"Titanic" sold well in the UK, selling 800 copies in its first week. Don't be too little, the British economy is so bad that the book market is in a state of depression, and 800 copies sold a week is quite impressive.

In order to engage in publicity and promotion, Gorentz also took "Titanic" to the newspaper and serialized it after obtaining Zhou Hexuan's consent. Serializes 1,200 words (words) a day, and this guy is ready to serialize to about 50,000 words, and at the same time reduce "Titanic" to almost cost sales.

The results were so good that even during the Great Depression, the British retained the habit of reading newspapers every day, and even the homeless would read them in the garbage heap.

After reading a few serialized contents, many readers obviously couldn't stand the update speed, and ran to the bookstore to buy the entire set of "Titanic" home. As a result, sales of "Titanic" soared in the second week in the UK, reaching 3,000 copies in a single week - the best-selling champion.

The literary section of The Times was quick to give a review, and the famous literary critic and editor, John Thomas, praised the book: "For more than a decade, I have had enough of modernist literature, and the cold text is full of criticism and repression, full of vitriolic reflection and senseless stream of consciousness. And "Titanic" has returned to its original face, it tells a story perfectly, its praise of love is simple and direct, and its portrayal of human nature is nuanced, which is what I like most about it. ”

Britain has produced many famous books, such as "Wuthering Heights", "Jane Eyre", "Pride and Prejudice" and so on. But after the end of the First World War, the modernist literary trend began to rise in Britain, and the family did not tell stories well, but showed their hopelessness, depression, confusion and pain after the war in literary works, all kinds of criticism and reflection, all kinds of associations, metaphors, hints and stream of consciousness, which readers without a little brain could not understand at all.

It's not that there are no normal storytellers, but the quality is very low, and it can only belong to fast food consumer goods, which can't reach the level of a famous book at all.

At this time, "Titanic" was published in the United Kingdom, bringing a classic love story that can be used by ordinary readers to relieve boredom.

It's no wonder if it's not hot!

Just as the American film industry boomed during the Great Depression, it is also a cheap entertainment product, which can be read repeatedly at home for a small amount of money, and can be discussed with friends when going out, partying, and going to work. The love of "Titanic" is undoubtedly the most suitable pastime, and it quickly became popular in the UK.

In just half a month, hundreds of letters from readers were sent to the publishing house, and there were even some British girls who boldly showed their love to Zhou Hexuan.

Zhou Hexuan sat at the publishing house at this time and read the letter: "The wise Mr. Zhou from the Far East, my name is Catherine Milton, and I am the daughter of a baron. I like "Titanic" you wrote very much, and I also look forward to a romantic and beautiful love. Sometimes, I feel like I'm the Rose of the book, my father went bankrupt in the Great Depression, and he forced me to marry an upstart who was not what I wanted...... To be able to write such a classic and great love book, I think Mr. Zhou must be a young and handsome gentleman, are you willing to take me away? I want to take a big boat and go to the mysterious Far East. I want to be your wife, and we enjoy a wonderful love and spend our lives together......"

Zhou Hexuan put the letter back with a smile and said to the capitalist Gorenz: "Congratulations, your sales strategy is very successful. ”

Gorentz shrugged: "But I sold at a little above cost and made very little money, so I decided to raise the price of "Titanic" next week." ”

"Profiteers," Zhou Hexuan quipped, "aren't you afraid of arousing the anger of your readers?" ”

"There are now close to 3 million unemployed people in the UK, and if the anger is useful, Buckingham Palace would have been ignited by the anger of the people," Gorenz said with a smile. ”

"Which book are you going to publish next?" Zhou Hexuan asked.

