466, 'The Old Man and the Sea' (4/4)
The reader exchange meeting for "I Am a Cat" was held in a relatively open form. Forestry University found two book reviewers, two professors from the School of Literature, a reporter, a manager in charge of book planning and marketing in Huaxia Bookstore, and two reader representatives. Everyone sat on a group of fan-shaped sofas on the podium and talked about the new book.
One of the professors from the School of Literature is Bai Su, and one of the student representatives is Yan Wenlong, the chairman of the Student Union, who are both old acquaintances.
Li Xiang hasn't seen Yan Wenlong for a long time. He is already a senior and will graduate this summer vacation. Therefore, he has been looking for a job outside since the second half of last year and rarely appears in school. At the same time, he is about to step down as the president of the student union, and the student union will hold an election the day after tomorrow.
This time we met was the first time for the two this year. Li Xiang was grateful for the help of each other, and had always been in touch with each other and maintained a good friendship.
When Zhou Heduo and others visited Li Chao in the hospital, Yan Wenlong was there. Later, he summoned more than 100 students to record a short film of "Star of Today" for Li Xiang. During the finals, he planned everyone to unify their clothes and travel to the scene to cheer for Li Xiang.
"I Am a Cat" was launched in mid-February, and it has been a month since today. The sales volume, as predicted by Huaxia Bookstore, exceeded 1 million copies at the end of April. By now, in early May, the sales volume reached 1.16 million copies.
The sales of this book in the first two months was 860,000 copies, with an average of 40,000 copies per month. Although Huaxia Bookstore is very confident, it still believes that sales will decline after May, and may decline sharply. After all, the market rules are there, but after May, the daily sales of "I Am a Cat" are still strong. After exceeding 1 million copies, it successfully exceeded 1.1 million copies, and will soon exceed 1.2 million copies.
As a serious literature, this sales performance has already ranked first in history, and it has only been on the shelves for a month. According to the current situation, the sales of "I Am a Cat" is unpredictable, because after surviving May, by June, the results may usher in a strong rebound.
Because Li Xiang's new album will be released at that time, it will definitely help the sales of "I Am a Cat" by the time being.
Looking at his books and listening to his songs is the standard.
When it comes to July, Li Xiang will participate in "A Life of Longing", and the exposure will be further improved. The program team has discussed with the studio that a variety of collectible editions of "I Am a Cat" will be placed in the newly built mushroom house as a decoration of the house and add a sense of bookishness.
Huaxia Bookstore has planned new artist books before, but its grades are not bad, but they are definitely not good. These people are well-known, but the quality of the books is worrying. The publicity is so scattered, and the actual content is not good, which is a flaw. The sales volume is very good for a while, but after a long time and the reputation spreads, sales often fall sharply.
Previously, Huaxia Bookstore had more or less such concerns about "I Am a Cat". They believed that "I Am a Cat" has good quality, but the limitations of this book are obvious. It is a traditional serious literature! And the length of the book is very short.
Considering Li Xiang's fan group structure and age, and considering the target reader group of the book "I Am a Cat", the two overlap partially, but most of them are irrelevant. People who can read "I Am a Cat" generally have certain experience and will not be young, but Li Xiang uses facts to tell everyone that as long as the quality of the book is excellent and its own reputation effect, it will definitely be a big sales explosion.
Artists have great advantages in publishing books. They bring their own traffic and have fans to lay the foundation. Before the book has started selling, the sales volume has been booked for hundreds of thousands, which is incomparable to pure writers. Therefore, the title of "idol writer" has appeared in recent years. The industry hopes to cultivate artists in the entertainment industry, and has indeed achieved some results. However, such "idol writers" are only a few, and these people have mixed reputations in the industry.
Li Xiang is an extremely special case in the literary and entertainment circles. There was no precedent before, so no one knows what path he will eventually take.
The reader exchange meeting for "I Am a Cat" lasted throughout the morning, with two main links. First, the guests talked about their opinions on "I Am a Cat" and exchanged with Li Xiang. Finally, there was a live question session, where Li Xiang answered these questions.
After the first session ended, everyone started asking questions, and the atmosphere in the report hall was very warm. Because the aisle was full of people, when someone was asked by the point of the site, the staff could not pass the microphone over, so they could only hand it over to the audience in the front row for everyone to pass it over.
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"I remember my brother had a nickname called Asia's most deadly brother when he participated in "Star Today". At that time, you said that the reason for this name was because you have an Asian most deadly cat. So I want to ask my brother, is the nameless cat in "I am a cat" the deadliest cat in Asia?" asked a boy wearing a plaid shirt.
As soon as he finished speaking, he burst into laughter.
The cat in "I Am a Cat" has no name, but this cat is particularly smart and wise, calling itself a "cat Bodhisattva". This guy eats and drinks for nothing all day long, squints his eyes and observes the trivial matters of his master's house... But that's it, it has a clear look at the fictitious tricks in the world, and often curses and curses.
But no matter how much you scold, the nameless cat's evaluation of humans is really tricky and objective. For example, it uses words to attack humans in sleeping and looks super ugly.
"... The master's wife pushed the baby away more than a foot away. She was snoring with her mouth open and her head fell off the pillow. In my opinion, when it comes to the ugly things about people, there is no more inconspicuous sleep than when they open their mouths. We cats have never lost people like this in our life..."
While sneering at all kinds of stupid things done by humans, this "Cat Bodhisattva" also leisurely does some stupid things to relieve himself.
Li Xiang smiled at everyone and said, "There are some prototypes in it, and there are similarities and differences. Similarities, this cat has nothing to do after eating all day long. It is fat and can't catch mice. This situation is even more serious in my family, because the cat in my house is the favorite of my sisters and their little baby. Don't say it's a little dissatisfied, even if it's a slightly dissatisfied look, they can't say a word of scolding, and they will feel particularly distressed."
A buzzing sound immediately sounded at the scene, all of which were whispering to each other.
Li Xiang continued: "The difference is that my cat is definitely not as smart as the cat Bodhisattva, and it is not as active as it is..."
How active is the nameless cat in "I Am a Cat"? It loves to make trouble and finally loses its life.
This cat, the Great Bodhisattva, stole beer and then played with wine in the kitchen and fell into the water tank and drowned. It was not heroic at all. It was a very funny way to die.
However, even with this funny way of death, the nameless cat with great wisdom actually felt tranquility before dying. It thought to himself: "...I will die. Death, and you will gain this tranquility. If you don't die, you will not be able to gain this tranquility. Namo Amitabha Buddha, Namo Amitabha Buddha. Thank you..."
Chapter completed!