What should I do if I have a childhood sweetheart who wants to be a singer? Chapter 502: The new books sales are record-breaking, and the ending of the third edition is controversial
Chapter 502: The new books sales are record-breaking, and the ending of the third edition is controversial
"The sales volume on the first day is still being calculated, but if nothing unexpected happens, it should have exceeded one million copies!"
Wu Xin, the editor-in-chief of Plum Blossom Publishing House, immediately obtained the first-day sales data from the cooperative bookstores and distributors of their publishing house.
Although it was already time to get off work, Wu Xin, who had just returned home at this time, still could not suppress the joy in his heart.
Even for a large publishing house like theirs, this new book by Yi Yun is estimated to be able to match the performance of nearly two or three months.
Publishers naturally hope that the more authors like this, the better.
But obviously this idea is not realistic.
After all, Xu Ji is not considered a professional author strictly speaking.
In other words, despite record-breaking sales, songwriting can really only be regarded as his side job.
It is also unlikely that Tongji will only cooperate with their Meihua Publishing House.
For Tongji, the share of selling books may be considered a good income.
But it's definitely not the most important thing.
The IP of the martial arts trilogy, including this time "The Legend of Heaven and Dragon Sword", is the most valuable thing.
Including the follow-up, if nothing unexpected happens, this novel will also be adapted into Tongji's new drama.
So for Tongji, or any film and television company that is slightly smarter.
They all know that it is the wisest choice to cooperate with multiple publishers to increase the influence of the novel as much as possible.
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"At present, there is almost no shortage of goods in the entire country."
“Even some online publishing houses have opened online shopping channels.”
Subordinates opened their mouths to report relevant news about the entire industry and market.
Obviously, Plum Blossom Publishing House is not the only one that is well-stocked.
Some other publishing houses are not fools either.
Judging from the popularity of "Eternal Dragon Sword", there is a high probability that it will be sold without any worries.
If you print more, there will be no risk of overstocking.
Naturally, the more abundant the supply, the better.
In this case, for the entire industry, it all depends on everyone's own sales methods.
As for the promotion of new books, it is actually beneficial to every publishing house.
After all, everyone has Tongji's authorization. When readers buy a book, they most likely won't check specifically which publisher it was published by.
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Online, since the physical book of "The Legend of Heaven and Dragon Sword" was put on sale, many people have read the entire book immediately.
Of course, the battle between the six sects besieging Guangmingding did not disappoint the readers.
The protagonist Zhang Wuji starts from the appearance, and then continues to fight against the masters of the six major sects.
The process was extremely exciting, and it also stole the show.
There are actually quite a lot of discussions about this on the Internet.
But after seeing the subsequent plot, everyone's attention was not focused on this matter.
The reputation of the protagonist Zhang Wuji on the Internet has also undergone some changes.
In the past, many people thought Zhang Wuji's life experience was tragic, but in fact it was quite pitiful.
Later, he accidentally learned the Nine-Yang Divine Art and the Great Shift of the Universe, and even became the leader of the Ming Cult.
There is indeed something inspiring about it.
However, as the emotional part of the novel increased, Zhang Wuji's reputation as a scumbag was completely spread.
"Zhang Wuji really showed mercy everywhere. He definitely had the qualifications to become a hero. It's really a pity."
"Although I don't think it's good, it's really hard for me to choose."
"Zhao Min appeared so late. I don't know what the protagonist was thinking about choosing her in the end."
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Just like in the previous life, the debate about who Zhang Wuji loves the most started on the day the physical book of the novel was released, and online readers began to quarrel.
Most male readers don't think it's a big deal. After all, it's an ancient setting, and the harem doesn't matter.
Some female readers began to call Zhang Wuji a scumbag.
Compared with the previous two protagonists Yang Guo and Guo Jing, it is obvious that Zhang Wuji in Yitian has become the most controversial protagonist.
"Actually, the ending with Zhao Min was quite good. I didn't like the character of Zhou Zhiruo anyway. It was good that she cut off her hair and became a nun. It can be regarded as atonement."
