274【Return to HKU】

Whew......"

Huo Yaowen put his hands on the faucet, held a handful of water, wet his face, looked up at himself in the mirror, the water slowly slid down the corner of his face, and he couldn't help but spit out a long breath of turbidity.

Just outside, Gu Long brought two bottles of freshly opened XO over and fought with Huo Yaowen, but he couldn't resist him, and after drinking half a bottle, his stomach couldn't stand it, and he ran to the bathroom to vomit.

Fortunately, when he was drinking, Huo Yaowen was in a hurry and vomited in time, but he was not drunk, but he still felt a little dizzy.

"Knock Knock"

"Yaowen, don't hide inside, didn't you talk to me a few days ago and want to drink me down?" Gu Long knocked on the door outside without relenting.

Huo Yaowen smiled bitterly, opened the door of the bathroom and walked out, and said to Gu Long: "I said Brother Xiong, when did I say that I was going to drink you down?"

Gu Long smiled: "Didn't you tell me not to come here empty-handed? No, I brought ten bottles of XO, which were specially given to you, you can't help but give face." ”

What he said made Huo Yaowen very depressed.

I had no choice but to go out again and accompany Gu Long to unpack and drink the ten bottles of XO he brought. Of course, it was impossible for two people to drink it all, so they had to drag Wolongsheng and a group of them, just now laughed at Huo Yaowen and vomited, and now they are not comfortable being drunk one by one.

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London.

After returning from Hong Kong, Litu immediately contacted Tony Clive, the editor-in-chief of Thames Publishing, and handed him the manuscript of Fok Yaowen's "Harry Potter".

Faced with Evan's manuscript, Tony Clive stayed up late to finish the book, and the next morning he ran to the Egyptian book dealer manager's company, found Lito, and asked him, "Is this children's literature?"

Litt shook his head, "No, Mr. Evan said it was a series. ”

It's no wonder that Tony Clive had the idea that this is a children's book, who made the book from beginning to end, the male protagonist is still just a twelve-year-old boy, and there is no sign of growing up.

"No wonder...... no wonder" When Tony Clive heard that Harry Potter was a series, he couldn't help but think of Hogwarts, the mysterious school of witchcraft and wizardry with a total of six grades.

"Mr. Evan's science fiction work, I think the public is obvious to all, but this is a wizarding book, so I think it is divided into ......."

Without waiting for Tony Clive to finish, Litt directly interrupted: "Clive! you are a professional editor, you should know the value of this book, I don't think I need to say more, Mr. Evan is not only a science fiction writer, he is also good at love, horror, and martial arts."

Don't you find this magical wizarding book fascinating? The story seems to take place all around us, a magical world hidden in the real world. The train to the wizarding world is actually in the battlements of King's Cross Station! Oh my God, if I were a reader, I would be eager to read this book. ”

Tony Clive was speechless for a moment, and although he didn't want to, he had to admit that the story was fascinating. Although this book is not like. R. Thor's "The Lord of the Rings" is so grand and full of epic feeling, but a magical story that seems to happen around us, and there are a lot of realistic elements in the book, all of which are combined, really make people can't wait to read it.

"Well, you convinced me. Tony Clive shrugged.

Rett nodded: "That's right, I hope that your Thames Company can publish Mr. Evan's book as soon as possible, you should know that you are not the only publishing company in the UK." ”

"Well, I'll arrange it as soon as possible. ”

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Since its release, after a lot of publicity and recommendations from many famous artists, "Rouge Buckle" has sold more than 40,000 copies in Hong Kong in just one week, which broke Huo Yaowen's previous record of "A Cloud Made of Rain in the Wind" selling 30,000 copies in a week.

For this reason, Yao Wenjie directly asked the printing house to work overtime to reprint, but the market in Hong Kong is so big, and with a population of 4 million, it is very good that one-fortieth of people can spend money on this book. Therefore, the number of additional copies is not much, only 30,000 copies, and the total print run is 80,000. This is already saturated with the romance market in Hong Kong.

The Taiwan market is different, where there is a small population of 20 million, and has always preferred literary and artistic books and movies, plus it has been influenced by romance writers such as Qiong Yao and Yan Qin for a long time, and has cultivated a large number of loyal romance book fans.

As soon as Aoki Publishing House published "Rouge Buckle", it sold 70,000 copies within a week, and after calculation, the editor-in-chief Fang Zhengde estimated that it could sell at least 300,000 copies.

If Huo Yaowen published a new romance letter, in addition to Fang Zhengde, in Taiwan, he was very happy, then the other person is none other than Zhang Liren!

Who let the members who quit the Floating Book Fan Club before can't wait to join in, and the number of people is much more than before.

For the members who quit and entered, Zhang Liren did not refuse, but happily re-registered for everyone, and when the school started, when she saw the number of people in the book book, it was rare to break through 1,400 people, she almost jumped off the building with excitement. Half of them are members of the Methodist Girls' High School, and that part is coordinated by Hu Yinmeng.

In addition to the big sales of "Rouge Buckle" in Taiwan, the "Kyushu" magazine Aoki Publishing House has also been officially released, and they have cooperated with bookstores and newsstands in many parts of Taiwan. There was almost no need for too much publicity from Aoki's people, and "Kyushu" sold very well, with 20,000 copies of the first issue in the first week, and the number of long-term subscriptions reached 4,000.

It seemed that everything was going well, but Huo Yaowen received a telegram from Anna......

Faculty of Arts, The University of Hong Kong.

"Director Huang, can't the school find a teacher who can teach philosophy now?" Huo Yaowen looked at Director Huang who got up to make tea, and asked suspiciously.

Director Huang brought the brewed tea to Huo Yaowen, and after hearing him say thank you, he returned to his place and sat down, and as soon as he dropped his buttocks, he sighed and said, "Yaowen, you don't know that the philosophy department of the school has only been established for a year. Before, I borrowed two teachers from the Chinese University, and before that, there were Teacher Zhang and you, and now one of you is retired and the other is on leave without pay. Isabel... Oh no, Miss Li Qingzhao can't come back in the short term because she has something at home, and you asked me to find someone from there for a while?"

As soon as I heard Director Huang's words, what he said was indeed reasonable, Anna's father was seriously ill, and the family's farm needed her to take care of it. The school will not be able to find a suitable teacher for a while, so it is impossible to bring back the retired teacher Zhang, although Teacher Zhang has not rested at home, and has been busy with the affairs of the foundation. But retirement is retirement after all.

"Okay. Huo Yaowen saw that no one could top it, so he nodded helplessly. It's not that he didn't want to help, but it was too sudden, and Anna's telegram was sudden, saying only that her father was seriously ill, and the farm was in some trouble because of business problems, and she couldn't come back anytime soon.

Seeing that he agreed, Director Huang said with a smile: "Yaowen, don't worry, I know you're busy, and I will recruit someone as soon as possible." ”

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