William Conrad, editor-in-chief of Bloomsbury, mailed him a thick manuscript of a novel by a Chinese named Lu Hao at the end of August. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The agreement reads.....

Author: Lu Hao.

Pseudonym: Harry Potter.

The agreement requires that Bloomsbury Publishing can only publish physical books, and the distribution scope is Europe, Australia, and Africa. Not only that, but it is also required that the books are of good paper and beautifully printed, and the author's remuneration is five dollars per copy after tax.

"Wishful thinking!" William was a little embarrassed by the harsh requirements above after reading the agreement, and he didn't even read the content of the manuscript and wrote a letter to the author, "Study hard, you are not suitable to be an author." ”

After doing this, William wanted to call someone to mail the manuscript back to the mailer, but he happened to call from home and asked him to go back quickly, so William put the manuscript in his bag and took it home.

More than ten days later, on a Sunday, his son invited many children to his house to play, and he didn't know who opened the manuscript, and the children were quickly attracted by the fascinating magical storyline of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, so much so that no one was willing to leave during the meal.

"Hey, are the children putting down what they are doing first and eating first?" William shouted as he stood in the doorway with a smile on his face.

"No, Mr. William, we don't have time!" The children said in unison.

"Why? What attracted you so much? William asked with a puzzled expression.

"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is my favorite novel."

"I like Harry Potter, he's my Prince Charming." A little girl with freckles on her face said with a red face.

"It's mine...."

"It's also my ....."

Several little girls quarreled over it.

"Am I missing out on a good book?" William thought to himself, "Looks like I'm going to have to take this novel seriously." ”

William read "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" many times carefully, and gradually integrated the straightforward feeling of Xiaobaiwen from the beginning, and he found that the magic story of this book has a strong sense of substitution, and he decided to persuade the publishing house to release the book.

The owner of the publishing house was stubborn, but William convinced him, "If William doesn't sell well, you have to take responsibility!" The boss shouted angrily.

William was in a trance at the moment when he signed his name, and he wondered how he could do such a crazy thing, vouching for his future for an unrelated person, could this be the magic of Harry Potter? May the magical magical boy bring me good luck!

The publisher was cautious about the release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, with only 50,000 copies, priced at ten pounds, and only distributed in the Old Town of London, East London, because this is where the story begins.

The price of ten pounds was a bit too high for a novel that was considered a children's book, and it was almost unpopular at first.

This situation, which had lasted for several days, was suddenly broken, and the novel "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" suddenly became popular in William's son's school, and they were led by parents and lined up to buy it at the bookstore.

"Uncle, buy one, it's a very good book!" A little girl with freckles on her face said to a tall white man standing by a bookshelf.

"Really? Lovely little girl. The tall white man complimented, and wanted to leave, but looking at the clear eyes of the little girl, he stopped, picked up a copy of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" and read it.

He wanted to be perfunctory, but he had one, two, three pages...... He didn't stop until he finished watching most of it, the fantastic wizarding world, the magical Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and the magical East London.

And, of course, the amazing Harry Potter!

"Sir, you want to buy ten copies of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone?" The salesman looked at him in disbelief.

"Yes, it's a hundred pounds, you can take it!"

"Why?"

"I'm going to give it to my kids, and my friends, and it's not just a book that kids will love, I think we'll too."

"William Conrad, you're doing a great job!" The owner of the publishing house praised with a smile on his face, "I think we should print more, the number is 200,000 copies!" ”

"Boss, your decision is wise!" William gave a little flattery.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone quickly ran for 200,000 copies, still in East London, and was sold out as soon as it was released.

No one expected that "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" would do so well, knowing that it was only distributed in East London, and the distribution scope of Bloomsbury Publishing was agreed to be Europe, Australia, and Africa.

Bloomsbury held a celebratory reception, at which the owner of the publishing house praised William and promised him a raise.

William was also very happy, he didn't expect that the magical magical boy really brought him good luck, thank God, thank you Harry Potter.

"William, I think we need to use the best paper, make the best print quality, and release the second edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone." The boss shook the wine glass in his hand and laughed confidently, "This time we are going to release a million copies, and Harry Potter will definitely take the whole of Europe by storm." ”

The reputation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone has spread throughout the United Kingdom, and as soon as the well-made second edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was released, countless British Harry Potter fans lined up to buy it.

Major newspapers such as The Times, The Guardian and the Renton Post reported on the incident, and Harry Potter's pen name rose to prominence, with many journalists following the story in an effort to dig up first-hand information, especially the author's own identity.

William kept his identity strictly secret without Lu Hao's consent, but he didn't expect this to arouse the reporter's heart to dig out the real author, and countless speculations were published in the newspapers and magazines for a while, and "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" took advantage of this trend to directly become popular throughout Europe.

"Harry Potter" is a series of novels, Bloomsbury Publishing is very worried that the copyright will be snatched away by other publishers in the future, and the owner of the publishing house urged William to contact Lu Hao as soon as possible to obtain the copyright of the next few novels, so they do not hesitate to give up more benefits.