But in the end, the sales that come from being ugly will not last after all.

Among the major bookstores in the United States, Wang Huan's "Three-Body Problem" gradually fell behind after leading in sales in the previous hour.

After noon, they fell behind in all directions.

After all, a book costs $35, which is a lot of money, and many Americans are not rich enough to waste it.

Normal readers are still willing to pay for a book they like.

Therefore, the sales of Orson's "Ender's Shadow" quickly took the lead, and the next step was to be far ahead.

Charlie is undoubtedly the most concerned about sales, and even more concerned than Wang Huan.

Because this book is his biggest handwriting since he became the branch manager, the first printing of hundreds of thousands of copies, plus the advance payment to Wang Huan, plus the money spent on the previous speculation, is definitely a lot of money.

Succeeded, and this was the brilliant stroke of his career.

If he loses, then he is in huge trouble.

Today's book has just been released, and he is on a roller coaster.

The feedback he received at the beginning was very, very good, and the sales even surpassed "Ender's Shadow", which made him not very happy at all.

But soon the bad news came.

The sales of "The Three-Body Problem" lagged behind little by little.

By noon, sales had begun to lag across the board.

Feedback was sent from various bookstores.

"At the beginning, the sales were very strong, but they fell very quickly, and after only a few hours, it was very weak. ”

"In a few hours in the afternoon, the sales of "The Three-Body Problem" were already less than one-fifth of that of "Ender's Shadow". ”

"The sales trend is very bad and it's getting worse. If this happens, "The Three-Body Problem" will be removed from the most conspicuous position in the bookstore. ”

"Mr. Charlie, I feel that your reverse hype has a great negative effect. Although it has made the book a huge reputation, everyone knows about it, and everyone knows about it. And it makes many people very curious about how rotten the book is with 100,000 words a day, so those who are the most curious buy the book in the first place. But this bad reputation also keeps the vast majority of normal readers out of the door, and many of them still want to buy a copy to see what the content is like. But because of its super bad reputation, countless normal readers are discouraged. ”

Because it is about his own interests, Charlie is extremely troubled by gains and losses.

The whole person is like an ant on a hot pot.

Freeman, on the other hand, was much calmer and comforted, "Charlie, I don't know what you're worried about. The quality of the book is so high that there is no concern about the market at all. ”

Charlie said: "I think the owners of these bookstores have a very reasonable point, although the previous reverse hype has made the book a huge reputation, and everyone knows about it, but it has also turned away countless normal readers." ”

Freeman said: "That's because it's so short, a lot of people haven't finished it, and the reputation hasn't spread. Once the reputation spreads, it will definitely cause another sales boom. ”

Charlie felt there was some truth to it.

But he also felt that there were a thousand Hamlets out of a thousand readers. Just because he and Freeman liked it doesn't mean that other critics will like it too.

So, he hastened to call several well-known critics.

In the United States, there is a profession with a very high status, and that is the critic.

Critics of all stripes.

Food critics, film and television critics, game critics, book critics, art critics, and many more.

They have a strong voice, and in many cases they are even able to influence the market.

So the United States also has the most professional review system in the world.

For example, the movie's Rotten Tomatoes, as well as IMDB, etc., are all very authoritative.

As for the IGN rating for games, it is also one of the most authoritative. (American Doomsday 2 sent a congratulatory telegram, just rotten money haha)

"Charles, good evening, the restaurant I recommended to you is not bad, right? By the way, by the way, have you seen the "Three-Body Problem" that I gave you to appreciate?

The critic said: "Thank you for the treat, but I haven't watched it yet, because I want to watch "Ender's Shadow" and "Clockwork Girl" first, and as for the "Three-Body Problem" you sent, it will probably be a long time later, because I need courage." ”

"Hello Donnie, have you read the "Three-Body Problem" I gave you to appreciate, and what do you think?"

"I haven't seen it yet, when I went to the toilet today, I wanted to take a look, but I didn't expect to have diarrhea, so I lost interest and is still in my bathroom. ”

Charlie called several critics in quick succession, and the results were all consistent.

