Chapter 503 "Lord of Mysteries" is released, the JC era has arrived
The timing of the release of "Lord of Mysteries" was chosen very cleverly.
Just when the global discussion is at its hottest, the core protagonist is about to publish a new book.
You know, after the movie "Infinite World" was released, the entire novel series has become second only to the "Harry Potter" series in the West.
Even if some people have never read the novel or seen the movie, they have heard of the name to some extent.
There are many people who have had specific contact.
With the background of "Infinite World", these huge crowds are already quite curious about his new novel.
Core book fans, as well as some movie fans, have already made reservations to buy the book and read it.
Supporting idols is one thing.
Yes, rice circle culture has also emerged in Europe and the United States.
And Chen Linfeng is one of the more popular stars in the emerging European and American rice circles.
In addition, I also heard some news spread online.
It seems that this time the new book is still about Western fantasy, which is completely different from the previous style.
This makes book fans even more interested.
The recent "Nobel incident" has served as the icing on the cake.
In addition to these loyal fans, there are more people joining in the fun.
A huge number of people have pre-ordered the novel "Lord of Mysteries" in advance through Amazon's pre-sale channel.
As of the 11th, excluding the Chinese region, the total number of pre-sales exceeded 650,000, directly setting a pre-sale record in recent years.
This does not include offline situations.
You know, Warner's and cooperative publishing houses and bookstore channels are even stronger than Disney.
On the 12th, in less than three hours, Amazon’s data exceeded 800,000 copies.
The final 24-hour sales volume stood at 946,300 copies.
The domestic cooperative online sales channel is Dangdang.com.
From the day it opened for pre-sale, it broke all its records along the way.
Before the official release, the total number of pre-sales exceeded 400,000 copies.
On the first day of release, the total sales reached 617,000 copies.
In the online channel alone, there are more than 1.5 million copies.
All I can say is that rejecting the Nobel Prize really raised the profile of the issue.
You know, "Lord of Mysteries" is still the first novel, and there is no support from the previous work.
China’s data are particularly exaggerated.
After all, Amazon has data from many countries around the world.
With sales of nearly one million, it can be said to be reasonable.
Although it is still an exaggeration, as long as the sales volume of "Harry Potter" is calculated, it is always acceptable.
But it is different in China. Based on the data of one country, it has caught up with two-thirds of all other countries.
Chen Linfeng was a little surprised when he saw this data.
Of course, there is also a sense of familiarity.
The grand proportion of Steam game sales in later generations has already vaguely emerged.
But it's normal. Chen Linfeng's development in China has never stopped.
From novels to TV series to movies, the reputation has always been maintained extremely well.
The national popularity and appeal have reached an incredible level.
There is a saying on the Internet: "When you encounter Xiao Chen's works, you can buy them without thinking."
In fact, since the news of the release of "Lord of Mysteries" came out, the discussion on the Internet has not stopped.
"Chen Linfeng is going to publish a new book. He won't let me wait until ten years later, right?"
"I finally read a new book. It's not easy. I still feel that the novels he wrote are good, but the online articles still don't have the same flavor as what he wrote."
"It's just that I write too slowly. Sometimes I can't guarantee that I will write one book a year."
"Don't talk about it. As an online writer, I have to be fair. Fengshen has something new in every novel. It's normal for him to write slowly. Most people have no idea that he can still write with so many ideas. The logic behind it is strict and there are no big loopholes. What is the concept? ”
"Mad, I can't wait any longer."
"..."
After the book was released, in the afternoon of the same day, readers’ reviews and reflections on the book gradually appeared in various online forums and post bars.
In various Penguin group chats, corresponding views or thoughts were also mentioned.
"Sure enough, there is something new. Xiao Chen has really started writing Western fantasy. Even the background society has been changed to a Western style."
"After reading it, I feel pretty good. The setting is very fresh. It can be seen that it has not been fully developed yet. I heard that the second part will be released in three months. This aspect should be taken into consideration. I am looking forward to the content of the next one."
"It's a pity that when I was buying books at the bookstore, I couldn't buy the Tarot cards that come with the book. I have to buy them tomorrow. This book doesn't have Tarot cards, so it doesn't feel that interesting."
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"The boss I faced in the first part was too strong. It felt like a plot kill. I don't know when I can get back in the game later."
When Zhang Heng saw this, he immediately stopped looking back.
These people really don't have any martial ethics. Don't you know they can't be spoiled?
Whenever Chen Linfeng releases a new book, it seems like the Internet writers have a logical reason to take leave.
"Collecting style", "going out to study", "having something to do" etc. are quite polite.
If you don't pay attention to it, just send a leave request sheet and clearly state that you want to read Chen Linfeng's new novel tomorrow, so you will stop updating for one day.
