Not to mention how upset Cheng Yongzhen was by his mortal enemy's words, on the other hand, as the Sherlock Holmes comics continued to be serialized, due to the papers published in "World Literature and History", more and more researchers who originally had no interest in comics turned their attention to Sherlock Holmes.
Compared with the huge number of ordinary readers, the number of these special readers is obviously not too large. Even if they were pulled into the comics pit by the thesis, it only increased the sales of "Huaying Comics" from 1.5 million to around 1.6 million.
But the subsequent effects brought by these special readers go far beyond that.
A high school parent group.
History teachers: I recommend reading the Sherlock Holmes series in "Huaying Comics". This is a very interesting comic. Even people who have no interest in suspense and reasoning can easily be attracted by the adventure plot. Most importantly, all the backgrounds shown in this comic are completely consistent with the historical Victorian Britain, which can achieve the purpose of combining education with entertainment. I personally recommend that parents order it for their children.
History teacher: [Screenshot] In fact, many scholars have used this comic as a starting point to study Victorian history. Students can read the comic while looking at historians' comments, which can be considered a way to relax.
Parent: Got it, thank you teacher.
Facts have proved that once any work becomes a must-read for students, the added benefit to its own sales is extremely terrifying.
Although the Sherlock Holmes series has not been selected as a must-read for students, due to its strong strength and high evaluation among senior intellectuals, many teachers have taken the initiative to recommend the Sherlock Holmes series to their students.
With the support of these people, the sales of "Huaying Comics" in the Western Region quickly ushered in a period of rapid growth!
Fourteenth issue, 1.92 million!
The fifteenth issue, 2.35 million!
The sixteenth issue, 2.76 million!
…
With unanimous praise and voluntary promotion from students' parents, when the third chapter of the Sherlock Holmes series was announced to be finished, the sales of "Huaying Comics" had exceeded 5 million, and it is still showing a continuous upward trend!
When the real-time sales of "Huaying Comics" came out, not to mention what people in Xingning Province thought, even people in the West District felt incredible.
A sales volume of 5 million is actually only at the top five level in the entire Western Region. However, considering that this comic was published by a company in Xingning Province rather than a local company, this result can only be described as a miracle.
Over the years, Xingning Province has not produced anything that can be truly accepted by the general public in the West District, let alone comic magazines, even TV dramas and movies.
But "Huaying Comics" did it.
That’s not all.
As the plot of the Sherlock Holmes series deepens step by step, more and more researchers have gained valuable inspiration from it. Papers on Sherlock Holmes have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. What's more, some researchers don't even write papers, but directly write a comic review.
"In the recently serialized Sherlock Holmes and Grange, many readers were dissatisfied with Holmes's behavior of letting the murderer go and defying the law, and thought that this plot would become a major failure of the Sherlock Holmes series. In fact, it is just the opposite - I think that Holmes, who abandons the justice of the law and chooses the justice that he recognizes, is the highlight of this comic."
Having written this, in order to prevent some ordinary readers from not understanding, the scholar also specifically analyzed the background story of the comics.
He wrote: "Victorian Britain was a very special era. It was after the Second Industrial Revolution. Britain was undoubtedly the most powerful country in the world at that time. However, as the economy and cities developed rapidly, various crimes began to emerge in an endless stream."
"The British people at that time were generally very uneasy. And Holmes—"
"At first glance, it might be easy to misunderstand Holmes as a highly intelligent, antisocial person. Of course, we all know from reading the comics that Holmes hates evil, sympathizes with the weak, and is a detective with a strong sense of justice. The contrast between this character image and the social environment at the time itself represents a kind of humanistic concern."
…
The impact of this type of review is huge.
Not only in the West District, where the popularity of the Sherlock Holmes series is increasing, but also in Xingning Province, where few people talked about the Sherlock Holmes series before, its popularity has begun to increase significantly. Even for some people who deliberately block the Sherlock Holmes series, it is almost impossible not to see it.
For example, Jing Huahao.
He never dreamed that he would see "Huaying Comics" again, not when the other party announced its bankruptcy, nor when its sales made a big turnaround, but at home, in the hands of his beloved son.
It would be fine if he just read the comics, no one would know anyway, but the son of the editor-in-chief of Baiyun Comics bought comics from the rival magazine. But the problem is that his son not only read the comics, but also enjoyed being a fan of the Sherlock Holmes series on the Internet. Every day he either read the comics or thought of ways to make Sherlock Holmes popular.
Jing Huahao: …
He and his son stared at each other for a while, and finally Jing Huahao took the initiative to look away. Although many people were waiting to see him and Baiyun Comics make a fool of themselves after the sales of Huaying Comics were exposed, Jing Huahao knew that this was not enough.
