There are not many bookstores in the country that start selling books at midnight, to be precise, it is Jiangcheng Hanlinxuan.

It's not like a movie theater, where as long as a new hot movie is released, there will be people going to the midnight show.

Bookstores don't have this tradition, at most they open a little earlier in the morning!

For example, Xinhua Bookstore is indifferent and will not change its business hours because of a certain book, and the small-scale bookstore chooses to open at 7 o'clock in the morning in order to take care of the office workers and student parties in the morning!

Midnight was quiet, but there were small groups of people all over the country waiting.

Zhou Yong doesn't remember how long he hasn't chased a book like this, the last time was when Zhang Chu had just debuted, he stayed up late until the early hours of the morning to buy e-books in order to watch "Youth Pi".

Later, due to his studies and graduation work, even if he still likes Zhang Chu's books, he has never been so crazy.

Now that my work has finally stabilized, I can sleep a little later.

So he planned to buy this "Lord of the Rings" in the early morning, and then go to bed, and read it slowly when he got up in the morning and squatted on the toilet!

The plan is beautiful, but I don't know if it will be realized.

"The book is also so mysterious that I don't know what it's about. The secrecy is so in place, there is no news on the Internet. ”

Zhou Yong yawned, determined to keep waiting.

It's past 11 o'clock now, and I've gone to bed according to my previous schedule.

Although he is young, he can't stand the fact that the company is a little far away from the rented place, and he goes out before 7 o'clock in the morning every day, and the alarm clock rings on time at 6:20.

"Thankfully, there are e-books now, otherwise it would have been a bit of a hassle to carry them with you. ”

For a person like him who usually doesn't have a backpack to and from work, it's certainly not realistic to always have a book in his hand.

Therefore, it is the best choice to put the work on the mobile phone, and it is impossible for young people to lose their mobile phones if they lose their wallet keys!

Unless it is a work that he particularly likes, Zhou Yong will never buy a physical book.

He rarely plays games, and now he just opens the live broadcast website to see if there are any new anchors, such as outdoor adventures.

Time passed little by little, and when Zhou Yong's mobile phone alarm clock rang, he quit the live broadcast website without saying a word.

Familiar with the way on the Douban reading account, and then saw the cover of "The Lord of the Rings" on the homepage!

"Hehe, sure enough, it's opened. 10 yuan feels a bit expensive, and it's only 20 yuan to buy a physical book. ”

That being said, his payment didn't slow down at all.

However, the mobile phone system reminded him that the payment failed!

Zhou Yong was a little puzzled, "Obviously there is money in the card, how can the payment fail?"

There was no one to answer his confusion, so he had to try again.

This time, however, it was even worse!

I can't even get into the payment page.

Before, it was just a failed payment.

"What the hell is going on, garbage Douban, sooner or later it will go out of business!"

Zhou Yong turned off the wireless, and then turned on the 4G signal and tried again, which was the same result.

He leaned back in the computer chair and was speechless, planning to try it again later, now let's see what it says on the Internet.

As a result, when I opened Weibo, I found that there was a video forwarded by Hanlin Culture Media Company.

In the video, the black-pressed readers gathered, everyone gathered in front of the Hanlin Xuan bookstore to count down, the surrounding shops have closed, and the neon signs have even stopped working.

When the countdown stopped, there was a mountain of physical books that made a considerable impact!

There are screams and noises in my ears, which is a bit exciting.

"Where is this, it's still selling books in the middle of the night, and the key is that there are so many people going that I want to buy a physical book!"

Zhou Yong said enviously, the atmosphere is really great.

It's probably the same as a singer releasing a new album and an Apple mobile phone releasing a new model.

He clicked on the comments below this video to check it out, and the backhand was a thumbs up!

"Wow, that's a great vibe. reminds me of the news I watched Harry Potter before, and we finally have an author in China who can make readers queue up all night. ”

"Yes! Really! The guy in front of me bought an autographed book. If I had known, I wouldn't have parked far away, and if I had parked closer, maybe the signed book would have been mine. Fortunately, I cheekily asked the guy for a photo with the signed book, and used it to deceive himself. ”

"The Lord of the Rings is really here! The pre-sale information I participated in in Jingdong has also been updated with logistics news, and it will be delivered to the school express point early tomorrow morning, I can't be happier!"

