Chapter 597: Fire at Yu Xiaoshu
"Journey to the West" suddenly became popular.
Because it has gone viral, the book is even harder to find in the market.
At present, all major bookstores are madly seeking "Journey to the West". Apparently, the 100,000 copies of "Journey to the West" were sold out in two hours, and then, those who originally liked to read the book could not buy it, so all major bookstores have already called "Feng Yang Publishing House".
But as I said before, no matter how fast it goes, it will still take about 3 days.
The printing factory still needs to work overtime, after all, they have to continue distributing the goods.
But who could have expected that because of Yu Xiaoshu's promotion, many people who didn't read books or even had never heard of "Journey to the West" began to express their desire to buy a copy.
The bookstore is in a hurry.
Everyone knows that publicity is basically time-sensitive. Many times, people’s attention may still be here today, but it may be overtaken by other hot topics tomorrow.
Even a fool would understand this, let alone Liu Bo.
Liu Bo was originally dating his little star, and he felt that since Zhao Xiangbei already knew what to do, there was no need for him to care anymore.
This has always been Liu Bo’s idea.
In this regard, Liu Bo and Liu Qianqian are not really real sisters, but they are better than real sisters.
When two people trust each other, it is an unprincipled trust.
If you tell me to go east, I will definitely not go west.
But Liu Qianqian was lucky because she met Yu Xiaoshu, who turned Liu Qianqian's Baiqian Media around step by step and directly made Baiqian Media the most influential small and medium-sized film and television company today.
But what about Zhao Xiangbei? ?
Liu Bo basically trusted Zhao Xiangbei so much that he handed over all the company's affairs to Zhao Xiangbei. As a result, eight years had passed. In eight years, Fengyang Publishing House had the opportunity to become a medium-sized publishing house, but now it has become a small publishing house.
It can be said that what Zhao Xiangbei has done in the past eight years is like a hindrance.
But, on the one hand, Zhao Xiangbei was recruited by Liu Bo after all. No matter from which perspective, Liu Bo does not want to slap himself in the face. After all, everyone has to save face.
Another point is that Zhao Xiangbei is good at making big promises.
This guy was recruited by Liu Bo to join Fengyang Publishing House because he was good at making big promises.
Although there was a loss at the end of each year, Zhao Xiangbei always told Liu Bo that we had the advantage and that next year would be better.
Although next year did not bring the best, Zhao Xiangbei was still making big promises to Liu Bo.
People are like this. It is difficult for them to make decisions immediately. Often, they make mistakes one after another. Then, because of the sunk costs, they even feel that they have paid so much. If they leave or give up, wouldn’t it be a big loss? ?
This is what Liu Bo thinks.
He felt that he had trusted Zhao Xiangbei for so long, so he might as well trust him a little longer.
And so it went, year after year, three years after three years, three years after three years, and now it is the ninth year.
Unfortunately, the turning point that Zhao Xiangbei mentioned still did not come.
But this time, Liu Bo felt it coming without Zhao Xiangbei saying anything.
"Brother Bo, look, your publishing house is going to make a lot of money this time."
The young artist opposite Liu Bo said with a slight exclamation.
"kindness??"
Liu Bo was stunned: "What do you mean?"
"Ah, look..."
The young artist quickly took out his phone and said to Liu Bo, "Yu Xiaoshu posted it on the social media platform, and then a lot of people forwarded it, almost half of the people in the entertainment industry."
“Oh? Really??”
Liu Bo looked at the phone handed over by the young artist and was like "Oh shit".
Currently, the hot searches are almost all about promotion of "Journey to the West".
Someone even created a topic called #All Stars Cheer for Journey to the West#.
Obviously, because of the traffic, many marketing accounts have also started to promote it.
It was as if overnight, "Journey to the West" was deified.
The problem is that before this, "Journey to the West" had basically never entered the mainstream. Even during this literary boom, people didn't care much about "Journey to the West". Only a few people who paid attention to it thought that this "second best in the world" was stupid and that "Feng Yang Publishing House" was really getting worse and worse, and they actually started to use this kind of hype.
