Chapter 739: Give Up the Money Cow
[On the premiere day of the first episode of the second season of "Sherlock" on BBC-one, the ratings were counted on the same day, excluding the live webcast part of BBC-iplayer, a total of 10.8 million, and the highest rating in the first five minutes of the first episode reached 11.41 million, accounting for 32% of the total ratings, which is more than one million more than the first day of the first season, which can be said to be a great success, and this number will be refreshed after the BBC-iplayer is counted later!]
Zhang Chu saw the news from the entertainment news early in the morning, and this number did not surprise him too much.
In the first season, because only the fans brought by the book and the BBC had its own audience, the word-of-mouth and evaluation were very good after the broadcast, so it ushered in the peak of ratings in the next two episodes.
Now a year has passed, and the reputation of "Sherlock" is almost well known in the British Isles.
It has cultivated a very large number of readers and viewers with the content of the first season itself, so the premiere of the second season can attract so many viewers.
Zhang Chu can also see from this data that not many people have changed the channel, and the difference between the highest rating and the average rating is hundreds of thousands of people, which proves that the story is exciting enough to lock the audience's remote control!
Now that the reputation of "Sherlock" is not bad, the excitement of the story is guaranteed, and Zhang Chu will not be surprised if the ratings of the next two episodes break the record.
"When this morning's exam is over, let's go home and watch this episode. ”
He doesn't have exams scheduled for the afternoon, so he can go home and read a book to review, or watch an episode of a British drama to relax.
Breakfast was walnut bread bought yesterday, and Zhang Chu was eating breakfast while browsing the content on his mobile phone.
When he was happy, a > from Zhou Kang said, "The content of the second season of "Sherlock" today has a particularly good response, and it is highly evaluated in the UK. ”
Zhang Chu didn't bother to type, he said vaguely in his voice: "What's the matter?
There are a lot of female readers on the Internet who say that they want to give him a monkey, and there are many applications from women's clothing bosses.
Zhou Kang replied: "No, they are all concerned about when you will write the second part of "Sherlock". Now that the TV series have been broadcast, you really have no plans to write it?"
Now "Sherlock" is already an internationally renowned IP, and the two seasons broadcast by the BBC have brought it countless viewers, all of whom are potential readers.
In fact, Zhang Chu had thought about this question for a long time, so he replied very firmly: "If I wanted to write it, I would have written it a long time ago." There won't be this work in next year's schedule, so let it be imagined all along!"
"Alas, if this is written, the global sales should not be less than 3 million copies, and there is even a chance to rush to 5 million. ”
Zhou Kang sighed slightly, of course he didn't want Zhang Chu to give up such a cash cow.
Even if these incomes are not directly related to him, the better the performance of Hanlin Culture Media, the higher his bonus will rise!
There is still a certain risk in publishing the rest of the book, and readers may not buy it.
But this "Sherlock" is based on the word-of-mouth of the previous work and the influence of the TV series of the same name, this one can be described as highly anticipated, and it is absolutely sure to make a profit.
"Now that the TV series have already aired, there is no need for us to write another book. The plot is completely spoiled, so it's not interesting. I still have a lot more to write next year. ”
Zhang Chu was not moved at all, the second part of "Sherlock" may make money, but won't the rest of what he writes make money?
Zhou Kang also wanted to persuade, "Now there are more than 20,000 netizens on the Internet who are petitioning for you to take out this book." If you don't write it, it feels like it will hurt them. ”
In fact, Zhou Kang still had an idea in his heart that he hadn't said, so he seemed hesitant at this time.
Zhang Chu is not the kind of person who is easily moved, once he has made up his mind, it is difficult to change it.
"Actually, I said at the beginning of the filming of the second season that I would not write the plot of the second part. Now I'm just a screenwriter of Shenxia. Uncle Zhou, don't persuade me, help me draft an English speech and put it on Twitter!"
Weibo and Instagram are managed by Zhang Chu himself, while Facebook and Twitter are managed by the company, and there are not many opportunities to use those two accounts.
"There is another way, after discussing with Lao Gu, I think it is more feasible. That is to authorize Sherlock to the rest of the writers, find a writer with good writing and write it in turn according to the content of the TV series, but at that time, you can't use your name to promote it, so as not to mislead readers. ”
Zhang Chu didn't even eat breakfast at this time, and the relationship was foreshadowed for so long, and now he finally revealed his purpose!
This kind of plot recreation based on film and television works and game works is very popular in Europe and the United States, and basically those popular game works or science fiction and fantasy movies have this mode of operation.
Just like "Resident Evil", after the game is first created, the game company hires a writer to create it according to the game's plot.
