Silicon Valley

On November 1, "Resident Evil" was officially published.

At this time, people in the industry are very concerned about this, because "Resident Evil" can be used as a reference, can the physical publishing of online novels sell well? And this is closely related to their own vital interests! ! !

Bookstores all over the United States have put "Resident Evil" on the shelves. As soon as the door opened, many people gathered at the door of some bookstores!

"Boss, is there a book called "Resident Evil"? It's the latest book written by Henry Williams!"

"Yes, yes, yes!!!" The boss heard the words with a very happy smile on his face. There are a group of boys and girls at the door, who can make a lot of money by buying a copy every day!

The bookstore owner led the crowd into the bookstore, and then pointed to the location of the book "Resident Evil", and said, "$5 a copy, buy it as soon as possible, there is not much stock!" In fact, in the bookstore owner's warehouse, More than 200 copies are also stored. Henry Williams' books are generally bestsellers. Look at his "Harry Potter" and "Jurassic Park". Which one is not popular? The bookstore owner has confidence in Henry Williams!

As soon as the bookstore owner's voice fell, a group of people rushed to buy it.

Mad, the owner of the bookstore is really brainless. He doesn't even have enough new books from Henry Williams, so hurry up and grab it. ! !

When the bookstore owner saw their wolf-like appearance, he couldn't help crying and laughing: "Don't rob, don't rob! I still have a lot of stock in my warehouse..."

...

West German Publishing Company.

Edward paced the office, a little worried about Resident Evil sales. He wasn't sure that the book had already been posted on the Internet, and that it could be sold in real life!

Henry sat on the sofa beside him and sipped tea slowly.

"Hehe, Edward actually got a pack of top-quality Longjing..."

Henry was not in a hurry at all, smiled and said to Edward, "Come for tea, don't you feel dizzy when you keep walking around?"

"Oh," Edward replied, then walked across to Henry and sat down, holding up another cup of tea on the coffee table. He opened his mouth and drank it.

Seeing this, Henry shook his head involuntarily.

"It's useless to be in a hurry, look. I'm very calm!"

Edward looked at Henry with a look of helplessness.

"Oh, Chairman, why don't you care about your new book sales?"

"I care. Why don't you care?" Henry put down the teacup and said with a smile, "But it's useless for me to care, everything we should do has been done, now we just need to wait for the result! Edward, Just put your mind on it. Isn't it just a physical book. It's no big deal..."

When Edward heard this, his face suddenly became black. The foundation of West German publishing house is to publish physical books...

Edward sat for a while, feeling uneasy all the time.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the office, and a young female secretary walked in!

The female secretary first said hello to Henry and Edward, and then said excitedly: "This morning, bookstores all over the United States have queued up to buy books, and the new book "Resident Evil" is on sale!!!"

Edward heard. Unconsciously relieved, there was a happy look on his face, and he said in his mouth: "It's great, it's great..."

Henry chuckled and shook his head. He picked up the tea cup and tasted it slowly. Although he couldn't taste anything special, the aroma of the tea left him with a lot of aftertaste. Remembering all kinds of past lives!

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the sales statistics were completed. "Resident Evil" sold 500,000 copies that day. When the West German Press announced the news, many people were shocked.

The reporters interviewed today's book buyers and found that 40% of these people are fans of Henry Williams; 25% of them like to watch "Resident Evil" and bought them for collection. 35% of people are curious about this book, millions of people on the Internet read "Resident Evil", which shows that this book is well written, and this book is the world's richest man and talented author Henry Williams Written by s, curiosity couldn't help but get heavier... so, I also bought a copy!

The successful publication of "Resident Evil" has undoubtedly injected strong self-confidence into the majority of IReader writers!

In the following week, the sales of "Resident Evil" novels were booming, with a total of 3 million copies sold, striving for the number one best-selling novel in the United States this week! ! !

This time, the other publishing houses fell silent all of a sudden!

Subsequently, the major publishing companies immediately held a meeting to discuss future development.

"Let's also set up a website!!!" Someone suggested at the beginning of the meeting, "The effect of online publicity is much better than the actual effect, because online reading is cheap, and if you read pirated copies, it is still free! Therefore, a book It is easier for others to read, so that the popularity of the book is higher, and we can also get the full copyright of the novel like the IReader station and get more benefits!!!”

"That's right! I heard that when they sign a work, they usually sign a full copyright contract, and IReader can obtain the right to operate all copyrights such as film and television adaptation rights, or game adaptation rights, and the profit will be divided with the writer!! !"

"Well! It seems feasible. Although the publication of physical books will be affected, but from the analysis of the book "Resident Evil", the impact does not seem to be too great!"

"Well, it seems that the establishment of a station is very feasible!"

"Since everyone thinks it's okay, then we will also build a station!!!"

"it is good!!!"

"..."

Not long after that, many publishing houses in the United States decided to establish stations. After several weeks of planning, the imitator IReader station has also launched its own station! These publishers are ambitious and feel that the future is bright. Imagine that after one of the novels under the website became famous, they have been adapted for film and television, game adaptation, etc. It can be said that they are dreaming of making money every day! ! !

What can Henry say?

Not all stations can be as successful as the IReader station, the background of the IReader station on the Internet is ICQ, it's Henry! ! !

Even if the largest publishing house in the United States has established a station, it can't do the same as IReader station! ICQ's traffic can make IReader far ahead of other websites. What's more, due to the first-mover advantage, IReader has become bigger and stronger. In the eyes of netizens, it is the biggest and best station.

In addition, the IReader station is closer to the development of civilians, and everyone can be a writer. Readers have read the novels written by traditional writers. Naturally, their tastes will change. On the contrary, when they read the novels written by ordinary people, they feel funny, refreshing, and more interesting!

Many publishers don't realize this, and shout slogans while holding hundreds of works owned by the company on their website! Among them, the slogan of the American publishing giant McGraw Hill is as follows:

"To build the best station, our novels are all the works of well-known authors, no bad works!!!!"

The last sentence "no bad work" obviously means something!

(PS: There is one more update at 10:30 pm)

(To be continued ~^~)