This is the most embarrassing thing in the world.
After many small moves and provocations, the opponent finally responded. I excitedly opened the opponent's blog to take a look, but what he posted was completely unrelated news!
Isn’t this too insulting?
Even if Wen Ying’s blog was updated with just a “Hello everyone”, it would be better than recommending a weird book!
Bao Lixin took a closer look and realized that he knew the author of the book "Elope at Dawn", that was the hateful Song Foxiang - Song Foxiang was too tactless. When Bao Lixin worked at Rongcheng Literature and Art Publishing House, Song Foxiang often opposed Bao Lixin as a small editor and spoke sarcastically to Bao Lixin several times!
Although Bao Lixin had left, he was still paying attention to Rongcheng Literature and Art Publishing House. He knew that since he left, Ni Sisi was promoted from editor-in-chief to deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine, and Song Foxiang was transferred from junior editor of the magazine to publishing editor.
Song Foxiang worked as a publishing editor, but instead of launching any new works for the author, he used the publishing house's resources to help him publish a book first?
Rongcheng Literature and Art Publishing House is no better than this.
Bao Lixin hadn't even read the book "Elope at Dawn" and kept calling Song Foxiang a flatterer.
Bao Lixin thought that Wen Ying recommended Song Foxiang’s new book on her blog because Song Foxiang usually flattered Wen Ying a lot!
Wen Ying’s readers were also a little confused.
Isn’t Xiaoyu angry at all about plagiarism?
Oh, why is the little fish so obedient? It makes everyone feel so sorry for it.
Readers analyzed the situation in the group for most of the day and all agreed that they shouldn’t leave too many comments on Wen Ying’s blog, fearing that the comments would affect Wen Ying’s mood and thus affect her study status in the last semester of her senior year!
"The little fish belong to everyone, and we should all protect them together."
"That's right, don't leave a message for Xiaoyu, let's leave a message for the publishing house and Tianjiao Company."
"You can even go to Blue Whale's blog and scold her. After the variety show aired, she started a blog just like Xiaoyu. This imitator is a shrewd copycat, always trying to compete with Xiaoyu!"
In the QQ group, readers chat and scroll through the screen very quickly.
Most netizens these days have no concept of “cyberbullying” and don’t think there is anything wrong with going to Blue Whale’s social platform to curse others. After all, it is Blue Whale that did something wrong!
Amidst the chatter of "Protecting Xiaoyu," one reader timidly commented, "I suggest you check out the book Xiaoyu recommended, 'Elope at Dawn.' Not only is the title exciting, the content is also incredibly explosive! I secretly read it all by myself and can't wait to share it with you!"
The readers' chat screen paused.
What is "Elope at Dawn"?
How did such a strange thing get in...Oh, I remembered that Xiaoyu recommended this book on the blog.
Because the title of the book is too strange and does not match Wen Ying's usual image, most readers feel that Wen Ying is forced to do the business.
There is no way. Living in a society where favors are given to each other, Xiaoyu also has favors that he cannot refuse!
With this idea in mind, most readers ignored the content of Wen Ying’s latest blog. Unexpectedly, some readers actually bought a copy of "Elope at Dawn" and came to the reader group to share their thoughts after reading it.
The title of the book is exciting, the content is explosive, and you can’t wait to share it?
These keywords combined together are inexplicably exciting!
Some readers couldn't help but buy "Elope at Dawn". As expected, the content is very explosive and exciting, and it is even a little unsuitable for students to read... There are not many explicit descriptions, and the wording and plot are easy to make people blush and heartbeat.
You know what, this book is really interesting after reading it.
Not only Bao Lixin and readers are following Wenying's blog, but also many media reporters.
Wen Ying's blog shares daily life, announces new book developments, and contains notifications of some signing events, but she has never recommended a specific book.
The title of the book "Elope at Dawn" immediately caught the attention of media reporters.
Song Foxiang is a talented person, but he has not used his talent in the right way before.
He used to make a name for himself in the literary circle by writing poetry, and his control over words surpassed that of ordinary people!
When he reached middle age, his rich emotional experiences became Song Foxiang's life experience and also the material for his writing.
After Song Foxiang's new book was promoted through Wen Ying's blog, it immediately caught the media's attention. Within two or three days, many book reviews came out, most of which praised him.
Some critics called this book "the confession of a scumbag", saying that the writing style is very unique and the intention is very profound. They praised "Elope at Dawn" as a rare masterpiece in recent years!
Song Foxiang was confused.
Editor Wan collected many book reviews and asked Song Foxiang if Tianjiao had bought them for him. Song Foxiang was furious: "They are all real reviews. Why buy them? I haven't even made any money for Tianjiao!"
Editor Wan was relieved and immediately congratulated Song Foxiang:
"Old Song, it looks like you're going to be very famous!"
What's the fire?
Song Foxiang was feeling panicked.
Critics are very demanding, and generally what they praise are serious literature. If a book receives unanimous praise from critics, it is likely to win an award.
If this had happened 20 years ago, Song Foxiang would have been so happy. At that time, Song Foxiang only wanted to win awards for his creations and didn't care about the amount of royalties.
But now... he just wants to write a bestseller!
Song Foxiang was worried that the more critics praised "Elope at Dawn", the worse the sales of the book would be.
The first print run of "Elope at Dawn" was not high, only 50,000 copies, which shows that the publisher did not think it would be popular.
What surprised the publishing house leaders was that Wen Ying’s blog had only been updated for a week, and booksellers from all over the country wanted to continue purchasing... There was no inventory at all. If 50,000 books were distributed to major bookstores across the country, there wouldn’t be much left.
The publishing house was out of stock, so reprinting of "Elope at Dawn" was urgently put on the agenda.
For this reprint, the publisher changed the horizontal cover of the book and printed words such as "Highly recommended by the fish against the current" and "Highly praised by many literary critics".
The publishing house was quite cautious, fearing that this trend would not last long, so it only printed 200,000 copies the first time.
A print run of 250,000 copies is nothing to Wen Ying, and is even less than that of Blue Whale, which plagiarized Wen Ying's old books.
But for Song Foxiang, this print run is really quite large.
"Elope at Dawn" was signed at an 11% royalty rate, priced at 28 yuan, and 250,000 copies, which means the pre-tax royalty income was 770,000 yuan.
Tianjiao will take a commission from this money.
But even after paying the tax and Tianjiao taking a cut, Song Foxiang still had more than 300,000 yuan in his hands.
More than 300,000 Chinese yuan converted into US dollars is more than 40,000 US dollars.
Even if Song Chan did not have a scholarship at Yale, more than 40,000 US dollars would be enough to cover her expenses abroad for a year!
Success came so quickly that Song Foxiang couldn't believe it and suspected he was dreaming.
Yuan Fenghui looked at the sales figures for Song Foxiang's new book and was somewhat satisfied. She told Wen Ying, "'Elope at Dawn' has been a hit. The advertising rate for your blog is now 500,000 yuan per line. Many brands are willing to work with you."
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