No matter how good a book is, there is always a time to finish it.

No matter how good a TV series is, there is also a time when the drama ends.

The same is true for a storytelling.

After setting a record of 2.55 million listeners on Heung Kong Radio, "Ghost Blows the Lantern" has finally come to an end.

Wang Gang was also included in the history of Xiangjiang because of this.

"Qilin Daily" spent three days in a row reporting on Wang Gang and his "Ghost Blowing the Lamp".

When Wang Gang first came to Xiangjiang, "Qilin Daily" did not pay attention to him, and now it can be regarded as a remedy.

Because this short and chubby man is no longer the worthless mainlander at the beginning, but the first person in the Xiangjiang storytelling industry.

The 2.55 million listening audience will definitely not be all hardcore, but there will definitely be more than 1 million hardcore.

Wang Gang's "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" tape has long been launched by Xiangjiang Commercial Radio and Kirin Records, and not only is every issue sold in Xiangjiang, but even this trend has spread to all Chinese areas.

Baodao is no exception, although there is no formal channel, but Cai Songlin has long been used to this kind of stealing chickens and dogs, he directly found Kirin Records, and quietly took 1 million tapes per episode in the mainland, and wholesaled them to those corner clubs in Baodao, and then these people sold them to the streets and alleys of Baodao.

These people have already passed more than ten years of accumulation, don't play too well in the strategy of attacking the east and west, and there is no way for the official to stop it, so they can only watch Quanbaodao also listen to the story of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern".

On the second day after Wang Gang finished speaking, Qilin Culture quickly launched the first episode of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" "Exquisite Ancient City", which had been prepared for a long time.

The editors of Qilin Culture sorted out Wang Gang's manuscript and added some elements, and this "Ghost Blowing Lantern: The Essence of the Ancient City" also added a label of "Yin Jun's original story" and "Wang Gang's teacher told it with love".

Look.

With such a gimmick, how could "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" not sell well?

In just half a month, 10.3 million copies were sold in Asia, and a jaw-dropping record was quickly created!

Since Jin Yong sealed the pen, since Liang Yusheng faded out, and since Gu Long was in a bad state, there has never been a martial arts master who can sell more than 3 million copies.

Even the one known as Wen Juxia is impossible.

The reason why "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp: The Essence of the Ancient City" can have such a record, on the one hand, must be that Wang Gang's story is well told and everyone likes it.

Over the past few months, a large number of book lovers have been cultivated through radio and audio tapes.

Now that the story is finished, it is the time for them to have an endless aftertaste, and when they see the book coming out, they buy a copy and take it home to slowly reminisce again, which is the choice of many people.

Another one is because of Yin Jun.

The story of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" was provided by Yin Jun, and Wang Gang just processed it and told it.

The core of the real story is still Yin Jun's thoughts.

Since 1978, in the past five years, Yin Jun has created dozens of TV series, movies, songs, and many published in the United States, but none of them conform to the connotation of Chinese culture.

That is, there is no tailor-made book for Chinese people.

"Forrest Gump", "Jurassic Park", "Dream of the Covered Bridge", "A Song of Ice and Fire", ...... These are basically not the dishes of the common people in the Chinese cultural circle!

In this era, Huaguo's pastime can be juxtaposed with TV dramas and movies.

Especially martial arts and suspense, they are even more popular.

Yin Jun, such a genius screenwriter, didn't write a single one, which is really a pity.

In fact, in recent years, Qilin Culture has received a lot of letters and phone calls from audiences, asking Yin Jun if he has any plans to write martial arts books.

Now "Ghost Blows the Lamp" makes up for everyone's regrets.

Yin Jun's fans are all over the world, not to mention the Chinese-speaking circle in his home camp.

Seeing that his idol has published a book on Chinese cultural heritage, these fans are also actively supporting.

Therefore, there is a crazy record of selling 10.3 million copies in half a month.

In such a half a month, the Kirin Printing Factory, which had prepared 6 million copies, was stimulated by a huge number of orders, and it was overtime printing in three shifts every day.

That is, the Kirin Printing Factory, the largest printing factory in Asia, has the most experience, the best equipment and the best workers, so it printed 5 million copies in ten days, which can meet the needs of book lovers.

But according to the booksellers' estimates, the sales of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Essence of the Ancient City" are far more than that, and they should at least double.

This is still the current situation, if the TV series and movies of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" in the next one or two years are filmed, broadcast and released, the sales of the "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" series will have to increase by another seven or eight million copies.

In addition to the Chinese-speaking cultural circle in Asia, the two most economically developed countries in Asia, Japan and South Korea, are of course also traditional Confucian cultural circles.

Goblin legends are just as popular on their side.

