Speaking of which, Xu Chuan sometimes can't help but buy a bunch of things that he doesn't need on a whim.

Among these "unnecessary" things is books.

It's not that the knowledge in these books is useless, it's just that Xu Chuan was full of interest when he bought it, and he felt that he would be able to read it well, and after buying it, he didn't put it on the bookshelf to eat ashes without exception.

But "eating ashes" doesn't stop him from still buying books on a whim at some point.

Buy books, eat ashes, buy books, eat ashes again. Knowledge is constantly circulating around him, but it can't get into his brain.

Xu Chuan is like this, and so are thousands of ordinary people like him.

Man is a very impulsive animal.

At the same time, it is also an animal that likes to follow the trend and compare.

In this case, the extremely popular "Three-Body Problem" on the Internet has naturally become the subject of impulse, following the trend, and even comparison.

People who usually have an occasional hobby of reading will buy it impulsively.

Some so-called social elites, in such a hot and sought after by so many celebrities, also have the need to buy them and pretend to be forced on social media platforms or social media platforms.

Of course, in addition, there are indeed some science fiction lovers and reading enthusiasts, who have more practical needs to buy books.

Under the superposition of many reasons, the sales data of "Three-Body Problem" exploded directly.

Within three hours of its launch, the online sales of "The Three-Body Problem" had reached 150,000 copies.

What is the concept of 150,000 copies?

Let's put it this way, the total number of first prints of "The Three-Body Problem" is only 200,000 copies, and this time it is directly sold three-quarters.

The question arises again, what is the concept of the first printing of 200,000 copies?

This is already the result of taking into account Xu Chuan's fame, as well as the quality of the books and other factors.

If someone else came over, the first printing of 50,000 copies was already a mass print. Most best-selling authors have about 10,000 copies in their first printing.

If it doesn't sell well, it has its own needs, as little as a thousand, and more depending on their own financial resources.

Whether it's Earth or Blue Star, that's the case with physical books right now.

According to the more popular classification standards on the market of Bluestar. If a physical book sells more than 50,000 copies a year, it can be considered a bestseller.

If the cumulative sales of more than 200,000 copies in a year are generated, it is a relatively best-selling book.

If it sells more than 500,000 copies in a year, it can be said to be a super bestseller.

Judging from this sub-file, "The Three-Body Problem" has accumulated more than 30 million in China and more than 3 million brilliant data abroad on the earth, which can only be said to be worthy of "The Three-Body Problem" with countless bigwig book fans!

Of course, this classification is not accurate, and the nature of the book has to be taken into account. Some academic books can sell 20,000 copies, which is already a very best-selling situation.

The sales of literary books such as science fiction are definitely much higher than those of academic books.

But even so, the sales of more than 100,000 physical books can still be called excellent. It is an unattainable achievement for a considerable number of contemporary physical book writers.

So, when some fellow writers saw that Xu Chuan's book had sold 150,000 copies within three hours of being on the shelves, their glasses were almost shocked.

Envy!

Jealousy!

Hate!

At this time, there is only one thought in their minds, that is, "Dog's day, being famous is good, and being famous is someone who holds stinky feet!" ”

What makes them even more painful is that 150,000 copies in three hours is not Xu Chuan's limit, but the limit of online stocking.

As I just said, there are only 200,000 copies in total, and aside from those given away by Xu Chuan, the remaining about 50,000 goods are all spread offline, and there are no more goods online.

Therefore, if you want to buy "The Three-Body Problem" now, you can only buy it in a big offline bookstore.

So, more fun came.

Bookstores that rarely queue up are now lined up, and now there is a long queue, asking if they are here to buy "The Three-Body Problem".

Such a hot situation has forced the bookstore to open the sales restriction mode, and one person can only buy two copies, otherwise it will not be enough to sell.

This is far from the end of the matter.

Even more miraculous, only a small percentage of these people who queued up to buy books actually bought them for themselves.

