Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 520 Lost and Terrible Records (Two in One)

When Zhang Zhong fell asleep, the bookstore in California had just opened.

It was originally a weekend, and it should be a day to sleep in for a while, but Stuart had already woken up early in the morning.

Last night her good friend Laura asked her to go to the bar to play, but she refused, just want to get enough energy to read pz's book today.

It is said that the first and second volumes of "Three-Body Problem" will be released in North America at the same time, which means that she can have a full meal.

When she arrived at Norton Bookstore, many people had already arrived at the bookstore before her. No need to ask, these people should have the same purpose as her, and they all came for pz's new book.

"Why are the two books tied together?"

Leaning closer to the bookshelf, Stuart heard a girl's distressed voice.

She also looked at the bookshelf, and it turned out that volumes one and two of "The Three-Body Problem" were plastic-packed together, and the girl was hesitating whether to buy it.

Stuart didn't have this trouble. Putting the two books together saved her trouble, and looking at the price, it was ten dollars cheaper, which was already a very strong discount.

But pz's books are getting more and more expensive now. She remembers that "Dune" which is about the same thickness as "Three-Body 2" is only twenty dollars.

Stuart took a set from the bookshelf and picked it up. Not to mention, the two books were packed together, and the weight was not light. It was very difficult for her to hold it with one hand.

The situation with that girl just now is very rare. After all, most of the people who are willing to go to the bookstore early in the morning to buy pz's new books are fans of pz. Bundle it, and maybe even be happy, since it looks like they saved ten bucks.

After paying the bill, Stuart ordered a cup of coffee and found a seat by the window and sat down. She might spend her time at Norton Bookstore today, but don't worry, there is everything in the bookstore, and you can have lunch and dinner at Solved here.

She has longed for "Three-Body Problem" for a long time. When Huaxia was talking about "don't answer", readers in North America also saw it, but they could only watch it. After all, few people can speak Chinese.

At that moment, Stuart wondered, what does "don't answer" mean?
Now, she can finally find the answer to the question by herself.

……

Because there are two books to read, almost no one in North America has finished reading the two books on the first day of the new book's release, and most people have only read the first book.

But Europe is slightly different. The time difference between European countries and China is only six to eight hours, and it is still daylight saving time, so the time difference between them and China is basically within seven hours.

LeBlanc has locked herself in the office for eight hours. She gets the book earlier than the average person. In any case, the rich always have more privileges than the average person, not to mention her family's company has part of the cultural industry.

When the one or two volumes of "Three-Body Problem" just came out of the printing factory and entered the hands of the bookseller, it meant that LeBlanc got the book.

If it wasn't for pz's book, she could have gotten it earlier.

She is a fan of Zhang Zhong, and she is kind of crazy.

Although she is the general manager of the group, because it is a family business, she usually does not have much to do. More work is left to her brother—Jack Lide, who is the deputy general manager. Busy, she prefers to work at the grassroots level, the group's exhibition business, she always does it herself.

LeBlanc's assistant, Linda, was working on paperwork when Jack arrived at his sister's office.

"Linda, is LeBlanc in there?" Jack asked.

Linda nodded and said, "Yes, but the general manager should be busy now."

"What are you busy with?"

"Busy reading." Linda replied honestly.

Jack curled his lips. His sister is a diehard fan of pz. He knows this very well, and not only he knows, but many people in the outside world know.

In this regard, Jack felt that his sister was a little too obsessed. Could it be that the family business was not enough for her to use all her concentration?
Without letting Linda inform, Jack pushed the door directly into LeBlanc's office.

LeBlanc was so absorbed in reading that she didn't even notice her brother pushed the door open.

"Ahem." In order to attract his sister's attention, Jack coughed twice.

Fortunately, this trick still worked, LeBlanc raised his head, saw that it was his brother, and said with a smile, "Jack, you are here."

Jack took two steps closer, "How did you follow the building materials exhibition in Amsterdam today?"

"Didn't I hand over this exhibition to James? You should ask James about this." LeBlanc said.

