The heavens from Bailuyuan

Chapter 168 Acacia Son (Full Order)

Youfei Pavilion's efficiency is still very high.

Three or four days passed.

He sent a sample book to Bai Gui, and informed him of the release date of the first issue.

"This template book is good..."

Bai Gui nodded, looking at the joint recommendations of professors on the cowhide cover, he felt that the qualifications were not low.

"The Japanese version of this book will be released soon, but I also need to write a handwritten copy of the Chinese version and pass it to Mr. Zhu..."

He spread out the original manuscript of "Denghuayue Nanfeng Extreme Summit" given to him by Mr. Zhu, looked at the ink stains on it, sighed, and was speechless for a long time.

The original Japanese manuscript of "Guns, Germs, and Steel" is about 30 words.

With the Japanese comparison, his translation speed will not be too slow.

Writing novels about the Great Qin Empire is nothing more than that. Although it uses ancient times to describe the present, it is just a historical novel written with depth.But the book "Guns, Germs, Steel" is different. The Japanese version will be released soon, so I have to send the Chinese version back to Mr. Zhu...

An answer to Mr. Zhu.

This is the relationship between master and apprentice!

After a day or two.

Bai Gui opened the private letter that Bai Xiuzhu handed him. As usual, he greeted him first. There was nothing too nasty. Although Bai Xiuzhu was raised by Amei Kenguo, she also received Chinese education, so she would not be so explicit in expressing her love. .

The main idea of ​​the letter is to let Bai Gui study hard in Dongying and aspire to study. It also mentions that she recently met one or two good friends under the recommendation of her cousin Wang Yufen. Among them is Jin Meili, the eighth lady of the Jin family. Kind and cute...

Wang Yufen is the third daughter-in-law of the Jin family.

In addition, near the end of the letter, she mentioned her elder brother Bai Xiongqi's official appointment as a member of the Zizheng Yuan.

"I've been studying hard recently, and I've been studying under Professor Baishi. I just wrote a novel a few days ago, and the booklet will be released in a few days. I'll pass it to you when the time comes..."

Bai Gui wrote lines of small letters on the letter paper with a brush.

He was used to writing with a pen in Japan, but he still kept writing with a brush when he wrote back to China.

Sending a letter from Dongying to Yanjing once, the price is not low, about two or three silver dollars.

The embassy is slightly cheaper.

But this is much cheaper than telegrams, which cost hundreds of silver dollars.

But... Obviously he and Bai Xiuzhu are not short of money, and can write three or four letters every week.

After this letter is written.

Bai Gui put it in an envelope and wrote the address.

He pondered for a while, then took out some plain white letter paper, and rubbed the ink to write.

The date written in the letter this time is two or three days later than the last one.

After a while.

Filled with letterhead, put in another envelope.

"Xiuzhu replies too frequently. I practice literature and martial arts every day, and I have to write a book. How can I have time to reply one by one... Besides, I can't tell you everything about Dongpu..."

A trace of guilt flashed in Bai Gui's heart for no reason.

At first, he could reply to Bai Xiuzhu's letters one at a time, but after a long time, it was inevitable that he would be a little neglected.

He sighed, packed a single volume sent by Youfeige with wrapping paper, and put it together with the second letter.

After a while, I went to the embassy to send a letter.

Although it is said that letters are sent at the same time, it is impossible for the embassy to send letters every day. Instead, when there are too many letters from home, they will be delivered in batches at a certain time, so the interval of one or two days is normal.

The same is true for domestic post stations.

Not one letter will come, one letter will be sent.

When Bai Gui sorted out the letters from Bai Xiuzhu and repacked them, a lovesickness slipped out of the envelope.

Acacia, that is, red beans.

He shook his head, smiled, and repacked the red beans into the envelope.

Red beans are born in southern China, and a few branches are born in spring.May you pick more, this thing is the most lovesick.

To write a love letter, red beans are indispensable.

This is the romance of the ancients.

……

The sale of the first issue of "Guns, Germs, Steel" came soon as promised.

Just like the first Asahisha sale of the first volume of the Great Qin Empire, Yufeige also advertised in various newspapers. The headlines of the news were "Bai Meihe's new work by the author of the Great Qin Empire, recommended by all professors", "Bai Meihe's new work , not to be missed", "Explaining the Great Work of Human History"...

The titles are hilarious!
It's just that gimmicks are not enough. People who buy newspapers have long been tired of these gimmicks.

"A new work by Bai Meihe, author of the Great Qin Empire? Interesting..."

"If it can be unanimously recommended by many professors, the content should not be much worse."

"Do you think this Bai Meihe has a background? It's nothing more than being recommended by the Great Qin Empire last time. After all, the writing is quite powerful, but this time it was recommended by the professors again? Does he have any background behind him?"

"..."

Some people question it, and some people praise it.

But the heat is there.

There are still cards for Youfei Pavilion, and the sales of the first issue are also in major bookstores in Tokyo.

"The novel has not been serialized in newspapers this time, and those who can come to buy it are called by a pseudonym. Although the sales volume is a little bit worse than the first time last time, the prospect is very good..."

Bai Gui is still in the first few days, holding a signing event.

After hearing Nobuo Nakajima report the sales of the first issues of several other major bookstores to him, he was not at all disappointed, smiled and said so.

The advantage of newspaper serialization is that it can accumulate a lot of readers during the serialization period, and when the booklet is released, there will be people to support it.However, direct publishing of novels undoubtedly lacks a process of accumulating readers, and readers do not know the content of the novels. At this time, the sales volume depends entirely on the hard power of the writer.

And Bai Gui has the momentum of serializing the first and second volumes of the Daqin Empire newspaper, and there are many loyal readers. Many people recognize his pen name, so although there are not as many people who come to buy books as when the Daqin Empire was first published, but …Sold thousands of copies a day in Tokyo, obviously his appeal is not weak.

Word of mouth is constantly fermenting.

The quality of the first book is good, but everyone is still skeptical about the second book on sale... But the quality of the second book is still good, and the third and fourth books, readers dare to buy just by looking at the pseudonym!

"Editor Bai has a free and easy personality, which is admirable."

Nobuo Nakajima nodded.

He has been in the industry for so long, and he also knows this truth, but like Bai Gui, when the sales of the first issue were cold on the first day, his face did not change, and there were really not many people talking and laughing.

"I also bought a copy of the book "Guns, Germs, Steel" today. I have read it. This book will definitely become popular..."

"It's just that it will take time..."

he said again.

Having been an editor for a long time, he still has certain predictions about which books will become popular and which books will not.

After a while.

Mitsuko Yamada walked in, and she announced the news, saying: "Professor Shiraishi and some professors from the Department of Culture and Culture of the University of Tokyo recommended this novel to the students teaching today, and the sales volume will definitely explode tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)