"That's amazing! Now I'm starting to wonder if you're the guy I know. ”

Wei Wenlin excitedly shouted on WeChat, who knew that the person who dominated the global book market and was known as the fig leaf of Chinese literature would play games with himself and others for a long time in high school?

Zhang Chu was already exhausted by the bombardment of text messages and WeChat at this time, and he replied with a smile: "Actually, I'm an alien, I'll arrest you another day for experiments." ”

"Lao Zhang, I don't even know what to say, anyway, don't forget about Gou Fugui!"

"I can't forget you, when will you come to Yanjing, I will invite you to the Great Sword. ”

It's always easier to chat with friends, which can make Zhang Chu empty his head in a short time, since the sales were exposed, he is in no mood to write books, and he is always worried about encountering bad reviews and a big decline in sales.

I've written so many books, but I still haven't calmed down!

I will also be distracted during class, after all, this is his first book published overseas, everything is difficult at the beginning, maybe it will be easier later.

was already busy with freshman classes, but now he is still piled up with all kinds of distractions, he is always a little absent-minded, but his heart flies out of the classroom.

……

On the edge of the campus of Yan University, in an elegant and clean tea house.

Zhou Kangzheng looked at the things printed out in front of him with a smile on his face, and he said to Zhang Chu: "Now the performance of "Sherlock" in English-speaking countries is quite good, and the sales weekly list may be a problem, but the new book list is still very easy to go up, and the reviews are not bad." ”

"I sold 130,000 copies in two days, but did the data drop a little the next day?"

Zhang Chu also expects the English version to sell more than the Chinese version, and if he wants to keep declining like this, it will be easy to be caught up by the later works.

"It's still in the fermentation period of word-of-mouth, after all, there are only a few people who have actually read you, and many people won't finish reading the book in a few days after buying it. Be patient when selling books!"

As Zhou Kang said, except for the book reviewers or institutions that were donated by Random House at the beginning, the vast majority of readers still need to read before expressing their opinions.

Zhang Chu put down the various reports, he raised his head and asked, "Uncle Zhou, you came here to find me, shouldn't you have come here to show me this thing?"

A few charts can be easily sent over on WeChat or email, and you can't afford to risk traffic jams.

Zhou Kang shrugged his shoulders, and he explained with a smile: "Of course, this is only one of the purposes, and there is another thing. Nanhai Publishing Company wants to hold a book signing for you, isn't the physical book of "Life of Pi" going to be released in a few days?"

The front line of this book is also quite long, and it has always been exposed under the news, from the initial competition to the subsequent online announcement through the primary selection.

Hundreds of thousands of copies were sold on the Chinese writer's website alone, and then they won awards, and when more and more readers were looking forward to the book, they were forced to release an electronic version!

Some time ago, the pre-sale of 50,000 copies of the physical book accidentally killed the two gods, and now it is finally about to be sold in a real sense.

At the beginning, the sales of the electronic version were considerable, but because the physical version was not released, I could only watch the rest of the works on the list in the form of pearls in the sea.

"Forget about the signing meeting, I don't have time to go to class every day. Zhang Chu offered his trump card, and sometimes being a student is indeed an excellent shield.

Now that Zhang Chu has become a representative of European and American culture, Nanhai Publishing Company naturally wants to use this popularity and news to promote the new book.

Zhou Kang actually understands that a signing will not significantly improve Zhang Chu's popularity, but he has fulfilled his obligations as an agent, "The form of "Life of Pi" next week looks unfavorable, its peak download period for electronic versions has passed, and unless the physical book is sold very high, it will be even more difficult to win the championship." ”

The electronic version of the rest of the works will be sold together with the physical version, so that there will be no peak staggering, and the remaining two books "Heavenly Machines 5" and "Time and Space Folds" also have a pre-sale of 50,000 yuan.

"If you can crown it, you can crown it, forget if you can't crown it, there should be a chance in the future. ”

With the quality of "Youth Pi", it can take the route of long-term sales, and it will not sell only one million as the original Chinese version of "Sherlock" now!

"Since you don't even want to go to the signing party here in Yanjing, then the invitation of the traditional publishing company to invite you to participate in the new book release should also be declined, right?"

"Let's refuse together, just say that I want to study hard and make progress every day. ”

Zhang Chu is not ashamed to say this, if he has to go to the signing or press conference for the release of any language version of the work, then he can become a trapeze!

"I'll definitely bring the original words to me. Zhou Kang stood up, he was already ready to leave, taking advantage of the fact that the evening rush hour had not yet arrived.

The two got up to check out and went to the parking area outside, Zhang Chu's mobile phone shook slightly, and he found that he seemed to have an excellent opportunity to assist!

"Uncle Zhou, you wait. I just read the news feed and said that the BBC announced the casting and production director of "Sherlock"!"

Zhou Kang had already walked to the door of the car, and he hurriedly retreated!

"What? The BBC has now announced who's going to star in it?"

If this is a coincidence, Zhang Chu will definitely not believe it, obviously people on the BBC side say that the series has begun filming, but the cast has not been announced until now.

If it's not a little greasy, then there's a ghost!

Zhang Chu looked at the mobile phone news and said: "The two leading actors don't seem to be first-line British actors, but according to reports, their acting skills are not bad, and they have won the British Oscar nomination, and their acting skills should be worthy of recognition." ”

That's right, the UK also has an Oscar, which mainly recognizes British internal actors, and is an important outpost of the American Oscar!

"Could it be that they have discussed it with Random House? This is a way to assist you, after all, the BBC is still quite influential in the Western world. ”

The makeup photo looks like the actor who plays Sherlock Holmes is still quite handsome, an English gentleman in his thirties, but his hair is a little curly and his face is a little long.

In the face of Zhou Kang's speculation, Zhang Chu is not sure what is going on, but this must be huge good news for the sales of "Sherlock" in Europe and the United States!

In the past, there were many books that hit the street after the news of film and television adaptation came out, and the salted fish was successfully turned over, and an excellent film and television work will increase book sales tenfold or hundredfold.

The quality of British dramas produced by the BBC is usually good, the reputation is always excellent, and there are two acting schools on board, although this "Sherlock" is only three episodes, it is indeed very eye-catching!