"Of course I know that James is in charge, but you are the general manager. The scale of this exhibition is not small. Don't you just ask?"

"Isn't there you?"

Jack's expression froze, and he said helplessly, "You are the general manager."

LeBlanc curled her lips, "You don't want to be the general manager."

LeBlanc did not blame Jack for this matter. As the eldest son, Jack should have taken over the position of general manager a long time ago, but he believed that he should start from the grassroots, so he worked as an ordinary salesman in the company ten years ago. It took two years to climb to the position of deputy general manager.

Seeing that her brother was silent, LeBlanc continued, "You have been the deputy general manager for more than a year, why don't we take this opportunity to switch positions, you will be the general manager, and I will be the vice president. Manager, it’s really not good, I can find a department to be a director, or a supervisor can also be.”

There is really no ambition at all, Jack looked at his sister helplessly and secretly sighed.In fact, he should be happy. As another heir in the family and his only competitor, LeBlanc's behavior is tantamount to giving way to him.

However, he still hopes that his sister can pay more attention to work matters instead of being muddled all day long.

But then seeing his sister rubbing his eyes, he said with some distress, "It's almost lunch time, do you have time to accompany your brother to have lunch?"

"It's been a long time since we had dinner together," Jack added.

LeBlanc, who originally wanted to reject her brother, nodded in agreement when she heard Jack's last words, "Okay, but let me choose what to eat."

"Of course." Jack said happily, but then he had an ominous premonition, "You're not going to eat Chinese food again, are you?"

LeBlanc snapped her fingers, "Bingo, congratulations, you got the answer right. It just so happens that a new Chinese restaurant opened on the corner of our street. I heard it's Sichuan cuisine. I wanted to go there yesterday."

After speaking, LeBlanc held "Three-Body Problem 2" in her arms again, "I've been in the office for too long, it's time to read in a different environment."

……

After all, there are only a small number of people like LeBlanc who got the book in advance, and most of them went to the bookstore early in the morning to see the book.

However, due to the time difference, some European readers had already finished reading volumes one or two of "The Three-Body Problem" when the morning in China came.

Discussions about "Three-Body Problem" on major external networks have also gradually increased.

[Finally, don't answer when you see it, I feel a little terrified after reading it. 】

[This is the most tiring time for me. I finally finished reading both volumes after staying up for more than ten hours, but the wonderfulness of this book makes me feel that it is worth the money. 】

[What do you think of the law of the dark forest? 】

【A very interesting theory. Of course, we cannot understand it as a scientific theory. As a science fiction concept, it is very interesting and worthy of our exploration. 】

[I think there may be aliens who are paying attention to us, but fortunately, this or these civilizations that pay attention to us are friendly, so we can escape the fate of being wiped out. 】

[Maybe the aliens who pay attention to us do not care about our life and death, or they just want to study us. 】

[Well, indeed, according to the law of the dark forest, it is true that some civilizations will choose to explore other civilizations before making a decision, but in any case, we should all be thankful, at least we have not been discovered by hunters who see civilizations and shoot them . 】

[Why are so many people finished reading the book?It's not long since I finished watching Three-Body Problem 1.Are you all robots? 】

[Brother, do you know about jet lag? 】

[You are all Chinese? 】

[Don't you know that there is also a time difference between the United States and Europe? 】

【Oh, I don't know much about this yet. 】

【…】

[It is recommended that Americans quit the forum first, otherwise they will definitely see a lot of spoilers. It’s okay now, maybe in a few hours, when more people read the book, spoilers will be everywhere. 】

[Why, do Americans have no cards at all? 】

[Aren't you a Chinese upstairs? What are you complaining about. 】

[Why, can't the Huaxia people fight for Big Brother Starfish? 】

【...Is the relationship between Chinese people and Americans so good? 】

[Of course, we have always felt that the Americans are our big brothers and our role models, and flower growers will always stand up for the big brothers of the United States! 】

[Yeah, if you fall behind, you will be beaten, but in addition to being beaten, you can also make a living with the big brother's ass. 】