"Hahaha, so do we. In order to get free shipping, I found a few friends to make up an order together, and I could get it before class. ”

"I envy you, you work overtime every day to this point, your body and mind are even more tired, and you can't read a single book at all. ”

"Alas, I originally wanted to buy this book as soon as possible, but Douban actually collapsed, and I was so angry!"

"I'm not going to tell you, I actually bought it in the afternoon and have been looking at it ever since. The plot is a little slow, but it's quite attractive, so please be a little patient!"

It's not that Zhou Yong is alone in this situation, and the rest can't buy it.

After looking at the other people's complaints, he finally balanced his heart.

After waiting for about ten minutes, Zhou Yong picked up the mobile phone next to the computer again.

This time the system didn't crash again, and he finally successfully purchased "The Lord of the Rings" and downloaded it to the APP, so that he could read it even when there was no Internet in the subway!

It was getting late, so he turned off his computer and turned around to go to bed.

Normally, he slept very well, but this time he couldn't sleep at all!

"Forget it, just read a chapter!

Zhou Yong couldn't resist the thoughts in his mind, turned over and sat up and half lay on the bed, with the pillow leaning behind him.

Looking at this, can you really sleep at one o'clock?

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It's not easy for journalists to tell the difference between Asians, whose face blindness is probably at an advanced stage and is hopeless.

But that doesn't stop foreign journalists from squabbling with their cameras, because there's a very easy way to tell the difference, and that's to see where they live!

This is knowledge that only an expert knows.

Although there are many hotels in Cannes, the first-class real celebrities will only stay in three of them when they attend the film festival.

Each of the three hotels has a very long history, and each has a story that could be written in a book.

Judging from the map, they all occupy a first-line sea view of Cannes, and the interior is naturally luxurious and gorgeous. The most important thing is to have a beach of your own on the beach of Cannes, where land is at a premium, and there is a floating platform that stretches out from the beach to the middle!

During the film festival, big stars have to make an appointment in advance to take pictures on the floating platform and beach, and ordinary guests can't make an appointment at all.

Zhang Chu and the others stayed at one of the hotels called Majestic, which is the closest hotel to the Palais du Cinéma, the main venue of the Cannes Film Festival, and is also the designated hotel of the film festival organizing committee.

Celebrities who are officially invited will stay here, unless their team is so large that they have to rent luxury villas outside for temporary living.

Before the red carpet begins, the stars will change into their dresses directly in the room, and they can step on the red carpet directly after walking out of the hotel, no matter how long the skirt or how high the heel is.

Obviously, Gong Li attracted a lot of foreign media to take pictures, but Zhang Chu also had to put on sunglasses, because many reporters were interested in this genius writer!

Tomorrow his work "The Lord of the Rings" will be released in Cannes, and it is said that many Hollywood companies have already set their sights on this story, and it is up to them to see who can come out on top.

Due to the time difference, it was already early in the morning in China, but it was still seven or eight o'clock in the evening in Cannes!

Europe is generally at higher latitudes, and it's summer, so the afterglow of the setting sun hangs in the western sky at this point.

Even if Zhang Chu is just a behind-the-scenes person, this time he gathered in Cannes with four films, and his popularity is not lower than that of ordinary actors.

"I didn't expect you to be so popular, it seems that Blair is not exaggerating. Zhou Kang whispered next to Zhang Chu, in the past, he thought that those compliments were just Blair's politeness, anyway, he had always heard that foreigners like to praise people.

Zhang Chu rolled his eyes through his sunglasses, "You don't look at how many books we sold abroad last year." Uncle Zhou, let's go check in first, I have to meet with the staff of BNP Paribas tomorrow morning, I'm almost tired!"

It's a long journey from Yenching to Zurich, from Zurich to Nice, and then to Cannes.

Over there, Xu Ji was really exhausted and needed help, and even Gong Li's face with heavy makeup couldn't hide the tiredness.

It's a tiring journey, and everyone wants to settle down early.

The male star is okay, but the female star will suffer!

If you want to appear beautifully in front of the camera, the photos of foreign media will not be retouched, and when the time comes, poor sleep will lead to poor skin condition, which will definitely become a red carpet disaster.

