Chapter 157: The Pinnacle of Science Fiction Novels: The Three-Body Problem

The lively girl was stunned, "Xiaoting, you want to buy it? Didn't you say you didn't want to buy it because it was spoiled?"

Xiaoting said, "I'm superficial. This book is good! I'll read it first and lend it to you after I finish reading it."

The lively girl was a little surprised, "Okay, I'll see if there are any details that I missed in the TV series."

...

Editor Kang stayed in the bookstore for two hours and found that the sales of this book actually began to rise.

According to the data given to him by major bookstores before, today's sales are estimated to be significantly higher than yesterday's.

The trend of this data is actually a bit unreasonable.

Under normal circumstances, Da Fei and the TV series "Beginning" are so popular that they must have exploded in the first few days after they were launched, and then began to decline.

And this set of books seems to be slowly gaining momentum in the later period, which is more like the data trend of those popular novels.

Could it be that this set of books really has the potential to explode?

Suddenly, Editor Kang's mobile phone rang, and the caller was a well-known writer Zhou Shifang.

"Hello, Mr. Zhou?"

Editor Kang was very polite. Normally, ordinary authors would curry favor with these editors. After all, it was the editors who decided whether their books would be published or at what price.

But writers of Zhou Shifang's level would communicate directly with the editor-in-chief. It was a compliment to him to be able to contact Editor Kang.

"Editor Kang, the book "Beginning" seems to have good sales. I've also watched the TV series. It's quite similar to my style."

Editor Kang said, "It's a bit similar. You also started out writing science fiction novels. Although this novel is suspenseful, it can also be considered science fiction."

Zhou Shifang said, "Do you have the author's phone number? I want to contact him for something."

Editor Kang hesitated. It's reasonable not to give him the phone number, but Zhou Shifang was not an ordinary author, so it was not good to offend him.

"I have the phone number of Dafei's agent. I'll send it to you later."

...

Two days later, Editor Kang sat in the office and answered calls all morning, all of which were urging orders.

Editor Kang was full of joy. The sales of "Beginning" have been increasing, and it is showing a trend of skyrocketing in the past few days.

I have already consulted with the editor-in-chief in the morning. This time, it is decided to print 200,000 copies and sell them nationwide.

The physical book industry is in a downturn now, and any book that can break 50,000 sales is considered a best-seller.

"Beginning" sold out 20,000 copies in just five days in Shanghai, and now every bookstore has ordered 2,000 copies, which shows that it has just begun to become popular in the novel circle.

After these 200,000 copies are sold nationwide, I am afraid that they will continue to be printed. According to the current data, it is only a matter of time before the sales break one million.

"Lao He, I'm too busy. If you have time, please help me answer the phone. It's nothing more than those bookstores urging orders. Please help me remember it."

Editor He rolled his eyes. What is he showing off? "Beginning" is indeed popular, but is this also his performance?

It's not an ordinary author. It's just a novel of the same name that became popular first in the online drama. Lao Kang can only be regarded as picking up a bargain.

…

Two days later, the sales of "Beginning" soared again.

Feiyang Publishing House printed 800,000 copies, aiming for a million sales.

Publishing houses need data as a basis for doing business. Now is the era of big data. Sales are exchanged for real money and cannot be faked.

The sales of "Beginning" are getting better and better. According to the data currently fed back from all over the country, breaking the million sales will definitely not be a problem.

As for going further, it will take time to verify.

Liang Yin, who was in the crew, received this good news and immediately shared it with Lin Chudong.

The physical book is selling well, but the effect is not intuitive enough.

They have been in the entertainment industry for a long time and are used to this kind of straightforward popularity reflected in the fans.

In the circle of physical books, most readers just read and buy books silently, and they will not show anything unless they are popular.

With the strength of the novel "Beginning", it is definitely no problem to reach the best-selling book, but it is a bit difficult to be popular again.

After all, part of these sales are driven by the TV series and Da Fei's fame.

So even though it was a bestseller at the beginning, they didn't seem to feel anything.

