Zurich Airport is one of Europe's largest hub-level airports, with a constant flow of passengers.

Zhang Chu, Zhou Kang and others, together with the crew of "Farewell My Concubine", had to wait for the next connecting plane after landing here, and it was not easy to go to Cannes.

"Look at your agent's expression, is something going on?" Although Xu Ji looked extremely tired, he still pulled himself together and asked, wanting to help solve it.

"My new book "The Lord of the Rings" won't be released tomorrow, but bookstores in many cities in China will be the first to go on sale today, so I'm in a hurry and have to see how to deal with it. ”

Xu Ji is over seventy years old, and the long flight made him very uncomfortable, and after hearing Zhang Chu's explanation, he quickly reacted: "I don't know what your book publishing circle is like, but in the film and television industry, it should be that some theaters take out movies to show in advance, right? ”

Zhang Chu stretched out his hands and said helplessly: "The General Administration of Press and Publication doesn't care about this matter, and can only coordinate with the publishing house and the bookstore and distributor. It doesn't seem to have much of an impact at the moment. ”

"When I get back from Cannes, I'll buy a copy and read it, and I'll support your writing career. ”

Meng Chengwang on the side was much more direct: "Won't you be able to see the e-book tonight?" Fortunately, due to the time difference, when it is early in the morning in China, it is estimated that it will only be about six o'clock in the evening in Cannes, so you can just take a look." ”

"Do you still have time to read?" Zhang Chu asked curiously, "My schedule is almost full, are you sure you can have time to read?"

Meng Chengwang spread his hands helplessly and said: "I'm just a nobody, and no one can know me abroad." In addition to attending the opening and post-screening parties of "Farewell My Concubine", my agent only helped me get invitations to several domestic film press conferences. Zhang Guorong and Gong Li are going to participate in a lot of foreign cocktail parties, activities and forums. Do you think I have time?"

This is the situation of ordinary actors in the entertainment industry.

There are not many people who know each other in China, and no one cares about them after going abroad.

Even if he starred in this kind of award-winning hit movie, the limelight was all covered by the other two!

Zhang Chu thought for a while and said, "Don't worry, after the movie is released, you will have to worry about what script to take and what interview to take." ”

Meng Chengwang was comforted by a college student who was ten years younger than himself, and he said with a wry smile: "I hope you will rely on you." ”

While a few people were talking, the other two big-name actors of the crew finally came to the lounge accompanied by the team.

One came from Xiangjiang and the other came from Singapore, and after meeting with the crew, they were going to set off towards Nice together.

These two people look like superstars, to put it bluntly, they are a little cold, and Zhang Chu is not familiar with them, so after a simple hello, they sat down separately, and the atmosphere was not as relaxed as just now!

Zhou Kang walked in from outside at this time, he sat next to Zhang Chu and whispered: "Nanhai Publishing Company has come forward, and at present, chain bookstores and distributors have issued notices respectively, and the phenomenon of stealing has stopped for the time being. ”

"Do you know how much we sold today?"

"I don't know this, although it is shown in other people's systems, this is proof of their breach of contract, and they are not willing to hand it over to us. However, a data analysis center has given an estimate, and they think that "The Lord of the Rings" will be able to enter the top 10 of the single-day sales list by virtue of its stealing sales, and they really have confidence in you!"

Zhang Chule smiled happily, "If we don't sell so much by then, we will be the ones who will lose face." Only some people will say that we are overstating sales, and no one will say that the data analysis center is wrong in forecasting. ”

"It seems like it's past 10 p.m. in Yanjing now, and we should be able to receive the first sales feedback when we arrive in Nice. Now the pre-sale sales of "The Lord of the Rings" are 1.28 million copies, and I don't know how much it will go up in the last two hours. ”

The pre-sale numbers are so huge, and it's a Western fantasy work, it's not something specifically aimed at teenagers.

Zhou Kang was a little annoyed, "Originally, this number should have been higher, but since it broke out on the Internet in the afternoon that you can buy it in advance, the pre-sale increase has been very slow." Originally, when it was close to going public, this number should have soared!"

At the beginning, their internal prediction was that the pre-sale of "The Lord of the Rings" could eventually come to between 1.4 million and 1.5 million, but now it is a big difference.

Zhang Chu was very relaxed, he was a little curious about the pre-sale of the book in the United States and European countries.

"Has Random House revealed to us the pre-sale figures?"

"Blair forwards us an email every day, but we haven't received it today. The U.S. side sells very well, although some people are deliberately targeting you with nationality and culture, but it is all a small turmoil, and it can't make waves. ”

"The Lord of the Rings" is going to be released globally, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia are the four English-speaking countries at the same time, and there is no physical book pre-sale in Germany, France, and Italy, because there are not too many people who use English in these countries, and if you are willing to read the book early, you can pre-order it on Amazon.

The São Paulo Publishing Company is organizing translators to translate intensively, and publishing companies in Japan, South Korea, Spain, Portugal and other countries are also in the process of translating, and there is still some time before publication.

People from non-English-speaking countries must be more difficult to read Chinese than to go to the moon, but they can barely do it if they look at English.

"Let's let "The Da Vinci Code" be on the top of the French book sales list for a few more weeks, maybe it can be crowned for half a year!" Zhang Chu thought optimistically, this group of French people are very affectionate, and they can listen to a song for half a year.

The theme song "Happy" of the movie "Despicable Me", which was released last winter, has been firmly at the top of the French singles chart, and it has lasted longer than "The Da Vinci Code".

The Da Vinci Code is mainly because of the large number of tourists, and many bookstores sell not only French editions, but also English, Chinese, and Spanish editions, so that tourists from all over the world can find the most suitable edition.

To be honest, Zhang Chu really doesn't know what the reputation of "The Lord of the Rings" will look like.

In the last life, it was born in the early to mid-20th century, when the content and style of the work were not the same as now.

Many people have a boring and boring feeling when they read this work, but they just think that this is a classic work, and this is a good book praised by everyone, so they will insist on reading it!

In this life, when "The Lord of the Rings" has lost its reputation as a classic, when it returns to its roots and appears in front of readers all over the world as a new book, can readers who are used to seeing adventures still like it?

All kinds of routines, all kinds of settings are no longer fresh, readers are already experienced in a hundred battles, and ordinary works are tired of watching, can "The Lord of the Rings" make them shine?

Zhang Chu waited for reality to give him an answer.

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