Li Yuan didn't know that there had been earth-shaking changes outside in the recent period.
Since the publishing market in Hong Kong is quite small, there are actually very few books with publishing value throughout the year. Except for some imported overseas books, there are only a few famous martial arts, romance, and comic books from Hong Kong and Taiwan. In addition,
Basically, I rely on those teaching aids to make a living.
But on the other hand, due to the bidding mechanism of the Hong Kong Education Department, teaching aids can only be said to be a small profit, just a state of not having enough to eat and starving to death.
Therefore, for every book with publishing value, Hong Kong publishing houses will go all out, so that they can get a mouthful of fat!
Of course, from the beginning, Ruan Dafu was trying to flatter him. At least he did a good job on the surface and did give him a certain amount of publicity and promotion.
I didn’t expect it to be worth publishing now? Why don’t you strike while the iron is hot? There must be all kinds of publicity flying around. I hope the book "Casino" will be completely popular.
And word-of-mouth has begun to slowly ferment, and more and more people know about it. Although it is still spread in a few small circles because the time is too short, sales have steadily approached the 10,000 set mark. According to this
The trend is no longer the 3,000 units originally estimated, but can reach 30,000 units!
In the Hong Kong book market, a best-seller that can reach 30,000 copies is basically guaranteed to be on the best-seller list throughout the year.
So these days, Ruan Dafu is feeling sad and happy. Although counting money is fun, the contract is still not signed?
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In another field, the unexpected best-seller of "Casino" has also attracted the attention of some people. Among them are the book purchasers stationed in Hong Kong from the Mainland.
This should be understandable.
In this era, because there were relatively few exchanges with overseas countries, but the country was eager to obtain overseas information, it collected a large number of overseas public publications.
Hong Kong is the top priority. Although Hong Kong publications use traditional Chinese characters, at least there are no reading barriers. Therefore, many people have been assigned to focus on it!
Generally speaking, as long as the circulation of a publication reaches a certain standard, the mainland will buy it and take it home.
Of course, there are also certain review standards. For example, those salty readings or horse scriptures will definitely not be purchased. Those publications that are more professional will also be transferred to professional departments for review, etc.
As for this book, "The Vast Ocean Is a Casino", it was no surprise that it was reviewed by domestic war history experts. After reading it, I couldn't help but marvel, because this book has extremely high...academic value! Ahem!
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I have introduced before that the advantage of the book "Casino" is that it is rich in knowledge and a collection of gossip. Unexpectedly, it has an additional academic value now? I don't know if a reborn idiot will laugh to death directly.
Having said that, this is actually not surprising.
For example, about the Battle of Dadonggou.
The mainstream domestic academic research during this period basically believed that the Beiyang Fleet was caused by the corruption of the imperial court, the upper-level officers were timid, and the middle- and lower-level officers were relatively brave. Especially the officers and soldiers of the Zhiyuan ship such as Deng Shichang.
But in the book "Casino", in addition to still expressing respect for Deng Shichang and other Zhiyuan ship officers and soldiers, he also cursed everyone from the Beiyang Fleet to Li Hongzhang, Fleet Admiral Ding Ruchang, and down to ordinary navy soldiers!
Maybe laymen don't know, and think that the number of warships in China and Japan is about the same, and the strength should be about the same. There are even rumors that Empress Dowager Cixi misappropriated naval funds to build the Summer Palace. It is even thought that the strength of the Beiyang Fleet is slightly worse.
But in fact, relying on the two ironclad ships Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, the strength of the Beiyang Fleet is still crushing. Just like a heavy tank facing a thin-skinned armored vehicle, even a dog can defeat it, right?
So everything is rotten from top to bottom. Will we lose such a naval battle?
The other is a fairy tale about rapid-fire cannons.
That was Benzi's bragging in the newspaper after the war! Unexpectedly, it had such a far-reaching impact. Even today, people still think that Benzi won the Battle of Dadonggou just because of their rapid-fire cannons?
Why are the later navies all built with big guns? Even Moto himself built super battleships like the Yamato and Musashi? Why didn't they just use rapid-fire cannons? How about a big machine-gun ship?
Naval equipment experts around the world are not fools! Rapid-fire guns are useless against armored ships and battleships!
Moreover, the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan ships were hit by more than a hundred guns. They were neither painful nor itchy, and did not affect the combat effectiveness at all. On the contrary, they proved that the rapid-fire cannons were useless!
This kind of subversive content is well-founded and very different from the content of current domestic mainstream academic research. There are many more in the book "Casino"...
Why is this so?
It's a simple truth. A group of keyboard warriors have torn up thousands of floors, copying and pasting all the information they can find, and there are also a few very professional masters among them. Except for some floors rolling around, the truth is not to go beyond the walls.
Is it clearer to argue?
Therefore, the original "Casino" is an excerpt of Mr. Yu Tianren's materials, and the second creation of "Casino" is the result of the joint efforts of countless keyboard warriors.
In today's era, how could such detailed information and such clear viewpoints not make people take a breath of air?
Let's talk about it. Regardless of whether you agree with the views in "Casino" or not, experts will definitely recognize the academic value of this collective work of keyboard warriors and give it a high evaluation.
This is a bit different from publishing houses. Publishing houses still tend to be literary, while experts tend to be academic.
To put it bluntly, at least it can be placed in major universities and libraries and used as reference materials, right?
In this case, then... publish an internal publication?
Okay! You should all understand what this means. There is not so much foreign exchange, but overseas literature is more important, so I just stole it... and published it internally!
Since this is an internal military history book, it will definitely be transferred to the Army Publishing House. However, after the senior management of the publishing house got the task, they couldn't believe their eyes - we are all ready to publish it formally, and you still have it?
Internal publishing? Are you kidding me? (Laughing and crying)
Being so stimulated, Zhang Hui immediately found Geng Yue: "Xiao Geng, have you contacted Li Yuan about the book "Casino"?"
Geng Yue was a little surprised: "Mr. Zhang, the letter has been sent as you wished? Calculating the time, Li Yuan should have received it, right?"
"I'm asking if you've been contacted?" Zhang Hui was a little bit out of sorts. This almost caused an own incident.
"Are we sending registered mail?" Geng Yue was confused.
She really didn't understand why Zhang Hui was so anxious...