Chapter 205: I'm not unfamiliar with the Poplar Literary Award
Because Du Caige sacrificed some interests in exchange for the help of some famous singers and musicians, as well as Yan Yingzhen's shot, which made the water army disappear (some ordinary sunspots are still active), the reputation of "Fairy Tale" has achieved a counterattack, and the praise on the Internet completely overwhelmed the malicious bad reviews of those few sunspots.
"This song with the MV made the master cry. ”
"It's not very good, and it's only been looped more than 100 times in a single. ”
"I don't understand music, I just think it's good. Then by the way, I listened to other singles from this singer named Jiang Youxi, and the rest is hard to say, but there is a song "The First Time" that is also very good. I'll keep an eye on this singer. ”
"Anyway, what's going on with this Jiang Youxi, he has been obscure, and he invited Lin Ke, the great god, to write a song for him without saying a word? After Lin Ke came back, he was the first to cooperate with him, I don't believe there is no insider here. ”
"Sister upstairs, do you want to read the book? There is a sister in our team who drew Lin Ke and Jiang Youxi, the beautiful love story of two beautiful men, do you want to join the group?"
Seeing this, Du Caige almost silently picked up his mobile phone to call the police.
Hey, are you a demon, someone openly spreads astringent and silver gray information on the Internet, infringing on the portrait rights of others.
Of course, not everyone gave good reviews, and there are still some fans who feel that it is not good here or there.
This is normal, even if it is a good song, it is impossible to get 100% praise, so Du Caige doesn't care.
With the fermentation of word-of-mouth, the sales of "Fairy Tale" also began to rise.
According to the data at noon on May 13, the 24-hour sales rebounded again, with 98,000 copies sold on the whole platform, although it has not yet reached the sales volume on the 11th, but it is also a good signal.
According to the statistics at noon on May 14, 148,000 copies were sold on the whole platform in 24 hours, an increase of nearly 50%, and the cow beer was booming.
"Fairy Tale" was on May 9 and ended on the 14th in 5 days, and the total sales on the whole platform reached 536,000 copies, perhaps this data is nothing for a singer of Duan Xiaochen's level, or even just unsatisfactory.
But Jiang Youxi, as a rookie singer, can get such results, it is simply against the sky!
However, Du Caige calculated, it is no longer very realistic for "Fairy Tale" to sell 1 million copies in the first week.
In the next two days, 230,000 copies will be sold every day, which should be impossible.
However, even if only 150,000 copies are sold every day, the sales of "Fairy Tale" can exceed 800,000 copies in the first week, which is already the data of the singer and queen level, Jiang Youxi can definitely rush into the ranks of second-tier singers with this move.
On the afternoon of the 14th, Du Caige finally completed the soundtrack and handed it over to Liu Zifei.
Previously, when they were filming "Deep in a Hundred Flowers", they did live sound collection, and most of them could be used.
After all, it's just a 10-minute short film with a small budget.
It's equivalent to you going to the convenience store at the door to buy a bottle of soy sauce, and if you have a bicycle, why do you need a Rolls-Royce?
There are still a few places that need to be re-dubbed, Liu Zifei will immediately find someone to make up the recording, and then do a good job of subtitles, which can be done in 2 days at most, and it will definitely be delivered before the deadline of Zongheng Film and Television.
Before he could relax, the editor's favorite call came after him. "Hemingway, are you busy right now? I have something to communicate with you. ”
Du Caige asked her: "Is it about the release of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern"? You can arrange it, I don't care." ”
"Okay, then arrange for you to put it on the shelves tomorrow. ”
"Okay, then I'll hang up, bye-bye......"
"Wait!" Zhong Yi was a little annoyed, "and there are other things." ”
Du Caige said helplessly: "You speak." ”
He really didn't want to mess around with this editor, lest his personal emotions affect his work.
"That's right, you're going to be busy in a few days, "Zhu Xian" went on sale on the 17th, and then the publishing house arranged a signing session for you on the 18th, and you also promised them, right?"
"Yes, but ......"
Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Zhongyi, "But your author training class is also between the 17th and 19th, and there will be conflicts." In particular, on the 18th, I also arranged for you to impart your experience and give you a half-hour lecture, after all, you are the best-selling author of the year. So, I just wanted to ask you, can the signing be held later?"
Du Caige said helplessly: "I just wanted to say this, but I was interrupted by you." The listing of "Zhu Xian" has been postponed, and the signing meeting will also be postponed, so you can rest assured, there is no conflict in my time. ”
"Scared, why is it delayed? There is a problem with the printing?" Zhong Yi seemed more nervous than Du Caige himself.
Du Caige really wanted to tell her, don't talk in such a delicate tone, it's really not okay, I'm really not used to it.
However, when I opened my mouth, I felt that my friendship with Zhongyi was not good enough, and some words seemed inappropriate.
So he sighed and explained: "It's not a printing problem, it's because I got the news that the Poplar Award Committee is considering including my "The Old Man and the Sea" in this year's Poplar Literature Award Best Short Story Competition. So ......"