Readers have no temper because many people will also read it.
However, some readers are not used to it at all. I don’t have time to read it today. This is not a reason for you not to update.
When I finish reading "Lord of Mysteries" tomorrow, won't it be time to check my homework?
A bad author will find reasons to delay updates.
Then he will denounce the author in various places such as book club groups and book review areas, which is very difficult to deal with.
Zhang Heng was troubled by this.
He is the type who simply issues a note stating the reasons for asking for leave.
Even though he explained the reasons, these readers still can't understand him.
Hey, you can't be too nice to them.
Zhang Heng originally placed an order to buy books online.
But on the day of sale, he realized that if he bought it online, it would not be available today.
Therefore, he quickly returned the goods online and then ran to a nearby bookstore to buy books.
By this time, it was already afternoon.
Fortunately, it is already 2012. Most people in China buy books through online channels, and there are not many people in offline bookstores.
Zhang Heng only waited for a while and bought the book.
Just now, he was using his mobile phone to peek into the writers group and see their thoughts.
They are also very rhythmic. After watching a section, when they reach a certain point, they will post their thoughts in the group.
But there were a lot of spoiler dogs, so after a while, he didn't dare to read the group messages anymore.
Putting the books into the bag, he glanced over and saw that on the bookshelf at the door, placed together with the stack of books "Lord of Mysteries", was a set of Tarot cards.
It looks quite textured.
Zhang Heng thought about what he had just seen and what the group of friends had said, and with a thought in his mind, he picked it up and bought it.
It’s quite expensive, the collector’s edition costs 260 yuan.
"Wind God can really make money," Zhang Heng sighed and bought the most expensive edition without hesitation.
Writing a book is so hard just so you don’t hesitate when you want to spend money.
After buying the book, Zhang Heng bought some cold dishes and two sesame seed cakes.
This way, there is no need to cook or go out to buy food at night.
These are all painful experiences in the past.
After returning home, I couldn't wait to open the newly bought book.
I can smell the faint smell of new books. This feeling has not been experienced for a long time in recent years.
Generally, you can only have a similar experience when Chen Linfeng releases a new book.
Alas, in today's era, the publishing industry really can't survive. Fortunately, there are still online articles that can make a living.
Only a monster like Chen Linfeng can make money through book publishing.
I don’t know how big today’s sales figures will be.
He thought to himself as he turned to the first page.
The original book of "Lord of Mysteries" is still beautifully produced.
Continuing the habit of Chen Linfeng's previous works, they often include relevant character drawings and partial scene setting drawings.
【pain!
it hurts!
My head hurts!
The bizarre dream full of whispers quickly fell into pieces. Zhou Mingrui, who was sleeping soundly, felt his head throbbing and abnormally painful, as if he had been severely swung with a stick. No, it was more like a sharp object was pierced into his temple and accompanied by stirring!
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The beginning is a very normal time-travel protagonist setting.
Well, thinking about the novels written by Fengshen in the past, this seems to be the first male protagonist who is a time traveler.
Then the plot unfolds slowly and slowly, and then some daily life is mixed in.
I have to sigh, the daily writing of Fengshen is really good.
Especially when turning the pages gradually, watching Klein greet the old lady next door and discuss cooking skills with his brother and sister, I always feel a sense of leisure.
As the plot gradually introduces nighthawks, it shows the life of nighthawks in the "Blackthorn Security Company".
Because Zhang Heng is a writer, the sense of critical reading that he spontaneously developed gradually disappeared.
He no longer thought about what was and was not, and gradually immersed himself in the world in the novel.
Seeing the final battle, in which the protagonist and the captain died together, Zhang Heng was affected by the emotion of surprise and temporarily came out of the immersion state.
The protagonist is dead?
In other words, that Leonard is the protagonist of Volume 2?
Chen Linfeng is working on something new?
No, if that were the case, the group would have been unable to help but mention it.
He continued to flip through it. Fortunately, the story was not over yet.
The next chapter is titled "Story".
Zhang Heng was a little confused at first, wondering where the perspective had been changed.
Narratives of some past content began to appear on the pages of the book.
Zhang Heng was a little dazzled by the large list of foreign names.
He skipped it for now, planning to read it first and then go back and study who those people were.
Then he saw Klein's name.
Here we begin to use a third-party perspective to narrate the previous plot of Klein's experience.
Zhang Heng began to feel something was wrong.
In the following paragraphs, the words "coincidence" and "accident" began to appear frequently.
This reminded Zhang Heng of some of the previous plots, which were very abrupt when the author described them.
Words like "coincidence" and "accident" were also mentioned.
