Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 518 Zhang Zhong is a computer student
For the sales of "Three-Body 2", many people do not have much hope.

The main reason is that "Three-Body Problem 1" was only published in Chinese, and readers in other countries have always wanted to see it but have never been able to see it. While not confusing people, they are pessimistic about sales.

[The first part is only seen by us Chinese people. Foreigners haven’t even seen the first part. How could they buy the second part first? 】

[Yeah, I've been thinking about this question before. 】

[Oh, so you can't expect sales this time? 】

[Then why Zhang Zhong still said that it will be released globally simultaneously? Did he forget that the first part has not yet been released in foreign languages? 】

[Can't the foreign language versions of the two parts be released together?You can't change it. 】

[The two volumes will be released together. Foreign readers must buy the first volume first. Then the sales volume of the second volume will not increase. How can they break the record. 】

[You guys are so idle, did Zhang Zhong himself say that he wanted to make a record? 】

[Yeah, I think it's a bit risky to hit the first-day record, why don't you start with "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" "The sales of "Sand Dune" rushed up, and "Dune", the sales of these two novels are about to surpass "Necromancer". 】

[If you surpass "Necromancer", you won't be able to get the first place. 】

[I think this time it should be possible to break a single-day book sales record for an author. 】

[Is the person upstairs stupid? This record is 100 million copies kept by Zhang Zhong himself. What's the point of breaking his own record? 】

[Didn't it be said that Zhang Zhong's total sales of personal books exceeded [-] million?How much is it now? 】

[You read it a month ago, it's close to [-] million now. 】

[Sell [-] million books in January?Is it so awesome? 】

[Because several books were released some time ago, coupled with the continuous popularity during this period, it sold [-] million copies a month, is it surprising? 】

[Yeah, I heard that the global sales of "Ten Little Indian Boys" have increased by nearly 2000 million this month, and it has become Zhang Zhong's third best-selling book. 】

[What about the three-body problem? 】

[Three-body only has more than 1000 million. 】

[Is it so unrecognizable? 】

[No way, the domestic market is only so big, so that's the only way to go.It is impossible to achieve too high sales by relying on a domestic market alone. 】

……

Zhang Zhong and Chen Qing have already considered the issues that netizens have considered before, so Zhang Zhong greeted Chen Qing when he was still entering Three-Body 2, and made him fully prepared.

Except for English, translations for each language have already been found, and each language has more than one translator, but a dedicated team, and everyone works overtime to get the book out in such a short period of time.

The English version was written by Zhang Zhong himself. The works are all in his mind, and he has seen Liu Yukun's translation before, so the translation is very fast. His translation speed alone is faster than that of several people.

This time, in order to be able to publish quickly, Chen Qing also spent a lot of effort, just to get the book out before September.

The reason why he wants to get the book out as soon as possible is because Zhang Zhong has been very popular in the past two months, which just allows Zhang Zhong to catch up with his own popularity.

The foreign language version of "Three-Body Problem 1" has been prepared before, and it happens to be released together with "Three-Body Problem 2" this time.

The so-called "together" release means that the foreign language editions of the two books will be packaged together, that is, bundled sales. If you buy the first book, you will buy the second book.

It looks like a strong buy and sell.

However, it is not without any benefit to readers. Take the English version as an example. The original price was 25 US dollars a book, and the two books cost [-] US dollars in total, but now it only costs [-] US dollars when packaged together, which can save [-] US dollars. .

……

Yu Jing looked at the poster in front of the bookstore, and said with a smile, "Zhang Chong has too many names, and such a big poster can hardly fit."

The handsome big boy standing next to her said, "This should be a poster made by the bookstore itself. It looks a little low, but it is clear at a glance. The winner of the Nebula Award, the winner of the Pu Songling Award, the winner of the Carrier Pigeon Award, the winner of the Huaxia Youth Literature and Art Award, the sales volume At the top of the list...in fact, it is enough to put a Nebula Award winner, after all, it is a science fiction novel."

"Anyway, it's just adding hair." Yu Jing tugged at the boy's arm, "Let's go in."

The boy was Yu Jing's boyfriend, the most handsome boy among the group of boys she met when she went to the bookstore and saw Zhang Zhong's book for the first time. The reading club where the boy was, became boyfriend and girlfriend after frequent visits.

To be honest, Zhang Zhong can be regarded as half of their matchmaker.

So when Zhang republishes a new book, they will definitely come over together as soon as possible.

Like them, there were quite a few people who came to buy books. The new book shelf at the door was already full of people, and even the Zhang Zhong area behind was completely surrounded.

But Yu Jing doesn't need to worry, because compared to the last time, she brought her boyfriend here this time, so this kind of hard work can be left to a man.

After waiting for a while, the boyfriend came out with two books.

"Don't you want to bring it to Fat Brother and the others?" Yu Jing asked.

"There are too many people, so I'll get two books first, and I'll get them when there are fewer people. I'll check out first, and then I'll find a place to read."

The two found a place to sit down, Yu Jing hugged the book and smiled, "Don't disturb me for a while."

The boy pouted, "Got it."

I don't know who is disturbing who. Before the two of them read a book, it was Yu Jing who first opened the mouth to discuss the plot with him.

Sure enough, less than half an hour later, Yu Jing raised her head and said with a smile, "This guy Zhang Zhong is too narcissistic, he even wrote himself in."

The boyfriend also laughed. He saw this passage in advance and wanted to share it with his girlfriend, but he held back when he thought of what she said before, "Do not disturb". bloomed out.

"Yeah, it's quite narcissistic, but I read one of his essays, which mentioned this writing technique, and it seems to have something to do with meta-narratives. Meta-narratives are..."

He also popularized the meta-narrative to his girlfriend, and his girlfriend praised him, "You are amazing."

In fact, Zhang Zhong is great, the boyfriend thought, but he didn't want to share his girlfriend's praise with Zhang Zhong.

The passage the two of them are talking about is a conversation between the protagonist Luo Ji and his girlfriend Bai Rong.

In the original novel, Bai Rong is a novelist. Luo Ji changed the plot for her, and Bai Rong praised him for his literary talent. Luo Ji laughed and said that he was a student of astronomy.

In the original book, Bai Rong replied that Wang Xiaobo studied mathematics, but Zhang Zhong changed it to "Zhang Zhong studied computer".

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