Chapter 74 Release of "GAME"
Previously, Jester planned to use Clement's sales channels to help "GAME" quickly distribute the goods at the beginning. After all, Clement Cards has good sales channels throughout the United States, West, and China.
But he still underestimated the current status of Mars Entertainment among many players.
Since the news that the trial version of "City of Fierce War" will be presented with the first issue of "GAME", many people have called to inquire about how to contact GAME magazine to pre-order the magazine.
The reason for this is very simple, because many players ask about GAME at their local bookstores or newspaper sales points.
This really made Adrian a little overjoyed. Unexpectedly, before the official release, the first issue of "GAME" was pre-ordered for 30,000 copies. This is really an incredible data. You know, they are just a new magazine.
So, he was immediately full of confidence in the 100,000 volumes of the first issue mentioned by his boss Jester. He was skeptical before, but now he felt that maybe he could really sell this number.
Of course, Clement's sales department was not idle either. After more than a month of repair, they also started to get busy. Under the instructions of the new boss Jester, because the company's new card game has not been designed yet, they have no tasks yet to promote "GAME".
With their efforts, in addition to the 30,000 books they booked, more than 20,000 books were also issued through the sales channels they mastered.
"GAME" is a bimonthly issue, and its first issue is scheduled for August 15th.
Mike Mohuaimi is going to his senior year after the summer vacation. When he first played "American Cube", he became a fan of Mars Entertainment. He is also a computer expert who is well-known in their school. After becoming obsessed with "American Cube", he was not only satisfied with it in the arcade hall. So he spent a few days referring to "American Cube" on the arcade to copy a version of his own on his computer. Although it was not very smooth to run, it did not prevent him from playing.
However, at that time he didn't know that Jester had set up a 45 million-point easter egg in "American Cube", so he didn't add it when he was copying it.
Then when he went to school to show off to his classmates, his classmates didn't believe it very much. When he invited his classmates to his home to watch the copycat "American Cubes", his family immediately became the most common place for his classmates after school.
In the end, Mo Huaimi finally couldn't bear the trouble and deleted the game he made himself, to be precise, that was his copycat.
This also disappointed his classmates because they did not have free games to play.
This time, after he heard that Mars Entertainment was going to release a PC game, Mo Huaimi was still very excited, and the trial version of this game will be released with a new game magazine, which is a very novel idea for him.
He has never seen any magazine that will also come with a game floppy disk.
As a computer enthusiast, Mo Huaimi often buys several computer magazines to read. For example, he basically must buy every issue of "Programmer". For example, these computer magazines have PC game columns, which often introduce some new games and publish some codes for games written by computer enthusiasts themselves.
For example, Mo Huaimi sent his copycat code of "American Squares" to several computer magazines, including "Programmer".
Originally, he thought it was fun, and he didn't really think that the one he wrote could be published in a magazine, but in fact it wasn't published. However, he still received a reply from the Programmer magazine.
The letter explained several more concise places where the code of the copycat "American Square" can be modified, and then said that many employees of their magazine liked his copycat PC version of "American Square", but because there is no copyright, they cannot publish it, and can only play it in their own magazine.
By the way, I sent Mo Huaimi's half-year "Programmer" magazine as a thank you.
This made Mo Huaimi very excited.
On the morning of the first day of the release of the first issue of "GAME", Mo Huaimi came to the bookstore he often came to early. The owner of the bookstore was also very familiar with him. Yesterday Mo Huaimi asked the owner of the bookstore if he had "GAME" here. The owner of the bookstore told him in a very certain tone that he had booked 100 copies and would be delivered tomorrow morning.
However, when Mo Huaimi arrived early in the morning, she actually saw a long queue at the entrance of this bookstore, which was usually not crowded in the morning. He just counted roughly and there were at least thirty people in line.
"What's going on?"
While thinking, Mo Huaimi parked her bicycle on the side of the road and ran quickly towards the bookstore.
Then he saw one of his classmates in the queue. His classmates also liked to play games. Moreover, the level of "American Cubes" is very high, much higher than Mohuaimi. There is a machine in the arcade hall near their school, which was changed to his name by his classmates.
Of course, his classmate is also a fan of Mars Entertainment. Originally, his classmate planned to invite him to go with him at the trial party in Chicago, but he was delayed by himself, so his classmate went there by himself.
After returning, his classmate directly praised Mars Entertainment and Jester Lee as gods, and he said that the four games he played there were simply no less than the works of "American Cubes", especially a game called "Snowman Brothers", which surpassed the Bajie of the same type of "Donkey Kong" and was the best game he had ever played.
Mo Huaimi was also very yearning for him. He regretted not going there at that time and missed the opportunity to take a look.
His classmate obviously saw him, so he waved to Mo Huaimi.
"Mike, are you here to buy that new magazine?" His classmate asked Mike Mohuaimi with a smile.
Mo Huaimi looked at his classmate with some surprise. In his impression, he did not have the habit of buying computer magazines.
