Chapter 929: On the Shelf
"Han Bo and the Spirit Stone", let Potter fans on Earth see the title of this magic book, and nine out of ten must have to spew a mouthful of water.
The strong cottage atmosphere is instantly coming!
However, no one in this world has seen "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", but just like on Earth, because of the huge influence of Western culture in the early days, men, women and children know a little about the foreign product of magicians, especially some people still like it very much.
So "Han Bo and Lingshi" is the title of Lao Bai's new book, there is nothing wrong with it!
Not only Sun Peng himself thinks so, but also his agent, editor, and the editor-in-chief of Optical Wheel Publishing House feel that there is no problem. And because this is Lao Bai's new work after two years, and the Light Wheel Publishing House has just dug Lao Bai into his account as his top writer, so the attention given is simply unprecedented!
As early as after signing the contract and getting the electronic manuscript, the publicity of the light wheel publishing house was in full swing.
The number of first printing of 1.2 million is the result of a bickering between the two sides, but the Halo Publishing House gritted its teeth and smashed at least three million for publicity! Banners were hung up at the entrances of several major online bookstores, brick-and-mortar stores received leaflets and roll-up banners from publishers, and top book recommendation public accounts and Weibo publishers also received PR fees from Lightwheel Publishing House......
Everything is carried out according to the standards that Lao Bai should enjoy!
Top Chinese writers, how can you do it when the movement is small?
Fortunately, Sun Peng doesn't care much about these things, if he knew that Guanglun Publishing House would have been heartbroken when he took out three million publicity funds, and he was still shouting about the treatment of top writers, I am afraid he would have rolled his eyes hundreds of times!
Million? Also top treatment?
Excuse me?!
Look at the treatment of Harry Potter on the earth, is that called the top? It was released on the same day around the world, armed and escorted, and I can't wait for seven billion people to know the posture of that day......
Well, Harry Potter didn't get that treatment from the first book either.
In fact, the listing of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was also unknown, and it was not until later that with the release of the movie and the super box office, the fame of this series will become bigger and bigger, and finally create a sales miracle in the 21st century!
Relatively speaking, the investment of Halo Press is large enough.
"Han Bo and Lingshi" is the first part of the series after all, even if Lao Bai is very famous and has tens of millions of fans, but what was written before was martial arts after all, and this time it is a wizard for young readers, and it is impossible for Light Wheel Publishing House to really invest without blood - this, just look at the final first printing figures.
If Lao Bai is still a martial artist this time, it will at least start with more than two million!
And......
The price of a single volume is 48 yuan, even if 1.2 million copies are sold, how much is it? Halo Publishing House can get more than 30 million! After deducting Sun Peng's royalties of almost 10 million, minus the costs of printing, editing and management, the 3 million publicity fees will definitely put it in a state of net loss!
To put it bluntly, signing Lao Bai's book, Halo Publishing House was originally gambling!
On the one hand, it is betting on the cooperation with Lao Bai in the future, after all, the previous two publishing houses have got more than one book from Sun Peng, if this time it is still written about martial arts or picture books, it is estimated that the light wheel will not have a chance; On the other hand, he is also betting on Lao Bai's current fame, and even the future of the book "Han Bo and Lingshi"!
"The publicity fee of three million is really powerful!"
In the phone call to Sun Peng, the second sister of the agent said with a smile: "Plus the box office of "True Lies" is still on the rise these days, so there are still three days for new books to be listed, but your fans should already know the news...... Tsk, I just don't know if fans of martial arts can accept this type and setting of the new book! ”
After hesitating, Sun Ya still had some words to say.
"Han Bo and Lingshi" is too different from Sun Peng's previous style. Even though she knew that this was a different genre and couldn't compare it bluntly, she suddenly changed from the concise, unpretentious but atmospheric Kim's language to a translated version of Harry Potter, which made anyone who read it unbearable!
To put it simply, it's a two-grade product!
However, there are too many miracles done by his younger brother, so seeing that he is full of confidence every time, Sun Ya will of course not be disappointed, and then smiled: "By the way, although it is not martial arts, the pre-sale of your new book has exceeded 300,000 copies, which is quite amazing!" So if nothing else, I'm afraid that the Light Wheel Publishing House will have to consider the matter of reprinting on the day it is put on the shelves......"
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"Wizard? Is it written for children? ”
After reading the promotional text on the webpage, Li Ran frowned and asked.
"Of course, you see!"
Blinking, Zhao Zhihuo hurriedly pointed his finger on the screen and read seriously: "A Chinese fantasy story specially created for children!" The magical wizard, the even more magical wizard school, allows children to experience the ancient and mysterious wizard culture of China, dancing in the sky as they dance...... It's definitely for kids! ”
"But ......"
The wrinkles on his brows still hadn't stretched, and Li Ran was still a little unsteady in his heart.
This old white has a criminal record!
If it is a picture book of the Sunflower Story Collection series, Li Ran will definitely buy a set directly without hesitation, even if it is expensive. But...... Do you still remember the cartoon "The Peerless Twins"?
"Ahem, it's nothing!"
Looking at Li Ran's hesitant look, Zhao Zhihuo waved his hand and said: "I believe that Lao Bai will definitely not fool his fans, at most, let's see it first after buying it back, and then give it to Niuniu when it is appropriate?" Her favorite thing to read now is this kind of text-only book! ”
As my daughter entered the second grade of primary school, her interest in picture books became lower and lower.
So in addition to getting a library card for the child near home, Lao Zhao's family has to purchase a batch of books almost every month to satisfy the little girl's growing taste. And at this time, "Han Bo and Lingshi" was born, how could Zhao Zhihuo, as an iron fan of Lao Bai, not support it?
Besides, Lao Bai's production is a guarantee of high-quality products, which Zhao Zhihuo is even more confident.
"Okay, then buy it."
After thinking about it for a while, Li Ran finally nodded.
It has nothing to do with Zhao Zhihuo's strong recommendation, but Lao Bai's own previous reputation has played a role. After all, Lao Bai's picture book is Niuniu's favorite, and the animation of "Frozen" has been turned out from time to time to revisit, I hope this time "Han Bo and Lingshi" will not be too bad......
Let's hope for it!
Compared with the entanglement in his wife's heart, Zhao Zhihuo didn't have so much thought, rubbed his hands and hurriedly smiled and began to place an order online.
In the early hours of this morning, "Han Bo and Lingshi" was officially put on the shelves.
Although it was just to buy books for my daughter...... In fact, Zhao Zhihuo also knew that he couldn't be interested in this kind of children's literature, but somehow, he paid attention to the box office results of "True Lies" every day, and he was particularly interested in Lao Bai's new book after two years, and he was eager to know what this book was about......