I haven't watched it yet, I have to watch "Ender's Shadow" and "Clockwork Girl" first.

Next, Charlie kept refreshing the American reading social networking site, wanting to see the comments above.

One hour after the release.

Wang Huan's "Three-Body Problem" has been reviewed.

This Chinese is simply garbage, and watching it is a complete waste of time.

Immediately followed by the second comment.

I can't imagine that a book can rot to this extent.

The third comment: This is written in 100,000 words a day, and it is simply tarnishing literature.

Next, there was a steady stream of bad reviews.

Dozens, hundreds.

All of them are bad, and they are very extreme.

Rated all of them as the worst star.

Charlie knows that there are also many extremists in the United States, these people have not actually read the book, but because they hate Wang Huan, they can't wait to brush up on the bad reviews.

So far, not a single valid review.

But this situation is really very unfavorable. The site is still very authoritative, and many readers come to see the ratings before buying a book, and if the rating is very low, they usually give up on it.

In particular, none of the authoritative critics Charlie cared about the most, came out.

About six hours later.

The first truly authoritative comment came out, a well-known critic in Los Angeles, but not "The Three-Body Problem", but "Ender's Shadow".

The book is still wonderful, it is written about the story of Ender's comrades-in-arms, and he meets the expectations of readers, and greatly exceeds them.

The rating is 4 and a half stars.

Then came the second authoritative comment.

Card's deep understanding of the human environment has made him insightful, and his way of expressing it has reached a surprising level.

Then, a third authoritative comment emerged.

Ender's Shadow is destined to be a hit with Cade fans, as Ender's Game ends so abruptly that readers can't see the outline of a space battle about the survival and extinction of a race, and Ender's Shadow makes up for it.

All in all, the series of reviews about Ender's Shadow are very positive and excellent.

Most of the current ratings are in four- and five-star times.

The score is around 8.8 points.

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No matter how anxious Charlie is, it is useless.

Because critics must come in order, first watch "Ender's Shadow", then take a break and then watch "The Clockwork Girl", and finally it is possible to watch "The Three-Body Problem".

Just like those food critics and coffee critics, they have to rinse their mouths with water after tasting.

Charlie has also seen "Ender's Shadow".

To be honest, he thinks it's very good, but ...... That is, very good.

It's not very good, it's not amazing.

It's just a sequel to the last one.

There is no breakthrough in the story, and there is no breakthrough in the idea.

It's not a surprise.

But Orson Scott Card is so famous, almost a godfather-like figure in the science fiction world, and has been famous for decades, so critics have to give him face.

Then Paul's Clockwork Girl review also appeared.

A work full of infinite surprises, full of mystery, a sense of fatalism.

Someone commented again, full of cyberpunk feeling, full of unparalleled imagination, believe me this is the best work of the year, there is hardly one of them.

Comment 3: Maybe I'm presumptuous to say this, but I think "Clockwork Girl" surpasses "Ender's Shadow", the story is so surprising, the world is so fascinating.

Paul should have rejoiced in victory.

Charlie can clearly see that the comments of these authoritative critics on "Clockwork Girl" seem much more sincere, without so many politeness, and the feeling of surprise is completely overflowing on paper.

Even Charlie thinks so.

"The Clockwork Girl" is very, very good, and he definitely feels that the quality of this book is far superior to that of "Ender's Shadow".

Another true masterpiece has arrived.

If it were an ordinary time, Charlie would have been eager to post his reading feelings on the reading social networking site, and evaluate "Clockwork Girl" with all his praise, because as a viewer, he can be completely objective.

But not now.

He's a stakeholder, and even seeing the huge acclaim for Clockwork Girl only makes him feel anxious.

In this way, he kept scrolling through the reading social network until the evening.

He hadn't slept well for two nights in a row.

"Charlie, have you forgotten something?" came his wife's voice from inside the room.

Forgot something?

Oh? It seems like it's been my wife's ovulation recently?

Do you have to do your duty again?

However, as a successful person, he usually has to taste different seafood.