Most of them turned out to be purchasing agents, and they are now queuing up to buy and then directly express to the real buyer at a higher price.

At this moment, a bunch of people couldn't hold back at all.

"Damn, why do you have a special purchase agent for buying one now?"

"Good guys, one or two fully dressed cultural people are here, right? Do they really like to read so much? Isn't it usually just a mobile phone holding and brushing? ”

"Holy shit, this is too magical?"

Is it magical?

I thought things were magical.

But the outrageous degree of human beings is still far beyond everyone's imagination.

On the second day after the release of "The Three-Body Problem", that is, on the 14th, scalpers began to appear on the Internet.

On some second-hand trading websites, the brand new unopened "Three-Body Problem" is directly sold at a price of double or even double the price.

Obediently, Xu Chuan doesn't have an eye to do this, and there is nothing that these scalpers can't fry, right?

Can you even fry it?

You have taught me a good lesson.

In desperation, he directly updated a Weibo on Weibo, to the effect that everyone should not buy scalpers' books, he has already contacted the publishing house to print it, and everyone will be able to buy it soon, there is really no need to spend this unjust money.

However, this Vibo didn't have much use after it was sent.

Speculation has always been "chasing up and not down", and this theory is also applicable to this scalper speculation.

What do you print and everyone can buy?

When the new mobile phone was released, everyone knew that it would be in stock as soon as it was waiting, so why buy it at a higher price?

Isn't it just to get it before others?

Isn't it to prove that you are better than others?

As a result, another voice appeared on the Internet, which is the so-called "one edition at a time".

What does it mean to be one edition at a time?

Anyone who has ever bought a book knows that there is a lot of information on the copyright page of the book, and of course no one usually reads these things. Now it's different, with the addition of scalpers, the data such as editions and print numbers that no one usually pays attention to have been popularized by them.

In the end, it was concluded that the first edition of the first printing of the book had a special commemorative significance.

Is this a memorial of chicken feathers?

Do you read the book or the copyright page?

Anyway, Xu Chuan himself can't see any commemorative significance.

But it's still the same sentence, some people, he doesn't see it that way.

You have to find something special where it doesn't make sense. Like all kinds of Internet celebrity items, "The Three-Body Problem" is now a super Internet celebrity item.

It is also like the cigarette with the peony brand number 333.

Anyone who has been in the tobacco industry knows how this thing is, but if you can't stand it, some people will recognize it.

What's the use of printing more at the back of "The Three-Body Problem"?

We just feel like the first time in the first edition, the taste of paper and ink is different, that's called an authentic!

Only when you get a book that you have once in one edition is called different, and that is called a person at the forefront of the trend.

It's messed up.

It's a complete mess.

Such a noisy scene made Xu Chuan cry and laugh, but there was nothing he could do.

There's really no way, Weibo also sent it, everything that should be said has been said, what can people do if they don't listen?

To borrow "Destroy you, what does it have to do with you" in "The Three-Body Problem", this wave is called "Buying the Three-Body Problem", what does it have to do with you, the author of "The Three-Body Problem" surnamed Xu? ”

Do you know what "The Three-Body Problem" is?

I advise you not to meddle in your business.

At this time, at Xu Chuan's home, he was sitting on the sofa, and Qiu Yicheng was lying next to him playing with his mobile phone.

Playing and playing, she couldn't help but smile and said, "You said that when you saw this scene, did you consider going back to your old business and writing a wave of online articles?" ”

"Writing an online article? No, no, no, I definitely won't write online articles, I was a street fighter back then, and I'm still a street fighter, so don't be ugly. When Xu Chuan heard this, he immediately shook his head with a smile and said.

"Back then, now is now, think about it, when you hit the street, it wasn't necessarily because you didn't write well, but because you didn't have traffic. With your current fame, you will never hit the streets. ”

"What Mr. Qiu said makes sense." Xu Chuan nodded solemnly and said, although his words were serious, he unconsciously went up the mountain for a spring outing.

