Chapter 211: Internet Uproar

Chapter 211: Internet Uproar

Chapter 211: Internet Uproar

Of course, this matter is not important. What is important is that on March 10, after more than half a month of nationwide offline promotion, the three books were put on the shelves in bookstores.

[Gu Lu has always been a writer I admire. He can be rated as an excellent story writer, but what surprises me most is that he has some unexpected things that suddenly pop up. "Mr. Holmes" is like this. He has come up with something different on the traditional mystery novel path.] - Editor-in-Chief of Xinxing Publishing House
[For many people, the name Gu Lu is synonymous with genius. After reading Yesterday's Park, you will understand why he is a genius! ]Editor-in-Chief of New Youth Literature Publishing House
[People often say that The Little Prince is poorly written, but Gu Lu’s writing is actually excellent. He does not follow common sense and push his writing habits and language to an extreme to form a unique personal style. Instead, he changes with the style of the language of his works. Just like Hyouka is youth literature, the language style of the novel is friendly, fluent and young. The most admirable thing about Gu Lu is that he never creates reading barriers for readers.] President of Juvenile and Children’s Literature Publishing House

With the endorsement of two editors-in-chief and one president of one publishing house, and more importantly, the resources of the three publishing houses combined into one, it is truly a considerable force.

There is even a feeling of overwhelming——

Mao Sanning felt the overwhelming feeling. His good brother Bian Long had published a book, so he planned to go to the Sanlian Bookstore near his home to buy a copy.

Most people must be unfamiliar with the name Bian Long. When Gu Lu went to attend the offline banquet for the 10th anniversary of the A-Po Forum, there were two mystery writers accompanying Gu Lu. One was Mao Sanning, and the other was the Qilu man Bian Long.

This bookstore is located in a small shopping mall. When I went up the stairs, I saw a monitor with the embarrassing video of Gu Lu on it.

Then, as soon as Mao Sanning arrived at Sanlian Bookstore, he saw the promotional poster at the door: "Genius writer Gu Lu, three new books are published!" The font size of the two words "Gu Lu" was particularly large.

There is both a video and a poster.

"Three books? Xiao Gu has become rich!" Mao Sanning exclaimed.

I still want to support my little brother, so Mao Sanning bought a set. The prices of the three books are: 26, 25, and 28 respectively, and the three books together cost yuan.

"Wait, this isn't right. If I buy three books separately, the total is only 79 yuan. Why is it that when I buy a set, it's not only not cheaper, but it's actually one yuan more expensive?" Mao Sanning is pretty good at math and came to his senses when he was paying.

Each book has a different publisher, so there is no "neat beauty" of a traditional set of books. For example, the Harry Potter set that Gu Lu bought a long time ago not only had a half-packed book box, but also the seven books were arranged in order, and the spines formed a pattern, which is neat beauty.

"Because if you buy a set, you will get some gifts." The salesperson said, "First, there is a cloth bag for the little prince, and then there is a gel pen for Mr. Holmes."

The cloth bag was just an ordinary small cloth bag, with a pattern of the Little Prince watching the sunset next to the fox printed on the surface. As for Sherlock Holmes' gel pen, it looked even more misleading to Cat Sannin. The pen body was black, with only the pen cap printed with the hunched silhouette of Sherlock Holmes.

"Then I don't want these gifts. Can you give me a discount?" Mao Sanning didn't care at all about these little tricks commonly used by publishing houses to stimulate sales. He just used these two little things to trick children.

"If you don't want the gifts, a set is 75 yuan." The salesperson answered fluently.

This was equivalent to a saving of four yuan, and Mao Sanning paid the bill with satisfaction, and the salesperson was also very satisfied, because the small cloth bag and gel pen were only 8 yuan and 5 yuan respectively, and many girls would buy them, so there was no need to worry about sales, so the salesperson was also very satisfied.

"Xiao Gu is really going to become a famous writer." Mao Sanning was very envious. The placement of Gu Lu's three new books was more conspicuous than that of the Little Prince.

The Little Prince is placed in front of the cashier counter. In fact, people who often go to bookstores should know that the displays in bookstores are generally divided into:
Store recommendations, bestseller recommendations, special area columns, deep area columns, and next to the cash register.

The most valuable thing is of course the store recommendation, which is the first place readers see after entering the store. This place usually displays high-profit books and new book recommendations.

As for the cashier counter recommendation, it will gradually withdraw after the iterative update of the bookstore model. At least at the time when Gu Lu traveled through time, the cashier counter had become a cultural and creative product. "New books can get a store recommendation position when they are put on the shelf." Mao Sanning is an insider. He knows very well that there are so many new books put on the shelf every month, but only less than 20 books can be put in this position. Connections and fame are indispensable.

Anyway, Mao Sanning’s own books are all listed in the special section.

"Hey, look at my memory, I almost forgot." Mao Sanning just walked to the door of the bookstore and suddenly remembered that his good friend Bian Long's book had not been bought yet.

Turning back, he came to the three bookshelves in the bookstore that specialized in mystery books. This was the special section. Mao Sanning searched for a while before he found Bian Long's novel.

Is Mao Sanning jealous? Of course he is a little jealous, but he is mostly blessing Gu Lu, mainly because he is too far behind Gu Lu and can't catch up at all.

On the second day of sales, look at the data released by three publishing houses.

On the first day, the three books sold a total of 18 copies nationwide!
Among them, Mr. Holmes has the highest sales volume, with 80,000 copies, because it has accumulated a lot of popularity since it was serialized in magazines. Many readers will buy the book after reading the serialized version, which is convenient for revisiting or collecting.

Compared to the first-day sales of just over 5,000 copies for "The Little Prince", the worst of the three books, "Yesterday's Park" sold more than 30,000 copies.

This also fully demonstrates that short story collections in China are not selling well, or even people who read books do not have the habit of reading short story collections. Perhaps they think that short stories should be read in magazines.

Even President Jian had not expected such high sales. He expected Hyouka to sell about 100,000 copies, but he never expected that it would sell nearly 60,000 copies on the first day.

"From the current perspective, it is a foregone conclusion that the three books will sell more than 150,000 copies. That is to say, Xiao Gu, who is less than 17 years old, already has four best-selling books in his hands." President Jian sighed. At the same time, he also heard clearly that the sales volume was also related to the joint sales of the three books. Many readers originally only wanted to buy one book, but somehow they bought three.

Gu Lu is currently known as a talented writer, basically as famous as the Little Prince, so his basic fame is already like this, no matter what he writes, there will be readers supporting him.

Just look at the online discussions and you will know, it is very popular online!

Gu Lu’s all-round writing across multiple themes has sparked heated discussions.

"The big devil of New Reading, I still remember his article Iron Pillar very clearly, the pillar that grew out of a planet! I can't understand how the Iron Pillar and The Little Prince were written by the same author."

"Story Club, New Reading, Age of Mystery, Youth Literature, Science Fiction World, are there any omissions in my statistics?"

"There is an oversight. Gu Lu also serialized his articles in the Japanese Fuwenzhi. This is the advertisement I saw in the Story Club."

"The two-part series on support in the science fiction world really surprised me. Gu Lu is really mature beyond his years."

"6666, "Becoming a Writer from Storytelling Club" I feel like Gu Lu's experience can be made into a TV show."

(End of this chapter)