"What? Who said we were only with Zhao Min in the end? Didn't Zhou Zhiruo show up too?"
"That's wrong! Why do I feel like we are not watching the same plot? Why do so many details not match up?!!!"
In fact, no one realized this at the beginning.
After everyone has read it, the general plots are actually not much different, so there is no big problem in communicating.
But when I finally discussed the ending, I suddenly discovered that the various plots I had watched seemed to be very different.
Then people on the Internet began to post the finale of the book they bought.
Everyone was surprised to find that it was really different.
This time Tongji cooperated with three large publishing houses, and the three published books had different endings?
From the first version, Zhou Zhiruo repented, passed the position of head of Emei to Zhang Wuji, became a nun, and has been with the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha ever since;
Zhao Min asked Zhang Wuji to fulfill the third promise: to draw her eyebrows every day.
In the second version, Zhou Zhiruo did not become a monk, and there was an open ending when Zhang Wuji and Zhao Minzheng's relationship blossomed.
And in the last version, Zhou Zhiruo appeared, allowing Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min to be husband and wife and have children, but they could not go to the church to get married.
Zhang Wuji even thought of Xiao Zhao and Yin Li at this time.
The fantasy scene with all four of them together shows the true nature of a scumbag.
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Originally, everyone thought they were watching the same plot.
It was only then that I discovered that there were three completely different endings.
And some people who had only watched the first ending and were dissatisfied with Zhou Zhiruo's final character suddenly seemed to have found a savior.
In the blink of an eye, I went to buy the version of the book I liked.
There has been a lot of debate on the Internet about what Xu Ji’s purpose was in writing such three endings.
In his opinion, which ending does he want most?
But obviously, Xu Ji is destined not to answer such a question.
In fact, he himself is relatively accepting of the first ending, mainly due to the influence of a certain latest version of the film and television series.
It was not until later that I learned that the ending of the original novel had been changed several times, and there were three different versions.
Of course, Xu Ji originally only wanted to write according to the version that he remembered best.
But after thinking about it later, I released three versions.
After all, different readers may like different versions of the ending.
It is a complete presentation of the novel. As for which ending you ultimately accept, it depends on each person.
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Xu Ji did not explain, but the readers on the Internet were divided into several groups and argued for a long time.
Everyone is talking about which version of the ending is the most reasonable.
Of course, the result is that no one can convince anyone.
If Xu Ji, the author, does not come out to express his opinion, there is no way to draw a conclusion. It can only be destined to be a fruitless debate.
However, it is worth mentioning that due to the different endings, the three versions of the book are also slightly different, which resulted in the sales of "The Legend of Heaven and Dragon Sword" experiencing different growth on the third and fourth days.
Many readers have begun to collect three different versions of the novel.
Speaking of which, not even the three publishing houses found it.
It turns out that the endings of each other's novels are different.
After all, although there had been simple exchanges before, no one expected that the ending of Xu Ji's novel to the three parties would be different.
However, the three publishing houses actually have different ideas.
Even the covers of the novel itself are three completely different versions.
They all cost a lot of money to design.
In the past, it was just to increase the sales of my own novels.
Now it satisfies the collecting habit of some readers.
It is very rare for the same reader to buy three copies of the same novel in a row in the physical book industry.
There is a high probability that this will only be done by some die-hard fans.
But when it comes to "Eternal Dragon Sword", many people have done this.
Among them was Sang Shaolong.
Of course, the reason why he bought three versions of the book was to compare the endings of each version in detail.
After all, he plans to make a related video in the future.
These are all very important information.
It is considered essential preparation work.
Of course, Sang Shaolong himself can accept all three endings.
It all seems quite logical.
Although the novel itself has some controversial aspects, it is generally in line with expectations.
There are quite a lot of exciting plot parts in it.
Although there is less linkage with the previous two parts, Shooting the Condor and The Divine Condor, it can be regarded as giving the trilogy a story ending with a beginning and an end.