Gorentz squinted and said, "Of course, 'The Rise of Great Powers,' a book that predicts a world economic crisis, and I think readers will be very interested." As for your other books, to be honest, I'm not optimistic, and now that the UK book market is sluggish, I'm likely to lose money when I help publish them. ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "As long as "Titanic" and "The Rise of a Great Power" are hot, then I will have a certain readership base in the UK, and the rest of the books will not lose much no matter how bad the sales are." ”

Gorentz laughed, "Haha, hopefully." ”

Zhou Hexuan also smiled: "I thought you were going to find an excuse to reduce the royalties of my works." ”

Gorentz actually thought so, and now he was blocked by Zhou Hexuan in advance, and he suddenly looked a little embarrassed. He took out an invitation letter from the drawer and changed the subject: "This is from the Royal Academy of Arts, you were in Oxfordshire at the time, and you couldn't contact anyone at all, so the Royal Academy sent the invitation to the publishing house." ”

Zhou Hexuan played with the academic exchange invitation and said with a smile: "I don't understand art, what does the Royal Academy of Art ask me to do?" ”

Gorentz explained: "Due to the popularity of Titanic, some students rehearsed the play of the same name at the Royal Academy of Art, which achieved a very sensational response. In addition, you are very popular in the American theater industry, so the Royal College of Art would like to invite you to give an academic lecture on literature and drama. Of course, if you don't want to participate, I can help you refuse. ”

"Make an appointment for me." Zhou Hexuan put away the invitation.

Gorentz laughed, "No problem. As he spoke, the guy winked his eyebrows, "Zhou, I must remind you that there are many beautiful girls in the Royal Academy of Art, and I think they are very happy to have an in-depth exchange with you, so don't let go of this opportunity." ”

is worthy of being a guy with a double-digit mistress, his mind is full of that kind of dirty thoughts, and Zhou Hexuan expressed great contempt.

Zhou Hexuan left the publishing house gracefully, took Sun Yongzhen, his follower, and strolled through the streets of depressed London. Perhaps seeing that he was well dressed in a suit and leather shoes, a homeless man immediately came up and spread out his dark hands and said, "Sir, all right, I haven't eaten for two days." ”

Zhou Hexuan took it out of his pocket, only a few pennies in change, he stuffed it all into the homeless man's hand, and blessed it: "Good luck!" ”

The homeless man also had a smile on his face, and the hand holding the money drew a cross on his chest, and he very gentlemanly bent down and said, "Sir, you are a good man, and God will bless you." ”

"Bang bang ......"

At this moment, there was a neat and loud sound of footsteps in the distance.

Zhou Hexuan raised his eyes and saw more than 20 young men in black shirts, who strode over with their arms thrown around.

"Who are these?" Zhou Hexuan asked.

"A member of the Reich-Fascist League." The homeless man gave a brief explanation, and ran excitedly towards the black shirts.

Zhou Hexuan also walked over curiously, only to see a young man in a black shirt, surrounded by other black shirts, holding an iron horn high and starting to speak: "Great Britain is the greatest nation in the world, our ancestors once had infinite glory, and our ancestors once ruled the world...... Friends, as I stand here to-day, I see countless Englishmen who do not have enough to eat, and you beg for a few pennies. When will our great Englishmen also take to the streets to beg? It's a shame! This is an unforgivable disgrace...... The root of everything is the Jews, their greed for money brought about the war in Europe, they control finance and commerce, they are sucking our blood all the time......"

Zhou Hexuan was a little stunned, and then smiled. A few days ago, he was still calling for a boycott of fascism, but today he saw the British fascists jumping around, fortunately, the British fascists were not as violent as those in Germany, otherwise with Zhou Hexuan's words and deeds, it is estimated that he would have been severely beaten or assassinated.

Fascism is not the preserve of Germany, Japan, and Italy, including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, and Spain, and the scale of its development in Britain cannot be underestimated.

As early as 1923, the first fascist group appeared in Britain, and the founder was actually a woman - the granddaughter of Sir Simon, the former British Field Marshal. The name of this group was "British Fascist" and it created its own infantry commandos, mainly influenced and encouraged by Mussolini.

What Zhou Hexuan is seeing at the moment is another fascist organization in Britain, the "Imperial Fascist Alliance", two of whose founders have even become British local councillors.

The so-called chaotic times produce demons, and now the situation in Europe is chaotic, and all kinds of demons and monsters have popped out.

The United States is not much better, due to the impact of the Great Depression, some people even openly shouted the slogan "learn from the Russians", and wanted to carry out a red revolution to overthrow the federal government, which was actually supported by countless people at the bottom.