New Jersey.

A small group is chatting.

"The Master of Mysteries is truly wonderful, a perfect blend of elements of Cthulhu and the Suspense Detective. ”

"I prefer the worldview, pathways and sequences in it, one path has multiple sequences to grow, and one sequence is a profession, what an interesting setting. ”

"We are guardians, and we are a group of poor worms who always fight against danger and madness, we are a group of poor worms who always fight against danger and madness, but we are also guardians, what a great night watchman. ”

"Klein finally met Melissa and Benson as a clown, which was really touching. ”

"It also fits the theme of this volume, doesn't it? The clown is the promotion sequence of the servant's family in the 'Occupy the Servant' path, and the Servant's family can take the fate of the servant, but for the real fate, everyone is just a clown who is manipulated by fate. Isn't that what Klein was killed and then resurrected? ”

"Volume 2 should go to Beckland, right? I'm really looking forward to it, will Klein and Miss Justice meet in the real world? Will they burst into love?"

"Maybe, maybe not, but I'd rather not. ”

"Why?"

"Klein can constantly come back from the dead, and he is the master of the gray mist, obviously with the shadow of God, while Miss Justice Audrey is more like a saint who serves God. The saint may have a small love of worshipping and adoring God, but God only has great love, Audrey, the hanged man, and even Susie, in the eyes of God, there is not much difference. ”

"Is this an insinuation? And the blasphemy of the tablet, the real creator and the fallen creator, will there be trouble?"

"What's the trouble? It's not the Middle World for a long time, otherwise there wouldn't be so many 'heretics', even the IRS, who God dares to collect taxes, can't help them, the Lord of Mystery is just a novel, why bother going online. ”

"I have a proposal, we can also form a tarot club, what do you think?"

"It's too middle two, right?"

"I thought I could try, I chose the hanged man. ”

"I choose the sun. ”

"I choose the Hermit. ”

"I choose justice!"

Suddenly, a young female voice sounded, startling everyone, and following the voice, they saw a little girl with a golden retriever dog in her arms, hiding behind a curtain in the corner, and observing them through the curtain.

"Annie!"

The owner Gerald snorted, and then looked at everyone apologetically: "I'm sorry, Anne has been very fond of Susie in it since she accidentally saw the Lord of Mysteries, and after we bought her a golden retriever named Susie, she even thought about giving Susie a potion to drink, and wanted Susie to speak, and now I don't know when to hide here secretly......"

"Haha! Anne is in the audience with Susie. ”

"Anne is so lovely and beautiful, and Susie is indeed the most suitable Miss Justice Audrey. ”

"The key to potions is not mastery, it is digestion! It is not to dig, it is to act! Kate is an actor, observing the world, imitating and playing the world, Anne is so beautiful, she will definitely be like her mother Kate in the future, she will become an excellent actor, and she will be even better. ”

"The Lord of Mysteries will definitely be adapted into film and television dramas in the future, and if you wait a few years, Anne can become the real Miss Justice. ”

"Gerald, Anne is still so young, isn't it suitable to watch this?"

"What's the matter, there aren't so many messy things in it, it's unbelievably pure, if it's not a little scary element in it, it's okay to be a children's book, as long as Anne is not afraid, there's nothing you can't watch. ”

"The Lord of Mystery is still too niche, I went to see it, there is almost no publicity, will this seriously dampen the enthusiasm of the author, not to mention the future of the big world show, I don't even know if the second volume can be published. ”

"What I'm saying is, it seems to be published by Random House Press, do any of you know anyone from the publishing house, can we make suggestions, by the way, can we contact the author, directly contact the author, and discuss the plot?"

"Random House? I know their editor-in-chief, Jack Cerf, I'll give him a call right now. ”

The male protagonist here is a lawyer, and the female hostess Kate is an actress, which is considered an upper-middle-class family, and the contact with people who are naturally wealthy and have a high status in society.

are all mixed in New York, and naturally someone knows Jack Cerf.

Random House.

Office of the Editor-in-Chief.

"No problem, you come over tomorrow and I'll arrange it for you. ”

Jack Cerf hung up, frowned and thought about it, pressed the phone, and called the secretary Linda in.

"Bring me the sales report of the Lord of Mysteries, and by the way, a letter from a reader. ”

After a while, Linda came in with a bunch of things.

"So many letters from readers?"

Jack flipped through it, surprised, and then looked at the sales report, in two months, 9,696 copies were sold, and the first edition of 10,000 had been sold out.

Of course, this has nothing to do with bestsellers, but without any publicity, it is absolutely amazing to be able to reach this level, especially since the growth curve is completely explosive.

Looking at the letters from readers, there are a lot of praises, but also a lot of insults and even threats, in Jack's eyes, this is the breaking point.

If the publicity keeps up, the New York Times bestseller list may be on the move.

"I have a good eye. ”

Jack first affirmed himself, and then frowned: "Damn, I knew that I had made up my mind to take down the full copyright......"

But he was only addicted to it, and with Nora, the queen of color novels, to help him speak, he still didn't dare to go too far if he was given another chance.

"Rick they said that they are fans of the Lord of Mysteries, and they want to meet the author, and they seem to really like the Lord of Mysteries, so they simply don't suppress it. ”

Thinking of this, Jack followed the phone number left by Adam.

He is a businessman in the end, all interests are the most important, since the suppression has no effect, he naturally and decisively changes his attitude and pursues the maximization of interests.

Next.

Morning.

Adam arrives at Random House.

"Welcome, welcome. ”

Jack was particularly enthusiastic this time, without the arrogance of 'no matter how good the quality of the book is, it can't compare to the power of the publisher's channel traffic'.

"If you reprint 100,000 copies, the royalty will be increased to 10%, and a lot of publicity resources will be invested?"

When Adam heard Jack's words, he was a little surprised by the other party's initiative, but he didn't lose his temper, because this was what he expected.

In the previous life, the master of mystery ordered more than 100,000, you must know that this is a genuine reader, and the pirated reader is at least 10 times more.

Whether it's 1 finished in the first edition or 100,000 copies in the second edition, it's just a fraction.