Chapter 658: Cultural Phenomenon [Asking for Votes and Subscriptions]
It is not an exaggeration to describe the performance of "The Da Vinci Code" in the global book market as invincible, after the first week's sales exploded, the next week's sales did not fall to the bottom as others expected, but maintained a steady growth!
Chinese mainland won the championship strongly, selling 1.9 million copies in seven days in the second week, setting a record for the highest weekly sales, and it is approaching the annual sales champion of its big brother "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" bit by bit.
However, "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" did not sit still, these two books are from the same writer, obviously not the same type, but there are still new readers who choose to buy Zhang Chu's old books!
One is a suspenseful mystery work full of Western art and religious history, and the other is a tomb robbery expedition with oriental characteristics, and the charm of the two of them together is endless, making readers fascinated.
In addition, after Yida Pictures announced the three leading actors of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" in a high-profile manner, the interest of netizens has increased a lot!
Touching the golden captain combined to start the adventure, Chen Kun, Shu Qi, Huang Bo The appearance of the three powerful actors is really surprising.
The actors of Hu Bayi, Wang Kaixuan, and Sydney Yang have been causing a lot of speculation from the outside world before, and it is not until the current launch conference that the members of the trio of Captain Jin finally revealed their true faces!
Looks, acting skills, and popularity are all available, and they make the readers of the original book almost speechless.
Hu Bayi in "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" dares to think, dare to break through, and dare to revolution, he is a real man who is not afraid of the sky and the earth, a soldier who has been on the battlefield, an outlaw who fights backwards, and a ruffian who has also gone through the test of life and death.
Chen Kun's style is extremely changeable, he can be the suave young master during the Republic of China, or the bearded Zhong Kui, or the eye-catching Yuhuatian father-in-law, and now it is not difficult for him to challenge Hu Bayi, the heroic spirit of a soldier and the chatter of a tomb robber are fused together.
As for Huang Bo, although he can't be regarded as a fat man in terms of physique, his acting skills are first-class, and the comedy elements on his body are natural, and he can definitely do it incomparably like a fat man when he plays Wang Fat!
As a bay actor, Shu Qi has also played many female roles, and she can be regarded as a goddess-level character with good looks, which is very in line with the setting of Shirley Yang's sexuality and intelligence.
Yida Pictures is doing its best this time, not only the starring lineup is strong, but all the supporting roles are also characters with online acting skills, from the modeling, sets, props and special effects are all real and scary, their theme park project started from this movie!
It is not too much to say that this cast is the top configuration of Chinese films, several actors are among the best in the Mesozoic Generation, plus the production cost of up to 150 million yuan, netizens can't help but look forward to it.
Perhaps this movie can hit the box office record of the film adaptation, and everyone is so optimistic about it that the book sales of "Ghost Blowing Lantern: The Spirit of the Ancient City" have skyrocketed a hundredfold in this week!
It is estimated that there are not many die-hard fans of the three leading actors, but the popularity of passers-by is very good, and the reliable lineup makes fans of the original book very happy.
watched the rest of the adapted movies and TV series being harmed by Xiao Xianrou and elderly traffic flowers, but on my side, they are all real actors who pay equal attention to appearance and strength, and the gap is not too big!
Many other readers are particularly envious of Zhang Chu, and almost all of their favorite works are unrecognizable after they are adapted, but the lineup of every movie and TV series on Zhang Chu's side is extremely appropriate.
Even though the BBC version of "Sherlock" has a long face, the performance feels similar to Sherlock Holmes, and it is widely praised by fans.
In addition, the two actors in "City Lights of Psychological Crime" have now signed up for the Golden Horse Awards, and according to Gulf Entertainment media reports, they will definitely be shortlisted!
and the casting of "Farewell My Concubine", which is being filmed, has also attracted much attention, and there has almost never been any cheating on the job.
This is probably because Zhang Chu has seen a lot of bad movies in his previous life, so he is extra cautious when dealing with copyright transactions by himself, and some unreliable companies will not sell them even if they offer high prices.
With his increasing influence, his voice in copyright development has become more and more important, so both the production team and the cast have the right to suggest or even veto, but it is rarely implemented.
The classic works that have been painstakingly transported from the surface of the earth are not to increase the number of bad movies in this world!
The two-pronged "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" was stimulated by these good news, and as a work that has been released for nearly eleven months, it once again rushed to the second place in the weekly sales list.
If it weren't for the performance of "The Da Vinci Code" being too demonic, I am afraid that "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" might still have rushed to the first place, and the sales in a single week returned to the level of 620,000 copies.
Originally, everyone thought that this year's book sales championship was completely stable, and "Ghost Blows the Lantern" had a very large lead, but now it looks very likely to be surpassed.
In just two weeks, four million have been chased, and there are still two full months to go, and if it can continue to grow, it is not yet known who will die!
But no matter which book wins the championship, the honor belongs to Zhang Chu!
Not only did the sales of "Ghost Blow the Lantern" increase, but "Life of Pi" was once again read by foreign readers from the sea of books.
This work, which also explores religion and human nature, has been reinterpreted by lovers of "The Da Vinci Code" because of the two different survival stories at the end.
Time has passed, and this book, which once won the Booker Prize, has once again appeared in everyone's sight!
In a similar reading experience, when I read the Da Vinci Code, I learned at the end that Magdalene's body, that is, the Holy Grail, was buried in the Louvre.
Now I look at the youth pie and only know at the end that the fantasy survival drift written above is also so bloody and terrifying!
When Random House began to reprint Life of Pi, they realized that this unexpected surprise was no easy task to bring an old book to life and drag it back to the top of the bestseller list.
People have known Zhang Chu since "The Da Vinci Code", and now they are looking back on his previous works!
While the sales have been booming, it has also aroused readers' enthusiasm for Zhang Chu's rest, and even the historical, religious, artistic and art appreciation works related to the Da Vinci Code have also been favored by readers.
Why did this book sell so well?
Scholars in the field of literary criticism have discussed the factors behind its success, but no one has been able to give an accurate answer, and it has become a popular cultural phenomenon!