Stanley took out a voice recorder and a shorthand notebook, and had a brief exchange with Xu An in advance, mainly to see if Xu An had any taboos, which is a process that only familiar reporters and interviewees have. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Ann, can you let me take a close-up of the Montblanc that the old man gave you just now?" Stanley asked, this is good news, it would be even better if we could interview the old man and hear the story behind him, even if it can't be published in the main magazine, at least a full page of a supplement can't run.

"Of course, if this part can be published, I want you to help me say a word, and the old man is always welcome to contact me." Xu An said.

Opening the box, the blue-black Montblanc Scott embedded in the black velvet bottom plate was elegant and solemn, after Stanley took the photo, Xu An couldn't help but reach out and touch it, eager to try the feeling of writing with it now.

A good writing instrument is something that brings joy!

After the photo was taken, the interview officially began.

"It's the third week that 'Lovely Bones' has topped the New York Times bestseller list, Ann, did you expect that?" Stanley follows the habit of taking a step by step approach in interviews, asking cheerful and light-hearted questions and then digging deeper.

Xu An and Lance glanced at each other, and the two laughed together, and said, "It's not easy to say this question, do you know what kind of agreement we signed with Boulder Langdon?" ”

"What agreement?"

"In the VAM agreement, the sales volume of the book is directly linked to the royalty, based on 500,000 copies, 5% royalty, and for every more than 100,000 copies, the royalty will be increased by 1%, and the 20% will be capped!" Xu An said.

Lance couldn't help laughing on the side, he negotiated the agreement, but it was Xu An who made the decision, and he himself was hesitant at first, after all, if the sales were not good, it would have too much impact on Xu An, and it would also affect his fledgling career as a book agent.

Unexpectedly, "Lovely Bones" gave everyone a surprise.

He could have imagined how bad Stanley's mood was, which was why he had to go around in front of Stanley every time he went in and out of Boulder Randon.

"Wow, 5% and 20%, Lance, Ann, you guys are so surprising, so you expected this book to sell well in the first place?" Stanley asked in surprise.

Of course, Xu An knows that he still remembers that in his dream, from Scott's point of view, he read the book "Lovely Bones" that I don't know how many times it was printed or how many editions it had, and on the cover it was a big selling point that "topped the bestseller list for 36 consecutive weeks".

At the top of the bestseller list for most of the year, will no one care about it in a different world?

"Of course, it's a good book, and I'm sure readers will enjoy it." Xu An replied without modesty.

"OK, this book has been at the top for three weeks in a row, and seriously, you're already the youngest bestseller topper author, you've broken a record, and now everyone is speculating how long the book will stay at the top of the list, and what will you guess the outcome will be?"

"Twenty weeks, or thirty weeks, who knows?"

"Wow, I'm so confident, readers will love it!" Stanley rejoiced.

He thought that Xu An was a journalist, and he would be very cautious when interviewed, and he would turn this interview into a boring conversation, but he didn't expect the other party to be so straightforward, what he wanted to say, just like this question just now, people who like him see confidence, and those who hate him see arrogance.

Journalists probably like this kind of interviewee the most.

""Lovely Bones" is indeed a very good work, it is full of warmth, it makes people regain the courage of life, its popularity is not surprising, then I wish it better results, next, let's talk about your new book, Ann, or this question, do you expect "Twilight" to hit the bestseller list? Will you win the championship? ”

"Of course, it's a bestseller, it's going to make it to the charts, but it's only the first in a series after all, maybe it's going to be slower, maybe it's not going to stay long on the throne, after all, 'Lovely Bones' still dominates the charts, isn't it?" Xu An said with a smile.

"You mean it's going to heat slowly?"

"It's very likely that when 'Bones' came out, Lance was too eager for readers to see the book, it was able to soar, and Lance had a lot of credit, but 'Twilight' is just a campus novel, about youth and love, it's a good work, but it won't explode."

Stanley nodded and wrote these down, although there is a voice recorder, shorthand is the basic skill of every reporter, it can help you find the main point, "And you mean that "Twilight" is only the first part of the series, it may be slow to heat up, but its sequel will explode?" ”

"Of course, the whole of 'Twilight' will be a regular on the bestseller list, and its sequel will be a sensation, and it will be another miracle in the book industry!" Xu An said seriously.

Stanley laughed, such a bold interviewee is rare, since Xu An dared to say, then he didn't need to worry about causing trouble to the other party, so he asked a more pointed question: "Just like Leo Clara?" ”

Leo Clara is the most famous best-selling author in North America, this fat man with a beard and a bald head, in his more than 20 years of writing career, he has published nearly 100 works, most of which are mainly suspenseful reasoning, it is said that for every 20 hardcover books sold in North America, one is Leo's work.

His "Firmament" series and "Bird of Paradise" series have caused a sales frenzy, especially the finale of "Bird of Paradise", which caused a sensation all over the world, claiming to have a first printing of 1 million copies, and sold 100,000 on the day of listing, and bookstore bookings reached six figures, breaking the pre-sale records of many bookstores.

Last year, Leo ranked second in North America on the Forbes writers' earnings list, earning a staggering $61 million a year!

Xu An also smiled, he knew that this kind of problem was a trap, but he didn't care, "Leo is a very good writer, I can say that I grew up watching his works, but I believe in myself more." ”

"Believe you'll surpass Leo Clara?"

"I want to try."

Xu An didn't say too complacent, not because he was not confident, but because he didn't want to arouse the anger of Leo's fans, and then be said that he was relying on hype to drive sales.

Stanley didn't get to the bottom of it, and then, he didn't ask too sharp questions, but just talked to Xu An about writing and life, after all, many readers still want to know more about the author.

Stanley put Andrew's question at the end, and when all the questions he was going to ask were finished, he asked, "Ann, do you have anything to say about Andrew, your former supervisor?" Do you regret spending a month in prison because of the violence? ”

Xu An thought for a while and said: "For Andrew, I only have one sentence: the crime deserves it, as for beating people, I never regret it, it is not right to solve the problem with violence, but sometimes, you have to raise your fist, when you are insulted and framed, if you retreat, then when you are dying, you will really regret it, regret why you didn't beat him up at that time!" ”