The publication of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", a total of seven episodes, when the 2013 year passed, the time came to March 2014, and the third episode was just completed and quickly put on the shelves.

The seven episodes of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", all of which are sold on the shelves, are not in line with the principle of the greatest profit, so the plan of Silian Publishing House is to publish and list one episode at a time. In this way, it can allow readers to take a breath, and at the same time, it can also form a starvation sales effect among readers to achieve the best benefits.

Stephen Zhao himself has no experience in this area, so he did not express his opinion during the whole process, and left it to the professional distribution team in Silian Publishing House to operate.

As of March 1, the sales volume of the first episode of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" has reached 1.3 million copies, and the sales volume of the second episode has also successfully exceeded 1 million copies, reaching 1.05 million copies, which has become a major event that has caused a sensation in the entire Chinese cultural circle!

The total sales volume of the two episodes is 2.35 million copies, which means that there is no problem for the entire seven-episode "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" to reach 7 million copies, and it is also in sight to reach 10 million copies. After such a red-to-purple result was announced by the Silian Publishing House, it was like a depth bomb thrown into the cultural circle and even the entire society, which caused countless people to be shocked, admired, admired, and of course, more envious and jealous.

On March 2nd, the first-day sales data of the third episode of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" was fed back, a full 200,000 copies!

Undoubtedly, the readers cultivated in the first two volumes were the biggest contributors to this jaw-dropping achievement.

At this time, Stephen Zhao was also successfully packaged by Silian Publishing House as a rising star writer in the Chinese cultural circle!

"Mr. Zhao, congratulations, if this achievement is exposed, I believe all the media will go crazy." Yan Minjun, president of the Xijiang branch of Silian Publishing House, joked with a smile on the phone.

"Rejoice and rejoice." Stephen Zhao replied casually, and he was quite happy in his heart, but with the results of the first two episodes, he was able to calm down now.

Yan Minjun then said the next plan, planning to invite him to a large-scale signing event when the fourth episode of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" was released, and Zhao Xingchi immediately agreed, and said that everything should be done according to their plan, and he had no other opinions.

hung up the phone, and Qian Minli, who was cooperating with Yan Minjun in Changnan City to do promotion work, suddenly ran over to him.

As soon as they met, Qian Minli threw a book in front of him, and said with an ugly face: "Xingchi, take a look." ”

"What is this...... Zhao Xingchi just wanted to ask, his eyes immediately saw a few big words on the cover of the book, "Those things in the Tang Dynasty", and he was speechless for a while: "I'm rubbing, this is a naked follower!" ”

Qian Minli also said depressedly: "Who says it's not, these black sheep!" ”

As Stephen Zhao's agent, Qian Minli is very comfortable, firstly, she doesn't have to worry all day long that someone will have a bad heart for her, secondly, Stephen Zhao has become a great writer, and she is also very face-saving and status-oriented, and thirdly, she has made a lot more money than before, turning her head and rising.

Regarding Zhao Xingchi's affairs, except for the two old men Zhao Weiguo and Lin Baoyi, I believe that there is no one in this world who is more concerned about her.

In Huaxia, piracy has been banned repeatedly, and although Qian Minli hates it, she can only helplessly grasp the big and let go of the small, turning a blind eye.

However, following the trend, Qian Minli hates it much more than piracy.

Why?

The reason is simple!

Piracy is a pirated copy of the original work, which on the basis of harming the monetary interests of the original author, but really expands the readership and fame of the original author.

On the earth, the reason why Jin Yong Daxia became the first Chinese fiction writer is that in addition to the fact that his works are classic and have been remade many times, the crazy piracy in the mainland has also played a great impact.

This is not to say that piracy is right, but to explain the problem of piracy objectively.

Of course, Qian Minli hates piracy and wants to ban it, because in addition to harming the monetary interests of the original author, it also damages the entire cultural industry, making the original creators dwindle day by day.

Let's talk about following the trend, following the trend is different from piracy, and following the trend is more hidden.

Don't look at the creation that follows the trend on the surface does not have any damage to the original creation, but in fact, it is indirectly harming the monetary interests of the original creation, because the subject matter is the same, who is not watching? In addition, the creation of following the trend also damages the reputation of the original creation and reduces the readership of the original creation, which is a complete spoiler!

The cake is so big, I made it first, and I could eat the whole cake myself, but if you want to take a bite, I will naturally eat less.

The interests of Stephen Zhao, the original creator, have been seriously damaged, and Qian Minli, as an agent, has naturally been damaged, and the two are grasshoppers on a rope.

If it were possible, Qian Minli would love to get all these bastards who followed the trend into prison cells and eat prison meals.

"So what are we going to do now?" Qian Minli asked helplessly.

Zhao Xingchi also scratched his head a little, and sighed helplessly after half a sound: "There is no way to solve this matter, I think we still have to stand still, respond to all changes with the same, practice hard internal skills, and have to be hard to strike iron!" ”

Following the trend, he could only scratch his head after thinking about it, because as long as it didn't involve plagiarism, he wouldn't have anything to do with the other party.

Don't say it's him, even if a big name in the cultural world publishes a novel, if he can follow the trend, he will be followed everywhere, and he can only scratch his head after getting the most popularity.

I have to say that there are all kinds of industries to follow the trend, and the most serious one is the film and television industry, today you make a popular film and television drama, and after you get up tomorrow morning, you will find that the newspapers are full of news reports on this theme filmed by so-and-so, XXX, and the number of people can make your scalp tingle.

"That's all it can be." Qian Minli said sullenly.

Zhao Xingchi stretched out his hand and rubbed her forehead, and said with a smile: "Okay, don't think about it, wrinkles will pop up if you think too much, let's talk about something else." ”

Qian Minli's face turned red, and she slapped the hand that was playing on her forehead: "Don't make trouble, you are a big writer, what do you look like to be a girl with your hands and feet?" ”

Zhao Xingchi laughed a few times, hurriedly picked up a stack of manuscript paper on the desk and handed it to her, diverted the topic and said: "By the way, this is a martial arts novel I wrote, do you see what method we should take to promote it the fastest?" ”

Qian Minli glanced at him with resentful eyes, and then reached out to take the manuscript paper and looked at it, and said subconsciously: "Martial arts novels? If you don't write historical novels, you actually write martial arts novels, I really don't know what you think. I'm the only agent who can tolerate you messing around like this, and I'm someone else, hum hum ......"

"Yes, yes, or Minmin, you're the best for me." Zhao Xingchi hurriedly flattered, carefully looking at the beautiful woman in front of him who frowned slightly, and he had a special taste in his heart.