What should I do if the system forces me to copy books?

Waiting for the second batch of printed books?

"Beauty, you misunderstood me. I just saw that some people came in to buy "The Lord of the Rings" without queuing up, and I want to do the same." Liu Cheng felt that he should give the other party a little hint, and now he is a little bit started. I wondered if I was wrong.

The female shopping guide showed an expression of sudden realization when she heard the words: "Sir, did you pre-order "The Lord of the Rings" in our store before? Then please show the pick-up number, and I will pick up the book for you at the warehouse behind."

"No, no, no, I haven't made a reservation at your store."

"What do you mean by that, sir?"

If it wasn't for the boss who was in the store and didn't want to lose the job because of arguing with the customers, coupled with her well-educated quality, the female shopping guide couldn't help but drive people away at this time, because in her heart Probably already regarded this man in front of him as the same as those people who came to strike up a conversation with him for nothing, so the original pleasant look on his face was gone. other indifferent expression.

"This……"

If this is in a love development game, Liu Cheng can see "Friendship -1", "Friendly -1", "Friendly - 1", and then receive a prompt from the game system in less than 1 minute——

"The friendliness of the female shopping guide to you has changed from neutral to indifferent!!!"

Liu Cheng shook his head vigorously, threw all these messy things out of his mind, looked left and right to make sure that there were no other people around, quietly moved forward half a step closer to the female shopping guide, and then said in a low voice as much as possible: " What I mean is that if you have a special channel to buy "Lord of the Rings" in your store, it doesn't matter if you spend a little more money."

"cut!"

The female shopping guide was very disdainful of what the other party did, but on the surface she put on a very dedicated expression of her mother and continued to explain: "I'm sorry, sir, we don't have any special purchase channels in our store, and any books in our store are clearly coded. The price tag is not deceitful, and there is absolutely no possibility of arbitrary price increases. In addition, I think I need to solemnly remind you: the number of books in the store is limited, and if you don’t queue up, I’m afraid you won’t be able to buy them!”

"Beauty, please help~ Anyway, the books are all in your store, whoever you sell them to is not for sale, right? Does the bookstore owner still blame you for selling the book at a high price? Anyway, you buy the book and sell it for sale, okay It’s convenient, hello, me, everyone, isn’t it?”

Wealth moves people's hearts.

I originally thought that under the circumstances of my persuasion, the other party should be moved, and as long as you don't say this kind of thing, and I don't keep my mouth shut, who would go to study one of the tens of thousands of books? How did you sell it?The most important thing is that this is not too embarrassing. As an employee of the bookstore, it is nothing more than a matter of walking around.

who knows……

"gentlemen!"

"Hey~"

"If you keep messing around like this, I'll report to the store manager and call the mall security over here. Please respect yourself!"

The "you" who originally expressed respect has also become "you" directly, and the tone of voice is no longer polite to customers.

After coldly throwing down such a sentence, the female shopping guide walked into the bookstore without looking back. Even if she had nothing to do and pretended to be tidying up the bookshelves, it was better than staying where she was and continuing to deal with this kind of psychopath who felt too good about herself. After work tonight You must drink a cup of sweet milk tea, or you will be so disgusted that you can't eat.

Only Liucheng, who was left in place, was messed up in the wind alone...

Chapter 573 The Strange Brain Circuit of Foreigners

"Boss, something is wrong!"

"Change your impatience when things happen, and keep calm in everything. No matter what happens, as long as you solve it, it will no longer be a problem!"

Seeing the secretary Liu Siqian suddenly rushing in through the door in a panic, Lin Meng first frowned and reprimanded the other party, and waited for the other party to calm down a little before asking: "What happened?"

"Pirates of "The Lord of the Rings" appeared in the United States. Some foreign readers posted photos on Twitter and Facebook and said that they got the book in advance. I don't know if these are genuine or pirated!"

wrong!This is not right!

To be reasonable, the time in the United States is about 12 hours later than the time in China. This time difference will vary slightly with the region, but it is generally the same. At present, the domestic market is just starting to be released. Foreign readers should It will be two to three hours at night before the sale will start.

But the good thing is that it happened in the United States, strictly speaking, it belongs to the territory of Random House, but they are beyond their reach.

At first, Lin Meng thought that something had happened, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Well...you should immediately call Random House to find out what happened, what channel it leaked from, and whether it will affect the future. In addition, if it is found to be a pirated version, we maintain the right to pursue the legal responsibility of the other party, which is very important, you must declare it to the other party!"

