I really don't want to be a novelist

Chapter 225 The Empire Epic Is Coming Soon
"Carol: Mr. A, the last chapter has been handed over to the printing house to start printing, and it will be bound with other chapters that have been printed before.

Carol: On the Internet, in the bookstores of booksellers in various channels, we are already promoting Mr. A's works, and we will release Mr. A's "Imperial Epic" according to the scheduled time!
Carol: We believe that "Epic of Empires" will achieve the results it deserves, and crown such a classic with its own crown! "

Seeing Carol's enthusiastic and excited appearance, Ji Zhuo paused and replied a message.

"Clumsy and Uncommon: Editor-in-Chief Carroll, may I ask how much you pre-printed for the release of The Imperial Epic?"

"Carol: Mr. A, don't worry, I have absolute confidence in your work. It's not just reflected in the excitement when reading such a classic.

Carol: 30 copies of "The Epic of the Empire" were pre-printed. When the last chapter is printed, the 30 copies will also be bound.

Clumsy and uncommon: ...

Carol: Mr. A, do you think there are too few pre-printed volumes?Actually I think so too.

Carol: I have enough confidence in "Epic of Empires", I want to pre-print more copies so that there will be more stock to sell later.

Carol: But Mr. A, the release time you suggested is rather urgent. Even if we have contacted a new printing factory to print your new book, considering the printing quality, we can only expect to print so many copies in such a short period of time.

Carol: If Mr. A is willing to release it a little later, such as one month at night, we can also take advantage of this time to get an award in the next month, so..."

That's it.

Ji Zhuo chose to release it at this moment because he wanted to avoid the pitfalls of winning that he encountered last time.

At least let yourself get the incentive money for the first month.

"Clumsy: No, I mean, will there be too many pre-printed volumes, which will put a lot of financial pressure on your publisher and you, editor-in-chief Carroll.

Carol: Thank you, Mr. A, for your concern. You are the kindest and friendly author I have ever met.

Carol: But Mr. A, don't worry. In fact, "Epic of Empires" has already been pre-sold on the Internet, and the number of pre-sold copies is close to [-]. Before the official release, it will definitely reach [-].

Carol: In addition, various distributors have already sent invoices to apply for your "Epic of Empire", and about [-] have been distributed to each channel, and the actual inventory of the publishing house is already very small.

carol: Even if the "Epic of the Empire" has not yet finished printing. "

Saw the message from Carol,

Ji Zhuo felt his scalp numb?
pre-sale?

You, Burt Publishing House, have also learned badly?

Isn't this equivalent to cheating and prolonging the real release time?

Hey, system, this is cheating, system!
Can the sales of this part of the pre-sale count?
The system, you must not deduct this part of the pre-sale sales when calculating the target for me?
System, system?
Is this appropriate?is this fair
system?

The system naturally ignored Ji Zhuo.

Ji Zhuo glanced at the phone again, the message that Carol came back,
Still feeling a little tingly.

Pre-sale [-], channel distribution [-],
He underestimated the influence of his last book "The Seven Sins".

This fifty thousand plus eighty thousand, rounded up,
He had 45 in three months, and on average, his goal of 15 per month was over ahead of schedule.

Is this over?

My book hasn't been released yet?
It's over?

This made Ji Zhuo a little confused.

But he paused and thought about it carefully.

With such an early pre-sale, readers who directly choose to buy "Epic of Empires" because of "Seven Sins" should have bought the book almost at the beginning,

After that, sales will definitely decrease,
In addition, although the bookseller channels say that they are selling [-] yuan,

But for Ji Zhuo's system, these books are still unsold.

As for booksellers, if the stocks are not sold out, they will naturally not buy new ones.

Calculate like this,
If there is no other influence, it cannot be said that Ji Zhuo's first month's encouragement here has no chance at all.

Adding 13 to [-], the total is only [-]. Isn't that still [-] short?
Thinking of this, Ji Zhuo regained his confidence.

nodded.

"Clumsy and uncommon: Hmm..."

Ji Zhuo was picking up his phone, and he didn't know what to reply to these messages from Carol, so he replied casually.

"Carol: Then, Mr. A, we will release your new work a week later according to the previously scheduled time?
Clumsy and extraordinary: ah.

Carol: I think your readers, new readers will be excited and cheered when they see this great and classic work.

Clumsy and Uncommon: Hmm...

Carol: By the way, Mr. A, can you also sign some autographs for "The Epic of the Empire"...

Clumsy and uncommon: ...Let's talk about it later. "

Seeing Carol mention the autograph book, Ji Zhuo's wrists felt sore,

Just 'next time', and then slipped away without replying to Carol's message.

