Whether domestic or overseas, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" and "Han Bo and the Peacock Prince" are like two record harvesters. Starting from May 1st, they are harvesting all kinds of records crazily.
Among them, "Han Bo and the Peacock Prince" sold 14 million copies on the first day in China, 22 million copies in the first week, and 29 million copies in the first month. They are all sales records for single books in China.
After the daily sales volume came out, Nimbus Press started printing more copies as quickly as possible, and completed the first nationwide replenishment in two weeks. Otherwise, there would really be an embarrassing shortage of goods.
In comparison, the performance of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" was not satisfactory.
There were 7 million copies on the first day, 15 million in the first week, and just over 20 million in the first month. It was more than a little bit behind our brothers. And in Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia and other places that are deeply influenced by Chinese culture
, the little magician was also pinned down by the little wizard, and the gap seemed to be quite big.
The only places where little magicians have an absolute advantage are in Europe and North America.
Even in countries and regions such as South America, South Asia, and West Asia, Little Magicians dare not say that they can defeat Little Wizards... Of course, for these two sets of books, these markets are not that important and are dispensable.
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" broke first-week sales records in 14 European and American countries.
What makes Sun Peng most happy is that the sales volume of "Han Bo and the Peacock Prince" is also very high in Europe and the United States. Although it is still far behind the Little Magician, the gap has narrowed compared with the beginning, and the range is still high.
Quite a few!
"If I have to say it, it should be that Chinese culture is being accepted by European and American audiences."
Knocking on the table in front of him, Tim Hanks said solemnly: "In the past, no matter how famous Lao Bai was, his novels would not have sold so many in Europe and the United States... I heard
Seal Publishing House has announced that it will print a second edition, with the number to be as high as 10 million copies! Think about it, what does this mean?"
"This means that the first printing and the first additional printing of 65,000 copies will be sold out soon!"
"Yes, the average sales volume is 30 million per copy!"
Nodding, Tim Hardaway took a deep breath and said: "And the most terrifying thing is not just that, because according to the figures announced by Seal Publishing House, the first printing of Little Wizard was up to 10 million. Little Wizard
There are only five million, and this time both sides are printing five million... Do you know what this means?"
After listening to his words, the middle-aged woman sitting opposite her face became serious: "Mr. Hadaway, I know you want to say that the sales of "Han Bo and the Peacock Prince" exceeded the expected sales, and were better than "Harry Potter and the Peacock Prince".
"Half-Blood Prince" performed better, which shows that the influence of this series continues to rise, right?"
"Yes, this is terrible!"
Tim Hardaway suddenly stood up from the sofa, and subconsciously walked a few steps in the room, frowning and saying: "On one side is the traditional magician theme that has been popular in Europe and the United States for decades, and on the other hand is our White
This kind of people's traditional culture, on the other hand, is an alternative theme that has never left China. To say it has appeared, it only started with "Hanbo and Lingshi" less than ten years ago, but now...the gap between them is actually increasing rapidly.
Don’t you think it’s scary to shrink, Miss Harrison?”
"Yes, it's scary!"
Miss Harrison's eyelids twitched, and she nodded helplessly: "But we must admit that although the magician theme is classic and has a wider base in Europe and the United States, it is too old!
When you are old enough, even Mr. laobai will do it to you
It has innovated and introduced a modern school system to make it more relevant to the tastes of young people, but it still cannot stop the introduction of new things! The Chinese wizard theme... no, it should be said that this is the Chinese culture. It has great influence on young people in Europe and the United States.
It’s so new for people!”
"But what about before? Didn't we resist before?"
"No, it was just that they didn't have the ability before!"
Shaking her head, Miss Harrison said sternly: "Mr. Hardaway, think about the Chinese movies before. Apart from the historical masterpieces that relied on money and manpower, are there any types of movies that can be compared with Hollywood?"
"this……"
Tim Hardaway frowned again and fell silent.
Is there any?
Of course not!
Not to mention magical movies like the Korean Wave series, and not to mention any science fiction masterpieces, they are the most numerous and most basic action movies among commercial movies. The level of Chinese people is also far behind Hollywood, so we can only
Rely on the domestic market to survive.
Want to go abroad?
Southeast Asia is the home of Chinese movies, and even Japan and South Korea don’t buy it.
And even so, even though China has great influence in Southeast Asia, Hollywood can still fight with the Chinese there. Half of the time, everyone is inextricably killed, and the other half of the time, they can easily deal with them.
"So, Europeans and Americans are actually still interested in Chinese culture."
After taking a deep breath, Miss Harrison continued: "The reason is also very simple. They are the three poles of the world, and their connections with each other are so close that they are inseparable! Especially China, whose current economic aggregate is almost the same.
Compared with Europe and the United States combined, it is impossible for us to live without them! Such a takeover means that a large number of people in both Europe and North America must learn Chinese culture and learn how to get along with them... Over time, cultural invasion
The argument came naturally."
"Well, that's right."
After a moment of silence, Tim Hardaway nodded helplessly.
The so-called cultural invasion sounds scary. In fact, this thing comes with the influence of politics, military, technology and economy, especially the economy. Whoever is richer has a stronger cultural influence.
No one can object!
It’s just that compared to several other fields, the rise and spread of cultural influence is slower.
Today, China's economy is the largest in the world, and the same is true for politics, military and technology. Although it may still be slightly lacking in quality, it has no rivals in terms of total quantity. In this case, even if Europe and North America unite to suppress it, it will be useless.
, so the expansion of cultural influence is only a matter of time.
The overt and covert resistance of Europe and the United States is on the one hand, and the rise of China's cultural industry is on the other.
It's just that in the past, only those historical masterpieces could be enjoyed in Europe and the United States. Now the audience is tired of them. However, action blockbusters, science fiction blockbusters, and even fantasy blockbusters are coming one after another, making Hollywood feel huge pressure. It's not just Chinese movies.
The memorial hall surpassed them, but the opponent's progress was too fast!
So this time the sales of the new book Little Wizard and Little Wizard have made Tim Hardaway very flustered.
It seems that it has nothing to do with Paramount Pictures. After all, one of them is a movie and the other is a fantasy novel, so they can’t compete with each other. But Tim Hardaway knows that the huge sales of these two books means that the follow-up
The box office of the movie adaptations of the two series will continue to rise, or at least it will run at a high level!
Especially for the Little Wizard series, the increased sales of the novels mean that the box office potential is also increasing!
This is not a good thing for Hollywood.
As the president of Paramount Pictures, Tim Hardaway knows the data very well. Ten years ago, the box office of Chinese movies in North America was very small, only one or two hundred million US dollars a year. Sometimes even
Less! But now, the box office can reach more than 700 million US dollars almost every year... at least!
The peak year was even close to one billion US dollars!
So, when did it start?
"The Bourne Identity"?
No, although the plot of that movie was okay, the filming technology and scenes were obviously rubbish. It didn't even make a splash in the United States... By the way, it should be "Taken"!
Suddenly, Tim Hardaway remembered the movie that impressed him so much.
The North American box office is not very high, which is the level of ordinary low-cost action movies. However, after the Internet rights were bought by Americans, it became very popular on video websites! Later, "Rescue 2 True Lies"
When it was released, the box office naturally soared at least twice?