Li Xiang came to the studio, and his mobile phone seemed to be connected to the world in an instant, and the phone began to ring non-stop, calling from all directions, asking him about the award.

Bai Su said on the phone: ""The Old Man and the Sea" was nominated, I believe that it will finally win the award, and the other seven books, I have read three of them, and you can't compare." ”

Li Xiang heard a rough female voice on the phone, telling him that this was the last glass, guessing that it should be in the wine house again.

Yang Kun also called, in fact, Li Xiang was about to call him one step in advance and take the initiative to tell him the good news, after all, he had put a lot of effort into this, and he went to France with him to communicate with Cecil and recommend it.

Yang Kun said: "Being shortlisted is already a great achievement, calm down, you are a public figure, you must pay attention to your words and deeds." ”

Li Xiang guessed that Yang Kun might be worried that he would get carried away and say something inappropriate to the outside world, so he expressed this euphemism.

Not to mention Huang Youyi, he praised Li Xiang on the phone for being awesome, Li Xiang was in a cheerful mood, and immediately got carried away and said, "I'm great everywhere." ”

Then she was reprimanded by Huang Youyi on the phone and hung up.

"Elephant, come here~~~" Xu Zitong's voice came from the three-story red brick building next door, and he was seen standing on the balcony on the second floor, waving and shouting to Li Xiang, who was walking under the plane tree and preparing to enter the studio.

Li thought about it and asked, "Why do you have free time to stay in the studio today?"

Xu Zitong said: "I came back from the northeast at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and it snowed heavily there, beautiful. ”

Li Xiang stood downstairs, holding his head high and talking to Xu Zitong on the second floor.

"Since it's beautiful, why didn't you play there for a few more days?"

Xu Zitong: "I'm going to the magic capital in the afternoon, I don't have time." I ask you, did you really win that international literary prize, Goncourt of France?"

Li Xiang said, "You are mistaken. ”

Xu Zitong was surprised: "Isn't it???I made a mistake?Nothing?The news I just watched, you see, that's what the news says, more than one, all of them say so, it can't be an oolong?"

Li Xiang said: "It is indeed the Goncourt Literary Prize, but it did not win the award, but it was shortlisted, and the award will not be announced until the day after tomorrow, and I don't know yet." ”

Xu Zitong immediately looked at his mobile phone and said: "Some websites say that they are shortlisted, and some directly say that they have won awards, and these reporters are too unscrupulous." ”

Li Xiang said: "Self-media, maybe they haven't figured it out themselves." ”

Xu Zitong's words reminded Li Xiang that now the entry threshold of the news media is low, the self-media is developed, the review is not as strict as before, the standards are greatly reduced, and the rigor of the news has dropped significantly.

Back in the studio, Li Xiang called Gu Qijing and asked her to draft an announcement to explain the matter of winning the award clearly, especially the shortlist, not the award.

Gu Qijing was originally arranging for someone to write an announcement, Li Xiang is a public figure, and when this kind of major event happens, the studio needs to speak out and have a unified voice. At the same time, Ding Ding Book City and Huaxia Bookstore are also waiting for her side to draw up a news announcement, so that the three parties can be consistent.

On this day, when people got up to eat and go to work according to the usual rhythm, the news media quickly broke the news, saying that Li Xiang's "The Old Man and the Sea" was shortlisted for the International Literature Award. The news quickly swept the Internet, coupled with the promotion of the studio, Ding Ding Book City, and Huaxia Bookstore, by noon, the news had been widely publicized.

The people of Ding Ding Book City took the initiative to contact the studio to report the sales of "The Old Man and the Sea" in China in the morning, and the sales volume on the website of Ding Ding Book City.

"As of 12 o'clock, 20,000 copies have been sold, and this number is still increasing, and the growth rate is accelerating, and it is expected that by zero o'clock, it is likely to exceed 100,000 copies," the other party said. ”

Yesterday, Ding Ding Book City and Huaxia Bookstore only sold 20,000 copies combined, and today Ding Ding Book City alone sold 20,000 copies in one morning, and the results are really good.

