"The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" has actually been completed, but because Yulang International and "Ming Pao" agreed, the speed of publication cannot be faster than the serialization speed on "Martial Arts and History".

Now the weekly "Martial Arts and History" has more than 30,000 words per issue of "Datang", and 120,000 words a month. The physical book of "Datang" has 65~70,000 words per episode, which means that the speed of publishing two books per month will not exceed the serialization progress of "Martial Arts and History".

Yulang International publishes comics in the form of weekly and bi-weekly magazines. Comic readers in Hong Kong are accustomed to this kind of stable publication schedule.

Yulang International publishes a large novel such as "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", which is also stably published and distributed in the form of bi-weekly magazines, which is good for the overall sales volume.

At least, the novel version of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" has sold as many as 220,000 copies in the first episode of the highest in Hong Kong, and the average sales volume of each issue has reached about 100,000 copies.

The royalty of Zhang Shaojie's novels published in Hong Kong is 20%, and the price of each episode of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" is 15 Hong Kong dollars, which means that he can get 300,000 yuan per episode and 600,000 Hong Kong dollars a month in Hong Kong.

And the publication in Taiwan, Zhang Shaojie lost money, because the highest episode of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" in Taiwan has been able to sell 850,000 copies, and the average number of copies per episode has been 560,000. If it is according to the royalty rate, even if Zhang Shaojie takes 10% of the royalty, he can get 800,000 Hong Kong dollars for one episode.

Now, Taiwanese publishers Zhang Shaojie himself only takes 500,000 Hong Kong dollars per episode. And Yulang International can also publish 500,000 in Taiwan.

In fact, in addition to the comic adaptation authorization of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", Yulang International shares the income equally with Zhang Shaojie in terms of overseas publishing.

When the contract was signed, Zhang Shaojie's influence was not very strong.

Now, in terms of the appeal of Zhang Shaojie's novel in the market, such an agreement will not be signed.

Of course, there are gains and losses.

What I lost was that I made 300,000 less per episode, but what I got was huge fame!

Zhang Shaojie's "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" actually beat Qiong Yao's novels in Taiwan, reversing the Taiwanese publishing market, and romance novels are gradually selling better than martial arts, giving martial arts novels a little face!

You must know that Qiong Yao's novel easily sold three or five hundred thousand copies in Taiwan.

And Gu Long's novels have been sluggish in recent years, only buying 350,000 copies per episode, and romance novels in front of him are overwhelming martial arts, and martial arts writers are mostly helpless.

Huang Yi said in the novel: "A man's surname likes the new and hates the old, and a woman's surname is single-minded." "When it comes to reading novels, it's also universal. Readers who watch martial arts are mostly with male surnames. Most martial arts readers in Taiwan are generally renting bookstores for rent, but they don't buy many physical books. Readers with female surnames are more willing to buy physical books and then read them, and this reading habit makes the romance novel market dominated by female readers always very strong.

Overall, Zhang Shaojie still has a cash deposit balance of HK$14 million in his bank account, and more than HK$1.6 million in monthly manuscript fees.

However, the film crew and special effects team of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" have revealed the naked and naked nature of burning money and cheating fathers, spending a budget of 4.5 million Hong Kong dollars per month!

Sure enough, blockbuster budgets are generally extremely inaccurate!

Zhang Shaojie originally prepared a budget of 35 million for "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty". Now it seems that by the time the film is completed, it may be much more than that.

Zhang Shaojie's income, plus the deposit on the books, is only enough for 4 months of consumption. You can only wait until the physical book of "The Rise of a Great Power" is published, and then publish more books diligently, and the manuscript fee can soar!

―――――――― on September 8.

The physical book "Portugal Chapter" of the "Rise of Great Powers" series has begun to be officially sorted out and published!

"Ming Pao" has long had an advertising slogan in the physical book: "Since the 15th century, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, England, France, Germany, the Soviet Union, and the United States, nine giants have risen one after another. The development and decline of these countries are of typical significance. Expounding on the development of these countries and summing up their experiences is of great reference significance for many countries, especially China, which is in the process of reform and opening up. Novelist Zhang Shaojie, for the first time, describes the development trajectory of those major countries in history with a thick tone, and I think this is a very meaningful work - Jin Yong"

The advertising words written by Jin Yong himself in this article were published in "Ming Pao".

The inscription is followed by the publication date and pricing of The Rise of the Great Powers* Portugal.

Although the "Portugal Chapter" is only 60,000 words, even if some inscriptions and gifts from celebrities are added, the book will not exceed 70,000 words. The price has reached 22 Hong Kong dollars per book!

Compared to a novel with the same number of words, it is 40% more expensive!

Because the main readers of "The Rise of Great Powers" are professors, intellectuals, civil servants, and other middle classes with higher education and higher income levels.

That's not outrageous.

This book is not intended to take the mass route, but to take the middle and high-level route.

