Chapter 212 Newcomers to the literary world

On June 21, Zhang Duo came out of home early and rushed to Wansheng Book Company first. He flew back to Bincheng from Jiangnan Film and Television City last night in order to participate in the 2002 Bincheng Book Ordering Conference.

When Zhang Duo arrived at the company, it was only after eight o'clock. In the whole company, except for the staff on duty of Wansheng.com, only Jiang Xiancheng arrived.

"Zhang Shao, this is the sales data as of the first half of this year!" Jiang Xiancheng handed over an account book to say.

After Zhang Duo took over, he took a look at the general account. In the first half of the year, due to the hot release of "Bright Sword" at the beginning of the year, more than 600,000 copies of the novel have been sold. And "Love Swordsman Remerciless Sword" also sold 230,000 sets in just ten days because of the hit of "Xiao Li Fei Dao".

Because there were no hot spots to pay attention to for too long, only more than 80,000 sets were sold in half a year. The four single books of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" have sold more than one million copies without any suspense. The collection after the end has also sold 360,000 sets.

As for "Tianlong Babu" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", because the copyright is in Songjiang People's Publishing House, the manuscript fee is paid directly to Zhang Duo's card and is not included in the accounts of Wansheng Books. The Legend of the Condor Heroes, which is worth mentioning, also sold more than 500,000 sets of novels due to the popularity of TV series.

Nowadays, the industry under Zhang Duo's name has formed a complete circle from novel creation to film and television drama adaptation and release, which in turn promotes the virtuous circle of novels*, which is also the fundamental reason why Wanbang Film and Television's performance can advance rapidly.

After closing the account book, Zhang Duo nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile, "Uncle Jiang, thank you for your hard work!"

"You're welcome, Master Zhang. This is just my business!" Jiang Xiancheng said with a warm smile.

"Is there anything new in the publishing industry recently?" Zhang Duo asked casually.

"I was about to tell you, Zhang Shao, do you remember Zhou Yuemin, who won the second place in the preliminary competition of the Songjiang Cup novel competition?" Jiang Xiancheng said solemnly.

Zhang Duo will never forget this when he see it. He smiled and said, "I remember that I personally moved the prize for him. Why? Is this newcomer on fire?

"Wait a minute, Master Zhang!" After saying that, Jiang Xiancheng bent down to the drawer of his desk, turned out a newspaper, handed it to Zhang Duo and said, "Zhang Shao, look at this news!"

The newspaper is a photo of Zhang Duo handing the 8,000 yuan check template to Zhou Yuemin. There is nothing strange, but the most strange thing is the title above. The king of new and old martial arts novels completed the handover at the award ceremony.

Looking down, the whole article enthusiastically praises how outstanding Zhou Yuemin's novels are. It has comprehensively surpassed Meng Nanxing's works and become the king of the new generation of martial arts novels.

After reading the newspaper, Zhang Duo casually asked, "Is there anything special about this man?" In Zhang Duo's opinion, no one can surpass Jin and Gu in the field of martial arts novels, and he naturally has nothing to worry about.

Jiang Xiancheng said solemnly, "This man is not simple. He can also be said to be a genius, not under Zhang Shao and Wang Cheng!"

"Oh, then you want to tell me what style his work is!" Zhang Duo came to say with interest.

Jiang Xiancheng said calmly, "Although his achievements are not as good as Zhang Shao, he is also a figure in the establishment of the sect!"

Hearing this, Zhang Duo was finally a little moved, "Is it possible that he pioneered a 'time-travel novel?'

At this time, it was Jiang Xiancheng's turn to be surprised, "Zhang Shao, have you read the newspaper?"

"I don't have the habit of reading newspapers, it's just a casual guess! By the way, what kind of novel did he write? Do you have it here? Come and show it to me!"

Since the other party's works are still in the category of martial arts, in addition to being upgraded to immortals, they travel through history! However, in the words of Xianxia, there are classical gods and demon novels "Romance of the Gods" and "Journey to the West" in front of pearls and jade, which is not a sect at all. In this way, compared with the other party, it is an overhead crossing.

"I have his book here. Wait a minute!" Jiang Xiancheng took out a book called "Xunming Ji" from the bookshelf and handed it to Zhang Duo.

After reading a few chapters at a glance, Zhang Duo knew Zhou Yuemin's strength. This "Looking for the Ming Dynasty" is similar to "Looking for Qin". It says that Liu Xiaolong, an elite soldier from the special forces of mainland China in the 21st century, became a white mouse in the space-time experiment of the National Academy of Science and Technology and was sent back to the founding of the Ming Dynasty. However, the space-time machine had a devastating explosion, and all the researchers involved The ashes and smoke disappeared. The story of Liu Xiaolong in the historical world more than 600 years ago.

History is inertia, and when it develops to a certain stage, it will show its inevitable side. Martial arts novels in this world have developed to the extreme in Zhang Duo's hands. If others want to be innovative, they have to find another way out. If they can think of the idea of time travel, Zhou Yuemin is really a talent!

"Isn't this book well received?" Zhang Duo asked.