This book has been sold for more than three months, the market space is getting smaller and smaller, and it is pure literature, and the market capacity is limited, but now it has suddenly changed its second spring.

Now that he knew the numbers of Ding Ding Book City, Gu Qijing simply called Huaxia Bookstore to ask about the sales results of half a day, and then told Li Xiang the good news to make him happy.

She called Mr. Zhang of Huaxia Bookstore and said: "The nomination effect is already emerging, Mr. Ding of Ding Ding Book City just told me that 20,000 copies of "The Old Man and the Sea" were sold in the book city in the morning, what is the data on the Huaxia Bookstore side? ”

Mr. Zhang said: "In the morning, a lot of calls came in to ask us about Li Xiang's award, readers are very enthusiastic, and it is also reflected in the sales, when I read it half an hour ago, the sales volume was 28,000 copies, you wait a minute, don't hang up the phone, I will ask me about the data so far." ”

Gu Qijing heard the voice of Mr. Zhang talking to someone on the phone, and it didn't take long for her to hear him say: "In just half an hour, 5,000 copies were sold, and the total is now 33,000 copies, almost catching up with the previous peak." I believe that this is not the culmination, and our propaganda effect has not yet been fully developed. ”

Huaxia Bookstore is not like Ding Ding Book City, which is a pure outlet, they have a very large and complex offline system, and their tentacles go deep into the third and fourth tier counties of Huaxia, and they really want to make efforts, which is not comparable to Ding Ding Book City, so it is completely understandable that the sales volume in half a day is so much more than that of Ding Ding Book City.

Gu Qijing counted the domestic sales of "The Old Man and the Sea" in the two bookstores, and at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, she called Xiao Xia and called Laroux Publishing House, and asked them about the sales of "The Old Man and the Sea". At this time, it was 10 a.m. Paris time, but she was in too much of a hurry to be told that the latest sales in Europe were not counted so quickly, after all, 10 o'clock in the morning, almost the beginning of the day, and the people who wanted to buy books were picking up or were on their way, and the data would not be counted until the end of the day.

Gu Qijing kept this in mind, woke up before 6 o'clock the next morning, and in the voice of her boyfriend's inquiry, got up and turned on the computer, checked the email, although she looked struggling with the English email, but the Arabic numerals were fine. She saw that the mail said "The Old Man and the Sea" had sold 20,000 copies in one day in Europe. She couldn't help but feel refreshed, and excitedly clenched her fists into the air.

Her boyfriend stood outside the door, and when he saw this, he asked in surprise, "Is there anything happy about you?"

Gu Qijing has always been a person who doesn't reveal her inner world very much, and it is definitely not an ordinary happy event to be able to make her swing her show fist excitedly.

"The Old Man and the Sea" has been on the market in France for nearly half a month, but the total sales are only more than 60,000 sides, far less than the controversial "Yield", which has sold 500,000 copies in one month.

However, now 20,000 copies have been sold in one day, which is equivalent to the domestic sales of the day before yesterday, and the momentum is very good.

She explained to her boyfriend, saying this and this, and her boyfriend smiled: "You are so dedicated, you don't sleep early in the morning on weekends, and you get up so early just to read an email from France, selling more and selling less, the numbers will not change, and it will be the same in the morning and evening." ”

He was even a little jealous, and his girlfriend was so worried about another man that he couldn't sleep, and he felt a little uncomfortable.

Gu Qijing didn't notice her boyfriend's careful thoughts, and said: "Tomorrow I will go to France with my brother, and I won't come back until the day after tomorrow, and you will take care of yourself when the time comes." ”

Her boyfriend said: "You pay attention to safety, take care of yourself, and ah, at home, don't call Li Xiang's brother, I will always be mistaken, thinking that you are talking about your brother." ”

Gu Qijing said: "Get used to it. ”

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