Chapter 144: A Collection of Hardcover Poems, a Chance Encounter
In fact, not only Zhang Wenbo, but most people in the publishing industry are not optimistic about the publication of this hardcover poetry collection, which is Chunfeng Literature and Art itself, and only 500,000 copies have been prepared for the national shelves this time. And these 500,000 copies were also added by Liu Zitao after accepting Yang Jian's suggestion, and it was originally scheduled to be only 100,000 copies. No way, poetry is no better than popular fiction, the market is too small.
As for Yang Jian's advice to Liu Zitao, it is still hardcover, with poetry and comic illustrations, and taking the route of high-priced hardcover poetry collections. The previous "Phantom City" was only accompanied by one illustration in several chapters, which can only be regarded as semi-hardcover. And this poetry collection is a poem with one or even more gorgeous illustrations, which is equivalent to a picture album.
For those painters who illustrate the poetry collection, not many people will be interested in simply publishing albums, but with Yang Jian's poems, it is different. Poetry and painting, complementing each other, will help those teenagers and even romantic men and women who love Yang Jian's works to weave a beautiful dream.
After Liu Zitao took Yang Jian to get to know the guests in the venue, the celebration party officially began. In front of nearly 100 colleagues in the publishing industry, well-known authors, and dozens of reporters who were allowed to enter, Liu Zitao read aloud the results of "Phantom City" in the past two months. In that case, it is better to say that it is a celebration party, and it is better to say that it is an honor lecture of "Phantom City".
"Phantom City" sold more than 1 million copies in the first week of its sale, becoming a super bestseller. One month after it was put on the shelves, the total sales exceeded 3 million copies, becoming a god-level bestseller. And today, two months later, the total sales of "Phantom City" have exceeded 5 million copies, which has to be said to be a miracle in the publishing industry! ”
Liu Zitao stood on the rostrum and spoke passionately, but Yang Jian on the side was full of indifferent smiles.
The reporters below clicked and clicked, recording this scene as an eternity.
After the celebration, it naturally turned into a press conference for the hardcover poetry collection.
"Presumably all the friends here know that "Phantom City" was originally Mr. Yang Jian's pen name "Wuwei". Serialized on Cardamom Reading under our Spring Breeze Literature and Art. At the same time, Mr. Yang Jian also uses 'Wuwei' as a pen name and uploads a poem every week on Cardamom Reading, which is also popular with many poetry lovers. ”
Liu Zitao is an elegant middle-aged man, looking much better than Zhang Wenbo, and he is talking about the poetry collection on the rostrum at the moment. More successful publishers.
"At the request of this part of the poems, we have edited a collection of Mr. Yang Jian's poems, which will be on the shelves nationwide tomorrow. As for the relevant information of this poetry collection, I would like to ask Mr. Yang Jian to answer it for you. ”
Liu Zitao knew that Yang Jian was the protagonist today, so he handed over the scene to Yang Jian after saying a few words. At this moment, the eyes of the dozens of listless reporters lit up -- they knew very well in their hearts that Liu Zitao was not known to many people at all, and only Yang Jian could make their reports appear bright.
Yang Jian picked up a hardcover book of poems that had been prepared a long time ago. The cover packaging of this poetry collection is simple and beautiful, as if it is an ethereal and moving poem.
Yang Jian didn't have so much nonsense, and said directly: "Everyone has seen that this is a very beautiful poetry collection from packaging to production, including all the poems I have released under the pen name 'Wuwei' so far, as well as ten new poems." The name of the poetry collection is "The Dimension of Youth", and friends who want to collect this poetry collection will be able to buy this book tomorrow in bookstores around the world. I believe it can give you an extraordinary viewing experience. Let you taste the extraordinary taste of youth. ”
After Yang Jian finished speaking, there was a clicking sound. Dozens of reporters asked questions one after another.
"Mr. Yang Jian, poetry publications are basically unpopular now, how many copies do you think this poetry collection can sell?" A female reporter asked.
Yang Jian did not answer directly, but said: "The publishing house has prepared an inventory of 500,000 copies in advance, which is my suggestion to the publishing house." ”
The reporter asked: "In the past few years, the highest poetry publication has not sold 100,000 copies. Does Mr. Yang Jian think he can break this curse? ”
"Time will tell." Yang Jian smiled and asked another reporter to ask a question.
These reporters are all cultural reporters specially invited by the publishing house, so they didn't go off topic and gossip, but this reporter thought a little more and asked, "Mr. Yang Jian." It's been months since Phantom City ended, and there's been no word that you're going to write a new book. Now there are rumors on the Internet that you are not ready to create fiction anymore. Is there anything that Mr. Yang Jian needs to explain about this? ”
Yang Jian still smiled and said, "I have been participating in the campus singer competition during this time, and I am relatively busy, everyone knows it. But I would like to say that the second novel is already in the works, and it will be officially released on Cardamom next year. ”
Speaking of which, the purpose of holding this hardcover poetry collection conference has basically been achieved. So when the reporters below asked what the name of the new novel was and what it was about, Yang Jian didn't answer.
Setting up suspense and selling off the guan is also a means of propaganda. As a result, there will be many readers waiting for his new book next year, and it's December, and next year will be coming soon
In the evening, Anxi came over to accompany Yang Jian and Shen Xueru to dinner, and after the meal, they talked about tomorrow's book signing meeting.
