“…… Facts have once again proved that reality is not the same as fiction! ”

When he came out of Chen Sihai's office, Sun Peng's expression looked complacent.

Before he came, Sun Peng imagined a lot of situations, including the possibility that this teacher Chen "looked down on people with dog eyes" and disdained Sun Peng's requirements - isn't it written like this in many novels? The first time you always have to encounter a little setback, and then find someone else to cooperate with and be successful, and slap your face with strength......

But the contact with this teacher Chen proves the difference between reality and fiction.

Even before Sun Peng didn't show his results, people were polite and he spoke, but he could feel that under the polite tone, what was hidden was a cold rejection thousands of miles away. But after Sun Peng took out the Condor and Xiaoao, the outstanding results immediately played a role, and the animation teacher, who was only polite to Sun Peng's visit, saw two novels, especially after seeing the author's backstage manuscript fee figures, he immediately became enthusiastic, not only promised to organize a set of people as soon as possible to help Sun Peng make an animated short film, and even went further, and discussed the possibility of making the entire animation with the students......

If you do it for five minutes, it's enough for a month! ”

Thinking of the time Chen Sihai gave him, Sun Peng nodded with satisfaction. He has been doing animation for a month, and during this time, he can also find someone to do the soundtrack, and he can do it all by mid-June at the latest, just in time for the release of the new book on July 1st!

"Tsk, it's perfect!"

Sun Peng, who finally landed a big stone in his heart, immediately became happy. He found his alma mater to do this animation this time, firstly, it was cheap, and the fees for the younger students with slightly rough skills were certainly not too expensive, and it was enough to meet his needs; Second, it's also because only these little guys who haven't been in the field of commercial animation may be able to open their brains and make what Sun Peng wants......

Sun Peng took out a deposit of 10,000 yuan and agreed to meet again in a week.

During the week, Chen Sihai was responsible for finding two veterans, plus five or six students, to form an animation team to complete the animation in a few minutes. Sun Peng is responsible for writing the complete script, and of course it is best to draw a detailed storyboard script - it is not difficult for an animation graduate, but it is not so easy to draw it in a week.

Time is tight, the task is heavy, and Sun Peng is busy when he gets home.

Just when Sun Peng was busy drawing the shots he wanted, the sales of the Legend of the Condor Heroes, which had been on the shelves of major bookstores and major e-commerce, began to rise slowly. After Sun Peng's round of advertising bombardment, coupled with all kinds of new book posts in the book review area, more and more old readers have opened their wallets and bought a set of physical books for collection. Of course, a classic like Condor Shooting, it is a matter of course to slowly watch it a few more times after buying it.

Therefore, the sales data of Condor on Chaff and Jingxi Mall is very good-looking.

"From Monday to Friday, the two families sold a total of 1,600 copies!"

When he called Sun Peng, Zheng Ye, the editor of Shuxiang Publishing House, said loudly: "Especially the Chaff Net, which sold more than 900 copies in five days...... Sales should be higher on the weekend and two days, maybe the first week can exceed 1,000! ”

“…… You mean, that's a high number? ”

Blinking his eyes, Sun Peng asked with a confused face.

Fifteen hundred?

Isn't it said that Chaff has the highest sales volume of all channels? Doesn't it mean that as soon as the physical version of the traverser is listed, tens of thousands of copies will be issued every day? How is it that by the time I crossed over, I only sold 1,500 copies a week?

"Tsk, of course!"

Of course, Zheng Ye didn't know Sun Peng's thoughts, and happily continued: "Condor shooting is a new book, it sold more than a thousand copies as soon as it came up, isn't this high?" Not to mention that you are a newcomer, even some well-known old authors, who can sell 1,000 copies a week, which can be regarded as good! ”

"Uh......"

Pouting, Sun Peng was certainly not very satisfied with the editor's answer.

He also thought that in this world where copyright protection is very good, as soon as a classic like Condor Shooting was published, sales would immediately rise, but he didn't expect it to ......

"Huh? That's right! “

Sun Peng suddenly slapped his thigh and hurriedly asked, "Editor Zheng, what you just said was just the data of Chaff.com and Jingxi Mall, right?" These are just two e-commerce, what about other e-commerce? And so many bookstores? Tell me a total of sales, right? “

"Haha, how is this possible?!"

After listening to Sun Peng's question, Zheng Ye couldn't help laughing.

In Sun Peng's dazed face, Zheng Ye patiently explained to Sun Peng the process of book publishing and distribution, as well as the statistical process of sales data.

To put it simply, the convention in the publishing industry is to sell first, then settle the bill.

Normally, the distributor would send a replenishment order to the publisher every once in a while to replenish the books that had been sold. At this time, the publisher will send the new book to the major distributors together. Of course, there are some publishing houses, because they publish more books every month, and they will also regularly package and ship new books for dealers to sell.

Depending on the quality of the new book and the popularity of the author, the number of shipments from publishers varies.

For some famous authors' new books, the publisher will ship more, and some hot books will even send out more than 100,000 copies in one go! But for some new authors' books, the shipment volume will be much smaller, and it is very common to add up to one or two thousand copies, after all, people can't sell them and have to return them, and logistics is also costly, isn't it?

Books that are sent out will not be settled until after a certain period of time.

Whether it is an e-commerce or a physical bookstore, it is impossible to settle the bill to the publisher once a week, and in fact, it is not realistic to settle once a month. Because firstly, the distributors cooperate with countless publishing houses, if the settlement is made every week or every month, it will exhaust the financial staff, and secondly, the sales amount will not be too large if the time is short, and the settlement is not very interesting.

In most cases, the distributors of Scholar Publishing House settle every three months, or every six months.

At the time of settlement, the distributor will make a detailed list of data, and then the publisher will know the real sales data of each book. Of course, there are also some books, which have been sold out without waiting for the settlement dealer, and send a list to ask for replenishment, and at this time the publishing house can also know the sales data of the other party - the goods sent are sold out, and the sales volume is naturally clear at a glance!

"So, it's hard for us to get an accurate count of the total sales!"

After explaining it well, Zheng Ye said with a smile: "Not to mention that the Condor has only come out for a few days, even after a year, we can't accurately count, because the dealers' settlement cycles are different, and the settlement dates are different!" Unless ......"

"Unless what?"

Sun Peng, who had almost understood, moved in his heart and hurriedly asked.

"Haha, unless your book can reach the level of the third part of "The Black Flute"!"

After laughing, Zheng Ye said half-jokingly: "If you can do that, let alone count every week, even if it's a daily count, it's not a problem...... Ahem, in fact, even it only counts the sales on the first day. “

”…… Hehe! “

After laughing dryly, Sun Peng didn't say anything more.

Like the third part of the black flute?

Sun Peng never thought about it! Or rather, he never dared to think about it!

A book that can be listed in the world, selling 6 million copies on the first day, 28 million copies in the first month, and more than 60 million copies in the whole year, is comparable to the existence of a little magician on the earth!

Maybe Zheng Ye also felt that using "Black Flute" as an example was a bit shocking, and hurriedly smiled: "But according to past experience, we can roughly infer the total sales, that is, multiply the sales of chaff net by five times...... Well, six times as much as you can. Although it is not accurate, and sometimes it can even vary greatly, but it should still be possible to make a rough inference! “

When he heard this, Sun Peng's eyes suddenly lit up: "Oh? That means 10,000 copies in the first week? “

"Well, almost!"

Zheng Ye's voice became very brisk, and he said with a smile: "Congratulations, Mr. Sun, if the sales trend of the first week is followed, I think it won't be long before I have to prepare for the Condor Shooting and Printing......