Chapter 43: Counterattack and Signing
From the moment he made up his mind to enter the entertainment industry and become a big star, Wu Qi was psychologically prepared to get involved in right and wrong.
If you want to become famous, you must bear the corresponding price, be noticed by others, be chased and intercepted by the paparazzi, have no privacy, and even be scolded and hacked, these are inevitable.
If you want to be a big star, you must have a big heart and be able to withstand pressure, the showbiz is Vanity Fair, and in the showbiz where scandals and black materials fly together, you can't get along if you don't have enough endurance.
is famous, and pressure will inevitably follow, but Wu Qi didn't expect that he would come so early, and he came from the martial arts novel circle.
Zhuge Yun's martial arts novels "Qiang Di Dark Flying Sound" and "Ping Trace Hero Film" were published together, and the platform of modern and ancient martial arts is slightly larger than that of Jianghu, and the sales are slightly more.
And "Ping's Tracer Film" was published in Jianghu journals, which brought a certain increase in the sales of the magazine, and gradually caught up with the sales of modern and ancient martial arts.
A martial arts journal will not only have one long novel serialized, usually two or three, but also several short stories, if the quality of a story is not excellent, it is almost impossible to boost the sales of the entire magazine.
Using a story and a serialization to drive the sales of a magazine is something that only famous artists can do, and "Pingxia Video" has done this.
An author who has written a classic work may not be a master, but as long as his subsequent works remain at a high level, it is only a matter of time before he becomes a master.
Wu Qi is not enough to become a martial arts master with a "Pingxia Record", but with the popularity of "Family with Children", some tabloids have excavated his authorship, and the report is quite exaggerated, saying that he has become a famous writer in the field of martial arts novels in the new century.
Of course, there are not many tabloids with such exaggerated reports, and they have not formed a mainstream voice.
"Qiang Flute Dark Flying Sound" was published on the ancient martial arts, and the performance was mediocre, not to mention driving the sales growth of the ancient martial arts, and it would be good not to lag behind.
It is not comparable to "Pingxia Video", as a classic work that has boosted the sales of Jianghu periodicals and added more than 100,000 new works, "Pingxia Video" has become popular, at least in the martial arts novel industry.
Zhuge Yun may have been unbalanced in his heart, so he turned into a mad dog and wanted to bite Wu Qi, but he couldn't bite back, and he couldn't react without reaction, and in the end, he decided to make a statement.
The general content of the statement is to show the achievements of "Pingxia Film" one by one, proving that this is a martial arts novel that everyone likes very much.
also focused on the fact that this book will be published, calling on everyone to buy it, and vaguely clicked on it, you can compare the sales of this book with "Qiang Di Dark Flying Sound" to see which novel is a good book and a classic.
In response to the fierce rhetoric of Zhuge Yun's articles, and even some insulting words and swearing, he also expressed his condemnation, saying that as a literati who makes a living by writing articles, he should not seek to be pure and virtuous, but at least to be polite and courteous.
In this statement, although he did not go toe-for-tat with the enemy, Zhuge Yun, who was scolded, was incomplete, and did not dare to fight back, but he also hid needles in his mouth, and his wit was hidden, and he was also much higher than him in terms of force.
It just so happens that in the past few days, the publication of "Ping's Tracer Film" is almost ready, and when it wants to enter the publicity stage, a large number of advertisements will be placed in major newspapers, and a copy of this statement will be attached.
Zhuge Yun's reaction after reading it must have been thunderous, and the next issue of the Ancient and Modern Literature Newspaper published his counterattack article, with sharper words, and sarcastically said that he didn't know the height of the sky at a young age, and he dared to call himself a martial arts master before he wrote a book.
Wu Qi said that the baby is very aggrieved, this pot baby does not carry it, and the name of the martial arts master is obviously fried by some unscrupulous tabloids, and it has nothing to do with him.
He didn't fight back against Zhuge Yun's slander again, when he wrote the previous statement, he had already thought about it, he wouldn't pay attention to this matter anymore, and he wouldn't waste his limited time on meaningless tearing, he still had a lot of business to do.
The book signing party of "Ping's Tracer Video" has been prepared and held in a Hanhua bookstore in the imperial capital, and by the time Wu Qi arrived, many people had already come.
Hanhua Bookstore is a state-owned enterprise with thousands of branches across the country, and most writers hold book signing and sales meetings, and they will cooperate with it.
Book fans are different from celebrity fans, celebrity fans are easy to get excited, and the number of brain-dead fans is relatively large, while book fans are relatively calm and restrained.
Like some celebrity fans, they can't tolerate their idols being smeared, once there is a little bit of trouble, fans will spontaneously gather together and attack the star's enemies, this kind of behavior is extremely uncool, and sometimes even the star himself can't be persuaded to do so.
A popular idol star, if a concert or fan meeting is held, the fans who come will definitely be Wuyang, ranging from thousands to tens of thousands, or even tens of thousands.
And the writer's book signing and selling will not reach this kind of popularity, and if there are three or five thousand people, it will be a very famous writer, and ordinary writers will not reach this level.
The serialization of "Pingxia Film" was popular and welcomed by the majority of readers, and many readers wrote letters to Wu Qi and sent them to the magazine.
The last time he went to the magazine, Wang Bing asked for his opinion and would help mail the letters to his home.
It seems that he looks like a blooming flower and is so hot that he can't do it, but when it comes to book signing and selling, he is not sure how many people can come.
Martial arts novels used to be very popular, but now they have declined a little, otherwise, there are more than 2 billion people in the Chinese Empire, and there are at least hundreds of millions of fans of martial arts novels, and the normal sales of each issue of martial arts magazines will not be less than one million.
Those who like martial arts novels are mostly the older generation, and the younger generation doesn't like much, preferring some urban, romance, and magical novels.
In other words, there are not many young people who love to read novels, and more young people like to surf the Internet and play games.
Anyway, for various reasons, martial arts novels are in decline, even if some martial arts novel masters hold signing parties, it is good to have one or two thousand people.
In Wu Qi's expectations, if there were three to five hundred people at this book signing meeting, he would be more satisfied, and his face would not be embarrassed.
When he really arrived, the number of people who came was beyond his expectations, and at a glance, the black pressure was full of people, and I was afraid that there were thousands of people.
"This ...... That's a lot of people. ”
Looking at the crowded crowd outside, Wu Qi sighed with emotion.
Wang Bing echoed: "Yes, many people came, our goal was achieved, there were so many book lovers, and this signing meeting was half successful." ”
"It's not half the battle, it's going to be successful. ”
Wu Qi said affirmatively.
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The first chapter is delivered.