daily drama

Chapter 72 Word of Mouth Fermentation

New Jersey.

A small group is chatting.

"The Lord of Mysteries is really wonderful. It perfectly combines the elements of Cthulhu and Suspended Detective."

"I prefer the world view, pathways and sequences in it. A pathway has multiple sequences growing continuously, and a sequence is a profession. What an interesting setting."

"We are guardians, and we are a group of poor people who are always fighting against danger and madness. We are a group of poor people who are always fighting against danger and madness, but we are even more guardians. What a great night watchman."

"Klein finally met Melissa and Benson in the face of a clown. It was really touching."

"It also fits the theme of this volume, doesn't it? The clown is the promotion sequence of the servant family in the 'Zhan servant family' pathway. The servant family can occupy the servant's fate, but for the real fate, everyone is just being A clown manipulated by fate. Klein was killed and then resurrected, isn't that the case."

"Volume [-] should go to Backlund, right? I'm really looking forward to it, will Klein and Miss Justice meet in the real world? Will they have a spark of love?"

"Maybe, maybe not, but I'm more inclined not to."

"why?"

"Klein can continue to die and come back to life, and he is the master of the gray fog. He clearly has the shadow of a god, and Miss Justice Audrey is more like a saint who serves God. The saint may have such things as worshiping and admiring God. Little love, but God only has great love, Audrey, The Hanged Man, and even Susie, in the eyes of God, there is not much difference."

"Is this an innuendo? And the Blasphemy Slate, the real creator and the fallen creator, will there be trouble?"

"What trouble could there be? It's no longer in the middle world, otherwise there wouldn't be so many 'heretics', and even the IRS, who dares to collect taxes, can't help them, the Lord of Mysteries is just a novel, why bother The outline is online."

"I have a proposal. We can also form a Tarot Club. What do you think?"

"Is it too middle school?"

"I think I can try it. I choose the Hanged Man."

"I choose the sun."

"I choose the hermit."

"I choose justice!"

Suddenly, a naive female voice sounded, startling everyone. Looking at the sound, they saw a little girl carved in pink and jade holding a golden retriever puppy, hiding behind a curtain in the corner, watching them through the curtain. .

"Annie!"

The owner Gerald drank, and then looked at everyone apologetically: "Sorry, since Annie accidentally saw the Lord of Mysteries, she has particularly liked Susie in it, and let us buy her a golden retriever named Susie. Afterwards, she even thought about giving Susie a potion and wanted Susie to speak, but now she doesn't know when to hide here secretly..."

"Haha! Annie is in the audience with Susie."

"Annie is so cute and beautiful, and Susie is the most suitable for Miss Justice Audrey."

"The key to the potion is not to master it, but to digest it! It's not about digging, it's about acting! Kate is an actor who observes the world, imitates and plays the world, Anne is so beautiful, she will definitely become an excellent actor like her mother Kate in the future, and will Better."

"The Lord of Mysteries will definitely be adapted into a film and television drama in the future. If you wait a few years, Annie can become a real Miss Justice."

"Gerald, Anne is too young to watch this, right?"

"What does it matter? There aren't so many messes in it. It's unbelievably pure. If it doesn't contain some horror elements, it can be used as a children's book. As long as Annie is not afraid, there is nothing you can't read."

"The Lord of Mysteries is still too small. I went to see it specially. There is almost no publicity. Will this seriously dampen the enthusiasm of the author? Not to mention the big world in the future, I don't even know if the second volume will work. Publish it."

"I mean, it seems to be published by Random House Publishing. Does anyone of you know someone from the publishing house? We can make suggestions. By the way, see if we can contact the author and directly contact the author to discuss the plot?"

"Random House? I know their editor-in-chief, Jack Cerf, and I'll give him a call now."

The male host here, Gerald, is a lawyer, and the hostess, Kate, is an actress. They are considered to be from an upper-middle-class family, and they naturally come into contact with people from wealthy families and high social status.

They were all in New York, so naturally someone knew Jack Cerf.

Random House.

Editor-in-Chief's Office.

"No problem, come over tomorrow, and I'll help you arrange."

Jack Cerf hung up the phone, frowned for a moment, pressed the phone, and called in Linda, the secretary.

"Bring me the sales report of the Lord of Mysteries, yes, and a letter from the reader."

After a while, Linda came in with a bunch of things.

"So many letters from readers?"

Jack flipped through it, surprised, and then looked at the sales report. In two months, 9696 copies were sold, and the first edition of 1 had been sold out.

Of course, this has nothing to do with the best-selling book at all, but without any publicity, it is absolutely amazing to be able to reach this level, especially the growth curve is completely explosive.

Looking at the letters from readers, there are many praises, but also many insults and even threats. In Jack's eyes, this is the breaking point.

If the hype keeps up, the New York Times bestseller list might change.

"My eyesight is really good."

Jack first affirmed himself, and then frowned: "Damn, I knew that I had made up my mind to take the full copyright..."

However, he is only addicted to his mouth. With Nora, the queen of color novels, to help him speak, and give him another chance, he still dare not go too far.

"Rick and the others said that they are fans of the Lord of Mysteries, and they have to meet the author. It seems that they really like the Lord of Mysteries. In this case, they simply don't suppress it."

Thinking of this, Jack called according to the phone Adam left.

He is a businessman after all, and all interests are the most important. Since the suppression has no effect, he naturally changes his attitude decisively and pursues the maximization of interests.

The next day.

morning.

Adam came to Random House.

"welcome."

Jack was particularly enthusiastic this time, not at all arrogant as he used to say "no matter how good the quality of the book is, it can't compare to the power of the publisher's channel traffic".

"Reprint 10 copies, increase the royalties to 10%, and invest a lot of publicity resources?"

When Adam heard Jack's words, he was a little surprised by the other party's initiative, but he didn't lose his temper, because this was what he expected.

In the previous life, the Lord of Mysteries has ordered more than 10 copies. You must know that this is a genuine reader, and a pirated reader is at least 10 times more.

No matter whether the first edition is 1 complete, or the second edition is 10, it is only a fraction.

(End of this chapter)