Chapter 359: Sour, Sour
"...... 'Dog Author's work "Shepherd Boy Seeking Immortals" was officially published and sold in various languages on Saturday, and online channels have begun to pre-order!"
"The Shepherd Boy Seeks the Fairy, another masterpiece by the 'Dog Author', is about to come to its loyal Europa readers."
"Delvin Publishing announced that the language versions of "The Shepherd Boy Seeking Immortals" are fully stocked, and the English version, the white flag Chinese version, Russian and German versions will be launched simultaneously around the world."
This is the first day of the release of "Ordinary and Great", Europa and the news on the Internet. I can't see the name of "Ordinary and Great".
Today is the first day of the release of "Ordinary and Great", but the popularity on the Internet is completely squeezed by "Shepherd Boy Seeking Immortals", which is not as good as before.
What can be seen on the screen is the news of "Shepherd Boy Seeking Immortals".
And underneath all this news,
There is not much mention of "The Ordinary and the Great", which is basically a discussion around the new book of the dog author, and the 'ABC' discussion of the dog author's friends and rivals.
From time to time, they also had a few heated discussions with each other.
"Oooh! I've been waiting for so long, is it finally coming, it's already on pre-order, and if the bookstore at my door is stocking faster, I'll go downstairs and buy another copy on the day of the sale. ”
"I declare that today is my lucky day. What I saw! The work of the dog author is about to go on sale! ”
"I probably know a little bit about the content of "The Shepherd Boy Seeking Immortals", this is a fairy tale for adults, I am especially looking forward to this book, it is the first to be published in English, great!"
"Hey...... What about ABC's new book, but what about ABC's readers? Why is it suddenly silent? ”
“?? Is this a new book by the dog author? And what about the new book by the dog author? ”
"Oooh...... At least the dog author has works for me that I haven't read. ”
"That's because you haven't read the dog author's works yourself, and I, ABC, have read every work carefully."
"That's really not comparable, after all, there are only two ABC books."
"Friends, "Shepherd Boy Seeking Immortals"! "Shepherd Boy Seeking Immortals" is about to be released! I'm already looking forward to Saturday this week, and I'm going to be reading it all day at home when I get my books! ”
On the Internet, readers on both sides of the Internet are angry with each other from time to time, and the heated discussion is inextricable.
But most ABC readers are happy.
After all, if you want to find out where the dog author is inferior to ABC, you also need to look at the work of the dog author.
They also read the books of dog authors.
Well! It's all about criticism.
Therefore, many readers with the nickname of the obvious ABC reader also posted some news of looking forward to the work of the dog author.
……
Today is the first day of the release of "Ordinary and Great", and Ji Zhuo got up a little earlier and finished the words early.
It was almost noon, and Ji Zhuo came out of the study.
While holding his mobile phone, he looked at these messages on the Internet.
Just looking at these news, Ji Zhuo couldn't help but have some smiles on his face,
Regarding the popularity of the discussion of "Shepherd Boy Seeking Immortals" on the Internet, Ji Zhuo knew that the first-day sales of "Ordinary and Great" were probably cool and stable.
Steady!
Ji Zhuo had a smile on his face,
A few more pages down,
In the end, I simply searched for "Ordinary and Great",
Finally, I found the relevant news on the first day of release of "Ordinary and Great".
"'Great work', 'Ordinary and Great' is on sale today."
This is the most popular news related to "Ordinary and Great" today.
The 'great work' in the headline of the news is put in quotation marks.
Click in and take a look, the news content is probably a bit yin and yang, probably complaining about the exaggerated publicity of the book by the Al Publishing House before.
It's an online media that publishes this news.
Probably confiscated the money from Al Press, just to rub off the heat.
It's just a pity, probably a judgment error.
Ji Zhuo slid down directly to the comment area at the bottom of the news.
Under this most popular related news, there are only a dozen comments at this time,
Among them, there are only a few comments that are really related to the news and have content.
"On sale? Is there really a book? I thought it was a performance art by some people. ”
"I agree with the above, they always like to do this, maybe they want this kind of exaggerated propaganda to make us tout this great book, and then debunk our herd touting, but unfortunately they don't even want to spend the money to hire a celebrity...... It's just that I didn't expect that there really would be such a book. ”
"Is this publishing house crazy? Why is it so promoted, why is this book published at this time, can't you see the popularity of ABC and dog authors at this moment? ”
"Is it really on sale? I've seen the publication of Al Press before, and I thought it was a down-to-earth publishing house, but now I'm disappointed. ”
I didn't see any real expectations or good reviews for "Ordinary and Great".
Ji Zhuo looked around for a while, and then nodded with satisfaction.
These comments, the current situation, are basically in line with Ji Zhuo's expectations.
