Los Angeles is the largest metropolitan area in the western part of the country, a famous art capital, and also known as the "City of Angels". It is home to many world-renowned higher education institutions, museums, theaters, concert halls, theaters, and convenient filming due to the sunshine and little rain and snow, so it is also very well developed in the film industry, and it is one of the most valuable cities in the world in the 21st century.

Zhongli's destination is Mitchlyn Press.

The founder of this publishing house was a lady named Michelin in the early part of the last century, which was later acquired by the United States Professional Publishing Group.

The letter of introduction from the Federation of Literary and Art Circles was obtained by Shen Zhe through the old man.

Now the letter was in Zhongli's briefcase, and when he got on the plane, he sighed in his heart.

Although he has been working in the cultural industry since graduating from university, and he may not be able to write a thousand-word essay, Zhongli has the intuition of a businessman, or a talent for.

He has known Shen Zhe for more than a year, enough to understand each other, and he has never seen Shen Zhe attach so much importance to a manuscript.

It may have been revealed unintentionally, and he was keenly aware of it.

In fact, the manuscript of more than 20,000 words in the bag really deserves this attention.

Therefore, it took him half a month to arrange all the things of the company, and after getting ready, he flew directly to the United States.

Los Angeles is also a tourist city, but Zhongli didn't have any intention of appreciating it, and got off the plane and went straight to Mitchlin's location to meet their leader, Thompson. No one knew what the two had talked about, and later Zhongli didn't explain it to Shen Zhe in detail, only the final result.

"The Little Prince" will be released simultaneously worldwide at the right time.

The reason why I chose this publishing house is because it has publishing qualifications in seven major countries in the world, including English, French, and German.

Of course, China is the territory of oriental culture.

The so-called global sale is not really listed in more than 100 countries at the same time, including eight countries in China, and other regions are a little slower.

Zhongli spent only two days in Los Angeles before returning home.

On the same day, Lao Wei was called to the editor-in-chief's office and muttered to discuss for an afternoon, and Lao Wei looked slightly excited when he went out, causing the editors to look at each other. For a period of time, it seemed that nothing had happened within the Oriental culture, with manuscripts and editors, and magazines one after another.

……

In mid-February, the serialization of "Seven Swords" was completed.

The villain Chu Zhaonan committed suicide under the pressure of Yi Lanzhu Jianfeng.

The group of heroes regrouped, Ling Weifeng, Yi Lanzhu, Fei Hongscarf, Wu Qiongyao, Gui Zhongming, Mao Huanlian, and Zhang Huazhao formed a new "Tianshan Seven Swords". plus Liu Yufang, a friend of the Tianshan Mountains, a total of eight people, took the Tianshan Mountains as their home, fought with swords, and continued to do the great cause of overthrowing the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

-- And talk about grievances from the beginning, like a tide of love and hate

The two characters that everyone is most concerned about, Ling Weifeng and Liu Yufang, are still fateful, which makes martial arts fans angry and unable to talk about it.

Anyway, the whole novel completes the final climax.

The circulation of "Oriental" reached 7 million in one fell swoop.

At the same time, the southern "Jianghu" also relied on Sima and Xiangjiang Strange Heroes, two full-length martial arts novels, to gently break through the biggest hurdle of 5 million copies.

The martial arts world has entered a period of competition between the two powers.

At present, "The Shadow of Kunlun" and "The Legend of the White Lotus Heroes" have both exceeded 300,000 words, and the plot seems to have just reached the wonderful point. The completion of "Seven Swords" made all martial arts authors breathe a sigh of relief, and in a trance they felt that a mountain had collapsed on their heads, and they celebrated in private.

It took two days for martial arts fans to get out of the Tianshan Mountains and lakes, and then set their sights on the south.

The word chivalrous is no longer mentioned anymore.

Martial arts novels are getting longer and longer, from 100,000 words to 300,000 words now, just over a year has passed.

Everyone knows that the reason for the magazine's hot sales is mainly due to "Seven Swords", what will happen in the future, and will the circulation decline sharply? You know, the half-year sales of the "Huaxia Youth" in the same city were directly cut in half, and it is said that it has some relationship with the editor-in-chief and several editors-in-chief, and these are all related to the problem of eating.

A few people who knew the inside story were not worried at all.

Su Wei is in control of the youth column, busy urging the editors to ask for manuscripts, Lin Yuanzhi has always been worried that he can't find a good martial arts author, and Lao Wei is often nowhere to be seen.

The busiest is Wenwen Xiaomei, who commands several of the newly recruited subordinates, who are responsible for all the art designs, and their feet do not touch the ground.

As for magazine sales, the editor-in-chief is worried.

Besides, isn't there Shen Zhe, he has always given people the impression that as long as you open your mouth, the manuscript will come immediately, what is there to worry about.

