The sales of "Titanic" in the UK are very good, with 800 copies sold in the first week. Don't be too little, the British economy is really bad, the book market is extremely depressed, selling 800 copies in one week is already very impressive.
In order to promote publicity and promotion, Gorenz, with Zhou Hexuan's consent, also serialized "Titanic" in newspapers. He serialized 1,200 words (words) every day, and this guy planned to serialize it to about 50,000 words. At the same time, he also serialized "Titanic" in newspapers.
"Titanic" was sold at almost cost price.
This approach quickly achieved good results. Even during the Great Depression, the British still retained the habit of reading newspapers every day. Even homeless people would read newspapers in garbage dumps.
After reading a few issues of the serial, many readers obviously couldn't stand the update speed, so they rushed to the bookstore to buy the entire set of "Titanic" home. As a result, the sales of "Titanic" surged in the UK in the second week
, the single-week sales reached 3,000 copies and became the best-selling title.
The literary section of The Times quickly gave a review of the book. The famous literary critic and editor John Thomas highly praised the book: "In the past ten years or so, I have had enough of modernist literary works.
The text is full of criticism and repression, full of harsh reflections and meaningless streams of consciousness. "Titanic" returns to the true nature of the novel. It tells a story perfectly, its praise of love is simple and direct, and it is
The depiction of human nature is meticulous and this is what I like most about it.”
Britain has produced many famous works, such as "Wuthering Heights", "Jane Eyre", "Pride and Prejudice" and so on. However, after the end of World War I, the modernist literary trend began to emerge in Britain. Novelists did not tell stories well, and
It is to show one's hopelessness, depression, confusion and pain after the war in literary works, with various criticisms and reflections, various associations, metaphors, hints and streams of consciousness, which readers without any brains can't understand at all.
There are no novels that tell normal stories, but the quality is very low. They can only be classified as fast-food consumer goods and cannot reach the level of classics handed down from generation to generation.
At this time, "Titanic" was published in the UK, bringing a classic love story that ordinary readers can entertain and relieve their boredom.
It’s weird if it’s not popular!
Just like the American film industry boomed rapidly during the Great Depression, novels are also cheap entertainment products. For a small sum of money, you can read them repeatedly at home, go out, party, work, and discuss the plot with friends. Things like "Titanic"
Romance novels are undoubtedly the most suitable for entertainment, and they quickly became popular in Britain.
In just half a month, hundreds of letters from readers were sent to the publishing house, including some British girls who boldly expressed their love to Zhou Hexuan.
Zhou Hexuan was sitting at the publishing house reading the letter: "Mr. Zhou, the wise man from the Far East, my name is Catherine Milton, and I am the daughter of a baron. I like your work "Titanic" very much, and I also look forward to it very much.
Romantic and beautiful love. Sometimes, I feel like I am Rose in the book. My father went bankrupt during the Great Depression, and he forced me to marry a nouveau riche. However, this is not what I want... to be able to write
To publish such a classic and great love book, I think Mr. Zhou must be a young and handsome gentleman. Would you like to take me with you? I want to take a big ship and go to the mysterious and distant East. I want to be your wife.
, we enjoy a beautiful love and spend a lifetime together..."
Zhou Hexuan put the letter back funny and said to the capitalist Golenz: "Congratulations, your sales strategy is very successful."
Golenz shrugged: "But I sold it slightly above the cost price and made very little profit, so I decided to raise the price of "Titanic" next week."
"Profiteer," Zhou Hexuan joked, "Aren't you afraid of arousing readers' anger?"
Gorenz said with a smile: "There are now close to 3 million unemployed people in the UK. If anger was useful, Buckingham Palace would have been ignited by the anger of the people."
"Which book are you going to publish next?" Zhou Hexuan asked.
Gorenz narrowed his eyes and said: "Of course it's "The Rise of the Great Powers". This book predicted the world economic crisis. I think readers will be very interested. As for your other books, to be honest, I am not optimistic about it. Today's British book market
It’s dispirited, and I will probably lose money by helping to publish it.”
Zhou Hexuan said: "As long as "Titanic" and "The Rise of the Great Powers" sell well, I will have a certain reader base in the UK, and I won't lose much no matter how bad the sales of the remaining books are."