Send the phone again,

Ji Zhuo is not far from the residential area,
He raised his head and looked forward,
The night is still the same night, the city is still the same city,
It just feels that the evening wind is not so pleasant, and it is somewhat hot.

……

"...Come one?"

Ji Zhuo went back to the community, bought two ice creams,
Walking under the gazebo, I saw that the little fat man was holding the mobile phone in full swing, his face was flushed, and he seemed to be poking the screen of the mobile phone very excitedly.

My head is full of sweat, dripping a drop from time to time,
Ji Zhuo ate one piece of ice cream, and handed over the remaining one,

The little chubby Mantou, who was holding his mobile phone and typing with excitement on his face, raised his head sweatingly, glanced at Ji Zhuo, paused, and took the ice cream,
"Big brother."

"A bag?"

After receiving the ice cream, the little fat man handed over a small bag of snacks that he brought out from the side.

Ji Zhuo smiled, and reached out to take it,
Leaning on the pillar next to the gazebo, I watched the night lightly.

The little fat pier opened the ice cream bag, took a bite, then held the ice cream in his mouth, held the phone in his hand, and continued to type with excitement in his eyes.

"What are you doing?"

Ji Zhuo glanced at him, and asked casually.

"Discussing the dog author with people."

Little Fatty didn't raise his head, and didn't stop his hands, he answered aloud.

"Ok?"

Ji Zhuo turned his head and glanced at Xiaopangdun.

Little Fatty went on to say,

"Some people say that the author of the dog is a real dog. If the new book is not released for half a day, the donkey mill of the production team should be finished."

"A book is updated for two months, and it takes one month for a new book to be released. He doesn't know what a dog is, but the author knows exactly what a dog is."

Hearing what the little fat man said, Ji Zhuo fell silent.

It feels like... there is no need to repeat it in detail.

"So you're rebutting?"

Ji Zhuo asked a question, but he was not very confident when he asked.

"No...I'm right."

"As for the dog writer, he should be locked in a small dark room. If he doesn't write a novel with twenty chapters a day, I won't give him a bite of food. If he dares to break a chapter, he will whip him with a whip."

As he said that, Little Fatty seemed to feel relieved and happy.

"..."

Ji Zhuo listened, and became a little more silent.

"...Brother, eat it, this snack tastes delicious."

The little fat pier seemed to see that Ji Zhuo hadn't moved, and raised his head to greet Ji Zhuo.

Ji Zhuo took the snacks that Little Fatty gave just now, and became even more silent,

He was afraid that the snacks would be poisoned.

"Hey...Brother, when do you think the author of the dog will publish a new book? Wait until I read all the books of the author of the dog, and revisited the adaptation of the anime,"

"How long has it been? The dog author hasn't released a new book yet? Do you think it's possible that the dog author is traveling somewhere..."

"I think the dog author should publish a new book soon..."

Ji Zhuo responded.

"Hey, I hope..."

Little Fatty sighed, and took another bite of the ice cream.

"...Hey, big brother, my grandma has gone back, and I have to go back too, let's go, big brother."

Little Fatty seemed to have received news from his grandma, so he stood up and ran out of the gazebo.

Ji Zhuo watched the little fat pier run away,
Also got up and went back to the house.

The new book on the bright side seems to be about to start writing,
Otherwise, these loyal old readers should suspect that he has a trumpet.

Alas, there is still a lack of trust between people.

Am I the type to do that kind of thing?
Oh……

It seems to be true.

……

The night outside the window is getting darker,
People in the community can no longer see a few houses with lights on.
Ji Zhuo slumped on the sofa in the living room, looking out the window at night.

You can't see the stars, but you can see the bright moon.

Looking back, Ji Zhuo was paralyzed, only the hand holding the phone and his eyes moved,

Looking at the phone screen, flipping through.

He opened the extranet, wanting to see the movement of Burt Publishing's promotion of "Epic of Empire" on the extranet,

The first is foreign social platforms.

Ji Zhuo searched,

Hmm... Then I saw a lot of news and reader comments.

"Empire Epic, Booker Prize Winner 'ABC' Coming Soon."

"'ABC''s new work "Imperial Epic" will be released soon. 'ABC' has created "Seven Sins" and won many awards. At present, the total sales volume of "Seven Sins" in various languages ​​has exceeded one million copies.

The release of "The Epic of Empire" was praised by Mr. Carroll, the editor-in-chief of Burt Publishing House, as a classic, and praised by the famous critic Mr. John: "Just like his name, he is an epic",
The famous writer Russell sighed: Why can't I create such a work..."

Such a piece of news report, when translated, probably means something like this,
Ji Zhuo was not surprised by Carol's comment.
As for the evaluations of other critics and famous writers... Ji Zhuo doubts whether these people have actually read the "Epic of the Empire".

