February 21st was originally just an ordinary Monday, but it became something different because of "Zero Zero One".
Originally, the Chinese version of "Zero Zero One" in the United States was planned to be released in different regions. However, when negotiating with the book agent, the magazine changed the original plan.
Everland Culture Media Co., Ltd., a well-known book company in New York, finally won the general agent in North America with a guaranteed purchase volume of one million copies per issue.
Even if the Chinese version of "Zero Zero One" does not sell well in North America, Everland will have to pay "Zero Zero One" magazine one million copies of the magazine every week.
Moreover, this agency period has lasted for fifty issues. In other words, from the moment the contract was signed, the Chinese version of "Zero Zero One" has sold a total of 50 million copies in the United States.
By signing this contract, Everland needs to take a lot of risks.
The number of one million copies may not sound big, because the sales volume of "Zero Zero One" in China is now stable between 9 million and 10 million, and sometimes even reaches 11 million.
But the problem is that this is a Chinese-language magazine sold in North America.
The best magazine produced in the United States now is "Digest", with sales of about 10 million per issue, but this is the result of decades of careful management.
Generally speaking, if an issue sells hundreds of thousands of magazines, it is considered good, and if it sells millions, it is considered very popular.
The current sales volume of the English version of "Zero Zero One" is approximately more than two million per issue, which is already a very terrifying result.
What the English version can do, the Chinese version cannot do, because the audience has suddenly decreased a lot.
According to statistics, there are no more than 10 million people in North America who can speak Chinese. It is very difficult or even impossible to sell one million magazines to less than 10 million people.
After Avran announced that they had obtained an agent, many lower-level booksellers came to inquire, and the popularity was quite high for a while.
However, the thunder is loud but the rain is small. Many bookstores are interested, but the demand is very small. Except for cities like Cupertino with many Chinese people who want more, many other bookstores only want a little, or even
A big bookstore in New York only bought ten copies.
Ten books...
For these ten books, the person from the bookstore purchasing department repeatedly confirmed whether they could be returned if they couldn't be sold, and were only satisfied after getting a positive answer.
Two days before the magazine went on sale, one million copies and 300,000 copies were still unavailable. It took a lot of trouble for Everland to finally release these magazines.
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Like Cupertino, Alhambra is a city with a predominantly Chinese population. There are 90,000 people in the city, of which 45,000 are Chinese, accounting for half.
Moreover, before “pzday”, Alhambra’s Chinese infrastructure and services surpassed Cupertino’s. That is to say, after “pzday”, Cupertino’s Chinese infrastructure and services caught up.
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However, it is also because the Chinese language service is so good that many local Chinese people who have lived here for a long time actually learn English only mediocrely. Therefore, people who bought Zhang Zhongshu before could not compare to Cupertino, because many Chinese people here do not know English well.
Buy the English version of the book and read it.
Li Chengcheng is a local who doesn't speak much English. He has been in the United States for five years.
He was originally a local cheongsam master in the magical capital of China. His daughter was studying in the United States and was doing well, so he took him over and let him live his retirement life here.
When he first came here, he was a little nervous because he had left his hometown and couldn't understand the language. But after he came here, he found that there were Chinese people everywhere, Chinese characters were everywhere, and there was no resistance at all in life.
As a result, he lost the motivation to learn English, and now he only knows some daily expressions.
But what makes him uncomfortable is that he used to like to read books, but it is not very convenient to read Chinese books here.
Fortunately, he still has friends in China, and sometimes he will ask his friends to help him buy a few books from China and bring them over.
Recently he heard good news that local magazines were going to start selling Chinese-language magazines.
So he came to the bookstore early in the morning to buy a new magazine.
He had also read several issues of "Zero Zero One" magazine, but it was not satisfactory. After all, it was not good to bother people all the time to send books.
But now it's better and you can see it here.
I heard that Zhang Zhong’s new book will also be serialized in the magazine.
This is even better, as it helps him solve two things at once.
"Boss, pick up a Chinese version of "Zero Zero One"." In the bookstore, you can communicate directly in Chinese.
The clerk smiled and brought him a copy, "Hello, this is the magazine you want."
After Li Chengcheng paid the money, he found a seat in the bookstore and sat down, then opened the catalog of the magazine. He wanted to find Zhang Zhong's new book first.
Perhaps for the convenience of readers, Zhang Zhong’s new book is listed first.
"The code for Along the River During the Qingming Festival? The name is quite direct and common. Is it related to the Along the River During the Qingming Festival?"
When I found the text, I saw the first sentence: In the third year of Xuanhe in the Northern Song Dynasty, Qingming. A ship, like a heavy chess piece, fell on the chessboard of the Song Dynasty, and the general trend of the world changed accordingly...
Sure enough, it is the Scene Along the River During the Qingming Festival.
This issue only included the introduction and the first chapter, and Li Chengcheng finished it quickly.
After reading it, he was a little confused, what exactly was this book about?
The introduction part is quite fantasy, especially when the passenger ship disappears and the Taoist priest in white appears.
But after reading the first chapter, it felt like a reasoning.
Hu Sheer took Liang Waiqi to the lawyer Zhao Buyu to complain, saying that Liang Waiqi's gang shaved his face, but instead of paying him, he cut Liang Waiqi with a knife.
But Zhao Buyu and Mo'er exposed it, saying that they were self-harming and making false accusations.
This section is a bit like a forensic case. Mo'er analyzed the wounds and clothes and figured out the truth.
Li Chengcheng couldn't figure out what the theme of this book was, but then he thought of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival".
He had seen the photos of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", but he was not very clear about the things painted in it. After reading the book, he suddenly had an idea, could it be that everything written in the book was drawn from the pictures?
Is there such a scene?
He couldn't help but have an impulse in his heart. He wanted to look for the picture "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" and compare it with the book to see if any of these things happened.
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There are many people who have the same idea as Li Fenfen.
Moreover, when the magazine was released in North America, Along the River During the Qingming Festival was already on the hot search list in China.
This world-famous painting has once again appeared in front of the public because of Zhang Zhong's new book.