In short, before "Journey to the West" was released, almost no one cared about this mythological novel. Everyone thought that the only way to read this mythological novel was to read Wang Xing's, or at worst read other works.
This one is obviously a scam.
In the forum, only a few loyal readers of 'Second in the World' are still explaining it.
Of course, the explanation was also very cautious: "Although I also feel a little bit skeptical about the claim that 'Second in the World' carried the army of fantasy novels, but I still hope that everyone believes in 'Second in the World', and that 'Journey to the West' should not be wrong."
Take a look.
Even loyal readers don’t dare to say it’s too full.
Besides, this 'Second in the World' has only written short stories. Comparatively speaking, he definitely does not have many so-called loyal readers.
Under such circumstances, many people actually don’t care much about "Journey to the West".
But who could have thought of that.
"Journey to the West" is originally excellent enough, and the first volume published is exactly the most exciting plot of the previous havoc in Heaven. Some people really can't understand it, but some people can understand it.
After all, there are many people reading books.
Generally speaking, people just casually read the book "Journey to the West", and after reading a few chapters, if they find it good, they will naturally buy it.
Even people often have the desire to share. When you read a good novel, you will think about sharing it with other people.
This is also the reason why "Journey to the West" was sold out in just two hours.
Is it an exaggeration? ?
It's indeed a bit exaggerated.
But this is the charm of "Journey to the West".
Or it may be because the current mythological novels are still too weak. Many people do not dislike mythological novels, but they are all either similar or too formulaic. Under such circumstances, it is quite difficult for everyone to read some good ones.
For this reason, when people see that "Journey to the West" is really good, of course they will recommend it.
As mentioned before, how do we distinguish niche texts?
No matter how small your niche is, you can’t beat the large number of people and the large base.
Just like many people say that those who read novels about gods and demons are a minority after all, but is it true? ?
In fact, there are still a lot of people.
After all, the base number is large, right?
More importantly, let's go back to what we just said. How many volumes does Journey to the West have in total?
The first print run totaled only 100,000 copies.
The readers of fantasy novels are a small group, but to be honest, no matter how small the group is, it can't be this small.
Therefore, for many people, they think that "Journey to the West" is good, so they naturally recommend it. But after recommending it, they find out that it is out of stock.
At this time, it can actually only be considered the first wave.
Because "Journey to the West" was sold out two hours after it was released.
Then of course it is the first wave.
The real influence, or the one that really went viral, was actually the second wave.
Almost half of the artists in the entertainment industry began to repost Yu Xiaoshu’s posts on social media platforms, and it was only then that the entire network exploded.
Out of the circle.
No one expected that this literary heyday would come out in such a situation, and no one expected that the thing that came out was a "Journey to the West".
As for Liu Bo, he understood it the moment he saw it.
This must have been done with Qianqian’s help.
He smiled and said to the young artist opposite him: "I told you, Liu Qianqian of Baiqian Media is my sister. And, her relationship with Yu Xiaoshu is self-evident. She must have seen that our novel is not selling well, so she is helping to promote it. In fact, there is really no need, no need to be so exaggerated..."
Obviously, Liu Bo really thought that this was because of Liu Qianqian.
It’s normal when you think about it.
Many times, others may not be able to obtain something in their entire life, but for these people, it is just a matter of words.
Liu Bo has done too many things like this over the years.
He also felt that such a thing was very easy to do.
Now that he is in front of the young artist he is dating, Liu Bo can of course pretend as much as he can.
Sure enough, after Liu Bo said this, the young artist instantly showed a look of admiration, and even felt that if Yu Xiaoshu, a small author from a publishing house, could help like this, then if it were me.
Thinking of this, the young artist almost decided to sacrifice himself.
Of course, we need to see a little more effect here.
Liu Bo, who often hangs out with women, laughed inwardly at the look on the young artist's face.
He knew that this matter was accomplished.
