Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 503: "Lord of Mysteries" is released, the JC era has arrived
The timing of the release of Lord of Mysteries was very clever.

Just when the global discussion was at its hottest, the core protagonist was about to publish a new book.

You know, after the release of the movie "Infinite World", the entire novel series has become second only to the "Harry Potter" series in the West.

Some people have heard of the name even if they have not read the novel or seen the movie.

The number of people who have had specific contact is much larger.

With "Infinite World" as a foundation, this huge number of people were already very curious about his new novel.

Core book fans and some movie fans have already made reservations to buy the book to read.

Supporting idols is one thing.

Yes, fan culture has also emerged in Europe and the United States.

Chen Linfeng is one of the more popular stars in the emerging fan circles in Europe and the United States.

In addition, I also heard some news circulating on the Internet.

It seems that this new book is still a Western fantasy theme, which is completely different from the previous styles.

This makes the book fans more interested.

The recent "Nobel incident" has served as icing on the cake.

In addition to these loyal fans, there are more people joining in the fun.

A huge number of people pre-ordered the novel "Lord of Mysteries" through Amazon's pre-sale channel.

As of the 11th, excluding the Chinese region, the total number of pre-sales exceeded 65 copies, directly setting a pre-sale record in recent years.

This does not include the offline situation.

You know, Warner's and its cooperating publishing houses and bookstore channels are stronger than Disney's.

On the 12th, in less than three hours, Amazon's data exceeded 80 copies.

The final sales volume in 24 hours remained at 94.63 copies.

The domestic online sales channel we cooperate with is Dangdang.com.

Since the day it was opened for pre-sale, it has broken all its records.

Before the official release, the total number of pre-sales exceeded 40 copies.

On the first day of release, total sales reached 61.7 copies.

The online channels alone sold more than 150 million copies.

I can only say that refusing the Nobel Prize has really raised the heat.

You know, Lord of Mysteries is still the first novel and has no previous work to support it.

The data for China is particularly exaggerated.

After all, Amazon’s data is the sum of data from many countries around the world.

With sales of nearly one million, it's not unreasonable.

Although it is still exaggerated, as long as the sales of "Harry Potter" are used as an example, it always seems acceptable.

But the situation is different in China. The data of China alone accounts for two-thirds of that of all other countries.

Chen Linfeng was a little surprised when he saw the data.

Of course, there is also a sense of familiarity.

The grand scale of Steam game sales share in the future has already emerged.

But that's normal, Chen Linfeng's development in China has never stopped.

From novels to TV series, and then to movies, its reputation has always been maintained extremely well.

Its popularity and appeal have reached an incredible level.

There is a saying on the Internet: "If you come across Xiao Chen's works, you can buy them without thinking."

In fact, ever since the news of the release of "Lord of Mysteries" came out, discussions on the Internet have never stopped.

"Chen Linfeng is going to publish a new book. He won't make me wait another ten years, will he?"

"Finally I have a new book to read. It's not easy. I feel his novels are still better. Online articles still don't have the flavor of his works."

“I just write too slowly. Sometimes I can’t even write one book a year.”

"Stop talking. As an online writer, I have to say something fair. Feng Shen has something new in every novel. It's normal for him to write slowly. Most people don't know how he can come up with so many ideas and still write with strict logic and without any major loopholes. What a concept."

"Mad, I can't wait any longer."

"..."

After the book was released, readers’ book reviews and impressions began to appear on various online forums and bulletin boards that afternoon.

In each penguin group chat, there are also references to corresponding impressions or thoughts.

"Sure enough, there is something new. Xiao Chen has really started writing Western fantasy. Even the background society has been changed to a Western style."

“After reading it, I feel it’s pretty good. The setting is very fresh. I can see that it has not been fully developed yet. I heard that the second part will be released in three months. It should be considering this aspect. I look forward to the content of the next book.”

"It's a pity that when I bought the book in the bookstore before, I didn't buy the tarot cards that came with the book. I must go buy them tomorrow. This book doesn't have the same flavor without the tarot cards."

"The boss I faced in the first part was too strong. It felt like a plot kill. I don't know when I can make a comeback later."

When Zhang Heng saw this, he immediately stopped looking back.

These people really have no moral principles at all. Don’t they know that they can’t spoil the plot?
Whenever Chen Linfeng publishes a new book, these online writers seem to have a natural reason to take leave.

"Collecting folk songs", "Studying outside", "I have something to do" and so on are still considered polite.

If you are not polite, you can just send a chapter asking for leave and clearly state that you will read Chen Linfeng’s new novel tomorrow, so you will stop updating for a day.

Readers are not angry because many of them will go to read it.

