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

Chapter 55 Entering the North American Market
The China Youth Daily published an article titled "Young Writer of the New Era - Chen Linfeng".

[In 1984, a cartoonist named Akira Toriyama began serializing a comic called Dragon Ball in Weekly Shonen Jump, kicking off a Japanese comics craze that lasted for more than a decade.

In 1999, a young writer named Chen Linfeng published his first novel. In the following years, his thrilling writing style attracted widespread attention among young writers.

More and more young writers are beginning to learn this kind of plot and story design, and a number of works in the style of best-selling books have emerged.

Some submit their works to publishing houses, while others serialize them online.

Popular literature is becoming a trend.

……

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The article details Chen Linfeng's achievements since his first publication, including the number of novels published at home and abroad, his popularity in various places, and even a rough estimate of the monetary gains he has made.

This is the first time that an important media has given him a systematic and detailed introduction.

The report regards him as the most important benchmark figure among the new generation of writers, who is influencing more and more young people and is also having a huge impact on the entire literary publishing industry.

Once the article was published, it attracted huge attention in the country and was reprinted by many media outlets.

For the release of his new book this time, Chen Linfeng did not hold any book signing events. He already had a sufficient fan base, and the specific publicity effect could be learned from his school.

Classmates were all asking about Chen Linfeng's new book, even though these good students didn't usually pay much attention to the news.

After the new book was released, it failed to surpass the record set by "The Convenience Store for Sorrow", with sales in the first week barely reaching 40 copies.

This is already a remarkable achievement. The sales of other physical book authors have shown a significant decline, but Chen Linfeng's first-week sales can still be maintained at this level.

This is sales data that is completely ahead of its time, making people dream back to the last century.

At the same time, Chen Linfeng's works officially entered the Emilycan market for the first time.

Kodansha acted as a go-between and helped contact Disney Publishing Universal, and negotiated an 8% royalty rate for non-newcomers, which can be said to be a relatively reasonable price.

I've heard for a long time that Kodansha and Disney have a close relationship, and it seems to be true.

Chen Linfeng's book was sold in the United States for the first time, so of course he had to come to North America to participate in the promotional activities.

Although not many people in the United States know him, he must have the right attitude and not embarrass Kodansha and Disney Publishing.

Editor-in-Chief Noma... Oh, now he should be called Deputy Editor-in-Chief Noma. He was promoted last time because of his merits and became the second-in-command of the editorial department, second only to the editor-in-chief.

Moreover, due to his strong background, his authority in the editorial department has skyrocketed, and sometimes the editor-in-chief has to give in to him.

This time, Noma returned the favor by not only helping Chen Linfeng get in touch with Disney Publishing, but also giving him a helping hand and going to the United States with him to introduce him to a senior executive from Disney.

Chen Linfeng went to Neon first, and then the two flew to Los Angeles together.

After arriving at the place and taking a day to adjust to the time difference, Noma took Chen Linfeng to meet Pete, a senior executive of Disney Publishing Company.

Pete is in charge of publicity and publishing at the publishing house. Like Noma, he is also a second-generation entrepreneur with a strong background, and the two have a very good relationship.

How good is it.

Let me put it this way, when Pete went to Neon, he was treated by Noma, and they both shared the same girl in the nightclub.

After a brief greeting, it turned out that all three of them could speak English and had no problem communicating.

Noma introduced him to Pete, “This is the author I discovered personally, Chen.

Today, he has sold more than eight million copies of one of his books, and more than 20 million copies of his works overall.”

Pete's expression became more serious. Such writers are worthy of attention no matter where they are.

Noma continued, "Now his new book is partially linked to your new Hollywood movie Resident Evil."

Pitt nodded. He knew this. There are no secrets in Hollywood.

Noma emphasized, "The most important thing is that the new book is of high quality. When I was reading it, I couldn't stop. The plot was extremely exciting.

The content of the novel is also very diverse, with people of all races, and I think it fits the Emily Ken book market very well.”

"Noma, you are very proactive." Pete said with emotion. He rarely saw his friend working so hard.

It seems that the news that Noma was promoted because of the huge sales of a young writer's work is true.

"Excuse me, I am always generous in praising excellent works." Noma leaned slightly.

"Okay, I will pay more attention to this book."

Noma achieved his goal and withdrew. He will then travel in the United States for a while, and this time he helped with the recommendation.

Chen Linfeng expressed his gratitude to Noma, and the rest depended on whether Pete could give his support.

He is still a newcomer to the United States. If he wants to make a breakthrough, he must have enough publicity and exposure.

The traffic brought by Constantine Films is only one aspect, and the publicity from Disney Publishing is equally important.

Pete returned to the company and asked his subordinates for a sample book of "Infinite World".

The preliminary translation, finalization and printing of this book have been completed, and it will be put on the shelves for sale after the promotion is launched.

He has handled many books of this kind and doesn't think this one is anything special.

Although the young writer has achieved good results abroad, he still has to overcome the hurdle of being a newcomer again in order to enter the North American market.

Even though Pete has a background, he will not use it easily, because if he fails to achieve good results, it will lower his position in his father's heart.

You know, he has many competitors.

"I'm afraid I'll disappoint Noma."

Pete has a lot of daily work to do, and by the time he finishes and thinks about the book, it's almost time to get off work.

He picked up the book and prepared to read it at home.

When a friend recommends something to you for the first time, you should always give him/her some respect, otherwise it will be difficult to answer if he/she asks you about it later.

Pete returned home and took a shower, then he remembered that he had made an appointment with his bed partner for a friendly match today.

"But it's still early, I'll just take a look for a while."

Pete sat on the sofa and looked through the pages.

"Hmm, so this is how it's linked to Resident Evil, interesting."

"Why is this SHuaiXi LI so stupid? Doesn't he know that Chu is the intelligent elite designed by the author?"

"Haha, look, you're going to die."

"Fuck! Fuck! How could Chu die?"

The more Pete watched, the more fascinated he became.

"Knock knock knock," someone was knocking on the door outside, but Pete turned a deaf ear to it.

After a while, the phone on the coffee table rang.

Pete picked up the phone impatiently.

"Peter, are you home?"

"Yes, I'm here."

"Then why didn't you open the door for me?"

"Um, sorry, I didn't hear the knock," Pete said, still keeping his eyes on the book.

He said without hesitation, "I have something else to do now, please call me back later."

"?"

"What are you talking about? Didn't you ask me to come here today?"

Pete suddenly realized that it was his bed partner who had arrived.

He glanced hesitantly outside the door, then looked at the book at hand, and then said painfully, "I thought about it, today is not a good day, let's make an appointment another day."

The other party simply couldn't believe how such a thing could happen.

"Shit, did you find a new bed partner and just dumped me like that? You..."

Pete hung up the phone directly.

He watched until late at night, and finally saw the protagonists all killed by the enemy, with only the protagonist left and resurrected with props.

When Pete was thinking about how the protagonist would revive his teammates one by one, he turned the page and found that there was no follow-up.

"What's down there? Why is there nothing down there?!"

(End of this chapter)