Chapter 575 Still Nothing to Sell

Chapter 575 Still Nothing to Sell

Chapter 575 Still Nothing to Sell

“Perhaps in terms of plot, Maraz’s Record of the Heroes is more exciting, but in terms of world view construction, creating a language system for The Lord of the Rings, the advantage is still too great.”

"So the Lord of the Rings was a success in terms of film and television adaptations. But the series of Maraz's Chronicles of the Fallen is still difficult to produce. I don't think even Netflix can save it."

American movie fan Hanks watched the movie and gave a review on Rotten Tomatoes, contributing to its freshness.

You should know that the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes has nothing to do with ordinary audiences, which is different from Douban. The "freshness" can only be scored by media people and film critics. The score given by ordinary audiences is called the Popcorn Index.

Hanks' main job is a reporter for The Hollywood Reporter. He had the nerve to hold back and not read The Lord of the Rings, no matter how popular the book was.

He had an attitude of "If you don't sell in America, that's disrespectful to me, why should I look at you?" Even when a friend offered to help buy a copy from the Maple Leaf Country, he refused.

At this moment, he came to Barnes & Noble (Fifth Avenue 18th Street Store), the largest chain bookstore in the United States.

"Excuse me, which area is The Lord of the Rings kept in?" Hanks looked around but couldn't find it, so he asked the uniformed waiter.

"Sorry, we don't have this book in our store." The clerk responded, "Or you can take a look at other works, such as Morden's "The Holy Land Mountain". Although it lost, it is also an excellent work. You can take a look."

No? Hanks feels it's amazing that the promotion of Chinese in America has been delayed a bit.

"When will it arrive?" Hanks asked. Barnes & Noble is the largest offline physical bookstore chain in the United States. As long as a work is introduced, it will be there.

"About this... I'm sorry sir, there is currently no news about the introduction of "The Lord of the Rings." The clerk gave an accurate answer.

The clerk's answer also reflects one thing, that is, many customers must have asked about it, so the clerk was so sure. In general, only the store manager knows what books the bookstore will be getting in the near future.

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Hanks didn't understand. No news? He didn't believe that someone could just sit there and wait for money.

According to his prediction, the Lord of the Rings movie will definitely be a hit, and as the original novel is well-known, it can also sell millions of copies according to previous examples. This is all real money! Gu Lu can at least make a few million dollars, or US dollars.

Is Gu Lu a fool?
Is Yao Xiaoju a fool?

Apparently neither!
Therefore, Hanks drove to Amazon's offline bookstore again. He would rather believe that Barnes & Noble was in decline.

Because of his identity as a reporter for The Hollywood Reporter, he met the store manager directly.

He got a more detailed response from the store manager, Mr. Netero: "To be more precise, it's not that we didn't have time to introduce The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. It's sold in Mexico and Canada, so there's no need for special framing. According to the news from the parent company, Yao Xiaoju specifically expressed that The Lord of the Rings Trilogy will not be sold in the United States."

No, man, why? Hanks didn't understand.

"Because his previous short stories were attacked by some book reviewers." The store manager spread his hands, "So Gu Lu thinks that Lord of the Rings still needs to work harder."

Anyone with a normal IQ would know what Yao Xiaoju repeatedly said in public in America. It was "sulking"! So, just to be angry, he would even give up millions of dollars? Hanks couldn't understand why there were such people in the world.

Hanks was a little distracted. He left the bookstore, scrolled through his phone, and clicked on Rotten Tomatoes again. His finger involuntarily clicked on the most viewed post on Rotten Tomatoes.

[A detailed list of the amazing restorations in the movie:

1. The Light of Eärendil, a bottle containing the light of the Silmarils, was given to the protagonist Frodo by the Queen of the Elf Galadriel. In the movie, this prop was restored very well. The light inside was not made of light bulbs or any luminous materials, but "captured" sunlight, which was achieved through some post-production technology.

The novel describes: The Star of Eärendil symbolizes hope and light. In darkness, it will emit brighter light. The dazzling and unique light of the sun is perfectly restored.

2. The home of the Hobbits. I interviewed the prop master of the crew. In a small town in France (I couldn't tell the name of this prop master), he built a complete Hobbit cave. The furniture, tableware, decorations, and even the garden were all carefully designed by the art team.

There are many descriptions of flowers and plants in the original novel, which the author Gu Lu used to show the completely different ecology of Middle-earth. The crew mixed real flowers with carefully designed plastic flowers to create a completely different aesthetic feeling of the other world.

3. The film is even more attentive to weapons and armor, including the elegant bows and arrows of the elves, which are beautifully shaped and lightly armored. In addition, the patterns on the details are also from the flowers in the original book (Xiyuhua). If you take a screenshot at random, you can see the Philosopher's Stone flashing by.

Orc equipment is completely the opposite. Because of their identity and background, they present a barbaric style. Heavy armor, the pattern on the orc shield is the pattern of wild beasts...]
It's very long, I only list about one third of it, and the post also includes pictures. Using computer graphics, I created the appearance of the beasts in the original book, such as the warg.

It’s no wonder that The Fellowship of the Ring was so successful, the work behind the scenes was so detailed. For example, a garden only flashed by in the camera, but it took a week or two to decorate a garden full of real and fake flowers and an alien atmosphere.

"What's even more exciting is that the original Lord of the Rings is like a supercomputer that can accommodate any game of ideas and any interesting landscapes," Hanks murmured to himself.

What you can't get will always make you restless. This sentence is very suitable for the current situation.

After reading the post, Hanks wanted to read the original novel even more, and it seemed that he was going to -

Suddenly, there was a crisp sound of "bang bang". Hanks turned his head and saw a guy looking out the window. He was slovenly dressed, had a very annoying look in his eyes, and exuded a stupid aura.

Want to rob? Hanks raised his armrest box, ready to take out his truth. Normally, he might drive away by himself and not want to cause trouble, but he was very annoyed at the moment.

Slowly rolling down the window, Hanks looked at the other person coldly.

"100 US dollars, sir, just one hundred US dollars and I will give you what you want." Nigo said quickly.

These words made Hanks laugh out of anger. When he was about to speak, the other party took out a new book of "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy", which was still wrapped in plastic.

"Sir, this is the book I brought back from next door. You can have it for only one hundred dollars." Nige said, "I saw you asking in the store just now. Just buy mine."

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Smuggled books?
Hanks looked at "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy", then looked at Nico, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

(End of this chapter)