But he knew that most of the time he had to play hard to get. Tomorrow was the celebration party for "The Beginning", so he could take the young artist with him.
Tomorrow is the day when he will officially sleep with this young artist.
Now.
You still need to take care of it first.
As long as the fish takes the hook, it's no longer a problem.
To play hard to get.
In this regard, Liu Bo can be said to have a firm grasp on it.
So, he pretended to check his phone, then said to the young artist, "Huanhuan, sorry, I need to go back to the publishing house because I need them to increase the printing volume."
Obviously, Liu Bo also knew that when the opportunity came, he had to seize it.
He didn't think about it. Since Liu Qianqian really has such a big face, why doesn't Yu Xiaoshu promote "The Demonic Way" in addition to "Journey to the West"?
Human beings.
Many times, those involved are the most confused.
Not only Liu Bo thought that Yu Xiaoshu should promote "Journey to the West", but Zhao Xiangbei and Li Shang also thought so.
Therefore, Li Shang specially called Su Qing to his office today.
Although Su Qing continued to work diligently these days, Li Shang could see that Su Qing was suppressing his anger.
In addition, Li Shang actually knew that Zhao Xiangbei had disliked Su Qing for a long time.
Good job.
Li Shang, being caught between Su Qing and Zhao Xiangbei, actually had a headache. He felt that Su Qing was very capable, and Su Qing was different from other people. Some people went to work to earn money, some people went to work purely to make a living, and some people went to work for a transition period. Only Su Qing worked in this publishing house because he really loved it.
Love can overcome everything.
Su Qing doesn't even care whether he has money or not.
She just loves this job.
Over the years, Su Qing has never complained about the heavy workload, nor has she ever thought about a pay raise, and sometimes she even does extra work that is not her job.
Where can you find such good employees?
It would be fine if they didn't give him a medal, but why are they trying to suppress him???
Therefore, Li Shang has suggested this to Zhao Xiangbei many times.
Li Shang didn't care about Su Qing's attitude.
If an employee has no personality at all, then he or she has truly become a mediocre person.
But Zhao Xiangbei didn't listen to it.
Last time, Su Qing's retort had already made Zhao Xiangbei unhappy, but what was the more critical point? ?
What’s more crucial is that Zhao Xiangbei actually miscalculated this time.
The first print run of 100,000 copies was sold out in just two hours.
Someone has to be responsible for this.
Zhao Xiangbei, Li Shang, Su Qing, and Xiao Feng, these four people held a small meeting together at the beginning.
Only four people knew what was said at the meeting.
So who should take the blame now?
Zhao Xiangbei definitely won’t carry the responsibility, Li Shang will carry a little, Xiao Feng has nothing to do with anyone, but Su Qing will have to carry a little.
Even though she was right, she still had to take the blame.
So, Li Shang said to Su Qing, "Xiao Su, you should apologize to Editor-in-Chief Zhao. It was Yu Xiaoshu's promotion that made Journey to the West a bestseller."
Su Qing looked at Li Shang with some disappointment and said, "Editor-in-chief, do you really believe it's because of Yu Xiaoshu?"
"certainly."
Li Shang coughed lightly, then he said to Su Qing: "Xiao Su, you may not know that the president of our publishing house and the president of Baiqian Media are cousins. With his words, Yu Xiaoshu will certainly help. In this way, the sales of Journey to the West will naturally rise steadily. You have also seen the situation on the Internet today..."
Su Qing: “???”
She was really so angry at this time that she was completely speechless.
Do you really think so???
At the same time, criticism of Yu Xiaoshu also arose online.
This included Jiang Qingsong, the vice president of the Gods and Demons Fiction Association. He directly tagged Yu Xiaoshu and said, "I hope you in the entertainment industry will stop interfering with our writers. Besides, our writers rely on their strength. Do you really think you can create gods by relying on hype, traffic, and publicity???"
At the same time, many people in the writer circle forwarded Jiang Qingsong's post.
Obviously, these people thought Yu Xiaoshu was going too far.
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(End of this chapter)
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