Jia Yapeng was really busy.
He had just settled the development of the mini 4WD when a new problem arose.
"It fell! Old Jia, it fell! "Chen Liren, who came to pick up Jia Yapeng from the airport, wailed as soon as he arrived in Beijing.
"What fell? Did you buy stocks? "Jia Yapeng pushed Chen Liren away.
"Sales! My sales in North China have fallen. I'm so miserable!" Chen Liren cried even more sadly.
"How could this be? Didn't you tell me last month that the sales in North China had reached a new peak in August? Didn't you ship as many as 4 million boxes? Are you going to swallow half of my production alone? Why did it fall so much now? "Jia Yapeng asked.
"Yeah, but I just got the figures for September. I only sold 2.8 million boxes in September. That's 1.2 million boxes less. That's almost one-third of the total. If this isn't a drop, then what is?" Chen Liren wailed.
"Then why don't you compare it to March? You couldn't even sell 10,000 boxes in March! "Jia Yapeng rolled his eyes and said," You're too greedy! "
"No, I feel that this is a trend. Next month, there might not even be 2.8 million boxes left, and the next month after that, it will fall below 2 million boxes. This curve has already started to go downwards!" Chen Liren said with a frown.
"I didn't expect you to be so sensitive!" Jia Yapeng smiled bitterly and said, "You're right. In fact, it's not just the whole North China. The sales in South China have also started to fall. August was the peak of our sales. We broke the record with 8.8 million boxes. "
"But I've already got the figures for September in South China. Including your 2.8 million boxes in North China, there are only 5.8 million boxes left!"
"I estimate that if we don't do anything, we won't even need to wait until next month. The sales volume of the entire North China region next month will fall below 2 million boxes. By 1992, there will only be about 1.2 million boxes left. In the next three years, the sales will probably be maintained at around 600,000 boxes! "
"By the way, these 600,000 boxes are not your sales volume in North China, but the sales volume in the whole of Hua Xia!" Jia Yapeng said lightly.
"What? There are only 600,000 boxes left in the whole of Hua Xia? Doesn't that mean we don't even have 300,000 boxes left in Hua Xia?" This time, Chen Liren was really hopping mad.
He had experienced the wonderful life of selling 4 million boxes a month and earning 8 million a month. Now that you told him that his sales would drop to less than 300,000 boxes, Chen Liren was about to beat someone up.
Jia Yapeng said calmly, "That's normal. Last month, the first part of 'Water Margin Heroes' was broadcast on CCTV, and the popularity of the animation has gradually died down. Naturally, there are fewer children buying crispy noodle snacks because of the 'Water Margin Heroes' card. This is normal and within my expectations. What's there to be surprised about?"
"Then hurry up and go to the second one!" Chen Liren immediately urged, "Once your second animation is released, our sales will definitely go up."
"How can there be such a miraculous thing?" Jia Yapeng rolled his eyes again. "Furthermore, the second series has only just started. We've already made about seven to eight episodes. The soonest we can do is to wait until next month before we can make ten episodes. Only then can we broadcast it on Central TV. Otherwise, I won't have any stock left. I'm worried!"
"Why are there only seven or eight episodes left? I remember you told me in June that you had finished the first part. It's October now. Three months have passed. That's enough time for you to completely finish the second part. Why are there only seven or eight episodes left? "Chen Liren keenly sensed that there was something fishy going on.
"It's a secret!" Jia Yapeng's expression when he said that made Chen Liren want to punch him.
"Well, actually, even if it's done now, there's no need to rush to broadcast it at this time. Do you think the second animation alone can attract children to continue buying our 'Water Margin Heroes' card? "
"Bro, you're a smart man. You don't really think that the huge drop in our sales is because the animation has finished airing, do you?" Jia Yapeng laughed.
"…" Hearing this, Chen Liren was silent for a while. "Bro, we're really facing a big crisis. After all, there are only 108 Water Margin Heroes. Apart from the few fraudulent cards you designed, such as Song Jiang, Lu Junyi, and Wu Yong, which are too difficult to collect, many children have already collected most of the Water Margin Heroes' cards!"
