Chapter Twenty-Five: Shocking Sales in China

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"Yes, the reform of fantasy novels, the first place in the major rankings of Mi Li Novel Network, if the sales of physical books are too low, wouldn't it make those people see jokes, and when "Star Change" is released, I already plan to buy five copies, and send them to my friends to collect for themselves!!"

A person with the ID name of Shu Ke Sanxing said.

"Yes, that's it, Haoyi's "Star Change" must be up."

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"Star Change" post bar, QQ group, etc., after the posts of the major group owners and management, there are already many people who plan to buy a few copies after the release of "Star Change".

Most of these people are loyal readers of "Star Change", and they have been watching "Star Change" since it was opened, and there are some local tyrants who plan to buy it in boxes and boxes, and for them, the money to buy books is not enough to eat a meal.

On the other hand, Liu Yu has already arranged everything, just waiting for the official release of "Star Change" tomorrow, for which Liu Yu has also prepared several signing sessions, and Mi Li Novel Network is also advertising "Star Change".

The books signed at the signing meeting are all collector's editions, and a book costs 188 Chinese yuan, and Liu Yu plans to hold three sessions, respectively in SH City, BJ City, and GZ City, the three most prosperous cities in China.

Liu Yu doesn't have the heart to code now, Liu Yu is extremely nervous at this time, after all, this is the first time in his two lives to publish a book and hold a book signing, Liu Yu is a little worried that his grades are too poor, or there are not many people at the time of the signing.

In fact, Liu Yu is also a little overthinking, a book that can be popular all over China on the Internet, no matter how bad the sales are, Liu Yu only needs to post it, and go around the group to know that the sales volume of "Star Change" will definitely not be low at that time.

Day 2,,,,

Liu Yu got up early in the morning, today is the official release of the physical book of the novel "Star Change", of course Liu Yu, the author, cannot be idle, after a hasty breakfast, Liu Yu drove to Mingguang Publishing House, arranged everything, and waited for the release at noon.

Yesterday, all major bookstores have already distributed, although many bookstores are not very stocked, but at least more or less into a little, after all, with the fame of "Star Change", no matter how bad it is, it will not lose money.

Time is passing minute by minute, and Liu Yu's mood also began to tense with the passage of time, after all, this is the first time that Liu Yu has the experience of publishing a book, although Liu Yu has a certain grasp of the results of "Star Change" in his heart, but it is false to say that he is not nervous.

Certainty is certainty, but this is not a world after all, who knows what accidents will happen, and no one can say this.

On the other hand, many book fans who have been chasing "Star Change" all the way have already set off to go to various bookstores, most of these people are loyal fans of "Star Change", and they have followed "Star Change" all the way, and have experienced the initial trough of "Star Change" to the later climax, bumps and downs.

Part of it is the popularity accumulated by Liu Yu in his last book "Bad Guy", these people are all fans of Liu Yu, from Liu Yu just started writing "Bad Guy" to "Bad Guy" was seized, and then turned to "Star Change" to witness Liu Yu's process from an unknown little author to Taishan Beidou of urban underworld novels, and then to the benchmark figure of online fantasy Xiuzhen novels.

These people are also Liu Yu's most loyal fans, and the main purchasing power of the novel "Star Change".

Most of the total sales of a novel are increased by these people, and the remaining part is the people who have read the novel, passing by or occasionally seeing a poster, remembering that they have read the novel, and suddenly they are tempted to buy it, or they have heard a friend say that they have introduced the novel, and they want to see it and buy it, these are usually the sales channels of an online publishing physical novel.

As for Liu Yu's fame in the future, some people buy books for the author's fame, and this has nothing to do with Liu Yu now.

Time flies quickly, and before I know it, it will come to twelve o'clock at noon, for many office workers, this time is usually a break time to have a meal or a little squint, but for those fans of "Star Change", this time is the release time of the physical book of "Star Change", Liu Yu's first physical novel.

At this time, the major bookstores suddenly ushered in the peak flow of people that usually only occurs in the afternoon or evening, and many customers entered the bookstore without reading the book diameter and walked to the front desk, all asking the same question: ""Star Change", do you have any sales here, in that shelf!" ”

Only one of these people is a person named Li Qiang, Li Qiang is an ordinary office worker in SH City, working in an information network company, Li Qiang is a reader who has been watching Liu Yu's "Bad Guys" since the release, and he himself has seven or eight years of book age.

When there was a book shortage, I accidentally turned to the novel "Bad Guy" that Liu Yu had just uploaded, and since then I have been out of control, obsessed with this book, and have been watching "Bad Guy", and I have also rewarded Liu Yu with thousands of yuan if my own economy allows.

Later, "Bad Guy" was seized because of the country's crackdown on online novels, and Li Qiang was even sad for a long time, and then heard that Liu Yu opened a new book and immediately went to watch it, although he saw that Liu Yu wrote a fantasy novel in the early stage, and his heart was a little lost, but with the slow development of "Star Change", he gradually became obsessed with this novel.