"If the sales of this book really exceed one million, we can also make a lot of money, right?"

Lin Chudong nodded, "A few million is not a problem, it depends on how much the publisher costs. The sales are quite surprising, but it would be good to have a million sales a year, don't expect too much."

200,000 copies can be sold in a few days, that's because the market is extremely vacant, and many fans are waiting to buy.

Another 800,000 copies, the market will slowly saturate, and sales will definitely decrease in the later period.

Physical books can also bring nearly several million in revenue, so this project is not in vain.

Although this cycle is very long, they don't need to operate it, it is a one-time solution.

Now the company's income is increasing, games, online dramas, and publishing, these three things have monthly income.

And the song copyright continues to have income, the company's monthly net profit is now stable at more than one million.

This does not count Lin Chudong's participation in variety shows. If he can participate in four or five variety shows a month, the announcement fee will be nearly 10 million.

Although the tax is not small, the company is now making more and more profits. Liang Yin would not have dared to think about this in the past.

Now it has reached this level. Dafei is really a cash cow.

Her original three million has now increased more than twenty times.

While resting at night, Liang Yin suddenly received a strange phone call.

"Hello, I'm Zhou Shifang, I'd like to find Da Fei."

Liang Yin was a little puzzled. He had never heard of this person, but there were more business contacts now, so he asked politely.

"I am Da Fei's agent. If you have any business cooperation, you can talk to me."

Zhou Shifang said, "I am the author of "Ten Thousand Years Later" and I would like to talk to Da Fei about "The Beginning"."

Liang Yin rarely read physical books. He seemed to have heard of the book "Ten Thousand Years Later", but he didn't know Zhou Shifang.

In the field of science fiction, he is very famous, but in the eyes of ordinary people, his reputation is still very average.

In other words, the book "Ten Thousand Years Later" is a little out of the ordinary.

"Give Da Fei the phone and I'll talk to him in person."

The other party's attitude was quite cold. Liang Yin thought that he might be a big shot, so he simply went next door and entered Lin Chudong's room.

"Da Fei, a writer is looking for you."

Lin Chudong answered the phone, pressed the speakerphone, and Wang Zhiliangyin and Wang Zhiliangyin gathered around the phone to listen.

"Hello, I'm Da Fei."

"Hello, I am Zhou Shifang, the author of the science fiction novel "Ten Thousand Years Later". You must have heard of me, right?"

The other person's tone was quite proud, as if it was a given that he had heard of him. If you hadn't heard of him, then you were ignorant.

Lin Chudong said, "I heard a little bit, what do you want?"

He had actually never heard of it, but he was polite anyway.

Zhou Shifang said, "I watched your "The Beginning". The TV series is good, and the novel is okay, but the ending of the story does not leave any suspense. This is actually very immature."

"You should leave a hook at the end, and then when you write the sequel, a large number of readers will follow and the sales will be better."

The three of them were stunned. Liang Yin was a little speechless after hearing the inexplicable instructions from the writer.

Da Fei is a singer, okay? Now he is not only a singer, but also a boss. He is so busy, how can he have time to write novels?

Do you really think that writing novels is your main job?

Who is this person? Are all novel writers so self-righteous?

Lin Chudong was not impatient, "Thank you for your suggestion, is there anything else?"

Zhou Shifang was a little dissatisfied when he heard Lin Chudong's tone.

"I came to you to talk about cooperation. Your novel became popular thanks to the TV series. If the sequel doesn't have good ideas, I'm afraid readers will be disappointed."

"I just have a creative break recently. You give me the authorization. I will write "The Beginning 2". After I finish writing, you adapt the TV series. In this way, you give me a authorization and I give you a film and television copyright. We are all even." , don’t pay each other, I am well-known in the science fiction field, and I will definitely bring traffic to your TV series.”

"What do you think?"

Hearing Zhou Shifang's words, the three of them were stunned again.

Where does this great god come from, so confident?

