Chapter 214 The narrative trick is born
On April 10, Hou Yehou’s new book “Malicious” was officially published.
As the president of Shinhwa Publishing House, Lin Zhibai looked at his novel from a purely capital perspective for the first time—
“Huaxin Bookstore has 300,000 volumes.”
“Longxiang Bookstore has 400,000 volumes.”
“Bafang Book Company has 500,000 volumes.”
“Ya Zhi Publishing House has 500,000 copies.”
“One million copies of Summit Bookstore.”
“One million copies of Time Bookstore.”
“EMI Bookstore…”
Lin Zhibai sat on the president's chair with a boss-like expression, his feet directly on the table, looking at the statistics of the publishing department.
The initial printing of 10 million copies of "Malevolence" by Hou Yehou has been completed, and 5 million copies have been digested by major bookstores.
"Usually, the number of first printings is determined by the writer's base. Now Wu Yehou is in the spotlight, so as long as the author column of the work has the words "Bu Yehou", then no matter what he writes, it will be directed at him. With the name, there is definitely no problem in guaranteeing sales of five million, and the editors in the reasoning department are very optimistic about the quality of the work of "Malicious", so the initial printing will directly publish 10 million copies, and all subsequent copies should be sold out. of…"
The head of the publishing department said respectfully.
Didn't pay attention to the cynical attitude of the president.
The company legend has it that the president made a phone call to representative Kunpeng during a meeting recently.
Just saying "Give me some face" on the phone, the new president asked Mr. Bu Yehou, who the major publishing houses in Qinzhou were desperately trying to win over, to join the Shinhwa Publishing House—
This new president is so proud!
And because of Nighthou’s fame in the publishing industry, the entire Shinhwa Publishing House is rejoicing!
Even Lin Zhibai, the young new president who has just arrived, has begun to gain a certain prestige in Shinhwa Publishing House!
A prestigious president is naturally qualified to assume the role of a boss.
Besides, I heard that the new president is the grandson of the chairman of the group. It would be strange for such a chaebol kid not to be arrogant.
“If ten million copies are printed initially.”
Lin Zhibai asked: "What level is this in the novel circle?"
"top ten!"
The director of the publishing department said without hesitation: "The market appeal of Bu Yehou's novel can now be ranked in the top ten!"
top ten?
Lin Zhibai thought he heard wrongly, "I... this guy I recruited is so awesome?" So is my writer's vest already so awesome?
"how to say."
The head of the publishing department laughed and said: "Bu Yehou's situation is different from that of other great writers."
Not quite the same?
Lin Zhibai said thoughtfully: "Because of his status as a screenwriter?"
The director of the publishing department nodded, "If you compare the number of book fans alone, the number of fans of Bu Yehou is actually not enough compared to other top ten writers with market appeal. But Bu Yehou is too successful as a screenwriter. He has huge He has a huge fan base, and countless fans who like his TV series will also buy the novels written by Hou Yehou."
Lin Zhibai laughed.
So this is ah.
In this way, "Biyehou" can be regarded as a strange flower in the world of novels.
After all, strictly speaking, Never Night Hou has actually only written three novels.
"Short Stories Collection of Nightless Hou".
"Jieyou Grocery Store".
"secret".
Having only written three books after such a long time since her debut, the fan base cannot be said to be very large.
However, the appeal of Never Night Hou in the novel market can be ranked among the top ten, and it must be due to his status as a screenwriter.
Previously there was "Hurry".
There is "never expected" in .
After that there is "Conquest".
Recently there is another super **** drama "The Temptation of Going Home".
The ratings of the three TV series have all exploded, and even the mini-series has attracted countless topics, so a large number of drama fans will pay for the novels of No Yehou.
Can these people be considered book lovers?
It would be more appropriate to classify it as a drama fan.
It’s just that Shinhwa Publishing House doesn’t care whether those who buy the novels of Never Night Hou come for the TV series of Never Night Hou or for the identity of the novel writer of Never Night Hou.
Anyway, as long as you are willing to spend money to buy books!
This is like Lin Zhibai asking his sister to find those celebrities to write his autobiography.
Those celebrities are not writers, so they certainly don’t have book fans, but that doesn’t prevent their books from selling, because fans will pay for them.
“The nature is somewhat similar.” Lin Zhibai muttered.
“What did you say?” The director of the publishing department did not hear clearly.
Lin Zhibai smiled and said, "Nothing, your phone seems to be ringing."
“It’s from the bookstore.”
The director of the publishing house glanced at the call and answered it directly in front of Lin Zhibai without going out.
“Your Huaxin Bookstore wants to add an additional order to “Malicious”?”
"yes!"
“How many additional volumes should I order?”
“Fifty million copies!”
"How many!?"
The director of the publishing house suddenly mentioned the sound, and his expression seemed a little shocked.
After confirming several times, she hung up the phone and said anxiously: "President, I have something to do, over at Huaxin Bookstore..."
The words faded.
The phone rang again.
She answered the call again.
"What? You guys also want to add another volume? Three hundred thousand more volumes?"
After hanging up the phone for the second time, the director of the publishing department was so excited that he could not help himself.
“Go and do your work.”
Lin Zhibai waved his hand and said.
"OK!"
