Reborn Almighty Scholar

Chapter 97

In early May, the novel and comics of the third episode of "Sword Art Online" were released simultaneously.

Different from the original work, Ma Xiaolong wrote a rich and colorful description in the Aincrad chapter. According to his lv3 writing skills, the original author Reki Kawahara actually wrote "Sword Art Online".

Originally, the Aincrad chapter ended, followed by the Fairy Dance chapter to wake up Asuna, and it would be a perfect ending.

But maybe because of the money, he added other chapters one after another, and the result became less and less decent.

Of course, this is only from the perspective of the quality of the works. If you look at it from the perspective of economic interests, his sequel is completely fine.Since there are people spending money, and many people are willing to spend money, why not write more?As a capitalist country, as long as there is still a steel coin that can be exploited, it will never let it go.

Knowing that there will be a continuation of the dog's tail, Ma Xiaolong did not intend to write those plots from the beginning, and opened the book to dig out the potential of the opening chapter to make the story more exciting.

Moreover, the way of thinking of the characters is mainly based on the thinking of most Chinese people. There are not many saints here, and some are just the strong walking alone, the weak sticking together, and the evil... The setting of death if you don't pass the level, and the evil with a ball Those who are ill!
Love kill?Because my wife performed too well, I felt inferior, so I killed my wife?Chinese people don't have such a perverted brain circuit, delete it.

After deletion and modification, Ma Xiaolong's version of "Sword Art Online" wrote the opening chapter of Aincrad extremely wonderfully.

This is something that can’t be helped. Even in 2022, piracy has not been completely eradicated. The reason is the lack of punishment. Even if a few pirates are caught today and fined, it is just a drop in the bucket. .

Ma Xiaolong had expected this for a long time. Since the pirated version could not be eliminated, he should start with the interests of readers of the genuine version.

Therefore, Ma Xiaolong published as many autographed books as possible for his genuine copies, and the publishing house also made the genuine copies as exquisite as possible, and included some small gifts such as bookmarks and key chains to increase readers' desire to buy genuine copies.

Of course, the easiest way is to lower the retail price of genuine books, so that readers can afford and are willing to buy them, and maintain the bookstore's profits by selling volume.

Under a multi-pronged approach, the sales of the third episode of "Sword Art Online" once again broke the historical record, selling 24 copies in 20 hours, 100 million copies a week later, and 250 million copies a month later.

This is the potential of the domestic market. There is a large population in the country. As long as the price is right, buying the genuine version is not much more expensive than the pirated version.

Genuine books may have the possibility of doubling or even ten times their value in ten or twenty years, but pirated books will only depreciate in value when bought back, and their final fate is to be bought by scrap collectors.

Therefore, under the instruction of Ma Xiaolong, the publishing house deliberately publicized the collection value of genuine books.

Everyone has the desire to take advantage, it just depends on whether you can market. Under the collection value marketing of the publishing house, not only the third episode, but also the first and second episodes of "Sword Art Online", and even the three series of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" A wave of sales peaks ushered in, making publishers and bookstore owners happy. At the same time, they also found the wealth code-promoting the collection value of genuine books.

This is the case at home, but it is different abroad.

Because foreign countries vigorously protect the original version, the total number of foreign sales is higher than that in China, especially "Sword Art Online" has successfully launched in Europe and the United States. European and American readers see such exquisite, technological, and game-like novels and comics, and they are instantly captured by it. Loyal fans not only buy it for themselves to appreciate and collect, but also keep asking friends around them for Amway.

Even if there is no publicity, a good work can still shine through word of mouth, not to mention that European and American booksellers found that the sales volume of "Sword Art Online" was amazing, and immediately stepped up publicity and printing efforts. In just one month, the sales volume ranked first among all The top of the country's best-selling list, and the last three.

As time went by, sales exploded.The reason is simple, no matter domestic or foreign, novels and comics describing the stories of online games are the only ones, and there is no semicolon.

Relying on the first-mover advantage, "Sword Art Online" crazily harvested fans, and triggered a frenzy of swords, which in turn triggered the rush of foreign mainstream media to report.

Afterwards, there were reporters stationed in China who wanted to interview Ma Xiaolong and took the initiative to find the publishing house.

At noon that day, not long after Ma Xiaolong returned home, he received a call from the editor-in-chief of the publishing house: "Mr. Xiaolong, a reporter from a famous foreign media wants to interview you. I wonder if you are interested?"

"No." Ma Xiaolong's refusal was so straightforward that the editor-in-chief was completely confused.

"No, Mr. Xiaolong, this is a very well-known international media reporter. If you accept an interview, it will definitely greatly improve your international reputation."

"Heh..." Ma Xiaolong smiled and said, "If I want to become famous, I have to wait until now?"

"..." The editor-in-chief had nothing to say.

"Help me decline it! If there are any media interviews in the future, I will push them away." After a pause: "Don't reveal my contact information. If a reporter finds my home, our cooperation will end here."

The editor's heart tightened, and he quickly assured: "Mr. Xiaolong, don't worry, we will definitely not disclose your personal information. If there is a problem, you can ask me."

