Chapter 253 Three Science Fiction Bestsellers
Liu Hongmin waved his hand to stop the two from flattering, "How is Shancheng?"
When it came to business, Xu Xiaoming immediately stopped playing around and said, "It's great. Although it looks backward, the terrain there is so good. It was born for movies."
Liu Hongmin smiled and said, "That's right. As long as the mountain city is well built, it will naturally become a film and television capital. All weird shots can be shot in the mountain city, because no matter how weird they are, they are not as weird as the terrain of the mountain city."
Xu Xiaoming didn't expect Liu Hongmin to praise Shancheng so much. "Have you been to Shancheng?"
"I haven't been there, but I've seen many photos of the mountain city." Liu Hongmin laughed. He couldn't tell Xu Xiaoming that when he traveled through time, the mountain city was already the capital of film and television!
Ma Weidu: "By the way, Hongmin, Yang Guiren sent over the sales charts for Source Code and Moon. The sales of both books have exceeded million copies and are slowly heading towards 2 million copies."
Liu Hongmin shook his head. Since the cooperation with Random House, Sanlian Publishing House has become insignificant. However, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat. If two million copies can be sold, each book can earn six or seven million Hong Kong dollars. For Liu Hongmin, six or seven million Hong Kong dollars is not much, but for ordinary people, it is a huge sum of money. Even in Hong Kong, it is the annual salary of dozens of white-collar workers.
"The money should be coming soon, right?"
Ma Weidu nodded, "The money has been transferred to your account in Hong Kong."
Liu Hongmin nodded, "How much money is in the account?"
"It should be hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars!" Ma Weidu asked, "Do you want to use this money?"
Liu Hongmin nodded. "Tell Lao Zou to buy a piece of land in Xiangjiang and build an amusement park. When the country becomes stronger, I can take him there to play."
Ma Weidu and Xu Xiaoming looked at each other. Having money means you can do what you want!
There's news from Sanlian Publishing House, and Random House won't be too far away.
Sure enough, Richard called within two days.
"Mr. Liu, the sales volume of Source Code is almost certain."
Liu Hongmin looked forward to it. "How much?"
"Twenty million copies!" Richard reported a number that made Liu Hongmin slightly disappointed, but also surprised.
Although science fiction is popular in the West, it is still far inferior to Western fantasy. The reason is the same. Science fiction has a knowledge threshold, and not everyone can understand science fiction. The population base in the West is large, but they implement happy education. Before going to college, with the same academic qualifications, Westerners do not learn more knowledge than Chinese people. In fact, because of their ability to understand, they do not understand as well as we do.
It was only after entering university that Western talents had the opportunity to overtake.
Richard smiled and said, "Mr. Liu, this has surpassed most science fiction novels. You may not understand the science fiction market. In the United States, if a book can sell one million copies, it can be called a bestseller."
Hearing this, Liu Hongmin felt much more comfortable. He actually knew that it was a bit unrealistic to want to achieve sales of 40 to 50 million copies of Western fantasy novels. Among science fiction novels, 20 million copies should be a very good result.
But the sales volume suddenly dropped to half, so Liu Hongmin couldn't help but feel bad. After all, compared with Western fantasy novels, Liu Hongmin spent more time on science fiction.
It seems that once "Science Fiction World" gets on track, we can no longer write science fiction, because we won't make as much money as Western fantasy!
“How’s the performance of ‘Moon’?”
"Not as good as Source Code, but it has sold 10 million copies. In the United States alone, it has sold million copies. Even in the entire book industry, it is a bestseller." Richard continued, "The . sales of The Night the Comet Came also exceeded one million copies a few days ago. We estimate that its final sales will reach three to four million, and its global sales will exceed 10 million copies. Mr. Liu, all three of your science fiction novels are bestsellers. It seems that your transformation this time has been successful."
Liu Hongmin was stunned for a moment. "Transformation? What transformation?"
Richard asked puzzledly: "You wrote these three science fiction novels, aren't you trying to transform yourself?"
Liu Hongmin shook his head, "Of course not? I don't have a fixed type, why should I change?"
Now it was Richard's turn to be confused. "Then why do you want to write science fiction?"
Liu Hongmin explained: "The last magazine that published science fiction literature found me through a friend and wanted to ask me to write. The magazine's survival environment was in trouble, so I wrote these three novels. Now that magazine has come back to life, I will stop writing science fiction when their sales stabilize."
Richard was speechless. "So you wrote these three science fiction novels just to help others?"
"That's right!"
"Then you are really a genius!" Richard knew how to praise Liu Hongmin, helping him write three world-bestselling science fiction novels. If he wrote seriously, what kind of work would he write?
"Thanks for the compliment!"
Richard felt that he needed to take a break, so he changed the subject, "Mr. Liu, you can start writing the next work of Dark Portal."
Liu Hongmin looked at the time and said, "Okay, I will finish it as soon as possible, probably in March."
"Then I will wait for good news!"
Just as Richard was about to say goodbye, he heard Liu Hongmin say, "Richard, how is Wang Qingyang's case going? How long will it take?"
"It will take at least a year!" Richard explained, "The New York Library is not giving up yet. It will take at least 1-2 years before they feel that the cost is not worth it."
Liu Hongmin nodded. "Since they want to delay, then let them delay. Anyway, the trial stage is also considered as the prison term. When the lawsuit is over, Wang Qingyang can be released directly."
Richard said: "I will ask the legal team to find a new lobbying direction and make the New York Library give up the lawsuit as soon as possible."
"That would be perfect."
After hanging up the phone, Liu Hongmin picked up the phone and called Chen Yuzhang, a negotiation expert from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After the last mutual review of the textbooks, he had contact with the five negotiation experts. After the Wang Qingyang incident, Chen Yuzhang became the liaison between him and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Liu Hongmin told Chen Yuzhang about his conversation with Richard. Chen Yuzhang said, "He is right. We are also trying to find a way to see if we can make some moves among the people to force the New York Library to make concessions."
"It won't backfire, right?" Liu Hongmin asked worriedly.
Chen Yuzhang smiled and said, "Don't worry, we are all civilized countries, and we are not at war. We will still have some dignity when doing things. Civilization is an advantage, but also a shackle. We have been using this method for thousands of years, so there will be no problem."
"That's OK!"
Liu Hongmin didn’t understand these things, as long as he could get Wang Qingyang out.
(End of this chapter)