It seems to be a deliberate foreshadowing, but also seems to be more casual.
Now it seems that this can be matched. Zhang Heng's breathing became rapid.
No way?
It's not what I thought! ?
Turning the page again, Zhang Heng felt something was wrong in his hand and found that it had the texture of a scene setting picture.
Looking back, it turned out that it was actually a picture, with a total of two pages.
Looking carefully, Zhang Heng's expression condensed.
The painting was displayed like a comic grid, with a man in gray writing on the notes with a classical feather pen.
The contents of the notes are exactly what Zhang Heng saw just now.
And in the comic grid on the last line of the second page, the note clearly states that Klein died.
Correspondingly, the Nighthawks were holding a funeral for Klein and the captain next to them.
In the last scene, the man in gray with dark blond hair and dark blue eyes was still writing notes with a quill pen. Although there was no ink on it, he wrote the words without being affected.
"The story of the city of Tingen ends here."
Check out the 16-9 book bar and see the correct version!
Zhang Heng couldn't believe that his suspicion just now was actually true.
"Holy shit, I really dare to think that what a person writes with a quill pen will happen in reality?"
"You can still have this kind of setting, isn't it invincible?"
Zhang Heng couldn't restrain his excitement. He stood up excitedly and walked around the room.
In the paragraph just now, I described it in words at first, and then changed it to a comic format. I feel that the effect is somewhat good.
The plot itself is very exciting, coupled with the awesome storyboard comics, it is simply awesome.
He somewhat understood why so many people in the group were going crazy.
Zhang Heng was excited for a long time and finally calmed down.
He found that there seemed to be more content at the back, so he continued to sit down and read.
As written in the previous notes, the Nighthawks were holding a funeral for Klein and the captain.
Klein's brother and sister were devastated.
This plot made Zhang Heng a little sad, but then, his mood changed rapidly.
Um? Resurrected! ?
After his resurrection, Klein used divination to review the truth of previous events.
Sure enough, as Zhang Heng guessed, the quill is a sealed object, and what is written becomes reality.
The man behind the scenes was holding a sealed object that had been taken away from the church, which led to the tragic event of the birth of the evil god's heir.
The plot leads Klein to Backlund, where the new plot will break out.
The ending ends with Klein and his brother and sister not knowing each other.
Zhang Heng turned back further and found that there were only a few illustration pages left at the back.
What is shown is the scene of Klein taking a train to a strange place, and in the new city, a detective-looking man uses a pistol to fight the enemy.
There are also scenes of people dressed as goth girls, teaming up with detectives to fight against enemies, etc.
"Is this a preview of the second volume?" Zhang Heng guessed.
After reading the entire content, he felt a little sad.
Not only for the plot I watched before, but also for the act itself and the sigh from the heart after watching it.
Wow, it's so well written.
No wonder those who write published novels despise those who write online articles. The reading experience is indeed different.
Zhang Heng, who had never read a few published books, felt deeply in awe.
Especially this book "Lord of Mysteries", the combination of illustrations and novels is really just right.
Originally, it was possible to have trouble remembering people's names, but the large number of illustrations in the book help memory, which obviously avoids this problem.
In particular, the descriptions of some life scenes, coupled with illustrations, greatly deepen the reading experience.
Zhang Heng closed the book and kept sighing.
By the way, he clicked on his phone.
"Damn it, it's already past three in the morning."
Zhang Heng was shocked and realized that he had already reached this point without paying attention to the time.
At the same time, I still felt a little hungry. I forgot to eat the cold dishes and sesame pancakes I bought in the afternoon. I originally wanted to eat them while watching in the evening.
Fortunately, it is a cold dish itself and does not need to be reheated.
He took a large bowl from the cupboard, unwrapped the plastic bag, and spread it out.
Pork head meat with cold skin, lotus root slices, yuba and other ingredients made him appetite.
Afterwards, Zhang Heng served the sesame cakes and opened the book while eating, preparing to read again the content that he didn't quite understand before.
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"A wonderful new story. Chen is worthy of being the most famous screenwriter in Hollywood. His novel setting and story description method have reached a fascinating level."
"The new book "Lord of Mysteries" has made a good start. In my opinion, it is no less shocking than "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"."
"The scenes of Western life described by an Easterner made me, an old Londoner, burst into tears. I was shocked by Chen's exquisite study of Britain during the Industrial Revolution."
"Lord of Mysteries is the next Harry Potter!"
"..."
In the days after the official release of "Lord of Mysteries", various literary book reviews continued to appear in various literary publications.
In the European and American world, the praise for "Lord of Mysteries" this time is much faster than when "Infinite World" was released.
Obviously, Western film critics still prefer "The Secret" to "Infinite".