After all, this time "The Lord of the Rings" was released globally simultaneously, and she said that it would not be surprising if the book was leaked in advance.

In the general manager's office, Liu Siqian called Random House on the spot to inquire about the situation.

And Lin Meng was not idle, and at the same time briefly notified Li Chungang of "Lord of the Rings" sneaking abroad or leaking in advance.

……

Li Chungang, who was resting at home, was also a little confused. This should be regarded as a person sitting at home, and the disaster came from heaven.

You say it's strange, this "Lord of the Rings" book was not leaked overseas sooner or later, but it was leaked two or three hours before the official release. Fortunately, I heard Lin Meng's tone when he said this , the current situation is not considered serious, it should be an isolated case, not a large-scale leak.If there is a large-scale leak before the release, it will inevitably affect the normal release of the book.

Knowing that such a thing happened, Wen Siquanyong's company must be very busy at this time, and it is not appropriate to disturb Lin Meng and the others rashly at this time.

So he took out his mobile phone and wanted to find out on the Internet by himself!

If it was in the past, it might be a bit of a hindrance to understand foreign information, but after a trip to the United States some time ago, Li Chungang learned a lot of useful knowledge, including how to log in to the Internet by "climbing the wall" in China , In fact, to put it bluntly, it is not worth a dime. It is nothing more than downloading a VPN with the function of circumventing the wall. The free ones are generally either time-limited or speed-limited. Anyone who has used it knows how uncomfortable it is. Generally, people who need to circumvent the wall will Choose to do a membership or something.

The "Lord of the Rings" book leaked such a big event in advance, and there will definitely be relevant reports as soon as possible.

However, after searching a lot on Twitter, he found no useful news at all. Most of the searched content was normal discussions or speculations about the content of books, etc...

"No, is it because my search posture is wrong, or is this not how foreigners play on Twitter, or I will try again with a different posture?"

Li Chungang thought about it for a while, since the contents of "The Lord of the Rings" were not what he wanted, so he simply searched his name for a try, but unexpectedly, countless messages were found in a short time!

In these twitter feeds with his own name, he searched through several pages before he finally found a clue!

[Hahaha, brothers, I have good news for you. My uncle runs a bookstore in Washington. I just took a few copies and slipped away, now I can see it before you all! 】

[At 2022:6 on the evening of June 5, 22, a local report in Ohio stated that a supermarket chain was robbed by four people with arms. The four masked robbers just snatched a batch of fantasy works "The Lord of the Rings" that the supermarket was going to put on sale after 00:0 in the morning. The number was 600 copies, with a total value of $[-]! 】

[London readers are blessed! ! !The North chain bookstore has already started selling. It is said that the Middle-earth map that exists as a gift is limited, first come, first served. 】

【ah?Is it only in London?Haven't the North bookstores in other places started selling it yet? 】

[Is there any big brother who is closer to help buy a copy first, I am driving there. 】

[Aha, your news is too outdated. Las Vegas has secretly sold it earlier than you, but it has not been officially placed on the shelves. You have to consult the clerk.Brothers who are nearby can sell it, I will take a look at it as a respect! 】

[Smelly shit!You said that you are in a hurry, anyway, it will go on sale globally after [-]:[-] in the morning, is it necessary? 】

[Friends who are curious about "The Lord of the Rings" can come in to watch my Live from my personal homepage, and read it with everyone on the spot. 】

【…】

Looking at these intricate tweets from all over the world, Li Chungang couldn't help but cry, especially the local news from Ohio, the United States. He didn't understand what the brain circuits of these big foreign brothers were thinking. Wait a few more hours and spend 118 dollars to easily take home the entire content of "The Lord of the Rings", but I can't wait to choose to take the risk and rob so many copies of "The Lord of the Rings" at once.

It is reported that the excess books returned from the robbery were used by them to go door-to-door and give them to other people in the community.

There are also news from all over the world that local bookstores sneaked away ahead of time and quietly released "Lord of the Rings".

He is already a little surprised by such things, because it is not limited to foreign countries, even in China, similar things are not uncommon, but compared with such a big fanfare in foreign countries, at least the last one is still reserved in China. The "fig leaf".

To put it bluntly, it is not the word "interest"!

