I am a literary giant in Europe

Chapter 144 A Request from France (Please subscribe, collect, recommend, and vote for the monthly ticket)
Liu Jin lived a very comfortable life in Zhongzhou.

Far away in France, "The Father" is still making great strides, and although the sales of "Angel" have slowed down, they are still growing steadily.

By the end of July, sales of "The Father" exceeded 140 million copies, and maintained a sales growth of to copies per week.

At this time, the entire French literary world was paying attention to the sales of "The Father".

Le Figaro's cultural column predicted that "Father" would break the two million mark in sales around October...

This makes many people feel uncomfortable.

With sales of two million, it has already secured the top spot in the book sales market in 2001.

And this throne was created by a Chinese.

Even the British, Germans and French people would not feel too uncomfortable.

But, he is a Chinese!

July 6th was the day Liu Jin set out from Pinghu to return to Zhongzhou.

His third novel, "Little Sweethearts", was quietly released!

This made all major publishing houses nervous.

After all, the two books "Father" and "Angel" almost dominated the entire book market in the first half of the year.

It doesn’t mean that people who bought “Father” and “Angel” won’t buy other works.

But the siphon effect is still huge!

The sales of many books have indeed been affected.

All the attention is on Liu Jin, so the popularity of other works is naturally reduced.

So when "Little Sweethearts" was released, major publishing houses all put out resources and began to block Liu Jin's third book.

Ottilie also said in the email: "Little Sweethearts" has been on the market for nearly a month and its sales have just exceeded 150,000 copies.

It did make it onto the weekly sales chart, but was stuck at tenth place, a full 50,000 copies behind the first place, "The Day of the Dead" by Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom, published by Flammarion.

The second place is "The Father Trapped in Time".

Third place: Pianist

Fourth place: France and the French Journal.

Fifth place: No. 1084’s mother…

Well, it’s the work of the Indian Bengali female writer that Anjani introduced to Liu Jin in Cannes.

It was published in June and has climbed to fifth place in just two months.

In my previous life, this book ranked 15th!
No. 6: "Arthur Rimbaud" published by Fayard Publishing House.

Seventh place: Amelie

Eighth place: "Dear, in Short Sentences" written by French female writer Pierrette and published by Action Sur Publishing House.

In my previous life, this book ranked seventh on the French book sales list in 2001.

No. 9: "God, A Journey" by Régis Debray, published by Odile Jacob Publishing House.

Tenth place: childhood sweethearts.

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Dear Amos, here are the sales data and rankings for the latest week.

As we predicted, the reviews for "Two Little Kids" were extremely polarizing. Some readers loved it, others hated it... But regardless, the sales of the book were growing steadily, and we expected to exceed 200,000 copies in August and reach 300,000 copies in October.

A print run of 500,000 copies is currently the maximum.

Unless there's a verbal fight like the one you had with Michelle, or some other situation.

Critics were mostly appreciative of "Little Sweethearts".

They thought the twists shown in the novel were amazing...

(I knew they liked this tune)

Readers' reactions were also muted, with many suggesting that you deserved a break after writing three books in a row over the past year. Others also suggested that the mediocre sales of "Little Sweethearts" were due to multiple obstacles.

(When did sales of 100,000 copies become considered normal in the French book market?)

The above is the relevant information about "Little Kids".

Sales of "Amelie" in the French-speaking region continued to grow, and by the time this email was sent, it had exceeded 500,000 copies.

At the same time, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Swedish versions have been released one after another.

The Swedish version had a small audience and poor sales.

The combined sales of versions in other languages ​​have exceeded 200,000 copies.

The German and Spanish versions entered the top ten of the weekly sales chart.

The translation of "Father" into various languages ​​is still in full swing and is expected to be released soon.
Amos, how was your holiday in China?
Mela emailed me, saying she'll be back in Toulouse mid-next month. Chloe asked me to ask you when your residency will expire. She suggested that with your current fame and influence, you could just apply for permanent residency, which would save you a lot of trouble.

