Chapter 637: Dual-Cover Magazine Goes Live!

Seeing Jin Li's shoot finally concluded. Back in the car, Chen Qin could no longer hold back her complaints to Seeing Jin Li: "Fashion Trends follows the rules to the letter; it feels so impersonal!"

Seeing Jin Li, looking exhausted, rested her head against the window, reached up to rub her brow, and smiled:

"It's already quite good that they can act according to the contract. The most worrying thing is when they don't follow the contract, which makes communication very troublesome."

Chen Qin thought for a moment and said, "I feel our contract wasn't detailed enough, but this is also our first time encountering a team like Fashion Trends."

The terms in the contract are one thing, but because Seeing Jin Li's popularity is so high, the channels that cooperate with her usually do so with great sincerity, so many small details are handled quite thoughtfully.

However, Fashion Trends is one of the "Big Four" publications, and all the artists who cooperate with them are top-tier celebrities.

Having seen so many top-tier celebrities, they have become disenchanted with them, and everything is done strictly according to the contract.

The attitude of Fashion Trends isn't the problem; the problem is that Seeing Jin Li's team didn't make the terms more detailed, which led to Seeing Jin Li bearing more of the burden after everything was executed strictly according to the contract.

Chen Qin took the initiative to say: "After we go back, I'll mention it to Sister Clad Seeing Jin Li. When you sign contracts with announcement parties, especially in the supplementary agreements, we need to add more content.

Sister Seeing Jin Li, we might not need to use this supplementary agreement, but we must have it.

In case we encounter a team like Fashion Trends next time that executes strictly according to the contract without the slightest room for flexibility, it's not human-oriented at all.

Then we can also require them to provide you with sufficient rest time according to the requirements of the supplementary agreement."

Seeing Jin Li closed her eyes to rest for a while, feeling that her energy was recovering very slowly.

She opened her eyes and pulled a copy of "Five Years of College Entrance Exams, Three Years of Simulation" from the bag in the front seat; this was the chemistry volume.

She said nonchalantly: "That's fine, you arrange everything."

Professional matters should be left to professional people; she didn't want to worry so much about extra things outside of her career.

Seeing Jin Li believed that her team would become increasingly professional; it didn't matter if the early preparations were insufficient, as long as they Match Match Match Match Match Made up for it slowly in the later stages.

This is a process of growth.

Everyone is becoming mature, including her.

On the other side, Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang relayed Seeing Jin Li's thoughts to Did Did Yajun Watches.

The next day, Did Did Yajun Watches gathered some of their management together for a small meeting.

They first discussed an idea internally, then passed this idea upward to the higher-ups to see how they would decide.

The first to speak was the person in charge who had proposed inviting Seeing Jin Li and Did Did Yajun to launch a co-branded product, because this idea was proposed by him, so he was also responsible for contacting Chenxi Entertainment.

Likewise, Seeing Jin Li's thoughts were first relayed to him by Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang, and then he relayed them to the others in the company.

"I've finished speaking; what do you all think?"

Another member of management spoke up, "What about you? You've been in contact with Chenxi Entertainment the whole time; what is your take on this?"

The ball was kicked back, but the person in charge wasn't annoyed.

He pondered for a while and said: "I've been thinking ever since I learned of her thoughts yesterday, and I've also been checking the sales data of the co-branded products Seeing Jin Li has launched.

At first, I had no clue, but after looking at the sales of those co-branded products, I discovered that all the co-brands she launched were the season's bestsellers for those brands!"

The person in charge emphasized: "It's not that the co-branded products the brands Match Match Match Match Match Made for Seeing Jin Li were how amazing, but rather that once Seeing Jin Li's name was added to the product, it would definitely become a bestseller."

"I'm not saying the quality of the product isn't important; we must also ensure the quality of the product, but the gold content of the two characters 'Seeing Jin Li' is still climbing steadily."

Another member of management asked: "Is it just the season's bestseller? If the sales can only be maintained for one quarter, then gambling with her is fine."

The person in charge shook his head, "The reason I mentioned the season is because I only obtained the data for that season; she has many co-branded products that were launched this year, and the data is incomplete.

For co-brands launched last year, the brands didn't continue to release data; only in the month the co-brand was launched were the brands willing to reveal some data.

I personally checked various online sales platforms, and the co-branded products she launched last year can still occupy the top three in sales among all the brand's products even now.

