After a calligraphy class ended, Li Yong packed up his things and walked up to Zhang Zhong and said with a smile, "Teacher Zhang, congratulations in advance for breaking the record."
Zhang Zhong was wiping his pen. When he heard Li Yong's words, he raised his head and smiled, "The results haven't come out yet. Congratulations now. It's too early."
Li Yong's smile became even brighter, and Zhang Zhong's words were tantamount to admitting that the purpose of this event was to break the single-day personal book sales record.
In the past, Li Yong didn't even know what a personal book sales record was, and he didn't read much at all before.
Later, I learned calligraphy from Zhang Zhong and gradually came into contact with literature. Although in a short period of time, I couldn't compare with those who read books all year round.
But Li Yong looked back and found that he had been living in a muddle before. Now as he read more and more books, his life became clearer.
Because there is a calligraphy class this morning, Li Yong hasn't had time to go to the bookstore to buy books, but he just saw a news report on his mobile phone about the situation in the bookstore. He also saw it and knew that the sales of new books were booming today.
"It should be a sure thing to surpass the previous sales record," Li Yong said.
His expression was very excited, because he was about to witness history, and the man who made history was right in front of him.
The previous single-day sales record for personal books was also set by Zhang Zhong, with more than 60 million copies in a single day.
But the reason why this record was set is because volumes one and two of "The Three-Body Problem" were released abroad at the same time, which increased sales a lot.
When the sales of more than 60 million were released, everyone felt incredible. After all, the record before that was also impressive, but the record at that time was more than 40 million.
Li Yong looked at Zhang Zhong and said in his heart that the master is indeed the master, and he didn't seem to take such a big thing to his heart at all.
It's not that Zhang Zhong didn't take the sales issue to heart at all. After all, a lot of people's efforts have been put into this matter. The colleagues in the company have been working overtime every day for this matter, just so that it can completely explode on this day.
But he knew that it was already at this point, and it was useless to be nervous anymore. Whether he could break the record and what kind of record he could achieve were basically certain things.
"What books are you reading recently?" Zhang Zhong collected his things and asked Li Yong.
Li Yong replied, "I read your "Border Town" before, and suddenly became interested in these novels about local people, so I found a few books to read, and now I am reading "Water Town"."
"Water Village" by Yu Dongyu?" Zhang Zhong raised his eyebrows.
Li Yong nodded, "Yes, this book is quite interesting. The style is different from those of Mr. Zhang, you and Mr. Zhuang Yu."
Zhang Zhong laughed, "Of course it's different. Mr. Yu Dongyu has a free-spirited temperament. Although there are many serious works, they are somewhat humorous, and many of them are very interesting to read. This "Water Village" is also the same, with casual writing.
, it’s not like a novel, but more like an essay. It writes some interesting things about the countryside and reveals a sense of being independent from the world. It sounds like it’s quite suitable for you.”
"I also think it suits me quite well."
"Furthermore, when you read books now, you can feel the similarities and differences in the styles of each school. It has also improved a lot, and it looks like a book." Zhang Zhong said.
"Thank you, Teacher Zhang."
Zhang Zhong waved his hand, "Don't thank me, I didn't help you with anything. But I will give you some suggestions. If you have time, you can also look for some classics and history collections."
"Jingshi Ziji?" For Li Yong, Jingshi Ziji is an unfamiliar word.
Zhang Zhong explained, "It's just some scriptures, history books, poems and songs."
"Teacher Zhang, I understand the history and poetry, but do I also need to read the scriptures? I don't really believe in these." Li Yong said.
Zhang Zhong twitched the corners of his lips and said, "Sutras do not refer to Buddhist scriptures. For example, the Poetry, Book of Changes, Spring and Autumn Annals are all scriptures."
"Oh, I understand." Then Li Yong felt a little confused, "But I don't understand it. I have difficulty reading vernacular texts now, let alone these ancient texts."
"You can understand it only if you read it, but how can you understand it if you don't read it?" Zhang Zhong thought for a while and then said, "You know I'm teaching, right."
Li Yong said quickly, "I know, I know, you are the principal of Shizhong College."
"Well, I will open an open class related to ancient Chinese in the school soon. I will send you a course schedule later. If you have time, you can attend it," Zhang Zhong said.
Li Yong thought he heard wrongly, so he opened his mouth and said, "Huh?"
Zhang Chong smiled and said, "Just go there if you have time, don't force it."
Li Yong realized at this time that he had definitely heard correctly, and said quickly, "I have time, I have time, I definitely have time. Thank you Teacher Li for your love, I will definitely study hard. I don't know what you want to teach,
I'll go back and prepare well, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to understand the class."
"No, I'm just going to talk about it casually. It's not anything advanced." Zhang Zhong patted Li Yong on the shoulder, "I'm leaving now. See you in class later."
After saying that, Zhang Zhong packed up his things and walked outside the classroom.
Li Yong stood there for a while. When Zhang Zhong was about to disappear at the door, Li Yong bowed towards Zhang Zhong's back.
Although he is older than Zhang Zhong, he has truly regarded Zhang Zhong as a teacher. Even if Zhang Zhong may not regard him as a student, he will always remember the help Zhang Zhong gave him.
Sometimes he would be glad that he walked into Meng Mu's small house by mistake. Otherwise, his life would never have changed as much as it did now.
It was Zhang Zhong who opened a door for him and showed him a world he had never seen before.
After staying in the classroom for a long time, it was not until the cleaning lady came in to clean that he remembered that he had not gone to the bookstore yet, and hurried to the bookstore again.
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On her way home from get off work, Stuckart walked directly into Norton Bookstore, which she often patronized.
At eight o'clock tonight, Zhang Zhong's new book will be online on time.
She came early, just after six o'clock, and took a look around the bookstore. There were quite a lot of people, but it was okay, after all, the new books hadn't started selling yet.
Normally, new books are released in the morning, but this is the first time that they are released at night.
Someone asked the boss in front of the counter, "Boss, the new books should have arrived at the bookstore. Why haven't they been put up for sale yet?"
The boss smiled and explained, "I'm sorry, because according to the regulations, sales can't officially start until after eight o'clock."
"Boss, can't you be more flexible?"
"You can't be flexible. This is a rule agreed upon by the channel. If they know that I don't abide by it, they won't give me books in the future, and you won't be able to see new books by then," the boss said.
Listening to the boss's words, Stuckart couldn't help but feel a little sad. For a bookstore as big as Norton Bookstore, only the distributors could support him in the past, but now it's reversed.