For such a popular drama, the physical book is also a best-seller. Is he authorized to write the second part for free?

Then after he finished writing Da Fei, he had to film a TV series for him for free. In the end, it was even?

He took away the authorization, took advantage of the popularity, and finally praised him so much. How did he say such shameless words?

If you were really the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, you would be forgiven for speaking like this.

But you, Zhou Shifang, don’t have that much ability, do you?

Lin Chudong had lost his patience, "Sorry, not interested."

After saying that, he hung up the phone directly.

Wang Zhi used his mobile phone to check Zhou Shifang's introduction, "He is a well-known writer of science fiction novels. The novel "Ten Thousand Years Later" has sold millions of copies. He is also a member of the National Writers Association. He seems to be quite powerful."

Lin Chudong smiled, "No matter how good he is, I can't let him write "The Beginning 2", it's funny."

Just after he finished speaking, the phone call came again, with the same number as before. Lin Chudong frowned and answered the call patiently.

"Hello?"

Zhou Shifang's tone was a little unkind, "It will be good for you to cooperate with me. If you have my recommendation, you can join the Writers Association this year. It is a recognition of your identity. I don't need to say more. You You should all understand.”

"You'd better think about it again!"

Lin Chudong said, "I'm not interested."

After saying that, he hung up the phone again and blocked Zhou Shifang.

This kind of person really feels good about himself, as if he is crazy, and he really treats himself as a dish.

After being hung up on, Zhou Shifang was very annoyed. He called again and found that he had been blocked. He angrily sent Lin Chudong a text message.

"You'll regret it."

Afterwards, Zhou Shifang turned on the computer and started writing a composition.

If he were serious about writing novels, he wouldn't be able to write tens of thousands of words in a month.

But if he hurt others, his thoughts would surge, his keyboard would crackle, and he would type so fast.

…

The next day, Liang Yin received another good news from the publishing house.

"The Beginning" has been selected as a book collection by the National Library and has been announced. After the announcement, it will be officially included in the library.

Although there is no income, it is definitely an honor.

Just like Da Fei's "Clay Pots and Tin Pots" being included in Chinese textbooks, this is an honor in the field of literature, and of course it is worthy of joy.

However, less than five hours after the news was announced, an article caused heated discussion on the Internet.

"How come so many people pay for such a crudely made web drama? Don't be brainwashed by fast-food literature like "The Beginning" anymore."

A six-thousand-word essay directly became a hot search.

The main content is to criticize "The Beginning".

The criticism is about the plot of "The Beginning", mainly targeting the novel, not the TV series.

His point of view is also quite clear. First of all, "The Beginning" does not conform to realism. The cycle, which will never happen, only exists in fantasy, detached from life, and low-level interest.

Secondly, this book is classified as science fiction, but there is no scientific knowledge in it. It is purely a science fiction skin, and the cycle is essentially the same as time travel. It should be classified as a vulgar online novel, misleading the general readers.

The most important point is that the villain in the book is not hateful enough. Although the ending is happy, many people sympathize with the two criminals, and the core values ​​are incorrect.

We should learn more about Western classics and improve the connotation of the story.

To sum up, the selection of such books into the National Library is simply a desecration of the sacred temple.

If this essay was posted by an ordinary person, it would not cause any waves at all.

But the author of the article was Zhou Shifang, a well-known writer who is good at science fiction and has a large fan base. His criticism of "Beginning" immediately caused heated discussions among the public.

"What the hell is Zhou Shifang? Is he jealous of the good sales of "Beginning"? What are you talking about? Are you nitpicking?"

"Teacher Zhou is a representative of the Writers Association. His comments are authoritative. "Beginning" is just fast food literature. It is not qualified to be selected into the National Library."

"To put it bluntly, Dafei is just an artist. He is good at entertainment, but what kind of works can he write that will be passed down from generation to generation? Science fiction? It seems that he didn't even take the comprehensive science exam in the college entrance examination?"