I don't know what the situation is like later,
Anyway, today's first-day sales must be stable,
It's ironclad!
Even if the king of heaven is here, today's first-day sales will definitely not be high!
Ji Zhuo nodded again,
By the way, I took a look at the news on domestic social platforms,
There is also a lot of news about the upcoming release of the overseas version of the dog author's "Shepherd Boy Seeking Immortals".
As for "The Ordinary and the Great"? There is no news on the domestic network.
The previous exaggerated propaganda of the Al Publishing House did not affect the country.
Just kidding, who knows the book "Ordinary and Great".
I've never heard the name.
After looking around,
Ji Zhuo couldn't help but yawn again because he got up early,
After walking out of the study, looking at the mobile phone, I stood in the living room unconsciously for a while.
At this moment, Ji Zhuo took the mobile phone and collapsed on the sofa again.
I don't care about the news on the Internet anymore,
Fei Mo opened it, looked for it, and looked at it.
Yawning from time to time, I am a little sleepy and sleepy-eyed.
……
White Flag Country.
Eyre Press.
Today is the first day of release of "Ordinary and Great".
Early in the morning, Al and Penny arrived at the publishing house early.
Right now, in the office.
Both Al and Penny looked at the news about the release of "Ordinary and Great" that they had searched on the Internet.
Penny is calm,
Al couldn't help but clench his fists, even if he had expected the miserable heat and poor reaction on the Internet,
At this moment, Al still couldn't help but feel heavy and nervous in the bottom of his heart.
“…… It's okay, everything is still expected. Our previous propaganda was just to let readers know that there is a book called "Ordinary and Great", and it takes time for word of mouth to turn around.
These people have not watched "Ordinary and Great", so it is naturally impossible to give any good evaluation at this time. ”
Penny looked at Al's appearance and reached out to put her hand on Al's arm, whispering comfortingly.
"I'm just worried that in the short term, the reputation of "Ordinary and Great" has not reversed, which will affect the sales of Mr. I's works, Mr. I trust us so much, I don't want to live up to this trust."
Al was under a lot of pressure, especially as a loyal reader of the book "The Ordinary and the Great", and he didn't want the book to be delayed in his hands a little.
"Don't you have faith in 'Ordinary and Great'? I thought you did. At least I have. ”
"Naturally, there is confidence...... I'm just worried that we're not doing well enough and delaying "Ordinary and Great", it's not that I don't have confidence in "Ordinary and Great", I just don't have confidence in ourselves. ”
Al replied aloud, his eyes still fixed on the news on the Internet.
Petunia paused, and put her other hand on the back of Al's hand.
"Be confident. Mr. I wants to believe in us, and we have done everything we can, so we should be confident. ”
"Hmmm......"
Al just answered, still nervously following the news on the Internet at this time.
“…… Is there also feedback on sales across channels? ”
"It's only been a short time since the bookstores opened, and there are not necessarily readers who have seen "The Ordinary and the Great" on the shelves. There is no news from various channels yet, so let's wait. ”
"Hmm."
Listen to Penny's words.
Al turned his head again and looked at the other side of the desk.
There was a printed copy of "The Ordinary and the Great".
"Hoo ......"
Al watched "Ordinary and Great" and had more confidence.
Such a good work, there is no reason to be buried like this.
With a long breath, Al's gaze became more determined.
Now, "Ordinary and Great" has been officially released.
All we can do now is wait.
Waiting for the sales data of various channels to come back, waiting for the word-of-mouth reversal of "Ordinary and Great".
At that time, the sales of "Ordinary and Great" naturally rose with the wind!
Al clenched his fists.
……
Ordinary White Flag Country writers, Ochino put on his clothes, changed his shoes and went out of the house.
He got up early this morning.
He remembers very well that today is the day when "Ordinary and Great" is officially released.
He wanted to see how well the poor unfortunate bastard was writing.
Oh! Didn't anyone at El Press tell him? A new book by those two authors will be released soon.
From two days ago, when he saw that Delvin Press said that the overseas version of "The Shepherd Boy Seeks Immortals" was about to be released on Saturday,
He knew it.
Today, I saw that the poor guy, the new book has been promoted for so long, but there is no heat on the Internet at this time.
Ay...... What a cool unlucky one.
But that didn't matter, and Ochino was still curious.
He wondered how well the book was written, so much money that Al Publishing would be willing to spend so much money on promoting it.
Thinking about his previous books, Al Publishing House didn't give him much publicity, but only sent a few drafts.
It seems to be so concerned now.
That's right, the ordinary writer Mr. O'Chino is a little sour.
With this anticipation and curiosity,
Ochino went to a small bookstore.
The bookstore has just opened its doors.