After all, Zhang Chu wants to cooperate with foreign brands to open hotels, so now is the opportunity to take a look at hotels in Cannes.

"Everyone is tired, have a good rest tonight, and see you on the opening red carpet at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon!"

Xu Ji didn't have much to explain, he knew very well that people who came to Cannes were very busy.

Zhang Chu took the room card and smiled and said, "Good night." ”

A group of people said goodnight to each other weakly before leaving.

Zhou Kang, on the other hand, seemed very active, probably sleeping on the plane for a long time.

"Now that Yanjing time is past one o'clock in the evening, your "Lord of the Rings" should also be on the shelves. The people from the company definitely sent me real-time stats. ”

Zhang Chu shook his head, he had already yawned four or five times at this time, and tears were about to flow out.

"Uncle Zhou, or tomorrow, tomorrow is just right. ”

"Don't sleep now, you're here to adjust to the jet lag. It's only past eight and three minutes, so you can wait another two hours for sleep. Don't you want to see what your dad tossed out of Jiangcheng?"

The last sentence made Zhang Chu successfully suppress his sleep, Lao Zhang did not reveal the specific situation before, he has been kept in the dark.

"It's the wee hours of the morning, what can he do. Zhang Chu said this deliberately.

Zhou Kang immediately entered the set and said simply: "He planned to do a sales job in the early morning and start selling "The Lord of the Rings" in the early morning of the 8th!"

Zhang Chuzhen didn't know what to say, his father's ghost ideas were really a bit much.

It's just that in the middle of the night, is there really anyone buying books?

Don't wait until midnight.

He expressed his worries, if no one participated in this event and the media knew about it, it might become news such as "Zhang Chu's new book is unattended, and it is too angry".

Zhou Kang pointed to his mobile phone and said, "Just take a look, our company has commissioned a special person to record a video." Also, you have to have confidence in yourself, what you said when you just took a photo with reporters. You have sold so many books, how can you have a few iron fans, not to mention that it is still in Jiangcheng's hometown!"

After Zhang Chu connected his mobile phone to the wireless, he saw the video sent by his company, and he was particularly surprised by the number of people and the warm atmosphere.

"This can't be the extras you're looking for, is there really so many of them?"

"It's very expensive to invite a group performer, and it's still in the middle of the night. ”

"But they haven't read this book, why are they screaming?" Zhang Chu himself was confused, could he have sent the Lord of the Rings 3, not the Lord of the Rings 1?

If you are ruthless, you will even be black.

Zhou Kang said: "What's so strange about this, your readers have crashed the Douban website, and many people have not been able to make the payment in the first place." ”

"Hopefully there will be so many people when the sequel is released in the next few months. ”

Zhang Chu doesn't know if "The Lord of the Rings" is not the appetite of domestic audiences, and if many readers don't like it, they will definitely not support the sequel.

"Tsk, Mr. Ye hasn't slept so late, and just sent me a statistical table on WeChat. Guess how many books you sell in an hour between 1 a.m. and 1 o'clock. ”

"Since the website has been paralyzed, it is simply not possible to do without 20,000. If you count the rest of the place, I don't think it will be less than 60,000 in an hour, right?"

This number is a bit conservative for Zhang Chu, but it can occupy a high position on the single-day sales list in any one day.

Zhou Kang laughed twice and said, "You have to multiply this number by two, and more than 117,000 copies have been sold! Of these, more than 80,000 are e-book downloads, and the other more than 30,000 are physical books that they have ordered to buy online." ”

"That's a bit high, that's so much in an hour! If you go on a whole day on Monday, maybe it can be 500,000. ”

"Yes, there is hope. Your dad's shop sold more than 700 copies in an hour, and there was a farce that reportedly happened. A parent caught his son who came out of the wall to buy books, and it is estimated that it will be a hot search early tomorrow morning. ”

Zhang Chu really doesn't want this hot search!

What if parents think their books are broken for their children?

This pot really can't be carried back!

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Kavinka has a headache, the author is a vulnerable group, and he has been urged to change his life for a long time, so he can only silently watch the old drivers in the group driving.

The group number 528633323, the stepping stone is Zhang Chu's pet name, and the name of matcha must be known to everyone.