An advertisement for the forthcoming publication of "The Rise of Great Powers* Portugal" was published by Ming Pao.

On September 7, of course, the owners of major bookstores in Hong Kong have frantically poured into the "Ming Pao" company!

"Tea and tea bookstore stock 500 copies!"

"Hanji Bookstore has purchased 300 copies!"

"Dalong Bookstore has 2,000 copies!"

The owners of the bookstore all seemed very confident. One is the confidence in the popular works in Ming Pao. The second is Zhang Shaojie, the author, who is already a best-selling guarantee!

The author is Zhang Shaojie's book, have there ever been books that don't sell well? No!

Zhang Shao's outstanding products must be best-selling products - this is a crazy sentence in the market!

The highest volume of the novel version of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" sold a total of 1 million copies in Hong Kong and Taiwan, except for Jin Yong and Qiong Yao, no one has a single-volume novel circulation that exceeds Zhang Shaojie.

The movie "Modern Bodyguard" written by Zhang Shaojie swept the Asian box office market this year, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Yuben, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and various countries where "Modern Bodyguard" has been released. This movie is ranked first at the box office, setting the best result in the history of Hong Kong films!

The comic version of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" adapted by Yulang International Company sells more than 100,000 copies per issue, which can compete with "Dragon Tiger Gate" in sales!

With so many brilliant achievements, Hong Kong's bookstore owners have to take decisive action and frantically grab "The Rise of a Great Power"!

However, the first printing of "The Rise of Great Powers* Portugal" was still more cautious, and only 50,000 copies were printed. Originally, these 50,000 copies, in Hong Kong, were already top bestsellers.

However, who called this "Zhang Shaojie", the book has not yet been officially listed, and the first printing of 50,000 copies has been divided up by major bookstores in Hong Kong.

A reporter from Hong Kong's Xinhua News Agency was originally commissioned by a friend in the mainland to prepare to buy 200 copies: "Hey! It's too late! ”

"Who's to say it isn't!" Another melancholy voice.

The Xinhua News Agency reporter looked back: "DuPont? Aren't you working for the Associated Press? Also come to buy "Rise of Great Powers"? What is it used for? ”

Associated Press reporter Dupont said: "Don't think of me as a spy, I'm just an ordinary journalist!" At the same time, in addition to working for the Associated Press, I also know some friends in the American publishing industry. Such a good book, I am ready to recommend them to be translated into English and published in the United States! ”

"Hmph, bad intentions!" The Xinhua News Agency reporter did not believe the explanation of his peers.

"No way, make ends meet," the Associated Press reporter shrugged. Spies are not necessarily collecting secret information, and some of the public information collected by AP reporters is also an important source of intelligence for intelligence agencies.

____________ "The Rise of a Great Power * Portugal" was published on September 8, and it was originally well-known in "Ming Pao", and it already has a huge reputation among Hong Kong intellectuals.

In terms of the writing and historical materials of "The Rise of a Great Power", it is also okay, there are a bunch of historical research in Hong Kong whose level of historical research exceeds that of Professor Zhang Shaojie!

The key selling point of this book is that, like a sharp scalpel, it dissects the key surname factors in the history of strong rise. For example, Zhang Shaojie proposed that "the rise of Portugal is not accidental, but inevitable, because this country was the first country in Europe to start the Great Maritime Revolution!" ”

Zhang Shaojie said in an expert tone, and named Portugal as the initiator of the "Great Navigation Revolution", although he was domineering, but it was Zhang Shaojie who analyzed various objective factors before the rise of Portugal one by one, and finally began to draw conclusions. This conclusion began to be accepted by many intellectuals in Hong Kong.

In Hong Kong, there are already 300,000 readers who read Zhang Shaojie's "The Rise of a Great Power" through Ming Pao.

This kind of heavy subject matter is obviously not something that can be thoroughly understood by reading it once or twice, in a day or two. But every time I read it, combined with many of Zhang Shaojie's views, it can make people feel bright and refreshing.

In any case, "The Rise of a Great Power * Portugal Chapter" is going to sell even more hot than expected!

On September 8, major bookstores just put "The Rise of Great Powers * Portugal Chapter" on the shelves. Early in the morning, a large number of students, professors, white-collar workers and other related citizens came to the bookstore to inquire.

"Has "Rise of a Great Power" arrived?"

After getting an affirmative answer from the bookstore, these readers did not hesitate to buy!

"Two copies!"

"One copy!"

"I'll buy ten copies!"

In the morning, the bookstore "The Rise of a Great Power * Portugal" in the Chai Wan area has been sold out! Other Central, Admiralty, Sheung Wan, Sai Wan, Mid-Levels, most areas on Hong Kong Island, "Rise of a Great Power" is selling very crazy! On the island of Hong Kong, more than 10,000 copies were sold in one morning in major bookstores.

And Kowloon and the New Territories are not inferior, with a combined sales of more than 30,000 copies.

The first printing of 50,000 copies sold out on the first day!

(To be continued)