Chapter 590: Stupid people make people more angry (asking for monthly votes)
Currently, Western mythology has its own system, and it is not just mythology. There are also several big IPs that have influence around the world after several generations of efforts.
But on the other hand, China is a little weaker.
There is no traditional classic IP, no system of gods and demons, let alone the primitive system summarized by several generations. There is even less of this.
To this end, if you want to truly write out this system slowly, on the one hand it takes time, and on the other hand it requires film and television adaptations to expand its influence.
For novels, the best way to promote them is through film and television adaptation.
Look at that world, why are the novels of Master Jin Yong so well-known? ?
It’s just that his novels are easy to adapt into film and television.
Therefore, Yu Xiaoshu planned to write "Journey to the West" first.
In two years, Yu Xiaoshu plans to make the IP of "Journey to the West" bigger and stronger. At the same time, he wants to make sure that everyone in China knows about "Journey to the West".
The Monkey King needs to be seen.
Children need the Monkey King, and adults need the Monkey King too.
After giving "Journey to the West" to Su Qing on April 1, Yu Xiaoshu no longer asked about it. He even gave full authority to Su Qing to be responsible for the promotion of the book.
Again, he may not believe in Fengyang Publishing House where Su Qing works, but he believes in Su Qing.
Given Su Qing's appreciation ability and personality, it is impossible for this "Journey to the West" to be buried.
But Yu Xiaoshu forgot one thing.
That is, his vest is far from having much influence.
After all, up to now, Yu Xiaoshu's pseudonym has only been influential in short stories, but this influence is far from reaching the level of a great writer.
So, why would others trust him unconditionally???
For example, Fengyang Magazine held a small meeting.
The main four people are editor-in-chief Zhao Xiangbei, chief editor Li Shang, editor Su Qing, and editor Xiao Feng.
Among them, Su Qing is the person in charge of Tianxia Di Er. Because it was a short story before, it was given to Xia He, so the long story was naturally given to Su Qing.
Xiao Feng is the editor-in-chief of "Weird Uncle".
This 'Strange Uncle' was discovered by Xiao Feng himself. As a newcomer, Xiao Feng gave 'Strange Uncle' a lot of help. So even though other publishing houses offered 'Strange Uncle' extremely generous conditions, 'Strange Uncle' still chose to sign with Feng Yang Publishing House.
In the past two years, there are only two great writers left in Fengyang Publishing, and all the platinum screenwriters have been poached. Precisely because of this, they are eager to support another great writer.
The masters here refer to those who write long stories. After all, the influence of short stories is still a little weaker.
Of course, if 'Second in the World' publishes another short story, then 'Fengyang Publishing House' will definitely give its full support and even meet all conditions.
But this is a long story.
Generally speaking, long passages are more difficult.
What’s more important is that many of today’s authors of physical books are extremely miserable. Some of them cannot even be said to be poor, and saying that they are poor is a compliment.
Generally speaking, books promoted by well-known authors and some publishing houses will basically have the first batch printed up to 200,000 copies, while for great authors it can reach one million, and for platinum books it can reach five million.
That's the gap.
It’s also influence.
When you become a great person, your influence will be infinite.
Even if you become a great writer, the publishing house will step up its efforts to promote you.
But what about the treatment of ordinary authors? ?
Most of their books are printed in quantities of around 5,000, and this is the first batch. Of course, ordinary authors basically have no chance to reprint, so ordinary authors are basically miserable.
In this regard, physical writers are far inferior to online writers.
But some ordinary writers have simpler ideas, that is, as long as they can be published, they will be satisfied.
Everyone's pursuit is different.
For ordinary authors, they just want to be published and then think about printing more in the first batch.
For well-known writers, of course they want to become great writers, the temptation is huge.
Take "Strange Uncle" for example. When he was a newcomer, the first print run was only 10,000 copies. This was because Xiao Feng was extremely optimistic about him and bought him.
Later on, he produced more and more first prints.
This time, the first print run of the final song of "The Magic Way" by 'Weird Uncle' was as high as 1.8 million copies, which has far exceeded the first print run of well-known authors, and is even close to the first print run of great gods.
This is the trust that Fengyang Publishing House has in Strange Uncle.
