Chapter 472 Breaking into American Culture
Lin Han left Fuhua Printing Factory with a few sample books, and handed the remaining books to his company employees to transport them back to the company, and then found a suitable way to send them out.
The second wave of sales frenzy of "Martian Rescue" comes quickly and goes quickly, and is not very sustainable. However, sales in the past two weeks are almost the same as sales in the previous year!
With the decline in sales, Lin Han finally put the physical cover and physical book renderings of "Haiberian" on Weibo. "The long-awaited "Haiberian" is finally about to be released. Write one of your favorite stories under this Weibo. You will have the chance to win 800 physical books, and draw directly on the lottery platform in a day!"
"The Mid-Autumn Festival on September 25th will usher in the national release of the Chinese version of "Haiberian". Now the pre-sale channel has been opened. Are you still worried about the bookstore's rush to buy? Are you still regretting not being able to buy physical books? Online reservations will be delivered to you on the day of release, and there are also exquisite posters to get randomly given away. Come and order!"
Renmin University Press also launched an advertisement immediately afterwards. They set aside just a week later. Fortunately, "Haiberian" has a hot search physique and does not require the publisher to spend much effort on publicity. These online media, paper media and Lin Han's readers will help promote.
If you don’t give it, you’ll have eight hundred books in one gift. This chance of winning is better than drawing one or two lucky readers, not to mention that there is Lin Han’s signature on it!
Lin Han has always been extremely lazy. He never expected that he would sign 800 physical books this time, which made readers feel tears in their eyes when they thought about it. Their requirements were too low.
So under Lin Han's Weibo post, the number of comments, reposts and likes showed a geometric explosion. In just a few hours, the reposts had exceeded 200,000, and the comments were 400,000, and 510,000 likes were given, which was Lin Han's hottest Weibo post!
The fans who were originally following Lin Han had already exceeded 20 million. At this time, with the official recommendation of Weibo, the number of participants was increasing. So many people divided up 800 signature books, and it seemed that the chance of winning was not very high.
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After the busy completion of "Haiberian", Lin Han gave himself a short vacation. He and Chen Jiaxuan were learning to draw oil paintings in the studio, and these things were placed in the villa and hung as decorations.
He didn't want to spend a lot of money to buy works by famous painters. He also felt that he made it himself. Anyway, he couldn't appreciate oil paintings, just wanted to look at them with comfort!
Even during the holiday, Lin Han did not disappear from the media, because even if he changed to the 800-person hall for his second class at Peking University, it was still hard to find.
This time, not only were there students from the school, but also many science fiction enthusiasts, and even well-known science fiction writers. They didn't care about the issue of being face-saving and came over to listen to Lin Han's opinions, wanting to know how they should write.
In fact, Lin Han is of course qualified to guide them, but he rarely participates in various salons!
However, the cessation period will not last long. Miao Hong from Galaxy Group helped him get a magazine cover with his personal connection, and he had to start work again.
"The interview team of "People" (People's Magazine) has arrived in Yanjing. They will take a close-up of your face as a cover for you, and will also have detailed interviews with you."
Chen Jiaxuan didn’t expect Miao Hong to be so powerful. "People" magazine is a highly qualified work even in Hollywood. Many actresses try their best to appear in the magazine!
Founded in 1974, "People" focuses on American celebrities and popular culture. It is an excellent brand under the Time Warner Media Group. Every week, it reports the stories of celebrities and ordinary people in a picture-based way.
From the collapse of the Berlin Wall, the famous Simpson wife murder case, to the 9/11 terrorist attack, from the car accident of Princess Diana in the UK to the election of the first black president in the United States, everyone's historical events can be found in People magazine, and even the romantic history of Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie can be seen.
"People" magazine is the most accurate and effective magazine in the world. It focuses on mainstream celebrities. It not only has a large number of exclusive celebrity news pictures, but also has in-depth interviews. It is not vulgar and nonsense in gossip. It caters to the reading habits of the times. It is praised by Americans as the most suitable mainstream magazine for reading in the toilet!
What is most well-known is the 50 most beautiful or handsome faces they select every year. The most beautiful women and the most sexy men will trigger discussions around the world every time and are part of American culture.