Anyway, these things all happened abroad, and would not affect the country. In addition, they only happened a few hours before the release, which can be regarded as minimizing the impact on the listing and sale to the greatest extent. This kind of matter is not handled by the giant of Random House, and there is no need to worry about it by yourself.

Other authors and other works may be afraid that because the work is leaked in advance, some people who have read the content will spread bad news and affect the subsequent sales.

But Li Chungang and "The Lord of the Rings" have such unaffected confidence and confidence.

Chapter 574 Who Is The Big Brother

There is a lot of trouble on the Internet abroad.

The domestic network is not inferior at all!

Generally speaking, the number of people watching the live broadcast during the day is very small, but there is an exception on June 6th, especially on this day, there are many live broadcast rooms that start the outdoor live broadcast early in the morning, and the titles are all related to " The "Lord of the Rings" is not about buying books live at a certain bookstore early in the morning. It's not just buying one or two books at a time. How can I miss the best opportunity? I'm buying the ones that are less than thirty or fifty, and those that are more than one or two hundred.

"Yaomei takes you directly to the sale site of Lord of the Rings!" "

"Take a look at the new work of the No. 1 online novel Chungang Great God. "

"Tongzhou XX Bookstore Delivers Books to Water Friends with Brands on the Spot! "

"Live Unboxing Lord of the Rings Collector's Edition Gift Box, let's see if it's worth it? "

"..."

Li Chungang himself did not expect this situation. Readers who have received the book seriously should be immersed in the content at this time. Instead, these anchors from all walks of life took the lead in bringing the first wave of "rhythm". A blogger with Weibo, an anchor with a certain fish, and an anchor with Douyin, anyway, there is not much difference for him as a cloud anchor, anyway, they are "don't know", "don't understand" and so on. I just clicked on the link with the highest number of likes and comments from netizens on my Weibo.

"Yo ho, I didn't expect it to be this guy!"

After Li Chungang saw the title of the live broadcast room, he immediately understood that the other party he was in love with was a professional video sharing blogger who was well-known on the Internet!

"Unclean Bear Noodles", on a well-known video website starting with B, a video called "Read XXX in 3 minutes" series is launched every week.

In that video, he will briefly introduce the context of the story and its highlights, and of course the most important thing is to make complaints.

In the beginning, before he became famous, "Unscrupulous Bear Noodles" started by making the "3 minutes to watch XX" movie series, but compared to his own complaints and video editing speed, the filming and release time of the movie is far away. It is far from keeping up, and not all the movies released will be made into a series of videos. Most of them are those hot topics and controversial movies that will make complaints.

Relying on the original "3 minutes to take you through XXX" series of videos, coupled with fairly good video editing techniques and humorous complaints, I quickly gained a large number of loyal audiences, but I have tasted "fame" Sweet's unrefined Bear Noodles was not willing to stop here, and then during a live broadcast, he was inadvertently reminded by the room manager of the live broadcast room, and he began to turn his attention from the movie series to the novel series.

So referring to the series of videos "Take you to read XXX in 3 minutes", there is another video series of "Read XXX in 3 minutes". The two are in the same line.

It's just that no matter how humorous or venomous snake's complaints are, it's fine, complaints are all strongly personal and subjective, this is true in movies, and even more so in novels!The same plot may feel bad in the video UP, contrary to the storyline, etc., but in the eyes of others, it is a completely opposite feeling, and sometimes even make a speech without really understanding a book, so that the real Fan readers are somewhat disgusted.

Most of the netizens just like this, and think this type of video is quite useful, as if they have really finished reading the book after watching the video which is only 4 or [-] minutes in total.

Laziness and trickery have reached a certain level!

It is estimated that among the 1 viewers who watched the video, there may not be one person who will actually buy a book because of the evaluation in his video. Everyone is talking for fun.

Only kids would take it seriously!

At this time, there are more than 1 viewers in the live broadcast room. This number may not be a big deal at night, but now it is broad daylight. Except for those who have to get up early to go to work, how many people would be willing to do this? I got up early, and I don't know how much water has been injected into it at station B.

Li Chungang recognized it at a glance, it was indeed the collector's edition of "The Lord of the Rings" issued by Manjinghua Publishing Company, and it was not a pirated edition, which reassured him.

It is shameful to say that he, as the author, is at a loss as to what is in this so-called collector's edition, because it is actually operated by Manjinghua Publishing Company, and it is also in line with the national conditions of the country. It's a special "product". There are not so many things like collector's editions and collector's editions published abroad.

