Zhuang Yan thought that the physical book of "The Catcher in the Rye" would be released soon, but he didn't expect to wait for more than a month for the publishing house to get it ready.

The reason why it has taken so long is mainly because the publisher wants to wait until the English version is translated and released simultaneously in China and Europe and the United States.

This is also because the publisher is very optimistic about the market of "Rye Field" in Europe and the United States, after all, the background of the book is New York, USA.

On the website of the literary and art circles, whether it is the Chinese section or the English section, the voice for the translated version of "Wheat Field" is the highest, far more than Zhuang Yan's other books.

Previously, the English version of "Alive" had been released in Europe and the United States, and although the sales were not particularly high, they were not satisfactory. Among them, the sales volume in North America was the highest, with a total sales of 1.2 million in the first week.

Later, sales gradually declined, but there were still 20,000 or 30,000 copies a week. This sales are difficult to achieve even for books in North America, and of course it also defeats the chivalry of most Chinese translations in the past.

I have to say that in this world, China's chivalry is more popular than Zhuang Yan imagined, and the influence of chivalry is no longer limited to China, and the martial arts style has long spread to the world.

It is worth mentioning that although Liu E's "The Travels of the Old Disabled" is not chivalrous, it is a relatively popular book in the past in Chinese translation.

However, the sales of "Alive" can be so good, in fact, it is inseparable from Gu Hongming. There are many foreigners who may not know the book "Alive" and do not know who Zhuang Yan is, but they know Gu Hongming.

It can be said that many foreigners' initial impression of China came from Gu Hongming, and even many people thought that China was just such a writer.

Of course, now those countries in Europe and the United States have nothing to be proud of in front of China, in the early years they could brag about how many literary masters there were in their own country, but these masters have passed away one after another over the years, and no new literary masters have emerged.

So now all countries in the world are facing the same problem, and everyone is just 50 steps and 100 steps of laughter.

Regarding the simultaneous release, Yu Hai also made a phone call and chatted with Zhuang Yan for a long time, what he meant was that he hoped that Zhuang Yan could cooperate with the publishing house to hold a press conference to announce the physical book release to the outside media.

This press conference, in addition to notifying the media to come to the interview, will also organize a book signing after the end, which is a double win.

It stands to reason that what Yu Hai said is very reliable, and it will definitely be good for the sales of new books, but Zhuang Yan is really too lazy to show up, so he directly refused.

He also smiled and said to Hai, as long as he doesn't show up, he can cooperate with the propaganda as much as he wants.

And Yu Hai asked angrily, if he doesn't show up, is it also called cooperating with publicity?

However, although Zhuang Yan did not cooperate with them in holding any press conferences, the publishing house also did a good job of publicity.

It is estimated that it is also the publication of this golden sign that believes in Zhuang Yan, and it is very confident in sales, so it took a lot of effort to publicize, and they also extended their hands abroad.

Now in the United States, especially in New York, people can often see billboards on the road that say "thecatheterintherye".

And I don't know where the publisher found the resources, but I actually got on a reading program in the United States, and I found a few experts in the program to recommend the book "The Catcher in the Rye".

This kind of vigorous publicity has also paid off, and just now, Yao Qian called him to report on the sales of "Wheat Field" in the first week.

To Zhuang Yan's surprise, in the first week, the book sold 2 million copies in China, but in Europe and the United States, the book sold 2.8 million copies, nearly a third more than the domestic sales.

But when you think about it, this situation makes sense. Although this book is a translation of a Chinese book, it is written about the United States.

Moreover, the Chinese version has been serialized online before, while the English version has not, which is also a factor affecting sales.

Needless to say, the best-selling of the new book is needless to say, but while the new book is selling well, Zhuang Yan is also a little disappointed. Although his books sold well, until now, he has not received a decent honor.

There are indeed a lot of literary awards, but they are all small awards that are not well known, if they are not forced over, Zhuang Yan would not want them.

Last week, Luo Guanzhong had announced the list of winners, of course, without his Zhuang Yan's name.

To say that Luo Guanzhong won the prize without him, he is also convinced, after all, regardless of his age, the book "Alive" itself does not quite fit the theme of Luo Guanzhong, Luo Guanzhong's requirements for works are to reflect patriotism and nationalism, and generally the award-winning works are epic, national, and mostly realistic works.

And the shortcomings of "Alive" are here, and its background is empty for this world.

Therefore, Luo Guan won the prize without him, he was convinced, but even the second-level literary award such as the Chinese Contemporary Short Story Award did not have him, which made him really depressed.

There are very few famous writers in China, and not many writers have published new works this year. And "Metamorphosis" is so highly evaluated in the industry, Zhuang Yan originally thought that he could win at least one Chinese contemporary short story award.

As a result, when the award-winning works came down, Zhuang Yan hadn't even heard the name of the winner, and when he checked it on the Internet, he realized that it was an old professor of Yan University.

This old professor is not very well-known and has few works, but he has become active in the literary world after retiring in recent years. It's hard to say whether there is any shady scene for him this time, but it has something to do with the connections that the old man has accumulated over the years.

This thing can't be forced, people don't give him awards, and you can't let him hold a knife on the neck of other award judges to ask for awards.

And Zhuang Yan himself has figured out that what awards are not awarded, they are all false, as long as readers feel that they can gain from reading his books, it is worth it, and he is basically treating this matter with the idea of going with the flow now.

The physical release of "Rye Field" has been delayed for so long, which has also led to the delay in the release of "Border City".

When I talked to Wang Lijian on the phone two days ago, they also talked about the new book, and Wang Lijian was a little itchy, but he didn't ask to read the manuscript in advance.

Now that "Rye Field" has been published, it's time to think about "Border City".

He has already discussed with Wang Lijian, or he will post it on the website first, and wait until a period of time before releasing the entity.