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"Well, don't worry about it. You will know what it is later. Anyway, everyone, follow me. Chen Ling, we will be back soon. You and Kawagoe and the others will set up the stall first."

Kotori said this while pushing the reluctant Nanisin and other elf girls on their backs.Although Chen Ling didn't quite understand what Qin Li was planning to do, he still nodded to express his understanding.

"Okay... let's start setting up the stalls."

Chen Ling said this after watching Qinli and the others leave.So the crew nodded and brought in a large cardboard box from outside.

Then I took out tablecloths, enlarged posters of fanfic covers and other decorative items from the carton.

"Huh? Not bad. You actually made such a thing?"

"Hahaha, of course. After all, we are an unknown club, so we must make the decoration more conspicuous. Otherwise, how can we attract customers? Fortunately, this is the wall stall that all clubs long for. It would be a waste if we don't make full use of the wall space. Yet?"

Nakatsugawa's glasses flashed with light, looking very experienced.It seems that this guy is probably a frequent visitor here, otherwise he wouldn't be so familiar with these layouts.

After a while, Chen Ling and Qian Ben put the poster on the wall together.When Chen Ling saw a poster with a character based on himself, Chen Ling couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, but now was not the time to talk about such things.He shook his head slightly and continued to set up the stall.

After setting it up for a while, he saw a group of people gathering in front of the wall stall.

Soon, those people started lining up in front of the society booth.In particular, a long queue of people formed in front of Erya's club.

"Strange? Hasn't it started yet? Those people are..."

Shizhi was a little confused and said that although she had read the comics, it didn't mean that she had been to a place like this. This would make her confused about the full line of people at Erya's stall.

Chen Ling was waiting for an answer when he heard this, but Nakatsukawa, who was putting out books, was the first to answer:

"It's like this. Those people are club participants just like us. As long as you have a club ticket in your hand, you can enter the venue before the general participants, and then queue up at the target club early like this."

"Hey! Is this still possible?"

Shizhi was a little surprised when she heard this. She didn't expect such an operation.

"Well, I won't comment on this."

Nakatsukawa crossed his arms and answered vaguely.He also muttered something like, "Strictly speaking, it's a bad example, but I've done this kind of thing before."

"So, it makes sense that it is extremely difficult for new cartoonists to defeat famous cartoonists. And this is just one of the reasons."

Chen Ling said meaningfully. He had long expected such a situation, so he seemed relatively calm.

However, compared to Chen Ling, people who had not understood this kind of thing before (some staff and scholars of "Ratatosk") began to become anxious.

"But, if that's the case, how are we going to defeat Erya?"

Shizhi looked worried and expressed everyone's thoughts.

"That's right. Do you finally understand?"

"I can't answer your question, so I'm curious, why do you propose a competition that is almost certain to fail?"

This sentence was said by Erya. She had always paid attention to Chen Ling, so she heard Shizhi's words, and then said this with a smile.

"The opening of the doujinshi was determined by previous reviews. Of course, I went through a gap period, and this time I participated urgently. It was not published in the magazine, but I made an announcement on the official website of the comic not long ago, so there were many participants People want to snap up my copy as soon as possible.”

After Erya finished speaking, she looked up at Chen Ling from above the frames of her glasses.

"So I'm sorry, whoever sells out the same number of copies first will be announced from the start."

Erya is so confident. The reason why I said 'almost certain to fail' instead of 'defeat' is just a cautious statement.In fact, from Erya's perspective, there was no reason for her to fail.

By the way, Erya is actually quite interested in Shizhi, the only one who can seal elves, but neither she nor Shizhi has Lily's hobbies, and now they are in a showdown, so Erya just I didn’t communicate much with Shizhi, I just wanted to talk to Shizhi later when I had time.

Well, even though she no longer had expectations for human beings, Erya still liked a gentle and well-meaning girl like Shiori.

"What-how is this happening! Then let's..."

Hearing this, Shizhi looked even more anxious and worried than before.

However, before Shizhi finished speaking,

"That's not necessarily true."

This was the voice of Kotori who had just left the scene.

"Kotori? Well...this is what you have to prepare for..."

