Chapter 163 Why don’t I know?
From the appearance, "Fu Wen Zhi" is more like a domestic animation magazine.
【Super planning】
【Dream collection of literature and art】
【The five new mystery tigers will all appear】
[Takagi Kento, Kitayama Takekuni, Sato Yuya, Takimoto Ryuhiko, Yoshikawa Shinkoichi]
From the lineup of this magazine, you can see the difference between the parallel world and the earth. The butterfly flaps its wings. Really casual.
In the original Faust (another translation of the magazine), the Five Tigers had Yiyi and Nishio Reform, and the world became the other two.
Gu Lu has read Otoichi's book but not Nishio. The reason he knows this writer is because there is speculation that Nishio Ishin is the true identity of Oba Thrush, one of the authors of "Death Note".
Two of his works were placed at the back.
It's normal. The Five Faust Tigers are already famous writers in Neon, and Gu Lu is just a newcomer.
"But this is a bit too far back..." Gu Lu changed the topic, "It's incredible that it's all in Japanese. I really didn't expect that a three or four-year-old kid from Neon can speak Japanese... Okay , I’m a little bored.”
King Guru was able to live cautiously and not go crazy in his previous life, all thanks to a skill - not letting sadness stay on him for too long.
After reading for a while, Gu Lu also didn’t understand Japanese, so he quickly lost interest.
"If I win the novel, it would be great to be able to learn that language directly!" Gu Lu thought to himself, he put the magazine under his arm and walked to the bookstore.
This is too much to think about. Although the books in the synthesized list can be read directly in the mind, even if he pulls out the original novel, Gu Lu can only copy it.
Arrived at the Sanlian Bookstore near his home, Gu Lu prepared to purchase the Harry Potter series, a set of seven.
Moving to the trolley, I glanced at the price, about a hundred yuan. Gu Lu felt it was a bit expensive, so he bought a few more pens.
Gu Lu was pushing his cart around and saw an acquaintance - Landlady Geng.
As for the room in Jiafuyuan, even though they only met twice, they had to pay each time they met, so Gu Lu was quite impressed.
"We're going home." Landlady Geng hung up the phone and said to his son, little Geng, who was holding hands next to him, about eleven years old.
“Didn’t you say that I can watch for a long time today?” Xiao Geng’s face collapsed.
“…”
Dragon Geng felt a little guilty. He didn’t spend much time with his children. He finally found time today, but the company called him with something else.
"Dad promises to spare more time next time." Seeing the disappointment on his son's face, Landlady Geng said, "Don't you have a lot of books you want to buy? Go get them."
Hearing this, Xiao Geng smiled and ran away. In fact, he had been used to it for a long time. He was just pretending to be disappointed, just waiting for these words!
Besides, what’s the benefit of having dad accompany you? It’s not fun at all, but dads who spend money are great. After a while, Xiao Geng came running pushing a cart.
A bit too much... Landlady Geng frowned, mainly not because he was unhappy, but because his wallet was protesting.
"Can you read it all after buying so much?" Landlady Geng asked, "Don't you have a copy of "The Little Prince"?"
"That's "The Happy Prince", Not the little prince." Xiao Geng said, then pointed to the book cases on the bookshelf and asked the cashier, "Are the book cases still available?"
The revenue collector replied, "Free book covers are only a bonus for the first month of the book's release, but now you can buy one for an additional two yuan, and you can buy a set of eight book covers for an additional 12 yuan."
小Geng looked at his father, and before the latter could say anything, he said, "Dad, I don't want this book anymore, I just want a set of book covers."
"Okay." Landlord Geng paid After paying, take the bag and leave. The customer behind me takes a step forward.
“It feels like there are quite a lot of people buying “The Little Prince”, and the sales of peripheral products are also pretty good, right?” Gu Lu asked the salesperson as he scanned the QR code.
"Peripherals?"
"It's just the sales of book cases."
"Except Pleasant Goat and Big Bear II, the Little Prince's book cases are the best-selling ones."
< br>After a conversation, Gu Lu learned this and fell into thinking. The money around... seemed like he had never seen it before.
Who swallowed it?
With such doubts, King Gulu made an unannounced visit to Xinhua Bookstore a little further away before returning to his nest.
The result is that the book covers have begun to be sold, and they are no longer gifts.
The sky is clear today, and the blue sky is like a scene in a painting, which contrasts with Gu Lu's solemn mood.
The book cover costs only a few cents... If the quantity is large, the cost can be ridiculously low.
Buy two pieces individually, and the whole set is only $1.5 each. With cumulative sales across the country, you can get a lot in a single month.
Gu Lu sat at home for a while, stood for a while, opened and closed the APP aimlessly for a while.
That’s the question. Even if President Jian is indeed kind, things have to be clarified...
After thinking again and again, Gu Lu dialed President Jian's phone number, "President Jian, are you busy?"
After a few pleasantries at the beginning, Gu Lu said, "Fog City Theater purchased "The Little Prince" and adapted it into a children's drama. I don't know if this news will help the sales of the work."
Following this. Gu Lu told everything about the children's drama and what Chairman Shen Tiemei said.
"Children's drama - yes, "The Little Prince" is indeed suitable for this format." President Jian pondered for a few seconds on the other end of the phone and responded, "It will definitely help. We can hold a book signing while the theater is promoting it. "
The biggest worry at the book signing is that no readers will be present. After all, "The Little Prince" will be released too soon, Gu Lu said that he was worried.
“Other cities may be reluctant to hold book signings, but the fog is enough. Don’t worry, our publishing house will arrange it.” President Jian responded.
The application for the venue for the book signing and the related staff arrangements are not something Gu Lu can handle as a student.
President Jian is also a fox who has become a spirit, "Is there anything else that Xiao Gu has to do? We are so familiar with each other, let's just talk about it."
"It's about the sale of items surrounding my "The Little Prince". I went to the bookstore today to check it out, and accidentally discovered that our previous gifts are now sold in the bookstore." Gu Lu said.
President Jian understood halfway through the words. He responded, "The publishing house has given out 200,000 book covers as gifts, but in fact it is not the bookstore that distributes as many gifts as it orders books. This is understandable, right? ?”
It’s understandable, because publishers need to send books to bookstores and secondary distributors, and there can be no fairness in the process. I don’t know exactly how.
“Generally speaking, second-level distributors cannot get gifts, but chain bookstores have a stronger say and get more gifts.” President Jian said, “According to common sense, within one and a half months, 300,000 copies have been sold, and the 200,000 gifts should have been given away long ago, but only 70,000 or 80,000 copies may actually be given away."
"I understand, the bookstore will deal with the remaining gifts no matter what. , are all compliant." After being reminded, Gu Lu understood a lot of things. No wonder, including in movie theaters, many times you don't get gifts without asking. It turns out that's the case.
"Now that we're talking about this -" President Jian said, "We also plan to print 100,000 copies of the book cover and give them to bookstores for free during the third printing."
(End of this chapter)