Llorente likes to cry, especially in front of Zhang Zhong and Linde.
However, in fact, he is not poor at all.
Zhang Zhong has never heard of any best-selling author who is very poor. The writing industry in this world is very cruel, but it is also very profitable.
It’s cruel because the threshold is low and there are a lot of people coming in. Everyone wants to write something and become rich overnight, because there are too many examples of people becoming famous with one book.
At the same time, many people often have the illusion that books by famous writers are nothing more than that.
Take Wang Yi for example. After reading his books, many ordinary readers will think that his writing is not very good.
Because Wang Yi rarely uses advanced vocabulary, his writing is relatively easy to understand.
Wang Yi himself is also very modest, saying that he is not very literate and is considered semi-illiterate.
One scholar even concluded after research that there are only 500 simple Chinese characters that often appear in Wang Yi's works.
The Five Hundred Common Chinese Characters was originally just a joke, and scholars did not conduct such research to prove that Wang Yi was illiterate.
However, some people think that Wang Yi really doesn't know much about literacy, and they also come to the conclusion that if Wang Yi can become a writer even though he doesn't know much about literacy, then so can people like them who know a few thousand words.
Therefore, the cruelty of the literary world is usually only for those who have empty ideals, no accumulation and no dedication.
It is true that writers have high incomes. For example, Zhao Re had a popular book, "The Princes of Chaos", which earned him at least tens of millions, allowing him to squander it for more than ten years.
Another example is Qin Zhao. The initial sales volume of "Underwater Kingdom" was only a few hundred thousand, but these hundreds of thousands of sales can also bring him at least millions in income. It is difficult for ordinary people to earn so much money after working for ten years.
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Not to mention a writer like Llorente who is very famous around the world.
So Llorente can just cry about his poverty in front of Zhang Zhong and Linde.
"I heard that Qin's new book is about to be released." Linde suddenly asked as a few people went down the stairs.
Qin Zhao nodded shyly, "My new book will be released the day after tomorrow."
"Can I buy the English version?" Linde asked again.
"Can."
Qin Zhao's new book is the "Inverted Country" book that the two of them talked about last time at Zhang Chong's house.
The final title of the book was determined to be "Mirror World".
Qin Zhao's previous works were first sold in China and then translated into other languages after a period of time.
But this time it’s different, with more than a dozen languages being released simultaneously, the battle is much bigger.
"Can I buy the English version here in China?" Llorente asked.
"It doesn't seem possible for the time being." Qin Zhao shook his head, and then said, "If you want to read it, I can give you two copies. The company seems to have them."
"Of course I want to see it, it won't be too much trouble." Linde said.
"No, no."
Zhang Chong on the side smiled and said, "Don't ask him about this matter. I will send two copies to you later."
"Haha, I forgot that in addition to being Qin's teacher, you are also his boss." Llorente smiled and said, "I guess you also set the time for the new book to be released. It just happened to catch up with the World Science Fiction Convention. Can you
You really care about your students.”
"You're wrong to blame me. The release date of my new book is not set by me, let alone by him. It's all arranged by the company."
In fact, Llorente was right. The reason why the new book was released on the day before the World Science Fiction Convention was to create a wave of popularity.
There is nothing embarrassing about this kind of thing, it is a very routine operation.
Every year during the World Science Fiction Convention, the sales of science fiction novels on the market will increase. Many science fiction writers will also choose to release new books during this time.
In addition to Qin Zhao's new book, there are also many other science fiction novelists releasing new books during this period.
This is Qin Zhao's third novel. The previous two novels were "Small World" and "Under the Sea Kingdom". The first two novels have laid a solid foundation for Qin Zhao, so Chen Qing hopes to use this third novel to
The long story allows Qin Zhao to go further.
Zhang Zhong has read the finished manuscript of "Mirror World". Qin Zhao has made great progress in his control of words and the rhythm of the story in the past two years.
In Zhang Zhong's opinion, there were always some superfluous things in Qin Zhao's writings before, and he was always eager to express something in his novels.
In Qin Zhao's current writing, he has gradually thrown away those redundant things and started to concentrate on telling stories.
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Zhang Zhong originally thought that what Linde and Llorente said in Tong You Tong Wu was a joke. Unexpectedly, the two of them went to a nearby bookstore the next day and bought a bunch of their own books and sent them to Tong You Tong Wu Bookstore.
One copy they all signed.
The hotel where Linde and Llorente stayed was carefully arranged near his home. Although it was not a high-end hotel, it was clean and comfortable.
Early the next morning, when Zhang Zhong went to look for them, he found a lot of books in the room, all of which belonged to them.
Zhang Zhong asked them very curiously, "Did you two buy the book yourself?"
These two people can't even speak Chinese, but they can go out and buy books by themselves?
Llorente said proudly, "Of course, it's not a difficult thing."
Lin De, who was next to him, said, "Isn't it difficult? I feel like this is the most embarrassing day in my life. I originally wanted to wait for you to come before I go buy books, but this guy insisted on dragging me out. He said
This is more exciting. I found a bookstore and the clerk knew a little bit of English, but was not very fluent. The two of us made gestures for a long time and the other party didn't understand what we meant."
Zhang Zhong asked curiously, "Then how did you buy the book in the end?"
Linde sighed, "Because we met our readers..."
"This is not an embarrassing thing, right?" Zhang Chong said with a smile.
"That's right, I think so too. What's embarrassing about meeting a reader?"
"It's not embarrassing to meet readers. What's embarrassing is that the two of us went to the bookstore to buy our own books and were discovered by readers."
"What an interesting thing." Llorente curled his lips and said.
Zhang Zhong also thought it was quite interesting, but if he really put himself in his shoes, it was normal for Linde to feel embarrassed.
After taking the two of them to deliver the books to Tongyoutongwu, Zhang Zhong took them for a walk around Jiangyang. This was not the first time for the two of them. There was not much to do in Jiangyang. They had almost done it before.
I have visited them all, and this time, there seems to be nothing new except taking them to eat and drink.
But it was good to eat and drink. They had not been in China for long and had never eaten many foods. It was a good opportunity to show them and let them know that China's delicacies are not just stinky tofu and preserved eggs.