The Multiverse Starting from White Deer Plain

The efficiency of Youfeige is still very high.

Three or four days passed.

I sent a sample book to Bai Gui, as well as information about the release date of the first issue.

"This sample book is good..."

Bai Gui nodded and looked at the professors' joint recommendations on the cowhide cover. At first glance, he felt that he was of high quality.

"The Japanese version of this book will be released soon, but I also need to handwrite a copy of the Chinese version and hand it to Mr. Zhu..."

He spread out the manuscript of "Climbing the South Peak of Huayue Mountain" given to him by Mr. Zhu, looked at the ink on it, sighed, and was speechless for a long time.

The original Japanese manuscript of "Guns, Germs, and Steel" is approximately 300,000 words.

With the Japanese comparison, his translation speed will not be too slow.

It’s just a novel about the Great Qin Empire. Although it uses the past as a metaphor for the present, it is just an in-depth historical novel that has little impact on the country. It doesn’t matter whether it is translated or not. But the book "Guns, Germs, Steel" is different. The Japanese version is about to be released, so the Chinese version has to be sent back to China and handed over to Mr. Zhu...

An answer to Mr. Zhu.

This is the relationship between master and disciple!

A day or two later.

Bai Gui opened the private message that Bai Xiuzhu handed him, and greeted him as usual. There was nothing too disgusting to say. Although Bai Xiuzhu grew up in the country of Amei, she also received a Chinese education and would not be so explicit when expressing love. .

The main content of the letter was to ask Bai Gui to study hard in Japan and be determined to study. It also mentioned that she had recently met one or two good friends under the introduction of her cousin Wang Yufen, including Jin Meili, the eighth daughter of the Jin family. Kind and cute...

Wang Yufen is the third daughter-in-law of the Jin family.

In addition, near the end of the letter, she mentioned the matter of her brother Bai Xiongqi officially serving as an appointed member of the Zizhengyuan.

"I have been studying hard recently and became a disciple of Professor Shiraishi. I just wrote a novel a few days ago. The single volume will be released in a few days. I will give it to you then..."

Bai Gui used a brush to write lines of small characters on the letterhead.

He was accustomed to using a fountain pen when writing in Japan, but when he replied to letters back home, he still wrote in calligraphy.

The price of sending a letter from Japan to Yanjing is not low, about two or three silver dollars.

The embassy is slightly cheaper.

But this is much cheaper than a telegraph, which often costs hundreds of silver dollars.

But...it's obvious that neither he nor Bai Xiuzhu is short of money, and they can write three or four letters every week.

Wait until this letter is written.

Bai Gui put it into an envelope and wrote the address.

He pondered for a while, then took out some plain white paper and rubbed ink to write.

The date written in the letter this time is two or three days later than the previous one.

After a while.

The letter was filled and put into another envelope.

"Xiuzhu replies too frequently. I practice literature and martial arts every day, and I have to write books. How can I have time to reply to them one by one... Besides, I definitely can't tell everything about Japan..."

An inexplicable flash of guilt flashed through Bai Gui's heart.

At first, he could reply to Bai Xiuzhu's letters one at a time, but as time went by, he inevitably became a little slow.

He sighed, wrapped the single volume sent by Youfei Pavilion in wrapping paper, and put it together with the second letter.

After a while, I will go to the embassy to send a letter.

Although the letters are sent at the same time, the embassy cannot send letters one day at a time. Instead, it waits until there are more letters to send home and delivers them in batches at a certain time, so the interval of one or two days is normal.

The same goes for domestic inns. valley

A letter will not come, but a letter will be sent.

When Bai Gui sorted out the letters sent by Bai Xiuzhu and repackaged them, a lovesickness seed slipped out of the envelope.

Xiangsizi, that is, red beans.

He shook his head, smiled, and put the red beans back into the envelope.

Red beans grow in the southern country, and when spring comes, they will sprout a few branches. I hope you will pick more of them, this is the most loved thing.

When writing love letters, red beans are indispensable.

This is the romance of the ancients.

…

The first issue of "Guns, Germs, Steel" was sold quickly as promised.

Just like the first Asahisha sold the first volume of The Great Qin Empire, Youfei Pavilion also placed advertisements in various newspapers. The headlines of the news were "The Great Qin Empire author Bai Meihe's new work, unanimously recommended by all professors", "Bai Meihe's new work" , not to be missed", "A Masterpiece of Human History"...

The titles are all gimmicky!

It's just that gimmicks are not enough. People who buy newspapers and read them have long been tired of these gimmicks.

"A new work by Bai Meihe, author of The Great Qin Empire? Interesting..."

"The content that can be unanimously recommended by many professors should not be much different."

"Do you think Bai Meihe has a background? It was just that the Great Qin Empire was recommended last time. After all, the writing was quite powerful, but this time it was recommended by professors? Does he have any background?"

"..."

Some people doubt it, and some people praise it.

But the heat is there.

The Youfei Pavilion brand is still available, and the first issue is also sold in major bookstores in Tokyo.

"This time the novel has not been serialized in newspapers. Those who can come to buy it are all called by pen names. Although the initial sales are worse than the last time, the prospects are excellent..."

Bai Gui is still holding a book signing event during the first few days of publication.

After he heard Nobuo Nakajima reporting to him the sales of the first issues of several other major bookstores, he did not feel disappointed at all, smiled and said so.

The advantage of newspaper serialization is that it can accumulate a lot of readers during the serialization period, and it can be sold as a single volume and people can support it. But publishing novels directly will undoubtedly eliminate the process of accumulating readers, and readers will not know the content of the novel. At this time, sales volume depends entirely on the author's hard power.

And Bai Gui has the momentum of the newspaper serialization of the first and second volumes of The Empire of Qin. There are many loyal readers, and many people recognize his pen name. Therefore, although there are not as many people coming to buy the book as when the first publication of The Empire of Qin was first published, ...He can sell thousands of copies in Tokyo in one day, which shows that his appeal is not weak.

Word of mouth is constantly fermenting.

The quality of the first book was good, but everyone was still doubtful about the second one being released... But the quality of the second book was still good. The third and fourth books, readers dared to buy just by looking at the pen name!

"Editor Bai has a free and easy personality, which is admirable."

Nobuo Nakajima nodded.

He has been in the industry for so long, and he knows this truth, but there are really not many people like Bai Gui, whose sales were sluggish on the first day of the first issue, but whose face remained unchanged and who talked and laughed happily.

"I also bought a copy of the book "Guns, Germs, and Steel" today. I have read it. This book will definitely become popular..."

"It just takes time..."

he said again.

Having been an editor for a long time, he still has certain predictions about which books will be popular and which books will not be popular.

After a while.

Mitsuko Yamada walked in. She reported the news and said: "Professor Shiraishi and some professors from the Faculty of Liberal Arts of Tokyo University recommended this novel to the students who taught today. The sales will definitely explode tomorrow!"