock on the door sounded, interrupting what Miyazaki wanted to say. Before anyone could react, it was Ayano Iida who walked in with a smile on his face.

"Sorry to bother you."

"By the way, Chief Editor Takeda, Editor Miyamae. People from Bandai came over and said they had discussed it with Chief Editor Takeda before."

Oh oh oh~

"It's coming so soon! I thought it would be around eight or nine o'clock. Teacher Kamiya happens to be here too, so let's go there together."

Editor-in-Chief Takeda's hearty voice sounded, and at the same time he pushed Kamiya, making him stagger forward.

[Although I don’t know what happened, I’ll leave it to Editor-in-Chief Takeda for now. We’ll know it soon. ]

Kamiya Yu followed the two of them and walked downstairs. When he arrived at the door, two people came to greet him.

The leader was named Hashida Keiko. She was wearing female professional attire, exuding a capable and steady temperament.

The other person is also a woman and looks like Hashida Keiko's assistant. He has been standing behind her while looking down at the documents in his hand.

"Keiko, long time no see! The last time we met was at that guy Oda's birthday party."

"Okay, let's talk about old things later. Now it's working time."

Hashida Keiko looked at Takeda Kazuki who was reaching out his hand with dissatisfaction, and then raised her right hand to push him away.

Snap~

The sound of the collision in the palm of the hand made the surroundings quiet instantly. Takeda Kazuki, whose palm was slapped away, smiled awkwardly.

[Keiko still dislikes me so much! We were on good terms last month, why is this? ]

Miyazen Ken, who was standing aside, looked at his old boss and couldn't help thinking in his heart: "Hashida Keiko likes you, even if I'm an outsider, I can see it. Have you forgotten the stupid words you said last month?"

Just as Miyamaken was thinking back, Hashida Keiko walked in front of Kamiya Yu, put her hands in front of her, and leaned forward slightly to greet her.

"Excuse me, is this Mr. Kamiya?"

"I am the person in charge of the contract for Bandai MH this time. This time I will sign the contract for Octopus Pi and peripheral products."

Seeing Hashida Keiko's respectful face and not showing any arrogance or contempt for him, Kamiya Yu's favorability towards her increased a lot, and he immediately responded.

"Hello, Ms. Hashida Keiko. I am the author of Octopus Pi manga, Kamiya Kyon."

"I just learned about your company's proposal now, which surprised me. I didn't expect that Octopus Pi, which is just a debut work, would have a decision to produce peripheral products."

Seeing Kamiya Yu's somewhat surprised reaction, Hashida Keiko seemed to have thought of something and suddenly looked at Editor-in-Chief Takeda. At the same time, she frowned slightly and questioned with dissatisfaction.

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