"Isn't Zhang Chu going to let us go? ”

Shen Xu, a writer who had just finished signing the booking, complained that he signed forty or fifty readers at the signing party held by the Capital Publishing House, but he did not expect that those readers were talking about how to buy the Chinese version of "The Da Vinci Code" in Germany, which was indeed a bit hurtful.

Except for Chinese readers, no one will come to buy Shen Xu's works, and this group of people who have settled or temporarily settled in Germany, even if they can speak and read German, must still be more friendly in Chinese.

It just so happens that everyone is Chinese, and it is most convenient to exchange experiences and see how to do it, but this stimulates the rest of the writers.

It's like when everyone is in bed, the daughter-in-law is calling another man's name, which can be imagined how humiliating it is!

Another writer, Lu Yingjie, said with deep sympathy: "Who made him the most famous Chinese writer overseas, and a reporter over there interviewed me and asked if there was a chance for "Youth Pi" to win an award this year, and he also won the Booker Prize. ”

"Then how do you answer?" Yu Xin pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and asked curiously.

"What else can I say, I must not know! This guy is in the limelight overseas, but he doesn't even participate in the meetings of the writers' association, where does he come from now to learn those great writers. ”

Now the award is Zhang Chu's only shortcoming, whether it is at home or abroad, seniority is his biggest shortcoming.

Those foreign awards also depend on seniority, but the Booker Award was a successful upset because of Random House's strong promotion, and the rest of the awards have little hope.

This is actually related to the type of writing he writes, most of the awards have been literary works, and now Zhang Chu writes almost all of the best-selling literature, and I have never heard of JK Rowling or Stephen King or George Martin winning literary awards!

The popular authors of these works for the general public are actually not very popular in the literary world, and they only win awards in places such as the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the World Fantasy Literature Award, the World Horror Literature Award, and the Trajectory Award.

Now readers are discussing Zhang Chu's "The Da Vinci Code", reporters are asking about related matters, and even the online reports and street posters have not been taken down!

Every time they see the Mona Lisa painting in Frankfurt, they think of Zhang Chu's book in their heads, and they almost have formed a conditioned reflex.

Even when they wandered around the bookstore in downtown Frankfurt, they could see Zhang Chu's own hand-painted picture of an orange Bengal tiger and an Indian boy drifting on the blue sea!

"Do you think 'The Fall of the Giants' will prevent Zhang Chu from reaching the top of the New York Times bestseller list? ”

Among the main categories that sell well in the European and American book markets, suspense, fantasy, science fiction, and love are still the majority, but it cannot be said that the other genres are not selling well, and history and family emotions are also very popular.

While there are dominant best-selling categories, there is more diversity in the overall best-selling field.

At the beginning, "The Fall of the Giant" was also a blockbuster at the Frankfurt Book Fair, and with a title and a thousand-word synopsis, it was fiercely contested by major publishers in Europe and the United States, and finally the advance copyright payment reached an unprecedented 50 million US dollars!

When the first edition of "The Fall of the Giants" was released, it easily topped the New York Times bestseller list, swept the major charts in 16 European and American countries at the fastest speed, and was known as a super that can sell one copy every 3 seconds.

Now it's about to be printed again, which is definitely the biggest competitor to The Da Vinci Code!

Even though readers already know the content, and even many people have already bought it, Americans' love for it has not diminished.

If it is a fight between the two works when they are first printed, Zhang Chu will fall into disadvantage 100%.

But now that the other party has reprinted, it gave Zhang Chu the possibility of winning under such circumstances.

On the one hand, there are American writers with an extremely solid readership, and on the other hand, there are young foreign people who have recently emerged, both of which have their own advantages and disadvantages!

"Now it seems that "The Da Vinci Code" should be more popular, according to the reporter's statistics, the pre-sale in North America has almost exceeded 500,000 copies, and people are about to break the first week record of Asian writers in North America. "Shen Xu is quite reasonable, he still supports Zhang Chu at this time.

For a long time, international bestsellers have been the world of European and American authors, and few writers from other regions such as Asian Americans can be known and recognized by the world!

If Zhang Chu can tear up a piece of the sky in North America, it will be good news for all Asian writers, and it will be inspiring.

"I can only say that I hope that this time if he can step on "The Fall of the Giant" to the top, it will be a blow, even if it is a reprinted book, it is very good. ”

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Time passed quietly, and as the Frankfurt Book Fair drew to a close, representatives of various countries and publishing houses had already left.

