In Hanlin Culture Media Company, Ye Shumei put down her mobile phone, she shook her head helplessly and said: "It's a relationship again, I want Zhang Chu to go to their side to participate in an event, and even offered a price of one million yuan, I just need to show up in the past." ”

And Zhou Kang, who was sitting opposite, seemed to have heard a joke, "One million is estimated that you can only invite an eighteenth-tier star or network anchor, right? Give 10 million, it is estimated that the boss will not go!"

Zhang Chu has never participated in other business activities and cherishes his reputation.

If you can make money by writing a book, why should you give some merchants a platform? If something goes wrong with the product, he will be jointly and severally liable!

"These people probably don't understand the market, and they think that writers must be worse than celebrities. Anyway, I refused at once, and I wouldn't tell my boss at all. By the way, what are you looking for me?"

Recently, Zhang Chu's new book was released, and everyone in the company was very busy, and she was constantly on the phone as the general manager.

Zhou Kang handed over the report in his hand and said simply: "The performance of Smart Comics has come out, and it has been profitable in the first three quarters, but readers are giving feedback and want to see the ending of "Those Things About the Rabbit That Year". ”

Smart comics have successfully turned losses into profits, but the profit is far less than any of Zhang Chu's books, but the peripheral sales have repeatedly hit new highs, and the rabbit's anime has achieved the third season, and all kinds of toys and dolls licensing fees and dividends are soft.

It's just that since the beginning of this year, Zhang Chu has not drawn many comics, because the timeline has come to the present, and it just so happened that he was busy writing the Chinese and English versions of "The Lord of the Rings", and he was busy with only four words to be continued.

"Go back and ask the boss to see if he has the time and energy to lick this hole, and you also need to tell him about the first day of sales. This time, we can be regarded as eating the dividends of old books, and we have exploded once in the world. But this dividend will not last long, and it will still depend on the books themselves. ”

The first day of sales of "The Silence of the Lambs" has been released, and the statistics of various overseas countries are a little later.

In comparison, Zhou Kang is much more confident, "Nanhai Publishing Company has contacted book reviewers, counting the batch of reviews that have been released, most of the latter book reviewers are positive and optimistic." Don't worry about Random House, they have a complete process for book releases, not to mention that "The Silence of the Lambs" is still made specifically for the North American market. ”

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly thought of Ye Shumei's trip to Hollywood on National Day, and then asked: "Then when you go to the United States this time, do you have any eyebrows about the film adaptation rights?"

"It was impossible to reach an agreement so quickly. We want a price that is not low, and ordinary small studios can't afford such generous conditions. The rest of the big studios want to hang, one wants to be specific, and the other wants to see sales and evaluations. ”

Ye Shumei didn't think so!

She didn't go to the United States to sell the film adaptation rights of "The Silence of the Lambs", but to tell the big studios with great fanfare that they would put the competition on the table, so that they would PK each other.

The $10 million film rights transfer fee is enough for these studios to think twice, they do have money, but they will not give it away in vain, not to mention the producer status and dividends in the whole field.

Generally, actors' dividends are for the box office, but Zhang Chu is different, all areas where the film company can make money have to give him a part, such as online on-demand, TV on demand, DVD sales, movie peripherals, etc.

"It's a lot of good things, it just so happens that too many movies have been released in one go this year, and it's good to slow down the pace, saving his readers' wallets from being emptied. Then Mr. Ye, I will go back first, and I will contact the boss later. ”

"Well, you go get busy, I need to call the Nanhai Publishing Company. ”

……

I didn't write a book for a day, and I was happy.

I had a good time not writing for a week, but at the same time I had some itchy hands.

Now that he hasn't written a book for half a month, Zhang Chu feels that his ability to press the keyboard has deteriorated, and it is not as fast and accurate as before.

"It seems that I still have to write a new book, but it's better not to write it in Chinese and English together, it's just asking for trouble!"

"The Lord of the Rings" and "The Silence of the Lambs" are like this, after writing the Chinese version and then writing the English version, a book tosses twice the workload.

As the saying goes, if you eat a trench, you will grow wise, and now Zhang Chu does not plan to repeat the mistakes of the past.

He has written two books in a row that can be understood by foreign readers, and this time he wants to write something that domestic readers like, so as not to be said to favor overseas readers.

The previous works are all serious, and Zhang Chu wants to play something different now, preferably relaxed and lively.

Just as Zhang Chu was sitting on the rocking chair basking in the autumn sun, the mobile phone placed next to the tea set buzzed and vibrate.

Zhou Kang on the other end of the phone reported the battle situation triumphantly: "The General Administration of Publishing gave the exact figures, and yesterday sold 280,000 physical books and 110,000 e-books, maybe the sales of this book can be on par with "The Da Vinci Code"!"

"I don't think it's better to have too high expectations, the people who buy books now are basically fans, and they can ignore the content. However, ordinary consumers will definitely refer to the content and evaluation when buying a book, and the horror atmosphere of "The Silence of the Lambs" is too strong, which is much niche than "The Da Vinci Code", which relies on suspense decoding and various cultural and artistic implants. ”

Zhang Chu has a very sober understanding and is not blindly optimistic.

In the previous life, although "The Silence of the Lambs" was slightly famous in the United States, the real hit was after it was adapted into a movie and swept the Oscars.

And "The Da Vinci Code" was adapted into a movie because it was too popular, and a considerable part of the box office and topics of the movie were brought because of it.

There are people with heavy tastes, but at least not too many.

Zhou Kang whispered on the other end of the phone: "Why are you so pessimistic at a young age, now look at the stamina, all aspects of professional forecasts feel that these two books will have a very similar sales trend." By the way, Random House also gave some first-day sales in overseas markets, the New Zealand market is too small, and 18,000 copies on the first day are already considered big sales. Australia has a slightly larger number, with 45,000 copies. India has such a large population, and it sold less than 10,000 copies on the first day, so it is estimated that all of them are reading by elite-level readers. The United States and the United Kingdom have not yet been counted, but it is said that they have exploded!"

Here is reporting on the sales of "The Silence of the Lambs", but Zhang Chu over there is already too empty, these numbers are from the left ear to the right ear.

"Uncle Zhou, what do you think my new book is good?"

The brainwaves of the two people don't seem to be on the same frequency, talking about two completely different topics.