The next morning, Zhang Zhong got up and saw a new message on his phone, which was from Xu Yuhan: Good morning, July.
Yes, it's already July, and it's been almost a year since I came back.
He replied with a smile and said "good morning" and went to wash up.
After breakfast, Chen Qing called to remind him to pay attention to the overseas sales of "Ten Little Indian Boys".
The English version of this book has already been released, and Chen Qing asked him to pay attention to other languages. This time, it was released in many languages, including Neon, Korean, Spanish and about a dozen other languages.
This time, more than a dozen languages are on sale at the same time, but the attention is not as high as that of Chinese and English before. After all, these dozen languages combined cannot have as many Chinese and English readers.
Especially Neon and Korean.
It stands to reason that the number of people using neon language is relatively large, and it ranks high in the world.
But the problem is that Neon Country has always rejected foreign culture, and their literature and art have their own small circles.
No one knows whether "Ten Little Indian Boys" will become acclimatized.
The publishing house is also very cautious. In a country like Neon with a population of more than 100 million, a book like "Ten Little Indian Boys" with a sales volume of tens of millions has only printed 100,000 copies for the first time.
Comparatively speaking, Goryeo, which had a population less than half, had the same first printing of 100,000 copies, which seemed to be much more.
Chen Qing asked Zhang Zhong to pay attention to overseas sales, but he really didn't have this intention. The success of "Ten Little Indian Boys" has been obvious to all. There is no need to think about conquering readers around the world, even if the sales in Neon Country failed miserably.
He doesn't really care either.
In fact, the sales volume of this book in Neon Country and Goryeo was really mediocre.
The two countries each printed 100,000 copies. On the first day, Neon sold 20,000 copies and Korea only sold 18,000 copies.
In fact, this sales volume is not bad. After all, there is almost no publicity in these two countries. These are the only countries in the east. Excluding China, there are still two languages. Of course, Agitational Literature is not willing to waste time and energy on these two countries.
Countries invest in propaganda.
After all, promotion in Europe is relatively simple. Although the languages are different, the English-speaking population is inherently wide. The popularity of the English version has long attracted the attention of netizens in other European countries.
Without much effort, the market in Europe can be opened.
On the morning of the 2nd, Chen Qing called again to report the good news, saying that the global sales of "Ten Little Indian Boys" had reached 20 million, and this year should reach a higher level, reaching 30 million copies.
In the 200 Richest Writers in the World compiled by the United States in March this year, Zhang Zhong was fortunate to be on the list. On the list, he ranked 21st with a royalty income of 9.5 million US dollars.
The first place on this list is fantasy master Linde, who has topped the list six times in a row. Last year, his royalty income reached 150 million US dollars, more than ten times that of Zhang Zhong.
However, this year, Zhang Zhong may really compete for the top spot on the list, and the royalty income of US$150 million does not seem to be that high.
After all, he has published a lot of books this year, and there are several books published last year, and also published in other languages this year, which just happened to be a concentrated explosion.
Not to mention anything else, the two language versions of "Dune" by now should have brought Zhang Zhong tens of millions of dollars in royalties.
Maybe Zhang Zhong will not only appear on the writer's income list next year, but also on the overall list. Of course, the premise is that the overall list can rank in the thousands.
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In the past two days, Zhang Zhong has been on the phone with Pengpeng. It can be heard that this girl is very happy to go out to play. As for the problem that she was worried about before, she will be homesick, it does not exist at all, at least it does not exist now.
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However, she also complained on the phone, saying that it had been two days and the teacher didn't take them to eat Yanjing roast duck.
Everyone has forgotten it, but Yanjing Roast Duck has not.
They also went to Yenching University for a tour. Before, she was still considering whether to go to Jiangyang University or Yenching University. Now after going to Yenching University, she directly said that she must get admitted to Yenching University.
It seems that the water of Weiming Lake is indeed more beautiful than the goldfish under their Duxue Bridge.
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When Mitsuru Shinyu just passed by the bookstore, he bought a copy of "Ten Little Indian Boys". This was the third book he bought. He had bought both the Chinese and English versions before.
He knew Chinese and paid close attention to Chinese literature, so when "Ten Little Indian Boys" became popular in China, he bought a copy online and mailed it over.
Later, after the English version came out, he bought another copy to express his support.
What he didn't expect was that another neon version was released this time, so of course he had to buy one.
He flipped through the Neon Language version. Although it was not as good-looking as the original version, there was definitely no big problem. The essence of the book was still there.
He specifically inquired about the sales volume of this book, but what he didn't expect was that the book had been on the shelves in Neon Country for two days, and the sales volume was only a little over 30,000.
Oh my god, don’t the people of Neon Country even know that this book has sold tens of millions of copies worldwide?
Just imagine, a novel that has sold tens of millions of copies worldwide has only sold 30,000 copies in Neon Country. It’s unbelievable.
In fact, Mitate Arinyu also knows the reason. Around him, only a small number of people read foreign novels. Even if they do, they only read novels that have been famous for a long time, and do not pay attention to new foreign books like him.
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Although the readership of Neon Kingdom's detective novels is so large, few people are willing to get in touch with foreign detective novels, which is quite sad sometimes when I think about it.
He posted a post on a literary forum he often visited, briefly talking about "Ten Little Indian Boys", and urged everyone to go to the bookstore to read it. It is really a good book.
However, the comments made him very disappointed.
[Oh ho, have Master Hua Xia’s novels been promoted in this small forum? 】
[It’s a mystery novel. It’s quite interesting, but I still won’t read the book.]
[Thank you for spreading the word, but I still haven’t read the book. 】
[I saw this book in a bookstore yesterday. The lengthy character description at the beginning made me feel uncomfortable. I’m afraid it’s not suitable for me to read. 】
[Many of the mystery novels in China are romance novels disguised as mystery. 】
[I’m wrong, many of them are comedy novels disguised as mystery.]
[If you say this, the Chinese adults will be unhappy.]
[The original poster should be Mr. Huaxia, please forgive my ignorance. 】