Chapter 626 Gold Rush
"If Zhang Chu published a few such novels every year, I think I would live ten years less."
An audit editor complained that it was already past three in the morning, but he still had to drink strong tea to find errors and loopholes in "The Da Vinci Code".
This work with a wide range of knowledge really caused great trouble for the editors because they couldn't understand whether what Zhang Chu told me was correct or made up by himself!
Another person retorted: "Writing a novel like writing a book is equivalent to using all the experience and knowledge accumulated over many years. It would be great to be able to write a book in a few years, but I'm afraid that it's not too much to think about how many books a year."
"Others are happily traveling to Europe for public expenses, but we have to stay in the company and stay up late to work overtime during the National Day. We really want to give up the job!"
For review editors, if they encounter something too professional, they will look for experts to ask for help. However, Nanhai Publishing Company has never produced such novels with symbolic codes, European art history, and religious history as the themes, let alone experts who are good at this area.
"The boy Zhang Chu has a library in his head. I have never heard of these goddesses who symbolize Egypt's reproduction. As for the novel's sayings about the Xunshan Prayer and Christianity, I decided not to verify it, as long as there are no typos or wrong thoughts in it!"
Editors can describe it as exhausted, they have given up struggling and just want to be a salted fish.
This time, the five editors in the review room worked overtime together. At least everyone could chat a few words while reading a book, which was much more comfortable than being alone.
The emotions of complaints are contagious, "I also gave up looking for loopholes in knowledge, and I don't think there is any modification in the plot. As for the ideological form, there is nothing to say. Except for the protagonist is Chinese, the whole novel is running around in France and Britain, and there is no reactionary thought."
"When I think about it this way, I suddenly felt that the workload was greatly reduced. Everyone worked hard to quickly finish the review of this novel. Overtime work is enough on National Day. If two more days are added, it will not only waste time, but also die suddenly."
In fact, they are also enjoying the pain, and working overtime is definitely something that every employee hates.
If you can hand over the Da Vinci Code for type printing as soon as possible, it will be helpful to their entire company.
At this time, the large troops of the Nanhai Publishing Company were gathering towards the airport. They were about to drag the big box to transfer to Dubai first, and then fly to Frankfurt to prepare for the book fair!
"The Da Vinci Code" is the signature of Nanhai Publishing Company this time. With this signature, you can present the works of other writers to see if you can sell them with Zhang Chu's east wind.
This made the entire Chinese delegation envious. All the novels published by Zhang Chu can be found in Chinese at the Nanhai Publishing Company.
Such a good movable type sign is useless. Maybe the company that will achieve the largest overseas copyright transaction this year will be Nanhai!
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The airport before dawn was quiet, without the crowds during the day, and was inexplicably fresh.
Staff on the apron are loading cargo to the plane, and a small queue has been lined up at the boarding gate.
Gu Xinxue yawned. In order to arrive at the airport in advance, he got up at three o'clock in the morning and rushed to the airport. At this time, his colleagues were all similar and were listless.
"Old Gu, can you ask me something?" Shi Zhiguo, a colleague with a shaved head, came to Gu Xinxue and whispered.
"You talk first, if I can do it, I'll help."
Shi Zhiguo said, "During the book fair, can you help recommend foreign publishing houses? I have a book here that is quite good, and should be very suitable for the taste of foreign readers. Isn't there a prism door recently? It just so happens to be matched with this hot topic."
Gu Xinxue breathed a sigh of relief. This was a trivial matter, so he agreed: "No problem. I will say something to the editor at the Random Bookstore at that time, but I don't know if it can be achieved. By the way, what is the name of the novel?"
"It is called "Decryption", which mainly tells a story about a mathematical genius cracking super passwords. He enriches the special work of cracking passwords, so this type of story should be quite attractive."
Regardless of the content, this mysterious work is very distinctive from the beginning, unlike other works. If you can go out smoothly, it would be a very good thing.
Now Gu Xinxue has become a celebrity in the publishing circle because of Zhang Chu. Not only his colleagues ask him for help, but the group of contracted writers under him also hope to get recommendations, let alone other people who are trying to make relationships with each other!
The impact of 100 million is too huge. People who know or not think of gold rush overseas. This is just like the gold rush in the western United States. Everyone thinks that people in Europe and the United States are stupid and come quickly.
I guess the vast majority of people who are bleeding from the head when they hit.
Not only the writers were jealous of Zhang Chu's large income, but also the publishing companies, literary agents and editors were also envious.
How many books do you need to sell to earn 100 million yuan! Now you just need to take out the English copyright.
Many people think that their works are not much worse than Zhang Chu. Since British and American readers like Zhang Chu's works, there is no reason not to like their own.
With such mysterious confidence, there are many more publishing people going to the Frankfurt Book Fair this time than last year!
But Gu Xinxue saw it very clearly. Even if Zhang Chu already has a considerable reputation abroad, those publishers did not accept any books.
For example, "Ghost Blows Out the Light", "Su Shen Ji" and "The Legend of Wukong" sell very well in China and have a high Internet popularity, but Random Bookstore has never mentioned buying the English copyright of these three works.
Because this type of work has a strong Chinese atmosphere, first of all, translation is a big problem, and secondly, whether readers accept it or not, and there are many situations where people are not accommodating to the local environment!
Even Zhang Chu couldn't translate all the books into English and sell them. Gu Xinxue really didn't like those who were keen on.
If foreign publishers were so easy to fool, they wouldn't have waited until Zhang Chu could barely open up the situation.
Of course, he wouldn't speak out to persuade him.
Some things must be realized after others see the reality. If he speaks rashly, others will think that Gu Xinxue is worried that Zhang Chu’s status will be threatened!
This kind of people are everywhere, and they put their own thinking into others, thinking that everyone is as cautious as they are.
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