There are a few centrifugal bells in the editor-in-chief, and they are even more scoffing at speculation in the industry.

……

Zhongli and Lin Yuanzhi sat in the lounge, holding teacups and talking about what had happened recently.

"Editor-in-chief, why didn't you advertise on the cover in the last issue?"

Zhongli touched the bridge of his nose: "I'm going to surprise everyone, what do you think?"

"Surprise maybe, joy can't be. ”

"Haha, that's what you want, by the way, Editor-in-Chief Lin, do you know the identity of that Xiangjiang monster?"

Lin Yuanzhi said with a smile: "Jianghu" has not been revealed, but it has been serialized for 300,000 words, and I can probably guess who it is." ”

"Oh, who?" Zhongli was intrigued.

"An old chivalrous author, the book "White Lotus" should be his transformational work. ”

Zhongli was stunned, and asked, "The one who is old and evil?"

"Hmm. ”

"No wonder it doesn't look like a newcomer's brushwork, it turns out that it's just a change of creative style and a change of vest. ”

Lin Yuanzhi said: "In the recent serialization, those who often read martial arts should have discovered that the creative cycle may be too long, exposing the original writing habits. ”

At the same time, Sun Changqing, a chivalrous senior, called a colleague.

"Xiao Peng, "Jianghu" is on ......"

Peng Yue, one of the three heroes of the East China Sea, and now Peng Yue, a strange man in Xiangjiang, said: "Teacher Sun, have you read it?"

"I didn't find it at first, but there are signs of returning to the old road in the last two issues. ”

Peng Yue was silent for a moment: "Habit becomes natural, I will pay attention to it in the future, why did you say that child is so changeable?"

The child naturally refers to Shen Zhe, not to mention Sun Changqing, Peng Yue is also an old author who is almost forty years old, and it is not wrong to call Shen Zhe a child. For Shen Zhe, he will be martial arts, romance, and history, and he will scratch his head, like a little prince of change.

Sun Changqing smiled and said: "I only care about the quality of the work. ”

"Xiao Peng, why don't you publish it in Oriental? They seem to have a larger audience. ”

"It's a children's audience, right?"

Sun Changqing was stunned, and then said: "Understood, Xiao Peng, you are still a little arrogant." ”

"Who doesn't write martial arts a little arrogant?"

……

Jianghu magazine geared up to catch up with its opponents in one fell swoop, and soon found that it was too early to be happy.

On February 20th, "Yunhai Jade Bow Edge" officially began serialization!

As soon as it was listed, it caused a huge wave in the martial arts book fan community, and since the publisher did not disclose any news in advance, this time it was purely a surprise.

This work is the best of Liang's martial arts.

just broke away from the moral barrier of "winning martial arts with chivalry", never talked about anything for the country and the people, and even the original protagonist of chivalry and righteousness didn't care. Jin Shiyi was abandoned since he was a child, and his independent behavior was obedient, if he didn't explain his good nature, he should be a villain template.

Although the plot has not yet unfolded, the more fluent language is a big surprise.

Reader: "Shen Da's skills have improved again!"

Magazine person: "Following the youth trilogy, the Tianshan trilogy is launched, and the series of books is going to be popular!"

With "White Hair" and "Seven Swords" as the foundation, the world of Tianshan rivers and lakes has formed a rough outline, and it is also the representative of Liang's rivers and lakes.

The martial arts world is a little dumbfounded.

"Could it be that "Oriental" wants to dominate martial arts literature?"

……

Shen Zhe, who was far away in Yanjing, only paid a little attention to the serialization of new books in his spare time, and turned his head to focus on the entire literary circle.

At the end of February, the Federation of Literary and Art Circles officially released book data.

From the cultural revival proposed by the Ministry of Culture to the implementation of a series of small-scale measures of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, in just two months, the book market has been in a hustle and bustle. Reprinting of old books, release of new books, editorial reminders, authors rushing to work...... The market has suddenly more than doubled the volume of goods.

Never before has so much media focused on the increasingly low-key industry of literature.

"Old Tang's "Planet Chronicle" serialization is hot!"

"Ship 1001" sells an average of 120,000 copies per day, and it is just around the corner to break 10 million!"

"Ouyang Xinyuan landed in the Americas!"

"Traditional literature is rising, and more than 50 new and old works are popular in the West!"

"Summer and winter are dormant, Shen Gongzi is scolding, Wang Zhongtian is inspecting the British market, and the three best-selling kings have done nothing!"

"Shen Gongzi: Fuck you!"

"Xu Di: The banner of revival still needs to be carried by the literary world!"

Shen Zhe read it very happily and forgot all about his new book. In the usual literary world, such a scene is rare, it is rare, after all, the author is not as radiant and eye-catching as the stars in the entertainment industry.

