0183. The Shock Caused by Dream of Red Mansions in Chinese Literary Circles (2)
Because of the inexplicable extra homework, the post bar of Beijing University was instantly dominated by Chinese students. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"What the hell? How do you feel about reading "Dream of Red Mansions"? ”
"Who's this assignment? Let a group of high-achieving students read a novel that has just been released? ”
"Don't look down on this book upstairs, you don't know, I know. This author Jiang Daoli is the author of "The Return of the Great Sage"! ”
"What is "The Return of the Great Sage"?"
"I've watched "The Return of the Great Sage", but I've only seen it a few times, anyway, classmate, do you also watch this kind of Internet culture garbage? Is there any mistake? You're not a student at our Kyoto University, are you? ”
"What I said upstairs is right, thinking about it this way, people who write garbage like "The Return of the Great Sage", what kind of red and dreamy they write, I think it's also rubbish. I really don't know what the department leaders think. ”
"Don't make any noise, let's read it, I just asked the instructor, this thing counts grades!"
"Huh?"
“……”
……
Today's shot of Jiang Daoli is the most important day in this time, and he feels tired for the first time filming.
At two o'clock in the morning, after finally finishing the filming work, Jiang Daoli returned to the room.
Although I felt groggy in my brain, I didn't fall asleep right away.
Because of the characteristics of the system's spatial and temporal flow rate, Jiang Daoli does not worry about rest time.
He has to see how "Dream of Red Mansions" is on the first day of release today.
Naturally, the publisher has information about sales, and the editor has already sent the sales information to his mailbox.
Although the number of copies of "Dream of Red Mansions" is not large, it is also a book that has been listed simultaneously in major bookstores across the country, not to mention that it is also published by the People's Literature Publishing House, and the statistics on sales are quite accurate.
The sales figures for the first day of "Dream of Red Mansions" are......
Only 800 copies......
Jiang Daoli instantly petrified when he saw this number.
Nima ......
No way?
Sold only 800 copies in one day?
Looking down, the sales of "The Way and the Road" are 83,000 copies.
Such a gap made Jiang Daoli's eyelids tremble a little uncontrollably.
A hundredfold gap? This...... It's not scientific......
Four famous books, but no one reads them?
Is it really too profound for anyone to understand?
You can't even read anything written in Chinese characters? Could it be that I have to draw an image for you so that you can understand?
Jiang Daoli couldn't sit still.
He doesn't care if he can get the best selling position in this new issue, he cares about the reputation of "Dream of Red Mansions".
Although "Dream of Red Mansions" has never appeared in this world, although everyone doesn't know "Dream of Red Mansions", Jiang Daoli knows!
"Dream of Red Mansions" is a book poured out by Mr. Cao Xueqin with blood and tears!
A lifetime of power in a novel!
Undoubtedly, this is a great book, and it is a treasure of the Chinese nation!
Such a book sold 800 copies on the first day, not to mention that Jiang Daoli couldn't bear it, and Xiao Er couldn't bear it!
What to do?
Jiang Daoli came back to his senses and thought about it slightly.
There must be a reason for the low sales.
Although traditional literature such as paper books has been hit by online literature, and sales have gradually declined, this is not the reason why "Dream of Red Mansions" is about to hit the rocks on the first day - the ship sank before it even started?
Jiang Daoli had already realized when he copied "Dream of Red Mansions" in his head that the text should not be too obscure, but it should not be too white.
At first, I thought about changing it, but after changing it, is it still "Dream of Red Mansions"? Is that still a masterpiece? What's the difference between it and a regular business novel?
So he denied the initial idea, but copied it word for word, and Jiang Daoli didn't think there was a problem in this regard.
Before the world reset, so many people were reading famous books, and if they couldn't understand it, they just didn't read it seriously.
Jiang Daoli's current fan base is mainly divided into two parts, one is the book friends of "The Return of the Great Sage" and "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", and the other part is the fans of "The Moon Represents My Heart", those who appreciate his "Broken Chapter" and his other works account for only a small part.
Most people only know "The Return of the Great Sage" and "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", know "The Moon Represents My Heart", and don't know Jiang Daoli's other things.
He also did not reveal the release date of "Dream of Red Mansions" on Weibo, and even many fans did not know that "Dream of Red Mansions" was his work.
In this regard, it should be the main reason.
Because generally people who go to bookstores to buy books will only turn a few pages, and if you look at it slightly, it is not attractive, and it will not arouse people's interest.
