Entertainment Godfather

The west.

Random House.

This is the largest publishing company in the West. It was formed by the merger of Penguin Publishing Group, a subsidiary of the British Pearson Group, and Random House, a subsidiary of the German Bertelsmann Group. After the merger, it became the world's largest book publishing group, accounting for nearly 25% of the global publishing business. market……

A meeting.

Two senior executives responsible for the introduction of works from other countries are competing with each other.

"Tom, with all due respect, the "Fairy Tale King" you spent a huge sum of money to introduce will hardly bring enough benefits to our company. I don't think a fairy tale work is worth looking forward to..."

"Jerry, "The Fairy Tale King" is very popular in the Dragon Kingdom!"

"This is not enough to explain the problem. The possibility of the Dragon Kingdom Fire Book becoming popular here is too low. The cultural differences make our readers here not buy it. You should know this better than me..."

"Before you say this, I think you need to read this fairy tale!"

"Sorry, I am an adult. It is difficult for me to watch a fairy tale. Maybe my eight-year-old son will be interested. Oh, maybe my eight-year-old son will not be interested in a fairy tale from the East... "

Tom and Jerry are good friends who love and kill each other.

The senior management of Random House have long been aware of this, and everyone is used to the daily bickering between the two. When the atmosphere between the two became increasingly tense, editor-in-chief Gallio acted as the peacemaker: " You two don’t have to quarrel anymore, "The Fairy Tale King" will be tested by the market in May. Luoyang is the most famous writer in the Dragon Kingdom and the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Our readers here are not unfamiliar with him..."

"I don't think the Nobel Prize will help sales."

Jerry curled his lips and said that the rules over the years have long proved that the sales of works by Nobel laureates are not high because they are not commercialized enough, so they are niche, so they have higher evaluations.

Tom snorted: "Jerry, since you are not convinced, we might as well make a bet."

Jerry sneered: "Okay, let's make a bet as usual. If the sales of this work exceed 10 million within a month, I will treat everyone to dinner and apologize to you. It will be the same if you lose."

"good!"

Tom immediately nodded in agreement.

As an old editor who has already read "The King of Fairy Tales", Tom is sure that his vision is not bad. The fairy tale work he introduced will definitely bring big surprises to Western readers!

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Time passed like this bit by bit.

In the days that followed, there was no shortage of publicity for Random House. They used the banner of Luoyang as the "Nobel Prize Winner in Literature", started from Luoyang's status as a "sales maniac", or used Luoyang's "Super He made a big fuss about his identity as the author of the popular comic "Dragon Ball" and conducted a lot of publicity for "The Fairy Tale King".

Finally, May 1st is here!

This "The Fairy Tale King", which made Random House executives have different opinions, has finally appeared on the shelves of major bookstores. Many readers who were previously attracted by the publicity took out their wallets. Of course, this number is not large. Luoyang is in the West. Although his reputation is not small, it cannot be said to be big, let alone the so-called market appeal...

"I have consulted with the investigation department and the performance of "The Fairy Tale King" on the first day was very average!"

Jerry told Tom that his personal relationship with Tom was okay, but they often had disagreements at work. For example, this time, Jerry was very dissatisfied with Tom's spending a huge sum of money to buy "The Fairy Tale King."

Spending too much money!

Value mismatch!

However, Tom was not in a hurry. He used a southern Fujian proverb to describe the presence of the old god: "This is just the first day. After all, Luoyang is not a writer with amazing appeal like Theking, so this is not enough to explain anything. In one week, I I believe that within a week, the situation will be completely reversed.”

Jerry burst out laughing: "It's so ridiculous. You actually compared Luoyang, the Dragon Kingdom, with Teacher Theking?"

Tom shook his head and said: "This is not ridiculous, Jerry. I know you like Theking. Theking is indeed a well-deserved world-class writer, but Luoyang is also a writer of this level. He is even more terrifying than Theking. He is just His international fame has not caught up yet, so it gives you the illusion that he is not strong, and I think in the next week, his name will be as famous as Theking!"

"You think it can be reversed in a week?"

"Maybe it won't take more than a week. What is more important than publicity is the quality of the work. I believe that with the quality of "The Fairy Tale King", no one will be disappointed!"

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It really doesn’t take a week.

On May 4, the fourth day after "The Fairy Tale King" was launched on the foreign book market, Random House suddenly held an emergency meeting. All the company's top executives were present, including Adrian, the editor-in-chief of Random House who rarely appeared. Appearing in the meeting, the senior executives were all wondering why the emergency meeting was suddenly called.

"Guys, I have to praise someone here!"

At the beginning of the meeting, the editor-in-chief Adrian looked at the senior executives, and finally his eyes fell on Tom: "Tom, the "Fairy Tale King" introduced by you suddenly exploded in sales yesterday, and has sold 32 million. Our three large domestic bookstores have all sold out this volume. This is only the fourth day that "The Fairy Tale King" has been launched on the market. This work is likely to be our most successful introduction in several years..."

Boom!

Everyone was shocked!

Jerry's ears were ringing!

He looked at the editor-in-chief in disbelief: "Editor-in-Chief, are you saying that "The Fairy Tale King" sold more than 30 million copies in just four days? This must be a joke, it's just one A fairy tale, just a fairy tale from the East..."

Adrian said seriously: "I don't like to joke."

A smug smile appeared on Tom's face: "Thank you, editor-in-chief. In order to win the agency rights of "The Fairy Tale King", we also spent a lot of money..."

"It's all worth it!"

Adrian, who has always been calm, couldn't help but said loudly: "Hey, guys, we have completed a great introduction. From now on, we must promote this "Fairy Tale King" to S-level standards. I have to say, there may be one A world-class master of fairy tales is about to be born—Anton, when you go back to the meeting, remember to get me two copies of "The Fairy Tale King". The bookstore is out of stock, and my two children are clamoring to read it!"

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The meeting continues.

Jerry could no longer hear what the editor-in-chief was saying.

After the meeting ended, Tom patted Jerry on the shoulder, who was still in a daze, and said with a smile: "I'm willing to admit defeat. Don't forget to treat everyone to dinner tonight!"

Jerry glared at Tom with a complicated mood, and just as he was about to speak, his cell phone rang.

Jerry answered the phone and suppressed his depression and said, "Dear son, dad has some things to deal with tonight and won't be home until very late, so you and mom can just have dinner without waiting for me."

On the other end of the phone, a childish voice said: "Okay, dad, please remember to buy me a copy of "The Fairy Tale King" when you come back in the evening. I saw what my classmate bought today. It's really cool..."

Jerry: "..."