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Chapter 607 It is estimated that he is a master hidden in the city

Hawthorne's new [Biquge www.sbiquge.co] book is on sale, but not many people care about it. People's attention is focused on "The Da Vinci Code".

At the end of the day, "Beyond the Tribe" sold only 100,000 copies in North America, not even a fraction of "The Da Vinci Code".

If other people could sell 100,000 copies of their new books a day, they might be satisfied.

But Hawthorne was the annual sales champion. Even without the guild bonus, it shouldn't be difficult to sell four to five million copies on the first day.

Even if the performance is not good, there will always be two or three hundred thousand copies.

But now it turns out there are only 100,000 copies.

How long has it been since he had such poor sales results?

Hawthorne himself couldn't even remember.

In fact, Hawthorne's works have been in decline over the years, and the homogeneity of his works in recent years has become serious, and readers' passion has been sapped a lot.

The homogeneity of Hawthorne's works can be seen from the titles of his books.

The title of the book he and Zhang Zhong competed with before was called "The Tribes of the West", and the new book now published is called "Beyond the Tribes".

During this period, he only published one book, titled "The Horseback Case of the Western Tribe".

It is said that it is a series, but the cases are not related, and they are all ordinary murder cases, and the investigation process is not innovative.

Therefore, the poor performance of "Beyond the Tribe" is not entirely due to Zhang Zhong.

Of course, if there is no Zhangzhong and a rotten ship still has three pounds of nails, even if the performance is not good, it will not be so bad.

After this book, it may be more difficult for Hawthorne to publish new books, and by then there may not be many publishers interested in his new books.

Although new books signed by him may sell more than new books signed by others, Hawthorne's royalties are much higher than those of other writers, so the publisher earns less.

And in the current situation, signing Hawthorne is tantamount to offending pz. Offending pz for this little profit is obviously a loss that outweighs the gain.

Although pz is only targeting Hawthorne's books now, no one can say whether pz will later vent its anger on the publishing house that distributed Hawthorne's books.

What if someone pz's small belly chicken intestines and the publishing house also bears a grudge?

Few publishers dare to take such a risk.



On May 1st, Chen Qing specially reported the sales situation of "Beyond the Tribe" to Zhang Zhong.

"Hey, one hundred thousand copies, now Huo Sang's face is really humiliated." Chen Qing said with a smile.

Zhang Zhong hummed and said, "Hawthorne still has some foundation. Under such circumstances, he can still get a first-day sales of 100,000."

Hearing Zhang Zhong's words, Chen Qing's mouth twitched. The boss was not satisfied with the result. Did he want Hawthorne not to be able to sell a single book?

Zhang Zhong didn't know what Chen Qing was thinking, so after mentioning it casually, he said, "Mayor Jiangyang called me today and asked me when the science fiction theme museum will be built."

"It will be capped at the beginning of next month, but capping is just the beginning. There is still a lot to do later," Chen Qing said.

Zhang Chong shook his head with a smile and said, "Does he need to call me to ask about the capping issue at the beginning of next month? Well, you can go back and draw up a list of exhibits needed in the exhibition hall and submit it to the city government."

Chen Qing immediately understood, "Oh, I see, it seems that the city government does care about us."

"It's enough to make a proper list. It's mainly up to us."

"Okay, I understand."

After talking to Chen Qing on the phone, Zhang Zhong went to Meng Mu Xiaozhu. Today he had a calligraphy class at Meng Mu Xiaozhu.

That big friend from last time came again, and Zhang Zhong saw him at a glance.

"Hello, Teacher Zhang." Li Yong greeted Zhang Zhong with a smile.

"Okay." Zhang Zhong replied with a smile. He didn't know whether this person knew his identity. It seemed like this guy didn't know, but no one knew whether he was pretending or not.

Zhang Zhong did not teach the students new characters this time, but led them to carefully practice apostrophes and nips.

He paid special attention to Li Yong. This guy has made great progress. Now he can use his wrist much more dexterously than before, and his handwriting is not as stiff as before.

"Do you have some practice when you go back?" Zhang Zhong stood nearby and asked with a smile.

Li Yong smiled and said, "Of course, I have to write herringbone at least hundreds of times every day during this period."

Zhang Zhong raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect this guy to work so hard.

Practicing calligraphy with calligraphy is no better than using a hard pen. It is very slow and energy-consuming, so writing hundreds of times a day is really tiring.

"Don't pursue speed too much."

Li Yong nodded, "I know, I have to write for five to eight hours every day, and I don't write fast."

Zhang Zhong glanced at Li Yong. He practiced calligraphy for five to eight hours a day. Didn't this guy have anything else to do?

Although Zhang Zhongzhi glanced at him, Li Yong seemed to see Zhang Zhong's confusion and explained with a smile, "I am retired now, so I have more free time."

Retired...

Zhang Chong saw that Li Yong was in his thirties, and he didn't look like he was at retirement age.

Of course, everyone's choices are different. Some people may be more contented, so they feel that they can enjoy the rest of their time after struggling for a few years.

It is also possible that Li Yong's family is well off and he will naturally have the capital to retire early without any need for hard work.

At the end of get out of class that day, Yili suddenly came over with a wooden box and said, "Teacher, this is my little thought, please accept it."

"What is this?" Zhang Zhong asked without stretching out his hand, staring at the box.

"It's just a pair of brushes. I think your brushes, Teacher Zhang, are almost broken, so I wanted to give you a pair of good ones." Li Yong said.

Zhang Zhong glanced at the box and recognized the logo on it.

The brush Li Yong took was the famous Shanyang brush. Such a pair of brushes costs more than a thousand at least.

More than a thousand is nothing to Zhang Zhong, but the gift given to him by his students seems a bit expensive.

"This is not easy for me to accept. I have to replace my own pens in the past two days. I have spare ones at home. You can keep these pens for yourself."

Seeing Zhang Zhong's polite refusal, Li Yong took the box back and said, "I didn't think it through properly. Don't be offended by Teacher Zhang."

Zhang Zhong didn't know what he should be angry about, so he didn't say anything else. He smiled, nodded to Li Yong, and left.

Li Yong looked at Zhang Zhong's back, then at the brush in his hand, and sighed secretly.

When there were no classes in the middle of the week these days, he also went to other places where calligraphy was taught. Although he didn't understand calligraphy, he felt that the teachers in other places were not as good as this teacher Zhang.

I guess this Teacher Zhang is a master who is hidden in the city. Although he is not very old, he has the demeanor of a master in his movements.


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