The "secular eyes" mentioned by Lin Wenyuan certainly do not mean secular eyes, but a pair of eyes that can see the secular world.
"This novel also has a sense of searching for roots. I don't know if the author has recently read "Wives and Concubines"." Li Zhiqiong said.
Lin Wenyuan chuckled and said, "Zhiqiong, you don't have to go to Xungen for everything, but if Mr. Zhuang Yu hears your words, he will probably be very happy. I really want to meet this fifth-grade vegetative person to see what kind of person he is.
What kind of person."
"Haha, this matter should be left to Lao Fang. But I saw him two days ago and asked him about inviting Su Ai. The Lao Fang didn't look very good, so the invitation process didn't go smoothly."
"You can't come without asking, but you have to give it a try."
"That's right. I'll tell Lao Fang later."
…
A week has passed, and the first-week domestic sales of "Flowers for Algernon" have been released, totaling just over two million.
This sales volume is so high that no domestic science fiction novelist can match it, but to Zhang Zhong, this sales volume is nothing.
Compared with the previous book "Ten Little Indian Boys", the sales volume of this book is slightly lower.
Although it is not much, it is a step back for Zhang Zhong.
There is nothing that can be done about it. Zhang Zhong's newly created golden brand is very useful in the world of detective novels, but in the world of science fiction novels, the effect is not so obvious.
But the good news is that this book has a good reputation, and because of the wave of "shock marketing" that stirred up literature in the middle, the single-day sales have been strong.
As for overseas sales, due to lack of preparation beforehand, supply has been in short supply in recent days. In the first week, the total number of sales in ten countries was only over 500,000.
However, this situation will soon improve, and Provoking Literature is busy arranging printing matters.
…
Zhang Zhong had already published Chen Qing’s contact information on Weiyu. He did not publish his mobile phone number, but directly recommended Chen Qing’s Weiyu account.
On that day, not long after Zhang Zhong’s tweets were posted, Chen Qing’s tweets exploded.
Follow, send private messages, and comment on these messages, and it will be full within a few minutes.
Some of them came to Zhang Zhong to talk about business, but most of them came just because Zhang Zhong came to join in the fun.
So Chen Qing did nothing that day and was busy sifting through information.
He needs to find someone to talk to among the people who follow him and send him private messages.
The next day, Chen Qing sent an email to Zhang Zhong.
"Teacher Zhang, this is the list I compiled yesterday. I have made a form about the other party's information and purpose."
As soon as the email was sent, Chen Qing made another phone call. After hearing this, Zhang Zhong nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take a look at this first."
I have to say that Chen Qing is very detailed and careful in his work. The long form does not look messy, and he puts all the things of similar nature together.
For example, in the copyright affairs column, there are about a dozen pieces of information recorded at the back. Except for "Ten Little Indian Boys" whose copyright has been sold, almost every one of Zhang Zhong's other books has had people come to ask about copyright matters.
Zhang Zhong skipped the copyright matters and looked down, there are many more items.
Some TV programs invited him to do programs, and there were no fewer than ten programs in this category. Zhang Zhong also saw several familiar TV stations, such as Xiangnan Satellite TV, Nanhuai Satellite TV...
Looking further down, Zhang Zhong saw a familiar name - Fang Yingwu, chairman of the Yanjing Writers Association.
He remembered that Lin Ping told him a few days ago that Chairman Fang wanted to invite "Su Ai" to attend the exchange meeting of the Yanjing Writers Association, but he refused at the time.
Unexpectedly, the invitation to "Su Ai" failed, and Chairman Fang came to invite the "fifth grade vegetative" again.
The reason is the same, to invite him to the exchange meeting.
Zhang Zhong looked around the form and then called Chen Qing back.
"When negotiating copyrights, you can discuss "The Conspiracy" first, and let go of the copyrights of other books first. Wait until the copyrights of this book are negotiated before considering other books. You can reject all the invitations from TV programs.
He said that it is not convenient for him to appear on the TV show due to personal reasons. In addition, Chairman Fang of the Writers Association, you also helped me to reject it. The reason is the same, just say personal reasons."
"Okay, I understand. If there is anything else, I will report to you."
"Well, fortunately."
After chatting with Chen Qing, Zhang Zhong went to pick up Pengpeng. Tonight they were going to Mengmu Xiaozhu to start classes. Because of the winter vacation, Pengpeng was free for many days and did not take painting classes. He usually paints at home.
rare.
It wasn't Zhang Zhong who asked to go to class, but Pengpeng took the initiative. Zhang Zhong was quite surprised at that time. It seemed that this girl had had enough fun during the holiday.
On the way to Meng Mu Xiaozhu with Pengpeng, Pengpeng was holding a lollipop in her mouth. She still only has two candies a day, but this girl is also very smart. She won't eat smaller candies at all.
, specialize in eating some relatively large candies.
Although I can still only eat two pills a day, the size is much larger than before.
"Dad, I went to Teacher Xu's place today. Many students in our class can't play with the train anymore."
Zhang Chong smiled and said, "You have a lot to worry about."
"Hehe, but it doesn't matter. Liu Minya said that when she gets back, she will ask Uncle Liu to send her to Meng Mu's Xiaozhu to learn painting with me."
"Oh, Minya also wants to learn painting?"
"Uh-huh."
"She doesn't want to play with you?"
"Of course we can play together."
…
Zhang Zhong shook his head and sighed. It was a good thing that Liu Minya came to learn painting. Although her motives were not pure, she would always learn something as long as she went there.
It's just that Liu Feng is probably going to have a hard time. He is already busy with business, so if he has to send Minya to the studio every day, it will probably be too much for him.
When the father and daughter arrived at Meng's mother's small house, Xu Yuhan was carrying a flower basket at the door.
Seeing Zhang Zhong and the others, she put down the flower basket with a smile and said, "Teacher Zhang, Pengpeng, happy New Year."
Zhang Zhong smiled and scanned around the door of the store. He hadn't been here for a month. Meng Mu's small building had changed a lot. There were some flower baskets and other things at the door. It looked like it had reopened.
Looking at the store next to him, Zhang Zhong smiled at Xu Yuhan and said, "Has the studio expanded in size?"
"The store next door closed, so I rented it. However, I made a space for a rest area. The teaching area is not much larger."
Zhang Dian nodded, "Then you get busy first, I'll take Pengpeng to find Teacher He."
"It's okay, I'm not busy here. I can just bring Pengpeng in. I have always taught Pengpeng, and Teacher He doesn't know her specific situation." Xu Yuhan smiled at Pengpeng and then said.