"Of course, most of the children don't have the money to collect all of them, but they only need a few of the hottest cards. Now, many children have formed a card exchange alliance in school, exchanging cards with each other!"
"Many children don't need to buy crispy noodle snacks anymore. That's the real reason why our crispy noodle snack sales have dropped so much!"
"Bro, I was worried that you were too ambitious and dazzled by the results, so I wanted to remind you in a subtle way so that you wouldn't be too full of yourself. I didn't expect you to see through all of this. Then you should already have a way to deal with it! "After Chen Liren finished speaking, he looked at Jia Yapeng expectantly.
"I didn't expect you to be the one who knows me the best!" Jia Yapeng laughed, then took out a card from his pocket and handed it to Chen Liren. "Bro, look. You're the second person besides me to see this card!"
"Song Jiang! For me? " Chen Liren was shocked when he saw the character. In Jia Yapeng's fraudulent design, Song Jiang was actually a well-deserved SSSR-level card with an explosive rarity. It was said that there were no more than ten Song Jiang cards in the whole of North China. That was ten cards accumulated from more than eight million boxes of sales over six months. Even Chen Liren didn't have a single Song Jiang card in his possession. He didn't expect Jia Yapeng to directly print a Song Jiang card for him. Was this guy trying to bribe him with this?
"Who's giving it to you? I want you to take a closer look at the difference between this new card and the previous one!" Jia Yapeng kicked Chen Liren. Chen Liren glared at him and then began to examine it carefully.
He found that this new card was more beautifully printed than the previous Water Margin Hero Card. The size of the card was also larger, and the characters in the picture were more exquisite.
But these were not decisive changes. The most decisive change was the change in the overall layout of the card's picture.
The original Water Margin Hero Card's characters occupied the entire front. Only the hero's ranking, nickname, and name were printed in the lower left corner. Other than that, there was nothing else.
But this time, although the characters still occupied most of the front section of the Water Margin Hero Card, it was only the majority. The image of the hero was limited to a box at the top of the card. The entire box occupied about two-thirds of the card's area.
Right above the box, there were five more stars.
Below the box, there were a lot of words.
First was the attack and defense of this card. Below that was the introduction of the card's skills.
For example, the Song Jiang card in Chen Liren's hand.
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Five stars
Leader Star · Protector · Song Jiang
Attack: 800
Defense: 2,000
Skill: Timely Rain: When Song Jiang exists on the chessboard, all heroes will increase by 100 points of defense every round. At the same time, players will recover the total amount of health points of the heroes. When Song Jiang is sent to the Lingyan Pavilion by any means, any hero on the field or 500 points of health points of the players can be sacrificed so that he can continue to exist on the chessboard!
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"You've modified all these cards and completely made them into cards in the game!" Chen Liren said after carefully studying them several times.
"That's right!" Jia Yapeng nodded. "I plan to start releasing new versions of cards and crispy noodle snacks from the start of the next animation. All the original versions will be sealed up and will never be produced again!"
"I understand. You plan to let those children follow you and upgrade the old cards. You don't want to use the old cards and buy your new cards again, right?" Chen Liren suddenly realized.
"Yes!" Jia Yapeng nodded.
"That's a good idea, but I'm afraid it won't be very effective!" Chen Liren pondered for a moment and shook his head. "Actually, there's another reason for the decline in sales. That is, other than the children of the rich, many of the other children's wallets have been emptied by you. They no longer have the money to buy new cards.
"If it's just a change of card surface and some more ability introductions, the children won't buy it. They'll still use the old cards from before!"
"That's right. That's why I have something to ask you for help with!" Jia Yapeng said.
"What is it?"
"I plan to organize a national-scale competition! How about you help me get it approved? "Jia Yapeng's words almost made Chen Liren fall out of the car.
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