But some readers don’t tolerate it at all. I don’t have time to read it today, but that’s not a reason for you not to update.

When I finish watching Lord of Mysteries tomorrow, won’t it be time to check my homework?

Stupid authors will find excuses to delay updating.

Then they will denounce the author in various occasions such as book club groups and book review sections, which is very difficult to deal with.

Zhang Heng was very troubled by this.

He is the type who would directly send a single chapter to explain the reason for asking for leave.

Even though the reasons have been clearly explained, these readers still cannot forgive him.

Alas, we can’t be too nice to them.

Zhang Heng originally placed an order for books online.

But on the day of release, he realized that the product would not arrive that day if he bought it online.

So he quickly returned the product online and ran to a nearby bookstore to buy the book.

By this time, it was already afternoon.

Fortunately, it is 2012 now, and most people in China buy books through online channels, and there are not many people in offline bookstores.

Zhang Heng only waited for a short while before buying the book.

Just now, he was using his mobile phone to peek into the writers’ group and see what a bunch of big guys were thinking about the show.

They also have a good sense of rhythm. After watching a segment, when they reach a certain point, they will post their thoughts in the group.

However, there were quite a few spoiler readers, so after a while, he didn't dare to read the group messages anymore.

After putting the books into the bag, he glanced around and saw a set of tarot cards placed on the bookshelf at the door, next to the stack of books of "Lord of Mysteries".

It looks quite textured.

Zhang Heng recalled the comments from his group friends that he had just seen, and with an idea in mind, he picked it up and bought it.

It’s quite expensive, the collector’s edition is 260 yuan.

"Fengshen is really good at making money," Zhang Heng exclaimed as he bought the most expensive version without hesitation.

The reason I worked so hard writing a book is so that I wouldn’t hesitate when I wanted to spend money.

After buying the books, Zhang Heng bought some cold dishes and two sesame cakes.

This way, I don’t have to cook or go out to buy food at night.

These are all painful experiences in the past.

After returning home, I couldn't wait to open the newly bought book.

I can smell the faint scent of new books, a feeling I haven't experienced for a long time in recent years.

Generally, I can only have a similar experience when Chen Linfeng releases a new book.

Alas, in today's era, the publishing industry really can't continue, but fortunately there is still online literature to make a living.

Only a monster like Chen Linfeng can make money through book publishing.

I don’t know what today’s sales figures will be.

He thought to himself as he turned to the first page.

The authentic book of "Lord of Mysteries" is still beautifully produced.

Continuing the habit of Chen Linfeng's previous works, relevant character design pictures and some scene setting pictures are often attached.

【pain!

it hurts!

Head hurts!
The bizarre dream full of whispers quickly shattered. Zhou Mingrui, who was sleeping soundly, felt an abnormal pain in his head, as if someone had hit him hard with a stick. No, it was more like a sharp object stabbed into his temple and caused agitation!

...]

The beginning is a normal setting of a time-traveling protagonist.

Well, thinking about the novels Fengshen has written in the past, this seems to be the first male protagonist who is a time traveler.

Then the plot unfolds slowly, interspersed with some daily life.

I have to sigh that the daily life of Fengshen is written so well.

Especially at this moment, as I turned the pages, I felt a sense of leisure as I watched Klein greet the old lady next door and discuss cooking with his brother and sister.

As the plot gradually introduces the night watchmen, the life of the night watchmen of the "Blackthorn Security Company" is shown.

Zhang Heng's spontaneous sense of critical reading as a writer gradually disappeared.

He stopped thinking about those trivial things and gradually immersed himself in the world of the novel.

Seeing the final battle, in which the protagonist and the captain died together, Zhang Heng was overwhelmed by the emotion and temporarily came out of his immersion.

The protagonist died?

Or is it that Leonard is the protagonist of the second volume?

Is Chen Linfeng working on something new?

No way, if that were the case, people in the group would have mentioned it a long time ago.

He continued to flip forward, fortunately, the story was not over yet.

The next chapter is titled "Story".

Zhang Heng was a little confused at first, wondering where the perspective had changed to.

Some descriptions of past contents began to appear on the pages.

Zhang Heng was a little dazzled by the large number of foreign names.

He skipped it for the time being, planning to finish reading it first and then come back to study who those people were.

Then he saw Klein's name.

Here, the story of Klein's previous experience is narrated from a third-party perspective.

Zhang Heng began to feel something was wrong.

In the following paragraphs, the words "coincidence" and "accident" began to appear frequently.

This reminded Zhang Heng of some of the plots in the previous article, which were very abrupt when the author described them.

Words such as "coincidence" and "accident" were also mentioned.