Before he could finish speaking, a scream of excitement erupted from the earpiece, and he shouted knowingly, "Hemingway, you're amazing! Oh my God!
Du Caige had to take the phone a little farther away, and waited for her to calm down a little before saying, "I'm not sure about this yet." ”
Zhong Yi said excitedly: "Is it Moyu that his old man's speech has worked?"
"Maybe," Du Caige himself couldn't figure it out, but a book like "The Old Man and the Sea" would not be strange even if it won an award, after all, it was a famous book that had won the Nobel Prize on Earth, "In short, Sprout Publishing hopes to wait until I am sure that I am really selected, and then talk to me about the publication of "The Old Man and the Sea", as a bonus to "Zhu Xian" - buy one get one free, the new work of the author selected for the Poplar Literature Award, that's all." As a result, the publication date was postponed. ”
Zhong Yi was silent for a while, only to hear the crackling sound of tapping the keyboard, and then she said: "I found out, the Poplar Literary Award is selected once every four years, and then this year will determine the shortlisted works of 10 long-form competition units and 10 short-form competition units by May 31, and then select 3 award-winning works from September to October." ”
"Hemingway, I admire you so much, sincerely. ”
What else can Du Caige say? ”
"I believe that "The Old Man and the Sea" will definitely win the award!"
Du Caige was not so sure.
After all, although the Nobel Prize boss Mo Yu highly admires this book, another Nobel Prize boss Lu Wu obviously does not like this book.
They are the two who stand at the top of the literary scene of Dahuaguo, but their literary concepts have always been different, and this time it happened that "The Old Man and the Sea" became the target of their fight in the air.
Du Caige estimated that in order not to offend Mo Yu - after all, Mo Yu used his right to recommend - "The Old Man and the Sea" will definitely be shortlisted.
But at the same time, in order not to offend Lu Wu, the award committee will not let "The Old Man and the Sea" win the award.
That's it.
He's not very rare anyway.
Well, that's too lemon essence to say.
He admits that he is a little rare for the Poplar Literary Prize, only a little, a little bit of the size of the tip of a fingernail.
In the next two days, Du Caige was still very busy.
The promise was about to be fulfilled, and Brother Fan took him to several companies in the magic capital, and also talked to the executives of the two companies in the north to discuss the specific content of cooperation.
In the next period of time, Du Caige's schedule will be full, and he will write 9 songs for 7 singers, including Duan Xiaochen.
He suddenly felt a lot of pressure.
"I'm very busy, Brother Fan, you can take on a little more responsibility, let me concentrate on writing these songs. Du Caige said in a calm tone.
But Fan Yuhong almost immediately recognized him, and sneered: "Come on, you have already written those 9 songs, right? I don't believe that you haven't written songs all these years, you just haven't published them." ”
Du Caige was speechless for a while, so he had to say, "Then I also want to update." ”
"Your "Ghost Blows the Lantern" was on the shelves yesterday, how are the results?"
"So-so. Du Caige didn't want to pretend to beep, the key was that Brother Fan didn't understand the field of online literature, so he pretended to beep in front of him, and Brother Fan didn't understand how awesome it was, and he had no sense of accomplishment.
However, earlier, he also received congratulatory calls from Zhong Yi, Shi Kejian, Lu Xudong and others.
"Congratulations, brother/du/haida, you have set the record for the highest subscription on the first day of the founding Chinese website in history. ”
How many subscriptions are there?
On the day it was put on the shelves, the collection of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" was close to 1.24 million, and the first order was 280,000, directly rushing to the top of the best-selling list.
As a comparison, the average booking of "Zhu Xian" is less than 240,000.
The gap is very obvious, after all, "Ghost Blows the Lamp" has just been put on the shelves, and there is still a lot of room for improvement.
The entire online literature circle exploded, and everyone actually guessed in advance that the results of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" would be so good that it made people feel magical, but before the facts came out, after all, it was still speculation and imagination.
And now it is a fact that has been recorded in the history of online literature.
Before "Ghost Blows the Lantern", the first subscription record on the Internet was 92,000.
Hemingway improved this record by almost 2 times at once.
It's a miracle that's hard to replicate.
"If the previous "Zhu Xian" has become a phenomenon," Lu Xudong of the fat house was talking eloquently on the other end of the phone at the time, "then "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" has become our strategic HE weapon. With such a best-selling book on the whole network, we can attract a large number of readers to our founding Chinese website in the next few months or even a year or two, and become our paying users. ”
"If 'Ghost Blows the Lamp' can maintain its current momentum, and then your new book can also be of high quality, I guarantee that the founding Chinese Network will become the leader in the industry within two years, and the second to ninth combined can't fight." ”
"But seriously," Du Caige shook his head, threw the fat house out, looked at Fan Yuhong and said, "What price did Yan Yingzhen pay for acquiring your shares in Jade Bird Music? ”