Chen Ling looked at the source of the sound, his eyes widening in surprise.

There was no other reason, it was all because what caught Chen Ling's eyes at this time was the figures of elves wearing cute bunny girl costumes.

"Kotori! You, how could you let them dress like this..."

Shizhi knew that Kotori was planning to cause trouble, but he didn't expect it to be something like this. His face turned slightly red with embarrassment, his hands were trembling and he pointed at the elf girls, reproaching Kotori.

In Shizhi's opinion, a game is a game, but the elves dressing up like this is a bit too much.

"Well~~~Sister, this is just a marketing ploy. Besides, this is ComicColosseum. Most people who come to read comics like Two-dimensional, and many of them are also cosplayers, so Tohka and the others are dressed like this. It won’t look weird.”

Kotori had long expected that her sister would disapprove of such a thing, so she hid it from her before. Otherwise, given Kotori's character, she might not have dragged Shiori into wearing these bunny girl costumes.

Chapter 545 Calling friends, using all possible means

"Yesterday... everyone made the costume together! Although it's a bit shy... we will do our best!"

Seeing that Shiori wanted to say something else, Tohka and Yoshino took the initiative to say so, explaining that they did so voluntarily.Also, they were quite curious about such clothes. Although they felt shy, it was interesting to wear such clothes for the first time.

Of course, it would be even better if you could attract Chen Ling's attention and make him fall in love.

Well, I guess the last reason is the most critical.

When Shizhi heard such remarks, and then listened to Kotori's remarks, he looked around, then looked at Chen Ling's admiring look, and couldn't help but sigh slightly.

"Forget it, whatever you want."

How could Shizhi not know the girls' little thoughts, and seeing Chen Ling also looking attracted, Shizhi also thought a little bit, so he didn't say anything at this time.

At the same time, when they saw the group of cosplay girls suddenly appearing, the people around them started to make a noise.

"What's going on with that club...they're all cute girls."

"Hey! That club wasn't published in the venue catalog?"

"By the way, isn't one of the girls Yui Xiao Miku?"

And someone among the people seemed to have recognized the figure of the idol Miku Miku, and the noise immediately increased, and the sound of "click, click" mobile phone shutters could be heard everywhere.

Logically speaking, this behavior is not encouraged.But instead of condemning, Miku, as an idol, has long been used to this, and even posed for the cameras held by other elf girls.

Although Miku herself is also wearing a bunny girl costume, and her own beauty and sexiness are no worse than those of other elf girls, she wants to take pictures of others more.Of course, if the current environment wasn't wrong, Miku would have pounced on him long ago.

On the other side, seeing this scene, Erya tilted his head in confusion.

"To lure Xiao Xiaomei Jiu?"

It’s hard to say whether idols or famous cartoonists are more famous, but in most cases the former is more famous.What's more, Erya has been 'missing' for more than five years, and her reputation has already declined, and her popularity has also dropped a lot.Miku is an active idol and is in a state of great popularity. You don’t need to compare their reputations to know the outcome.

"Hehehe, I was recognized~~~"

Miku puffed up her chest proudly.However, Erya frowned in confusion.

"Sorry, I don't know you at all."

"Ahhh!"

Niya's words stung Miku's heart, and she staggered a few steps as if she was deeply shocked.

"Calm down, Miku. Erya was arrested and imprisoned by DEM until recently, so she doesn't know any artists."

Chen Ling comforted him.Although Erya realized that Miku should be a famous person like an idol, Erya really didn't know Miku.

"So...it turns out to be like this...Thank you for comforting me, Darling."

"Okay, cheer up. The event is about to start."

After Miku adjusted her posture with a weak smile, Kotori patted her back gently to cheer her up.

At this moment, the hands of the clock pointed to ten o'clock, and the announcement sounded in the venue.

『──The doujinshi sale is about to begin. 』

The venue burst into applause at the same time.

That courage made the elves widen their eyes and look around.

However, this is just the beginning.Just after the applause stopped, a "rumbling, rumble, rumble, rumble" sound like the ground and a slight vibration were immediately heard from the distance.

"This... this voice is..."

Shizhi's voice trembled─but she immediately knew the reason.

