The dream of North American readers will not come true, but after nearly a year of waiting, the wait of a few hours seems to be acceptable.
Liang Han was sitting in the office with a cup of herbal tea, looking at the news on the Internet with a relaxed expression.
The magazine was very busy some time ago. In addition to the overseas edition, it also had to organize a first-anniversary event.
He was already busy enough, and readers were clamoring for some kind of commemorative event for the fiftieth issue, but he agreed as soon as he got excited.
The result of agreeing is that not only he himself has been doing well these days, but also his colleagues in the agency have experienced a wave of 007.
After finally finishing the work, he finally had time to make himself a cup of tea and wait for it to cool down to his preferred temperature.
Liang Han has a hobby. He doesn't like to drink hot tea, but he doesn't drink pure cold tea. He likes to drink that kind of tea - probably the kind of tea that is almost cool but not yet cool in summer.
He guessed it was about thirty degrees.
Sometimes he also thought about using a thermometer to measure the water temperature that was most suitable for him, but he never did it because he never had a thermometer at hand.
Because he didn't have a thermometer, he never started writing the article he had thought about called "Love at XX Degree Clear Water".
It's not easy to drink a cup of tea with a temperature suitable for him, and he can't mix it with cold water. He can only wait for the tea to cool down slowly, but if the temperature of the water is accidentally exceeded, the temperature will be wrong.
So he could only have a drink when he had free time.
While I was drinking, assistant Hao Re knocked on the door and came in.
"Editor-in-Chief, netizens have launched another appeal."
"Oh, really?" Liang Han put down the cup. He paid more attention to readers' feedback, so he always told his subordinates to pay attention to the comments of netizens and bring them to him when they encounter hot topics.
"Well, many netizens ask why the overseas version is not available in China," Hao Re said.
"Ah?" Liang Han said with a surprised look, "You said many netizens ask why the overseas version cannot be bought in China?"
He emphasized the word "domestic" very strongly, and it was obvious that he was confused about these two words.
"Yes." Hao Re said.
"Why is that? Of course the overseas version is for foreigners. Why should we domestic people buy it?" Liang Han asked curiously.
Hao Re was not sure. He guessed, "Are they curious and want to buy it?"
"You just said that many netizens are asking?"
"Well, there are more than two thousand people involved in this topic."
"It's normal for readers to be curious, but it's not normal for more than two thousand people to participate in this topic."
The online section of their magazine is directly grafted onto the Lingling website. In this section, there is a topic discussion mode. A certain netizen raises a topic and other netizens can participate in the topic discussion.
The 001 website is not a social networking site, so generally not many people participate in topic discussions.
Netizens previously called for a 50th issue event, but more than 5,000 netizens participated.
This is really strange. Do domestic netizens have too much time to spare? They have to watch the overseas version.
Let’s not talk about how many people can read the overseas version. Let’s just say that the content of this overseas version is basically the same as the content of the domestic version. Readers like them should have read it.
It is impossible for the magazine to deliberately sell overseas editions in China, because it is simply not cost-effective.
"Ignore it in advance and let's take a look. I always feel that there is something unusual about this."
Hao Keng nodded, "Well, I understand, so I won't reply for now."
"Well, don't reply yet."
…
"Is there still no response from Zero Zero One Magazine?" LeBlanc stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking down at the not-so-grand city in front of her, and asked the female secretary next to her.
The female secretary shook her head, "No, general manager, I think this matter is impossible to succeed at all, and it is impossible for the magazine to make a decision that will lose money."
"Then we should work hard, otherwise what will happen to the English-speaking readers in China? Not everyone can learn the complex Chinese characters. Do they have to go to the UK or the United States to buy magazines?
?" LeBlanc said righteously.
The female secretary rolled her eyes and looked at the ceiling, "General manager, in fact, if these people don't know Chinese characters, they can also buy it through online shopping. It won't take long and there is no need to run back."
"Isn't this a joke? We are obviously in the original location of the magazine, but we have to buy the magazine online from abroad. And in this case, we will be able to see it later than others."
Obviously you want to watch it, but it must be said that it is for the vast number of international students in the English-speaking area. The female secretary is completely speechless to her boss.
In fact, "Zero Zero One [Biquge www.biqugew.me]" has an electronic version, but perhaps in order not to affect physical sales, their electronic version is generally released one week later than the physical version.
But LeBlanc couldn't wait for this week.
So she frantically bought trolls online to speculate on the topic, hoping to put pressure on the magazine to sell overseas editions in China.
"If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have come to China, otherwise I should have seen the magazine by now." LeBlanc looked at the time. It was already three o'clock in the afternoon in China, and all the bookstores in London were already open.
But if I didn't come to China, I wouldn't have the chance to meet Zhang Zhong.
It's a pity that I don't have a good relationship with Zhang Zhong, otherwise it would be easy to ask him directly for an English version.
…
When Affleck heard the news that the overseas version was on sale, he also wanted to watch it, so he shamelessly called Zhang Zhong.
After receiving a call from Affleck and hearing that it was about the magazine, Zhang Zhong generously asked him to send someone to the company to get it.
Although the overseas version is not sold in China, Chen Qing also has many copies in his hands, all of which are circulated internally. It is not a big deal to give one to Affleck.
If LeBlanc knew this, she would probably understand that people are really different.
…
One day later, the sales data of the overseas version came out quickly.
Daily sales of 800,000 in North America and 200,000 in the UK may not be a big deal to Zhang Zhong, after all, his books can reach several million in daily sales.
But for an overseas magazine, this is already a record.
There has never been an overseas edition of a domestic magazine that has been able to sell one million copies in one day. Even when "Agitation Literature" was launched in several languages and was also sold in China at the same time, it never reached this number.
Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the sales volume is not because of this magazine, but because of Zhang Zhong, the book "Harry Potter" that foreigners have not read.
But the first issue of "Harry Potter" disappointed foreign netizens because it was too short.