Chapter 134: Spirit Gathering Array
After Chu Yang covered her with a quilt, he quietly opened Chang'e's chat box.
Chang'e has been very busy recently. After the launch of the fashion magazine "Beauty" edited by her, it immediately caused an uproar in the heaven.
As the first female-oriented fashion magazine in Tianjie, while it has received unlimited attention, it has also been attacked by a lot of public opinion.
Among them, the conservative forces headed by the Queen Mother had the strongest response. She mobilized almost all her strength to boycott the release of "Beautiful Beauty".
However, the content of this magazine, compiled by Chang'e herself, is not idle. Its main function is to allow people to understand the changes in fashion trends at the first time.
At the same time, the magazine will also reveal many novel clothing designs and some unique fashion opinions. These things often make people's eyes shine and can't help but create a sense of expectation.
At first, Chang'e planned to sell it in her store, but after listening to Chu Yang's suggestion, she changed it to giving it away for free.
The cost of the magazine itself is not high. If you sell it, the price will not be too high, and you will not earn many spiritual stones. You even have to be prepared to compete with pirated copies.
After following Chu Yang's suggestion and giving it away for free, the most difficult piracy problem was solved, because no one would be stupid enough to pirate something given away for free.
At that time, when Chu Yang proposed giving free magazines to increase influence, Chang'e hesitated for a long time because of the cost issue.
According to her idea, if she wanted to promote this magazine to all parts of the world for free, the distribution cost would be quite large.
Regardless of how much money the Moon Shangqing Palace earns every day, Chang'e, as a Xuanxian, also needs to invest countless cultivation resources to hit the realm of Da Luo Jinxian.
In this way, Chang'e actually didn't have many spiritual stones that she could freely mix. This was the reason why she hesitated to give away magazines for free.
Fortunately, Chu Yang had a deep understanding of how magazines made money. After hearing Chang'e's concerns, he explained his idea of selling advertising space in magazines to balance the books.
At first, Chang'e was worried that this model would not work, but after contacting several businesses in the clothing industry, these shop owners showed great interest.
He also stated that he would use part of the funds from the Tianjie Taobao operation to purchase advertising services in magazines.
In this way, for the 10,000 copies of the first issue of "Beautiful Beauty", Chang'e received advertising fees from five different merchants, totaling 150,000 spiritual stones!
When Chang'e told the news excitedly, Chu Yang acted very calmly.
Although 150,000 spiritual stones were a lot, Chang'e still underestimated the advertising effect of "Beautiful Beauty".
This time it was just a trial run of 10,000 copies. It is conceivable that with the title of Chang'e Tianjie's chief costume designer and the novel content of the magazine, it is not difficult for it to become popular all over Tianjie.
Moreover, if the circulation volume increases in the later period, more advertisements will be received, and accordingly, the advertising fees will also increase. By then, it will not be difficult to collect several million spiritual stone advertising fees in one issue!
With Chu Yang's careful guidance, the fashion magazine edited by Chang'e ruthlessly broke through the obstacles created by the Queen Mother, and it took almost only one night for the magazine to spread in the heaven.
In the end, in order to keep abreast of the latest industry trends, the Queen Mother had to put aside her prejudices and sent people to collect magazines and study the contents.
At this point, Chang'e VS the Queen Mother, a complete victory!
Chu Yang waited for a long time before Chang'e responded with a message, her words revealing joy.
"Brother, what have you been busy with these past few days? I haven't even talked to my sister anymore."
"Sister Chang'e, you are a very busy person now. How dare I disturb you casually?"
"Nonsense, my magazine is in the early stages of promotion, and I'm still waiting for you to come up with suggestions. I've reserved the position of honorary editor for you!"
Chu Yang felt ashamed and quickly declined: "That's not necessary. I want to live a low-key life and don't want to be famous."
"No matter, I have left it to you anyway. Also, this honorary editor is paid."
Upon hearing this, Chu Yang's eyes lit up, and he said, "I'm so sorry, I can't help you with anything..."
"If I encounter problems in the future, just help me with suggestions and pointers. This magazine is not for profit. It probably won't make much. I will take 100% of the advertising fee from each issue. I’ll give you five as your reward.”
According to Chu Yang's estimation, after the circulation of "Beautiful Beauty" increases, the advertising fee for each issue will be at least two million spirit stones, and 5% of the remuneration will be one hundred thousand spirit stones, which is a large amount of money for him.
"In that case, I will reluctantly accept this job."
Chu Yang agreed, but in the blink of an eye he thought of something else and said:
"Sister Chang'e, now the magazine is issued once a month. I think the interval is too long. It is better to make it a bi-monthly publication. This can maintain the popularity to the maximum extent and avoid the loss of readers."
"Look, I said that your quick thinking, little brother, will definitely be helpful to the promotion of the magazine. In the blink of an eye, you helped my sister come up with such a wonderful idea. This reward is really a bit unfair!"
Chang'e said with some admiration.
Chu Yang felt a little embarrassed when he said this. In fact, he thought that if he published one more issue every month, his remuneration would be doubled.
Of course, this method is indeed effective. If Chang'e hadn't been afraid that he wouldn't be able to make it, he would have suggested making it into a ten-day issue!
After determining the future development direction of the magazine, Chu Yang remembered that he had something to ask.
"Sister Chang'e, I recently accepted a disciple and am teaching her how to sense the spirit. Is there any way to help her sense the spirit as soon as possible?"
Chang'e couldn't help laughing when she heard this: "Little brother, you have just stepped into the threshold of cultivation, and you have accepted a disciple. Aren't you afraid of misleading your disciples?"
Chu Yang laughed awkwardly: "Well, I am also considered a master in the mortal world..."
"That's true. Since the spiritual energy in the mortal world has been exhausted, it has become more and more difficult for humans to practice. If it weren't for your chance, I'm afraid you would still be a mortal now."
"Then sister, do you have a shortcut to let my disciple sense the spirit as soon as possible?"
Chang'e thought about it and replied: "There are many ways, but not many suitable for the mortal world. I remember that Tu'er used a portable spirit gathering array before. Wait a minute, I'll ask her to find it for you."
"Okay."
Chu Yang pondered the name of the spirit gathering array and felt that this thing should be very high-end.
After about a quarter of an hour, Chang'e sent a message: "Found it, this magic circle has the function of gathering spiritual energy, and the effect is significant for mortals and below. I will give it to you now."
Along with this message, a dialog box popped up on the chat interface.
"The other party sent you the item 'Spirit Gathering Magic Circle', do you want to accept it?"
After Chu Yang clicked to receive, the Spirit Gathering Magic Circle entered the warehouse.