"Nonsense, Dafei is from the music department, a liberal arts major, why should he take the comprehensive science exam? Dafei's works have been selected into the language Textbooks, do you, Zhou Shifang, have any works selected for textbooks? "

"Teacher Zhou's works are all novels, how can they be selected for textbooks? "Ten Thousand Years Later" is definitely better than "The Beginning". Da Fei's TV series are well made, but the novels are really not good. You can't just brag about the novels because the TV series is popular, right?"

"Bragging? Da Fei's talent is obvious to all. Who is Zhou Shifang? He also wants to get attention?"

"Sorry, our teacher Zhou doesn't need to get attention with an actor."

"..."

Zhou Shifang actually started a war of words on the Internet.

In addition to Zhou Shifang, several novelists helped to forward and jointly boycotted "The Beginning" from being selected for the National Library.

Novel fans and Da Fei's fans also started to curse each other fiercely.

Liang Yin was furious when she saw these remarks.

"This Zhou Shifang is really sick. After we rejected him, he started to scold us online? Isn't that too despicable?"

Lin Chudong sneered, "All writers are like this, with dark hearts."

Liang Yin crossed his arms and said angrily, "Da Fei, you should also write an essay to scold him back, scold him bloody!"

Liang Yin used to think that Da Fei could cause trouble, but now he finds that it is actually good to be able to scold people.

At least you don't have to hold your breath, if someone provokes you, just scold back.

This is not Da Fei causing trouble at all, but their pie is too big, and someone is eyeing it.

Everyone wants to share a piece of the pie, who is he?

Of course they will not agree to such an unreasonable request to continue "Beginning 2".

He just asked to continue "Beginning 2", and after being rejected, he turned around and wrote thousands of words to scold "Beginning". It's really disgusting.

And now it is during the public announcement period for the selection of the National Library. If these writers jointly boycott, it may really be cancelled.

Although it didn't cause any loss to them, the hard-earned honor was cancelled just because of these trolls? Isn't this too disgusting?

Lin Chudong said, "Well, I'll scold him a bit. Don't let this kind of person affect your mood. Let's get back to work."

Lin Chudong didn't bother to scold him in a long article, so he posted a sentence on Weibo.

"From a distance, it's a dog. From a close look, it's a Japanese dog. When I got to my face, oh, Mr. Zhou Shifang."

Once the Weibo was posted, it was forwarded more than 100,000 times in half an hour.

This is the fastest and most forwarded Weibo post by Dafei.

In the past, Dafei was more reserved in scolding people, but this time he was too direct.

"Hahaha, you are worthy of being Dafei, every sentence is incisive, you Zhou Shifang wrote thousands of words, but it is not as good as Dafei's two sentences."

"Zhou Shifang is indeed a Japanese dog. China has a five-thousand-year civilization and a deeper literary heritage than any other country, but he worships foreign things and insists on learning Western novels. It feels good to be a dog for Westerners, right?"

"Dafei hit the nail on the head, what he said is so vivid, such a fresh and refined scolding, this is the first time in my life!"

"Look at other intellectuals scolding, it is so fresh and refined, simple and straightforward, this wave supports Dafei."

"Zhou Shigou came out to be scolded, he wrote thousands of words but it is not as good as Dafei's two sentences, are you ashamed?"

"I suggest that the Writers Association expel Zhou Shifang, his character is poor, his level is not good, and he is really not in the same league as Dafei."

"..."

Dafei's words immediately became a hot topic on the Internet.

Zhou Shifang's fans were scolded so much that they dared not talk back. This is a precise attack, and the scolding is too accurate.

If he was scolding someone for something else, maybe there might be room for argument, but calling him a Japanese dog is truly indisputable.

When I complained about "The Beginning" before, I mentioned several Western masterpieces as worth learning, but not a single domestic book. What is this if it's not an Oriental dog?

In one sentence, Zhou Shifang was scolded and his defense was broken. He was so angry that he beat his chest and feet.

Lin Chudong did not pay attention to the news on the Internet again. If "The Beginning" was canceled from being selected into the National Library because of this incident, it would only mean that this honor had little value.