The people of Hanlin Culture Media had no intention of staying to watch the closing ceremony, and they booked tickets to return to China on the evening of the 9th.

Although there were a few flights from Frankfurt to Yenching, there were still no empty places, and almost all of them were related to the publishing industry.

When such a group of people gathers together, the topic must be inseparable from the publishing world.

Although the people from Nanhai Publishing Company were not on this flight, both Ye Shumei and Zhou Kang were familiar with Yanjing's publishing house, so they could also talk together.

"Lao Zhou, the most famous thing at this book fair is your company, you can make a lot of money this time, right?"

Zhou Kang said very modestly: "No, no, you have also gained a lot, and won the Chinese distribution rights of several best-selling books." If it works well, the library will have to add several more series. ”

The posture of the two of them touting each other made the rest of the people couldn't help laughing, "Don't blow it, this makes us envious!"

"Yes, Lao Zhou, you made the right move at the beginning, jumping from a publishing house to a brokerage company, and now you have become Zhang Chu's agent. I haven't seen it for two years, and you can buy a suite in Yanjing again. ”

"Mr. Ye, is your company still recruiting? Do you think my old arms and legs are okay?"

Ye Shumei laughed heartily: "Of course recruit, Lao Wu, go back and resign." ”

This is indeed telling the truth, now that the business of Hallym Culture Media is more and more, it is getting bigger and bigger, and now that the "Da Vinci Code" is about to be listed, the number of people needed will only increase!

Instead of recruiting some novices who don't know anything, it is better to find these veterans who are familiar with the market, have many connections, and are experienced.

Nowadays, the treatment of Hanlin Culture Media is second to none in the industry, and as long as Zhang Chu can continue to write books, then there will be no bankruptcy!

"Mr. Ye openly digs into the corner, which is not good. ”

"Okay, okay, after you return to Yanjing, you can talk to me or Lao Zhou, and it will definitely not be worse than your current treatment. ”

Job hopping is like this, everyone wants to jump to a place with good treatment, but I haven't seen it get worse and worse.

Even if these people have the idea of changing jobs, of course, it is not easy to express it directly in front of so many people, and the rest of them have also changed the topic to avoid being cold.

"The Da Vinci Code will be released tomorrow, how many pre-orders are there now?" As soon as this question came out, everyone in the cabin pricked up their ears, wondering how high it could soar!

Zhou Kang said without thinking: "Now those pre-sale works in the online bookstore have begun to be shipped one after another according to the order time. By the time we got on the plane, the pre-orders had reached almost 1.17 million copies, and it was estimated that there would be about 1.3 million by midnight. ”

The pre-sales alone exceeded one million!

This number is overwhelmingly shocking to people in the publishing industry, non-sequel works, non-fantasy works, just a suspense adventure.

"The Da Vinci Code" directly increased the pre-sales of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" by more than one level!

"It's scary, it's just desperate!"

"Fortunately, our company publishes children's books, and there is no direct competition, otherwise it would have been miserable. ”

"Zhang Chu is really good at selling, and your early marketing is also very successful, there has been relevant news throughout September until now, and there is no duplicate every time!"

"Now the publishing market is completely Zhang Chu's world, if this guy maintains such a high level of creativity, it will belong to him for decades to come. ”

"Tsk, this first week is going for 3 million!"

"Didn't you say that this book was very popular overseas, and how was it selling in the United States and the United Kingdom?"

When Zhou Kang heard this, he searched for relevant data in his mind, "The United States is almost 12 hours slower than China, and the figures given by Random House are a total of 820,000 copies on Amazon and chain bookstore websites, which is already second to none among Asian writers, and then there are 410,000 in the United Kingdom and 370,000 in France, and the momentum is quite good." ”

The main scene of "The Da Vinci Code" in the early stage is located in France, coupled with the promotion of the São Paulo publishing company, so the pre-sales in France are directly following the United Kingdom.

The UK has always been in a relatively active area in Zhang Chu's overseas market, "Sherlock" was broadcast on BBC TV in the United Kingdom, and "Life of Pi" won the Booker Prize in the UK, it can be said that the arrogant Britons appreciate Zhang Chu's works!

Pre-sales in the U.S. have also been rising, and Amazon's U.S. bookstore has even given a big cover to promote it, and the works that cost as much as $24 can't resist the love of readers.

It can be said that "The Da Vinci Code" is like a volcano about to erupt on a global scale, with almost no dead ends!

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The three more and nine thousand words were delivered, which is almost the usual four and a half times.

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