Zurich Airport is a major hub-level airport in Europe, with endless passenger flowing.

After landing here, Zhang Chu, Zhou Kang and others, along with the crew of "Farewell My Concubine", they have to wait for the next transfer plane. It is not easy to go to Cannes.

"Looking at your agent's expression, what happened?" Although Xu Ji looked extremely tired, he still cheered up and asked, wanting to help solve the problem.

"Isn't my new book "The Lord of the Rings" only available tomorrow. As a result, bookstores in many cities in China are on sale today, so I'm more anxious and I have to see what to do."

Xu Ji is over 70 years old, and he feels uncomfortable for a long time. After hearing Zhang Chu's explanation, he quickly reacted: "I don't understand what your book publishing circle looks like, but in the film and television industry, it should be that some theaters take out the movies to screen in advance? After this situation is confirmed, the theaters will be punished by the industry."

Zhang Chu spread his hands and said helplessly: "The Press and Publication Bureau does not care about this matter, but can only coordinate with the publishing house and the bookstore and the dealer. It seems that the impact is not too great at the moment."

"When I go back from Cannes, I will buy a copy to check it out, just as supporting your writing career."

Meng Chengwang on the other side was much more direct: "Can you see e-books tonight? Fortunately, there is a time difference. When it is early in the morning in China, it is estimated that Cannes will only be around 6 o'clock in the evening, so you can take a look."

"Do you still have time to read?" Zhang Chu asked curiously, "My itinerary is almost full. Are you sure you have time to read?"

Meng Chengwang spread his hands helplessly and said, "I am just an unknown person. No one abroad knows me. In addition to participating in the opening and post-screening party of "Farewell My Concubine", my agent only helped me get invitations to several domestic movie conferences. Zhang Guorong and Gong Li want to attend many foreign cocktail parties and events and forums. Do you think I have time?"

This is the situation of ordinary actors in the entertainment industry.

Not many people know in the country, and no one cares about it after going abroad.

Even though he starred in such an award-winning popular movie, the limelight was completely blocked by the other two!

After thinking about it, Zhang Chu said, "Don't worry, after the movie is released, you will have to worry about what scripts to answer and what interviews to answer."

Meng Chengwang was actually comforted by a college student who was ten years younger than him. He said with a wry smile: "I hope you have a good word and we rely on you for the crew."

While the few were talking, two other big-name actors from the crew finally came to the lounge accompanied by the team.

One comes from Hong Kong and the other comes from Singapore. After meeting with the crew, they will set out towards Nice together.

Both of them look like superstar styles, but to put it bluntly, they are a little cold. In addition, Zhang Chu is not familiar with them, so he just said hello and sat down separately. The atmosphere was not as relaxed as before!

Zhou Kang walked in from outside at this time. He sat beside Zhang Chu and whispered: "Nanhai Publishing Company has come forward. At present, the chain bookstore and dealers have issued notices separately, and the phenomenon of stealing sales has temporarily stopped."

"Do you know how much we sold today?"

"I don't know this. Although other people's systems show it, this is a proof of their breach of contract and they are not willing to hand it over to us. However, a data analysis center gave the estimated numbers. They think "The Lord of the Rings" can enter the top ten of the single-day sales list with their sneaked sales. They are really confident in you!"

Zhang Chu smiled happily, "When the time comes, we will not sell so much, but we are embarrassed. Only people will say that we falsely report the amount of reimbursement, and no one will say that the data analysis center makes a mistake in the prediction."

"It seems that it is past ten o'clock in the evening in Yanjing. When we arrive in Nice, we should receive the first batch of sales feedback. The pre-sale sales of "The Lord of the Rings" are now 1.28 million copies, and I don't know how much it will increase in the last two hours."

The pre-sale figures are so huge, and it is a Western fantasy work, which is not a work specifically targeted at teenagers.

Zhou Kang was a little upset, "Originally, this number should have been higher, but since it was revealed online that you could buy novels in advance, the pre-sales increase has been very slow. When it was about to go public, this number should have soared!"

Their internal prediction was that the pre-sale of "The Lord of the Rings" could eventually reach between 1.4 million and 1.5 million, but now it is a big difference.

Zhang Chu was very relaxed. He was a little curious about the pre-sale volume of this book in the United States and European countries.

“Have Random House revealed us the pre-sale numbers?”

"Blair forwarded an email to us every day, but today's one has not been received. The United States sells very well. Although some people are deliberately targeting you with nationality and degeneration, it is all a small storm and can't make a fuss."

"The Lord of the Rings" will be launched worldwide. The four major English-speaking countries, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, are synchronized. In Germany, France and Italy, there are no physical book pre-sales, because there are not many people in these countries who use English. If you are willing to read books early, you can pre-order them on Amazon.

Sao Paulo Publishing Company is organizing translators to translate in a intensive manner. In addition, publishing companies in Japan, South Korea, Spain, Portugal and other countries are also in the translation, and there is still some time before publishing.

People in non-English speaking countries must be more difficult than landing on the moon, but they can barely do it by looking at the English.

"Just let "The Da Vinci Code" win a few more weeks on the French book sales list, maybe half a year!" Zhang Chu thought optimistically that these French people are very affectionate and can listen to a song for half a year without getting tired of it.

The theme song "Happy" released last winter in the movie "Despicable" has been steadily on the French singles chart, and it has been even longer than "The Da Vinci Code".

The main reason for "The Da Vinci Code" is that there are many tourists here. Many bookstores not only sell French versions, but also English versions, Chinese versions and Spanish versions, just to let those tourists who come from all over the world find the most suitable version.

To be honest, Zhang Chu really doesn't know what the reputation of "The Lord of the Rings" will look like.

It was born in the early and mid-20th century in the previous life, and the content and style of the work at that time were different from that of now.

Many people feel boring and boring when reading this work, but they think that this is a classic work and a good book that everyone praises, so they insist on reading it!

In this life, when "The Lord of the Rings" loses its reputation as a classic, and when it returns to nature and appears in front of readers all over the world as a new book, can readers who are used to adventure still like it?

All kinds of routines and various settings are no longer new. Readers have already experienced many battles and are tired of watching ordinary works. Can "The Lord of the Rings" make their eyes shine?

Zhang Chu waited for reality to give him an answer.

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Chapter completed!