The Great Era of Rebirth: 1993

   Chapter 441, give you a child (please subscribe!)

   After the shock, Zhang Xuan was still a little unbelievable.

   Seriously asked: "Really released in 41 countries and regions at the same time?"

   Tao Ge answered seriously: "Yes, when did my sister lie to you? This is what the person in charge of Penguin Publishing told me personally."

   Zhang Xuan slammed his mouth and looked at the busy traffic outside: "It's either that I don't believe it, or I think it's a bit outrageous.

   Boo! Can you imagine how a country teenager could get this far? Have you ever become a world-famous person since you couldn't afford white rice? "

  Tao Ge laughed: "It's not enough to show off to me."

   But then she added: "It's really worth showing off, as long as the sales of "Clockwork Girl" meet expectations, your world-renowned writer's altar is completely solid.

  Whenever he goes, he will be a person with status, eye-catching and respectable. "

   Zhang Xuan asked: "How much do you sell to meet your expectations?"

  Tao Ge stretched out three fingers: "3 million copies a month."

   Zhang Xuan was stunned: "Global?"

   Tao Ge nodded: "Of course it's the world, we can't expect every book to explode like Harry Potter.

   This expected data is the expected value of Penguin Publishing based on past book sales.

   However, 3 million copies is relatively not low, or even very high, which proves that the publishing house attaches great importance to the quality of "Clockwork Girl". "

   Zhang Xuan didn't say anything for the first time, but evaluated in his heart.

   Logically, as the world's first science fiction, especially now that the world's science fiction has not yet entered its heyday, a book like "A Clockwork Girl" is invaluable.

   For readers of this era, the emergence of "Clockwork Girl" is novel enough and interesting enough, and it will raise the world's science fiction to a higher level and enter another era.

   Therefore, 41 countries and regions around the world released at the same time, only 3 million copies a month, obviously not in line with Zhang Xuan's expectations.

  The world's number one science fiction novel, if this is the point, what's the point?

   It is also a book that has dominated the best-selling list for so many years in later generations. Even if it is worse than "Harry Potter", it will not be too far behind?

   And with the lack of good science fiction these days, the timing of "Clockwork Girl" is very good.

   At the same time, there is a big publishing company like Penguin Publishing House as endorsement. Under such a favorable time and place, Zhang Xuan finds it difficult to accept that there are no more than 5 million copies.

   Seeing his silence, Tao Ge asked, "What are you thinking?"

   Zhang Xuan stretched out a hand: "I'm thinking, if I don't sell 5 million copies in the first month, my book will be a failure."

   Tao Ge narrowed his eyes: "5 million copies?"

   Zhang Xuan looked into her eyes: "5 million copies."

   Tao Ge was surprised: "You really dare to think! You dare to think more than the professionals at Penguin Publishing House!"

   Zhang Xuan raised Erlang's legs and didn't care: "Of course I dare to think, because I am the author, and no one understands the quality of this book better than me.

   And the reason why Penguin Press didn't dare to think about it was that they didn't know enough about science fiction. "

  Tao Ge's eyes fell on his face, and he watched it quietly for a while, then suddenly said, "If your new book exceeds 5 million copies in the first month, I will sleep with you for one night."

   Zhang Xuan is a little confused, what kind of logic is this?

   But before he came back to his senses, Tao Ge added leisurely: "Don't worry, I'll let you sleep in vain. I'll still be your sister afterward, and I won't let you take responsibility."

   Zhang Xuan was still a little confused: "Why did you suddenly become so fierce?"

  Tao Ge copied his hands on his chest: "5 million copies, no matter how big sister thinks it's impossible, Penguin Publishing House doesn't dare to think about it.

   If it is really achieved, it proves that you have a unique vision and that your horizon is not what we can imagine. Why can't I sleep with such an excellent you for one night? Is it a loss? "

   Zhang Xuan: "."

  Tao Ge smiled and asked, "Why, I'm not confident anymore?"

