Chapter 155: First Sale
After these people had a plan for the work, Shen Sanwen personally looked at several manuscripts and outlines.
It's a real mess. The outline, which is roughly the same as that of history books and rumors, lacks creativity, is it better than who writes in detail? It's boring.
So Shen Sanwen extracted the social and humanistic settings, the characters of the protagonists and supporting characters, and various contradictions and conflicts from the biography of the heroes of the Sui and Tang dynasties, refined the main line and map modules, deconstructed this book, and wrote an outline demonstration.
Only when you hit the street will you think of where to write, how can those who are aspiring to win awards drift in the wind and not carefully control their plots and words.
Speaking of which, I have to mention a more alternative outline in the online article, which is the word count outline. Ninety-nine percent of the authors of the fire text are not the first time to write a book, at least a few times on the street, change three or five pen names, and finally the style of writing is determined, and the writing can only be successful after some tempering. Therefore, many newcomers with the Great God Belt set up a word outline for themselves. The first book doesn't matter how popular it is, and it doesn't matter whether you read it or not, you need to discover the relationships and difficult plots that you are good at handling, and then write 1.5 million to 2 million words seriously.
You know, when everyone writes a book, they naturally think they have a great idea, and then suddenly they find that the story they want to write has been written, and then they can't put pen to paper. The online text needs a more detailed description, a more compact plot, and a richer story. Tens of thousands of words? You'd better keep it for yourself.
Even if those who wrote the outline, eighty percent still did not insist on writing it, and those who did not write the outline, or wrote a self-deceptive and unclear outline, Shen San asked not to imagine whether they could persist until the manuscript entered the charging area.
So when he saw the manuscript, Shen Sanwen was still very disappointed, and he really couldn't ask too much of these scholars for Da Zhou.
Fortunately, the deadline set for the essay is long enough, and the settlement time is also one million words for the selected works without irrigation, and there is still a long time for the Da Zhou family to learn and exercise.
Shen Sanwen sorted out the story of the female frequency, three lives and three worlds and ten miles of peach blossoms, although there is no female frequency essay, but the big Zhou is talented and female, and he writes poems all day long, which is really condescending, he is willing to throw bricks and lead the jade, and seek a splendid future for the Ministry of Culture.
This book is purely to subsidize the expenses of the Ministry of Education, the daughter and the mansion, Your Majesty has no intention of spending on the treasury, as well as the construction of various places, and the manuscript part is also paid out of pocket, which is also a hemorrhage for the princess's mansion!
This thing is smashed, and it is really nerve-wracking.
Therefore, you have to test the water with a book that has passed the test, supplement the family, and prove your ability.
A book of one million words from movable type typesetting to printing 10,000 copies, the cost is about 200,000 yuan, the cost of printing more can be reduced a little, printing too much in case it can't be sold, Shen Sanwen can't imagine.
That's really going to be a mental explosion! That's not twenty wen!
One can be afraid, but not intimidated, and soon the treasury is piled to the brim.
Shen Sanwen was apprehensive, handed over a hundred trial editions to Shangguan Wan'er and asked her to circulate one or two, and explained that this book was divided into three parts, three for a total of sixty texts, and a week later, the Ministry of Literature went on sale for the first time, and there was an explanation on the last page of the trial version.
The cost is 20 articles, the author is 20, the department is 20, and the three parties are equally divided.
The Ministry of Culture changed half of the banners, and the genius scholar published a book again, a million-word fantasy romance, a different love and hatred.
In order to cooperate with this sale, Shen Sanwen distinguishes between men and women. It certainly makes sense that many book stations are divided into male and female frequencies, and although the atmosphere of the Great Zhou is open, this is according to reading preferences. So Shen Sanwen bluntly rejected the scholars' request that men and women should not be divided, originally, it was almost time for the festival here, and many scholars who didn't read would come here, but the Ministry of Culture was for business, not for blind dates, and the main and secondary were clear.
A week later, Shen Sanwen led everyone to the warehouse to move books.
After entering the door, Shen Sanwen saw that the packaged books had been dismantled.
This is the starter! If everyone knows the story, will anyone still buy books? Will there be piracy? Shen San asked in a panic.
After carefully turning around for a week, I found that only one copy was missing.
Shen San frowned, "Who has been here?" ”
The clerk on the side hurriedly responded, "Master Wu took a copy." ”
"What did he take? Don't spread the word. ”
Clerk: "Master Wu said that he went to verify the layout and text, and I believe that Master Wu knows the importance of this matter and will not spread it."
Shen Sanwen was also quite relieved, "Let's move out, the female frequency area will have a thousand copies first, and see how many can be sold." ”
"Yes."
The female frequency area heard someone shouting, "The latest masterpiece of a genius scholar, on sale, if you want to buy it as soon as possible, the first batch of 1,000 copies, each book is divided into three parts, sixty texts, first come, first served." ”
At this time, the women's frequency area of the Ministry of Culture and Culture was already crowded, but how many people would buy it, Shen San really didn't know the bottom in his heart. You know, when he first wrote a historical article on the Genesis Chinese website, 300,000 clicks collected more than 10,000, and 10,000 people read his books and put them on the shelves, but few people finally subscribed. Many people will lose interest when they read it, and the author may write and write it down. In this materially poorer week, will there be so many people buying books? That's sixty wen, enough for a family to eat a few good meals.
Shen Sanwen was very nervous, a thousand copies can always be sold out, this is not what he wrote on the street, it is the work of a great god.
He was responded to by the loud noise of the scene.
"Give me a copy."
"I'm going to buy it."
"I came first, why should I sell it to her first."
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After a while, someone came up and asked, "Lord Shen, the order is too chaotic, should we continue to move the books out, or let the people who bought them leave after a while." ”
Shen Sanwen asked with some uncertainty, "How many copies have been sold?" ”
"My lord, the books that just moved out of the two districts have been sold out."
Shen Sanwen was ecstatic, "Really?" ”
"Don't dare to deceive adults."
Are they really all sold out?
Then wait for a hammer, they won't leave when they buy books, and watch the crowds here?
"Add another 2,000 copies on one side, don't stop."
Shen Sanwen shook his fist and pounded his forehead, it was great, it was successful! At least small goals are reached.
He couldn't help but run to the women's frequency area, wanting to observe the grand occasion.
But everywhere there were people crowding people, and the booth was surrounded by maids who had not bought the first batch of books and were anxiously shouting.
"My young lady and I came early in the morning, big brother sell me a copy."
"Ten young ladies in my family want ten copies, trouble faster."
"Miss Ben is out of seventy, I don't want to wait."
"Eighty Wen, come to me, pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other."
Shen San asked and frowned again, are you encouraging scalpers?
"Come on, pass the word, each person is limited to one copy, tell everyone to line up, everyone has it, not this time, there will be two days later, you can book."
When this word spread, many people were immediately dumbfounded, this, obviously buy a few more copies, and change hands on their own books without spending money and making money, why did they suddenly limit their purchases?
(End of chapter)