Tokyo, everyone is drawing comics, who still wants to fall in love?.

Chapter 651: Oda Nobuo is so crazy that he kills people without mercy!
It was Shingo Oda's idea to make the market undersupplied so that it would be more beneficial to the initial promotion of Yuri.

Ordinary magazines would never dare to do this. After all, in the era of paper media, most publications would be treated as recycled waste paper after reading.

But a newly published publication, especially the first issue featuring works by a very famous cartoonist, does have certain collection value.

"How is it possible?! Oda Shingo is so confident in himself?!" The editors of Qun-Eisai couldn't believe it after realizing the truth.

"As expected of the Great Devil..." the editor-in-chief of Qun Ying She murmured in a low voice.

Unfortunately, this is Oda Shingo who put the Qun Ying Sha into a completely passive position.

No cartoonist has ever been able to push a cartoon company to this point, or even carry Springfield Books on his own.

Under the premise of deliberately controlling the sales volume, the first-phase sales of 30 immediately resulted in "Yuri" no longer being available on the market.

However, the interest of comic fans was aroused by the discussion on the forum, and they wanted to buy "Saints" to have a look. In particular, the female characters in it were quite attractive.

After realizing this problem, comic fans began to look for it in the second-hand market.

Soon, the shortage of "Yuri" caused the market price to soar. Where there is a market and demand, it is natural that scarce things will become more expensive.

What's more, some people have discovered that "Yuri" has a certain collection value. Not only is it Shingo Oda's first comic for women, but the printing quality of the publication is also good. Although it does not reach the level of a single volume, it is not even qualified to be used as toilet paper.

Springfield Bookstore was already looking at the market with some trepidation. Takano Ran called Oda Shingo again to ask, "Teacher Oda, the 35 magazines have been sold out."

Saburo Mikami felt a little strange when he saw his girlfriend calling her brother-in-law.

Gao Yelan's anxious expression made him quite uneasy.

Even after asking the question, the little woman bit her lips gently while waiting for the answer, which made Saburo Mikami frightened.

Yuko, please keep an eye on your husband and don’t steal my wife…Saburo Mikami complained.

"Release another 5, and release 5 every week." Oda Shingo said confidently, "Keep the market hungry, and sales will naturally improve. You must understand."

Takano Ran asked for a few more suggestions and said seriously, "I still have to rely on you, Mr. Oda."

The key to the successful implementation of this sales strategy lies in the high-quality comic works.

Comic fans will only buy your comics and collect them if they think they are really good.

In the market, as the shortage of goods intensifies, the status of "Yuri" has completely changed.

"Oda Shingo's new work is very popular. The art-like "Saint Legend" makes "Yuri" worth collecting!"

"Yuri is hard to come by in the market, and the price in the used market is more than five times the original price!"

Many comics websites and forums began to report this in news reports. Some up-loaders also live-streamed the situation of not being able to buy Yuri in multiple bookstores.

Buy when the price is high and don’t buy when the price is low. More and more comic fans are becoming interested in “Yuri”, the carrier of “Saint Seiya”.

"Excuse me, does anyone have the Yuri book out? I was too busy preparing for the exam to buy it, but I'm a huge fan of Oda-sensei."

"Me too, I was careless and didn't buy it right away, and now I can't buy it anymore!"

"I love King Garuda and King Gandharva so much. Please, I will do anything for the Holy Legend."

Many comic fans began asking around where they could buy the magazines.

Springfield Books followed Oda Shingo's instructions and slowly released a little bit of stock every week. Even though they were annoyed by calls demanding more stock, they insisted on not rushing into the business.

This business strategy is entirely based on the high quality of "Saint Seiya". If this comic is a little weaker, it will not arouse the desire of comic fans to buy it.

However, Springfield Books' new publication department did not suffer losses due to sales restrictions.

Because publishing comics is not profitable, and if you take into account the labor costs of the distribution channel, it is even slightly unprofitable. In addition, the printing quality requirements of "Yuri" are slightly higher, which also increases the cost.

Because the physical book market is so volatile, magazines that originally only sold for around 500 yen have become as thick as dictionaries, so it can be said that selling more or less does not directly affect profits.

In contrast, the advertising of Yuri, the most sought-after and hard-to-find new publication, suddenly became active.

"Minister, we need to add more advertising pages!" The staff of Springfield Bookstore asked their superiors.

Takano Lan felt a headache just thinking about it: "There are already 150 pages of advertisements..." If the proportion of advertisements is too high, it will directly lead to a poor reading experience, which is not conducive to the long-term development of the publication.

A comic book magazine of about 500 pages has 150 pages of advertisements, which is simply outrageous.

There is no other way, we can only provide inserting pages. However, inserting pages is considered as stepping over the line, which is an act of adding page numbers outside the standard page number without authorization. If the Ministry of Culture takes it seriously, it will be punished.

Fortunately, Oda Shingo had a good relationship with the Agency for Cultural Affairs, so Springfield Bookstore was still able to fool people in this way.

Soon, in the second half of the frost month, the fourth issue of "Yuri" was published.

There was a long queue in front of the bookstore.

The weather in November has started to get cold, basically staying below 10 degrees Celsius, but many female comic fans are still bare-legged.

There were many female fans lining up this time, since it is a female-oriented comic publication after all. But there were also male fans, but they all wore masks.

Many comic fans came in pairs, but it is hard to say whether the male fans brought their girlfriends along.

Asakura Nan glanced at Tatsuya and said sarcastically with a smile: "I'm not in a hurry to buy it."

"..." Tatsuya played dumb.

Asakura Nan stopped mocking him and asked seriously, "Do you like the Garuda King or the Gandharva King?"

"Hey? I, I came here to buy it with you."

"Answer me quickly, or I'll go back."

"...Okay, King Gandharva."

"Huh? I thought you liked both of them." Asakura Nan tilted her head and looked at him.

Tatsuya looked away guiltily.

"Sure enough, you like both of them." Asakura Nan smiled and gently scolded: "You are so fickle."

"certainly not!"

The supply of this issue of "Yuri" was directly increased to 60, nearly doubling, but it was also sold out within two days.

This new publication data directly brought the editors of Qun Ying Publishing House to their knees.

As sworn enemies, they were both very depressed.

"Damn it! Although I won't be competing in the mainstream men's comics magazines for the time being, it's really annoying to see Oda Shingo being so arrogant in the field of women's comics!"

It’s more painful to watch others make money than to make money yourself.

But the people at Qun Ying She had no choice but to urge their cartoonists again.

Lazy guys! Hurry up and draw before Oda Shingo comes to take your job! Don't play mahjong, don't train horses, and don't command warships!

However, on the Internet, the great discussion about "The Holy Legend" has entered a new chapter.

Female comic fans exclaimed in surprise.

"Oda Shingo-sensei is really good at using swords! How come someone died again?"

"He's killing people without mercy! He's absolutely insane!"

"I'm already upset about the death of the dancer Jiju, how could someone as good as Sara be so cruel?"

In the plot, Yaksha King's brother Rakshasa was killed.

Not only that, the body of his wife Sara was cut into two halves.

But they didn't know that this was just the beginning, the knife had just been raised...

(End of this chapter)