Zhang Zhong was not surprised at all that "Sophie's World" broke the record, and he felt that the figure of 31 million was still a bit low.
He believes that the reason why there are only 31 million is entirely because the book is too long.
The thicker the book, the harder it is to sell it. Although it is not a theorem, it is definitely a common situation.
The most realistic thing is that the price of "Sophie's World" in China is 68 yuan, which is much more expensive than ordinary books. It is because of this price difference that many passers-by who are not fans may hesitate.
Moreover, the fact that this book can break records is definitely not because of the quality of the book itself.
First-day sales have little to do with the book itself.
It mainly depends on the influence of the author and the previous publicity of the book.
Linde's previous records relied on his fame on the one hand, and the popularity accumulated from the previous books in the Necronomicon series on the other.
As for "Sophie's World", it relies more on Zhang Zhong's fame and the fact that it is released in so many languages this time.
As for the sales volume brought about by word-of-mouth of the book itself, it may take some time. After all, it has only been the first day and most people have not finished reading the book.
And as expected, the sales volume of this book will not be very good in the next few days, because these days will be a vacuum period. Zhang Zhong’s fame in the early stage has been consumed, and the reputation of the book itself has not yet risen.
The strength has gone, but the new strength has not returned, so we must go through a period of weakness.
As soon as I finished my phone call with Chen Qing, Yang Fengxia, Chairman of the Writers Association, called me.
"Zhang Zhong, congratulations on breaking a big record again." Yang Fengxia heard the news quickly, and she was the first to congratulate Zhang Zhong.
"Chairman Lao Yang is worried, and I just got the news."
"I'm calling you this time. In addition to congratulating you, I also have something to tell you."
"Well, you said."
"After the last National Writers' Congress, I have always had an idea to organize a Chinese-foreign literary exchange meeting."
Zhang Chong wondered, "Where did Chairman Yang start with this? As far as I know, the Chinese Writers Association has many foreign literary exchanges every year. I heard it clearly during the last Congress of Representatives. In the past five years, we have also organized
There have been one hundred and thirty-seven visiting groups.”
On average, nearly thirty visiting groups are organized every year. Now Yang Fengxia said that she would organize a literary exchange meeting, which is a bit confusing.
Yang Fengxia smiled and said: "Zhang Zhong, you have a good memory. Indeed, we organize twenty or thirty visiting groups every year, but the scale is always very small. Generally, there are less than ten people in a group. But this time I want to organize a comparison
A large visiting group will probably range in size from thirty to fifty people."
The visiting group of thirty to fifty people is indeed quite large. Of course, the main thing is who they are visiting.
Since Yang Fengxia called to talk about this matter, Zhang Zhong certainly knew what she meant, and probably wanted to invite him to join the visiting group.
However, Zhang Zhong did not rush to point it out, but praised, "This is not a small scale, so I wish this visit will be a success."
"Zhang Zhong, let me tell you the truth, I am personally the leader of this visiting delegation, and I want you to be the deputy leader," Yang Fengxia said.
Deputy leader... For a visiting delegation of thirty to fifty people, the position of deputy leader is probably equivalent to the mascot.
Yang Fengxia clearly understood what she meant, she was just taking him out to support the scene.
It doesn't matter if you support the scene, but Zhang Zhong doesn't want to get involved in this matter, after all, it takes too much time.
During the last representative meeting, he went to Yanjing just for fun and didn't do anything.
"Chairman Yang, thank you for your appreciation, but it's really inconvenient for me here. I have children at home, so I can't leave..."
"Zhang Zhong, don't refuse in a hurry. It will take some time to prepare for this trip. It will probably take place in the summer. Then you can bring your family with you and treat it as a trip. Our group will cover all the expenses." Yang Fengxia said with a smile.
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Zhang Zhong raised his eyebrows and thought to himself that Chairman Yang really dared to say that he would take his family on a trip at public expense. If this word got out, someone might accuse the Writers Association of corruption again.
Yang Fengxia dared to say, but of course Zhang Zhong couldn't accept it, and said with a smile, "Let me think about this matter, and even if I have to go, I will pay for it myself, and there is no need for public reimbursement."
"Okay, think about it carefully. It will take a long time anyway, so I won't bother you for now."
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After hanging up the phone, Zhang Zhong thought about the feasibility. If it was really summer vacation, he could take Pengpeng and the others on a trip and visit them by the way.
Moreover, he originally planned to do a signing tour this summer. The initial decision was to hold about ten signing events in various countries, which can be regarded as a feedback to fans for their support for so long.
Arrange your itinerary at that time, and you may not be able to do several things at the same time.
"Son, it's time to have breakfast."
Zhang Zhong was thinking about something when his mother called him outside to go out for dinner.
After going out, Pengpeng was also eating, but she had a copy of "Sophie's World" in her hand.
Zhang Zhong asked her strangely, "Pengpeng, why are you holding this book?"
Pengpeng took a bite of the bun and said, "Grandma told me that my father wrote this book for me, so I must read it."
"Do you understand?"
Pengpeng shook his head, "I can't understand. I don't know many words. But dad, don't worry. I will be able to understand after I know more words in a while. The teacher said that we will know each other soon."
There are a lot of words, and even if there are words I don’t know, I can look them up in the dictionary. I know how to look them up in the dictionary.”
"Well, since you can look up the dictionary, it should be quick." Zhang Chong said with a smile.
"Dad, just wait."
"Well, just waiting."
Zhang Zhong looked at his daughter and said to himself, I'm afraid it will take a long time to wait. If you want to understand this book, you don't just need to know the words in it.
Not to mention Pengpeng, many adult readers are a little confused when reading this book.
Although it is the next day, people have already started discussing this book on the Internet.
[This book is good to read, but I couldn’t handle the philosophical content at the end. After reading it once, I remembered some of the small philosophical issues in the front.]
[I didn’t read the philosophical knowledge in detail at all, I mainly looked at the storyline. 】
[Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to see it so quickly. If I look closely, my heart won’t move. 】
[When Pengpeng came out again later, I was shocked and realized that I had been reading books for a long time.]
[md, I saw spoilers just after surfing the Internet this morning, I couldn’t live anymore. 】
[Hahaha, I don’t recommend visiting the forum before reading the book.]
[I just didn’t expect that after just one day, someone would finish reading such a thick book. I spent eight or nine hours in a row yesterday and only finished less than half of it.]
【Then you should look at it more carefully.】
[I haven’t read it in detail. I feel that if I carefully considered the philosophical issues in it, I would probably read even less.]
[The first-year philosophy student said that this book is very appetizing.]
[Electronics majors also said they enjoyed watching it.]
[Zhang Zhong’s guest appearance this time is also an Easter egg. 】