Chapter 360: Alarm the Ministry of Culture
As night fell, the number of consumers in the Xidan Book Building still showed no downward trend, and after the 20,000 books in stock were sold out, the books that had just been dragged down the production line of the printing factory still exuded the smell of fresh ink. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The cashiers have changed shifts twice, and they even opened two special charging windows for Lin Han's "Bouquet for Algernon", and they came directly to the counter to take the book and pay for it and leave.
Because the queue for autographs is so long that many readers find it difficult to wait, so they just stand at a distance and take a few photos.
For true book lovers, the novel is the most important thing, and the author is secondary!
His wrist was already sore, and the signing time scheduled for 2 hours was constantly extended, and Lin Han felt that he should go for an acupuncture or massage at this time.
"Mr. Lin, we have sold nearly 30,000 copies of the novel today, which is not only the highest single-day record in our book building, but also the national record, the highest single-day sales in a bookstore! Congratulations. ”
Lin Han kept rubbing his wrist after taking a sip of water, even if he heard this number, he was only slightly surprised, "Is 30,000 a lot?" ”
He didn't really understand the concept, it was only 30,000 copies, which was insignificant compared to the total sales of several million.
Zhao Han, deputy general manager of the People's Congress Publishing House, also came to the scene, and after hearing Lin Han's answer, he couldn't help but shrug his shoulders: "Mr. Lin, if you can sell more than 100 copies a day in a bookstore, you can call it a bestseller." You don't see that the total sales are quite large now, but they are all aggregated from thousands of bookstores scattered all over the country, and it is not the result of one-day sales, which sell millions of copies in 365 days a year. ”
The staff on the side of Yanjing Book Building also explained, "It's a bit abstract to say this, I'll list a few numbers for Mr. Lin." Haven't your previous novels, "Three-Body Problem 2" and "Three-Body Problem 3" only been released for a long time? In the first two days, we sold more than 300 copies in a single day, do you think 30,000 copies sold today is considered a lot? ”
After being counted like this, Lin Han suddenly realized, he gasped, "Have I signed so many books today?" ”
"You probably signed a tenth, and then your readers felt so sorry for you, many people just bought the book and left. This book should be quite popular, and most of them buy five copies directly. ”
This should be considered excellent news, Lin Han couldn't help grinning, although he decided to donate the domestic publication fee to Forrest Gump Restaurant to promote it nationwide, but the better the sales of the novel and the more audiences, the higher everyone's attention to this matter.
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After returning home, Lin Han collapsed on the sofa like mud, he didn't even have the mood to stand up, today can be said to be extremely long and tiring, both physically and mentally.
Chen Jiaxuan sat beside Lin Han with her legs bent, and gently massaged his head and temples with his thin fingers, and the soft strength made him close his eyes and enjoy it comfortably.
"The matter is finally settled, but don't be too merciful, you have to hit the snake by seven inches, otherwise you will come back and eat it later." Chen Jiaxuan said softly, she had already made up her mind in her heart.
Lin Han snorted and adjusted a comfortable posture, "Of course, since you have torn your face, even if you come over there to beg me to go back or say good words to convince you, it's useless." By the way, do you know what happened to the Galaxy Awards today? ”
Speaking of this gossip, Chen Jiaxuan was full of energy, and she used her iPad to flip out today's Tencent Video recording resources, and said: "Hahahaha, today's Galaxy Award can be said to be disgraced." Look at these award recipients, all of them have pale faces, as if they are not honors at all, but hot potatoes. ”
Turning over and sitting up, Lin Han has been busy signing things today, and he has no time to pay attention to these, and now he saw the embarrassed looks of those familiar science fiction writers in the video, and suddenly sneered, and his worries and fatigue were swept away!
Whenever someone won an award, the huge boos on the scene were clearly audible, not to mention that there were readers shouting Lin Han's name, and there was an endless stream of exits, which made Lin Han feel a little guilty.