It seems like a deliberate foreshadowing, but also seems like it's just random.

Now it seems that this is all consistent. Zhang Heng's breathing became rapid.

No way?
It can’t be what I thought! ?

Turning the page again, Zhang Heng felt something was wrong and discovered that it had the same texture as a scene setting picture.

Looking back at it, it was indeed pictures, with a total of two pages.

Looking closely, Zhang Heng's expression froze.

The painting, like a cartoon grid, showed a man in gray writing on a notebook with a classically shaped feather pen.

The contents of the notes were exactly what Zhang Heng had just seen.

And in the comic box on the last line of the second page, the note clearly stated that Klein had died.

Correspondingly, next to it, the Nighthawks were holding a funeral for Klein and the captain.

The last scene shows a man in gray with dark blond hair and deep blue eyes, still taking notes with a quill, and although it was not dipped in ink, he still managed to write without being affected.

"The story of Tingen City ends here."

Zhang Heng couldn't believe that his guess was actually true.

"Fuck, this is really a bold idea. What a person writes with a feather pen will happen in reality?"

"There is such a setting. Isn't this invincible?"

Zhang Heng was so excited that he could hardly contain himself. He stood up excitedly and walked around the room.

The previous paragraph was described in words at first and then turned into a comic, and I think the effect was quite good.

The plot itself is very exciting, coupled with the awesome storyboard comics, it's simply awesome.

He kind of understood why so many people in the group went crazy.

Zhang Heng was excited for a long time before finally coming to his senses.

He found that there seemed to be more content at the end, so he sat down and continued reading.

As written in the previous notes, the Nighthawks are holding a funeral for Klein and the captain.

Klein's brother and sister were devastated.

This plot made Zhang Heng feel a little sad, but then his mood changed rapidly.

Huh? Resurrected! ?

After his resurrection, Klein used divination to review the truth of previous events.

Sure enough, as Zhang Heng guessed, the feather pen was a seal, and what was written on it was reality.

The mastermind behind this took the seal from the church and caused the tragic event of the birth of the evil god's offspring.

The plot guides Klein to Backlund, where the new plot will break out.

The ending ends with Klein meeting his brother and sister but not recognizing them.

Zhang Heng flipped the page again and found that there were only a few illustration pages left.

It shows Crane taking a train to a strange place, and in the new city, a detective-looking man is fighting an enemy with a pistol.

There are also scenes where people dressed as Gothic girls team up with detectives to fight the enemy, etc.

"Is this the preview for the second volume?" Zhang Heng guessed.

After reading all the content, he felt a little sad.

Not only for the plot that I had watched before, but also for the act itself and the sighs that came from the heart.

Oh, it’s really well written.

No wonder those who write published novels look down on those who write online novels. The reading experience is indeed different.

Zhang Heng, who had not read many published books, felt deeply in awe.

Especially this book "Lord of Mysteries", the combination of illustrations and novels is just right.

It is possible that you may not be able to remember people's names, but the large number of illustrations in the book help with memory, which obviously avoids this problem.

Especially the descriptions of some life scenes, accompanied by illustrations, greatly deepen the reading experience.

Zhang Heng closed the book and kept sighing.

By the way, he clicked on his phone.

"Fuck, it's already past three in the morning."

Zhang Heng was shocked and realized that he had not paid attention to the time and it had already come to this point.

At the same time, I felt a little hungry, and I forgot to eat the cold dishes and sesame cakes I bought in the afternoon. I had originally planned to eat them while watching the show in the evening.

Fortunately, it is a cold dish and there is no need to heat it up.

He took a large bowl from the cupboard, untied the plastic bag and spread the food out on it.

The pork head, cold noodles, lotus root slices, bean curd and other ingredients made him hungry.

Afterwards, Zhang Heng ate some sesame cakes and flipped through the book while eating, preparing to read again the content that he had not understood clearly before.

……

"Awesome new story. Chen is worthy of being the most famous screenwriter in Hollywood. His description of the novel setting and story is so fascinating."

“The new book, Lord of Mysteries, is off to a good start. In my opinion, it is as shocking as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.”

"The description of Western life by an Oriental brought tears to my eyes as an old Londoner. Chen's study of Britain during the Industrial Revolution shocked me."

“Lord of Mysteries is the next Harry Potter!”

"..."

In the few days after the official release of Lord of Mysteries, various literary book reviews continued to appear in various literary magazines.

In the European and American world, the praise for "Lord of Mysteries" this time is much more rapid than when "Infinite World" was released.

Obviously, Western film critics prefer "Infinite" to "Infinite".

Fans who have read the original novel of "Infinite World" don't think so.

