Wenhao: This child has been smart since he was young

Chapter 163 Why don’t I know?
From the appearance, "Fuwenzhi" is more like a domestic animation magazine.

【Super strong planning】

【A collection of literary and artistic dreams】

[All five new reasoning generals appear]

[Takagi Kento, Kitayama Mokuni, Sato Yuya, Takimoto Ryuhiko, Yoshikawa Makoichi]

From the lineup in this magazine, you can see the difference between the parallel world and the earth. The butterfly flaps its wings really casually.

The original Five Tigers of Faust (another translation in a magazine) were Otsuichi and Nisio Isin, but in this world they have become two other people.

Gu Lu has read Otsuichi's books but not Nishio. The reason he knows this author is that there is speculation that Nishio Isin is the real identity of Ohba Tsugumi, one of the authors of Death Note.

His two works were placed at the back.

This is normal. The Faust Five are already famous writers in Japan, and Gu Lu is just a newcomer.

"But this is a bit too late..." Gu Lu changed the subject, "Wow, it's all in Japanese. I can't believe that three or four-year-old children in Japan can speak Japanese...Okay, I'm a bit bored."

In his previous life, King Gollum was able to live cautiously and not go crazy, all thanks to one skill - not letting sad emotions stay on his body for too long.

After flipping through it for a while, Gu Lu quickly lost interest since he didn't understand Japanese.

"It would be great if I win the novel and can directly learn that language!" Gu Lu thought to himself as he tucked the magazine under his arm and walked towards the bookstore.

This is overthinking. Although the books in the synthesis list can be read directly in the mind, even if the original novel is taken out, Gu Lu can only copy it exactly.

Arriving at the Sanlian Bookstore near his home, Gu Lu prepared to purchase the Harry Potter series, a set of seven books.

After moving it to the cart, he glanced at the price, which was about a hundred yuan. Gu Lu felt that it was a bit expensive, so he bought a few more pens.

Gu Lu was pushing the cart around and saw an acquaintance - Landlord Geng.

As for the room in the locked area, the original body had only met him twice, but he had to give money every time they met, so it was still quite vivid in Gu Lu's memory.

"We're going home." After hanging up the phone, landlord Geng said to his son, Xiao Geng, who was about eleven years old and was holding his hand.

"Didn't you say I could watch for a long time today?" Xiao Geng's face fell.

"..."

Landlord Geng felt a little guilty. He didn't have much time to spend with his children. He finally made some time today, but then the company called him with something else.

"Dad, I promise to spare more time next time." Seeing the disappointment on his son's face, Landlord Geng said, "Don't you have a lot of books you want to buy? Go get them."

Hearing this, Xiao Geng smiled and ran over happily. In fact, he had already gotten used to it and was pretending to be disappointed just because he was waiting for this sentence!
Besides, what good is it to have my dad accompany me? It's not interesting at all, but a dad who spends money is great. After a while, Xiao Geng came running over pushing a small cart.

It’s a bit too much... Landlord Geng frowned. It’s not that he was unhappy, but his wallet was protesting.

"Can you finish all the books you bought?" Landlord Geng asked. "Don't you already have a copy of The Little Prince?"

"That's The Happy Prince, not The Little Prince," said Xiao Geng, pointing to the book covers on the shelf and asking the cashier, "Are the book covers still available?"

The cashier replied, "The free book cover is only a benefit for the first month of the book's release, but now you can buy one for an additional two dollars, and a set for an additional 12 dollars, which includes 8 book covers."

Xiao Geng looked at his father, and before the latter could say anything, he said, "Dad, I don't want this book anymore. I just want a set of book covers."

"Okay." Landlord Geng paid the bill and left with the bag. The customer behind him stepped forward.

"It seems that quite a lot of people have purchased "The Little Prince", and the sales of peripheral products are also quite good, right?" Gu Lu asked the cashier while scanning the code.

"Nearby?"

“It’s the sale of book covers.”

"Apart from Pleasant Goat and Big Bear and Little Bear, the Little Prince's book cover is the best-selling one."

After a conversation, Gu Lu understood this and fell into deep thought. The money around him...it seemed like he had never seen it before.

Who swallowed it?
With such doubts, King Gollum made a secret visit to the Xinhua Bookstore a little further away before returning to his nest.

The result is that book covers are now being sold and are no longer given away as gifts.

The sky is clear today. The blue sky looks like a scene from a painting, which contrasts with Gu Lu's solemn mood.

The cost of a book cover is only a few cents...if the quantity is large, the cost can be ridiculously low.

If you buy a single ticket, it's two yuan, and the whole set is 1.5 yuan per ticket. With the accumulated sales across the country, you can get a lot in a single month.

Gu Lu sat and stood at home, opening and closing the app aimlessly.

It's time to ask. Even if President Jian really has a favor, the matter needs to be clarified...

After thinking it over again and again, Gu Lu called President Jian and asked, "President Jian, are you busy?"

After a few pleasantries at the beginning, Gu Lu said, "Wudu City Drama Theater has purchased The Little Prince and adapted it into a children's play. I don't know if this news will help the sales of the work."

Then Gu Lu told everyone about the children's play and the information that Chairman Shen Tiemei had mentioned.

"Children's play - that's right, The Little Prince is indeed suitable for this format." President Jian pondered for a few seconds on the other end of the phone and responded, "It will definitely help. We can hold a book signing event while the theater is promoting it."

The biggest worry for the book signing event is that no readers will show up. After all, The Little Prince has only been on the market for too short a time. Gu Lu expressed his concerns.

"It may be difficult to hold a book signing event in other cities, but there is enough fog. Don't worry, our publishing house will arrange it." President Jian responded.

The application for the venue for the book signing event and the arrangement of related staff are not something that Gu Lu, a single student, can handle.

President Jian is also a fox who has become smart. "Xiao Gu, do you have anything else to say? We are so familiar with each other, just tell me directly."

"It's about the sale of peripheral items of my "The Little Prince". I went to the bookstore today and accidentally discovered that our previous giveaways are now on sale in the bookstore." Gu Lu said.

President Jian understood the situation halfway through the conversation. He responded, "The publisher has issued 20 book covers as gifts, but it is not actually the same as the number of books ordered by bookstores. Is this understandable?"

I can understand it a little bit, because publishers need to send books to bookstores and secondary distributors, and it is impossible for there to be fairness in the middle, but I am not sure about the details.

"Generally speaking, second-tier distributors don't get free gifts, while chain bookstores have more say and get more free gifts," said President Jian. "According to common sense, if 300,000 copies were sold in a month and a half, the 200,000 free gifts should have been given away long ago, but in reality, only 70,000 to 80,000 copies were given away."

"I understand. No matter how the bookstore handles the remaining gifts, it will be in compliance with the regulations." After the reminder, Gu Lu understood a lot of things. No wonder, including in movie theaters, many times the gifts will disappear if you don't ask. So that's how it is.

"Now that we're talking about this—" President Jian said, "We also plan to print 100,000 book covers and give them away to bookstores for free during the third printing."

(End of this chapter)