Whether a book is good or not is not up to the publisher, the distributor of the bookstore, or even the author.

The correct statement should be that the reader has the final say, the sales volume has the final say, that is, the market has the final say.

However, the book of "Qin Chuan" is a little bottomless even for people in the industry who are engaged in book publishing.

The publishers under the umbrella of Literary magazine dared to print so much because the book was considered a classic in their eyes. Even if the sales cycle is a little longer, in terms of fame, they are profitable.

But the distributors and bookstore owners in the middle channel are beating drums in their hearts.

Because for them, they are more concerned about whether they can make a lot of money with this book. If the expectation value is lowered a little, what they want is to be able to withdraw funds in a short period of time, and not to be depressed for a long time.

So when the publishing house of "Literature" magazine notified various channels that orders could be placed, everyone hesitated.

"Strange Tales from Liaozhai" is indeed a good book, there is no doubt about it, judging from the discussion heat of "Qinchuan" V guest, this book is very popular with the public.

But the point that worries them the most right now is. Qin Chuan has finished serializing all the stories on the Internet, so will there be any readers who will buy them for collection?

So now the booksellers are watching each other, trying to see who is the one who eats the crab.

Of course, there are crab eaters, and they are very bold.

Ni Jinbao is the one who eats crabs. Ni Jinbao runs an audio-visual bookstore, half of which sells audio-visual products and half of which sells books.

More than half a year ago, Ni Jinbao bet on Wang Xie to help Liu Qin'er create the first album, which almost made a lot of money, and his personal wealth almost doubled, and won the unanimous praise and envy of the store managers in his peers.

Now, Ni Jinbao wants to gamble again, and he is optimistic about the book "Strange Tales from Liaozhai".

Ni Jinbao was originally a senior fan of "Qin Chuan", so he knew almost every piece of content in "Strange Tales from Liaozhai", and even read some classic stories in it more than a dozen times.

So he thinks that the quality of the book "Strange Tales from Liaozhai" has nothing to say at all.

If he just likes it or is a fan, it is not enough to support him to be so determined. There are a number of reasons that influenced his decision:

Although "Qin Chuan" has updated the whole book on the Internet, he has updated all the vernacular texts, and for those who like this book, the reading of classical Chinese is more charming.

There are also many fans of "Qin Chuan", and the stickiness is particularly strong, so many people gather together, presumably the book will not be too difficult to sell.

What's more, he thinks that this book can be called a bright pearl in the traditional literary category, even if he prepares for the worst, he will not lose money, at most the payment cycle is a little slower.

What's more, Ni Jinbao believes that this time his vision should not be wrong.

When the publishing house of "Literature" magazine notified him, Ni Jinbao gritted his teeth and became the first person to eat crabs, ordering 60,000 copies directly.

Because he was afraid that if this book was as popular as Liu Qin'er's album last time, he might not be able to wait for a restock.

For Ni Jinbao's confidence, Wang Xie doesn't know. He only knew that today was the 15th, and the 18th was going to be pre-sold, and he now had 3,000 books in front of him, and he needed two days on the 16.17th to sign all these books with the name "Qin Chuan".

Even in order to distinguish Wang Xie's identity, he did not use Wang Ti Xingshu, but because he signed with a pen, he deliberately chose a thin gold font for signing.

……

Time passed in a hurry, and when Wang Xie's hands were swollen from the signature, these books were finally signed. It was soon pulled away by the publishing house of the magazine "Literature" and sent to the shelves of various bookstores.

got up early on the 18th, and Ni Jinbao opened the store as usual. is different from the grand occasion when Liu Qin'er's new album was released, not to mention the long queue outside the store today, and even the few people waiting are all frequent customers who often read books in the store.

But Ni Jinbao still held his breath. He looked back at "Strange Tales from Liaozhai" that he had sent to the bookshelf last night, and felt an inexplicable sense of satisfaction in his heart.

But maybe it was a weekday, Ni Jinbao waited for about ten minutes, and there were no customers entering the store.

Simply, Ni Jinbao took a copy of "Strange Tales from Liaozhai" directly from the bookshelf and read it with relish.

As a veteran fan of "Strange Tales from Liaozhai", Ni Jinbao was immediately attracted by this beautifully bound and quaint collection. Especially the content of the Chinese version that came out for the first time, Ni Jinbao was sad for a while, and he was smiling for a while.

"Boss~Boss~"

Ni Jinbao, who was addicted to "Strange Tales from Liaozhai", was awakened by the sound of a bang on the table.

When I looked up, there was an old man over half a hundred years old in front of me, holding a copy of "Strange Tales from Liaozhai" in his hand, and was looking at him lightly.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm fascinated by reading, I'm sorry." Ni Jinbao hurriedly apologized, took the book in the old man's hand, and skillfully scanned the code to check out.

The old man didn't get angry, but glanced at the same book he put next to him, smiled and said, "There aren't many people who like to read so much, but it's really a good book, right?" ”

"Of course, I don't buy good books." Hearing the old man's praise, Ni Jinbao immediately picked up the conversation, looking very complacent.

After sending the old man away, Ni Jinbao seemed to have forgotten his duty as a store manager, and instead read the book hungrily.

At 12 noon, Ni Jinbao, who came back from the book, took stock of the sales in the morning, but soon found that "Strange Tales from Liaozhai" only sold 23 copies, and they were all bought and watched by the old masters.

Ni Jinbao felt a little shocked. It just so happened that at this time, someone in the [Audio and Video Impression] group was @ himself.

Ni Jinbao opened the VV group.

"@倪金宝, Brother Ni, I heard that you bought another 60,000 copies of "Strange Tales from Liaozhai" this time, and almost took away more than half of the quota of thistle, how are you selling now?"

"It's not good, I sold more than 20 copies in the morning."

Ni Jinbao did not deceive people, and truthfully reported his sales data. Then, more people spoke in the group.

"More than 20 copies, but fortunately I didn't get in."

"I bought 1,000 copies, and I've sold more than 50 copies."

"The book is good, I bought 2,000 copies, and I sold them slowly, and I won't press the warehouse."

"It's better to be cautious, I was going to go in, but now it seems that I don't dare to enter."

“……”

Ni Jinbao was not in the mood to look at the group at this time, but he began to have some doubts about his decision, could it be that there was something wrong with his vision this time?

But reflection is useless, and sales are even worse in the afternoon.

Until 14 o'clock in the afternoon, "Strange Tales" never sold a copy again.

After another half an hour, a young girl in her 20s hurriedly walked into the store.

As soon as the young girl came in, she went straight to the bookshelf area, and after seeing the most eye-catching "Strange Tales from Liaozhai", she took a copy and went to check out.

"Alas, my dad has always said that he wants to buy "Strange Tales from Liaozhai", and after waiting for so long, he finally came out and didn't say anything about publicity, if it wasn't for the uncle next door who said that it had been officially put on the shelves, I wouldn't have known the news. Your bookstore didn't say a hint to remind everyone that "Strange Tales" has been put on the shelves, so I have to fish to buy books. ”

While waiting for the checkout, the girl said to Ni Jinbao in pieces.

And Ni Jinbao, the hand at the checkout trembled.

He seems to have discovered something amazing.

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