Inevitably, some are inadequate.

"Honey, you go to bed first, I'll come over when I'm done with this. Charlie said.

But the next minute, he was taken away by his wife and pressed to the bed.

Next, there was the angry scolding of his wife.

"Could you please give me an explanation why you have a wound there?"

Charlie trembled: "It was a mosquito bite." ”

"Do you think I'm going to believe it? The wife slapped her.

In short, Charlie was in a terrible mood.

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Charles, a famous American critic, had just finished reading "Ender's Shadow" and then spent several hours writing a few hundred words of commentary.

This should be considered a task, and these reviews will be published in the Times Book Review, and then they will also be published on the reading social network.

To be honest, Charles was a little disappointed in "Ender's Shadow".

No surprises, not up to expectations.

Of course, it's still a great book, but ...... It's not enough.

The name Orson Card is too high to expect.

So it's not enough to be exciting, you can't surprise people.

But even so, they still have to give praise in the comments, because after all, it is wonderful, and the other party's status in the rivers and lakes is very high.

But these few hundred words of comments are a bit insincere, and they belong to the praise that is forcibly held.

Writing this kind of review is especially tiring.

He was not young, so at ten o'clock in the evening, he was going to bed.

Usually before going to bed, he will find a random book to look through, look at it and fall asleep.

At this time, he found the "Three-Body Problem" next to the bed.

To be honest, he didn't want to see it.

He was in his seventies, long past the age of curiosity.

Knowing that a book sucks, he won't touch it.

But this is also a task, this is a book sent by Random House, and the basic review task still needs to be completed.

It happened to be a rotten book, and I fell asleep when I looked at it.

"Okay, okay, now let me see how rotten the content of 100,000 words a day will be. ”

The famous critic Charles began to open this "Three-Body Problem".

After reading the first chapter, he was slightly stunned.

Although this first chapter does not have any science fiction content at all, it is about the heroine's misfortune during the Cultural Revolution.

But it's not bad at all.

Even though it's in English, it's easy to read and it's very smooth.

It's not as bad as I imagined, and it's not a messy combination of countless words.

Next, look at Chapter 2, Chapter 3.

Damn,,......

It's amazing, Charles, who is in his seventies, the more he looks at it, the more energetic he becomes.

From entering the Red Bank base, all the way to the blockade of the Earth civilization, and then to the world of the three suns.

It's completely mesmerizing.

Too...... Too...... It's so beautiful.

In the beginning, Charles was still a critic, picking thorns while reading.

But later.

He completely forgot that he was a critic.

Anyway, be a reader first, then a critic.

With that, he leaned back against the head of the bed and looked down page by page.

Soon it was twelve o'clock.

Read another page and go to sleep.

Read three more pages and go to sleep.

Go to bed after reading this chapter.

Go to bed when you see three o'clock.

In this way, the critic in his seventies read chapter after chapter.

At last......

I read it all in one go.

To be precise, I finished watching the first part.

After reading it.

He was stunned.

What else?

This book is obviously not over yet.

The three-body civilization has completely blocked the scientific and technological civilization of the earth, and the three-body fleet has set off to destroy the earth.

The end of the earth is coming.

At this critical juncture, you turned out to be over?

What about the rest?

Charles looked at the time, and it turned out to be seven o'clock the next morning.

Oh my God?

I'm an old man in my seventies, and I actually read all night.

Then he found that he had incomparably sore back, but he couldn't wait to take out his mobile phone and dial Charlie's phone directly, and he asked for the following script.

But Charlie's phone was not answered, and he was still asleep.

Despite staying up all night, Charles was not sleepy at all, and his mind was full of impulses to comment.

So, he simply didn't sleep, went directly to the desk, and began to write a review for "The Three-Body Problem".

This time is different from commenting on "Ender's Shadow", he is really full of impulses to talk, and there are too many things to say in his head, so he has to think carefully about how to say it.

How to write this paragraph.

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Charlie was ringing by a shrill phone ringing.

