Chapter 176 The Black Pearl Sets Sail
Having thwarted the conspiracy of Stephen and the two traitors, the exchange group went to the airport in joy, as if they had won a victory.
While going through security check, Chen Yu suddenly whispered, "Someone is watching us."
"Don't worry about them. With Richard here, they won't dare to do anything."
Chen Yu nodded, turned around and muttered to the bodyguard hired by Random House. The bodyguard nodded and walked towards Richard who was about to leave. When Richard heard the bodyguard's words, he immediately turned around and walked back to Liu Hongmin.
"Don't worry, Mr. Liu. I will wait until your plane takes off before going back."
"sorry to bother you!"
"You're welcome, this is my job."
After saying that, Richard glanced around, and immediately all those paying attention to him disappeared without a trace.
Less than an hour after boarding, the plane took off.
Chen Yu whispered, "The Americans must not come here anymore."
"Not only the Americans, but also other countries need to be careful." Liu Hongmin said in a deep voice: "The Americans have military bases all over the world. Maybe one day they will be in a bad mood and shoot down a plane with a missile."
Chen Yu was stunned. "Are they... so cruel?"
Liu Hongmin: "It depends on whether the target on the plane is valuable. If all the people on the plane are top scientists, we will definitely not be able to leave alive."
Chen Yu fell silent.
Richard recruited dozens of translators for Random House, including many Chinese students who are proficient in foreign languages. Although American translators are all experts in China, they are more exposed to Green Island and Hong Kong, and do not know much about the context of the mainland. With these students, they can find suitable words for translation more quickly, and sometimes even the whole sentence will be translated into an irrelevant sentence. There are even some words that cannot be translated and can only be translated directly.
After more than ten days of translation and proofreading, The Curse of the Black Pearl was finally completed. Richard immediately made several copies of the manuscript and sent people to fly to more than ten regions to print it in local printing houses.
On January 1986, 1, The Curse of the Black Pearl was officially launched in English-speaking countries. Outside the bookstore, there was a standing poster with a black sailing ship and all the sailors were skeletons, which was very creepy. There was also a slogan next to it: The Black Pearl sets sail.
The content of the poster is very eye-catching, and people can't help but take a look when they pass by. When they find out that this is a fantasy adventure novel, they immediately become interested. Many people walk into the bookstore to ask what kind of book "The Curse of the Black Pearl" is.
The staff of the bookstore has a unified script: "This is a novel adapted from the legend of the ghost ship. It is the new work of Mr. Liu, a talented Chinese writer, after "Ghost Ship". It is well worth reading."
"The Black Pearl" is very famous in English-speaking countries, and many young people admire it very much. Liu Hongmin is also portrayed as a genius writer. Not knowing that "The Curse of the Black Pearl" is Liu Hongmin's new work, many fans immediately paid for it and then found a place to watch it first.
There were also many people who were skeptical and they picked up "The Curse of the Black Pearl" to read.
As a result, they were drawn in from the beginning, and Captain Jack opposed First Mate Barbossa and the crew's search for Aztec gold coins.
The Aztec gold coin was a gift from the Aztecs to bribe the Spanish colonist Hernando Coste in order to avoid being massacred. Coste accepted the gift but broke his promise and destroyed the Aztec civilization with greed, so the gold coin was cursed, and anyone who took the gold coin would be punished forever.
But the greedy Barbossa and his crew exiled Captain Jack to a deserted island, leaving him only a revolver to commit suicide...
The mysterious cursed treasure and the captain betrayed by his crew members aroused their adventurous genes. "Give me a copy."
“I’ll buy one too.”
Copies of The Curse of the Black Pearl were sold out one after another, and soon there were a lot of empty spaces on the bookshelf. Seeing this, the clerks immediately took out some books from the warehouse and put them on the shelves, and they were sold out within an hour.
The shop assistants are busy but happy with their work. They get a share of the profits from new books being put on the shelves, and the more books are sold, the more money they make.
Bookstore after bookstore, city after city, country after country. Stephen had heard that The Curse of the Black Pearl was a hot seller in English-speaking countries. He had originally thought of buying a copy to read. Although his plan to deal with Liu Hongmin had failed, it did not stop him from reading Liu Hongmin's novels.
Putting aside his stance, he still admires Liu Hongmin very much. "The Terror Ship" is ingeniously conceived and is a masterpiece of reincarnation novels.
After get off work, he just walked out of the company and met Richard walking towards him.
“Mr. Stephen, Mr. Liu asked me to deliver a book to you.”
Richard took out The Curse of the Black Pearl and handed it to Stephen. "Mr. Liu, the bet between you and me is complete. I hope you can control your mouth in the future."
Stephen took the book and said, "That depends on how well the book is written!"
After returning home, Stephen put down what he was doing, lay on the sofa, and casually opened "The Curse of the Black Pearl".
"Tsk tsk, Liu, your talent is really admirable."
Stephen praised the book while reading it with great interest. He hadn't read such a wonderful fantasy novel for a long time, and in his opinion, it was as good as "The Lord of the Rings". It's not that "The Curse of the Black Pearl" is as good as "The Lord of the Rings", but the themes of the two books are different and cannot be simply compared.
While The Lord of the Rings focuses on war, The Curse of the Black Pearl focuses on adventure.
In terms of writing style, "The Lord of the Rings" is definitely stronger, but "The Curse of the Black Pearl" is a translation, so the two cannot be compared.
In terms of storytelling, The Curse of the Black Pearl is better. However, The Lord of the Rings was produced many years ago, and it is already rare that it can meet the tastes of today's people.
Having reached an incomparable conclusion, Stephen had to sigh again: “Liu, you completed the bet skillfully, it’s you who won!”
Richard compiled the sales data one by one and called Liu Hongmin happily.
"Mr. Liu, the sales data for The Curse of the Black Pearl yesterday has been calculated. It's over 30 copies in total."
Liu Hongmin nodded with satisfaction when he heard the sales data. "So it seems that the English version alone can sell 10 million copies, right?"
"You're right, Mr. Liu. The peak sales period has not yet arrived. As long as the publicity is in place, there will be no problem selling 10 million copies."
Richard said: "Versions in other languages will also be released around the world. This book will definitely break the sales record of your novel."
(End of this chapter)