But they don't have that much trust in 'Second in the World' and 'Fengyang Publishing House'.
I have said everything that needs to be said before.
But after all, the official publication is about to begin. At this time, on the one hand, we need to have a good discussion about the promotion, and on the other hand, we need to look at the final first print run.
Zhao Xiangbei, the editor-in-chief of Fengyang Publishing House, said: "The response to the final song of The Devil's Way is quite good online. In that case, let's sell 2 million copies directly, so that we won't be caught off guard if it sells out."
Hearing what Zhao Xiangruo said, Xiao Feng smiled.
Obviously, he is very confident about the final song of "The Devil's Way". If "Strange Uncle" can become a god overnight, then he, Xiao Feng, will also have a place in the industry.
You know, it was he who dug out the "Strange Uncle" himself.
Editor-in-chief Li Shang nodded slightly: "I agree, let's print 2 million copies of the final song of "The Devil's Way" for the first time."
Obviously, everyone is equally confident about the final song of "The Devil's Way".
On the one hand, the publishing house has done a survey, and the final song of "The Untamed" is already quite good just based on the purchases by fans, not to mention other passers-by discs.
The sales of the previous three "Magic City" series were quite amazing, so there is no reason why the finale would not be good this time.
As for "Journey to the West"?
Obviously, judging from some feedback, people are not interested in this innovative novel about gods and demons.
Many times, innovation often means failure.
The key point is that this 'second in the world' is indeed quite inflated and even wants to establish his own school.
This is too difficult.
Or impossible.
That's exactly the case. Judging from the feedback, the trend of "Journey to the West" doesn't seem to be very good.
So, after much discussion, everyone finally decided to print 100,000 copies of Journey to the West.
They feel this is already a lot.
On the one hand, 100,000 copies is an extra print run for a well-known author, and on the other hand, 100,000 copies of "The Second Best in the World" is a very high first print run anyway.
After a few days of feedback, it was found that "Journey to the West" was indeed not that good.
This made Zhao Xiangbei have to think about it. If he printed too many copies in the first print, would it be a waste of money?
This has happened before. A publishing house was optimistic about a work, but in the end only a few thousand copies were sold, and the rest could not be sold even at a discount.
Zhao Xiangbei thought for a while and said, "I think we should reduce the number of copies of Journey to the West by another 20,000. Let's print 80,000 copies of this first edition."
Li Shang agreed.
Su Qing couldn't help it.
She thought the editor-in-chief and the chief editor had been kicked in the head by a donkey???
When the number of copies reached 100,000 at the beginning, Su Qing himself was somewhat dissatisfied.
Are you kidding me???
Such a novel only had a first print run of 100,000 copies???
But Su Qing thought about it and agreed. After all, what the editor-in-chief said made some sense. If the market feedback was good, then just continue to print more copies.
However, now that it is about to be launched, they are going to reduce the printing again.
Originally, Su Qing wanted to say something, hoping to at least convince the editor-in-chief to print the first edition.
100,000 copies may seem like a lot, but after they are distributed, there aren’t many left.
Let’s not talk about online for now, how many bookstores can be built offline???
If "Journey to the West" really becomes a huge hit by then, it will be too late for you guys to catch up.
Unfortunately, before Su Qing could say anything, another 20,000 volumes were reduced.
Are you kidding???
So Su Qing simply said: "I object!!"
"Xiao Su, I know what you think. Actually, we are not unpopular with Journey to the West, but you know the psychology of today's readers. They just want to read straightforward plots and don't want to think at all. And Journey to the West is written in ancient Chinese. How many people do you think are willing to read such an obscure article?"
Li Shang was worried that Su Qing might say something inappropriate, so he spoke first: "So, based on the survey feedback from this section, I feel that these 80,000 copies will definitely not be sold out."
Zhao Xiangbei also smiled and said, "Xiao Su, I know you like Journey to the West, but such a work is destined to be a niche, and niche literature is unlikely to have a market."
Looking at Li Shang and Zhao Xiangbei, Su Qing was a little amused.
Su Qing has been working hard at Fengyang Publishing House. She likes the atmosphere here. In the beginning, Su Qing was recruited by the previous editor-in-chief, who also taught her a lot.
'Fengyang Publishing House' is a publishing house with a human touch.
