The Weibo post sent out in the morning was still somewhat useful after all.

No, after Gu Xinxue endured it for a while, he took advantage of the lunch to walk out of the office building of Nanhai Publishing Company, and found an open and unoccupied place to call Zhang Chu, he didn't want this conversation to be heard.

"This, have you eaten at noon?" Gu Xinxue couldn't find any language for a while.

Zhang Chu closed the laptop, he walked out of the study and walked into the courtyard, looked at the gurgling water and replied, "This point must have been eaten." Editor, what is the matter with your call?"

"There are two things I want to ask you. You're going to go to the Cannes Film Festival for the opening ceremony, right? We're going to work with Random House and São Paulo to set up a book sales booth on the red carpet outside the festival, mainly selling "Farewell My Concubine", and the rest of your work will be there. I would like to ask you if you have time to sign autographs or communicate with readers. ”

It's a good idea to sell books in the mecca of cinematic art.

It's just that Zhang Chu thought about it in his mind, and politely refused: "I am estimated to be in a hurry by then, and there is a high possibility that I will not be able to spare time." Don't publicize it yet, and then see my specific arrangements and mental condition. ”

traveled thousands of miles to Cannes to attend the film festival, in addition to the opening ceremony, he also had to help stand for "The Da Vinci Code", and most importantly, help "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" sell overseas copyrights.

And Zhang Chu is also a little selfish, since they all went over there, I am really sorry for myself if I don't go to the movie palace to watch the two films that were shortlisted for the main competition unit!

Gu Xinxue had actually expected this answer for a long time, it was really shabby to sign and sell at a stall, unless Random House could make this a salon-like way, inviting writers at home and abroad to talk about the forum model of adapting their works into movies, which would be more attractive.

Everyone knows that this method is good, but it is very difficult to implement.

In particular, Nanhai Publishing Company is actually going to Cannes for the first time, and I can't figure out the venue, time arrangement, and guest candidates, so I can only hope that Random House can give some help.

Everyone's business scope is not the same, if it is in China, Nanhai Publishing Company can create such a forum in minutes, but they have no overseas business at all!

The copyrights of Zhang Chu's works are all found by overseas agents.

"The photo you posted on Weibo just now should be looking at the Lord of the Rings, right? When will you be able to hand it in?"

"Definitely before going to Cannes, maybe the last week if I feel good. Zhang Chu yawned, "Editor Gu, take a closer look at it when the time comes, and give me some advice and suggestions!"

Gu Xinxue couldn't help laughing: "Who in our company dares to change your text now, unless there is a problem with policy direction." ”

This is the treatment of big names to the extreme, and ordinary editors are not willing to meddle at all, for fear of self-defeating!

"Don't do that, you're going to treat me like a normal newcomer. I'm counting on this book to be a global hit. ”

"Then you'll have to show me the book first, and if you don't read it, how can I give advice. ”

Zhang Chu quipped: "Then you can fly to Yanjing now, and I will show you the real manuscript." ”

"I can't leave, I can't go on a walk-and-go trip. You can revise it well, and I won't bother you. ”

After hanging up the phone, Gu Xinxue sorted out his emotions and then walked towards the elevator of the office building.

At this time, in the office of Nanhai Publishing Company, everyone was chatting, and they only started work at two o'clock, and everyone wanted to rest.

"Guess which book can pull Zhang Chu off the New York Times bestseller list. Why do Americans like to read the Da Vinci Code so much, it can't be that Random House buys sales?"

Originally, the company rarely paid attention to these overseas sales charts, unless it was planning to bring in the work of one of the writers.

Now everyone has nothing to do and look at the book sales information released by the authorities of different countries, because there are objects worth paying attention to on it!

Another white and chubby editor wearing glasses said: "It seems that unless some powerful writer publishes a new book, or becomes popular with social effects, Zhang Chu will have to win consecutive championships." ”

"You think he's going to be at the top of this list for a whole year, that's really amazing. ”

"The Yankees are really uneducated, the content of this book is obviously fake, but they have been deceived all over the place, and what kind of faith crisis is it, it's just laughing to death!"

"Don't say that, not only in the United States, but also in France and England, they have won more than 10 weeks. Maybe we Chinese can't feel it because we don't have religious beliefs. ”

Zhang Chu really has a deep understanding of religion, and when he wrote "Youth School", he said that this is a work that makes people believe in the existence of God. As a result, the book immediately disproves this statement. ”

Gu Xinxue didn't care after hearing the conversation of these people, the glory that Zhang Chu achieved had nothing to do with him, and changing an editor could also make a big hit.