Seeing that Xu Chuan didn't get up, Qiu Yicheng gently slapped his paw and said, "It's inconvenient today~~"

"What's inconvenient?" Xu Chuan asked deliberately.

"Hmph~~" Qiu Yicheng understood this, and wrinkled her nose and snorted.

"By the way, Cai Meng told me, there is news from there in the later stage, saying that your "Sugar" MV is ready?" Xu Chuan said as he stopped.

It's a habitual mountain climb and spring outing, but it's not really to do something specific.

Moreover, it is very rude to point a gun at the back of someone's head during the spring outing.

Qiu Yicheng, who felt that Xu Chuan had become impolite, moved his head slightly and said, "It's done, it was done yesterday." ”

"I've been busy with the promotion of Remy for so long, what progress has it reached?"

"It's hard to say, anyway, everything is ready and only the MV is online. This battle is indeed bigger than the last time, and I hope to have a good result. Qiu Yicheng said and turned over.

"If you want to get a good result, you must have ······· It's not that it's inconvenient, let's talk about business. ”

"I'm done talking to you, I want to talk to him now."

"Say it well in advance, just talk about it, talk about it if you don't talk well without impatience, it's not okay to always grit your teeth and talk." Xu Chuan immediately spoke when he heard this.

"Am I that kind of person?" After Qiu Yicheng replied, she began to chat with her cheeks.

As time passed, her tone became more and more intense.

Fifteen minutes later...... There was a cry of pain from the living room.

"Qiu Yicheng, are you a dog, do you use it as a teething stick?!!"

"Good talk, who made him spit on me." Qiu Yicheng said in a vague tone.

Xu Chuan: ······

At the same time, in the president's office of Ziyi Media, the new CEO Remy is half-lying on the sofa flipping through the "Three-Body Problem" bought at a high price from a scalper.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it.

The more I looked at her, the more embarrassed I became.

I only felt that I had been fooled, and I had fallen for Xu Chuan's big fool.

Speaking of which, after changing the name from the crew of "Samsung Copper Tower" to "Wandering Blue Star", she already felt bad in her heart. Now after seeing "The Three-Body Problem", I have determined my thoughts.

At this moment, Xu Chuan came to her to chat and said that he wanted to take over the mess of "Samsung Copper Tower", which kept echoing in her ears.

"I took over just to tell you that if you can't shoot "Samsung Copper Tower", it doesn't mean that I can't shoot well."

"There are a few reasons why I took on this project. You also know that Bai Baiyu and Du Wenyu are my good friends, and I am a very emotional person.

Even if I lose money, I have to deal with Su Quanxing and his son, I believe that you Ziyi Media must have a way to deal with Su Quanxing and his son, right? ”

Thinking of this, Remy couldn't read it anymore.

He put the book aside and covered his face with both hands.

Ahh

It's really shameful, and I can't be ashamed anymore.

She was not angry at Xu Chuan's fooling of her, she was originally a "hostile force" at that time, so she was naturally able to deceive.

What really made her uncomfortable was that she felt like a clown in front of Xu Chuan.

After all, she really believed Xu Chuan's nonsense at that time, and really thought that Xu Chuan at that time wanted to prove what he said, "You can't shoot "Samsung Copper Tower" well, it doesn't mean that I can't shoot well. Ambition.

At that time, she only felt that Xu Chuan had always been confident, and it was normal to really have this idea.

Now, Chi Guoguo's reality tells herself.

Xu Chuan, the stinky guy who cheated the dead and didn't pay for his life, didn't have the slightest idea of wanting to shoot "Samsung Copper Tower".

He made up his mind from the beginning that he must have made up his mind to shoot "Wandering Blue Star".

She didn't know how long it would take to publish two books, but it must not be short, which was enough for Xu Chuan to have a much better story than "Three Star Copper Tower".

Yes, yes, yes.

When has that guy ever suffered a loss, and can he do such a loss-making thing as picking up a mess?

