The lively summer vacation passed in the verbal battle between the book critics on both sides, and when the last day of August came, everyone's eyes were on "Farewell My Concubine" and "Listening to the Sound of the Wind".

The former was like a bamboo in five days, and now the monthly sales have reached 1.82 million copies, which is a big comeback!

The latter also managed to sell 1.84 million copies in a month, with a lead of less than 20,000 copies, and the position of the champion this month is in jeopardy!

In fact, it is already very clear at this point, "Listening to the Sound of the Wind" can't hold the championship at all, its daily sales have dropped to more than 10,000 copies, but "Farewell My Concubine" can still sell more than 100,000 copies a day.

The gap of 20,000 copies may be erased before noon!

"Congratulations, another best-selling book. Now others say that you are a best-selling book maker, and there is no mistake in making a shot, and any type of work can be a hot seller. ”

The reporter of the campus TV station of Yan University said with a smile on his face.

In addition to reporting on the entry of new students into the school, the first episode of this semester also wanted to have a special explosion point, so that students could look up and listen to the radio while walking in the cafeteria or on the road.

So Zhang Chucai, who was originally reading books in the library, was blocked by the camera as soon as he walked out, "That statement is too exaggerated, in fact, I can't tell if readers will like these works before they are released." ”

Journalists from the outside world who want to enter the campus of Yan University must apply, but their own school's television station apparently has no concerns about this.

The reporter asked curiously: "I heard that you are working on a new book, can you briefly reveal the content of the new book?" I think the majority of alumni must be very concerned. ”

"Actually, I haven't started writing yet, and I've been preparing for a new book these days, but I'm almost ready, but the specific content still has to be kept secret!"

Zhang Chu is very uncooperative, what "The Da Vinci Code" wants to be a blockbuster at that time, and now the news is, of course, the less exposed the better!

Eh, the beautiful reporter was stunned, but she didn't expect that the invincible identity would not work now.

But she is also a smart person, and she did not dwell on the topic of the new book, but turned to the rest of the topics, "Influenced by you, many alumni have embarked on the path of creation, so do you have anything to say to everyone?

"Well, in fact, I'm also a newcomer above, so I hope to work together with everyone. ”

Zhang Chu's face was as usual, he was really not modest, and there were not many suggestions he could give in this regard, could he let the rest of the alumni have a system?

After saying goodbye, Zhang Chu walked down the stairs briskly, and drove away from the campus after the car parked next to the library started.

Today is the first day of school for new students, and many parents and students can be seen pushing boxes on the road, and their eyes are full of yearning for the future life!

The road is a little congested, and the distance from Yanda to the parking lot downstairs of Hanlin Culture Media Company is less than 30 kilometers, but it takes more than an hour to drive.

Zhang Chu came here this time to meet with the employees, and after learning about the latest situation, he completely closed down and began to write new books and attend classes, and did not have so much energy to pay attention to the company's affairs.

is about to return to busy days, Zhang Chu himself is still quite happy.

"Uncle Zhou, don't notify me if it's not a big deal in the future, I'm going to retreat and cultivate, and I'll hand over the Da Vinci Code to you on the day I get out!"

This time, Zhang Chu plans to play a big game, not only writing in Chinese, but also writing in English at the same time, and truly achieving global simultaneous distribution.

On the one hand, Blair's request, on the other hand, he wants to win over overseas fans.

Nowadays, domestic fans are basically saturated, and if you want to continue to grow, you can only cultivate ordinary fans into hardcores, which is not an overnight thing, you can only take your time!

The overseas market is so broad, Zhang Chu now only has three English works, two of which have made great achievements relying on film and television dramas, but there is still not much progress.

Zhou Kang nodded kindly, "Don't worry, now that the company is on the right track, basically nothing big will happen, when you eat at noon or night, you should take a look at the entertainment news!"

"That's right, is there anything to be happy about in the last few days?"

"Does "Farewell My Concubine" win the August sales championship for you? This book sold out too quickly, more than 800,000 copies on the first day, and now there are only more than 100,000 copies left before the week has passed, which is the rhythm of the pill. ”

Zhang Chu heard Chi Guoguo's show-off from Zhou Kang's tone, so he followed his tone and said: "The main reason is that the outbreak in the early stage was too violent, and after the Internet news calmed down, those passers-by and netizens naturally disappeared, and the rest were the readers who really wanted to buy books." ”

Even if the sales of more than 100,000 copies a day far exceeded the expectations of Zhang Chu and others, they thought that if they could sell 10,000 copies a day, they would complete the task.

After all, this kind of literary and artistic homosexuality can be described as congenital deficiency, and now all of them know that if the movie made can become a classic in film history, then this book will really be popular for decades!

This was the case on Earth, and after "Farewell My Concubine" won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival and received numerous critical acclaims, the film became a must-see for movie lovers, and even carried Ms. Li Bihua's namesake to sell for more than 20 years.

In fact, there is good news, Random House has sent a good news, the English version of "Wanli Fifteen Years" has been well received in the American academic community, ten university libraries, including UC, have announced that they will collect the book, and Michigan State University has announced that it will be used as a textbook. ”

In a short period of time, the sales of "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli" will definitely not be able to catch up with the English versions of "Sherlock" and "Youth Pi", which are completely different types of books and take different routes.

It follows the path of criticism and academia, and may not be attractive enough to ordinary readers, but it can attract the attention of historical researchers!

Zhang Chu showed a smile at this time, even if it was decades late, it seems that the American academic community still recognizes "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli".

He never had much expectation for the book to sell, and now it looks really good, and Blair hasn't given up on it!

This is the advantage of relying on a large publishing company, the east is not bright and the west is bright, there will always be a way out.

"Random House is running quite well, when I have time in the future, I will write a book to recommend it, and I can't let it be buried in the sea of books!"

The Chinese version of "Fifteen Years of Wanli" is Zhang Chu's lowest-selling work, although it has aroused the amazement of readers and scholars, but it is not as explosive as "Farewell to the Overlord" in terms of sales.