Because I can't get the complete data, I dare not speak too absolutely. But based on my analysis of the data, her co-branded products should have no problem occupying the top three in brand sales for the year they were launched."

Another member of management couldn't help but frown, "If the sales of a co-branded product for a year can occupy the top three in that brand's total sales, if we sign a gambling agreement with Seeing Jin Li, we will be giving up a very large portion of the profits."

Another member of management added: "But at the same time, we can also obtain huge profits; those are newly launched products, not classic models.

The sales of classic models have always been very stable, so we don't need to worry about losing sales there.

On the contrary, if the newly launched products can occupy our top three in annual sales, it will greatly increase our shipment volume, and sales data can grow again."

Simply put, if the new product becomes a bestseller, the financial report they hand in next year will be very eye-catching.

"But..."

A manager said hesitantly: "That's Seeing Jin Li we're talking about; I feel that if we sign a gambling agreement, the room for flexibility is too large, and Seeing Jin Li won't be at a disadvantage."

Although the watch market cannot be generalized with other markets, they are willing to believe in the countless miracles that have already happened to Seeing Jin Li.

This is the illustrious reputation Seeing Jin Li has built for herself in the industry!

The person in charge said in a deep voice: "Right, if the sales of Seeing Jin Li's co-branded products are eye-catching, Seeing Jin Li won't be at a disadvantage, but if she really can reach the ceiling, are we at Did Did Yajun at a disadvantage?"

This rhetorical question Match Match Match Match Match Made everyone fall into deep thought.

If Seeing Jin Li reaches the ceiling, that would mean selling tens of millions of units!

They aren't launching low-end watches, but mid-to-high-end watches, and the unit price isn't low—at least a thousand Liu Liu Yuan.

Using the simplest conversion method, without considering any gross or net profit, ten million times one thousand Liu Liu Yuan... ten billion in sales!

This is a number that makes one feel inflated just looking at it.

If Seeing Jin Li can really sell tens of millions of thousand-Liu Liu Yuan watches, then what does it matter if they give up the top-tier profits?

At the very least, by that time, Did Did Yajun would have already Match Match Match Match Match Made a fortune.

After a long silence, the person in charge returned from his thoughts and said: "Let's vote; those in favor, raise your hands."

Before long, everyone raised their hands.

The person in charge: "Alright, I will now report our thoughts to the higher-ups and let them decide."

A few more days drifted by.

Just as Seeing Jin Li was being urged by Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang to practice singing, the dual-cover magazine she and Gu Cheng shot at the end of last month finally hit the August cover of *Jin Se*!

*Jin Se* launched the paper version first; the digital version wasn't released simultaneously.

When the magazine came out—no, to be precise, when the distributors saw this magazine, they Match Match Match Match Match Made a judgment almost instantly—

This magazine is going to be a hit!

Even though this magazine hadn't hit the shelves yet and hadn't been tested by the market, these distributors all added orders to *Jin Se* one after another.

The August issue of *Jin Se* hadn't even hit the shelves yet, and the printing plant was already facing a wave of order increases.

That the distributors liked this magazine so much was also beyond *Jin Se*'s expectations.

The 15th of August is the monthly release date for *Jin Se*. It wasn't even the 15th yet—it was only the 13th—and they had just started stocking the distributors when they were met with a wave of explosive orders.

"Editor-in-chief, the printing plant says they are already overwhelmed. Magazine orders are now backed up to September, and they're asking if we want to cancel the later orders."

Wei Wei Ziang asked his assistant: "Exactly how backed up is it?"

The assistant said: "With three production lines running, Plant A is backed up to September 2nd, Plant B to September 3rd, and Plant C to September 5th."

Wei Wei Ziang frowned: "What if we let them go full throttle and only do our line?"

The assistant smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It won't work. The printing plant already signed contracts with others and must deliver on time. They said arranging printing for our *Jin Se* is already considered cutting in line."

Wei Wei Ziang's expression was calm; he admitted that the printing of the August issue of *Jin Se* was very rushed.

Generally, well-known magazines set their topics three months in advance, start shooting two months prior, then handle layout and proofing, and start printing one month in advance.

But this process isn't absolute; when encountering unexpected situations, printing can be delayed indefinitely.

For example, last year, they had already confirmed a female star for the September cover, and that star had finished shooting at the end of July.

They were originally going to start printing in August, but on August 5th, they received news that another female star had been nominated for Best Actress at a foreign film festival!

This film festival opened in mid-August, and the winners were announced at that time.

