Double happiness, the hot sales of "Wanli Fifteen Years" are unexpected, and "Sherlock" on the bestseller list in the United States far exceeds any of their expectations!

It seems that the driving effect of the TV series is so obvious that even an ordinary TV station with only a few million viewers can promote the book to all parts of the United States.

Zhang Chu was so shocked by Zhou Kang's surprise that he couldn't speak, and the things he had been thinking about actually arrived like this.

The New York Times bestseller list is one of the oldest in North America, and anyone who makes it to the list can write those big words on the cover of his reprinted reprint book as a slogan.

"Whew, is there a specific ranking?"

Zhang Chu calmed down a little before continuing the topic just now.

Zhou Kang nodded and replied: "The New York Times is ranked ninth in fiction, and the Wall Street Journal's bestseller list is also fictional, but in the tenth place!"

These rankings in North America only list the top 10, and no matter how many people are behind, they will not be mentioned.

"Whatever it is, it doesn't matter if it's ninth or tenth, as long as it's on the leaderboard. Zhang Chu looked very open-minded, and did not have the ambition to hit the top of the list.

After all, the potential of the book "Sherlock" is basically here, and it is estimated that the head of the Conan Doyle Legacy Foundation will be envious of the fact that it can reach the bestseller list as a fanwork!

If Zhang Chu did not win the lawsuit, the BBC TV series and Zhang Chu's book of the same name would have to pay sky-high copyright fees if they wanted to be broadcast and distributed in North America.

Zhou Kang laughed and said: "It is estimated that those media will know about the reprinting and reporting of the United States without our notice." I'm helping you get in touch with CCTV for an exclusive interview, which can be regarded as our biggest bargaining chip. ”

Originally, Menglong Culture Media had nothing to do with those serious TV stations, and they didn't want Zhang Chu to waste the opportunity to go to a program that had little influence.

The giant CCTV is obviously the best choice, but according to Zhang Chu's qualifications and influence, it is obviously very difficult to get attention on CCTV!

But Zhou Kang looked at the bestseller lists of the two authoritative media in the United States in front of him, and he became full of confidence, and the achievements of his writers were his confidence to negotiate lightly.

"Then I wish you good luck, I really want to be on CCTV's show, do you say that "Lucky 52" or "Happy Dictionary" is better?"

Zhang Chu pondered that he should go to play with Wang Xiaoya and Xiaoni, and he could also consolidate his aura of being a scholar, and when the time came, he would push all the way over, no matter how Wang Xiaoya asked, he was really uncertain and would not change!

"If you want to be beautiful, I opened you when you were CCTV, and you can be on whichever program you want. ”

Zhou Kang couldn't help but roll his eyes.

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Zhang Chu put the phone down, he looked at the matcha squatting next to the TV, walked over and picked it up from the ground, and then put it on the sofa.

Said earnestly: "If you wear glasses like this, it won't look good, sit here obediently and watch, or I'll turn off the TV!"

He is adapting to the rhythm of being a dad in advance.

After settling the matcha, Zhang Chu let it watch the documentary quietly, and he went to the study, where he turned on the computer and wanted to witness the news reports of the two newspapers.

If you don't see for yourself, you won't be able to come down with peace of mind.

This is the age of the Internet, and even if people are not in North America, they can find their electronic news online.

The New York Times newspaper was read as much as ever, and on the best-selling list of books that Zhang Chu cared about the most, he saw the words "Sherlock".

The top seller in the fiction category is Patricia Convair's new book "Scarpeta", which is considered the most popular crime writer in the United States.

This book tells the story of Scarpeta, a female forensic pathologist, who is invited to participate in the investigation of a case in New York, and her parachuting to the top of the charts shows her unparalleled creative ability!

Famous American radio host Glenn Byker's "Christmas Sweater" was runner-up for three consecutive times, and last week's champion "Cross Country" dropped to third place this week.

It is worth mentioning that "Edgar Sotel", which ranked fourth this week, has been on the list for 26 weeks and is still a favorite among readers.

In addition to the accidents of these works, Zhang Chu finally saw his name!

"Sherlock" is on the list for the first time, and as long as it is on the list, it can get extraordinary exposure, and many readers are looking at the list to buy books.

Now that both authoritative newspaper outlets have put Sherlock on the charts, it proves that Random House is really effective at running bestsellers.

If there is a downside, it is that they do not disclose the approximate sales of each book, and the real sales can only be announced by the publisher, which is a lot of moisture!

