Chapter 102: Not optimistic
After a busy day, dragging her tired body, and returning home, Dong Xiaoxue sat on the sofa tiredly.
After a break, she sat up, took out her notebook, and began to count the number of new books from various channels.
"50,000 Xinhua Bookstore, 20,000 Sanlian Bookstore, 10,000 Capital Book Wholesale City, 15,000 ......Central Plains Book Wholesale City"
In the end, the total number was 250,000.
This amount is not optimistic!
Dong Xiaoxue is really optimistic about Yu Wenfei and this book.
Because domestic youth literature, or campus literature, in her eyes, is the last blue ocean in the book market!
For the time being, there are not enough influential writers in this field.
Many girls in junior high school and high school have reading needs in this area, but they have no choice but to read those old-school romance novels that their parents have read.
This market has also been verified, and a book "Flower Season and Rainy Season" suddenly became popular two years ago.
In more than a year, more than one million copies were sold.
Dong Xiaoxue noticed this phenomenon at that time and analyzed it carefully.
If you talk about the quality of the book itself, to be honest, that "Flower Season and Rainy Season" is not comparable to Grandma Qiong Yao and Aunt Xi Juan.
Why did this book become a hit?
Dong Xiaoxue believes that it is nothing more than that the author is a high school student, and his identity is the same as that of a reader, and what he writes is very close to the study and life of current junior and senior high school students.
It's a pity that after the little author's book became popular, there was no new work coming out, and it is said that he was ordered by his parents to study hard.
In the past two years, Dong Xiaoxue has been looking for such an author.
Last year's Han Han had such signs, but he was not Dong Xiaoxue's most ideal youth literary idol writer.
Because Han Han's article, in Dong Xiaoxue's opinion, is still a bit too serious and not brisk enough, and he always wants to mix his "private goods" in the article.
To put it simply, the story is not strong enough, and I always want to preach!
This Yuwenfei appeared this year, Dong Xiaoxue was overjoyed after reading his two articles, this is the "true destiny" she has been waiting for for a long time!
Only tell the story, pay attention to the reading experience of the article, interesting, and easy to read.
Especially importantly, she found that Yu Wenfei, the author, is absolutely first-rate in sensationalism!
And whether it can be sensational, this is the most critical point of whether you can write a good youth love story!
This author definitely has the potential to become that kind of idol-type writer, this is Dong Xiaoxue's judgment.
It is precisely because of this that she dared to gamble everything, offered a price that Yu Wenfei couldn't refuse, defeated her competitors, and successfully won the publishing rights.
After signing the book, the matter is half the battle, but the second half is still critical.
Now it's time to prove your vision through sales.
It's a pity that those bookstore directors don't believe in their own vision, no matter what they say, they only dare to buy a small amount of goods, saying that they sell first.
Of course, Dong Xiaoxue knows their psychology, but she has no choice but to hope that the book will sell well after it goes on the market.
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At the same time, the writer's publishing house is also busy, and the book "Triple Gate" is also their top priority this year.
The first printing of one million copies, although it is not as exaggerated as the two million first printing of "I Love the World, But I Love You More", is a very high number.
The cost of printing alone is millions!
"Xiao Zhou, have you heard, how much is the book on the other side ordered now?"
Editor-in-chief Li Tong asked his assistant.
Xiao Zhou understood in his heart, and now when the club says "the book on the other side", everyone knows what it means.
Obviously, it's the same book that is going to fight "Triple Gate".
"Hehe, Editor-in-Chief Li, I inquired through an acquaintance, and the book was only ordered out for 250,000 yuan, which is a lot worse than us!"
Li Tong smiled slightly, it seems that his side has a better chance of winning.
Although the number of first orders does not represent the final sales, the people in charge of those bookstores are shrewd and have a good idea of how much a book can sell.
Since the first batch of orders for "Triple Gate" on his side is as high as 400,000, and "I Love the World, But I Love You More" is only 250,000, it shows that everyone is unanimously optimistic about the sales of "Triple Gate".
Moreover, they will also pay more attention to the books that are in stock, whether it is the placement or the promotion of the store, they will overpower the book opposite.
That's a good sign!
"Continue to increase the publicity efforts! Add additional publicity expenses! I don't believe it, Xiao Han, who has been the focus of attention for a year, will lose to Yu Wenfei who just appeared, there is no reason for this!"
Editor-in-Chief Li arranged.
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Yu Wenfei suddenly received a strange phone call that day, and it seemed that the caller ID was the number of the magic capital.
Fortunately, it wasn't called during class time, otherwise it would be inconvenient for him to pick it up.
"Hello, who are you looking for?"
He casually answered and asked.
A young man's voice came, "Yuwenfei, I'm Han Han, I got your phone number from the new concept editor, I didn't have classes now, I deliberately chose to call after school at noon, haha." ”
Yu Wenfei laughed when he heard it, this is not his "opponent" Lao Han.
"Hello senior brother, this call is not to scold me. He quipped.
"Hehe, what do you think, should I scold you?"
"I think you shouldn't scold me, but you should thank me! The publisher has increased the publicity of your new book, shouldn't you thank me?"
There was a pause on the other side, and after a few seconds, a voice came, "So you know everything! If you say that, it was all your plan to bombard me or something?"
"Otherwise, we didn't know each other before, and besides, we can count teachers out of the same school, so what are you doing when you are idle. Yu Wenfei simply admitted.
Among smart people, there is no need to say a lot of things too clearly, everyone can understand it at a glance.
"Add a QQ to facilitate communication in the future. ”
In the end, the two added QQ to each other and became friends.
But even after becoming friends, they often chat in private. But in the newspaper, the two continued to fight each other.
Today, Yu Wenfei said that Han Han had a bad atmosphere, and if he didn't study hard, he was destined to achieve nothing.
Tomorrow, Han Han will retort to him, saying that Yu Wenfei doesn't really love literature, otherwise, what kind of mathematics, physics and chemistry would he still squat in school, wouldn't it be better to have that time to specialize in literature? This is a hypocritical person, just trying to become famous through literature!
You come and go, it's very lively.
Coupled with the support of a group of old writers on both sides, throughout May, any newspaper or magazine opened casually, and there was news about the two of them.
Similarly, the news that the two books "Triple Gate" and "I Love the World, But I Love You More" will be released soon has also been remembered by countless readers.
Everyone is waiting to see who writes better and which book will sell more after the two books are released!
Many people may not have imagined that two opponents who criticize each other and are "hostile" to each other have become good friends in private......
In the midst of the hustle and bustle, the two books that had been much anticipated were finally released.