Originally, as the owner of the film and television area, Sang Shaolong would not make a video for a book.
Even if he does it, it will be the original work adapted from some movies and TV shows, and he will mention it in his video in a way of comparison with the TV series.
But Xu Ji is indeed a special case.
After all, "The Legend of Heaven and the Dragon Slayer" is destined to be adapted into a film and television series.
The author Xu Ji is not entirely the author of the physical book. He is more well-known as a screenwriter and director.
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"Just a novel can become so popular."
"It is estimated that this sales record will be difficult for another author to break in the future."
Kiwi video, watching the news and reports flying all over the Internet, Congzhu couldn't help but sigh.
Although she doesn’t know much about the physical publishing industry.
But based on her knowledge, the author with such conditions as Xu Ji is indeed unique.
It is obviously almost impossible to achieve Xu Ji's current popularity by writing novels alone.
After all, the communication of words is much weaker than the more intuitive method of film and television.
As a screenwriter, Xu Ji is actually not an outsider.
There are many people who can write novels, and even some celebrities prefer to write autobiographies.
But most of them just attract some of their fans to buy.
As for Xu Ji, who is famous and popular enough, and whose works are also very attractive, there really is no other person besides him.
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"Generally speaking, the popularity of martial arts has begun to gradually decline."
"But in the next one to two months, it is estimated that it will still be a high topic."
"The overall performance of our new dramas during this period is pretty good based on the current data."
"Of course, the play volume of "The Three Moves Swordsman" on Penguin Video is the highest. It is unlikely that our new drama will catch up."
Kiwi's top management spoke out.
Congzhu himself understood this situation, but he didn't feel surprised and nodded.
For the current kiwi fruit, this situation is actually relatively acceptable.
After all, compared to the past where "Wulin Gaiden" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" on Station G captured almost all the viewers, now Kiwi's various data are continuing to recover.
The foundation of G station is still too poor.
Most of the powerful domestic film and television companies have signed contracts with the three major video websites.
Without the help of Tongji’s new drama, G station’s data decline during the vacuum period is a relatively common situation this year.
Of course, this time, Station G also followed suit with several low-budget dramas in the martial arts genre.
Relying on the influence left by "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", the performance in terms of data is also remarkable.
But the quality of the show itself is so poor that it is completely impossible for it to be able to succeed "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
"If nothing else happens, Tongji's next drama should be able to be broadcast on our platform."
"Although I don't know how long we have to wait, this is definitely good news."
Congzhu analyzed in a low voice.
So far this year, Tongji’s two new dramas have been co-produced with Station G.
As for their Kiwi fruit side, there is no cooperation at all.
Even after the contract was signed, there was no further communication between the two parties.
Congzhu was patient and could wait patiently for news from Tongji.
After all, they are not Station G, so they really would not be able to survive without Tongji.
According to Congzhu's plan, the best result is actually two months of summer vacation.
Tongji’s new drama can be broadcast on their platform.
That time period should be the best.
And if her guess is correct, there is a high probability that Tongji from Station G will not appear in the new drama this time.
After all, Xu Ji wouldn't let two dramas of his company compete with each other for viewers at the same time, right?
By then, there will be no threat from Tongji’s new drama at Station G.
For kiwi fruit, there should really be no other rivals.
They, Kiwi Fruit, have now caught up with Penguin Video. If they want to completely surpass each other, cooperation with Tongji Entertainment is the most critical factor.
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Chengdu, although the physical book sale of "Eternal Dragon Sword" is in full swing during this period.
But he didn't spend too much energy paying attention to these.
The post-production of "I'm Not the God of Medicine" has been officially completed and is currently being submitted for review.
Of course, in addition to this, Xu Ji has just returned from participating in the recording of "The Masked Singer" in the past two days.
If I hadn't received the news from Mo Jianwen, I would have almost forgotten about this variety show.
Of course, he is not to blame this time, but director Mo Jianwen himself has a problem.