Down, under news, under related topics,
You can also see comments and speeches from some readers.

"Cool! This author's work is as cool as his name! I have seen the previous "Seven Sins", and I didn't expect to release a new work so soon. I will definitely not miss it this time."

"I think that readers who have read "Seven Sins" will not doubt the quality of "Epic of Empire", the epic of entanglement and confrontation between two empires, just hearing such a story, I feel the magnificence and grandeur History seemed to be coming my way."

""Empire Epic" is already on pre-sale. Anyone who likes ABC's works should not miss such a book."

"I have pre-ordered it in advance, and I hope to get this book and start reading it at the earliest."

this blows,
Ji Zhuo was somewhat embarrassed.

And Ji Zhuo scrolled down to see the number of related comments and related posts,

Almost immediately after Bert Publishing signed the contract with him for "Epic of the Empire", they began to warm up the publicity.

And looking at the movement, it was obvious that a lot of money was spent.

In addition to the celebrity recommendations seen in the news, Ji Zhuo also saw many well-known people recommending his new book "Epic of Empire".

There are famous writers, writers, famous critics, famous editors in the publishing industry, and even cross-border screenwriters, singers, and actors.

Ji Zhuo doesn't believe that so many people are all readers of his previous "Seven Sins"?
Even if there are, they are certainly not all of them. Most of them are paid by Burt Press to promote them.

Ji Zhuo scrolled down to the comments below,
"After "Seven Sins" won the Baiqiguo Literature Award, I bought this book. After reading it, I was deeply impressed by the content of the book and the author's name. I didn't expect a new book to be published so soon."

Looking at this comment, Ji Zhuo realized that when he chose his pseudonym, there was a problem in order to save trouble.

Most readers who have read "Seven Sins" and noticed the author's name are quite impressed by his pen name.

Other normal pen names may not impress readers so much, and they may need to be accompanied by "Seven Sins" to remind readers.

It's like having a Chinese pen name: 丨丿.

But it seems too late to change the pseudonym now.

Ji Zhuo looked down at other news.

"...When I watched "Seven Sins", what I felt the most was the uncontrollable depression. After watching it at night, I sat by the window and cried again. I hope this work will not make people so sad .”

"ABC's new book? Then I must read it. ABC is my favorite author. I am willing to spend such a sum of money on buying books for him."

Ji Zhuo looked at these comments again,
Go to the online pre-sale channel of "Empire Epic" again,
Good guy,
Ji Zhuo tried it, and the pre-sale was still full price.

Burt Publishing House is really bad now.

……

the other side,
In a University of Great Britain,

It was afternoon,
Xi Yuan, who had no class in the afternoon, was busy with some professional homework in the dormitory.
His Britannia roommate was there too,

Holding "Seven Sins", sitting at the window of the dormitory, facing the sunset sunlight, slowly flipping through it.

"...Didn't you say last time that you won't watch "Seven Sins" again?"

Xi Yuan was busy with the things in hand,

Looking back, he asked aloud.

"Huh? Did I tell you?"

"I just find this book depressing... every time I read it, I feel uncomfortable."

"But every time I read it, I feel that there are some new things described in the book. Did you know that the names of the protagonists and even the supporting characters in each chapter of "The Seven Sins" have extended meanings, and the stories of some supporting characters It's so ironic."

"I know……"

"Hmm... hoo..."

The British roommate who was reading the book let out another breath,
He closed the book again,

"I'll just watch this today. Although it's the third time I've watched it, I still feel uncomfortable, especially when the main character died in the 'Chapter of Gluttony', and in the 'Chapter of Lust' Saina Shisi faced that innocent young man Sometimes...these stories shouldn't be like this, but it's the reality..."

Listening to this Britannia roommate pour out his opinion,
Xi Yuan was a little helpless, because every time this roommate read it, he would express emotion,

Then it reminded Xi Yuan of the depression that had faded after a long time after reading this book,
This book is like this. After a long time, when I hear it by chance, it feels like being stabbed.

"...Oh, by the way, did you know that the author 'ABC' is releasing his new book again."

"Oh! Just three months later, another new work is released. If only all the authors I like are like this."

Released a new book again?
In Xi Yuan's impression, 'ABC' is for writing and publishing serious works.

This kind of writer is generally slow to publish new books, and it is hard work to have one work a year.
Didn't expect another new work to be released so soon.

"What's the name? New book."

"It's called "The Epic of the Empire"... As soon as you hear the name, you know it's a very interesting work, and I've already pre-ordered it!"

"Imperial epic? I see."

(End of this chapter)