"I'm very sorry Charlie, our bookstore group can't put "The Three-Body Problem" in the most prominent position, and we are going to take it down, because its sales are indeed very, very unoptimistic. ”

This is the first bad news.

Then, the next thing was more and more bad news.

More and more bookstores are taking it down from its most prominent position.

Because sales are really bad, there are more and more behind "Ender's Shadow" and "Clockwork Girl".

And he found out that his wife had run away from home.

Hell, nothing went smoothly.

He didn't brush his teeth and wash his face, he just made himself a big pot of coffee and came to the computer desktop.

Once again, the reading social network was opened.

The rating of "The Three-Body Problem" is still very low, only 3.1 points.

"Ender's Shadow" is 8.3 points.

"Clockwork Girl" is a staggering score of 8.8.

At least now, "The Three-Body Problem" is far behind in terms of ratings and sales.

And there doesn't seem to be any hope of catching up.

This result is really desperate.

Could it be that you are really blind, or that your tastes are different from those of the public?

But "The Three-Body Problem" is really an extremely amazing work.

Charlie clicked on the comments on the reading social network, and then he found that the comments in it were extremely polarized.

Either five or one star, the other 2, 3, 4 stars have almost no ratings at all.

Soon, he saw an authoritative comment.

Here's what the famous critic Charles commented:

The most complex alien invasion story I've ever read. It's erudite, it's fun, and it makes you struggle with the whole big problem.

It's also the best sci-fi I've read so far.

I've read so many books that I've almost lost the ability to tell the good from the bad.

Once any hobby becomes a job, it is extremely painful. I'm like a food critic who has lost his sense of taste and can only make up my own feelings.

But last night, I was like a teenager, staying up all night to read this "Three-Body Problem".

I read less than 10,000 words, and it was like finding a diamond in a pair of glasses.

This one-of-a-kind, incomparably brilliant diamond.

Even if the diamond has a red color, it is not the same as the diamond we normally see.

But...... His red color makes him more dazzling and precious.

This is one of the best science fiction books I've seen this year, not one.

It's also one of the best I've seen this year, not one.

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The book review of the famous critic Charles is like a clarion call.

Next, a steady stream of praise about "The Three-Body Problem" appeared.

"I bought it because I really wanted to know how bad it really was. But I really didn't expect it to be so exciting, completely beyond my imagination, I don't think any sci-fi fan should miss it, otherwise you will definitely regret it. ”

"I've watched it, I've watched it all night, but I still can't sleep, my mind is full of all kinds of fantasies, and I even went crazy and bought an astronomical telescope on Amazon. I spent $35 on the book, but it cost me $1,500 to buy an astronomical telescope, and I think I'm crazy. ”

"I haven't watched "Ender's Shadow" yet, and I haven't watched "The Clockwork Girl", but I don't plan to watch them for a long time, my mind is already occupied by "The Three-Body Problem", and then I'm going to watch it a second time, a third time. ”

"Random House, I remember you, you shamefully deceived me, this is the best work of the year, maybe the best science fiction work in years, and you tell me it's rubbish. ”

"Those who give a star, have you really read this book, and if not, please retract your ridiculous thoughts, your actions have disgraced your character. ”

"Against one star, all those who have watched "The Three-Body Problem" will be given five stars. ”

As a result, more and more five-star stars appeared on the reading social network.

Then, more and more authoritative critics have also finished reading this "Three-Body Problem".

That's how strange the world is.

Before watching "Ender's Shadow", they were full of very high expectations, and after watching it, they felt that it was nothing more than that.

Before watching "The Three-Body Problem", they were mentally prepared to taste, and the result was infinitely surprising.

This contrast has further inspired praise for "The Three-Body Problem".

Next, on the reading social network, in the reading section of various newspapers.

There are more and more articles from many authoritative critics.

Almost all praise.

Praise for it.

And just three days after the book was released.

There is a super celebrity, on a TV show, publicly said: ""The Three-Body Problem is the most imaginative sci-fi I have read recently, it has inspired me, I can't even wait to make a sci-fi movie, this one is so amazing, I really want to shoot it." ”

This person is Hollywood's box office king, super director James.

