Chapter 177 The Third Man of the Millennium
Saturday, the weather was sunny.
The Xinhua Bookstore on Xiaoxin Street in Sha District is the largest Xinhua Bookstore in the foggy city. It has leased the first to fifth floors of Hengxin Building.
1F: classic best-selling books and novels
2F: learning, teaching materials, professional books
3F: Children's books
4F: Literary works from various countries
On the fifth floor there is a small library and stationery and peripheral sales. Anyway, you can buy Monopoly on the fifth floor, and you can also buy the book cover of "The Little Prince".
The fifth floor is a little unusual at this moment. Stepping out of the escalator, what you can see is the standing promotional sign ["The Little Prince" Signing Event].
The small library is also decorated with banners——
["The stars shine so that everyone can find their own star one day." The best-selling fairy tale in 2012
Gu Lu's on-site book signing
Organizer : Sha District Propaganda Department
Organizer: Sha District Cultural Committee, Sha District Library, Huaxia Children’s Culture Publishing House Bookstore, Xinhua Bookstore
Co-organizers: Sha District Education Committee, Yangjiaping Business Co-organized by the Circle Management Committee]
Don't worry about the various units above, and don't pay too much attention to it. It just means that this event is officially approved. If the effect is good, it will be promoted by the official.
Directly in front of the banner are three narrow tables joined together along the short side. The table tops are then covered with a red wool blanket to create a signature table.
Many staff members were walking around making final preparations.
"Teacher Gu, I am Zhang Xian, the camp editor of our publishing house, and I am in charge of this book signing."
Marketing Editor Zhang Xian is a man in his mid-thirties. , my skin is very poor, dull and has acne, probably because I often stay up late. But judging from his appearance, this person is relatively capable. The bookstore has central air conditioning. He was sweating from running up and down, so he simply took off his coat and wore a thin T-shirt.
"If you have any questions during the autograph session, you can tell me at any time." Zhang Xian did not hesitate at all because of the writer's young age. On the contrary, his attitude was more positive.
"The process is very good, but..." Gu Lu just walked around. Readers can buy "The Little Prince" from the third floor and get it signed, and then pass by the stationery area to buy peripherals (book covers). Done in one go.
"I guess there are two to three hundred copies of "The Little Prince" on the third floor." Gu Lu was worried that there were too many preparations and too few people came.
A book signing will be held just one and a half months after the book is released, which is rare even in the golden age of the 1980s and 1990s, let alone the bronze age of physical books.
Zhang Xian successfully misunderstood and responded, "There should be two hundred copies on display. Teacher Gu, don't worry. They are displayed for easy access. There should be three hundred copies in the warehouse."< br>
"A total of five hundred books have been transferred, and the bookstore has also saved some. It must be enough." Zhang Xian said to Gu Lu not to worry.
Gu Lu also knew that about three to four hundred people would come to the book signing. In addition, a small number of readers would come with the copies of "The Little Prince" that they originally bought. I refused to buy new books. However, he was worried that there would be fewer people, so Gu Lu didn't say anything and got up to go to the toilet.
While squatting in the toilet cubicle, Gu Lu looked at the message from President Jian.
"The Little Prince" has been distributed nationwide for a month, and on the 45th day, sales exceeded 500,000.
[Congratulations, you have become the third fairy tale novelist in China to have a single book exceed 500,000 yuan after the millennium. ]
Oh? Gu Lu originally planned to get up, but when he saw these words, he squatted down for a while.
“Who are the other two?” Gu Lu asked.
[President Jian: Shen Shixi and Zheng Yuanjie, the former's "Red Jackal" and "Black Swan Amethyst", the latter's "Golden Thumb", "Wisdom Teeth" and "Pipiru and the Rubik's Cube Mansion" all sold single copies. Five hundred thousand. However, Teacher Zheng Yuanjie’s Wisdom Teeth and Golden Thumb does not look like a fairy tale novel, and Pipilu and the Magic Mansion has gained popularity as a cartoon, but from the perspective of the best-selling books themselves, only Teacher Shen Shixi is the best seller.
Gu Lu: "Pipilu and the Rubik's Cube Mansion" is due to animation, and "The Little Prince" is also largely due to illustrations. Teacher Shen Shixi is the most powerful. ]
People all over the world like to anthropomorphize animals when teaching children, and then use animals to tell stories about human values. In China, Shen Shixi is the absolute king in this field. Gu Lu believed that no one on earth could surpass him. If parallel time and space had not wiped out Shen Shixi, no one would be able to surpass him.
President Jian was very pleased. He was very optimistic about Gu Lu and had indeed achieved good results. He was worried that Gu Lu would become arrogant.
Seeing Gu Lu's reply, President Jian smiled with satisfaction. He was not using himself as a shield. He also received a call from Mo Guanghai, the owner of Chuangxin Stationery, and he refused very cooperatively.
[President Jian: Then let’s work hard towards Teacher Shen Shixi. If I remember correctly, Teacher Shen Shixi published 28 kinds of books during the 2008 Olympic Games, with sales exceeding 23 million copies and 400 million copies. Code Yang. ]
Having been dealing with President Jian for almost a year, Gu Lu knows his way of speaking very well. President Jian likes to hide his advice in praise.
In the past, when I reminded him that it was not good to stay up late, I didn't say it directly, but praised him for writing very quickly. Now the praise is mainly to tell him not to drift off.
“That’s too much to think about.” Gu Lu said in his heart, he is a copycat with a triggering golden finger. The works are all other people’s works, how can he be proud of copying other people’s works? ! It is quite good to enjoy the money and social status improvement brought by the work.
Gu Lu replied, "Come on, try your best." If you don’t tell me, you don’t know, Shen Shixi is really exaggerating. Foreign code refers to the pricing of books, but due to discounts and promotions, it is different from the actual sales volume. However, in 2008, there were 400 million foreign codes.
"It's still far away, I'm still far away, don't be a slut, you're a slut." After chatting, Gu Lu stood up - oh my feet were numb.
Perhaps many people don’t know that many restrooms in large shopping malls in Fog City are squatting.
It’s 9:30 in the morning, half an hour before the autograph session starts.
But many students and parents have already come to the bookstore, because President Jian placed advertisements in many magazines run by publishing houses such as "Youth Literature", "Children", "Cartoon Pioneer", and "Composition World".
The advertisements in each magazine are different. It can be imagined that the publishing house has invested a lot of resources.
Take "Composition World" as an example. The content on the front cover is [Double first prize winner of Bingxin Cup and Ye Shengtao Cup. He has written wonderful articles such as the Fog City Wine Culture Essay and the National Publicity Poetry Culture Essay. I would like to Do you know why sixteen-year-old Gu Lu is so good at writing articles? December 22 (Saturday) Book signing on the fifth floor of Xin Building, Xiaoxin Street, Sha District, tell you the answer】
If you think about it, why do parents order "Composition World" for their children? It must be because they want their children to Your composition has improved a lot. When you see this, don’t you think it’s attractive?
The effect is excellent, even better than President Jian, Zhang Xian and others imagined, even...
(End of this chapter)