The store manager was a gentle man wearing gold-rimmed glasses. Hearing Cai Afen's question, he raised his head and glanced at her: "Which publishing house are you from?"
Cai Afen smiled and said: "It must be from the Cultural Publishing House."
The store manager smiled. Whenever a new book is put on the shelves, as long as the sales are hot and attract people's attention, no matter which publishing house it is, they will come to inquire about the sales of the hot new book from time to time.
In fact, in this regard, there is a statistical agency called "Snail" in Taiwan that specializes in counting the publication and sales of traditional Chinese books and ranking them.
In addition to the general ranking list, the snail sales list also has specific category lists such as martial arts, romance, and supernatural.
As long as you wait for one month, Snail Sales List will announce the entire month's book sales list to the public.
However, because books and novels are too expensive, not many people are really willing to spend money to buy books. Therefore, under this situation, the "Butterfly Rental List" in Taiwan was born.
As the name suggests, the Butterfly Rental List counts the rental status of each book.
Every week, the Butterfly Rental List will publish four major ranking lists including martial arts novel rental rankings, literary novel rental rankings, magazine rental rankings and comics rental rankings. In addition, the Butterfly Rental Rankings are for authors.
To gain fame, authors are also ranked according to sales volume.
Each of the five major ranking lists has its own divisions, and each category lists the top fifty sales.
Among them, martial arts novels and literary novels cover a wider range, so the turbulence in each ranking is relatively large. The former includes all imaginary novels, while the latter is literary and artistic novels that describe reality and are documentary.
For the magazine rental list and comic rental list, the works on the list will basically not change every three to five months.
As for the author ranking list, this is even more true. There are indeed newcomers who emerge every year, but they rarely appear on the author ranking list.
"The sales of "Xunqin Ji" are pretty good." The store manager looked at the cashier who was checking out the customers, and said to Cai Afen with a smile: "This veteran author of the Qinglian Sword Immortal series, wearing a vest and going into battle, is really bullying the newcomers!"
Cai Afen thought of Li Qing's young and handsome face. She smiled bitterly and said: "Boss, you guessed it wrong. Qinglian Swordsman is really a new author, and a very new one. How could you think so?"
"Looking at this strike, are you sure he is a newcomer?" The store manager looked at Cai Afen suspiciously: "I have also watched "Xun Qin Ji", from yesterday to now, look at my eyes..."
The store manager took off his glasses and pointed at his bloodshot eyes. "I stayed up late on New Year's Eve, and I have to come to work during the New Year. My life is miserable!"
Cai Afen said sympathetically: "Me too."
After chatting with the store manager for a while and learning that the sales were going well, Cai Afen was in a good mood. She immediately walked into the store and walked up to a young man who was holding the second volume of "Looking for Qin" in front of the bookcase and smiled.
Then he asked: "Pretty boy, is this new book good?"
The young man pushed up his thick glasses and glanced at Cai Afen with misty eyes. He ignored her and continued to look down.
"Miss, this bastard doesn't have money to buy a book. He's been reading it since the morning when it opened. He can't even drive him away. It's already three o'clock in the afternoon. If you ask him if it's good, you might as well ask me if the book is selling well.
." The salesperson next to him curled his lips.
Cai Afen was startled when he heard this. From morning till now, this young man didn't even eat?
The young man seemed a little embarrassed. He looked at the second volume of "Xun Qin Ji" in his hand, took out the first and third volumes on the bookshelf, then walked leisurely to the counter, took out a note: "Boss
.Bill, please."
The counter was quite busy, and when the cashier was overwhelmed, the store manager would also help with the checkout. He took the three volumes of "Xun Qin Ji" and put them on a machine for a little test. After hearing the beeping sound, the store manager said:
"The three volumes of "Looking for Qin" are priced at a total of 60 yuan. There is a 20% discount on new books, so the three volumes total forty-eight yuan."
After finishing speaking, the store manager took the banknotes from the boy's hand, looked at them carefully, and then opened the cashier: "I'll charge you five hundred yuan, and I'll give you four hundred and fifty two yuan."
After changing the money, the store manager personally helped the boy put the books in a plastic bag, then took out a note from the nearby paper box and stuffed it into the plastic bag: "This is our store membership card. One-time purchase of "Xun Qin Ji"
A complete set of three volumes comes as a bonus. Next time you come to our store to buy "Xun Qin Ji", you will get a 20% discount."
The young man didn't expect such a good thing. After taking the plastic bag, he took out the membership card note and looked at it, and smiled with satisfaction.
Watching the young man leave, Cai Afen asked the salesperson: "Didn't you say that bad boy has no money to buy books?"
"How did I know he would have five hundred yuan in his pocket!" the salesman rolled his eyes.
"Remember, the customer is God!"
Cai Afen frowned, and then looked at the few "Xun Qin Ji" left on the bookshelf in front of her: "These are almost sold out, and the first volume is less than ten. Remember to replenish it quickly!"
"I know, do you want to buy it, ma'am?" the salesperson asked impatiently.
"I...I'll buy it too!"
Cai Afen was stunned by the question. She thought for a while, then gritted her teeth and nodded.
Her monthly salary is only about 1,000 yuan. In the case that the average monthly salary of working-class people in mainland China is only about 600 yuan, this salary is definitely a middle-level salary. But in Hong Kong, it is barely enough for food and clothing. However, if I buy a set of "Xun Qin Ji",
Contributing to sales is actually not bad.
She picked up three volumes of "Looking for Qin" from the bookshelf and ran to the counter to pay.
"Miss, since you are from the Cultural Publishing House, I have to ask you for help with something!"
The manager of Glory Bookstore was paying Cai Afen and said with a smile: "As you can see, "Looking for Qin" is indeed selling well. Good books don't need to be promoted. You will be attracted after reading a few chapters in the bookstore. And today is the big day
On the first day of the new year, according to the sales situation in previous years, the sales situation on the first and second days of the new year are the most sluggish. However, starting from the third day of the new year, our bookstore will usher in an explosive period. In the explosive period,
The sales volume every day will be several times that of the first and second days of junior high school!”
Cai Afen nodded.
The store manager continued: "The book "Looking for Qin" is really good and I like it very much. Please urge Qinglian Sword Fairy more and ask him to submit more manuscripts and publish more volumes this month. Otherwise, Hong Kong
Some of the pirates are also very troublesome. Also, if possible, let Qinglian Swordsman hold a book signing event here, what do you think?"
"Signing session? No need, he is not a big-name writer!" Cai Afen said with some embarrassment, thinking of Li Qing who was far away in the mainland.
The store manager glared: "Do you understand what a potential stock is? Now is the time to invest and make bets. Letting him do the signing event will also help increase sales. Remember, if you can this month, let him
Did you know that he came to our Glory Bookstore for a book signing and should not go to other places?"
"ok, ok!"
Seeing that the store manager was getting more and more anxious as he spoke, Cai Afen helplessly made an OK gesture. (To be continued.)