Chapter 599 Readers' Preference
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After looking at the boiling readers here, Lin Han could even hear the screams, whistles and cheers of readers outside. He really didn't expect this. .
Before signing the sale, he picked up the microphone and said, "I had known that so many people came today, so I would have just come in the morning. I'm sorry to let everyone wait for a long time. Thank you for your love. I'm very happy that "The Matrix" is so popular! I won't say much, after all, there are more than 3,000 people waiting for autographs outside, so please forgive me."
Readers in the multi-functional hall started taking photos with their mobile phones. There were few opportunities to get close to Lin Han. The readers outside even surrounded the door of the hall and the order was a little chaotic.
These readers said verbally: "It's okay, we understand!"
"Teacher Lin, I love you!"
"Can you stop making movies and concentrate on writing novels?"
"The Matrix is very good, I hope to see a really good movie!"
"Come on, I will always support you!"
After bowing, he found his place on the stage and sat down, then put a handful of signing pens to start today's signing party.
Wangfujing Xinhua Bookstore provides such a large venue, and obviously hopes to make money, so they prepared several carts of physical books on the "Matrix" and opened up sales!
However, in order to control the time, there cannot be more than three books that can be used for signing, which is also for the sake of readers who are queuing up at the end.
One after another, with almost no stop in the middle, Lin Han quickly wrote his name on the title page of each book!
Some people not only bought a book called "The Matrix", but even took over the rest of the books they just bought for Lin Han to sign. They wanted to collect this signed version.
Everyone has different preferences. Some people like "The Three-Body Problem", some prefer "Jurassic Park", some people go crazy for "Bouquets for Algeron", and some people are keen to interpret "Inception" and "Hipberry".
It just so happens that Lin Han has written a variety of works, so while signing "The Matrix", it also promoted the sales of other works, which is simply a killing of multiple goals!
The official signing started from 1:30, and readers one after another left with the book with satisfaction. After seeing the crowds outside, they felt even more satisfied. It was worth it to wait for several hours.
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Du Xiwen walked out of the multi-purpose hall with three signature books very cared for, and she could feel the envious eyes that others cast.
Du Xiwen, 27, works in a foreign company. As a migrant worker in Beijing, it is difficult for her to find a sense of belonging here. She is not very extroverted and reads novels after work.
I used to like reading romance, but later as I got older, I fell in love with urban emotional books. After accidentally recommending Lin Han's article "Red Rose and White Rose" by my colleague, I fell in love with Lin Han's novel!
She bought the complete collection of Lin Han's science fiction works in one breath, but she bought many books and only read them roughly, but did not read them carefully.
Du Xiwen was about to put the books back into his handbag, and a reporter came over with the cameraman.
"Miss, can you bother you for two minutes?"
The microphone the reporter was holding was printed with the TV logo, and Du Xiwen's whole head suddenly turned into a clay, and he actually had the chance to go to CCTV!
She quickly stopped her thinking and smiled shyly at the camera, "Yes."
The male reporter came to interview him after hearing the news clues. He just recorded the grand occasion of dense queues of readers on Wangfujing Street outside, and now he has finally entered the bookstore.
I originally wanted to find a reader to do an in-depth interview, but I didn’t know that a beautiful young lady came towards me. Science fiction novels and science fiction movies have always been considered to be male audiences, and many girls were dragged to the cinema by their boyfriends to watch science fiction movies!
"I just saw you coming out of the multi-purpose hall. Can you show us your signature book?" The reporter asked curiously. Anyway, ask more questions. If you can go on TV, you will have to watch the editing of the director.
Du Xiwen took out these three books, and placed them on the top is "The Matrix", and the other two are "Bouquets for Algeron" and "The Wife of the Time Traveler"!
She organized her language a little and then explained: "It happened to be a holiday today, so I thought about talking about it. I didn't expect to wait for so long. I think Lin Han's novels are very interesting, with both grand descriptions of opening and closing and romantic feelings that are delicate and delicate. There are few more comprehensive authors like him, and the subject matter is relatively novel, and it looks quite comfortable!"
"What book do you like most about him?"
"If you want to say your favorite words, I actually like "Red Rose and White Rose" the most."