On both sides of the entrance of the bookstore, there are many posters of works.
For example, I want the 'dog author', the poster of "The Shepherd Boy Seeks Immortals",
Even at this time, the overseas version of "Shepherd Boy Seeking Immortals" has not yet been officially released.
But this did not surprise Ochino,
To Ochino's surprise, there was a promotional poster of "Ordinary and Great" next to this door.
Although it was just a picture, it still made Ochino stop.
On the poster, the picture is roughly divided into three scenes.
The scene above occupies half of the picture, and it is an excellent old church with a deep open door.
This scene went down, and the remaining half of the picture was once again divided into two left and right.
Half of it was barren farmland that seemed to have been harvested, but a group of farmers stood in the field empty-handed, as if looking up.
The other half, still a farmland, full of greenery, seems to have just been planted, and some farmers are working in the fields with their heads down.
It's basically a poster of this picture.
What does this picture mean?
If you look closely, you can see that there are a lot of details on these two pictures.
Well, probably it took money.
Thinking about it, looking at it, Ochino couldn't help but feel a little sour.
He didn't have this treatment before, and he still has these promotional materials here.
"Hey......"
Thinking about it, Ochino sighed.
It's not surprising, after all, El Publishing House has spent so much money on publicity before,
There's no reason not to spend some more money on publicity here.
Turning around, Ochino entered the bookstore.
……
“…… Handsome, Boss, Sir...... You really haven't purchased "Shepherd Boy Seeking Immortals" here? Even "The Shepherd Boy Seeking Immortals" will be released on Saturday. ”
"If so, can you sell me a copy, it's really not possible, I can read it here."
"I'm sorry, but "Shepherd Boy Seeking Immortals" will only be released on Saturday."
When I entered the bookstore, I was still there, and there were not many people in the shelves of the bookstore.
Ochino saw two young men talking to the boss or waiter behind the cash register in front of the cash register.
Vaguely hearing the name of "The Shepherd Boy Seeking Immortals", Ochino walked away.
These two people are the readers of the 'Dog Authors'!
Although there is some sour "Ordinary and Great" in the press house of the publicity treatment,
But for those two writers, Ochino felt that he still had the same hatred as the 'I' of the same cooperative publishing house!
…… Even if he himself reads the works of those two writers, he still likes it.
Those two people seem to be still communicating with the boss there, and ask the boss to leave them two books when the time comes.
Ochino walked away and went to the bookshelf next to him, trying to find "The Ordinary and the Great".
It's just that this bookstore is not small, with a lot of bookshelves,
Ochino is not quite sure where "Ordinary and Great" is placed,
Finding a bookshelf, Ochino was ready to take a different approach.
For example, ask people.
“…… Sir, may I ask you, is there "The Ordinary and the Great"? which bookshelf it is in. I just saw the poster of it. ”
Ochino walked back to the cash register and asked the owner behind the cash register.
"Ordinary and great?"
The boss was stunned for a moment, and then reacted,
"Oh, there's such a book, and it's only on sale today. Are you going to buy it? It's on this side of the bookshelf, the partition of serious real-life works, and the first grid in the second row of the bookshelf is. ”
"It's a very conspicuous location, you know where you go."
"Thank you."
Ochino thanked him, and walked straight over to the bookshelf.
And one of the two young men who was in front of the cashier counter before,
Hearing the conversation between Ochino and the boss, he was also stunned for a moment.
"You still have "The Ordinary and the Great" here?"
I couldn't help but ask,
Another young man who had come with him looked back at his friend,
"You know this book? Whose new book is this? ”
"Well, the poster is there, the new book that just went on sale today, do you want a copy?"
The boss looked up and gestured to the poster next to the door.
The young man turned his head to look at it, and smiled at his friend's words,
"It's that 'great work', before it was released, it didn't look like it was touted, but I wanted to see what kind of book it was."
"It's not bad to look at this poster. It's just a bookshelf over there, right? ”
"Yes, the first block in the second row. There's also a trial book there.,You can read it and think it's good before you buy it.。 ”
"Thanks, I'll go take a look."
The two young men followed them over to the bookshelf.
By this time, Ochino had already walked back from the bookshelf over there.
He's holding a new book in a plastic package, and he's reading it here?
He chose to buy it home.
Just think of it as the unlucky poor guy who supported it.
It's not far from his house, and he's going to buy it and look at it at home.
"How much?"
"Ten euros."
"Okay."
After a pause, Ochino paid the money,
Then he took the book and left.
Before leaving, he looked back,
I also saw that the two people who were reminded by his words and were interested in this "Ordinary and Great" were still holding books in front of the bookshelf and flipping through them.
"Maybe it's okay if you didn't put it down right away?"