They probably already knew Zhang Chu's plans, so they wanted to invite someone else to write a sequel.
Zhang Chu raised his voice: "This method will not work! When the time comes, readers will not care about this, they will point the finger at us." In order to sell one or two million books, the reputation and prestige that have been built up with great difficulty have been lost, and this is because of a small loss!"
"I'm not going to agree anyway. ”
Zhang Chu really didn't notice that the two of them usually looked quite normal, but they actually had such bad ideas at a critical time.
Zhou Kang probably didn't expect Zhang Chu to react so much, so he hurriedly agreed: "We're just talking." ”
"For now, the focus is still on the pre-sale of "Norwegian Wood", and the matter of "Sherlock" will be left alone for the time being. ”
"Okay. Then I won't bother you to prepare, come on for the exam. ”
After putting the phone down, Zhang Chu shook his head, the consequences of false propaganda are too serious, it is completely self-defeating!
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"Did you watch Sherlock this morning?"
Although it is now exam week, many college students are still hanging on to their children, and the sense of urgency to revise is not so strong.
Anyway, most people's goal is to get a passing grade, 60 points long live!
Yang Hong, who was buying apples in front of the fruit stall, shook his head and said to his good friend Xie Lin: "I only found out about half an hour ago after receiving a notification from the mobile app. There is an exam this afternoon, and it is Christmas Eve in the evening, so I guess I have to go out with my girlfriend to open a room, how can I have time to watch this, I guess I will have to wait until tomorrow. ”
Xie Lin said jealously: "You are going to abuse a single dog, and you have to go out to open a room during the final exam." Tsk, sure enough, the young man's health is good. ”
"It's Christmas Eve, just once a year! Maybe I watched that episode with my daughter-in-law in the hotel, but she doesn't usually like to watch British and American dramas, and likes to watch some domestic palace fighting dramas. ”
Yang Hong was a little embarrassed, but he chased his girlfriend for a long time.
Xie Lin looked at the apple in his hand, and was suddenly a little upset, he didn't know who to give the apple back to, it was better not to buy it, save some money!
I don't know where the tradition of giving apples on Christmas Eve arose, and those fruit vendors saw a business opportunity at this time, and the price of apples skyrocketed.
"If you go out for a night in the spring breeze, I'll only be in the bedroom and the rest of the people will be black. ”
"Hey, hey. Lao Xie, the other two bastards in the dormitory are going out to open a room tonight, so you can help us take care of the dormitory!" Yang Hong revealed this devastated fact, three of the four people in the dormitory were single!
Xie Lin looked surprised, "Didn't Boss Xu break up two days ago? Why did you find a girlfriend again? Long Long has always claimed to be single, why did he run out quietly now?"
He felt like he had been abandoned by the whole world!
said that everyone was single together, but only he took this seriously.
"Boss Xu is handsome and golden, and he just broke up with his senior sister over there, and there will be a junior sister who confesses immediately. Long Long's girlfriend seems to be from another school, and he used to be a high school classmate with him. People don't have until New Year's Day for their final exams, so they simply ran to the school yesterday to find him. I guess it's already been under fire now, and I don't know if he still has the energy to come to the exam. ”
Xie Lin patted his head, "I can only sleep with Zhang Chu's hug tonight." Watch an episode of "Sherlock", and then watch Sou Shen Ji. Your origin Chinese network account lent me a subscription. ”
No way, being single is so miserable!
"I'll send you the account password later, there are still thousands of origin coins in it, you can subscribe to whatever you want to see. ”
"This is a good friend! I don't wish you to become a three-second man in my heart, I wish you five seconds!"
"What the hell, fuck off, don't curse me. I'm seven times a night, an hour at a time!"
When it comes to this topic, Yang Hong opens his mouth and blows, and any man has to fight for face in this regard.
After the two finished buying apples, Schelling simply took the saved apple money to the bookstore and bought a copy of "Sherlock", which was regarded as a single gift for himself.
He had borrowed this book in the library before, but how could the borrowed book be as good as the one he bought, and now he is counting on Zhang Chu to write a sequel.
But as a die-hard fan, he actually knows that this is a complete luxury!
There is no sequel to "Psychological Crime", "Ghost Blows the Lamp" said that it will be completed next year, and I don't know if it can be realized, and foreign media reported that there is a sequel to "The Da Vinci Code", and now the second season of the TV series of "Sherlock" has been urged out by the audience, but there is no news about the sequel.
"If the sun comes out of the west, it is estimated that Zhang Chu will fill in these pits. Xie Lin suddenly thought, "It seems that Zhang Chu is also a single dog, and now his heart is much more balanced!"