"Hey~~Yo~~Oh my God~~ It's a shame~~ It's really a shame! He must be looking at me like a fool. What can I do about this, who would like a second fool! ”

It is said that people are extremely ashamed and want to find a hole to get into.

There was certainly no hole in the office for Remy to drill, so she had to put her head on the couch, as if she wanted to drill a hole in the couch.

Of course, it was still a bit difficult for Remy's round head to achieve this kind of feat.

So, after drilling for a while, she didn't move, and after calming down, she took out her mobile phone and flipped to Xu Chuan's phone, and dialed it after hesitation.

The phone rang several times and was connected, and Xu Chuan's brisk voice came from the earpiece: "Mr. Lei, what are you doing?" ”

From the tone, Remy could clearly feel that Xu Chuan was in a good mood.

It's just that Xu Chuan's side is a little noisy, and he speaks with some reverberation and some water sounds.

So, she instinctively greeted: "Mr. Xu, where are you, so noisy?" ”

"I'm in the bathroom, is there a hurry, I'll tell you when I'm done?" Xu Chuan said happily when he heard this.

Bathe?

Hearing this, Remy couldn't help but raise his hand and look at his watch, it was four o'clock in the afternoon, what kind of shower was taking at this point.

Wait, why do you always think about some mess, who says you can't take a shower at four o'clock?

After throwing away these thoughts, Remy spoke: "Mr. Xu, there is something I want to discuss with you. ”

"You say."

"Can you give me a copy of your "Wandering Blue Star"? I'd like to read it. Remy hesitated for a moment before speaking.

After speaking, he quickly added: "Don't worry, I assure you that I will never spread the word." I just want to see what the story is about. ”

As soon as these words came out, Xu Chuan's side fell into silence for a while, and only the sound of water flowing remained in the earpiece.

And after Remy heard the sound of running water, his heart beat inexplicably.

To be honest, she knew that she shouldn't have asked for this book because of her relationship with Xu Chuan.

But she still wanted to ask for it and see if she could get it.

She didn't even understand the reason for this.

Perhaps, it was to see if he could gain Xu Chuan's trust?

Or, she wanted to see if Xu Chuan's measurements could be so big that she could even believe her own promises.

In this way, Xu Chuan was silent for nearly a minute, and if it weren't for the continuous sound of water, Remy would have thought that the signal was interrupted.

"Okay, where are you now?"

This "yes" made Remy feel an inexplicable emotion surging into her heart, and her tone instantly became much softer and replied: "It's in the capital." ”

The office of Ziyi Media is located in Beijing.

"The capital? I'm in Shanghai now. Xu Chuan thought for a moment when he heard this, and then continued to speak, "In this way, if you are in a hurry, I will ask my sister to send you a copy over, she is in the capital." ”

Xu Chuan had some books in the house where Shen Huajin used to live.

"Your sister?"

"Shen Ping'an, my master's granddaughter."

"I see." Remy nodded.

Then as if he thought of something, he hurriedly said: "That Mr. Xu, don't bother my sister, I'll go to Shanghai another day or give it to me when you come to the capital, I'm reading "The Three-Body Problem" now, and I haven't finished reading it yet." ”

The reason why I said this was naturally because Remy didn't want to waste such a good excuse to meet Xu Chuan.

She wanted to see Xu Chuan too much, but she never had the right opportunity.

Borrowing books now and returning them later, aren't there two more reasonable reasons for this?

Xu Chuan didn't refuse when he heard this, but nodded and said, "Okay, then contact us directly at that time, is there anything else?" ”

"I didn't ...... Nope. ”

"Then hang it, it's inconvenient for my hands to be wet."

"Oh, good." Remy was about to hang up the phone when she suddenly remembered something, so she stopped hanging up.

Xu Chuan, who was on the other side, saw that the mobile phone was still on the phone, and deliberately quipped: "Mr. Lei, you don't have the habit of listening to people take a bath, right?" ”

"I didn't ...... It's not, it's not. Hearing this, Remy quickly stumbled.

