The Goddess Shines on America

Today is really a day worth celebrating, because Alice, who hasn't patronized Bantam Books for a long time, finally brings her new work to be published again!

Of course, no one would expect a writer to be so prolific. In the literary world, quality is always more important than quantity. The interval of more than one and a half years is neither long nor short, and it is actually nothing unusual. But for a "newcomer" who has published two books, both of which are on the "New York Times" bestseller list, the meaning of the third work is completely different.

After all, even the mystery novel she wrote unexpectedly in Japan won the most authoritative Rising Star Award in the field of mystery literature, the Edogawa Ranpo Award.

"Alice, we haven't had a chance to congratulate you yet." Calling all the senior editors into the meeting room, the editor-in-chief Domingo said enthusiastically to the protagonist: "Your career is really booming now, our company's Everyone has bought some Cisco stocks, and the chairman even bought your equipment in large quantities!"

"Oh, thank you so much." Chatting with Domingo, Alice said with a smile: "It was about a month ago, the company also sent me an email, saying that the nineteen buildings in Rockefeller Center Lou, is planning to strengthen the network structure in the building with the general trend of our Internet development. This is a huge order, and the business department is going to be very busy now."

"That's right, network construction. After all, these buildings were built in the 1930s, so we must keep up with the times." Brown interjected: "By the way, Alice, Microsoft has always been developing Will that Windows.NT system be used here?"

"Well, the development of that system is very long." Alice said: "After all, it has too high requirements for safety and stability, but you are right, when it is really produced, it must be developed by major companies. The server operating system is preferred."

A few or two sentences of small talk is enough, and within a minute or two, most of the senior editors have already entered the conference room. Furthermore, the editor-in-chief Domingo immediately invited Alice to the table, not only because of her status of having published two best-selling books, but also as a well-deserved status of a big entrepreneur.

"So, hello everyone, I really haven't been to our publishing house for some time." Alice said after she sat down, "I have seen all the emails you sent me. For the "Jurassic Park" and "Scarlet Fairy Tales" As for the follow-up sales of the two books, I would first like to thank everyone present for their strong support. Without your continuous operation, we would not have the current sales volume.”

Thousands of sales, or more than a dozen or even hundreds of thousands of sales, is simply an unattainable mythical achievement for many new writers, and it is impossible for editors in these industries to let go of continuous operation. But for Alice, this kind of affection is quite subtle.

After all, she knew better than anyone else that writing was purely an amateur pastime for herself. It is normal to see other people rejoicing at the works they found at their fingertips, but to say that these works are not original, but are plagiarized from the peak masterpieces of some well-known writers, while she feels a burst of evil, How much will still be a little uncomfortable feeling.

After all, Alice is not a person who relies on the literary world to make a living after all.

"I'm here today, I want to explain to you the creative process in the future."

After pondering for a moment, she said: "The precipitation of this period of time has led me to conceive a series of novels. And this entire series of novels will be published by our Bantam. After all, they are also old partners, and they all belong to one company. It's also convenient for me."

The whistle sounded continuously, and many editors who were suddenly called to the meeting couldn't help but look at each other, but at the same time, they felt more joyful on their brows. A series of novels promised by the author, this is great news for any publishing house, and it is also an iron rice bowl that can bring rich performance to many editors.

Domingo was very surprised and said: "Series of novels? That's really great, it's so helpful to the operation of the brand! So Alice, what series of novels are you conceiving?"

Generally speaking, after speaking to this point, it is time for the writer to submit the manuscript directly, but Alice was not in a hurry, and said slowly: "A campus fantasy novel based on modern society, the main plot revolves around A Scottish magic school is unfolding. There are seven grades in this school, so my entire series will also be published in the form of seven parts."

Another shocking news was ushered in, which made the editors here sighed suddenly. Brown was almost scalded by the tea, so he quickly put down his cup and said, "Alice, seven books!? A total of seven novels!?"

Praise God, seeing Alice smiling and nodding, the whole conference room was almost boiling!

