There are a lot of people at Frankfurt Airport, and now is the time when the book fair is in full swing, but Zhang Chu has to take a plane back to Yanjing.

The National Day holiday is coming to an end, and as a student I have to return to campus.

Although this trip is a person flying back, there are a lot of people who send off the plane, and there are several cars, this posture is still quite bluffing!

Zhou Kang, as Zhang Chu's agent, is completely inseparable from the book fair, he not only needs to assist Ye Shumei to continue to sell the copyright of "The Da Vinci Code", but also has to work hard to promote peripheral sales.

Even after such a sensational deal, the copyright of the first few books has also been loosened, and the original "Sherlock" and "Life of Pi" have been sold in more than 20 countries, and now more people are asking about it.

If the new book is good enough, the role of driving the old book is very obvious!

Even now, those thirsty publishing companies are targeting Zhang Chu's side, which has not yet been translated into English.

Especially the small countries in the Asian cultural circle, they have been deeply influenced by Chinese culture since ancient times, so it is not difficult to understand, although the publishing companies of small countries such as South Korea, Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam are not outstanding, but they have added "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" and "Sou Shen Ji" to the negotiation list.

At this book fair alone, Hallym Culture Media has reached more than 40 authorizations, and there are a lot of potential contracts.

"You pat your ass and go back home now, we still have to keep busy here. Zhou Kang treated Zhang Chu with no meaning from the elders to the juniors, but regarded him as a peer, even a boss.

"Don't worry, I will give you a vacation when I go back, think about the bonus, think about the year-end bonus, think about the annual leave, is it all of a sudden motivation now?"

Although Ye Shumei was very tired, she was in very good spirits, "Where is there time to take a vacation after you go back, as soon as you come out, everyone in the company has to be busy working overtime." ”

In the next publicity, Zhang Chu can not do much, which can make him breathe a sigh of relief, after all, the crazy code words in September really consumed a lot of physical strength.

At this time, Gu Xinxue, the editor of Nanhai Publishing Company, also came over to say goodbye to him, "I don't know when the next time we meet, I wish you a smooth journey." ”

"Gu Bian, don't curse me. The plane has to go against the wind to fly!"

"Okay, okay, my fault. Gu Xinxue admitted his mistake neatly, "Wait a while, you can post a Weibo to promote the pre-sale of "The Da Vinci Code", now that we have opened the pre-sale channel, let's see if you can break your own record in the end." ”

The pre-sale time of the rise of Chinese books was not long ago, and the previous record was held by Zhang Chu's own "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Essence of the Ancient City".

A total of 400,000 pre-sales before the official release is actually very good, and it is unique in the current physical book sales market!

But now, whether it is Gu Xinxue or the prediction agencies in the outside world, almost all believe that the popularity of "The Da Vinci Code" is directly catching up with the original "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", and it is very likely that Zhang Chu will break his own record in the pre-sale.

The only one who can defeat Zhang Chu is himself!

Now "Ghost Blows the Lamp" is firmly in the top spot of the 2019 Chinese book sales list, with a total of 4.8 million physical books and 3.1 million e-books sold from January 2019 to October 2019, as well as subscriptions to the origin Chinese website and related channels.

The rest of the writers can write such a best-selling work in their lives, but Zhang Chu has written two books in just one year, which is really surprising!

Originally, "Sou Shen Ji" also had the potential to be a big hit, but the release of the six complete works dragged down the sales, so he could only make a fortune in silence.

Nanhai Publishing Company was worried that the performance in the second half of the year might be worse than in the first half of the year, but it was time for Zhang Chu to launch this bestseller.

It is no exaggeration to say that Gu Xinxue believes that even if "The Da Vinci Code" is released on October 10, it has a great possibility to win the book sales champion next year.

If it weren't for the big lead of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" this year, it would really be overturned!

Compared with Gu Xinxue's happiness, Blair, the editor of Random House, was much calmer, he stepped forward and hugged Zhang Chu with his fist, and said: "You should really ask those travel agencies for naming fees, I already have a hunch that the number of people traveling to Europe from all over the world will skyrocket this year." ”

"I hope so, maybe I can be a tourism ambassador for a few countries. Blair, I'll leave it all to you, and what about its pre-sales in the UK and the US?"

