Xu Yuan did not directly name which work or writer, but at this juncture, who else is there besides "Sherlock"?

In fact, this is not his own idea, originally Chinese literary works have not been accepted by European and American readers due to cultural barriers and other reasons.

At the beginning, Zhang Chu chose to write Sherlock Holmes fanfiction, and even used the system to fight a lawsuit with the Conan Doyle Foundation in order for this work to enter the United States, the United Kingdom and other markets in a legitimate manner.

Now netizens seem to have no use for that lawsuit, only 415 copies have been sold worldwide, it is better not to fight a lawsuit, it is simply a shame to be thrown to the United States!

Xu Yuan still has many friends and readers in the popular literature circle, and his Weibo blog was quickly forwarded by people in the popular literature circle, and many writers began to fiercely criticize this behavior.

"Don't let this bad habit of the Chinese literary circle spread to other countries, because the false propaganda will be exposed one day. ”

"There are still very few works that can enter the mainstream Western cultural vision, and it's not that if you make the protagonist British, British readers will buy it!"

"Write books steadily, don't think about those messy things!"

"The favorite thing about today's new writers is that they are so ambitious, they don't have down-to-earth ideas at all, and they dream of becoming global popular all day long, which is too unrealistic!"

"Young literature lovers have to recognize their own strength, they can't be fooled by others in a few words, this failure to break into the United States is not a good thing, it can make Zhang Chu sober and sober, and at the same time, it can also let cultural businessmen know that star-making is not so easy to make. ”

"This reminds me of some singers who go to the big screen in Times Square to advertise, and as soon as they come back, they will become international kings and queens, and they really think that the people of the whole country are blind!"

Overnight, Zhang Chu, who was originally the pride of the Chinese people, was suddenly labeled as the king of hype, it seems that those Twitter discussions and copyright transactions are all fictional things he made, and he found a few foreigners to help fry them together!

The name Zhang Chu seems to have become a product of commercial star-making, and when it succeeds, there are countless touters, and after the temporary failure, all kinds of bulls, ghosts, snakes and gods have emerged.

Fan Wenli, a special commentator for the literary magazine "Literary Review", wrote an article on Weibo entitled "Chinese Literature Is Not So Popular Abroad" to comment on this incident.

[Foreign literature has come in vigorously very early, but the pace of Chinese literature going out has always been very light. As of November this year, a total of 177 foreign works have been translated into Chinese, but only 5 have been translated into English. 】

At the beginning, a number that people have to think about is directly put out, 177:5, this gap is too obvious!

[When we are happy that Chinese literature is on the top list abroad, in fact, our literature is not so popular, not to mention that many works can't even make the list.

The literary world actually has high hopes for Zhang Chu's work "Sherlock" this time, believing that this work chooses the genre of detective with a fixed readership, and modernizes Sherlock Holmes, as well as many news reports.

At the beginning, Zhang Chu did not hesitate to contact the three major lawyers by email to help defend his rights in order for the book to be officially released in the United States, but now it seems that this has not played a positive role.

Although breakthroughs have been made in the overseas translation of Chinese literary works, they have never been able to enter the mainstream book market due to various relationships. 】

As written in the same article, why do netizens have a feeling of hating iron but not steel?

Isn't it the depth of love and hate?

Everyone's expectations for "Sherlock" were too high, and they thought it was different from the glamorous sluts outside, but in the end it turned out that there was no difference.

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Zhang Chu was quite surprised when he saw this data, even he felt that it was a little little, and he was not in the mood to learn Tai Chi at this time, so he quickly dialed Zhou Kang's phone.

This matter is mainly to communicate with the overseas publisher Random House, and there is definitely no way to understand it on the side of Nanhai Publishing Company, only to see if there is any news from the agent, after all, it is estimated that it is still late at night in Europe and the United States!

"Uncle Zhou, have you seen the news on the Internet, why is the English version released so quietly?"

I'm really sorry for the prepaid manuscript fee paid to him by Random House, and if it continues to sell at this rate, when will those millions of dollars be paid back!

In comparison, Zhou Kang was much calmer at this time, "I just contacted the US headquarters of Random House before, but I couldn't get in touch in various ways. In the end, it was the staff of Random House's China branch who told us the truth, they had not started to push it seriously at all, and it was originally scheduled to be launched at 9 o'clock this morning US time. ”

"So, that means the English version of Sherlock hasn't been released yet?"

"So to speak, you can just look at those words on the Internet now, don't take it to heart. They all have a psychology of worshipping successful people, and once you encounter a little setback or the rest will be magnified!"

Zhang Chu was a little relieved, and he knew that the attraction of the modern version of Sherlock Holmes could not be so small.

"In fact, the data in the media are fake, I just watched the English version of "Sherlock" on the domestic Amazon website sales of more than 1000 copies, the UK side has 741 copies and 18 reviews, the United States side 1584 copies and 12 reviews, 415 copies of this data I don't know how to come from, and Amazon said that the shelf time is not 24 hours at all. ”

This is just the United Kingdom and the United States, two big countries, and counting more than 20 effects such as Australia and Canada, the sales have exceeded 5,000 copies!

"These media are really fucked up, in order to toss a news, they don't even care about the truth of the matter!"

Zhou Kang has long been skeptical about the credibility of the media, and he doesn't know where the 24-hour sales of 415 copies came from, and so many influential media have not checked and confirmed it.

The original source was an extranet report, but who in the extranet media has time to pay attention to a work that has not yet been put on the shelves?

The rumors and rumors are too outrageous, Zhang Chu couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this, the conscience of media people is probably eaten by dogs, and I can't see that domestic writers are a little good.

After looking at the physical education teacher's assembly order, he quickly hung up the phone, planning to go back to deal with these things later.

At this time, Menglong Culture Media and Random House had already started to do it.

Random House: "Thank you for your attention and support for the sales of the English version of Zhang Chu's Sherlock, which is currently only on Amazon on a small scale, and the actual release time is 9 a.m. EST, and the cumulative global sales have exceeded 5,000 copies. Some media reported that 415 copies were sold in 24 hours, and after verification, it was verified as false news, please delete the news and clarify it by the relevant media, otherwise we will take legal action to defend our rights!"