Chapter 432 is selling well in many countries!
Why are there so many people?
For Douwa, the last time he saw such a spectacular queue was at an offline event of Tokyo underground idol Sanbei.
Underground idols only have a small stage and rely on the advantage of being close to the audience offline to survive. Sanbei broke out of the industry, appeared in newspapers and TV programs, and was even known as "Little Asuka Saijing" and "Little Hamasaki Ayumi". Douha bought 10 handshake coupons and spent 50 seconds alone with Sanbei, because the other party could give him a cheap and bright smile and care.
It can be seen from this that the popularity of underground idol Sanbei is really strong. The price of the handshake ticket is at the average level, but the time is only half of the average...
"Is it possible that a certain singer's new album has been released? Hamasaki Ayumi-san or Utada Mitsu-san?" Douha thought to himself, trying to find someone in line to ask about the situation. But please go to the trouble of asking strangers... Let me explain first, she is not introverted, she just simply doesn't want to communicate with people of the same species.
Therefore, I finally decided to squeeze in and have a look.
Neon’s large bookstore (above three floors) also sells comics, records, and AVs. You really don’t know what’s in store unless you ask. Can Yua Mikami's challenging work still cause a sensation...
Douha had no choice but to wait in line at the back. After ten minutes, the line wriggled forward like an earthworm.
There are at least dozens of people in front of them, and they can’t be seen at this glance. She still has a lot of work to do when she goes home tonight and can't wait that long.
Being overwhelmed by work tasks and not wanting to communicate, Douha asked, "I'm sorry to bother you, but are you waiting in line to buy a record?"
"The team is all buying "From the New World", Gu Lusang's new novel. If you want to buy a record, you can go around the back and go directly into the store." responded a middle-aged man in his forties.
"?" Douha's head was full of question marks, and he responded politely and subconsciously, "Thank you, I also bought this book."
"The number of people queuing up here is relatively small. The number of people queuing up at Sanshengtang on Yiban Street is even more exaggerated. The line is not long, and we got it in a while. We also share the burden." The uncle comforted.
So I queued up obediently at the back.
She knew that Gu Lu's works were popular, but she wasn't so exaggerated, right? As for the suspect last time, Maruzen (Marunouchi main store) formed a queue just because there was a signature in the store.
In fact, what Douha wanted to leave was that there was not much difference between buying "From the New World" today and tomorrow for her, but the uncle in front of her would talk to her from time to time: "We are almost here, there should be less than fifty people in front of us." "You. Are you a fan of Gu Lu's books? "Don't stretch your body too straight." Because of this, Douyu was embarrassed to leave.
Even though I didn't know this strange uncle, I had the feeling that running away would be betraying his trust.
It's just "Are you a fan of Gu Lu's books?" What a strange question. If you're not a book fan, why are you lining up here?
It took almost an hour for Douha to get the book.
Although he didn't want to, he still said goodbye to the strange uncle before Douha left.
On the way to the subway, Douba rarely used Instagram or Yahoo, but lowered his head to read the book he just bought.
"No matter how many lessons humans have to swallow with tears, as long as they pass through the throat, all the lessons will be completely forgotten."
"It is precisely how far a person can persevere when there is no hope for the future that truly reflects how strong that person is."
"Once you become addicted to hunting, you won't realize that you are the prey until the last moment."
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"I feel like the writing style has dropped a lot. Is it because of the subject matter?" Douwa was the first to feel. It feels rather wordy, and feels... yes, a bit like "Hyogo".
Five years ago, not counting the semi-autobiographical novels Ice Fruit, Flowers for Algernon, and The Little Prince, the language was very concise. The Devotion of Suspect X Five Years Later and New World both like to write simple words with more complex descriptions.
The description of Ishigami's heart in The Suspect is a bit cumbersome. It is precisely because of this reading experience that Douha kept frowning while reading.
I was wondering, is it because the publisher has requirements on the length of the novel?
but! Looking at the work as a whole, Douha feels very good. The discussion about sociology adds a touch of authenticity to the story.
Yes, Mameha's feelings are real and perhaps very strange.
"The elite class will never give up their privileges, so they will definitely enslave the ordinary class. The elite class also cherishes the environment in which they live. For example, they ask ordinary people to save water and electricity and not to hunt and protect animals. How much water and electricity can ordinary people use?"
"And hunting whales. Obviously I have never seen whale meat at all. To say that whale meat is Neon's dietary habit from ancient times to the present, haha."
After reading it, Douha's negative emotions came up. The reason why she feels it is true is that the current neon society is ruled by the elite class.
