After helping Peng Peng peel a rice dumpling, Zhang Zhong washed his hands and did not write anymore. Instead, he took Peng Peng to watch TV on the sofa.
After having lunch, the old couple went to Zhang Zhong's third uncle's house. During the Dragon Boat Festival, the third uncle's house called for dinner, and they called Zhang Zhong specifically, but Zhang Zhong didn't go.
Originally, the third uncle and the others knew that the second uncle's house had been moved to a new house, so they wanted to come over and have a look. During the Spring Festival, they were not invited to their home, but they just found a hotel to have a meal.
However, Hu Huifang firmly disagreed, saying that even if she wanted to have a meal, she could just find a hotel, and there was no need to come to her home.
Nowadays, for most young people, apart from being a holiday, there is nothing special about the Dragon Boat Festival. Those who like to eat rice dumplings will eat them at ordinary times, and they will not wait until the Dragon Boat Festival to eat them.
When Zhang Zhong was a child, he would eat salted duck eggs during the Dragon Boat Festival. Now he no longer has this special habit. Just like rice dumplings, you can eat them whenever you want without waiting for the Dragon Boat Festival.
If not maintained deliberately, some customs will slowly disappear with economic development. Among other things, this is especially obvious in the aspect of diet.
Most of the festivals in China are also related to eating. Food is deeply rooted in the people's hearts. Almost every festival has a food as a symbol of the festival.
In a sense, the weakening of the festival atmosphere is also related to the fact that people are not short of food.
Before lunch, Zhao Re sent a video.
This guy actually ran to Chadong again quietly. Unlike the previous days, the Chadong was very lively on the Dragon Boat Festival. The video sent by Zhao Re was exactly the scene of the boat race.
I don’t know where Chadong found so many half-year-old children. The boats are all new, and the children don’t seem to have rowed a boat much before. They are all very unfamiliar.
However, judging from the video, the scene was very lively. Although these novices could not row fast, no one would be demanding. The audience gathered around the river and kept cheering for the sailors. It really felt like they were in a "border town"
.
The Chadong boat race has long since disappeared. This time it was re-organized because of the book "Border Town". It seems that the local government wants to pick up these features again and attract more tourists.
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Mark Corden looked at the recent sales data report and sighed deeply.
Vice President James sat next to him and said nothing.
Last month, in order to overwhelm the sales of "Snowman", they almost mobilized the entire guild's strength, and finally the sales of "Western Tribe" steadily surpassed that of "Snowman".
And according to this momentum, "Tribes of the West" should also take the top spot in this year's new book sales list.
However, now another book "Dune" came, which completely destroyed their hopes in just more than ten days.
The total sales volume of "Western Tribe" to date is 6.9 million copies, while the sales volume of "Dune" has now reached 12 million copies. There is an insurmountable gap between the two.
"What did President Thomas say? Are they willing to take action?" In the end, James spoke first.
Mark shook his head, "This guy has been scared out of his wits by "Dune" and is not willing to take action at all."
"Science fiction is a big category, and there are many more best-selling authors there than here. Where is Linde? Does he know about this? If he takes action, will he..."
"It's impossible for him to take action. The risk of publishing a book suddenly at this time is too great. If the sales volume can exceed that of "Dune", that's fine, but if it is surpassed by "Dune", I'm afraid Linde's reputation will be damaged."
James nodded. From Lind's point of view, this battle would not be of much benefit to him. As a writer who ranks first in the sales list all year round, he cannot stand up for this matter. He will win of course, but lose.
If so, it would be equivalent to helping "Dune" build momentum.
"We don't care about this matter. We just need to keep the number one spot in the detective novel category. We can't control other categories, and we can't control them. Thomas and his group are not afraid of losing face themselves, so why should we worry about it for them?"
Mark waved his hand, and now he can only think like this. At least he has retained the first place in the detective novel category.
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In fact, not only has the Science Fiction Association failed to take action, some new books originally planned to be released in late June have been postponed.
As for July, I’m afraid there will be fewer science fiction novels on the market.
The books that will be released as scheduled or are released in advance are basically books by less famous authors.
Of course, they are not worried that sales will be crushed by "Dune". Instead, they want to ride on the popularity of "Dune".
One of the writers is quite funny. His book was originally called "Fleet 511", which tells the story of an interstellar fleet numbered 511.
But after "Dune" came out, he changed the title of the book to "Dune Fleet."
Changing the title of a book is not a simple matter. Once the ISBN is issued, the title cannot be changed.
However, there were many ways to do it, so the physical version was shelved, and the novel was first published on the novel website under the name "Dune Fleet".
In fact, after "Dune" came out, there were many science fiction novels that gained popularity, but this one is the only one who is a reputable writer, and his operation of changing the title of the book before it was put on the shelves was also very dramatic.
Whether in China or North America, there are many popular novels appearing on the novel platform, with titles such as "Dune Star", "Desert Dune", "Dune: Revenge" and so on.
In China, there are not only popular book titles, but also many copycat author names.
For example, "Zhang Zhongxin", "Fifth Grade Vegetative Person Xin", "Zhang Zhongquan", "Zhang Zhongyuan" and "Zhang Chongju".
Some readers who didn't know the inside story suddenly saw the names "Zhang Zhong's new book", "Zhang Zhong's original work" and "Zhang Zhong's masterpiece". They subconsciously thought it was Zhang Zhong's new book and clicked on it first to read it.
The most outrageous one is the author who uses the pen name "Fifth Grade Vegetative Person New". This guy was originally a well-known writer. In order to gain popularity, he opened an account of "Fifth Grade Vegetative Person New" in February and wrote a total of
Two detective novels.
The key thing is that this guy's skills are pretty good. Many netizens didn't react after reading the books. They thought these two books were novels about fifth-grade vegetative people.
And even if he was exposed by netizens, he didn't care and even discussed the plot with the book friends who scolded him.
It is said that he is planning to publish a new book recently and is soliciting titles from his fans on WeChat.
Many of the people who paid attention knew about this fake version of a fifth-grade vegetative person, so they started making fun of him.
[No need to ask, it must be called "Shaqiu". 】
[I think it’s also a good name to call it “Chaoqiu”.]
【Isn't "Sha Ping" good? 】
【"Sand Pong" is also good.】
[How about a trilogy, "Sand Ping", "Sand Pong", "Sand Soldiers"]