If the beginning of "Dream of Red Mansions" is not combined with the later text, it will indeed make people foggy, which will not make those who buy books have any desire to buy.
However, if "Dream of Red Mansions" was written by him Jiang Daoli, it would be different.
It's hard for new authors to get ahead, it's not that they don't have good enough works, after all, there are so many authors, there are always one or two who can get on the stage, but ...... Who will read the work of a new author?
In other words, it is a new work by a famous author, and it will start to be pre-sold online before it is released.
Is Jiang Daoli famous now?
In terms of writing, his influence is limited to the area of online literature, and the main reading group of online literature will not pay much attention to traditional literature.
But in terms of singing, only the song "The Moon Represents My Heart" has been sung to the other side of the ocean.
Among the people who like to listen to songs, there are many who love to read.
Then he will naturally not lack readers.
It's just that these potential readers don't know about "Dream of Red Mansions" yet.
Don't know what to do?
Weibo!
Jiang Daoli thought of this, but felt relaxed.
As long as there is enough attention and enough people are willing to try to read, then "Dream of Red Mansions" will definitely become popular.
Entering the system space, he slept directly until he woke up naturally, and after coming out, he washed up, and Jiang Daoli sat in front of the computer.
"Ahem, I forgot to tell you, "Dream of Red Mansions" was launched yesterday, yes, it is the book that was serialized a little bit in "Jinghua Reader". It is available in major Xinhua bookstores, so you may wish to buy it and read it. It's not me blowing ah, this book, strong! Invincibility! ”
After posting on Weibo and looking at the time in the lower right corner, Jiang Daoli turned off the computer and hurried downstairs towards the set.
……
Weibo.
Because of the popularity of "The Moon Represents My Heart", Jiang Daoli's Weibo fans have exceeded 40 million and are about to reach the 50 million mark.
With a huge fan base, what brought him was that as soon as the new Weibo was released, the comments would be instantly swiped by netizens.
Jiang Daoli threw off a Weibo and left, but his Weibo had already exploded.
"When did you write "Dream of Red Mansions"? I don't know! Did anyone know? ”
"I haven't heard the second big say!"
"Who has heard of it?"
"I don't know!"
"I posted on Weibo early in the morning, and the second big work and rest are so regular? After the end of "The Return of the Great Sage", in addition to chasing the update of "Fairy Sword" every day, I really don't have a book to read, but it seems that this book is traditional literature, right? Although I have read books for seven or eight years, I have read all the online articles, and I have never entered the bookstore once...... I'll take a look at it later. ”
"I know this book! Didn't everyone look down on it at the time? Zhang Ruoxu, vice chairman of the Writers' Association, expressed his admiration for the one. ”
"Yes, yes, yes! Zhang Lao also posted on Weibo! ”
"Don't say anything, although it's only six o'clock now, but for the sake of the second hair, I'll go to the bookstore in the snow in the morning!"
"Upstairs, you live in the North Pole, huh? Where does it snow in August? ”
"I don't blame you for not seeing it, it's not right to come out and pretend to be forced! Is snow in August a serious problem? There's still a flying frost in June......"
“……”
Some people don't really go to the bookstore because they join in the fun, some people have great curiosity about "Dream of Red Mansions" because the name Chen Erfa is too loud in the online literature circle, and some people want to see the books he wrote because they listened to Jiang Daoli's songs.
In short, no matter whether you go to the bookstore to buy "Dream of Red Mansions", in terms of attention, "Dream of Red Mansions" has been on the hot search on Weibo in the morning with the sending of Jiang Daoli's Weibo, although it is only ranked last, but it is enough to show Jiang Daoli's terrifying fan base and appeal.
……
Editorial Department of People's Literature Publishing House.
Cui Qiang has worked in the publishing house for more than three years, although it is only a very ordinary position in other publishing houses, such as the responsible editor, but the responsible editor of the People's Literature Publishing House is not ordinary.
Just because this is the People's Literature Publishing House.
In his own words, the people he deals with every day are all sixth-level writers at worst.
The book "Dream of Red Mansions" did not attract his attention, and as the editor-in-charge, he only needed to act as a link between the publisher and the writer, as well as the delivery of the manuscript, and did not need to care about anything else.
Ordinary writers submit manuscripts, Cui Qiang's will indeed live it seriously, but "Dream of Red Mansions", he really can't arouse his interest.