In the book, the elites are the "curse", but in the neon society, they are the "system". Why doesn't Douha dare to quit even though he can do the work of three people by himself? Because when you work in a large enterprise, if you leave your job within a short period of time (within three years), it will be over, and it will be difficult to find a better job.
Of course at this moment, she had returned to her home and took out a can of beer from the refrigerator. There is a reason why neon izakayas and convenience stores are basically popular. Work and social pressure require alcohol to vent.
"It's not surprising that this kind of work comes from the hands of Chinese writers." Douyu said, "No wonder Bai Mouse One, who seemed to be a negative character in the early stage, is really named Algernon. This is what Gu Lusang wanted to express, even if You can’t change the outcome, but you still need to fight!”
Douha definitely didn't dare to resist, so he found a target in the next second, "Why doesn't Neon Red work so hard? Can't it start a prairie fire like China? Lost to America, damn it!"
The beer can deformed under the force of his fingers. Douha turned on his computer, went to Twitter, searched for keywords, and checked other readers' comments on the book.
She queued up to buy it in the evening, but there are already many readers who bought it during the Internet pre-sale period or bought it in the morning.
"Gu Lusang's level of storytelling is still wonderful. The book is both entertaining and at the same time deeply thoughtful about society. I even feel that the Shenqi District is like neon. After all, we are the place where eight million gods live (laughs). What shocked me was not Algernon’s shouting of ‘I am human’, but the laughter from the judgment seat after shouting it. If I shouted this sentence in front of my superiors, would I get the same ridicule?”
"I hope it can be made into an animation so that more neon people can see it. A very wonderful work. In addition, can willow trees really resist evil spirits in Chinese culture? In our culture, burning willow trees will smell of corpses, and there is also a monster named Liu Po. .”
"Why are there so many people queuing up to buy books today? The book is a good book, but I can only give it four stars because queuing takes up too much time."
……
It received rave reviews, and Douha understood why the uncle spoke so strangely in the evening. Because there are many people in line who may not really be book fans.
Because Asuka Zhaijing tweeted: "My favorite writer Gu Lusang has released a new work. "From the New World" please support it. If the new work sells well, you can unlock a small benefit () - private Daily photo album ”
Photo in Neon means photo, not necessarily what my friends think.
But even so, the influence is huge. Asuka Saizuru is the first person after the era of the three great singers in Heisei, and is also the most influential female singer born in the 1990s.
The suspects in the previous work are still warm, the writer himself has not lost his popularity, and Asuka Saizuru's appeal, the three factors combined (the third one accounts for the largest proportion) led to the grand scene that Douba saw, that is, Tokyo and Osaka. The bookstore in the city center is crowded.
Destroying heat!
Bring a celebration banquet to Bai Tongshe.
"Congratulations."
"Same joy, same joy."
"Shirahama Christmas Kyodo Society's publicity ability is really strong, even though the incident happened suddenly." "It is true that the incident happened suddenly, but please rest assured Yao-san, we are very experienced in publicity." President Sato said.
He didn't expect that the other party could ask Asuka Saijing to pay such a high price to promote... Culture and entertainment represent the inseparability of culture and entertainment circles.
Sato, who has been working hard for more than 30 years, knows all too well that when celebrities say they are fans of a certain writer, it is all just talk.
Either he wants to star in the author's film adaptation of the novel, or he wants to create a character. In contrast, it is more true for neon artists to say that they are fans of certain comics, such as Takuya Kimura being a fan of One Piece.
With Asuka Saijing's current popularity, I don't know how much the promotion of this effect would cost. The OP of the last "Hyouka" anime seems to have been sung by Asuka.
Yao Xiaoju on the other end of the phone seemed to notice something was wrong in the conversation, "President Sato, isn't Asuka's speech included in your company's publicity plan?"
"..." President Sato's mind suddenly couldn't turn around.
"Asukasai Shizu-san, wasn't it Yao Sang who invited you?" Sato asked.
There was silence on both ends of the receiver as both realized the flaw in their logic.
In other words, no one came to Asuka Saijing to announce her. Is this singer really running water? !
Other countries are similar to Neon, and Neon's sales are representative. There are good news from the Lion City, Malaysia, and South Korea.
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The champagne started popping up inside the publishing house!
Even Yao Xiaoju and Guo Dafa, who are usually relatively stable, called to celebrate. An achievement that is very worthy of celebration. It can be said that it is the first time that a self-authored book has been released in multiple countries at the same time.
After all, books are not as good as movies. They contain more than 100,000 words or more, so you need to find a reliable translator. No writer in the world has done this, and it’s only because Gu Lu’s popularity in Asia is high enough that he can do it.
The previous suspect x all failed due to coordination by the publishing house.
