Chapter 424 The ocean of knowledge awaits his arrival
"I wonder if Mr. Wu Fei, the founder of the Chinese Writers Rich List, can pay my manuscript tax?"
After the rich list of Chinese writers came out, a post caused a stir. This post was not posted by Zhang Zhong, but by Yu Dongyu.
When Yu Dongyu saw this list, he was also baffled. How could he have an annual income of nearly 200 million? This is not scientific at all.
In fact, the list every year is not very reasonable, but even if it was unreasonable in the past, it was still within the normal range.
Since this list was published, Yu Dongyu has been a frequent guest on this list and has topped the list three times.
He had no works published the year before last, so he was not on last year's list. However, the list the year before last stated that his income was 45 million, but in fact his income the year before last had reached more than 5,000.
Ten thousand.
In the past, it was considered less, but this year it is better. Not only is it more, but it is so much more.
According to Yu Dongyu's own estimation, his income last year was probably less than 100 million.
The reason why he posted this post was partly to ridicule, and partly because he didn't want people to misjudge his income level. With so many pinkeyes nowadays, many people must be jealous.
At the same time, Yu Dongyu also wants to thank Zhang Zhong. After all, with Zhang Zhong's 2.3 billion hanging on his head, his pressure will be much less.
2.3 billion, I don’t know if there is any water in this number. If it is true, it would be terrible.
You know, last year in the United States, the world's richest writers list was released. The fantasy master Linde, who topped the list, only had an annual income of 1.5 billion US dollars. According to this figure, Zhang Zhong will most likely leave Linde behind this year.
, and the kind that throws it very far.
As soon as Yu Dongyu's comment came out, many netizens who were discussing the writer's income laughed.
[Let me tell you, this list must be watery, how could it be so high?]
[Yes, if he were really that high, Zhang Zhong would be able to win the global championship this year. 】
[Actually, it’s not surprising to win the global championship, after all, I published so many books last year.]
[I did some calculations, and Zhang Zhong’s physical book sales and electronic version sales combined should be between 1.5 billion and 2 billion.]
【Last year?】
【Well, last year.】
[Fuck, so many? That’s not much different from the number on the list.]
[I don’t know if this income includes the income of Zhang Zhong’s company. You must know that the magazine "Zero Zero One" also belongs to him, and Zhao Re also belongs to his company. 】
[The statistical scope of the rich list of writers only includes author royalties, and it has nothing to do with other income. Otherwise, if the richest man just writes a book, wouldn’t he be the first on the rich list of writers? 】
[Do you think Zhang Zhong can enter the China Rich List this year? After all, these incomes are also added to the rich list. 】
[If you make a single annual income list, you can probably enter the top 100, but the rich list usually focuses on accumulated wealth. Zhang Zhong couldn't even enter the 500. Last year's rich list, the last one in the top 500, Wang Yijia of Yijia Software, had a wealth of 54
100 million.】
[That’s pretty fast. Won’t it be stable in another two or three years? 】
[Wait a minute, if the publishing speed of last year is maintained this year, and the quality can be guaranteed, Zhang Zhong’s annual income is estimated to double, and possibly more than double. 】
【How do you say this?】
[There are several reasons. First, after more than a year of accumulation of popularity, the domestic and overseas markets have basically opened up. Second, while new books are making money, old books will not be left behind, but the sales volume is relatively small. The third and final
The key one is, as far as I know, there will be three film and television dramas released this year. The latest one is "Ten Men" filmed by Wen Jinjiang. If these three film and television dramas can be a hit, the original work will definitely be a hit too. It is really going to be a hit.
But it’s terrible.]
[There is another more important factor missing upstairs. If this year's Nebula Awards and Hugo Awards perform well, the sales of award-winning books will definitely go up. After all, although there are not many readers of physical books, there are still people who join in the fun.
There must be a lot of them, and many people who don’t usually read books will definitely follow the trend and buy them.】
[Haha, I forgot about this, but I can’t say that others are following the trend. If the domestic science fiction market is really driven by an award, it will be a great thing. The reading volume of us Chinese people is still a bit low.
.If the Chinese market were strong, the sales volume would have been exploded long ago.]
[No, take "Dune" as an example. Obviously our population in China is several times that of the United States, but the domestic sales of this book are not as large as those over there. It's quite annoying to think about it. 】
[Don’t be angry, years ago, didn’t a book website publish data? Did the per capita reading of books in China increase by 0.8 in 2020? This is unprecedented progress in history.]
【How many 0.8 books are there?】
[A lot, which means that Chinese people read more than one billion more books last year.]
【Oh my god, that’s a lot to say.】
[It’s indeed a lot. China’s per capita book reading has exceeded the number six for the first time. 】
[Let me go, so in the past, the average person didn’t even read six books a year? 】
[In fact, if you go by the standards after watching it, I dare say this number will go down.]
[It’s true, many people bought it without reading it, and some people bought several copies and collected them.]
[I read at least ten books a year, so I have passed the test, haha.]
[I read more than 20 books a year, am I proud?]
【I read more than fifty books a year.】
[Ahem, if magazines are included, I estimate there are about two hundred a year. 】
[Everyone is so arrogant, why do I feel that the number six is a bit unreliable? 】
[It’s averaged out because there are still many people in China who don’t even read a book a year.]
[Nonsense, many people don’t even know the words.]
[If you put it this way, the increase of 0.8 is quite impressive.]
[I hope Zhang Zhong can maintain this momentum, and maybe I can see the day when the average Chinese person reads twenty books a year.]
【Hopefully.】
【come on!】
【Come on +111111】
[Don’t just cheer for him alone, we little cockleburs should also cheer for us, and there are many, many writers. The prosperity of the country cannot be just economic.]
["Tragedy on the Nile" will be released in a few days, please support me.]
[Don’t worry, it’s guaranteed to be a hit, and fans of the Poirot series will be able to support it.]
…
Zhang Zhong only looked at the list once and never paid attention to it again.
What he is currently thinking about is studying literature. Later, he wants to invite Zhuang Yu and the others to Jiangyang for a chat, or he can fly again. It would be a waste of resources not to use such a good resource.
"Well, metafiction... I didn't expect this writing technique to have a name. Let me take a look..." Zhang Zhong stared at the computer screen, the ocean of knowledge waiting for him to arrive.