Golenz smiled and said: "Haha, I hope so."
Zhou Hexuan also smiled and said: "I thought you were looking for an excuse to lower the royalties for my works."
That's what Golenz actually thought. Now that Zhou Hexuan had stopped him in advance, he suddenly seemed a little embarrassed. He took out an invitation letter from the drawer and changed the subject: "This is from the Royal Academy of Art. You were in
There was no one in Oxfordshire, so the Royal Academy sent the invitation letter to the publisher."
Zhou Hexuan played with the academic exchange invitation and said with a smile: "I don't understand art, what does the Royal Academy of Art ask me to do?"
Gorenz explained: "Due to the popularity of "Titanic", some students rehearsed the play of the same name at the Royal Academy of Arts, which received a very sensational response. In addition, you are very popular in the American theater industry, so the Royal Academy of Arts
I just want to invite you to give an academic lecture on literature and drama. Of course, if you don’t want to participate, I can help you refuse."
"Make an appointment for me." Zhou Hexuan received the invitation.
Golenz smiled and said: "No problem." As he said this, the guy winked and said, "Zhou, I must remind you that there are many beautiful girls at the Royal Academy of Art. I think they are very happy to communicate with you in depth. Qian
Don’t miss this opportunity.”
As expected of a guy with two digits of mistresses, his mind was full of dirty thoughts, and Zhou Hexuan expressed his utmost contempt.
Zhou Hexuan left the publishing house leisurely and took Sun Yongzhen, his follower, to stroll through the depressed streets of London. Perhaps seeing that he was well-dressed in suits and leather shoes, a homeless man came up immediately and spread out his dark hands.
Said: "Sir, okay, I haven't eaten for two days."
Zhou Hexuan dug into his pocket and found only a few pennies in change. He stuffed all of it into the homeless man's hand and blessed him: "I wish you good luck!"
The homeless man also had a smile on his face. He made the sign of a cross on his chest with the hand holding the money. He bent down and saluted like a gentleman and said, "Sir, you are a good man. God will bless you."
"哐哐哐哐..."
At this moment, a burst of neat and loud footsteps came from the distance.
Zhou Hexuan looked up and saw more than 20 young people in black shirts striding over with their arms waving.
"Who are these people?" Zhou Hexuan asked.
"Member of the Imperial Fascist Alliance." The tramp simply explained and ran towards the black shirts excitedly.
Zhou Hexuan also walked over curiously and saw a young man in a black shirt. Surrounded by other black shirts, he held up a tin trumpet and began to speak: "Great Britain is the greatest nation in the world. Our ancestors once had infinite glory.
, our ancestors once ruled the world... Friends, I stand here today and see countless British people who don’t have enough to eat, and you are begging hard for a few pennies. When will our great British people also
Going to the streets to beg? This is a shame! This is an unforgivable shame... The root of everything is the Jews. Their greed for money brought about the European War. They control finance and business. They are sucking us off all the time.
of blood..."
Zhou Hexuan was a little stunned, and then laughed. He was calling for a boycott of fascism a few days ago, but today he saw the British fascists alive and kicking. Fortunately, the British fascists are not as violent as those in Germany. Otherwise, based on Zhou Hexuan's words and deeds, he would have been severely beaten.
Or assassinated.
Fascism is not exclusive to Germany, Japan, and Italy. It also exists in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, and Spain, and its scale of development in the United Kingdom cannot be underestimated.
As early as 1923, the first fascist group appeared in the UK. The founder was actually a woman, the granddaughter of former British Field Marshal Sir Simon. The name of this organization was "British Fascist", and it established its own infantry commando unit, mainly
Influenced and encouraged by Mussolini.
What Zhou Hexuan saw at this moment was another British fascist organization, the "Imperial Fascist Alliance", two of whose founders had even become British local MPs.
It is said that in troubled times, monsters emerge. Now that Europe is in chaos, all kinds of monsters and monsters have emerged.
The situation in the United States was not much better. Due to the impact of the Great Depression, some people even publicly shouted the slogan "Learn from the Russians" and wanted to carry out a red revolution to overthrow the federal government. This actually gained the support of countless people at the bottom.