   Zhang Xuan joked: "It's not that I'm not confident, but I'm thinking about a philosophical question: what if you sleep with me one night and get pregnant?"

  Tao Ge tilted his head and thought about it for a long time: "If you are pregnant, it is God's will. Sister gave birth to the child, let you sleep in vain for a lifetime, and won't let you be responsible, isn't it cool?"

   Zhang Xuan will not be able to do it this time: "A book, as for such a big bet?"

   Tao Ge replied: "5 million copies! Even if Harry Potter is under the same conditions, it is estimated that he can only achieve this achievement in the first month, right?

  Do you know what the experts in Europe say about it?

   This is a special case and a phenomenal event. Not to mention that there are no newcomers, it is also an unprecedented classic in the history of human publishing, which is difficult to copy. "

Zhang Xuan reminded: "But don't forget, I'm also the author of Harry Potter now, and now I'm riding the popularity of Harry Potter, and I'm backing Penguin Publishing House. Harry Potter is bad."

  Tao Ge thought again, and finally shook his head: "Difficult! Don't these Penguin Publishing Houses you mentioned know?

wrong! They are professional and have extensive publishing experience, all of which are known and taken into account, but the most optimistic estimate only gives 3 million copies. "

   said, Tao Ge smiled and looked at him: "How about you, do you want to take a gamble with my sister?"

   Zhang Xuan's eyelids lifted: "Didn't you say you're not interested in me, why do you beat me over and over again to make up your mind?"

   Hearing the words, Tao Ge opened his mouth slightly, and was very angry: "Since you say this, then sister will tell you the truth, I am not interested in you.

   But I am fascinated by your fame and talent as a writer, which is not something that wealth and power can control, nor can wealth and power be able to touch. "

   Zhang Xuan muttered: "So you are willing to have children for me?"

  Tao Ge was silent, looked sideways out the window, and after a while he laughed again, turned his head and asked him, "Why are you so narcissistic?"

   Zhang Xuan changed his posture and continued to lift Erlang's legs: "Isn't this what you said?"

  Tao Ge took a deep breath: "Can't you focus on the key points? I want to express that I am not optimistic that "Clockwork Girl" will sell 5 million copies in the first month."

   Zhang Xuan poked at her heart: "You didn't think Clockwork Girl could be published, and you didn't take Harry Potter seriously."

  Tao Ge suffocated, with his hands down, he took the steering wheel and fell into contemplation. After a long time, he raised his head and said, "If you don't say it, I haven't done any reflection yet. It seems that my thinking is indeed limited to the field of traditional literature."

  Zhang Xuansha nodded his head, "I suggest that you usually read books other than traditional literature to broaden your horizons."

   "That makes sense."

   Tao Ge asked: "What do you write about your next science fiction novel, do you have any ideas?"

   Zhang Xuan's eyelids opened: "Don't you want me to return to the field of traditional literature? Why do you mention science fiction again?"

  Tao Ge said: "I don't know why, but it might have something to do with my stay in the UK for the past six months.

   Especially seeing Rowling's strong rise from the bottom, I feel a lot.

   Compared with domestic literati, I prefer to see you kill the Quartet abroad. The thrill of Chinese conquering the world has a bigger and more interesting impact on the senses than you won the Mao Dun Literature Award. "

   Zhang Xuan was surprised: "I didn't expect you to have such a warm-hearted side in your bones."

  Tao Ge's self-image: "Women admire strong, this is the nature. This is why I am not interested in your body, but I am keen on your fame as a writer."

   Zhang Xuan was speechless: "You admire vanity, how can you speak so confidently?"

  Tao Ge tugged his hair and said with a laugh, "That's because my sister will be reincarnated, and my sister has the capital."

   Zhang Xuan was convinced: "Drive, don't make your dad wait too long."

   Tao Ge's eyes swirled around him, and he didn't mean to drive at all.

   Zhang Xuan was stunned for a moment, his eyebrows furrowed: "Is it a little self-aware, I don't take the initiative to make a bet, do you still want to hold on to it?"