Those sounds were the footsteps of ordinary participants pouring in from outside.

"Oh... oh oh!"

"It's amazing, what is that?"

The crowd surged up from the entrance like a wave.The scene was like a soldier attacking the enemy formation at the city gate.Shizhi and the elves, who had neither experienced nor seen such a situation, were so shocked that their eyes widened and they were stunned for a while.Even Origami was a little surprised by what he saw.

However, we can't remain surprised now.The club participants, who lined up at the booth earlier than the general public, had already bought Erya's fanfics one after another and left.

"Give me a new issue, please."

"Okay, five hundred yuan."

"I want two."

"A total of one thousand yuan."

Erya and staff handle guests skillfully.Erya glanced at Chen Ling and raised the corners of her mouth, as if to express, "If you win me, then give it a try."

"Damn it—let's start too!"

"That's right. So everyone, let's go on the field as we practiced!"

"oh oh!"

Kotori gave a command, and the elves lined up in front and behind the stall.Perhaps because their costumes were too eye-catching, people who had bought the fanfics they wanted began to stop in front of Chen Ling's stall in twos and threes.

"Oh, welcome!"

Tohka spoke to the young man who was passing by the booth and looking at the cover of the doujinshi.Then, the young man was startled and his shoulders shook.

"Uh, that..."

"A book costs [-] yuan! Do you want to buy it?"

"Ah, then I'll get a copy."

The young man was originally hesitant to buy it, but when he saw Tohka's smiling face like the sun, he couldn't refuse.He smiled wryly and handed over a thousand yuan note.

"Oh, thank you! I'm looking for you five hundred yuan!"

Tohka handed the fanfiction book and change to the young man, and waved to him with a smile on her face.The young man looked embarrassed but seemed a little happy. He waved slightly to Tohka and left.

Chen Ling looked at this scene and couldn't help but shook his head and laughed.

"I have to say that it is really easy to attract people when there is a beautiful woman in front of you."

"However, I am more or less interested in it. Well, it's too late to stop it now. Tell Kotori not to do this kind of thing again next time."

Chen Ling didn't say the last sentence, but the expression on his face said something.

At the same time, after hearing Chen Ling's previous words, Nakatsukawa, who was sorting cartons at the back, chuckled:

"Well, this method is actually the best way. After all, we are competing to see who sells out first. No matter how good the painting is, it may not be able to be sold. The ability of personnel to disperse sales and publicity is a very important factor. I believe this article The teacher must also understand this very well. It should be said that if it does not reach this level, it is impossible for an unknown creative club to sell out [-] doujinshi copies."

"really."

Chen Ling, who had visited Comic Colosseum before, nodded and expressed understanding.

After all, selling comics naturally has a commercial element.No matter how good the comics are, no matter how talented the cartoonists are, they will always encounter the dilemma of not being able to sell when they first debut. It is normal for no one to take notice if they don't use some advertising or marketing methods.

The club <Ratatosk> uses eye-catching shop flowers to attract crowds, and uses the smiles of elves to kidnap customers' wallets. This is a somewhat foul method.But because of this, Chen Ling has been successfully accumulating sales.

However, even if "Honjodo" next door doesn't use this method, the number of fanfics sold has already surpassed "Ratatosk" by several times.And as time passed, the queue in front of her club got longer and longer.If this continues, they will all be sold out in one go.

Although Meijiu's reputation is not worse than Erya's, and due to objective reasons, it is much higher than the latter's.But in the final analysis, people who come to ComicColosseum basically come to buy comics, and most of them have their own planned itinerary, and Miku has not issued any advance notice before.Therefore, if they hadn't passed by Chen Ling by chance, who would have noticed a popular idol in the crowded Comic Colosseum?

Not to mention spotting the idol Miku from a distance, even the people waiting in line on Erya's side may not notice Miku in such a crowded environment.Even if they notice it, people who buy comics may not come to the club "Ratatosk" to queue up to buy comics because of their own planned itinerary.

You can often see idols at concerts, but Comic Colosseum only happens twice a year.

"Oh, if we continue like this, we will lose!"

The sales speeds vary greatly.Chen Ling looked at the doujinshi that Erya was selling one after another and sighed slightly.