"So what?"

Hearing Xu Chuan's doubts, Remy hesitated again, and after a while, she gritted her teeth and asked, "Mr. Xu, there is something else I want to ask you, did you and Mr. Qiu not fall out at all?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Xu Chuan couldn't help but take a bath, he raised his eyes to look at Qiu Yicheng, who was brushing his teeth and rinsing his mouth at the washstand not far from him, took a breath and replied, "Yes." ”

After receiving this reply, Remy continued to ask: "So you and Mr. Qiu deliberately acted for Xu Cihua at that time?" ”

"Yes." Xu Chuan answered faster this time.

"You took over the "Samsung Copper Tower" at that time, isn't it also ......?"

This time, Remy's question was not finished, and Xu Chuan replied directly: "Yes." ”

There's nothing to hide.

As long as Remy wasn't a fool, it wouldn't take long for him to find out about these problems.

And Remy on the other end of the phone, listening to the three "yes" from Xu Chuan, her expression became complicated, and she said with self-deprecation: "You have played me and Xu Cihua as fools for so long?" ”

"This isn't." Xu Chuan decisively denied this question when he heard this.

Without waiting for Remy to reply, he continued: "The problem of poor information has nothing to do with being stupid or not, if I don't have these few things that you didn't expect, I will really be overturned by you." ”

"Really?" Remy said with some disbelief.

"Yes, so don't hold back and spoil me every day in the future, I'm also a hard worker. You say that you make money, don't you just get to fool those people behind you, why do you work so hard? Xu Chuan said in a joking tone.

"It's all Xu Cihua's idea, but it's none of my business." There was a hint of coquettishness in Remy's tone that she hadn't even noticed.

"yes, I think so too, okay, I'm done washing, I'll talk when I'm free."

"Okay." Remy took the phone down and hung up.

After hanging up, she pinched her phone and was stunned for a while, and then another call went out.

After connecting, she spoke: "I think I still have to invest more budget in the promotion of Qiu Yicheng's foreign language album." ”

"I know that the investment has reached a critical point, and it is not cost-effective to invest again. But you should really take a look at the public opinion on the domestic Internet now, Xu Chuan is now in both literature and art, and his influence is getting bigger and bigger.

You don't know how much influence this kind of youth idol has on teenagers. In this case, we must hold Qiu Yicheng higher. Otherwise, who will help us hedge against Xu Chuan's public influence in the future? ”

"It's a falling out, Xu Chuan and Qiu Yicheng must have fallen out, this conclusion was obtained by Xu Cihua before, if you don't believe me, can you still believe him?

Mr. Xu clearly said at the time that Qiu Yicheng and Xu Chuan were rivals in love, and the two pursued Lin Mengying together, and finally turned against each other. ”

"Yes, I didn't believe it originally, but isn't Mr. Xu from Qiu Yicheng's circle? This is equivalent to being a professional, and I must trust the judgment of professionals whether you are right or not. ”

"Okay, that's it, invest another 20% of the resources, okay, okay, then do this first."

After hanging up the phone, Remy looked at the phone, and the smile on his face grew wider.

Delighted, she threw her phone aside.

Her mouth actually began to hum the "Mrs. Luxiang" that Xu Chuan had casually sung in front of her before.

Of course, it's just a bit out of tune.

Time passes day by day, and the popularity of the topic of "The Three-Body Problem" seems to have declined somewhat, but in fact, the popularity is constantly increasing.

Because more and more people have the book, more and more people have read the book seriously.

Its influence has gradually sunk from impetuousness on the Internet to a more solid market.

This is actually what Xu Chuan really wants, and if the messy heat on the Internet continues, it is really not a good thing.

It was in this process that the publicity and warm-up of "Sugar" began to be carried out simultaneously at home and abroad, and soon, this MV will be officially launched.

(End of chapter)