What is the concept of seven parts?

It is equivalent to the publishing house and a best-selling author signing the distribution rights of seven novels in one go, and based on the nature of the series of novels, it has a unique advantage in operation and promotion!

And to be reasonable, there are seven volumes!

"My God," said an editor sitting in a certain position, "doesn't this mean that we will have a lot of work to do in the next seven years?"

"That's right, that's right, seven years, good guy, seven years!" Another editor also said: "Since it is such a long series of novels, from the initial publicity to the distribution of trial copies, From the official publication, to the response from readers, and then to the promotion of the next book, the one-year cycle of a book is the best."

"Let's look at the sales volume. Of course, I believe that Alice's production will definitely be a high-quality product." Domingo said, and the audience immediately fell silent: "If this set of novels, the quality of each book can be on the best-seller list Yes, then we are like DC who invented Superman and Batman, and Marvel who invented Captain America and Hulk.”

There was another burst of laughter, but everyone nodded in agreement. Those present here, who didn’t grow up watching the characters created in those two comics since the 1934s, if Alice’s seven parts can really be at the top of the bestseller list, based on the so-called campus magic setting , as long as there is enough operation and publicity, I am afraid that a subculture can really be cultivated!

"Hey, hey, are you so sure?" But seeing the excited looks of the editors, Alice was a little uneasy, although she really understood the power of this seven-part set.

"Of course it's because we have confidence in your talent, Alice." Domingo said with a smile, and everyone nodded with a smile: "In addition to the mystery novel in Japan, as an amateur writer, you have three novels Based on the three genres respectively, how many achievements have been achieved that ordinary writers can hardly achieve in a lifetime. Under this premise, you suddenly said that you want to launch a long series, how can it not be a classic?"

It makes sense to say so, and just as Brown said immediately: "And Alice, you also said that this is a campus magic. If it is published according to the rhythm of a year, it happens to be the growth process of a generation of teenagers. Oh …By the way, Alice, we really haven’t asked until now, what is your series of novels about?”

"Seven novels, the age of the protagonists, from eleven to seventeen, you guessed it right, they can indeed directly affect the growth of a generation of teenagers." Alice said happily, and then Alice finally opened her small leather bag .

"This is the first third of the first part I wrote. It has been divided into chapters. Who of you will make a copy?"

Seeing the girl's thick stack of manuscript paper, everyone's eyes lit up.

Because it's really thick.

The pages of A4 paper are full of English articles. The so-called one-third of the thickness is more than a hundred pages. Brown immediately took the manuscript paper from Alice, and said in surprise: "It seems that the content of this book is really a lot, but this is only one-third?"

"Harry-Potter-and-the-Philosopher's-Stone, by-Alice-Wong." For some reason, everyone can clearly see that Alice's smile is really a standard weird style: "Because the story happened in England, so I am Written in English language, you can revise it according to the situation. As for the length..."

She rolled her eyes and smiled even more weirdly: "The whole book is about 500,000 words, and if they are all printed, it will be about 400 A4 sheets with both sides."

The girl said it easily, but wanting people to accept it is another matter. Brown was holding the more than one hundred pages of manuscript paper. Due to the division of chapters, he could see no less than ten paper clips pinned to the upper left corner. This is really a great rhythm, the first episode of the seven-part series will produce a 400-page sixteenth book?

"Look, everyone, I'm really right," Domingo was also frightened, a little dazed and thankful, and said proudly: "Of course there will be only one novel like this at least a year, otherwise Not to mention Alice's creative speed, if it is published too fast, readers will not have time to digest it."

"Of course, I would get bored if I always create a novel." Alice waved her hand, smiling very modestly: "So I am also preparing another series of magic novels, and the two works will be published alternately. If you say this Harry Potter works for children and teenagers, the other one is pure serious adult magic."

Heavy news came one after another, but the editor-in-chief was not overwhelmed by joy: "Alice, after all, you're just an amateur writer. Two novel series at the same time? Are you sure you can handle it?"