Chapter 18: The Gathering

"Xiao Zhuo, I've read all the manuscripts you sent me, and they are very well written. I'm going to go on sale at the end of the month, with a first print run of 200,000 copies, don't you have any comments?"

The day after Fang Zhuo sent the 200,000-word manuscript of the Dragon Clan to Ning Suxin, Ning Suxin called Fang Zhuo.

"Yes, of course. ”

Hearing Ning Suxin say that the first printing of 200,000 copies, Fang Zhuo was actually a little surprised, he thought that it would be very good to have a first printing of 100,000 copies.

It's not that Fang Zhuo didn't have confidence in the sales of the dragon clan, this book had already been proven to be a big seller in the previous life.

In such a situation where piracy is rampant, a single volume can sell more than one million, and now this time and space has benefited from the vigorous strangulation of major publishers, and the market environment in physical publishing is much stronger than that of Fang Zhuo's previous life.

Although pirated books still cannot be eradicated, the impact is not very large. Relatively speaking, online novels are undoubtedly much worse in this regard, and there are simply so many pirated websites on the Internet.

But this can't be helped, after all, the entire market of today's online novels is far less than the physical book market, and the strength of several major online novel websites cannot be compared with major publishers.

Naturally, there is no such energy to promote the legalization of online novels.

Although Fang Zhuo firmly believes that the dragon family will definitely be able to sell well, he is only a pure newcomer himself, and he has no appeal in the publishing market.

After all, the dragon family has not really been verified by the market, and generally speaking, if you don't have a lot of confidence in this book, it would be very good to have 100,000 copies in the first printing.

Ning Suxin directly printed 200,000 copies for the first time, which shows that she herself is also very optimistic about this book.

"Okay, since you have no opinion, then I'll arrange for the publication. In two days, I'll have someone design the cover and send it to you when the time comes. ”

Ning Suxin said.

"Okay Aunt Ning!" Fang Zhuo responded.

The two chatted about the book again, and then hung up.

Not long after putting down the phone, Fang Zhuo's phone rang again. picked it up and took a look, and found that it was a high school classmate Lin Yuan.

"Hey, Lin Yuan, what's the matter with calling me?"

Fang Zhuo answered the phone and asked.

"Fang Zhuo, what have you been doing all this time, why didn't you come out to play?" Lin Yuan's voice came from the phone.

Fang Zhuo said: "I'm busy at home. ”

"That's right. By the way, do you have time to come out the day after tomorrow, let's get together. After all, after graduating from high school, I don't know where I'm going to go to college. ”

Lin Yuandao.

"Oh my god, okay. Who are they?"

"There are quite a lot of people, Xu Fenghai and them, as well as Su Rui and Zhang Lanxin. ”

"Yes, yes. Have you made an appointment where to meet?"

"I told them before that I planned to go to have a meal first, and then go to KTV to sing in the evening. The meeting place was set at the school gate, and we met there at five o'clock.

"Okay, no problem. I will definitely arrive on time the day after tomorrow. ”

"Okay, let's do it first, see you the day after tomorrow!"

……

Two days later, Fang Zhuo took a ride to the gate of Donghai No. 7 Middle School. This was the high school he attended before his predecessor.

When Fang Zhuo arrived, he saw that there were already several high school classmates waiting there.

"Hey, Fang Zhuo, you're here. ”

As soon as Fang Zhuo arrived, Lin Yuan stepped forward with a smile and lightly slapped Zhuo's chest.

Fang Zhuo smiled and said, "Isn't it just five o'clock, what's the hurry." By the way, who hasn't arrived?"

"Wang Fan and Zhang Lanxin haven't come yet. I guess it's going to be soon, so let's wait a little longer. It was a girl next to her who spoke.

Fang Zhuo couldn't help but glance at her, it was Su Rui, the 'class flower' in the class, although it was not a kind of alluring posture, but it was indeed quite beautiful, and she looked very pure.

"By the way, Fang Zhuo, what university are you going to apply for?" At this time, Lin Yuan asked.

Fang Zhuo said: "The scores haven't come out yet, I'll talk about it when the scores come out next week, but I should choose a school in Donghai City, and I don't plan to go far to study." ”

"Oh, it's nice to go to university in Tokai City, it's closer to home. However, with your boy's usual grades, you will definitely be able to pass the score line of Tunghai University. ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile.

Tunghai University is one of the strongest universities in Tokai City, and even if you look at the whole country, it is enough to rank in the top 10.

"Hehe, hopefully. ”

Fang Zhuo smiled.

A few people chatted and chatted, and other students also arrived one after another.

After everyone arrived, Lin Yuan immediately said, "Let's go, find a place to eat first, and then go and sing K." ”

A group of more than ten people immediately set off and found a restaurant to eat.

At the dinner table, everyone didn't drink much, and it was only about half past six when they came out after eating.

"Shall we go directly to the Good Song City now, or do we go shopping and then go up?"

Su Rui looked at the time and couldn't help asking.

Good Song City is a mass-selling KTV, the consumption is more real, and it is close, and most of them usually go there when they go to sing.

"Let's go over there first. It's still early, let's go shopping in the bar street next to it, sit down and then go up, there are a lot of resident singers in the bar over there, find a bar to drink something, listen to the song is also good. ”

One boy suggested.

"That's fine. I haven't been to a bar yet. It's just time to go back and see it, anyway, it's still early, let's go up to the good song city around eight o'clock. ”

Another boy immediately chimed in.

"That's it, let's go. ”

Soon, the group came to the bar street. After a little strolling, I found a bar that looked very stylish and walked in.

At this time, there were quite a few people in the bar, and there was a band singing on the stage.

"Just sit here. ”

Lin Yuan pointed to the seat in front of the stage and said.

"Good!"

Everyone answered and sat down.

Many people enter the bar for the first time, and they are looking around with a bit of novelty and excitement.

The waiters were called, each of them ordered a glass, and while they sat and chatted, they listened to the singing of the resident band.

However, after sitting for a while, Lin Yuan couldn't help but say to Fang Zhuo next to him: "Is the lead singer of this band really ugly singing, this voice, tsk, is like a broken gong, and it can only roar." ”

Lin Yuan's words immediately resonated with others.

"yes, I think it's ugly too. I don't understand how the owner of this bar could find such a bad singer to sing, and he is not afraid of scaring the customers away. ”

"Come on, this is not a well-known bar street, so naturally there will be no great singers to sing here. Someone sings, and if you can stir up the atmosphere, you can make do with it. ”

"That's just as well. The really powerful resident singers are estimated to run to the bar street in the East Ring Road, or simply go to Yanjing Houhai to break through, and if they are lucky, they may be discovered by talent scouts and enter the entertainment industry. The resident singers who come here are basically those who have no strength and are pure mixed up. ”