At the beginning, the total sales of "Sherlock" were just 900,000, and Random House couldn't wait to celebrate the sales of more than one million, and the rest of the works were even more terrifying!

Five or six hundred thousand copies dared to spread the news of one million, and the real sales of only one million gave the title that swept the whole country.

Selling books is also a gimmick, Zhang Chu only hopes that "Sherlock" can stay on this list for two more weeks now, and maybe there will be no such opportunity in the future.

Because most of the works he has written so far are related to traditional Chinese culture, whether it is "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" or "Sou Shen Ji", it is difficult to make a difference on the foreign list, but "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli" is a little more likely.

Because "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli" was originally published in English in the United States and later released in Chinese, its English name is "1587,A -Year- of- No- Significance: The -Ming- Dynasty- in- Decline", and 1587 was a meaningless year for the declining Ming Dynasty.

The book was very embarrassing before it was published, and as early as 1976, Mr. Huang Renyu wrote the book, but it was never published.

In the U.S. publishing industry, the classification of commercial and academic works is quite strict!

Commercial publishing, with television and advertising as the pioneers, is marketed in large quantities in a short period of time, and ends quickly, otherwise books will pile up in warehouses and hinder the flow of money.

Academics, mainly published by universities, are more optimistic about economic concerns, but also about the reputation and status of the university.

Unfortunately, "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli" is just somewhere between commercial and academic, and for commercial publishers, it mentions court life and grievances between concubines.

Although there is a certain interest, because of the appearance of Hai Jui, it involved the finances of the Ming Dynasty, and because Li Zhen mentioned Chinese thought, it should be an academic work.

The university press, on the other hand, thinks that this book is neither like a dynastic history, nor like a monograph, and lacks analysis and anatomy, which is really nondescript, and is unwilling to publish it!

It took three years before Yale University Press reluctantly agreed to publish it.

However, after its publication, the book caused a sensation, with some claiming that it had even changed the habits of Chinese people in reading history!

After being published by Yale University, it was quickly adopted by many universities in the United States, and won two nominations for the National Book Award and the History Good Book, and the Chinese version was also selected as one of the 20 books with the greatest impact on China in the past 20 years of reform and opening up!

Due to cultural differences, it is almost impossible for "Sou Shen Ji" to gain a foothold in the United States, but this "Fifteen Years of Wanli" may make some gains in the non-fiction category.

It's just that Zhang Chu is worried now that he has changed the course of this book's fame, and he doesn't know if he can bloom with amazing charm like the earth.

This idea disappeared after a moment in his head, and now he will conquer the domestic market first, and then there will be a way to enter the European and American markets!

If you rashly abandon the domestic market, the foundation will be unstable at that time, and it is very likely that there will be the same experience as Zhang Ziyi when she broke into the United States.

Zhang Chu came back to his senses, he looked at the news on the Internet, and various media really reported it one after another.

[Detective Sherlock is on the New York Times bestseller list, and Zhang Chuchuang has achieved initial results!]

[Zhang Chu***'s "Sherlock" sold millions of copies in Europe and the United States, and the Wall Street Journal called this the best-looking detective in recent years!]

["The Fifteenth Year of Wanli" quickly topped the best-selling list, which is Zhang Chu's fourth best-selling book. 】

[The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal bestseller lists are updated, and the works of Chinese writer Zhang Chu are impressively listed!]

All kinds of news headlines emerge one after another, and even Xinhuanet and People's Daily Online have reprinted them, not to mention several major web portals.

Zhang Chu's readers can hardly digest so much good news, just now they were celebrating "Wanli Fifteen Years" to the top of the domestic sales list, only to see the news that "Sherlock" is on the list in the United States!

They all celebrated happily on the Internet.

"It's in full bloom, Boss Zhang Chu is so powerful!"

"Stupid Americans, Shenxia has already won the championship in China and the United Kingdom, but it has just been on the list in the United States for a long time. ”

"Good things come in pairs, and I hope the books in the future can be as good as this!"

"The second season of Shenxia will come out soon, Zhang Chuda must be ahead of the TV series. ”

"Sou Shen Ji has been writing for so long and haven't seen a single message, it's really enough. ”

"It's finally on the list, and my college roommate who I exchanged in the United States said that many people in their school are reading this book, and it's strange that it can't be on the list!"

"Congratulations!"

"Awesome, several British and Chinese books are all famous, the United Kingdom, Australia champion, Canada is the eighth, and now the United States is ninth, strive to rush up again!"

"It's finally some good news, I think "Psychological Crime" will come back sooner or later to win the championship, because it is an indomitable elf!"