Although the first batch of comics was not released in Japan and Korea, Kirin Weekly has always been the No. 1 manga weekly in these two countries.

Yin Jun's number of book fans is not only very large, but also very obsessed.

Therefore, Tokuma Shoten and South Korea's cooperative publishing house have long booked the Japanese and Korean editions of "Ghost Blowing Lantern: The Essence of the Ancient City".

The reason why it was not published together with the Chinese version was because of translation and proofreading problems.

After finishing the printing of this batch, the Japanese and Korean versions will also be released.

Japan's plan is 10 million copies, and Korea's is 5 million copies, and this is the first conservative issue.

Japanese and Korean book lovers are famous all over the world for their reading preferences for books, and it is normal for such an interesting story to trigger a sales boom.

Even if you don't count Japan and South Korea, Wang Gang's first batch of settlement fees has been 12 million Hong Kong dollars before tax! Even after paying taxes, there are 10 million Hong Kong dollars.

Such a huge amount of royalties directly stunned Wang Gang.

When Le Yiling personally brought the check to him, Wang Gang didn't dare to take it at all.

For him, being able to get a salary of 20,000 or 30,000 Hong Kong dollars a month plus bonuses is already an unimaginable dream life, and he really wishes to go on like this for the rest of his life.

But now there is a sudden after-tax manuscript fee of 10 million, and it is only the first one, and then there are 7 "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" to be published, isn't there still more than 100 million!?

Although Wang Gang came to Xiangjiang and was able to accept the concept of a billionaire, he never imagined that he would become a billionaire one day.

Just by writing a review manuscript and speaking a story, you can earn more than 100 million!?

What a joke!!

He told Le Yiling again and again that this is all the credit of Jun Shao, he is just sorting out the manuscript and adding some side details, where is it possible to take so much?

Le Yiling actually thinks the same way.

It's the credit of my family Ah Jun, you are just an executor, equivalent to those comic screenwriters of Qilin Culture, it is enough to give you a few million.

But Yin Jun told Le Yiling that Wang Gang is an important chess piece in the future mainland strategy, so don't treat him badly.

That's why Le Yiling gave Wang Gang a manuscript fee, but it was only 3% of the royalty.

Except for the current China, which only pays a fixed manuscript fee, the rest of the developed countries and regions give a royalty system.

Royalties are based on the price of the book, and the percentage of the manuscript fee should be calculated to the author.

Yin Jun is now at Henry Press, a publishing house in Europe and Japan, and he gets 25% royalties, which means that for a book such as $10, the royalty for Yin Jun is $2.5, and 10 million copies is $25 million.

On "Jurassic Park" alone, Yin Jun got more than $300 million in royalties, surpassing all living writers in the world!

Yin Jun's royalties are just one example, where can ordinary writers get 25%? If they can get 15%, they are already treated like first-class writers.

But Wang Gang's 3% has never been there, at least about 6%.

Not to mention that "Ghost Blows Out the Lantern: The Essence of the Ancient City" has sold 10 million copies, and it is very likely that the final sales will exceed 40 million copies!!

It is definitely not an exaggeration to give the author 20% of such a super best-selling book.

3% is definitely insulting!

But in reality, it's not that simple.

Because the copyright registration of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" is all Yin Jun's, it stands to reason that Wang Gang adapted it into a storytelling, and added those contents, expanding the whole, but he was just hired, just give a fixed salary and doubtful dividends, and the majority should be given to Yin Jun.

So in fact, the royalties given by Kirin Culture are 25% the same as those in Europe and the United States, Wang Gang takes 3%, and Yin Jun takes 22%.

When Le Yiling took the check to Wang Gang, he said this in advance, and clearly told him and Yin Jun their share.

There are many people in the mainland of Qilin culture, and Wang Gang knows a lot of treatment from them, but no one has ever been as high as him.

Not to mention 3%, even if it is 1% of the millions, it is too much for Wang Gang.

Without Yin Jun, how could there be the story of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern"?

Therefore, Wang Gang did not dare to accept 3%.

It was Le Yiling who was impatient, saying that this was ordered by Yin Jun, and let him hold it safely, Wang Gang trembled his hands, carefully sandwiched the check in the envelope, and put it in his pocket.

The first thing he did when he came out of the headquarters of the Kirin Group was that Wang Gang took a car to HSBC and deposited the money.

Then with the passbook, he didn't fall asleep all night.

In an average of ten minutes, Wang Gang would touch the passbook next to him, look at the numbers on it, and then smirk.

Even early the next morning, when he got on the plane to Huajing, Wang Gang, whose eyes had become giant pandas, was still laughing stupidly, almost so scared that those flight attendants didn't dare to ask him for autographs!