Fans who have read the original novel "Infinite World" don't think so.
They think both books have their own merits and are both very interesting.
But a large number of fans who read "Lord of Mysteries" for the first time were blown away by this book.
In a short period of time, a large number of "Secret"-related setting collections and discussion posts appeared on European and American social platforms.
Even Cthulhu culture has become popular again.
Cthulhu has always been a niche circle before, but now it seems to be moving towards the masses.
This fan enthusiasm and public opinion discussion are well reflected in the sales of the novel.
On the third day, Sister Mei came to report the sales data on the first day of sale.
The online data of 156.3 came out on the same day.
Offline sales data will be released a little slower.
Domestic readers, who are mainly online, can't bear the speed of express delivery. The only ones who choose to buy directly offline are the Internet writers who have taken leave early.
Most people can still tolerate it.
Therefore, domestic sales are mainly online, and the number of books purchased offline is about 300,000.
It is different abroad. Offline data is not much worse than online. Statistics show that sales exceeded 800,000 copies.
The final total sales volume in a single day exceeded 2.7 million copies.
The first printing of the European and American English version is 5 million copies, and the first printing of the Chinese version is 3 million copies. It is estimated that it will not be sold in a year.
This is already close to the sales of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" that year.
Such exaggerated sales have attracted a lot of attention in the publishing industry and literary circles.
It also triggered a wave of media frenzy.
"Again another sales miracle, is "Lord of Mysteries" the next "Harry Potter"?"
"The popular novel bestseller has officially entered the era of the 'JC (jk Rowling & Chen)' duo."
"Good news for those who love reading, "Lord of Mysteries" creates a new reading craze with its novel setting and fascinating plot."
"Warner makes another "Harry Potter" series? Disney is losing big!"
"..."
Some media brought up the topic of Chen Linfeng's switch to Warner Bros. and Disney's huge defeat, and speculated on what kind of favorable conditions Warner offered.
Disney was completely taken advantage of in this matter.
We had been working well together, but unexpectedly, when it came time to write the book "Lord of the Mysteries", Warner Bros. suddenly poached them.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that "Lord of Mysteries" is probably Chen's creative peak.
It’s impossible for you to be so productive and high-quality all the time. There will always be times when you slip.
In fact, Chen Linfeng has published so many books in a row now that it makes people want to curse.
After the topic became popular, it even caused fluctuations in the stock market of Disney Films.
After all, I lost a lot of fat.
It’s because Marvel is so powerful now that it doesn’t seem to have a big impact.
Despite this, when Peter called Chen Linfeng, he complained fiercely.
"Chen, you can't do this to me. As soon as you left, you wrote such a good book."
"Uh, sorry."
"Now I can't even see new content immediately. This hurts my friends' hearts too much."
"No, is it because of this?"
"If it's not this, what could it be?"
Chen Linfeng said, "I thought it was because I didn't cooperate with Disney."
Peter said casually, "Whether we cooperate or not depends on the specific wishes of both parties. Essentially, this is because the headquarters is not caring enough and has not managed the relationship with you well."
"Besides, I am no longer responsible for publishing-related matters. It is only because my successors are doing poorly that I appear to be more capable."
Yes, that’s it.
Chen Linfeng said speechlessly, "Then why did you call me?"
"Oh, dear Chen, you hurt my heart just by saying this."
"Get out of here, are you going to say it?"
Chen Linfeng has been answering the phone every day recently because of the Nobel Prize. He really doesn't want to hear nonsense anymore.
"Okay, let's get down to business. I heard that you are going to make a movie with Warner Bros., will the content be about superheroes?"
"Oh, you're talking about "Joker", that's what happened."
Peter's voice deepened, "Chen, the novel is okay, but it's a bit inappropriate to abandon the headquarters and cooperate with Warner for a new movie. The headquarters is very angry because of this."
"So, what can you say?"
Chen Linfeng now almost understands the tricks of Peter, a rich second generation, who always likes to surprise people.
Pete chuckled, "So it's best to cooperate with us at Disney right away to consolidate everyone's friendship."
Facing a leader like Chen now, we definitely cannot use the same threatening or coercive methods as before.
Peter knew what the top management at the headquarters did when he first planned to film "Infinite World".
That was probably before the release of "Wall-E."
Now these high-level officials no longer appear in front of Chen, just because they don't want to cause displeasure between the two parties.
Faced with this situation, Chen not only put aside Disney and cooperated with other companies on new novels.
They went to Warner Bros. without saying anything about the new movie.
Disney Headquarters is very angry, but the anger is over.
What else can you do when facing a big boss who can help you make money?
I can only choose to forgive him.
(End of chapter)