With this success, the future will be easier!
Anyway, the media in various countries the next day were——
Hua Xia: "Gu Lu's new work has created new glories, and Japan, South Korea, and Malaysia are on the best-selling list of new books."
South Korea: "What kind of world is written in the new work Conquering China and Neon? "From the New World" invites you to join"
Neon: "The most important book in Asia this year (it has topped the list in many countries), the talent of the talented writer has reappeared!"
Wait until the Lion City and Malaysia are not listed, just step on the left foot and the right foot - soar on the same spot!
It will boost book sales, because many passers-by have little interest in the subject matter and introduction of the book.
But seeing that the results were so good and many countries were selling them, I followed the trend and bought it.
"From the New World" is not as readable as "The Suspect" in the field of bestsellers, but it was launched in many countries at the same time and promoted at the same time, and its sales volume throughout Asia is visible to the naked eye.
Everyone is satisfied with the sales, but King Guru himself is not satisfied with it. Because he remembered very clearly that Yu Hua, the scrawling puppy, published a new book "Wen Cheng" a year before his rebirth. The first printing is 500,000 copies, and an additional 100,000 copies will be printed on the second day of pre-sale. In the first month after it went on sale, it ranked second in the annual list of fiction works.
Specific sales volume can only be viewed in "Open Data" by paying money. In his previous life, he had to find someone to borrow a membership even for watching videos on the APP. How could he open a membership? But it is conservatively estimated to be over one million.
"I also read Wencheng and The Seventh Day. I feel that the readability is not as good as "The Legend of the Wind" and "One Sentence is Worth Ten Thousand Sentences", but the book is popular."
Gu Lu believes that it is related to Yu Hua's personal charm. First of all, it is the contrast between the characters. They all think that the author who wrote "To Live" will be bitter and resentful, but in fact he "left the sadness to the readers and the happiness to himself." Secondly, Yu Hua speaks very down-to-earth and never pretends to be like other cultural personnel.
Not to mention the literary circle, no one in the field of best-sellers in the past life on Earth can sell better than Yu Hua. Another pup, "shutup," isn't even close to selling his new book.
"Yu Hua may have been blessed by movies and recommended by many Chinese teachers."
"After all these years, "The Little Prince" plus "Young China" are in textbooks, and "Bingguo" is adapted into animation. The national popularity should not be lower than that of Yu Hua in 2021 on earth..."
Remember Yu Hua, there are many second-generation videos on Bilibili, and Gu Lu will go to Bilibili to search for his own videos.
Gu Lu didn't feel this way when he was a suspect before, but now he does. King Gulu thought, "My domestic book sales are currently at the top, and I want to go up to the point where I can form a gap with the second place. I can consider going Yu Hua Route.”
Anyway, there are no scrawled puppies in this world.
Then let’s start next year’s full-length pine nut, which will please readers and make you happy. And he also drew "Alive", which will only make readers more "happy".
And you can accept more interviews and be more down-to-earth.
Gu Lu also felt that his fame was not grounded at all...it was nonsense.
With "The Little Prince" and "Young China Story", he became China's most talented writer and a child of other people's family.
The "Diplomacy Trilogy" after the return.
That’s all, what’s grounding about it? The only down-to-earth account of King Gulu, it is frequently updated.
It's not too late to make amends, and Gu Lu is still very motivated.
On the other hand——
"It really feels like writers and writers are two different creatures."
The person who said this was a budding novelist, but it wasn't just him who wanted to say it.
Because 99% of the sales that Gu Lu is not satisfied with will be satisfied... This is too exaggerated. To be precise, it is a sales volume that will surprise everyone except Gu Lu.
Therefore, for the sake of fame, "Open Book Data" decided to announce the sales volume of Gu Lu's new work.
Let me say it again, Open Book Data is a data survey company in Sijiucheng, specializing in the book market, and is relatively professional. "Comprehensive Annual Report", "Classified Annual Report", etc. are also released every year.
Therefore, the credibility is very high.
"In the fiction new book market at the end of 2019, Gu Lu's new work "From the New World" ranked first on the total sales new book list and content e-commerce new book list on the first day of its release. It was also the first on the shelf sales new book list. According to statistics from available channels, this is Case——
First day sales in South Korea: 60,000 copies
First-day sales in Malaysia: 42,000 copies (No. 1 first-seller of the year)
First-day sales in Lion City: 14,000 copies (second in first-time sales of the year)
Neon first day sales: 230,000 copies
Plus the first domestic sales of 260,000 copies. ]
That is to say, "From the New World" has sold 600,000 copies across Asia, a sales volume that makes people in the industry - oh no, even laymen feel numb...
(End of chapter)