Eric continued, "I hope you can help get her mentally prepared."
"You seem to have forgotten something," Zane said calmly. "We'll also increase our promotional efforts, which means her exposure will rise."
The sales of the merchandise would only keep increasing in that case.
Eric suddenly remembered this aspect. "You're right. It seems I overthought it."
He continued, "I've already been in contact with the publisher, and we're currently working out the details.
"The way I see it, since our goal is to make Annalise's works popular worldwide, it doesn't matter if we make a little less money on each book.
"But the quality has to be good overall. What do you think?"
Eric had his own thoughts, but whether they would be adopted depended on Zane.
Zane agreed, saying, "Exactly. There will be several more volumes of the comics released in the future. If the price is set too high, readers definitely won't be able to afford it. So, it's acceptable for the company to take a slight step back."
Eric's smile was hard to control. "In that case, we can reach an agreement with the publisher.
"As for the factories, the market has been bad recently, and many factories producing similar products are closing down.
"I took a look and roughly estimated the future sales of the comics. Since there are also game departments under Huxham Corporation's name that can produce merchandise, I roughly estimated the demand.
"I think acquiring ten factories should be just enough to meet our needs."
Eric was afraid that Zane might think he had obtained too many factories, so he quickly added, "Of course, if the factories are idle, we can also collaborate with other companies…"
"Not for now," Zane said calmly. "For the time being, we should focus on producing our company's products."
"Alright." Eric was relieved that Zane didn't criticize him for obtaining too many factories.
He then continued, "As for the international publishers, I'm still having the HR department recruit the relevant heads, so progress isn't very obvious right now."
Zane was satisfied. "That's fine. We can take our time with the overseas business."
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