Since "The Old Man and the Sea" can heal and excite people, why is the sales in Neon Country unsatisfactory?

The reason is very simple, it is because the Neon Nation people do not need to heal, they themselves are very excited.

The modern history of their country can be said to be a magnificent history of its rise, which was closed to the country a long time ago, and then began to reform but was beaten by the United States.

However, after the Meiji Restoration, they rose rapidly and the power of the country grew, and they began to think about expansion.

Their first target was China's treasure island, but they retreated after fighting for a while.

After retreating, he was not reconciled, and continued to harass the coast of China, and in the seventies there were often small-scale battles along the coast of the two countries.

However, this kind of small battle is only an itch in the boot for China, and it cannot do any real damage to China.

After a few years of fighting, there was a civil war on China's side, and they thought of a way to come and stir up peace, but in the end, they did not earn an inch of land, but consumed a lot of their own military strength.

At this point, it sounds like the country of Neon Country is quite pitiful, always trying to do things, but it has never succeeded.

China is standing in their way, and they have nowhere to start if they want to expand elsewhere, so they can only return to their own country and develop with peace of mind.

But they didn't expect to lose the harvest of Sangyu, who wanted to use the war to plunder the land, but after repeated failures, they retreated to the next best thing, and went home to engage in development with peace of mind, but they ushered in the opportunity.

The change in economic form has made land less important than before, and the advantages of their country have gradually been revealed, and they have suddenly changed from a small country to a developed country among the powerful countries.

It can be said that the people who are still alive in their country today are proud, because they have not been invaded since the sixties, and they are developing better and better.

Zhuang Yan didn't pay too much attention to the sales of things, some people like it, some people don't like it, this is a very normal thing, Zhuang Yan never expected that as soon as his book was released, billions of people around the world could buy a copy by hand. Not even the Bible can do that.

Zhuang Yan probably understood the situation of "The Old Man and the Sea", and he asked Wang Lijian again: "What about "The Little Prince"?"

"The Little Prince" is much inferior, and it doesn't even sell as well as "The Adventures of Shuck and Beta", which only sold 150,000 copies a day yesterday. Wang Lijian said.

"The two versions add up to 150,000 copies?" Zhuang Yan asked.

"Well, the two versions add up to 150,000 copies, the children's version is 100,000, and the adult version is only 50,000. ”

Zhuang Yan frowned, it seems that the sales volume is indeed not much, or even small, after all, the brand of Fairy Tale Manor is now very popular, and only this number is sold by virtue of this name, which is a bit less.

However, the book has done very little publicity work before, and it is not like "The Adventures of Shuck and Beta", which has been serialized on the Internet for a period of fermentation, and there is no overwhelming publicity, let alone an animation specifically made for it.

Therefore, these 150,000 copies should all go to the name of the call manor. Of course, because of the lack of publicity, many people don't know that the author of "The Adventures of Shuck and Beta" has released a new book.

Moreover, although this book is classified as a fairy tale book, it was released at the same time as the global version of "The Old Man and the Sea", and it did share a lot of traffic. After speaking, Wang Lijian was afraid that Zhuang Yan would be unhappy, so he comforted him and said: "Actually, I am still more optimistic about your new book, and there are many reasons for dissatisfaction with sales, but I believe that after a period of time, word of mouth will come up, and sales will naturally follow." And we have been busy with "The Old Man and the Sea" some time ago, and we were not distracted by "The Little Prince", and now that the overall situation has been decided, we also have time to carry out a second promotion of "The Little Prince". ”

Zhuang Yan was indeed a little disappointed with this sales, and he also knew that Wang Lijian was comforting himself. He knows that "The Little Prince" is a good book, and Wang Lijian will naturally know it too.

But a good book is guaranteed to sell well? Although "The Little Prince" has proved how popular it is in another world, it does not prove that it will also be popular in this world.

A large part of the high sales of a book is an element of luck, in other words, even if the world is exactly the same as the previous one, "The Little Prince" does not necessarily become a classic.

So now Zhuang Yan himself is not sure that the sales volume is so small, whether it is a lack of adaptation or a lack of opportunity.

Sighing, Zhuang Yan said: "Now that the book has been sent out, whether it is good or not needs to be tested by the audience, and we can't do much now." ”

"That's right, if you want me to say, you shouldn't have put this book on the fairy tale manor at that time, but should have distributed it in the name of Zhuang Yan, and in that case, the sales would have at least tripled. ”

"Zhuang Yan doesn't need this book, but Fairy Tale Manor does. ”

Wang Lijian paused for a moment, and then said: "Can't traditional literary writers write children's books? ”

"You just think it's a little bit of mine. Zhuang Yan didn't explain much.

Wang Lijian didn't ask, but said: "That's all for the general situation." But there's one more thing I want to ask you. ”

"Well, you ask. ”

"That's right, yesterday Yuan Shan came to me and said that we can form a bureau on Chinese New Year's Eve this year, and everyone will celebrate the New Year together." I thought, do you have time, if you have time, you can come with us. ”

"New Year's Eve together?" Zhuang Yan said in surprise, "You are dragging your family one by one, and you are not at home for the New Year, how do you think of organizing a New Year's Eve together?"

It was also Yuan Shan's whim, he said that it was not interesting to spend the New Year at home every year. A few of us, the elders are gone, the New Year is my own family, I am fine, my child is still in middle school, and he celebrates the New Year at home every year. Like Zhuo Ru's family, now they are not at home for the New Year every year, and only the two of them are at home, and they are also lonely. Wang Lijian said.

What Wang Lijian said is also reasonable, he is afraid of being cold during the New Year, so he wants to celebrate the New Year together. But Zhuang Yan always sounds strange, even if it is lonely, it is not enough to invite three friends and four friends together during the New Year.

Zhuang Yan did not refuse, but did not agree, but said: "I have to think about this matter, although I am alone, but the Chinese New Year's Eve is not easy to say, maybe there will be something at that time." ”

He thought of Yang Zhao, thinking that this guy might come to him when the time comes.

Wang Lijian said: "The day after tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve. ”

"Don't worry, I'll answer you tonight. ”