The Great Era of Rebirth: 1993

   Chapter 786, record-breaking, hot

   One look, sure enough, a call came in, note Xie Qi.

   Walking out of the reading room, Zhang Xuan answered the phone and asked, "What's wrong?"

   "Husband, it's me." Lilith's voice.

  Zhang Xuan looked at the screen again and made sure it was Xie Qi's, "Why don't you call me by yourself?"

  Lilith explained: "My phone is damaged by water, and I'm going to buy a new one later."

   Then Lilith asked charmingly: "Did you miss me?"

   Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "No."

  Lilith's mouth twitched, boo boo: "Then do you miss my body?"

   Zhang Xuan continued: "I don't want to."

  Lilith knelt on the bed, biting her lower lip: "I was doing maths geometry recently, and I found that the protractor and ruler were missing. When will you give it to me?"

   Zhang Xuan said: "Recently, the bag is empty and there is no money."

  Lilith asked coquettishly, "Where did the money go? Wouldn't it be collected by Du Shuangling again? Can't you leave some private money as a big man?"

   Zhang Xuan swore: "From tomorrow onwards, I will save money for your private house."

  Lilith snorted and threatened: "You don't have to save it. What you give is not as good as what I grabbed. I will buy a plane ticket to go back to China tomorrow. I will sleep where you sleep. Let Du Shuangling sleep under the bed."

   Zhang Xuan was speechless: "It's alright, alright, I understand what you mean. I can come to the UK during the summer vacation, or you can come to Singapore during the summer vacation."

  Lilith asked excitedly: "Really?"

   Zhang Xuan said: "When did I lie to you?"

  Damn, this tigress is getting more and more outrageous.

   Seeing Dong Ziyu coming out, Zhang Xuan coughed and interrupted: "I'm in the library."

   "You're in the library? It's so quiet that I thought you were waiting in the shower to talk to me on the phone." Lilith teased, "Then I'll go to Singapore to wait for you after I graduate."

   Zhang Xuan said yes.

   Dong Ziyu saw that he was answering the phone, stopped in place, and then cast his eyes on the steps below, quietly watching the coming and going alumni.

   After chatting for ten minutes, Lilith got up and went to the living room outside: "Don't hang up yet, my cousin has something to do with you."

  Xie Qi, who was watching TV, took over the phone, "The first day results of the third volume of A Song of Ice and Fire, The Storm of Ice and Rain are out."

   Zhang Xuan was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted. Yesterday was April 20th, the day when the third volume was released globally.

  Look at how forgetful you are, you are so busy that you have forgotten such an important thing.

   Zhang Xuan asked expectantly: "How was the starting score?"

  Xie Qi said happily: "Very good."

   Zhang Xuan urged: "Tell me."

Xie Qi took the data report on the coffee table, "Yesterday it went on sale in 60 countries and regions around the world, selling 2.01 million copies in one day, breaking the previous record of 1.91 million copies for the second volume, which is Penguin Publishing's best so far. First day results."

   Zhang Xuan was a little confused, "So powerful?"

  Xie Qi reconfirmed the data: "Yes, there are so many, which is 100,000 copies higher than the second volume. Today we interviewed and surveyed 50 people in London. They said that the beginning was very good, and the word of mouth exploded."

   Zhang Xuan grinned happily.

  Because of the "human world", I haven't been so happy for a long time. It's a good feeling that I haven't seen it for a long time.

   After half a year of waiting, he can be considered a surprise to readers all over the world, and in the same way, readers have also given him rich rewards.

   At this moment, Xie Qi's voice came over again, and asked: "Penguin Publishing House asked me to ask you, when will the fourth volume come out, do you have any details?

   Every day, a large number of readers inquire about the situation of the publishing house. Everyone is very concerned about this, and I heard that the queen of the royal family has become your reader. "

   "And this thing?"

   "I also listened to Daniel. He was at a party last weekend. At the party, a prince asked him about the follow-up to A Song of Ice and Fire, and it mentioned that the Queen is your reader."

   "Tsk tsk tsk!."

  Zhang Xuan clicked his tongue and said, "Your young master writer boss is amazing. Not only did he conquer the number one person in the United States, but even the Queen sang praises, wherever he went, wherever he went."

  Xie Qi answered: "No grass grows wherever I go."

   Zhang Xuan slapped his thigh: "On the other side, there is no grass!"

  Xie Qile was crazy, and he almost spat out the coffee in his mouth when he laughed at his "Pharaoh selling melons and bragging about himself".

  Zhang Xuan thought about it and said to Xie Qi: "You tell Penguin Publishing that the fourth volume is ready, and it will be given to them at the end of the year or early next year."

Xie Qi wrote down this matter and added: "The ABC TV station in the United States has been keeping in touch with me these days, and I still hope that I will persuade you to write a series of stories like "A Song of Ice and Fire", they are willing to pay high prices for film and television copyright."

   Zhang Xuan asked: "How much is the bid now?"

  Xie Qi said: "One hundred million dollars."

   Zhang Xuan was surprised and asked, "How much did Game of Thrones pay out last quarter?"

  Xie Qi told him: "61 million US dollars, 21 million higher than the first time's 39 million US dollars."

   Now that he understands, it is no wonder that ABC TV is willing to pay high prices, completely jealous of HBO's crazy profits.

   Zhang Xuan didn't explicitly refuse this time: "You told ABC TV that you will wait for my news in the spring of next year. The second half of this year is busy and you don't have time."

Hearing that he agreed in disguise, Xie Qi was delighted for a while, she had just accepted Tao Ge's job, and naturally hoped to run a popular bestseller in her hands: "Sure, I will communicate with the other party later, and discuss this Good news for them."

   Then Xie Qi talked about the third thing, "The first Harry Potter movie has been released in China, have you paid attention?"

   Zhang Xuan frowned: "I have been busy with "the world" and reading financial books recently. I didn't pay attention to the news in this regard. Is my grades not satisfactory?"

  Xie Qi said happily: "Actually, the results were not bad. The first day's results were 37,000 copies, which was much better than expected."

  Zhang Xuan remembers that Harry Potter in his previous life was introduced to China in 2000. He didn't know how much it sold at that time, but he remembered that it was quite popular.

   shook his head and asked, "How much is the royalty for introducing Harry Potter in China?"

  Xie Qi took another report and told him: "The advance payment for People's Literature is 10,000 US dollars per volume, and the royalty for more than 1 million volumes is 15%, which is currently the highest in China."

  15%, domestic piracy is rampant and does not pay attention to copyright is no better than foreign countries, this ratio is indeed scary.

   But he was not particularly satisfied with the results on the first day, but he understood.

  Because of his own existence, Harry Potter came out more than two years earlier than his previous life, and he was introduced to China three years earlier. Due to the limitation of domestic economic level, this result is acceptable.

   But Harry Potter's audience is teenagers and children, and it's April, and these people are generally still in school, focusing on studying for exams.

  Maybe in the winter and summer vacations, Harry Potter will usher in a wave of good news.

   Hanging up the phone, Zhang Xuan thought to himself: It seems that he has to hurry up and finish his "human world" intensive training.

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