Compared to other cold interest publishing houses, or even some so-called unspoken rules, Su Qing likes this place.
But today, she was a little angry and a little disgusted with this place.
Sometimes, if a person is stupid, other things are more annoying than bad things.
Minority text? ?
No market??
Su Qing said to Li Shang and Zhao Xiangruo, "This Journey to the West is written in classical Chinese. The literary value alone is enough for many people to discuss. Do you know how many people are in the Chinese Classical Chinese Research Association? How many people are in the Chinese Poetry Research Association? Not to mention other things, even the Literature Association will definitely recognize this novel. Is this considered a niche?
Well, let's take a step back. This Journey to the West is a niche, but a niche represents cohesion and purchasing power. I originally thought that a first print run of one million copies of Journey to the West was not too much, but we chose to print 100,000 copies. Yes, if these 100,000 copies are sold out quickly, then we will suffer a slight loss at most, and we can just speed up the printing. But have you ever thought about another thing? ? "
Having said this, Su Qing paused.
That's just the kind of person she is.
Normally, on the Internet, Su Qing has never lost a debate to others, but in real life, she has never really participated in debates and behaves in a more Buddhist manner.
It is precisely because of this that many people in the publishing house think that Su Qing is a good person.
A good person often means someone with a good temper, and sometimes even someone who is easy to bully.
If it were other editors, perhaps it wouldn't be like this. After all, whether it's the editor-in-chief or the chief editor, they still have to consider the feelings of their subordinates.
Of course, editors also have to fight for the rights and interests of their contracted writers.
For example, Xiao Feng, why does the weird uncle always follow him? Isn’t it because he has been trying to get generous conditions for the weird uncle?
Otherwise, if your editor is just a mouthpiece, then why should I always work for you???
Of course Su Qing knew this.
She just didn't want to argue before, and another thing was that she knew Yu Xiaoshu probably didn't care about this.
But let’s not talk about the first print run of 100,000 copies. Su Qing had mentioned this number to Yu Xiaoshu on the phone before.
At that time, Yu Xiaoshu jokingly said: "Oh, who are you looking down on?"
yes.
Let’s not talk about looking down on the ‘second best in the world’.
After all, 'Second in the World' has never written a long novel.
But you should not look down on "Journey to the West" so much.
This is one of the four great classics.
What is a classic?
That is, no matter how much time has passed, no matter when and where, it affects everyone, young and old, and even has far-reaching impacts.
Just look at the influence of "Journey to the West" on Earth.
But what is the result? ?
After reading it, Fengyang Publishing House only gave a first print run of 100,000 copies.
But Yu Xiaoshu didn't care.
He thinks that once the movie is released, people will know how big Journey to the West will be.
Yu Xiaoshu didn't care, but Su Qing did.
She felt that Fengyang Publishing House, or rather the editor-in-chief, was too stupid. Not only was the editor-in-chief stupid, but the chief editor was also stupid.
Can they really not see the value of Journey to the West?
Besides, if it wasn't for me, how could Ren Yu Xiaoshu come to your Feng Yang Publishing House? ?
The result is good.
The number of copies will be reduced from 100,000 to 80,000.
What is this for???
Is it humiliating???
For this, Su Qing almost slammed the table.
100,000 copies.
No volume can be missing.
Whether it was the editor-in-chief or the editor-in-chief, they had never seen Su Qing explode like this before, and Su Qing did not even give either of them face.
"Xiao Su, don't be angry. Okay, let's do as you said, 100,000 copies, but..."
Zhao Xiangbei suppressed his anger. He smiled and asked Su Qing to sit down first, then said: "If Journey to the West doesn't sell that many copies, then you won't get your bonus. You have to buy these books..."
"Editor-in-Chief..."
Li Shang's face changed when he heard this. He was about to say something but was glared at by Zhao Xiangbei and he dared not say anything.
Su Qing was a little disappointed, but she said calmly, "Okay."
After saying that, Su Qing turned around and left the meeting room. She still needed to think of a promotional slogan for the next launch of "Journey to the West".
At the same time, you should also think about the book's waistband.
Then Su Qing called Yu Xiaoshu and said, "Okay, this is it."
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(End of this chapter)
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