"It's good, the number of pre-orders on Amazon's US website has reached 240,000 copies, and the UK side is 90,000 copies, and it has just started pre-sales, and it is expected that there will be a significant increase when it is officially released. ”

After all, domestic and foreign countries are different, Zhang Chu's popularity in China has reached its peak, but its influence abroad is still weak, and it is very difficult to have this pre-sale number!

A side-by-side comparison shows that the high-profile book "The Biography of Steve Jobs" has attracted a lot of attention, but it only sold 370,000 copies a week after its release in the United States.

Now "The Da Vinci Code" may surpass "The Biography of Steve Jobs" only on pre-sale, although it has an advantage in subject matter and is more attractive than biographies most of the time, but it can also be seen.

"Sounds pretty good, maybe it's on the New York Times bestseller list in the first week?"

Zhang Chu doesn't have any research on the United States, maybe two or three hundred thousand copies should be on the list!

"Man, don't underestimate yourself. Nielsen data predicts that "The Da Vinci Code" will exceed one million sales in the first week, which is fully capable of topping the sales list. ”

Blair said excitedly, "You know what? This book has a great chance that you will break the record, make history, and become the highest first-week seller in the United States by an Asian author, and will be the youngest best-selling book author!"

Hearing this, Zhang Chu couldn't help but roll his eyes, the qualifiers were added so much, if it could really break the first week's sales, it would be about the same.

The sales of Asian writers in North America have not been good, and Zhang Chu is considered to be taller among the short.

"How many books do you have to sell in the U.S. to break the sales record?"

Zhang Chu wanted to understand the possibility, even if this book didn't work, then the next book, the next book, you have to try.

People don't have dreams, so what's the difference between that and salted fish?

But Blair didn't care about Zhang Chu's mood at all, he whistled and said lightly: "You are still far away." The current book sales record in North America is held by the last book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, which sold 11 million copies in the UK and the US in 24 hours, making it the fastest-selling book in history!"

Zhang Chu has always known that "Harry Potter" is very good, with a total sales of about 500 million copies, but he never expected that people could sell tens of millions of copies in 24 hours.

Thinking about how long I have been writing, I am still working hard to break one million in the first week, and the gap is really obvious.

"When Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows sold 2.7 million copies on its first day in the UK and 8.3 million in the US, printers, transporters and retailers around the world went crazy. Among them, the British supermarket Asda sold all the 500,000 copies allotted within 24 hours, and if there is more supply, it can sell even more. It was a golden age for publishing!"

Blair saw the madness of Harry Potter fans in London firsthand, with thousands of book lovers lining up all night in front of the bookstore dressed as characters from magical stories.

Although I don't want to admit it, "The Da Vinci Code" is still quite a clear gap from the sales of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows".

Of course, sequel works are already very popular, especially this is the final chapter of the Harry Potter series, and everyone wants to see how the little wizard with the lightning bolt sign on his head ends.

In the sixth part of "Harry Potter", it also set a feat of selling 9 million copies in the United Kingdom and the United States in 24 hours, but it was broken by the sequel.

This year's stage play "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" premiered in London's West End on July 30, and the play of the same name was released the next day.

It's obviously just a script, but its sales in the United States and Britain in the first week also reached a terrifying 4 million copies, which can be called a big money grabber!

"Maybe "The Da Vinci Code" can't compare to this series of works in terms of initial explosiveness, but the stamina should not lose to them. Perhaps after readers accept The Da Vinci Code, "Angels and Demons" will have a chance to challenge the first four million copies, and the record of eight million copies on the first day should be frozen. ”

Zhang Chu really couldn't imagine any book in the future that could surpass this first-day sales figure, he flipped through the works that had never appeared in the system, and there didn't seem to be any books.

The popularity of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the result of the right time, the right time, and the right book market, and now that the book market is sluggish, it's too difficult and too difficult to have a bug-level work!

The record market is in a similar situation, although Adele turned out, it could not change the overall decline.

But Zhang Chu still wants to give it a try, even if he fails to challenge the record, it is not a shameful thing!

After saying goodbye to the people who saw him off, he dragged a small box full of loot to the airline counter to check it in.

This time, he took a direct flight from Air China, and there was no stop, but it took more than nine hours to return to Yanjing.

After entering the waiting room, Zhang Chucai felt a little reluctant, he now likes the days when he doesn't have to go to school, how he wants to play every day, how long he wants to sleep, and how long he wants to sleep.

Holiday syndrome is finally at the door, and almost every student has experienced that there are always five days a week when they don't want to go to school, Monday through Friday!

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Today's goal is still to break out in three more!