There are also many people who don't have high hopes for the sales of "The Three-Body Problem".
The main reason is that "The Three-Body Problem" has only been released in Chinese. Readers in other countries have always wanted to see it but have never been able to see it. Now Zhang Zhong suddenly came out and said that he would release "The Three-Body Problem" and that it would be released globally at the same time.
While not confusing, it also has a pessimistic attitude towards sales.
[The first part has only been seen by us Chinese people so far. Foreigners have not even seen the first part, so how can they buy the second part first? 】
[Yes, I have been thinking about this issue before. 】
[Oops, so you can’t expect sales this time?]
[Then why did Zhang Zhong say that it would be released simultaneously all over the world? Did he forget that the first part had not been released in foreign languages? 】
[Can’t the foreign language versions of the two films be released together? Can’t you make some changes?]
[When the two volumes are released together, foreign readers will definitely buy the first volume first. In this case, the sales of the second volume will not increase, so how can they break the record?]
[You guys are so idle, did Zhang Zhong himself say that he wanted to set a record?]
[Yeah, I think it's a bit risky to hit the first-day record. Why not first hit the sales of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" and "Dune". The sales of these two novels are about to surpass "The Dead".
Alright.]
[You can't get the first place even if you surpass "Dead Soul".]
[I think this time we should be able to break the single-day book sales record for an author.]
[Are you stupid upstairs? This record is 41 million copies held by Zhang Zhong himself. What’s the point of breaking his own record? 】
[Didn’t it be said some time ago that the total sales of Zhang Zhong’s personal books exceeded 700 million? How much is it now?]
[You saw it a month ago, right? Now it’s close to 800 million.]
[Sold 100 million books in one month? Is this so impressive? 】
[Because several books were released some time ago, and coupled with the continuous popularity during this period, 100 million copies were sold in a month. Isn’t it surprising? 】
[Yes, I heard that the global sales of "Ten Little Indian Boys" have increased by nearly 20 million this month, and it has become Zhang Zhong's third best-selling book. 】
【What about the three-body system?】
[Three-body only has over 10 million.]
【Is it so without a card? 】
[There is no way, the domestic market is only so big, this is the only way. It is impossible to achieve too high sales volume just relying on the domestic market.]
…
Zhang Zhong and Chen Qing had already considered the issues that netizens were considering before, so when Zhang Zhong was still recording Three-Body Problem 2, he greeted Chen Qing and asked him to be fully prepared.
Except for English, translators for each language have already been found, and more than one translator was found for each language. Instead, there was a dedicated team, and everyone worked overtime to get the book out in such a short time.
The English version was written by Zhang Zhong himself, and the work was all in his head. Moreover, he had read Liu Yukun's translation before, so the translation was very fast. He could translate as fast as several people by himself.
In order to publish quickly this time, Chen Qing also spent a lot of effort to get the book out before September.
The reason why I want to get the book out as soon as possible is because Zhang Zhong has been very popular in the past two months, which is just a good time for Zhang Zhong to take advantage of his own popularity.
The foreign language version of "Three-Body Problem 1" has been completed before, and it just so happens that it will be released together with "Three-Body Problem 2" this time.
The so-called "together" sale really means together. The foreign language versions of the two books will be packaged together, which is a bundle sale. If you buy the first one, you will have to buy the second one.
It seems a bit like force buying and selling.
However, it is not without any benefit to readers. Take the English version as an example. It was originally priced at 25 US dollars each, and the two books together cost 50 US dollars. However, now they are packaged together for only 40 US dollars, which saves 10 US dollars.
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Yu Jing looked at the poster in front of the bookstore and said with a smile, "Zhang Zhong has too many names. Such a big poster can hardly fit in it."
The handsome boy standing next to her said, "This should be a poster made by the bookstore itself. It looks a bit low-key, but it is clear at a glance. Winner of Nebula Award, Winner of Pu Songling Award, Winner of Carrier Pigeon Award, Winner of China Youth Literature and Art Award, Sales Volume
At the top of the list... Actually, just put a Nebula Award winner. After all, it is a science fiction novel."
"It's all about adding more hair anyway." Yu Jing tugged on the boy's arm, "Let's go in."
The boy was Yu Jing's new boyfriend. He was the most handsome boy among the boys she met when she saw Zhang Zhong's book for the first time in the bookstore last time. The two got connected because of Zhang Zhong's book, and Yu Jing later joined her.
The boy was in a reading club and became boyfriend and girlfriend as soon as he went back and forth.
Frankly speaking, Zhang Zhong can be regarded as half of their matchmaker.
So when Zhang Zhong releases a new book, they must come together as soon as possible.
There were many people like them who came to buy books. The new bookshelf at the door was already crowded with people, and even the Zhang Zhong area at the back was packed with people.
But Yu Jing doesn't need to worry, because she brought her boyfriend here this time compared to last time, so she can just leave this kind of hard work to a man.
After waiting for a while, my boyfriend came out with two books.
"Aren't you going to bring it to Fat Brother and the others?" Yu Jing asked.
"There are too many people. Let's take two books first. Then wait until there are less people and then give them to them. I'll go check out first and then find a place to read."
The two of them found a place to sit down. Yu Jing hugged the book and said with a smile, "Don't disturb me for a while."
The boy curled his lips and said, "I know."
I don't know who disturbed whom. Every time the two of them read a book before, Yu Jing would be the first to discuss the plot with him.
Sure enough, less than half an hour later, Yu Jing raised her head and said with a smile, "Zhang Zhong is too narcissistic, and he even wrote himself into it."
The boyfriend also laughed. He saw this paragraph in advance. At that time, he wanted to share it with his girlfriend, but he held it back when he thought of what she said before, "No interruptions." Now that his girlfriend took the initiative to bring it up, he finally suppressed the smile that he had just suppressed.
Bloomed out.
"Yes, he is quite narcissistic, but I read one of his essays, which mentioned this writing technique, which seems to be related to meta-narrative. Meta-narrative is..."
He also popularized the meta-narrative to his girlfriend, and received praise from her, "You are so awesome."
In fact, Zhang Zhong is awesome, his boyfriend thought, but he didn't want to share his girlfriend's praise with Zhang Zhong.
The passage they were talking about was a conversation between the protagonist Luo Ji and his girlfriend Bai Rong.
In the original work, Bai Rong was a novelist, and Luo Ji changed the plot for her. Bai Rong praised him and said that he was very talented in literature. Luo Ji laughed and said that he was a student of astronomy.
In the original work, Bai Rong replied that Wang Xiaobo studied mathematics, but Zhang Zhong changed it to "Zhang Zhong studied computers."