Jiang Xiancheng said with a wry smile, "It's more than good!" Since you rewritten "Emperor Yongzheng" instead of writing martial arts novels, the most popular one is Zhou Yuemin's "Looking for the Ming Dynasty"! His current popularity can be said to be completely inferior to last year's Zhang Shaoyou, otherwise the Northeast Evening News would not dare to publish this report, claiming that Zhou Yuemin has replaced your position as the king of martial arts novels!"

Zhang Duo sneered and said, "There is no tiger in the mountains, and the monkey dominates. I just want to rest for a while and jump out of the person who wants to replace me!"

"Although last year's rich list of writers has not yet come out, everyone knows that you are absolutely the top of the list. Now the only question of the media is whether your contribution fee last year has over 100 million yuan. Now you are the well-deserved king of popular novels. If Zhou Yuemin wants to become famous, she will get twice the result with half the effort!" Jiang Xiancheng analyzed for Zhang Duo.

"It's just that I'm really distracted now. I'm afraid I'll make him proud for a while!" Zhang Duo is now updating "Emperor Yongzheng" and "Buddha is the Tao" at the same time. He is busy shooting "Shanghai Beach" and has to get "Journey to the West" before the end of the year. He really doesn't have the energy to open the third novel.

"In this case, I'm afraid that after a long time, the reader will forget you?" Jiang Xiancheng said worriedly.

Zhang Duo laughed. Several novels he has written now are long-lasting and popular works for decades. How can they be forgotten by readers in a short time?

"It's okay, I have my own measure! By the way, it's getting late. It's time for us to rush to the venue. It's not good to let the leaders of the city wait for us!"

As the general manager of Wansheng Books, Jiang Xiancheng has a special car and driver. Zhang Duo did not drive his own car and rubbed Jiang Xiancheng's Audi to the venue.

Similar to last year, outside the venues in Bincheng International Exhibition, there are still banners hanging high and colorful balls fluttering. The red banner on the gate of the venue became the 2002 Bincheng Book Ordering Conference. On both sides of the banner are the names of the publishing houses participating in the exhibition. The largest poster of Emperor Yongzheng above is provided by CCTV.

After buying back the novel adaptation rights of Emperor Yongzheng, the Chinese TV series production center immediately started to operate. Ask Zhang Duo for the following plot outline, change the script, determine the director, and choose actors. He was very busy.

The designated Yongzheng actor is Sui Guoqing, a first-class actor of the National Theatre of China, and the poster in the Bincheng Book Ordering Conference, which is his makeup photo.

When Zhang Duo and Jiang Xiancheng arrived, it was only past 9:30, but the whole order meeting would not open until 10 o'clock. The two went to the guest lounge first, where there was a sofa for rest, as well as some snacks and drinks.

When Zhang Duo and Jiang Xiancheng were resting, they suddenly saw a vast group of people pouring into the lounge. Among them are Wu Weizhong, the editor-in-chief of Northeast Evening News, and Zhu Guoxing, the new editor-in-chief of Songjiang People's Publishing House. And the most energetic one is Zhou Yuemin.

"It's early, Lao Jiang! A Duo, how's your "Shang Beach"? Wu Weizhong and Jiang Xiancheng have been old friends for many years, and their personal friendship with Zhang Duo is not bad, so they came up to say hello. Zhang Duo and Jiang Xiancheng greeted Wu Weizhong with a smile.

Zhu Guoxing was hired by Songjiang People's Publishing House and has never been with Jiang Xiancheng. Moreover, the relationship between the two companies is not harmonious, so he did not come forward.

Zhou Yuemin looks familiar, "Oh, Zhang Duo, is it fun to shoot?"

Zhang Duo looked at the newcomer who had just become popular and said casually, "It's sloppy, very tired!"

"Really, I'm going to make a TV series for a year or two!" Zhou Yuemin said ambitiously.

Is that right? Then I wish you success!" Zhang Duo said politely.

"Why, you don't believe me? Let me tell you, I will enter the movie and TV series sooner or later. But I want to start my own company, unlike you, as a minority shareholder in Wanbang, and the majority of them have been separated by others!" Zhou Yuemin said disdainfully that he obviously did not agree with Zhang Duo's entrepreneurial model.

Zhang Duopi said with a smile, "Really? Then I wish you a prosperous business and a long box office in advance!" Zhang Duo said insincerely. In his past and present life, there have been too many complacent and ambitious people like Zhou Yuemin after making some achievements! But I don't even bother to say it!

Zhou Yuemin heard Zhang Duo's perfunctory meaning, "Zhang Duo, I know you were very popular last year, but I'm sorry that your routine is outdated. In the future, it will be the world of fictional novels I created. Even if you open a martial arts novel again, I'm afraid you will not be my opponent. So it's wise for you to write Emperor Yongzheng instead!"

When Zhou Yuemin said this, Jiang Xiancheng, Wu Weizhong and Zhu Guoxing were stunned. Unlike Zhang Duo, who doesn't like to read newspapers, these three people are in the publishing industry. They still know more about Zhou Yuemin and know that they are bold, but they don't expect that he dares to say such provocative words on such an occasion.