They think that both books have their own strengths and are both interesting.

But a large number of book fans who read "Lord of Mysteries" for the first time praised the book to the sky.

In a short period of time, a large number of "Mysterious" related setting collections and discussion posts appeared on European and American social platforms.

Even Cthulhu culture became popular again.

Previously, Cthulhu has always been a niche circle, but now it seems to be moving towards popularization.

This fan enthusiasm and public opinion discussion are well reflected in the sales of the novel.

On the third day, Sister Mei came to report the sales data of the first day of release.

The online data of 156.3 was released on the same day.

Offline sales data will be released a little slower.

Domestic readers mainly buy online and simply cannot tolerate the speed of express delivery. The only ones who choose to buy directly offline are a group of online writers who have taken leave early.

Most people can still bear it.

Therefore, domestic sales are mainly online, and the number of offline book purchases is approximately 30.

But the situation is different abroad. The offline data is not much different from the online data. Statistics show that sales have exceeded 80 copies.

The final total sales volume for a single day exceeded 270 million copies.

The first print run of the English version in Europe and the United States was 500 million copies, and the first print run of the Chinese version was 300 million copies. It is estimated that they will not be able to sell enough in a year.

This is close to the sales volume of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" that year.

Such exaggerated sales have attracted a lot of attention from the publishing industry and literary circles.

It also triggered a wave of media attention.

“Another sales miracle, is Lord of Mysteries the next Harry Potter?”

"Popular fiction bestsellers have officially entered the era of the duo 'JC (JK Rowling & Chen)'."

“It is a blessing for those who love reading. With its novel setting and fascinating plot, Lord of Mysteries will create a new reading craze.”

"Warner Bros. made another profit from the Harry Potter series? Disney lost a lot!"

"..."

Some media brought up the topic of Chen Linfeng's move to Warner and Disney's huge loss, speculating on what favorable conditions Warner offered.

Disney has been completely taken advantage of in this matter.

We had been cooperating well, but unexpectedly, when it came to the book "Lord of Mysteries", Warner poached him.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Lord of Mysteries is probably Chen’s creative peak.

It's impossible for you to always be so productive and high-quality. There will always be times when you slip.

In fact, Chen Linfeng has published so many books in a row now that it makes people want to curse him.

As the topic became popular, it even caused fluctuations in Disney's film and television stock market.

After all, a big piece of fat was lost.

It's only because Marvel is powerful enough now that the impact doesn't seem to be that big.

Despite this, Pete still complained harshly when he called Chen Linfeng.

"Chen, you can't do this to me. You wrote such a great book right after you left."

"Uh, sorry."

"I can't see new content in real time now, which hurts my friends so much."

"No, is this why you're here?"

"If it's not this, then what could it be?"

Chen Linfeng said, "I thought it was because I didn't cooperate with Disney."

Peter said nonchalantly, "Whether to cooperate or not always depends on the specific wishes of both parties. This matter is essentially because the headquarters is not paying enough attention and has not managed the relationship with you well."

"Besides, I am no longer in charge of publishing-related matters. If my successor does a poor job, it will only make me look more capable."

Okay, so that’s how it is.

Chen Linfeng was speechless, "Then why did you call me?"

"Oh, dear Chen, you hurt my heart when you say that."

"Get lost, will you?"

Chen Linfeng has been receiving calls every day recently because of the Nobel Prize, and he really doesn't want to hear any nonsense anymore.

"Okay, let's get down to business. I heard that you are going to cooperate with Warner to make a movie next. Is the content still about superheroes?"

"Oh, you mean The Joker, right? That's true."

Peter's voice lowered. "Chen, the novel is fine, but leaving the headquarters aside and cooperating with Warner on a new movie is a bit inappropriate. The headquarters is very angry about this."

"So, what's the explanation?"

Chen Linfeng now almost understands the routine of Pete, the rich second-generation, who always likes to make things surprising.

Pete chuckled, "So it's best to cooperate with us Disney right away to consolidate our friendship."

When facing a big director like Chen today, we definitely cannot use the threatening or coercive methods of the past.

Pitt knew about some of the practices of the top management at headquarters when they first decided to shoot "Infinite World".

That was probably before the release of "WALL-E".

Now these senior executives no longer appear in front of Chen, because they don't want to cause unpleasantness between the two parties.

Facing this situation, Chen not only set aside Disney but also cooperated with other companies on the new novel.

He approached Warner Bros. about his new movie without even telling them.

Disney headquarters was very angry, but it would soon pass.

What else can you do when facing a big boss who can help you make money?

The only choice is to forgive him.

(End of this chapter)