The house has been searched and sorted. It will be sent to your email after it is sorted.

……

Signed: Ottilie.

This little assistant Mela found for him is really bad!
Very attentive and professional.

Liu Jin replied to Ottilie's email and then opened the document.

The third installment of "Pirates of the Caribbean", At World's End, has finally come to an end.

He only planned to write the first three parts of this work. There are five "Pirates of the Caribbean" films in total.

But the last two parts...to be honest, Liu Jin didn't particularly like them.

A trilogy is enough!
He concentrated and began to finish.

On the sofa in the living room, my mother turned down the volume of the TV and looked at him silently through the crack in the door with a kind smile on her face.

He knew his mother was watching him.

He feels very happy!
……

Imperial Capital, a private room in a private club.

Wang said a group of people were gathering together to brag.

They are here today to welcome Jiang Wen.

"How's Rikutaro's level?"

"Coward, why mention him? How can that guy be called a director?"

Jiang Wen looked disdainful.

"If it weren't for his father, you'd think I'd pay any attention to him... Third Master only stayed for two days, and I couldn't stand that guy anymore."

"You're young, and this is my first work, so it's inevitable that I'm not very good at it."

"This is my first time directing, but I'm not as clumsy as him."

As several people were talking, the door opened.

A man with a pointed chin and monkey-like face walked in, first greeted Wang and the others, and then sat down on the sofa.

"Pants, what do you want to drink?"

The person who spoke was the man sitting next to Wang Shuo.

He teased and seemed very friendly, but there was a hint of disdain in his words.

Pants is the famous director of Little Cannon.

His expression was normal, and he smiled and said, "I just received a call, and they said, 'Guess who's calling?'"

"Who?"

"Jet Lee."

"Him? Why did he contact you? Isn't he working in Hollywood now? Is he planning to return to China to develop his career?"

“Who can afford it?”

Little Cannon laughed out loud.

"He asked me for a favor."

"Pants, sure, Hollywood stars are asking you for help."

"Brother Jing, what you're saying... isn't it true that I had some connection with him before I was struck by lightning? I was just a passing acquaintance. He asked me to help find someone, a writer... It's a small matter. If it were really a big deal, they wouldn't bother to ask me. If they were to ask someone, they would ask someone like you and Shuo Ge, don't you agree?"

Even though Little Cannon is doing very well now, he still keeps a low profile in front of Wang Shuo and Ye Jing.

"Writer? Who?"

"My last name is Liu... Look at my brain, it's right up to my lips..."

"Zhenyun?"

"No, no, how could I forget Zhenyun? He's a student studying in France. I think he wrote a novel there."

Xiao Gangpao was so busy talking that he didn't notice that the expressions of several people in the room had become a little ugly.

"It wasn't Jet Lee who found him. It was Luc Besson, the French director."

"I need you to explain it. I don't know if it's Luc Besson or something?"

"Eh……"

Jiang Wen sat up straight.

"Liu Jin, it's called Liu Jin, right?"

"Hey, his name is Liu Jin... Director Jiang, how did you know?"

Jiang Wen showed a bitter smile on his face.

He glanced at Wang Shuo and didn't respond. Instead, he asked, "What does Luc Besson want from Liu Jin?"

"It seems that Luc Besson had a crush on one of his books, but he couldn't get in touch with him."

"Amelie?"

"That's not the name. Let me think about it. A father trapped in time."

Jiang Wen was stunned.

He looked at Wang Shuo, but saw that Wang Shuo also looked confused.

Are we talking about a person?
"Go on!"

"Didn't Jet Li work with Luc Besson on 'Kiss of the Dragon' last year? Luc Besson couldn't find Liu Jin and heard he had returned to China, so he contacted Jet Li and asked him to help find Liu Jin's contact information.

Sir, how about you give me some advice?
I'm not very familiar with the writers' world, but if you were to step in, you'd definitely have the upper hand."

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(End of this chapter)