He thinks that Jiang Daoli's "The Return of the Great Sage" is not badly written, but if "Dream of Red Mansions" is not for Zhang Ruoxu's affirmation, I am afraid that few people will read it, let alone publish it in the People's Literature Publishing House.
But at noon today, he received a call from Xinhua Bookstore's Beijing main store.
"Dream of Red Mansions" ...... Sold out!
It opens at half past seven in the morning, and by nine o'clock, it is already sold out!
Since then, many people have come to the bookstore, and the people at the bookstore said that even during the peak season of the usual holidays, not so many people come to the bookstore.
Because there were no books, and almost everyone who came to the bookstore would ask if there was "Dream of Red Mansions", the clerk at the bookstore was really a little unable to hold it, so he had to write the words "Dream of Red Mansions sold out" at the entrance of the bookstore.
But even so, there will still be people who come in and ask about the date of the next arrival of "Dream of Red Mansions".
"Editor Cui, don't be confused on the phone, I'm more confused than you...... A total of more than 30 copies were sold out yesterday, and most of them were bought by students from the Chinese Department of Jingcheng University, who knew that they would sell crazy as soon as the store opened this morning. Hurry up and arrange for an overprint! ”
After hanging up the phone, Cui Qiang's heart couldn't calm down for a long time.
It was sold out.
The first printing of "Dream of Red Mansions" was 50,000 copies, and the main store of Xinhua Bookstore had the largest distribution, but there were only more than 1,000 copies, because the sales of these 50,000 copies were to cover all parts of the country.
More than 1,000 copies were sold in an hour and a half, so other bookstores are probably bought as soon as they open, right?
How is this done? Didn't anyone care about it yesterday?
But now is not the time to think about these issues.
Thinking of this, Cui Qiang threw the folder that was supposed to be sent to a director to a colleague next to him, and rushed into the editor-in-chief's office in a hurry.
Editorial boardroom.
"Editor-in-chief, I really didn't expect this to happen, I also discussed it with you at the time, "Dream of Red Mansions", Mr. Jiang's work, because of Zhang Lao's affirmation, was published by us, but after all, he is a writer who has not even joined the writers' association, so the first printing was given 50,000 copies." Cui Qiang felt uncomfortable, because after he told the editor-in-chief the news just now, he got a lot of scolding.
The editor-in-chief glanced at Cui Qiang, turned his head and continued to discuss with the people on the side.
Cui Qiang didn't know why the editor-in-chief scolded him at first, but he figured it out after arriving in the conference room.
Because of the terrifying sales speed of "Dream of Red Mansions", it is possible to sell millions of copies in a week, not to mention a month.
That's an extremely frightening number.
A true traditional literary book is definitely not as good as a best-selling book in terms of sales, and if it can print 200,000 copies, it is already an excellent work.
Although among the books published by the People's Literature Publishing House, there are also books that sell millions of copies.
But who wrote it?
Nobel Prize winner Mo Yu, vice chairman of the Chinese Writers Association Zhang Ruoxu, and people like Mo Yu, can sell millions of copies!
What does it mean that a person who has not joined a writers' guild and who has no writer's rank can sell out his works in the whole city overnight?
It means that this person will become a new star!
The editor-in-chief scolded him, blaming him for not following up on the book in time and not reporting on sales in a timely manner.
The editor-in-chief and the person next to him finished their discussion, patted the conference table, and said: "Everyone be quiet, be quiet, what about the situation just now, Cui Qiang has already told everyone, now let's discuss it together." ”
"As we all know, it is much more difficult to sell paper books than online sales, and Jiang Daoli, as an online writer, was able to sell out the first printing of his first traditional literary work in a day and a half, which shows that his works are popular."
"The previous sales were not good, and according to what I just discussed with the deputy editor-in-chief, it was probably because he didn't tell his existing fans that he had released a new book."
"Now that it has been sold out, there are still so many people waiting in line, which shows that the printing is urgent."
"I propose that 500,000 copies be reprinted for the first time, and that the second or even third reprint or even reprint and reprint sales will be carried out depending on the situation!"
After the last sentence of the editor-in-chief was spoken, the scene entered a silent state.
The first printing of 50,000 copies, and the printing of 500,000 copies, this is the first time that these staff members of the People's Literature Publishing House have encountered such a thing!
P.S. This book will not be a eunuch! This book will not be a eunuch! This book will not be a eunuch!
Xiao Er has had something to do in the past two days, plus Kavin, delayed, the update will resume from today, don't say more.
When you're in pain, the best thing to do is to put your heart and soul into one thing! (To be continued.) )