  Tao Ge's expression said: "You seem afraid?"

   Zhang Xuan nodded without shyness: "Of course I'm afraid, it's a lot of trouble to win multiple children."

   "Hey! You can get me pregnant just once."

  Tao Ge snorted: "When are you going to pay me back those two kisses?"

   Zhang Xuan: "."

  Tao Ge glanced outside: "How about now?"

   "In the car?"

"Can."

   "Can you change the place?"

   "Where did you say you were going?"

   Zhang Xuan urged: "Drive."

  Tao Ge was unmoved: "Then call me sister."

   Zhang Xuan resolutely confessed: "Sister."

   Tao Ge said: "There is one more."

   Zhang Xuan closed his eyes and shouted again: "Sister, drive."

   Tao Ge laughed, reached out and twisted the key, started the car and started.

   I saw her joking while opening: "Actually, if you really wanted to kiss me just now, I would definitely put a rag in your mouth and give you a big ear by the way."

   Zhang Xuan glanced at the towel that was wiping the dust in front of him, and said with concern, "Be kind in the future. If you do too much deeds, it will be easy for ghosts."

  Tao Ge didn't take this set at all: "If I say it in the future, it's also a good talk that world-class famous writers will be played by me in the palm of my hand."

   Zhang Xuan muttered: "Actually, you don't need to deceive yourself, be careful playing with fire and set yourself on fire, I won't save you then."

   Tao Ge cheerfully turned a deaf ear.

   Zhang Xuan asked: "Why are you returning to Yangcheng this time?"

  Tao Ge said: "There are three things. The first thing I told you just now, about "Harry Potter" and "Clockwork Girl".

  The second thing is to go back to the capital. People's Literature informed me that your "wind" and "hidden" have more than 12 million manuscript tax in the past six months, and you need to go through the formalities for you. "

   Zhang Xuan was a little surprised, but also a little happy: "It's been a year or two, and the two books are still selling so well?"

  Tao Ge explained: "It's okay. But two-thirds of the manuscript tax comes from abroad, which seems to be a lot, but it is still the result of foreign exchange reconciliation. In fact, not many copies were sold.

   And the domestic market is temporarily saturated. In the future, we can only rely on thin water. "

   Zhang Xuan is very satisfied: "I am also content with the long-running water, waiting for the next batch of people to grow up, my book can continue to enjoy dividends."

  Tao Ge looked ahead: "That's right, even if you don't work in the future, you can rely on these two books for a lifetime."

   Zhang Xuan asked: "What's the other thing?"

  Tao Ge said solemnly: "Didn't my grandmother pass away some time ago, recently my mother always dreamed in the middle of the night that my grandmother came to find her.

  Especially the night before, my mother woke up in the middle of the night and said she saw my grandmother walk in through the window. "

   Zhang Xuan comforted: "This is an hallucination."

  Tao Ge said: "I also think so, maybe my mother just woke up from a dream, and her consciousness is still stuck in the dream, not fully awake."

   Zhang Xuan thought for a while and asked, "How was the relationship between Auntie and your grandmother?"

  Tao Ge replied: "The relationship has always been good, and there are very few red faces."

  Zhang Xuan said: "That should be because of thinking about dreams every day and night. You bring your aunt back to the capital to worship and worship, and by the way, find a big temple to burn some incense paper, and ask God to worship Buddha in peace."

  Tao Ge said, "That's what I think. I'm going to take her to Guangxiao Temple tomorrow and ask her for peace and blessings."

   The two of them chatted without a word, as they approached the government compound

   Tao Ge suddenly asked: "I heard that the Shanghai Stock Exchange invited you to visit again?"

   Zhang Xuan tilted his head to look at her: "There is such a thing, how do you know?"

  Tao Ge told him: "I have a friend who works in the Shanghai stock market, and he disclosed it to me."

  This makes sense, otherwise, as the King of Silver Horn, it would be impossible to discuss this with his daughter.

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