After all, they have been advertising that they are going to the award ceremony, but at the last moment, they fell out with that side, and many readers didn't know about this situation at all, and they rushed to Rongcheng from all directions with great expectations, only to find themselves participating in an award ceremony full of shady scenes.
I don't know what the situation is on the organizing committee of the awards ceremony, whether it wants to block Lin Han's mouth or will ease the concern between them, the final Galaxy Award for Best Novel is the "Three-Body Problem" series!
In the first dozens of minutes, Lin Han announced the shady scene over there, and as a result, they sent the award to Lin Han, and in the end, the audience almost scolded the audience, and the staff arranged by the organizing committee quickly came to the stage to take away the trophy on their behalf, and when the camera swept past the members of the organizing committee, the group of people were almost disgraced.
Tao Hu, Gao Fei, and Tong Yonglie felt for the first time that science fiction was only a small circle, and that the shame was only in a small circle.
Now that science fiction has entered the mainstream industry, the readers and media who pay attention to it are not the same as before, and they are so embarrassed that they dare not even go on the Internet!
After Lin Han turned off this video, he couldn't help but sigh, they were to blame for all this, and no one else was to blame. It is said that it will not be broken or not established, first broken and then established, and I hope that after this lesson, the rest of the award ceremonies can also be deterred.
Tonight's Internet is very lively, the literary and artistic award ceremonies led by the Galaxy Award and the Hundred Flowers Award were dragged out one by one and whipped out of the corpses, and it was turned over and over again, and the stars or writers who won awards because of shady scenes were also dug up again.
The media is not only reporting these things, but also reporting on the popularity of Lin Han's book signing, that single-day sales record is almost impossible to break, who is confident that he can hold a book that sells 30,000 copies?
And strictly speaking, "Bouquet for Algernon" was only sold at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and there was no sale for so many hours before, and this result was even more shocking!
Now it is said that it is the twilight of paper media, but such a terrible sales was born, not that people don't read books anymore, but that people's horizons have become higher, and they don't buy all books.
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The next day, Lin Han went out for a run early in the morning to exercise, and when he came back sweating profusely with breakfast, Chen Jiaxuan got up lazily, and the two of them had a big battle last night.
"The soy milk this morning tastes good, isn't it the one you buy often?" Chen Jiaxuan walked out directly in a nightdress, while Lin Han took a quick shower and went red. Topless and started breakfast.
"When I was running, I found that there were a lot of people buying breakfast in this house, and I thought it would taste better, so I bought some when I came back. What are your arrangements for today? ”
Chen Jiaxuan glanced at Lin Han, "I have to go home today and give you a surprise in the evening." ”
"What surprises can't you talk about now?"
"I don't know if it can be done, so you can take a good rest, read a book and listen to music, and don't be too nervous."
After Lin Han watched Chen Jiaxuan leave, he couldn't help but walk to the balcony and take a deep breath, the group of delicate succulents had no one to take care of them because they went out on a trip a few days ago, and two of them withered.
Now Lin Han had to take care of the rest of the pots so that they could flourish.
After dealing with these, Lin Han opened the home theater and began to enjoy the movies he hadn't watched, which were not limited to science fiction films, and the differences between the two worlds were also reflected in the movies.
The movie was two hours long, and the morning passed quickly, and Lin Han also learned something. Although there was an earthquake in the literary circle, Lin Han was not ready to be an otaku, so he took his bow and arrow and went to the archery hall.
Among amateur athletes, this can mobilize the muscles of the whole body more than running, and after two rounds of shooting, Lin Han found that someone next to him was watching him.
"Teacher Lin, it's a coincidence that I actually met you here."
Fu Zhan of Xingyue Games stood here for a long time, and he waved his hand at Lin Han.
Lin Han also put away the bow and arrow, the last time they met here, and finally finalized the "Martian" mobile game, the past is still vivid, but the game has been sold all over the world.
"Mr. Fu, long time no see. What have you been up to lately? Lin Han asked casually, he was not going to inquire about the information, but as a friend.