When he heard that the physical book "Star Change" was going to be released, Li Qiang came to his nearest bookstore as soon as possible, intending to buy a few copies of the collection to commemorate it.

But Li Qiang didn't expect that there would be so many people coming, and the queue at the front desk alone was very long, you must know that it is not a weekend, and there are not many people who come to the library and bookstore to read books.

When Li Qiang entered the bookstore, it took only five minutes at most to find "Star Change" on the bookshelf to the front desk, and the front desk was empty when he came in, but now it was crowded.

In the past, this situation would only happen to some diamond writers and famous writers of online literature, and a newcomer like Liu Yu who has only been in the online literature industry for less than a year is unlikely to be able to do so even if he writes well.

Li Qiang squeezed into the crowd, looking at the long queue in front of him, his heart was also full of emotion, and at the same time full of pride, just like a star fan who saw that the star he admired had achieved good results and surpassed other stars, his heart was full of pride.

Liu Yu was sitting on the sofa at this time, drinking the tea in this cup constantly, from a distance, it seemed that Liu Yu was not worried about the sales of the physical book "Star Change" at all, but if you look closely, you will find that the teacup in Liu Yu's hand has long been empty, and Liu Yu's hand holding the teacup has turned a little white due to excessive force.

Fortunately, the quality of this teacup is good, Liu Yu will not crush the teacup, Liu Yu is also very nervous at this time, no matter how Liu Yu said in his previous life, he was just a small author struggling on the survival line, although Liu Yu is also a famous author with the help of this mobile phone in this life, and his worth is more than 10 million.

But writing a book on the Internet and releasing a physical book in reality are two different concepts, although the results of "Star Change" have been tested in the previous life, but for a rookie like Liu Yu, the first time to release a physical book, I still can't help but start to get nervous.

Time passed quickly, in the blink of an eye, it was already eight or nine o'clock in the evening, Liu Yu sat on the sofa with a cup of tea that had already been empty for a day, during this time Liu Yu was also full of thoughts, worried, nervous, afraid of all kinds of emotions.

At this moment, the door of Liu Yu's office was suddenly opened, and Liu Xiaoming ran in in a panic, still holding a document in his hand.

"Brother Liu, Brother Liu, the report, the marketing report is out,,," Liu Xiaoming said as he ran.

Liu Yu was also taken aback by Liu Xiaoming's sudden entry into the door, and was about to scold Liu Xiaoming for a few words, but then he heard Liu Xiaoming say that the marketing report came out, and Liu Yu couldn't care about scolding Liu Xiaoming, so he quickly stood up and said, "The marketing report is out?" Show it to me. ”

Saying that, Liu Yu stepped forward quickly, snatched the document in Liu Xiaoming's hand and looked at it.

Xinghua Book City: On the first day, a total of 53,538 copies of "The Stars Change" were sold........

SH Book City: A total of 35,648 copies of "Star Change" were sold on the first day.........

Shunbo Bookstore: On the first day, a total of 26,576 copies of "Star Change" were sold.......

Huaxia Book City: On the first day, a total of 29,798 copies of "Star Change" were sold.......

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On October 3, 2009, "Star Change" sold a total of 199,964 copies on its first day, with 46,873 copies sold in the collector's edition, 52,091 copies in the hardcover edition, and 100,100 copies in the hardcover edition.

The Collector's Edition was priced at $188 and sold 46,873 copies, making a total profit of $8,812,124.

The hardcover edition was priced at $88, and 52,091 copies were sold, making a total profit of $4,584,000.

The softcover version was priced at 38 yuan, and 100,000 copies were sold, making a total profit of 3,838,000 yuan.

"Star Change" made a total profit of 17,234,132 yuan on the first day.

Excluding printing costs, publication costs, transportation costs, taxes and other sales costs, the net profit was 12,133,000 yuan.

Liu Yu's head exploded when he saw the total sales, and he bought almost 200,000 yuan in one day, what is this concept? Let's put it this way, the first day of the first album of Asian superstar Jay Chou in the previous life was 380,000 (this data is pure fiction, if there is any similarity, it is purely coincidental), although it seems to be almost 100,000 copies short, but it is an album.

Liu Yu published a novel, and the first-day sales of about 200,000 are enough to break the record of the first day of online novel publishing.

Liu Yu held back his excitement and continued to look at it, and when he saw that the net profit in the end was as high as more than 10 million, Liu Yu felt even more incredible, the net profit was more than 10 million? And it's a day, I didn't rob the bank so fast, this is just a day, "Star Change" has to contact sales for a month and a half, if it's more than 10 million a day and more than 10 million a day, then ........ Liu Yu's crooked soul of the otaku attacked, fantasizing about marrying Bai Fumei and reaching the pinnacle of life in minutes.

In fact, Liu Yu is also a little overthinking, generally whether it is a movie, an album, etc., the first-day sales account for 30% of the total sales, or even half, as long as the early publicity is good, or the number of fans is enough to sell a copy on the first day, it will not be bad there, and the rest of the time is the time to really test the quality of this work.