"Lao Gu, you are a humanoid koi in our company, let me rub your good luck and see if I can sign an author who suddenly broke out. ”

Xie Chenhua's hand touched two handfuls on Gu Xinxue's back as he spoke, and he was superstitious every day.

"I'm really not, you better go to Weibo to transfer Zhang Chu!"

Liu Li held the coffee cup and said: "Teacher Gu, Zhang Chu's "In the Name of the People" broke the sales record of the anti-corruption article in one and a half months, and if it continues to sell like this for two months, the record of the officialdom will have to be broken!"

Originally, "In the Name of the People" was seen as a giveaway for Zhang Chu's new fantasy book, and the entire Nanhai Publishing Company did not pay much attention to this work.

It would be nice to think that after it was first published on reading websites, the physical book could sell one or two million copies a year!

This is because of Zhang Chu's relationship to estimate this figure, and if you change to the rest of the writers, it is estimated that it will be good to sell for five or six hundred thousand.

But people are not as good as heaven, and works with anti-corruption themes have exploded!

In the first week, sales exceeded one million, blinding the forecasters and publishing companies.

Sales were also stable every week that followed, with a total of 2.8 million copies sold in a month and a half.

This number is the data that "Snow Hunting" has been sold for 0 years!

It's been a long time since a work has touched a dusty record, and everyone means that no one can break it.

But who let Zhang Chu start writing.

It only took a month and a half to tie the record, and the record of the niche genre of anti-corruption continued to rise!

It can be said that every time a copy of "In the Name of the People" is sold, it is setting a new record.

The record of officialdom is much higher than that of anti-corruption.

In the field of physical books, officialdom can be said to be a long-lasting type, and in this official-based society, the general public is curious about this aspect.

"In the Name of the People" also holds quite a few records so far, for example, it broke the first-week sales record held by "Secretary to the Chief", and is currently hitting the first-month sales record.

In terms of total sales, many popular and classic officialdoms have reached 10 million after years of continuous sales.

At present, the total sales record is set by "Officialdom Notes", a total of eight works in this series, each of which has sold tens of millions, and is worthy of the name of the first total sales in the country!

There is only one "In the Name of the People", so it is not an opponent at all to fight for total sales.

No matter how much it sells, it can't exceed 80 million or even 100 million copies, right?

So its goal is only to sell a single work, which is not too difficult.

According to the current trend, as long as the stamina is not too bad, it can be surpassed in the next few years.

It's easy to break millions, but it's hard to break tens of millions!

Even Zhang Chu, his best-selling "Ghost Blowing Lantern: The Essence of the Ancient City" in China has only sold more than 6 million copies within a year, and it has still not reached 10 million so far.

On the contrary, because of the assistance of the overseas market, "The Da Vinci Code" has more than 13 million at home and abroad, which is the benefit of more markets.

Domestically, it is no more popular than "Ghost Blows the Lamp", but it can gain enough readers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, and Germany.

At present, Zhang Chu is already the youngest author with a cumulative sales volume of more than 30 million worldwide.

Everyone is waiting for his new book "The Lord of the Rings", as long as this book can continue the strength of "The Da Vinci Code", maybe he can become one of the best-selling authors with cumulative sales of more than 50 million!

Fantasy genre works are not popular at home, but they are mainstream overseas.

Therefore, many people think that the sales of "The Lord of the Rings" in overseas regions are estimated to far exceed those in China, which is why Zhang Chu chose to release both Chinese and English versions at the same time.

He couldn't have sent the English version first and then the Chinese version.

In this way, it is estimated that it will be scolded to death by readers, netizens, media, and angry youth!

Of course, it is even more impossible to release the Chinese version first, and then release the English version a few months later, and the time limit has passed.

Therefore, it is best to release both language versions at the same time!

No one is to be offended, and no one is treated equally.

Of course, even if "The Lord of the Rings" is not released for the time being, after the release of those movies, it will be a matter of minutes for Zhang Chu's cumulative sales to exceed 50 million.

The fact that there are many works is such a benefit, a film and television work explodes, not only will it drive the same name, but also the rest of the works.

The sales of 50 million copies seem to be a lot, but if it is allocated to each of Zhang Chu's works, it is actually not much on average.

In just over two years, he has written a number of works that others might have taken ten years to write!

Write two or three million words a year, which is something that no physical book writer can do except for online writers, and no physical book writer can have such a terrifying number.

Ten books that sold 2 million copies have a total of 20 million copies, which is much more than the cumulative sales of the kind of authors who sold 0 million copies.

What's more, the basic plate of Zhang Chu's books is more than 2 million, and the least "Fifteen Years of Wanli" has been driven by "In the Name of the People" to sell hundreds of thousands of copies!