Then Mo Huaimi looked at the long queue again and suddenly had a bad idea.
Isn't these all those who bought "GAME" in the future?
Then Mo Huaimi carefully looked at the people in line, and suddenly he found that most of these people were actually some who often went to the arcade hall to play games like him. A few of them looked very familiar. They all loved Mars entertainment games without exception.
At this moment, a delivery pickup truck drove from one end of the road and stopped next to the bookstore.
This attracted everyone's attention.
A big white man wearing a yellow work clothes from a DHL express company walked out of the car, then lifted two tight cardboard boxes wrapped in plastic paper from behind the pickup truck and walked towards the bookstore.
The courier worker was obviously shocked when he saw the long queue in front of the bookstore, but he quickly replied to normal. He carried the two cardboard boxes through the crowd and walked into the bookstore. Obviously, the owner of the bookstore knew the courier worker. The two talked briefly for a few words. The courier worker obviously had other couriers to deliver, so he said goodbye and left.
The owner of the bookstore looked at the crowd who had been lined up here for him, and did not talk nonsense. He directly cut the strapping strips of the box with scissors, tore the plastic paper open, and opened the box, revealing the covers of exquisite magazines filled with them.
The words "GAME" on the cover attracted everyone's attention.
When the boss took out a copy of GAME printed in full-color coated paper from the box, the magazine was enclosed in transparent plastic bags, and a floppy disk with the sticker with the game name "City of Fighting" written on the back of the magazine.
Then, the crowds of people who were originally lined up in an orderly manner and waiting for purchase immediately surged.
The owner of the bookstore didn't say anything nonsense, and directly patted the table. He waved the book "GAME" in his hand with his other hand, shouting loudly: "GAME magazine is $22, and the ones you want to buy are in order, there are only one hundred copies in total!"
Then a young white man ranked first without hesitation threw a fifty dollar note on the table, and kept saying, "Two books, give me two."
The second person shouted to the boss without hesitation: "I have two books too."
Mo Huaimi looked at the last few people who bought the first few times at the end of the team, and was immediately anxious. He counted that he was on the thirty-seven or eight. If everyone in front bought two or three copies, the magazine might not be sold out if he couldn't get to him.
He had asked the owner of the bookstore yesterday afternoon. The owner of the bookstore told him that he was not very easy to judge how much he could sell, so he only bought one hundred books.
So, Mo Huaimi called out the name of his classmate who was lined up in front of him without hesitation.
His classmate heard someone calling his name and saw that Mo Huaimi was constantly waving, and immediately understood what the other party meant. He just smiled and made an OK gesture, indicating that Mo Huaimi would rest assured.
Mo Huaimi's classmate was in front of the entire queue, about thirteen or fourteen. As the number of people in front continued to decrease, it was his turn.
After a few minutes, it was finally Mo Huaimi's turn, and then Mo Huaimi saw his classmate take out a $100 US dollar and buy four books directly.
Seeing this scene, Mo Huaimi finally breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't need to worry about whether he could buy it.
When they saw someone buying four books directly, many of the people behind were also a little angry and had a bad temper, and they began to curse because these people knew that if they were to buy them like this, they would not have to queue up.
Seeing the crowd stirring, it also attracted the attention of the bookstore owner. The bookstore owner obviously had something to do. After all, the people who came to buy this magazine were all young people with strong spirits. So he looked at the specific number of people in line, and then looked at the number of magazines left. He didn't think much about it. He made a decision in an instant that each person could only sell at most two magazines.
This also calmed down the crowd that had been a little turbulent.
However, this has nothing to do with Mo Huaimi. When his classmate bought a magazine and was about to leave on a bicycle, he called out his name, waved at him, and signaled him to leave together.
Then, Mo Huaimi quickly ran to the side of the road without hesitation, stepped onto his bicycle, pedaled a few times, and accelerated to chase his classmates.
Mo Huaimi's classmate was obviously waiting for him behind him, so he didn't ride fast. When he saw Mo Huaimi chasing him, he proudly sang the four thick magazines he still held in his hand.
"How did you buy four copies?" Mo Huaimi asked strangely.
"Haha." His classmate laughed at first, and then said excitedly, "I am investing in Mars Entertainment! You saw those arcade owners who pre-ordered Mars Entertainment's arcades in advance and got the goods first. None of them were profitable. I went to the arcade hall near our school at around 10 o'clock last night and wanted to play "Bubble Dragon" and still had to queue up!"
"But what does this have to do with buying four magazines?" Mo Huaimi still didn't understand.
"It's this!" Mo Huaimi's classmate flipped the magazine in his hand and pointed the floppy disk towards Mo Huaimi. He said in an unquestionable tone, "I believe that the first PC game of Mars Entertainment will definitely be as good as the arcade game they make! In a few days, those who haven't bought this magazine "GAME" will definitely pay a lot of money!"
Chapter completed!