Du Xiwen's answer is unique. In previous interviews, some people answered "The Matrix", some people said "The Three-Body Problem", some people said "I, Robot" or "Resident Evil", or "The Wandering Earth" and "Bring Her Eyes", but no one answered this short story that tends to be realistic love.
Han Yi couldn't help asking curiously: "What do you like in that novel?"
"I think after Teacher Lin wrote about the vast and magnificent universe and galaxy, his brushstrokes can use such a small perspective to write complex interpersonal relationships and psychological descriptions. This feels like a microcosm of the life of the petty bourgeoisie in the last century. I think both red rose and white rose are like our lives, and the metaphor is very appropriate."
This sentence is true. The mosquito blood, rice sticks, and cinnabar mole written by Lin Han are widely circulated on the Internet and have become a classic sentence in the memory of many people.
But since it's an interview, we have to go back to the topic, "Then let's talk about the Matrix again. Do you really like this novel?"
Du Xiwen nodded and responded: "Of course, but I haven't finished reading it online. Now I only see the middle part. I feel that I often doubt the authenticity of the whole world. When I often dream, I can't tell whether I am in a dream or in reality, because this novel often thinks."
"Thanks to Miss Du for taking the time to interview. Do you have anything in the end to say to Teacher Lin?"
"I hope Teacher Lin will write more good books, and we need really good books!"
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Lin Han had almost no rest throughout the afternoon. At around five o'clock, readers on the street outside finally moved into the interior of the book building.
He shook his wrist, trying to relieve the soreness and softness. He couldn't remember how many books he had signed, but he only remembered that people kept coming to him!
"How many people are there?"
Lin Han took advantage of the time of drinking water and turned his head to ask the staff next to him. The original signing meeting was from 2:00 to 4:00 in the afternoon, but he had not finished writing it from 1:30 to 5:30.
After hearing Lin Han’s question, the staff of the bookstore trotted outside the multi-purpose hall and looked carefully before returning and saying, “There are about 300 people, and it’s soon.”
This is the number of ordinary writers signing meetings. Lin Han’s scale of more than 3,000 people today is too large. Now after hearing this good news, Lin Han plucked up the last momentum in his heart and began to sign the autograph with enough force.
On this day, the Wangfujing Xinhua Bookstore, which had sufficient inventory, never expected that the physical books of "The Matrix" were almost sold out!
There are 15,000 brand new books in their warehouse, but now they are almost sold out. If they hadn't been urgently transferred from the warehouses of other bookstores, they would have really sold out!
In fact, Lin Han did not sign so many books, and many readers came in to buy books directly. They wanted to sign the books, but who knew that the team was so long, so they no longer had the patience to wait and left with the books.
Because of the huge advertisements outside the Book Building and the promotion of TV news, Lin Han's "The Matrix" sales accounted for more than half of the Wangfujing Xinhua Bookstore's performance today!
Finally the signing was finished, Lin Han almost threw the pen aside. He rubbed his wrist and moved his fingers hard. The hellish torture was finally completed.
But when you think of so many readers' satisfied faces, this pain is worth it!
"Thank you for your hard work today. Let's go for a physical therapy massage first, and then eat. After all, you have to continue making movies tomorrow."
Now Chen Jiaxuan drives, Lin Han sits aside and checks his email with his mobile phone, wanting to know what the data is going on today.
The statistics given by the official website of the General Administration of Press and Publication are very gratifying. Before the first day of the release of "The Matrix" was completely over, the total sales of physical books reached 1.82 million copies, including the pre-sale of more than 1.3 million.
But the daily sales are nearly 500,000, which is particularly scary. The market response is so hot. No wonder Renmin University Press has the confidence to break the record. They must have undergone a solid investigation!
In addition, with the rise of the sun on the European land, the sales figures of the English version of "The Matrix" also began to rise sharply. Because there are too many countries involved, we can only see the numbers feedback from Amazon's online bookstores and other bookstores.
The English version of "The Matrix" is priced at $12.99 on Amazon. This price is actually very cheap because the content is very rich and the number of words is about three times that of ordinary novels!
Even so, it only took 8 hours to reach the first page of the new book list from scratch, and Lin Han's appeal among overseas readers was not at all behind.
Chapter completed!