[It turns out that Chinese people are so pro-beautiful. 】

[Don't be fooled by those upstairs, I heard that there is a large organization in Huaxia called Zhan Hujuu, which makes such remarks to confuse foreigners. 】

【real or fake? 】

【Of course it's true. I saw with my own eyes an insider revealed it. If you don't believe me, I'll send you a link to see it. 】

[The wind is tight, comrades, our bureau has been exposed. 】

[Comrade, don't leave, you can still save it. 】

[I suspect that what is written in the book is true, especially the Red Bank Project, Huaxia is not really engaged in these things, is it? 】

……

At 10:30 in the morning, Chen Qing called. At that time, Zhang Zhong was writing, because Xu Yuhan's studio would have a calligraphy class after a while, and he wanted to write some calligraphy to support her.

"Boss, it's a pity that this time I still failed to break the first-day sales record of "Necromancer 8"," Chen Qing said.

"Well, it's okay. Your voice is a little hoarse. Could it be that you stayed up all night last night?"

Chen Qing cleared his throat, "No, it's just that it's been a bit cold in the night recently and I didn't take precautions, so I caught a cold."

"Pay attention to your body, don't worry too much about records, what's the specific sales data?" Zhang Zhong asked.

“《三体2》24小时内总共销售两千600万本，距离《死灵8》还有300万本的差距。”

Chen Qing regretted that the gap was already very small.

He looked at the data last night, and he thought about buying a few million copies from the company to upload the data.He made a calculation, "Three-Body 2" only bought a copy of more than 50 Huaxia coins in China, and a total of 300 million copies only cost more than 1 million, and some of the money would eventually be returned.

Using [-] million to buy a global first-day sales record is a bargain no matter how you look at it, and he believes that with this data, the money will be earned back soon.

In addition, the books bought back are not useless. The company has to do a lot of activities, and usually gives away books. The 300 million books will be given away slowly, and sooner or later all will be given away.

Or do it more thoroughly, send the book back to Lin Lin, and sell it again.What they lose among them is the money to the booksellers, and a part of the tax.

Taxes for writers are already low, and many people launder their money this way.

But he finally dismissed the idea, because he knew that if the boss knew about this matter, the boss would definitely be unhappy.

"However, there is another piece of good news." Chen Qing cheered up, "Although the sales of "Three-Body Problem 2" did not reach the top, but because "Three-Body Problem" was sold in bundles of one and two volumes, so this time the "Three-Body Problem 1" It also sold 700 million copies."

Zhang Zhong laughed and said, "So, the sales volume of "Three-Body 2" in China on the first day is about 800 million copies?"

"How do you..." Chen Qing just wanted to ask Zhang Chong how he knew, but then he realized that, except for Huaxia, other countries sold the two volumes together, and subtracted the sales volume of "Three-Body 2" from the sales volume of "Three-Body 1" A rough figure that can be obtained from the sales volume is the first-day sales volume of "Three-Body Problem 2" in China.

"Well, that's right, "Three-Body 2" sold 690 million copies in China on the first day, breaking the previous record of 580 million in "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" Also, within 24 hours, boss, you All of your books have sold a total of 400 million copies, breaking your previous record of 100 million copies."

When Zhang Zhong set a record of 100 million books last time, many people were still wondering how long it would be before this record was broken again by Zhang Zhong, but they did not expect that it had only been more than two months before the record was broken. It was refreshed, and it was increased by 300 million copies at once, so that others could not see any hope.

Of course, the record this time is also a bit tricky. After all, "Three-Body Problem 1" and "Three-Body Problem 2" are bundled sales, but the sales volume is counted as two copies.

However, even if the sales of "Three-Body Problem 1" are removed, the record is broken, but it is not so exaggerated.

And as soon as this record came out, Zhang Chong felt that he would never break it again, at least not in a short time.

Of course, if he insists on breaking the record, it is not difficult. As long as he releases all the books in his hands in one day, maybe this number can exceed [-] million.

(End of this chapter)