This time, "People" magazine was willing to come to Yanjing to interview Lin Han. In addition to being strongly recommended by Miao Hong, "Time" magazine also had a great boost to let Lin Han be the cover character. After all, Lin Han should be the hottest foreign writer in the United States now, no one!
A blacksmith must be strong himself. If it were another writer, no matter how powerful Miao Hong was, he would not be able to persuade "People" magazine to come across the ocean to interview. You can imagine Lin Han's charm.
Lin Han was in a store where he had been working with Chen Jiaxuan for a long time and was given a simple makeup artist. In fact, he covered the finer acne marks on his face, and at the same time improved the overall outline. After taking care of his hairstyle, he could not see any traces of makeup at all!
He had never thought of winning with his appearance. With his wood-like acting skills, he would never have a stunning performance in front of the camera, so An Anxin's writing is almost the same as doing behind the scenes of a movie.
"I haven't moved here for a long time, I just did my hair? Why do I feel like there is no change in my face?"
Lin Han asked in confusion in front of the mirror. He had just sat still in the chair for a long time, and he also felt a brush brushing on his face, but why did it seem that there was no change at all?
Chen Jiaxuan rolled her eyes and said to the makeup artist: "There is no way, straight men are like this. He thinks that I usually only wear a ribbon when I put on lipstick, and I don't know what light makeup or nude makeup is!"
"Hey, I'm still here." Lin Han looked at his watch and said, "Let's go to the hotel cafe now, otherwise it would be bad if you're late."
"It's probably true, but fortunately it's not the peak time." After Chen Jiaxuan finished speaking, she said goodbye to the makeup artist and then took the elevator to the parking lot.
However, things were a little beyond expectations. Although it was not the peak period, the road was blocked a lot. It is said that the head of a certain country came, so the road conditions were seriously affected.
When Lin Han and the others arrived, they were already several minutes late, and everyone else was waiting!
"Sorry, we're late."
"It's okay, I know the traffic here is worse than Los Angeles. God, it took us two hours to get from the airport to the hotel yesterday!"
After shook hands with the reporter, Lin Han sat down and slowly calmed down his breathing. He didn't know what "People" magazine was asking, so he had no preparation in advance, and could only rely on his intelligence to adapt to the situation.
Jamie looked at the young writer in front of him carefully. He looked calm and composed. He was in a very good mental state. He seemed to have never seen any negative news about life. It was obviously much better than the bad private life of most celebrities!
"Mr. Lin, as you know, you have a lot of fans in the United States, and they are all crazy for you." Jamie said, using the iPad next to him to open the video that had been downloaded. The young people in the video were expressing their love for Lin Han's science fiction novels in front of the camera.
After watching this short video, Lin Han replied: "I'm glad they liked my novels. After all, it's a pleasant thing. Maybe I should have a glass of champagne to celebrate!"
"Of course, you should celebrate. According to incomplete statistics, you are the best-selling writer in the US market this year. You are probably the first pure foreigner to successfully enter American culture. Congratulations. Among so many novels, we can see that the background of the protagonist is changing, and even the protagonist of the latest novel "Resident Evil" is an American?"
"To be honest, I did not deliberately pursue the so-called American culture, which should be a natural thing. Some novels, I deliberately blurred the background, such as "The Bouquet for Algeron". The content of this novel is just a small town and a small town. It can be in North America, Europe, or Australia. The background of the protagonist is naturally following the plot, and it will not deliberately pursue which country it is from. Obviously, the plot is more important." Lin Han also made a move and entered mainstream American culture. This seemed to see no immediate benefits for him, so he could only let time slowly prove it.
Jamie expressed his appreciation for Lin Han's fluent English. Many actors who bravely entered Hollywood cannot achieve such authentic English. It's like living in North America since childhood. "Now let's talk about your novels. Before you, I didn't even know the name of any Chinese science fiction novel. You made us look at it with admiration. What is the difference between science fiction and reality?"
Lin Han thought carefully and said, "I have always believed that reality is inseparable from science fiction, or that science fiction is invading reality!"
Chapter completed!