The ninth and fifty-seventh chapter, a sales volume
"Speaker of the Dead" is certainly not a hard science fiction. Compared with the first "Ender's Game", this sequel explores more philosophical issues about human nature.
The second part continues the thinking about different civilizations introduced in the first part.
At the beginning, when humans discovered the pig tribe, in order to make up for past mistakes and conduct scientific research, they not only did not invade the pig tribe, but even protected them in every possible way.
But once humans discovered that the pigs were a threat to the human race, they immediately revealed their true colors and revealed their cruel side, wanting to eliminate the pigs. Fortunately, through the efforts of the protagonist, the pigs' crisis was finally resolved.
Such a plot can be said to be an imagining of the future, or a reflection on the past.
When the American continent was invaded, the situation was somewhat similar to the situation described in the book. Both advanced civilizations discovered backward civilizations.
In reality, backward civilizations were massacred, but in the book there are some more changes.
This change is based on the huge gap that exists between the two civilizations.
Just like today, humans are still protecting various rare animals. Why are they protected? Is it just because they are rare in number? The most critical reason is that those animals do not pose a threat to humans.
Once a threat arises, humans may raise their shotguns without hesitation.
It doesn't even need to be a threat, just the possibility of a threat.
Of course, as with any book, some people like this deeper discussion and some don't.
In particular, Ender's image in the sequel seems a little tall and complete, which many people don't like.
There are also some people who simply cannot accept the racial equality advocated in the book and find it stinky and lengthy.
Again, everyone has their own opinions and preferences when reading. There is no need to force it, and there is no need to insult it. If you like it, just read it, and if you don’t like it, leave it, so that everyone doesn’t waste time.
As soon as the news of the release of "Speaker of the Dead" came out, the sales of "Cat City" also increased.
Recently, because there has been a lot of news related to Zhang Zhong, both Zhang Zhong's books and the movies adapted from the books have received more attention.
In addition, Zhang Zhong has more and more books, and his personal book sales are maintained at a very high level every day.
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"You can do whatever you want. I have no objection to this matter."
The day after the release of "Speaker of the Dead" was announced, Xu Yang called Zhang Zhong.
Xu Yang made this call because he had a plan to report to Zhang Zhong.
Because Zhang Zhong's popularity has continued to rise recently, and his daily personal book sales have remained at a very high number, Xu Yang has thought about it and wants to organize a big event to bring Zhang Zhong's personal single-day book sales to the same level.
Go up.
If Zhang Zhong agrees, Xu Yang will launch a series of publicity activities from now on.
By the 23rd of next month, with various promotions and new book releases, Zhang Zhong's personal single-day book sales will surely reach an astonishing number.
After hearing Xu Yang's general plan, Zhang Zhong said yes.
Zhang Zhong himself is not very interested in this individual's single-day book sales, but since Xu Yang has an idea, and there are only advantages and no disadvantages to this matter, he can completely let him do it.
Hearing Zhang Zhong's reply, Xu Yang said excitedly, "Boss, don't worry, I won't let you down this time. If your personal single-day book sales this time are less than 100 million, I will bear the thorn and apologize."
One hundred million, I have to say, Xu Yang is really loud.
The 100 million that Xu Yang mentioned is of course not the sales of 100 million Huaxia coins, because 100 million Huaxia coins is not a high sales volume, and basically Zhang Zhong will not fall below this number every day.
He must be talking about sales reaching 100 million copies.
One hundred million books are sold in one day, which is a very scary number, because on average, so many novels are not sold in the world every day, but now Zhang Zhong has to sell such a novel alone.
Even if it is Zhang Zhong, it is still very difficult.
"Don't issue military orders randomly. It's a good thing to set a goal, but you don't need to put too much pressure on yourself. Besides, there are many things in the company, so there is no need to spend all your energy on this one thing." Zhang Zhong reminded.
One sentence.
Xu Yang smiled and said, "This is our company's top priority, I must do it well."
Hearing what Xu Yang said, Zhang Zhong didn't try to undermine his self-confidence anymore. He just nodded and said, "You just have to control yourself."
Xu Yang actually felt that Zhang Zhong was a little too conservative. According to current data analysis, Zhang Zhong's personal book sales record is still very confident to exceed 100 million.
By next month, "Cat City" will still be in the new book stage, and the sales volume will not be low. With a wave of publicity, there should be no problem selling 10 million yuan on the same day.
And "Speaker of the Dead" was released on the same day, and the sales should reach 20 million.
By then, the two books combined will amount to more than 30 million.
In addition, other old books usually sell about 10 million copies every day, which adds up to 40 million.
With this 40 million guarantee, plus a wave of vigorous publicity, and then the company will launch a few great activities, there should be no problem with sales of 100 million.
Xu Yang's promotional activities came out soon.
The first event is a bundled event. On the 23rd of next month, the publisher will release a set of collector's editions. This collector's edition contains all of Zhang Zhong's books.
And if you purchase a collector's edition book set, you may get a signed book.
According to the news released by 001 Chinese website, there is one signed book in every fifty sets of collector's edition books.
The cover of the collector's edition will have a time mark, and the cover has a unified style, which has a certain collection value.
The most important thing is that the price of this set of books is not expensive, only more than 2,000 per set.
Some people may think that more than two thousand dollars is a bit expensive, but Zhang Zhong has published more than forty books so far, and buying these books alone would cost dozens of dollars each.
It might be more cost-effective to buy the collector's edition.
The only uneconomical thing is that most people actually own some of the books, and some even own all of Zhang Zhong's books, but they will still spend another amount of money for the collector's edition.
Collector's editions, special editions...this kind of thing happens often in the publishing industry, so Zhang Zhong doesn't use these because of good sales. This time he made it to boost the single-day sales.
Moreover, the price of more than two thousand Huaxia coins is still the price here in China, and it will definitely be more expensive in North America and Europe.
As long as one million copies of this collector's edition can be sold, it will be equivalent to Zhang Zhong's book sales of more than 40 million copies. It is indeed a good strategy.