Fu Zhan pointed to the rest area next to him, "Recently, I have been fully engaged in large-scale action mobile games, and the game "Dragon of Destruction" has been pinned on high hopes, and everyone is counting on it!" I also work overtime every day, so I remembered to come over and exercise. ”
"It's true in your game industry, it's the norm to work overtime until the early hours of the morning, so you should pay attention to it. Now that we've met, let's play two games? ”
Archery is a sport that has to find an opponent to experience the feeling of tension and excitement, and the gap between the rings and rings is a psychological contest.
Fu Zhan readily agreed, "Whoever loses will invite a guest to dinner, I can have a big meal today!" ”
"Don't talk too early, it's not necessarily who wins or loses."
After the two people found the adjacent empty target position, under the arrangement of the coach, they began to compete, and the electronic display screen on one side began to report the target accurately.
As amateurs, both of them had a good head, at least they didn't miss the target, and of course it was all due to luck.
In the end, Lin Han won the game with an advantage of 3 rings, but the opportunity to invite dinner was interrupted, and Fu Zhan had to rush back to test the mobile game, which seemed to have several fatal bugs, and this dinner was also owed.
After a person came back from shopping for vegetables in the fresh food section of the supermarket to cook, the time quietly came to seven o'clock in the evening, and when the familiar melody sounded from the TV, the daily "News Network" arrived as scheduled.
At this time, Lin Han's mobile phone rang, and Chen Jiaxuan's voice came out, "Honey, are you at home?" If you're at home, turn on the TV and watch the news broadcast, which is today's surprise. ”
"What exactly did you prepare to be on the news broadcast?" Lin Han's eyes widened, this is the most watched TV program in the country, and how many satellite TV stations are forced to broadcast these thirty minutes.
Could it be related to your new book? Lin Han really can't think of any surprises that the news network can have with him!
However, Chen Jiaxuan smiled mysteriously, "You'll know when you see it, I'll come back at about eight o'clock." ”
After hanging up the phone, Lin Han sat on the sofa and stared intently at the TV screen, as if he wanted to see it out.
"Today, Wen. The Ministry of Chemical Industry held a symposium of literary and art workers, during which Vice Minister Chen Lianghai made a speech on the inspection and rectification. Chen Lianghai pointed out that the current literary and artistic awards are too many and too bad, and there are black-box operations and interest exchanges in the awards, and he proposed to adhere to the correct orientation and comprehensively carry out the clean-up and rectification of literary and artistic awards. ”
On TV, Luo Jing told the news in extremely standard Mandarin, and Lin Han was almost stunned, he had a hunch that this was the surprise that Chen Jiaxuan gave him!
No matter what the award, it all belongs to the culture. The ministry is in charge, and now the second-in-command over there has made a speech directly against this phenomenon, and has demanded that the literary and artistic awards be cleaned up, which is a top-down reform!
"Many awards have become bargaining chips for the transfer of interests, and awards have become artistic corruption. All this not only deviates from the origin of art, but also makes the award lose credibility and hurts the soil of literary and artistic creation. Culture. The Ministry of Rectification Opinion clearly states that culture. The number of national awards will be reduced by more than 60 percent. ”
At this juncture, if it has nothing to do with Lin Han and the Galaxy Award, then no one will believe it. Exposing the inside story of the Galaxy Awards is like a fuse, which completely detonates the doubts of netizens and exacerbates the crisis of trust!
Culture Now. After the ministry intervened, whether it was the Mao Dun Literature Award or the Poetry Award, or the Galaxy Award or the Hundred Flowers Award, almost everyone was in danger, and no one dared to say that they were innocent.
Such a move also made the audience applaud, and the article that has always been criticized. The chemical department has finally done a good thing!
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As an aside, the novel "Three-Body Problem 2: Dark Forest" didn't win the Galaxy Award, I think it's strange, this should be the best one in "Three-Body Problem", 1 and 3 both won awards, but 2 didn't, so the resentment is a bit big.
(To be continued.) )