The director of the publishing department was very excited and bowed to leave, but he couldn't help but say something before going out.
Lin Zhibai waved his hand again. Ignore the rainbow farts of your subordinates.
Lin Zhibai was thinking about Bu Yehou’s unique market appeal.
Most of the people who buy Bu Yehou's novels are fans of the drama. Because there are not many novels, the plates of book fans are not big yet.
This shows that there are still a large number of book fans that No Yehou can win over.
“Looks like I need to write more novels.”
It just so happened that Lin Zhibai also had a novel that was about to be completed, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
Shinhwa Entertainment is currently filming the TV series "Legend of the Condor Heroes", and Lin Zhibai plans to release the novel when the TV series is aired.
At that time, novels and TV series will be launched at the same time!
Should be able to increase the number of book fans in Evernight!
But it’s no wonder that major publishing houses are desperately trying to win over writers of the caliber of Evernight Hou.
Writers like Bu Yehou, who ranks among the top ten in the Qinzhou Writers Circle in terms of market appeal, are simply money printing machines for publishing houses!
For example, the book "Malice".
The official price of Shinhwa Publishing House is 20 yuan per copy.
Then the book "Malevolence" can create a total market value of about 200 million!
Of course, these 200 million are just the market value, after deducting the printing costs, the writers’ share of the night, and the more the company makes, the more taxes it pays.
This book is from Mythology Publishing House.
Perhaps we will eventually be able to earn close to 100 million from the book Never Night Hou?
Damn it!
What is this if it's not a money printing machine?
Hateful capitalists, my novels have made them so much money, but they only give me so little?
No wonder JK Rowling earned tens of billions in her previous life.
I'm afraid that the commercial value created by the Harry Potter series has been immeasurable. Only the capital itself knows how much it has earned!
If the sales of the novel are high, you can really do whatever you want!
It’s no wonder that he was hired until midnight and immediately established a foothold in the company.
No matter how Wang Zi was dealt with, Roda Bailey, Ren Jiachun and the others never farted.
Even for the "software development" project, the group of people accepted it while putting aside their involvement.
Tsk tsk.
On the contrary, Lin Zhibai somewhat underestimated the value of his identity as the "Nightless Marquis" in the novel world.
fine.
Now I am the capital myself!
…
Nathan Publishing House.
At this moment, the top management of Nathan Publishing House looked a little ugly.
Hou Ye Hou was actually poached by Shinhwa Publishing House, and his new book has been published by Shinhwa Publishing House!
"I heard that the first printing of "Malice" was 10 million copies!"
“The TV series of No Ye Hou have brought him too many drama fans.”
“The number of fans of these dramas is greater than the number of fans of his books, and many of them are willing to pay for his novels.”
"Have you watched "Malevolence" in the reasoning department?"
“What’s the review like?”
“I’ll ask someone from the Reasoning Department to ask.”
The leader speaks.
The editor-in-chief of the Reasoning Department of Nason Publishing House quickly came to the conference room.
"I am reading the novel "Malevolence", and I have already read half of it. At present, I feel that Bu Yehou's reasoning level is not bad or good, but it is probably the level of a second-rate mystery writer..."
The editor-in-chief of the Reasoning Department spoke.
This news made several senior executives at Nathan Publishing look better.
“In other words, the market may not be able to digest the initial printing of 10 million copies of Malice. Shinhwa is a little too optimistic about the sales prospects of Night Hou’s novel.” The editor-in-chief of Nathan Publishing House said.
The reasoning editor nodded.
"What Hou Yehou is good at is suspense, and reasoning is not what he is best at. In other words, although his previous works have elements of reasoning, they rarely account for the kind of add-ons, so this time he writes pure reasoning, and he The level of this aspect is somewhat behind..."
at this time.
The deputy editor of the reasoning department ran over in a hurry, holding a copy of "Malice" bought in the morning, looking a little panicked.
“Something happened, something happened!”
“What do you look like in a panic?” Several senior executives of Nason Publishing House were unhappy: “What happened?”
“This novel…”
The deputy editor held up the copy of "Malicious" in his hand. Because he was running too fast, he swallowed hard at this moment.
“I straightened my tongue and said it!” The editor-in-chief had a sudden thought in his heart.
“The level of conspiracy in this novel is indeed not particularly high, but Hou Ye has created a brand new reasoning writing technique, which will definitely shock the Qinzhou reasoning world!”
“It’s not that exaggerated, it’s just normal reasoning...”
The mystery editor has just judged that "Malice" is at the level of a second-rate mystery novel.
Unexpectedly, the deputy editor came over to contradict me.
“What did you see?”
“Here it is.”
“Just read on and you’ll understand after a few more chapters!”
"Um?"
The reasoning editor was stunned for a moment, then quickly turned the page.
Turning over and over, his movements stiffened, and his face was filled with disbelief.
“What’s wrong? Talk!”
Several leaders of Nason Publishing House were a little nervous.
The reasoning editor raised his head and glanced at the leaders, feeling heavy.
"Biyehou's "Malevolence" should become a masterpiece recorded in the history of mystery novels. He used an unprecedented writing technique to keep all readers in the palm of his hand. No one would have thought of it until they saw the end. The truth turned out to be..."
this day!
The narrative trick is born!
(End of this chapter)