Although he felt something, Zhang Zhong asked carefully, made an appointment to have dinner at home in the evening, and hung up the phone.
He turned his attention to the computer screen again, and after completing the last paragraph of "The Snowman", he closed the computer.
He will hand over the book "Snowman" to Lin Lin and his company, and by then his exclusive cooperation with Provoking Literature will also come to an end.
As for the collection that was previously given to Lin Lin and his company, Lin Lin said that the preparation work has been completed, and all that is left is publicity and official publication.
Speaking of publicity, Lin Lin's company didn't even have a public relations department before. In the past, the editorial department did all the publicity work. Now because of Zhang Zhong's collection, a public relations department has been set up.
However, the new public relations department has not yet been fully established, so Zhang Zhong does not have high hopes for the publicity work of the collection.
Fortunately, Zhang Zhong now has his own traffic. As long as he posts updates on Weibo, the effect may be better than their efforts to promote it.
After Lin Lin finally decided on the release date, Zhang Zhong posted an update on Weiyu after receiving the news.
The name of the collection is "Lotus Leaf Collection", and the specific release time is scheduled for April 8th. Zhang Zhong mentioned all these in the news. In addition to these, he also attached a picture to the news.
And this picture is from the catalog of "Lotus Leaf Collection".
When the original book lovers saw the collection, most of them were a little disappointed. After all, there were not the majority of book friends like Lin Dong who wanted to collect the short stories together.
They thought that "Lotus Leaf Collection" was just a money-making operation, but when they saw the table of contents below, they were all confused.
[There are thirty-two entries in the catalog, which means there are thirty-two novels?]
[No, there should be some poems. I also saw "Mountain People". 】
[Yeah, maybe there are some essays or something.]
[Anyway, even the thirty-two poems are very sincere. 】
[Let’s take a guess, which ones are poems and which ones are novels? 】
[Let me go first, this "Waiting for You, in the Rain" must be a poem, you can tell just by looking at the name. 】
[I think so, but the title "Generation" should be a novel. However, you can't see the page numbers at the end of the table of contents, otherwise you should be able to tell based on the length. 】
[Then "Facing the Sea, Spring Blossoms" should also be a poem.]
【My "Order" must be a novel.】
【Don’t you want the face upstairs?】
[Then I guess "The Necklace" and "Chameleon" are novels. 】
【I am very interested in the article "The Man in the Container". 】
[I think you are driving upstairs, but I have no evidence.]
…
I have to say that Zhang Zhong's collection this time is very sincere. He almost copied all the poems he usually wrote at home.
I originally planned to put some fairy tales in it, but after consideration, I finally gave up. Although fairy tales are good, they still don't fit here.
If you want to do it, you can just make a collection specifically for fairy tales in the future.
Because the news of the upcoming release of "Lotus Leaf Collection" was announced, everyone thought that this was the new book that Zhang Zhong had previously previewed online.
Li Nan was the first one to come to Zhang Zhong. Li Nan chatted with Zhang Zhong for a long time. The general idea was that they had been cooperating since the first book and they had cooperated very happily. This time Zhang Zhong didn’t
They found a new company quietly, which surprised them.
What he meant was that if Zhang Zhong was dissatisfied with the previous conditions, he could definitely bring it up. After they discussed it carefully, the conditions could be negotiated.
However, Zhang Zhong did not discuss physical publishing with Li Nan, but instead discussed the electronic version channel.
Lin Lin's company does not have online channels, and Zhang Zhong plans to use all channels for his future books, so he must discuss this matter with Provoking Literature.
Seeing that he couldn't get it physically, Li Nan had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and talk to Zhang Zhong about electronic channels. After all, everyone wants to make money.
Zhang Zhong could only chat with him briefly. Chen Qing had to talk to him about the specific details, so after chatting for a while, the two hung up the phone.
…
On April 6th, "Lotus Leaf Collection" was not on the shelves in China yet, but the English version of "Murder on the Orient Express" was already on the shelves abroad.
After "Ten Little Indian Boys" was put on the shelves, these foreign book friends were still complaining that the English version was too far behind the Chinese version, but they did not expect that only half a month later, pz's new book came out.
[Long live! I have been waiting for a long time. It is said that Poirot will appear in this book? 】
【Who is Poirot?】
[Do your homework, man, Poirot is the great detective written by PZ.]
【Have you all seen it?】
【No, but I heard others say it.】
[Okay, no spoilers please.]
[Forget it, I’d better buy a copy first, otherwise I’ll want to die if I see spoilers again. 】
[I would like to ask, does pz have any other science fiction novels? I have been waiting for his science fiction novels. 】
[Don’t wait, he only has a science fiction book, and it is released simultaneously in Chinese and English.]
[Does the person above know this clearly?]
[Please, can you pay more attention to me? There is already pz’s encyclopedia on the encyclopedia, and the information about him is very detailed.]
[Haha, pz has released a new book, you foreigners will definitely not be able to read it.]
【Is that person upstairs from China? What new book?】
[I know, it seems to be a collection of articles, but I don’t know the other details.]
[Oh, I just finished reading "Murder on the Orient Express" to report. This book is really good and the ending is unexpected. 】
[Quick, is there a manager? Ban this person as soon as possible! 】
[Yes, stop talking now, he wants to spoil the story. 】
…
Unknowingly, this "detective novel style" blowing from China has taken hold and has begun to sweep across the entire English-speaking world.
The most obvious ones are the United Kingdom and the United States. The name pz appears more and more often in these two countries. In the minds of readers in these two countries, pz is no longer just an ordinary author from China, but
He is a famous writer who has been dubbed the "Master of Science Fiction" and the "Master of Detectives".
Of course, the title of "master of science fiction" is still open to question. After all, he has only published one science fiction novel, and it is an atypical science fiction novel.
People who like him certainly feel that the title "Master of Science Fiction" is well deserved, but passers-by feel that it is a bit exaggerated. After all, until now, there is no "Master of Science Fiction" who has only one science fiction novel.
Because of the foreshadowing of the previous two books, "Murder on the Orient Express" achieved good sales as soon as it was released on the shelves abroad. On the first day alone, the sales volume exceeded 250,000.