It's not enough.
The reason why "Huaying Comics" gave up the market in Xingning Province was, firstly, because the channel dealers took advantage of the situation and Mu Suxing was unhappy and naturally had no interest in cooperating with them; secondly, "Taking Las Vegas" was unexpectedly blocked.
The distributors were easy to deal with. As long as there was enough profit, they would be willing to kneel down and beg Huaying, not to mention admitting their mistakes. The problem was with the General Administration of Press and Publication. Since Mu Suxing had said that he wanted a complete "Huaying Comics" from beginning to end, there was no way he could take the initiative to bow to the General Administration of Press and Publication.
So will the General Administration of Press and Publication admit its mistake because of the 5 million sales in the Western District
As soon as this thought popped up in his mind, Jing Huahao laughed at himself.
Let those high-ranking figures take the initiative to admit their mistakes and retract their decisions? Come on, everyone knows that the Xingning Province Publishing Bureau cares most about face.
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Mu Suxing did not pay much attention to the grand event on the Internet.
The sales of Huaying Comics reached 5 million, and in the readers' popularity vote, the Sherlock Holmes series also defeated the long-time No. 1 "Taking Vegas" and won the popularity championship with 74% popularity. Zhuo Liming's new work is also coming soon, and will be included in the serialization of Huaying Comics in half a month at the latest.
At this point, his goal of establishing a comic magazine has basically been achieved.
After figuring this out, Mu Suxing didn't pay attention to the current situation of Baiyun Comics, or worry about the follow-up matters. Today's Sherlock Holmes series has completely exuded the brilliance it deserves, and such hard power can no longer be shaken by any small tricks.
"… Is this why you left all the follow-up work to me and went to Luocha County to hang out?" Qiu Fengmao asked on the other end of the phone.
Rochdale County is a city in the West End. According to its geographical location, it corresponds exactly to London of that time.
Mu Suxing cleared his throat and corrected without blushing, "I'm not a playboy. I came to Luocha County for serious business."
Qiu Fengmao asked doubtfully: "Oh?"
"The company has received a lot of feedback from readers in the past few days. Many people feel that Sherlock Holmes is not a paper man, but a real person who once existed." Mu Suxing said, while following the staff in front to inspect suitable land: "I plan to buy a piece of land and build a former residence of Sherlock Holmes."
Qiu Fengmao was stunned for a moment: "You plan to build it in the West District?"
"What else?"
That Xingning Province...
Qiu Fengmao thought about it, but still didn't say what was in his mind. Judging from the current popularity of Sherlock Holmes, once this so-called Sherlock Holmes' former residence is built, it will undoubtedly become a tourist attraction and even one of the local landmarks. For some people, it is almost a political achievement that they have picked up for free.
I wonder how people in Xingning Province will feel when they find out about this
Thinking of this, Qiu Fengmao suddenly became interested again.
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In a university classroom in Xingning City.
Ye Shulin sat in his seat, listening attentively to the professor's lecture at the podium, which was a rare moment.
In fact, this was probably the most attentive lecture he had attended this semester - it was because their professor, who was always considered old-fashioned, did not bring out those boring theories today, but quoted the most popular Sherlock Holmes series as part of the course.
This made Ye Shulin, who was distracted in class most of the time, interested. He no longer had any resistance to old-fashioned things and listened to the class happily.
Not only has my favorite comic been recognized by more people, it has also been used as teaching material and has been used as positive material by professors in school during their lectures. It’s double the happiness!
When he finished reading the comics, he had a feeling that he couldn't stop reading. It seemed that in his heart, the character of Sherlock Holmes had merged with the real history and became a part of it. It was as if as soon as he closed his eyes, he would see the man with a pipe in his hand and a bowler hat on his head, with his eyes slightly lowered, walking towards him slowly.
Now that the professor was talking about Victorian history, Ye Shulin could naturally immerse himself in it easily.
"The Sherlock Holmes series is a very good comic book, so," the professor, who was recently privately complained by his students as an old-fashioned man, smiled friendly as he looked at the students staring at him, "So, for this semester's graduation thesis, we will use Sherlock Holmes as the material and write a 3,000-word paper."
Ye Shulin: … … …
Ye Shulin:
As if not noticing the anxious expressions of the students, the professor added: "Don't expect to just copy a paper from the Internet. I know there are many papers on this topic online, but I hope you can find a new angle that you like, rather than being limited by yourself."
“Therefore, papers with too high a plagiarism rate will be directly treated as failed courses.”
Ye Shulin: Damn it, why
I finally got my favorite comic magazine and a new and easier way to attend classes. It should have been twice as much fun, but why did it turn out like this? qaq