Zhuang Yan did not continue on the topic of lilies, and Chen Jiaqing didn't seem to want to discuss this, so that the topic that they had just said that the bar owner was a woman did not continue.

After being embarrassed for a while, Chen Jiaqing twisted his neck and said: "Alas, I'm a little tired today, and it's not too early, I'll go wash and sleep, Zhuang Yan, you should go to bed early." ”

Zhuang Yan hummed and turned back to his room.

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It was another night without dreams, and Zhuang Yan woke up very early. Breakfast is still made by Chen Jiaqing, and the pattern has not changed at all, it is still porridge and egg cakes.

There is no way to change the tricks, there are only ordinary pots in the house, and the ingredients are limited, so it is good to be able to make an egg cake. However, at breakfast, Chen Jiaqing said that he would go to the vegetable market to buy some before coming back to pickle it and make a jar of kimchi or something.

Hearing kimchi, Zhuang Yan suddenly thought of South Korea, but after thinking about it, kimchi is indeed not a patent of the Korean family, China's ancestors have long started kimchi, but kimchi is a thing that Koreans eat more.

Zhuang Yan also ate kimchi in his last life, and I have to say that Korean kimchi has more variety, and some kimchi tastes very good, but the acting in Korean dramas is a bit exaggerated.

As for the Chinese kimchi in this life, Zhuang Yan searched from the memory of his predecessor and found that it was basically some cabbage and radish and the like, which seemed to be no different from the spicy cabbage and pickled radish he ate in the previous life.

After eating, Zhuang Yan received a call from Wang Lijian.

As soon as the phone was connected, Zhuang Yan heard Wang Lijian's hearty voice, "Zhuang Yan, I'm here to give you good news!"

Zhuang Yan smiled, no need to say it, listen to his voice to know that there is a good thing, although there is not a lot of contact, and it is all through the phone, but Zhuang Yan also basically understands Wang Lijian's character, at least the speaking style is clear.

He usually speaks calmly and methodically, without hurrying or slowing, but this time he is unusually hearty, and you can hear the smile on his face from his voice.

Zhuang Yan smiled and said: "Mr. Wang, don't go around the bend, just say a number." ”

"500,000!" Wang Lijian really didn't ramble, and directly reported a number.

Zhuang Yan was shocked when he heard this, but he still kept his senses and asked, "Cumulative sales?"

In fact, even the cumulative sales are very good, a few days ago in Yanjing sold less than 100,000 copies, if the 500,000 is cumulative sales, that is, more than 400,000 copies were sold in one day yesterday. This number, even in this world, is incredible.

Some people may want to ask, it is said that Yanjing can sell more than 20,000 copies a day in one place, and now the whole country is selling, and it is not allowed to sell millions of copies a day.

But Zhuang Yan knew that there were some special reasons for selling 20,000 copies on the first day in Yanjing, and the most important thing was that the publicity work carried out by the literary and art websites in Yanjing was completely incomparable to other cities. In addition, because there is only one place in Yanjing to sell books, many outsiders will also ask friends in Yanjing to help buy books and then mail them, so it can be said that Yanjing's sales have included some readers in other cities.

Just by looking at the statistics of bookstores, you can see that from the numbers, the average person buys 2.6 books.

Moreover, as the cultural center of China, Yanjing is incomparable to other cities in terms of population base and simple audience, so although Yanjing can sell 20,000 a day, no one will use 20,000 yuan to think that the national sale can sell 500,000 a day.

By any world standard, "Alive" is a real bestseller.

However, Wang Lijian's last words deepened the shock in Zhuang Yan's heart, and he only heard him say: "Of course, it's not cumulative sales, it's yesterday's sales volume." ”

Selling 500,000 books a day, which is already a number that many books can't buy for many years, was actually completed by "Alive" in one day!

This is a miracle that is not big or small, of course, but it is not unprecedented, from the memory of the predecessor Zhuang Yan knows that just last month, the new book "Da Song Qi Sword Record" sold as high as one million on the first day, but it did not break any records.

There are many books on it, such as "A Knife in Kanto" by "Hetao Bai Xiaosheng", which is 1.2 million on the first day, and "Hades Ruler" by "Jiangnan Wind and Rain", which is 1.3 million on the first day.

Therefore, the sales of this "Alive" is a miracle, although it has not broken any records, but it is unexpected by everyone.

However, Zhuang Yan calmed down and thought of something, and asked: "Mr. Wang, no, I remember that you said last time that a total of 200,000 copies were printed on sale this time, how did you get these 500,000 copies?"

Wang Lijian laughed: "I didn't expect Zhuang Yan to have a good memory, that's right, at the beginning, we only printed 200,000 more, but when we were about to go on sale, we found that if there were only 200,000 books, many bookstores would not be able to distribute the books, so there was no way, we could only print another 400,000, which barely satisfied bookstores around the world." However, we did not expect that only 100,000 copies of these 600,000 books would be sold in one day, and now we have to reprint them, and at this rate, our own printing house is obviously not enough. ”

Zhuang Yan could hear Wang Lijian's excitement from the phone, but he still poured a basin of cold water on him: "Mr. Wang, I think you should not be too optimistic, although 500,000 copies were sold yesterday, but the sales in the future will definitely decline. ”

"You're thinking about our publishing house, don't forget, you can get as much money as we print. Wang Lijian laughed and said: "Don't worry about us, think about yourself, you don't know how many media calls have come to me every day in the past few days, just for you Zhuang Da writer." I think, it's better to find a time, you hold a press conference, so that everyone can meet you, otherwise the Internet is now arguing about how old Zhuang Yan is. ”

"Oh, how many can you guess?" Zhuang Yan said with interest.

"Most people guess you're in your 40s or 50s, a small percentage are in your 30s and 40s, and only a very small percentage are in your twenties. Wang Lijian said.

Zhuang Yan smiled: "Then I can't come forward, if I come forward like this, how many people will be disappointed, maybe, they see that I am a hairy boy, but they don't want to read my book." ”

He just made a joke casually, but Wang Lijian groaned, and after a long pause, Wang Lijian said in a deep voice: "You are right, some of our readers now do not read books, but authors, the author is famous, the book must be good, the author is old, the book must have experience." On the contrary, the new author must be flawed, young and inexperienced, and the content is unstable. ”

Zhuang Yan originally wanted to say that he was just talking casually, but Wang Lijian continued to sigh: "The level is still limited, I was still thinking about whether I want you to come forward and engage in gimmicks to boost sales." Now that I think about it, you have a foresight, if you really come forward, there is a real possibility that this situation will occur, and it is very likely that the sales of these 500,000 copies will be discounted in half. ”

Zhuang Yan, who was "far-sighted", coughed awkwardly: "Okay, I can't just go without seeing anyone all the time, go back and wait until the book is almost sold, and I'll think about the signing." ”