But that's just the beginning.

Next, America's super-rich and techno-mogul also wrote on his blog: "He has relieved me from the economic, social, and scientific books I have recently read, and I feel lighthearted. To the members of the book club that I've been with, I'm sorry to interrupt you sharing this book this weekend.

Later, the famous screenwriter who had won several times wrote in the newspaper that this was a very unusual book, a unique stew of scientific and philosophical conjectures, politics and history, conspiracy theories and cosmology. Kings and emperors from Chinese and Western history converge in a fantastic game, while police and physicists deal with global conspiracies, murders, and alien invasions in the real world.

Hideo Kojima, the godfather of Japanese games, wrote on his blog: I read "The Three-Body Problem" in one sitting, this book is incomparably outstanding in every aspect, and it is a unique work of science fiction literature, reminiscent of "God Hunting", "The End of Childhood" and "The End of the Endless River".

The culminating culmination was because of the visit of the French president to the United States.

A reporter photographed that when he was staying in the hotel, he was holding a book in his hand, which could be seen from the spine.

This book is "The Three-Body Problem". Has even the French president become a reader of this book?

As a result, the whirlwind of "Three-Body Problem" officially swept away.

This whirlwind is much more violent than in another world.

In another world, the book was published and distributed abroad almost in obscurity, and it really became popular after winning the Hugo Award, and finally sold more than 20 million copies, but only 1.5 million copies were sold abroad.

However, in this world, because of the crazy hype before the release, coupled with Wang Huan's personal influence, plus the name of challenging the United States, the reputation of the battle of the century in the literary world.

So, the repercussions were much stronger.

And it was a complete explosion in a very short time.

It became an instant trend.

Not only has it had a huge effect in the cultural world, but it has also been directly out of the circle.

On the Amazon website, the reviews are getting higher and higher.

The ratings here are absolutely true, as they can only be reviewed after buying the book.

The score is a staggering 4.9.

At this time, although Amazon has turned to full-scale e-commerce, selling books is still its main business.

The rating of "The Three-Body Problem" ranks among the top few among all books.

On Amazon, "Three-Body Problem" has a rating that surpasses "Ender's Shadow" and also surpasses "Clockwork Girl".

On the reading social network, the rating of "The Three-Body Problem" was very low at the beginning, all of them were one star.

But the next rating is completely overwhelming.

Countless five-star ratings, immediately crushed the one-star.

It surpassed "Ender's Shadow" first, rushing to 8.5 points.

And by this time, "Clockwork Girl" had fallen by 8.6 points.

Then, it took less than a day.

"The Three-Body Problem" was scored on the reading social network, and it rose directly to 8.7 points.

And "Clockwork Girl" has fallen by 8.5 points.

As a result, there is a very strange phenomenon, the ratings of "Ender's Shadow" and "Clockwork Girl" are declining.

And "Three-Body Problem" has surpassed the two, and it is still rising, and it will soon be out of the dust.

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As I said before, Wang Huan's second battle to conquer the United States, this literary battle, the key to victory or defeat depends on three rankings.

Reading social network rankings, New York Times book sales charts, New York book review rankings.

Now the results of the first list have appeared, and the score of "The Three-Body Problem" on the reading social network has surpassed the other two books and won the victory.

And the most authoritative of these three rankings is the New York Times sales list.

That's the difference between victory and defeat.

However, for this ranking, Charlie does not dare to have much hope for the time being.

Because the fermentation of word-of-mouth will take time.

In the first week's sales rankings, you should lose.

"Ender's Shadow" should be number one, and "Clockwork Girl" should be number two.

And "The Three-Body Problem" should be the third.

Soon, the New York Times sales list came out.

The results were different from Charlie's predictions.

"Ender's Shadow" did rank first, but "Three-Body Problem" ranked second and "Clockwork Girl" ranked third.

On this most authoritative list, "The Three-Body Problem" lost for the time being.

But Charlie is not in a hurry, because the amazing word-of-mouth effect has just begun to explode.

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