"Yang Jian, I don't know how many people will come to tomorrow's book signing meeting. This time we don't have as much fanfare as we did last time, and the market for poetry is really small, so I'm afraid that tomorrow's signing will be very different from the one you did in Yanjing. If that's the case, some people will laugh at it. An Xi said with some concern.
Yang Jian said: "I think you should still worry about how to maintain order in the venue tomorrow." ”
Although Chunfeng Literature and Art did not hype it up, Yang Jian's Internet public relations Qiu Xiaoxiao had already released the news and began to mobilize fans from the magic capital to cheer. Now Yang Jian's "God's Guardian" fan boss Q group, as well as the Weibo account of "Yang Jian himself", are all managed by Qiu Xiaoxiao. "God's Guardian" can contact and mobilize the moderators of various related bars and forums, not to mention, Yang Jian's own Weibo account also has two or three hundred thousand fans (it is still the early stage of Weibo, and there is no fire), so the number of people who can be mobilized is considerable.
Therefore, Yang Jian is not worried that there will be too few people tomorrow.
"You're pretty confident." Anxi chuckled.
Yang Jian looked at An Xi and said, "You should also believe in my self-confidence." ”
An Xi was stunned for a moment, and then laughed sneeringly. Shen Xueru looked at Yang Jian's handsome face and serious eyes, still with a hint of childishness. He also showed a gentle smile.
After nine o'clock in the evening, Yang Jian changed into his previous appearance and walked out of the star-rated hotel and wandered around.
Although there is still a long way to go before the super male god required by the system, there are endless things waiting for him, but he is not a machine. Even if the super physique can support it, there will always be times when the heart is tired - no one can keep the blood and passion never fade. So. Proper conditioning is a must.
And since he had the ability to transform into shape, Yang Jian often changed into his previous appearance and came out to hang out. Walking on the street as an ordinary person can calm his mind.
After strolling around, it was past ten o'clock, and Yang Jian unconsciously came to the book city where the book signing and sales will be held tomorrow morning. At this time, the book city was ready to close, and guests were already closed to enter, and the sanitation work was underway inside before closing. And Yang Jian's gaze fell on a cute little girl outside the gate of the book city.
The weather in December is already cold. Especially at night, this little girl who looks like a twelve- or thirteen-year-old, although she is wearing a down jacket, her little face is still red from the cold. However, seeing her standing outside the glass wall and staring inside the book city, she didn't seem to have the intention of leaving as soon as possible.
In the end, Yang Jian's eyes were fixed on a book in the little girl's hand, and his heart moved. Walked over.
"Little sister, why don't you come home so late?" Yang Jian bent down slightly. He asked softly with his best smile.
But he forgot that he was the same person he used to be. Therefore, the cute girl turned her head to see his unfamiliar face, so she took two steps back and leaned against the wall, staring at Yang Jian vigilantly.
"If you don't come home so late, your parents will worry about you. You know? Although Yang Jian was slightly shocked by the girl's movements, he still kept a smile and continued.
probably felt that outside this book city, even if Yang Jian was a bad person, he couldn't do anything with himself, so the cute girl snorted lightly: "I want you to take care of it." ”
After speaking, he continued to look blankly into the book city.
Then. Yang Jian finally realized that it was impossible to communicate with this cute girl with a normal conversation, so he pointed to the book in her hand and said, "Why, do you watch Wuwei's "Phantom City" at such a young age?" ”
The book in the cute girl's hand is "Phantom City", which is the reason why Yang Jian is moving to talk to the girl.
Sure enough, Yang Jian's method was right this time. The cute girl turned her head, flashed her watery eyes, and asked, "You are so old, and you also know "Phantom City"?" ”
Yang Jian touched his nose - well, that face did look older than his actual age.
Then he cheekily said: "Of course, who doesn't know such a famous book as "Phantom City". And not only do I know it, but I also have a lot of research on this book. ”
Hearing Yang Jian say this, the cute girl became even more suspicious, and her eyes moved: "Okay, tell me why Cassel killed his brother in the end?" ”
"Well, it's a bit deep, but I can still tell you clearly." Yang Jian smiled, even when he told the cute girl about the reason.
Listening to Yang Jian's explanation of cause and effect, the cute girl finally stopped doubting Yang Jian, and quickly became familiar with Yang Jian, and then she said a lot to Yang Jian. talked about her parents from "Phantom City", and from her parents to tomorrow's hardcover poetry book signing and book sale, and in the end, she was teary-eyed.
"Finally, this time he came to the magic capital to hold a book signing party, but my mother insisted that I go to the cram school tomorrow. In this way, my wish to get a book signed by Yang Shen was disappointed again. ”
Seeing the girl's sad appearance, Yang Jian comforted: "You can wait for the next time." ”
"Next time, next time, who knows when" said the girl, even more sad.
After all, this cute girl is a fan of Yang Jian, so seeing her like this, Yang Jian is very moved and wants to help her. As soon as his heart moved, Yang Jian couldn't help but think: Why don't he leave first, change his original appearance and come back, so that this cute girl can meet Yang Shen by chance?
[Ask for subscriptions, ask for all kinds of tickets.] (To be continued......)