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The event of book sales in advance does not occur in a single place, and it is inevitable that bookstores in cities in various regions of the world have this situation.

Some bookstores are still holding on, and some bookstores can't help but move the "Lord of the Rings" that was originally placed in the warehouse to the most conspicuous shelves after seeing that some bookstores are selling them.

A very simple truth: If you don't sell, your customers will be attracted by your competitors. Since everyone is selling, the default is not bad for your own!

The mentality that the law does not blame the public exists everywhere.

Under such circumstances, even those bookstores that were originally firm in their positions could not help but become shaken after being questioned by customers who arrived early one after another.

In New York, Random House's one of the few offline physical bookstores is full of customers.

This bookstore can be regarded as a "front" used by Random House for experimentation or for external use. All the books sold in it are works published by themselves, and there is not a single work published by other publishers.

At this time, the store is full of customers!

The location is chosen directly in Times Square, and Random House is also well-known, so the turnover of the bookstore is naturally high.

However, John, who is the person in charge of the store, was not too happy at this time, but frowned and looked at the customers who kept coming to ask.

"Boss (boss), even the Wal-Mart chain has already started selling, we don't have to wait until the early morning! Since the afternoon, almost hundreds of people have come to inquire."

A staff member tried hard to persuade them that these were customers who were really willing to spend money, but they finally chose other places to buy, because Random House did not start selling in advance.

John shook his head and said, "It's agreed that it will be tomorrow, and it won't matter if you lose even one minute. It's their fault that the rest of the distributors don't abide by the contract! But we, as the flagship bookstore of Random House, must strictly abide by this point!"

The "Lord of the Rings" in the main store is not unsold.

Moreover, as the person in charge of this bookstore, John still has the right of autonomy. He had planned a small event before, which was to take out "Lord of the Rings" for sale in the early hours of the morning, and at the same time give every customer who bought a book a copy of the attached book. book!

Of course, he also has a small selfishness, that is, this kind of activity will definitely attract the attention of reporters. By the way, John is a member of the camp that supports Caitlin. Such activities are only available in "Lord of the Rings", and Keppel Ron's "The Lost City of Time and Space" did not have such a good treatment. Anyway, it went on sale at the same time, and there must be differences in the placement of books.

The staff of the bookstore have already adjusted their shifts, just to be open until two o'clock in the morning tonight!

In front of the employees, it is impossible for John to say that he feels sorry for the readers who have left, but after turning around and returning to his office, he starts to feel sorry for the "turnover" that has slipped away.

"This time, there are booksellers all over the world who are selling in advance one after another. I'm afraid that "The Lord of the Rings" should enter the list in advance. I don't know where it will be ranked. These stores are also real, and when we have agreed on it will be Which, mobilize the whole body and disrupt the deployment of President Caitlin!"

As the owner of the bookstore, John had already taken a copy of "The Lord of the Rings" and put it in the office to read when it arrived.

Now out of sight and out of mind, he didn't want to hear someone outside asking if "The Lord of the Rings" was on sale in advance, so he simply sat in the office and read the rest of the content.

It is common for Penguin Random House headquarters to see this kind of situation, and local publishing can still control it a little bit, but as long as it is released simultaneously globally, this problem is unavoidable. Many bookstores regard themselves as the last link of sales. It did not follow the rhythm of the publicity plan at all.

To put it bluntly, it means that he only cares about the small profits in front of him and ignores the overall situation.

And what can be expected is that "The Lord of the Rings" is not the first book to be sold in advance, let alone the last one!

What Caitlin and the others are worried about is that if this work is sold in advance, some criminals will use the time difference to mix some pirated copies into the market, and customers themselves will not be able to determine whether they are buying genuine books.

In the original words of a certain thinker Ma Ge: once there is an appropriate profit, capital will be bold.If there is a 10% profit, the capital will be guaranteed to be used everywhere; if there is a 20% profit, the capital will be active; if there is a 50% profit, the capital will take risks; for 100% profit, the capital will dare to trample on everything in the world Law; with a profit of more than 300%, capital dares to commit any crime, even risking hanging.

But don't underestimate the behaviors that criminals dare to do for profit.

In addition, this will also greatly harm those consumers who participated in the pre-sale. They placed orders online or in physical bookstores in advance, but they did not get the books in advance.