Recently, he has been shopping in the group from time to time, and he has often been exposed to the insiders of the industry, and he himself has kept a low profile and has not spoken much.

"Xiaodong, why did your phone turn off?"

Xia Dong: "Alas, there is no way, many publishing houses have contacted me, in a vain attempt to let me take advantage of this popularity to cooperate with Western publishers. ”

"Oh, your book ......"

Xia Dong: "You know no, my book is not suitable for Western readers, so I had to hide. ”

"It's okay to hide for a while, it's too impetuous in the circle now. ”

"Who's to say it isn't. ”

Shen Gongzi bubbled: "Damn, the black smoke miasma, the black smoke miasma! What a revival, smash your own field!"

didn't wait for others to reply, he just swiped the screen in a row.

"What kind of place, the literary world can carry the banner of rejuvenation, and it will not be long before the flag is carried home?"

"I don't do anything?"

"I'm swarming to find foreign publishers to cooperate, and a yellow-haired ghost actually found me today!"

"I've thought about it, and the new book will scold this thing!"

The group members laughed: "Yes, scold them to death, it's up to Shen Gongzi!"

Shen Gongzi: "......"

Authors of traditional literature and genre literature have published new books, one is to improve the star rating, and the other is to improve the standard of manuscript fees, which in the final analysis is the power of manuscript fees.

But the big guys of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles couldn't be happy.

"You can't just go out, and if you can't sell books, you won't have any impact. The old gentleman said leisurely.

"But it's a necessary step," said one vice-chairman. ”

Tong Bailing threw away the data table and said: "More than 50 works, the highest sales volume is 400,000, and the real sales volume is not a single book, which shows that our works are really unpleasant in the West, and what the kid said is really right." ”

"Compromise?"

"Well, literary language compromises with the vernacular, and literary works must also compromise with the West. ”

"However, it can only be a compromise of language, a compromise of words, and a compromise of context, and values cannot be discarded casually!"

"Old boy, you're thinking too perfectly. ”

"What should we not do as the direction of our efforts in the future?"

……

The lively February and March passed quickly, and readers who cared about literature were not fools, and the media reacted earlier, and when they found out that the so-called cultural revival movement was also thunderous and rainy, they "cut" and quickly shifted their attention.

Those new measures have been retained, indicating that the Federation of Literary and Art Circles has not given up.

In fact, cultural core values can be revived, but not overnight.

Literary works, as cultural extensions, often have the characteristics of the times and can only be recreated, and they do not need to be revived at all.

Watching a big show, Shen Zhe was also busy.

At the end of March, the third part of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", "The Court of Demons", appeared at the counter of Bowen Bookstore!

This part starts with the successful restoration of Yingzong Zhu Qizhen's "change to seize the door", and Zhu Qizhen, who is loyal and treacherous, listened to slander and killed Yu Qian, leaving another major historical stain after the "Tumubao Change". Yingzong returned to the west, and the next two emperors Xianzong and Xiaozong succeeded to the throne, one was cowardly, the other was weak, and left a heavy and rotten burden.

A wonderful emperor in Chinese history was born.

Zhu Houzhao, who spoiled the Eight Tigers, built a leopard house, and proclaimed himself a mighty general...... A farce was staged in the Huanghuang capital.

The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty all accompanied the lord to play eagle and catch chickens.

The court was in turmoil, and there were vassal kings who wanted to rebel, but fortunately, there was a never-before-seen civil and military wizard, the sage Wang Shouren. Clearing out bandits, quelling the rebellion of King Ning, and fighting eunuchs with wisdom, a series of great achievements finally kept a fig leaf for the Ming Dynasty.

"The Court of Demons" also continues the style of the first two films.

Wonderful descriptions of power schemes, court deceit, Yangming enlightenment, and war scenes...... As always, it firmly attracts the reader's attention. Tens of millions of fans poured into Bowen bookstores and other distribution outlets, and in less than half a month, tens of millions were sold out!

Oriental culture and bookstores are naturally smiling, while the publishing industry is staring at each other.

The situation cannot be seen at all in terms of the law of book sales.

Generally speaking, half a year to a year is a hot period for new books, and "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is a wave!

It can only be amazing.

……

For the entire Chinese book market, this series of excitement is not the end.

"Ship 1001" has been well received by all science fiction fans with its novel apocalyptic setting and magnificent cosmic background description. It took nearly three months to finally break 10 million. This is a very amazing achievement, the Western media industry is in an uproar, and Huaxia is even more demonic because of "The Court of Demons", and the popularity is slightly lower.

In contrast, the latter only made a sensation in the Chinese-speaking cultural circle and was not convincing enough.

Of course, Ming Fan definitely disagrees.

In this case, a thin fairy tale book signed by two people has swept the world with lightning speed! )