That night, when Lin Chudong was preparing to take a rest, he suddenly received a call from Editor Kang.

"Hello, Mr. Da Fei, I am the editor-in-chief of Feiyang's editorial department, Kang Literature."

"Hello, Chief Editor Kang, are you okay?"

"I saw the quarrel between you and Teacher Zhou on the Internet. Haha, he's a bit arrogant. Don't mind."

Lin Chudong smiled faintly, "I don't mind, I'm not from the literary world, so it doesn't matter."

Kang Wenxue went straight to the topic, "Well, the National Publishing Group has held a science fiction essay competition. The data for "The Beginning" is quite good. I was wondering if you are interested in participating in the essay competition on behalf of our publishing house?"

Lin Chudong frowned, "Publishing novels...what kind of treatment can you give me?"

Originally, Lin Chudong was not very interested in writing novels.

But the best-seller of "The Beginning" also made him think a lot. Writing books is indeed a way to make money, and it's very simple.

All you need is a [Memory Search Card], throw it to the publishing house after you finish writing, and you don’t have to worry about the rest, just wait and collect the money.

If he hadn't been harassed by that disgusting Zhou Shifang, his "The Beginning" would actually have sold quite well.

Kang Wenwen said, "I applied with the editor-in-chief. If the sales volume is less than 50,000 copies, the royalties will be 12% of the previous book "The Beginning"."

"If the sales exceed 50,000 copies, I will give you 15%. If the sales exceed 200,000 copies, I will give you 20%. If the sales exceed one million copies, I will give you 25%."

"Teacher Da Fei, this royalty share ratio is extremely high. Only top writers have this treatment. Even Zhou Shifang doesn't get 25% of the royalty share."

Lin Chudong was quite satisfied with this treatment. If he wrote another set of books with a similar number of words as the beginning, the price of a set of three books should be around seventy or eighty yuan.

With a 25% share, if one million copies are sold, that would be an income of 10 to 20 million.

This income is not a small figure, and it doesn't require Lin Chudong to do anything hard. He can just stay up all night and write it out. It's easy to make money.

Lin Chudong said, "Okay, I'll give it a try."

Kang Wenxue was a little surprised, "That's great. You can go back and write the 30,000-word introduction and outline and send it to me. I will take a look at it to the editor-in-chief. If there are no problems, I can start writing directly later."

"Well, just wait for my letter."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Chudong used the [Memory Search Card].

Closing his eyes, a string of words appeared in his mind.

Then he lay on the bed, picked up his laptop, connected the microphone, and started voice recording.

Computer microphones are also very effective, but if you have a professional recording microphone, you must use a professional one, and this is not impossible.

"Chapter 1, Boundaries of Science..."

…

Liang Jian's filming went very smoothly, but he will have to record "I Am a Comedian" in the next two days. The last broadcast of the program was very good, and the ratings exceeded 2, although it was not as good as "I Am the King of Singer" Explosion, but after all, it is just a variety show on CCTV.

CCTV's variety shows generally don't have high ratings, but local stations do better in this area.

Therefore, being able to break through 2 is already an extremely high figure, and it is considered a hit program.

Qiu Chengdong called Lin Chudong once a day, telling Lin Chudong to put up a good show in the next game, leaving him speechless.

In the evening, I first wrote the script of the sketch and sent it to Cheng Huanhuan.

This time he is going to play "Funny Stories about Robots".

This sketch can be considered tailor-made for Cheng Huanhuan. It was originally a work by Cai Ming and Guo Da. It tells the story of Guo Da who bought a female robot at home, but the various personalities of the female robot tortured him to death.

Most of the burden of this sketch is on Cheng Huanhuan. Now the audience prefers to watch her, so this program is very suitable.

…

TV station.

Cheng Huanhuan read the script and immediately applauded.

"Siqing, your Dafei really compliments me. How can I thank her? How about I knock you out and send you to his bed?"