The system said a lot, and Zhang Zhong finally understood it. After reaching 20,000 points, a new permission was opened, which allowed him to give up a lottery opportunity and then save it for the next lottery, so that he might get better works.
However, Zhang Zhong ignored it. He felt that the works he was drawing now were quite good, and even better ones would not seem suitable for him now.
【Just draw the lottery.】
Zhang Zhong gave instructions to the system in his mind.
[The lottery begins...]
No persuasion, no objection, no hesitation, a cold system.
[The lottery is completed and you will win the work "Murder on the Orient Express"]
Zhang Zhong was a little surprised that it was this book. What he didn't expect was that he would draw Agatha's works consecutively.
This book "Murder on the Orient Express" is one of Agatha's masterpieces and a relatively famous one in the Hercule Poirot series.
Hercule is an important character in Agatha's works, and many of her works feature Hercule as the protagonist.
Like Shylock, Hercule is also a very popular detective.
However, "The Orient Train Murders" is not the case in which Poirot first appeared. If Zhang Zhong remembers correctly, Poirot's first appearance should be "The Strange Case at Styles Manor". It is also from this case that Poirot's legendary experience begins.
That's when the scroll is unfolded.
It is said that Agatha's inspiration for writing "Murder on the Orient Express" came from the Lindbergh kidnapping case in 1932. Combined with several natural disasters encountered by the Orient Express, the story was finally formed.
Like "No One Survived", this book also writes about many characters. Among them are a burly Italian, a thin and dignified Englishman, a big salesman-like American, and a strict Russian old lady and her waiter.
, the ambassador and his wife from Hungary, a colonel and a noble lady, etc.
While the train was traveling, a man named Ratchett told Poirot that his life was in danger and asked Poirot to protect him, but Poirot remained unmoved.
Late that night, Ratchett died in his box. He was stabbed twelve times, but the door of the box was locked. This seemed to be an unsolved case.
Poirot spent a long time checking evidence and looking for a motive, but all the evidence seemed to lead in a direction with no answer. Finally, he thought of a possibility, a possibility that he could not believe.
Everyone in the entire carriage, except Poirot, his friends and the forensic doctor, are all murderers!
They all came here to kill Ratchett, because Ratchett was the murderer of the "Armstrong Kidnapping Case".
This is why the first class cabin of this express train is usually empty, but this time it was packed with people.
The excitement of this novel is not only the mystery of the plot and the unexpected revelation of the truth at the end, but more importantly, in the face of the truth he has always insisted on and the justice of judging evil, Boll finally chose the latter.
Yes, this is also the first time that Boll has become flesh and blood.
Anyone who is familiar with Boll knows that he is a stubborn, arrogant, and critical person whose persistence in pursuing the truth is extraordinary.
Zhang Zhong went through the plot of "Murder on the Orient Express" in his mind and felt that he had encountered a problem.
Unlike "No One Survived", this novel is not easy to adapt, because the novel involves a lot of historical details. Although these are not irreplaceable, it does take a lot of time to adapt.
More importantly, this book can hardly be translated into Chinese, because many of the details in it cannot be transferred to China, especially Poirot, his experience, and his story. Agatha created it so perfectly that people
I almost thought there was such a person.
Zhang Zhong rested his chin on his head and thought for a long time in the study, but he didn't have any clue. He couldn't help but feel a little discouraged. He might have some way to Chinese-language "Murder on the Orient Express", but after Chinese-language this book, the Poirot series
I'm afraid he won't be able to write other books, and many things will no longer be connected.
Forget it, it’s not Chinese anymore.
Zhang Zhong decided to give up Chineseization.
The reason why he wants to Chineseize it is to make it easier for Chinese readers to read and have a stronger sense of identity.
Although it has been decided not to be translated into Chinese, many places in the book still need to be changed. After all, many of the things mentioned in it do not exist in this world, and Zhang Zhong needs to find other things to replace them.
This is not difficult, and Zhang Zhong is not in a hurry. He wants to type all the books in his mind onto the computer and then slowly modify them.
"Ten Little Indian Boys" has just ended its online serialization, and the physical version has not yet been released. The previous "Worry-Free Grocery Store" has just been released for sale. Now that a novel of more than 100,000 words has been published, it is really shocking.
After knocking for more than an hour, Zhang Zhong saw that it was already getting late, so he went back to his room to sleep.
…
Early the next morning, I was in the office of the editor-in-chief of Provoking Literature.
Li Nan pointed to the curve on the computer screen and said to Fang Xingkai with a smile, "Xingkai, do you see anything?"
After listening to the editor's words, Fang Xingkai stared at the screen for a long time.
There is a table on the screen with a total of four upward curves.
These four curves represent the total sales trend of the top four new book sales rankings in October.
It can be clearly seen that although the bottom curve has always been below the three curves above, when the other three curves gradually slow down and gradually become flat, the fourth line still maintains an upward momentum.
And now, the fourth line is almost crossing the third line.
When the two lines cross, it means that the position of the sales ranking is about to change.
"It seems that the sales volume of "Jieyou Grocery Store" will soon exceed that of "The Ruins of the Countryside," said Fang Xingkai.
Li Nan smiled and shook his head, "You are still too conservative. I think the sales of "Jieyou Grocery Store" will exceed that of "Flying Snow 2"."
Fang Xingkai was speechless, "This...it's a little too early to say anything."
It is true that the staying power of "The Worry-Free Grocery Store" is indeed incredible, but at the beginning, the gap between it and the books at the top of the list was a bit large, and it was not easy to catch up.
The current total sales volume of "Jieyou Grocery Store" is more than 1.6 million.
The third-placed "Countryside" sold 1.75 million, the second-placed "Xing Can" sold 2.57 million, and the first-placed "Flying Snow 2" sold 3.1 million.
It is possible to say that "Jieyou Grocery Store" can surpass "Xingcan", but it is too difficult to say that it can surpass "Flying Snow 2".
The new book period is almost over, and sales will continue to decrease in the future. The sales gap between the two books is as high as 1.5 million. Even if "Worry-Free Grocery Store" can sell 20,000 copies every day, it will still take more than two months.
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But it's not like "Flying Snow 2" has stopped being released. Although the sales volume is much flat, the total sales volume has been increasing.
If you sell thousands of copies a day, it will take nearly a year to catch up.
But everyone knows that as time goes by, the sales of books will decrease a lot. Let alone selling thousands more copies a day, it is a miracle that it can still sell thousands of books the next day.
Maybe before a year has passed, someone else will release "Flying Snow 3", and then the sales of "Flying Snow 2" will definitely increase again.