Ma Xiaolong said with a smile: "I have terminated the cooperation, what else can I ask, the editor-in-chief just joked."

The editor-in-chief became even more nervous, said a few good words, hung up the phone, and reported to his superiors.

Soon, when foreign journalists learned that Ma Xiaolong was unwilling to accept interviews or reveal his personal identity, they couldn't understand: "Why?"

"No Reason!"

The brain circuit of foreigners is of course different from that of Chinese people. In short, in order to bind Ma Xiaolong as a cash cow for a long time, the editor-in-chief of the publishing house has issued a death order. No one is allowed to reveal the real identity of Teacher Xiaolong, otherwise you cannot afford the consequences.

Having said that, in this era of worshiping foreigners and fawning on foreigners, it is simply not too pleasant to be able to ruthlessly refuse the request of a high-ranking foreign master.

snort!Foreigners are no different from us, with the same head and mouth, and nothing more than us, why are you an uncle?This is Huaxia, not a place to serve the uncle.

Seeing the foreign reporter leaving the publishing house angrily, the editor-in-chief had his hands on his hips for a while, but he was so awesome.

……

On Saturday, Ma Xiaolong and Zhu Sha went to the cinema to watch a movie, Master Xing's "A Chinese Journey to the West: Moonlight Treasure Box".

Although the film was released in Xiangjiang last year, it failed disastrously at the box office and the cost was not recovered. It is said that the domestic box office is also very dismal.

Ma Xiaolong thinks it is a problem with the audience. When he was in the first grade of junior high school in his previous life, all the classmates in his class went to see this movie, and they were all overjoyed after watching it. There were even some male students who stopped studying at night and skipped class to go to the cinema to watch a movie. However, they were discovered by the head teacher who was patrolling at night. They came to school the next day and didn't attend class. They all went home to write the inspection.

Later, after domestic college students watched it, they regarded this Westward Journey series as a classic among the classics, and it became popular in the mainland. I don't know how many pirated CDs were sold.

It can be seen that the box office failure of Westward Journey was entirely due to the wrong concept of the movie-going group at the time, and it was the students who saved the movie.

But in this small town, the "Moonlight Box" is almost full, and the people who come to see the movie are all young people, their thinking is out of the way, and they can completely keep up with the rhythm.

In the movie theater, there will be a burst of laughter every few tens of seconds, and the intensity will surpass other comedy movies.Zhu Sha also twitched with laughter, and when the movie was over and the show was over, Zhu Sha wiped away her tears and said, "Help me, I can't get up laughing anymore."

Ma Xiaolong pulled her up and said with a smile: "Master Xing's movie is still good, and the part where Uncle Da dances the hula dance is absolutely amazing."

Thinking of that scene, Zhu Sha chuckled and couldn't stand up again.

Walking out of the cinema, the two strolled home.

Now Shengli Street and Xinhua Street are getting more and more dilapidated, demolition is not far away, and the cinema will be closed in a few years. After that, for a long time, residents living nearby can only watch movies with the help of VCD, DVD or computer at home. .

Going to the cinema to watch movies as an entertainment method will become a luxury in the next 20 years.

"It's almost as you expected." Zhu Sha looked at the low and dilapidated bungalows on both sides of the road, and said, "This place is not far from demolition."

"Your house is coming soon, and my house is about ten years away." Ma Xiaolong reminded: "When demolishing, remember to ask for a house, not money."

Zhu Sha didn't ask why, and said with a smile: "I don't understand, you can give me advice when the time comes!"

"It's up to me." Ma Xiaolong said with a smile: "We don't want a building, but a two-story building with a courtyard, and a few more shops. The house is lived in, and the shop is rented out. From now on, we will rely on rent collection every month. It will allow you to live a nourishing life like a renter's wife."

"Then you are the charterer." Zhu Sha smiled.

"I like being a charterer the most."

……

Played with Zhu Sha for a day on Saturday, and continued typing on the keyboard on Sunday.

Going to school on Monday, the topics discussed by the students in the class are all the movies of Master Xing.

Dai Yu's deskmate pulled up a pair of trouser legs, exposing shriveled legs, and stood coquettishly: "The long night was long and unintentional sleep, I thought I was the only one who couldn't sleep, so it turns out Miss Jingjing couldn't sleep either!"

Dai Yu: "..."

The most embarrassing thing in life is that your deskmate is playing tricks, and you can't understand it at all.

In order to ease the embarrassment, Dai Yu got up and went to Ma Xiaolong and Zhu Sha: "Have you watched the movie that the students mentioned?"

"I've watched it!" Zhu Sha stopped turning her pen and said with a smile, "I went to the cinema with Xiaolong to watch it the day before yesterday. Sister Lin hasn't watched it yet! Let me tell you, the movie is very funny, it didn't kill me..."

Originally, Dai Yu didn't care if there were any topics to talk about with his classmates. Don't students put their studies first!Why discuss things in school that have nothing to do with learning?

But since having these two friends, her thoughts have changed a bit, at least... When chatting with friends, she hopes to have something to say.

After listening to Zhu Sha's movie-watching experience, she felt that it was necessary for her to go to the cinema to watch the movie.

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