Zhang Zhong chose the stories for this fairy tale collection not based on his own preferences, but more based on Peng Peng's preferences. The stories included in the list are also Peng Peng's favorites.
Moreover, she has drawn a lot of pictures of Pengpeng's favorite stories. In the future, when a collection of fairy tales is produced, it will be easier to create illustrations.
In fact, even if there is no fairy tale collection, Zhang Zhong will not focus on Wandering Sea Ball, because he has a new book coming out this month.
The book "The Shining" has been handed over to Lin Lin before, and the book number has been issued. It has even started printing the book now. It was originally planned to be officially released on July 15th, but due to the appearance of "The Wandering Sea Ball"
, slightly delayed for a few days, Lin Lin is preparing to officially launch sales on July 21st.
Speaking of this new book, it’s quite interesting.
Lin Lin was of course very happy when he got the new book given by Zhang Zhong. He even ordered his company's public relations department to promote it without even reading the book.
However, they did not announce the information about the book "The Shining" from the beginning. Instead, they engaged in a mysterious marketing to attract people's attention. They only told readers that Zhang Zhong would have a new book out soon, so please stay tuned.
The readers' appetites were indeed whetted by them, but the unfortunate thing was that during this period, Zhang Zhong released a book called "The Wandering Sea Ball", which led everyone to think that the previously revealed new book was this "Wandering Sea Ball".
In this way, what was originally a mysterious marketing project for "The Shining" became a wedding dress for "The Wandering Sea Ball".
Two days ago, Lin Lin called Zhang Zhong to complain, saying that "The Wandering Sea Ball" caught him off guard and all the previous preparations were in vain.
Of course, Lin Lin was also joking with Zhang Zhong.
In fact, the incident of "The Wandering Sea Ball" not only did not delay the marketing of "The Shining", but actually gave it some push.
Lin Lin and the others responded very quickly. After "The Wandering Sea Ball" came out, they released another message: Did you think this was the only new book?
Damn it, what else?
Readers' first reaction to the news released by Zero Zero One Company was that they couldn't believe it. Although "The Wandering Sea Ball" is a short story, the publishing speed of the book in the past two months must have been too fast. Is it possible that Zhang Zhong's brain is too busy?
No rest? And he won’t go crazy if he plays around with various themes?
On the same day that the English version of "The Wandering Sea Ball" was released in North America, Zero Zero One Company announced the news of the new book. This time it didn't make it too mysterious. It just released the title of the book and also included a cover image.
On the cover picture, there is a pair of little girls holding hands. Both little girls are very good-looking, and they smile sweetly in the picture.
In addition to the Chinese title, this book also has an English name "shining".
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When I saw the announcement of the new book, Lin Dong was at Green Field Bookstore. He had an active personality and often came over to play, so he was very familiar with Zhang Junwei.
At this time, he was lying on the cashier counter looking at Zhang Junwei, and said in a somewhat excited tone, "President, we are going to publish a new book again."
"New book?" Zhang Junwei stopped wiping the table and looked up at Lin Dong.
Lin Dong nodded and said, "Yes, Zero Zero One Company has announced the title of the book. It's called The Shining, and the English name is shining."
"Shining? What does shining mean?"
"It's okay to translate it this way. It should be directly transliterated from the Chinese title. The Chinese title doesn't sound too sunny." After speaking, Lin Dong raised the phone screen to Zhang Junwei again, "Look, this is the cover picture.
, these two little girls are quite good-looking."
Zhang Junwei looked at the two little girls drawn on the cover, nodded and said, "The smiles are quite sweet. Maybe Zhang Zhong will write a fresh novel again this time."
Lin Dong curled his lips and said, "Goodbye, I still like the dark style, the darker the better."
Zhang Junwei chuckled and said, "Your mentality is not advisable. And I'm still surprised. You tell me, you laugh and laugh every day. You can vomit when you see a broken leg or foot in a movie. What other dark novels can you read?"
"That's not what I'm talking about." Ling Dong retorted.
"Don't talk about those things. Last time you watched "The Snowman", you were scared like a coward. When you read here in broad daylight, your face was as white as the wall of mine." Zhang Junwei scoffed.
Lin Dong immediately shouted, "This friend can't do anything anymore. He doesn't slap people in the face when he hits them, and he doesn't expose his shortcomings when he scolds people."
At this time, a person stuck his head out from behind and asked, "What are you talking about?"
Lin Dong turned around, saw the person coming, and said with a smile, "Tong Da is here, why are you free to come here today?"
Zhang Junwei also smiled and said, "Yes, why don't you accompany your girlfriend?"
Tong Can waved his hand, "Stop talking, my girlfriend has broken up, and I am single now. Alas, the most unreliable thing in the world is love."
"Tch, your love comes too fast like a tornado, and your love goes too fast like a tornado."
"Hey, stop talking about me. What did you just say? It's interesting to hear something about exposing shortcomings but not exposing shortcomings." Tong Can said with a gossipy face.
Lin Dong put his phone in front of Tong Can, "A new book is about to be released, and the president and I are guessing what type it will be."
"Oh? There's a new book out... The Shining. These two little girls are very pretty. What do you think?"
"The president thinks it might be a fresh novel, and I hope it will be a little dark. If not, something like "The Wandering Sea Ball" will do. In this summer, the sun is already too abundant, so it should be
Give us some darkness to cool off." Lin Dong said.
Tong Can smiled half-heartedly and said, "Come on, you are a talkative guy. Last time you watched "Snowman", you were scared like a grandson."
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On July 21st, the day "The Shining" was released, Zhang Zhong's family had already appeared in Luzhou.
Luzhou is surrounded by mountains to the north and the sea to the south. The terrain gradually slopes from north to south, forming a long and narrow polygon.
The coastline within the territory is more than 200 kilometers long, with 19 large and small harbors. There are also 40 islands, including 10 main islands.
Luzhou is located at low latitudes and belongs to the tropical maritime monsoon climate zone, with an average annual temperature of 25 degrees. Compared with the hot Jiangyang, the climate here is more pleasant, making it suitable for travel all year round.
Since I came to Luzhou, I definitely wanted to go to the beach.
Zhang Zhong put on beach pants himself, got a sun umbrella, and sat down cross-legged underneath.
My father and mother had just gone to the beach to play for a while and felt uncomfortable, so they returned to their residence. The place where they lived was right next to the coastline and could be reached within a few steps.
Pengpeng just met a friend, and the two of them were making sand sculptures together.
This girl chose a leopard print bikini for herself. She usually wears tight clothes so she can't tell, but now when she wears the bikini, she looks white and chubby.