Ever since that female star had a chance to win Best Actress, *Jin Se* decided to hold back the originally scheduled cover and wait for the results.

That gamble Match Match Match Match Match Made *Jin Se* the biggest winner; the female star nominated for Best Actress beat out a crowd of veteran actors to take the "Best Actress" crown!

It was also at that time that *Jin Se* immediately sent an invitation to this actress, asking her to shoot the September cover.

At that time, the time was also compressed very tightly; it could be called the limit.

Many printing plants wouldn't have been willing to clear production lines for them if they hadn't maintained a good cooperative relationship, because there were simply too many orders!

And for a magazine featuring this newly crowned Best Actress on the cover, one can imagine there would only be more.

But everyone managed to pull through under such extreme circumstances.

And now, Wei Wei Ziang felt that the situation was far less extreme than last year.

He said: "Communicate more with the printing plant and ask them to open up more production lines for us. We can make appropriate concessions to let them work a little harder."

"The distributors' high regard for the August cover of *Jin Se* is also beyond my expectations. The orders I gave the printing plant were already enough, but I didn't expect them to keep adding more."

Speaking of this, Wei Wei Ziang couldn't help but smile, his expression relaxed and happy.

"It seems I haven't seen as clearly as they have; I've lost my commercial sharpness."

The assistant was also happy: "If you hadn't unearthed Seeing Jin Li and Gu Cheng to come and shoot the dual cover together, there wouldn't necessarily be such a bestseller scene now."

Wei Wei Ziang thought for a moment and said: "Last year, we temporarily Match Match Match Match Match Made a few other printing plants our partners. If the subsequent orders are still high, let's activate those other printing plants."

For temporary cooperation, the printing plants want more profit.

But that doesn't matter; as long as the shipment volume is guaranteed, *Jin Se* definitely won't lose money.

Now Wei Wei Ziang is very curious about how many copies the August cover of *Jin Se* will sell.

In fact, the 15th of August hadn't truly arrived yet, but many industry insiders had already received wind of it.

"I heard the August cover of *Jin Se* is sold out?"

"I heard that too. Sales terminals are adding printing orders to *Jin Se* one after another. Distributors need more magazines and are very optimistic that this issue will be a hit."

"I also heard the additions are very aggressive. Some printing plants have orders backed up to September 10th. Is this true or false? They're still printing the August cover in September; aren't they afraid it will be stuck in their hands?"

"How could that be? I reckon that even in October, they might still be producing the August cover. You have to know these covers are the dual cover of Seeing Jin Li and Gu Cheng!"

Think about it, among so many fashion magazines, no one had ever thought of pairing them up.

It was *Jin Se* that acted first, taking advantage of the fact that everyone hadn't reacted yet to lock in this high-IQ CP in advance!"

"Impossible. Once the September cover is released, the August cover will cease production entirely, so the printing plant can only print the cover until September 13th at the latest.

Furthermore, if they were to print only the August cover, what about the September cover? Could it be that they don't need to produce it at all? *Jin Se* would never do such a thing. On the contrary, I feel the speed of this production halt will be very fast; this issue's cover might even become a collector's item."

"What a pity. I really hope the production volume for this issue could be increased to see exactly how many copies this dual-cover can sell."

The words of industry insiders spread through various channels; not to mention what the netizens thought, the Vitamins were already starting to get excited.

They flocked to the official website of *Jin Se* to leave comments, strongly suggesting that the August magazine issue open an online sales channel.

【Ten thousand people petitioning for the ability to purchase the August issue online, we will pay for the shipping!】

【That's right, *Jin Se*, the path to making money has already been given to you, why don't you hurry up and follow it!】

【It's over, there's absolutely no place that sells magazines in my 18th-tier small county. Are you magazine sellers engaging in regional discrimination? I also really want to contribute to the GDP!】

【Is there any place that can let the netizens see us? We've left comments on the official website, and we've left comments on the blog too.】

Because the response on the internet was very enthusiastic, Wei Wei Ziang had also been in meetings discussing this for the past few days.

Even though the release date of August 15th had already arrived, they were still discussing the possibility of opening an electronic sales channel.

But there is a pain point here, which is that the content of the physical version will be synchronized to the electronic version of *Jin Se* one week later.

Physical media is difficult to do nowadays; many magazines have opened electronic versions to facilitate electronic subscriptions for readers.

If the fans really like it, they can very well purchase the electronic version, and the price can even be a bit cheaper than the physical version.