Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 676 Read
"The marriage is still far away."

"Don't worry, we will definitely notify you of our marriage."

James and Anna spoke at the same time, one excited and the other shy.

Zhang Chong nodded with a smile. Both of them were still very young, and it was only his heartfelt blessing to them in the end.

Seeing that Zhang Zhong didn't speak, the two were also very interested, and walked forward with the book, asking the people behind to come up and sign.

……

The writer meeting, of course, is not just as simple as signing the autograph.

In the evening, when the signings are over, the real writer's signing will officially begin.

The writers gathered in a circle, and the readers stood in the audience, and started a "group chat".

There was no host for this autograph session, and Zhang Zhong played the role of host himself.

He stood on the stage with a microphone in his hand, and said with a smile, "If you feel tired, you can put the books in your hands as a bench. Our meeting may take a while, so it's not easy to keep standing with the books on your arms." .”

Many book friends have actually wanted to do this for a long time, but they are not too embarrassed, after all, it will make people feel that they do not respect the author.

But after hearing what Zhang Zhong said, some book lovers let go of their doubts, followed his suggestion to put the book on the ground, and then sat on it.

Someone took the lead, and things were easy to handle. After a while, the crowd was a lot shorter, and everyone sat down.

Seeing everyone sitting down, Zhang Zhong said again, "Actually, this is my first author meeting, and I'm not very experienced yet, but it doesn't matter. Many writers here have had experience in holding meeting. These experienced writers speak first, and I observe and emulate first."

……

The meeting was very simple. The writers chatted casually, about their works, about the past, and about each other.

Sometimes some readers are invited to get up and share their stories with you.

These readers who share stories are not randomly selected, but have been found in advance, and every fan of the author has them.

Otherwise, if a certain writer is neglected, the scene will not be very good.

In fact, for Zhang Zhong, this was more like a meeting with colleagues surrounded by others.

All the writers present have signed contracts with the company, but many of them have never met before, and I will take this opportunity to meet them.

Of course, for these writers, this meeting is more like a publicity meeting.

Except for top commercial writers like Yu Dongyu, other writers more or less need such publicity.

And this is not a simple meeting, but also a release of some new books.

At the end of the meeting, the screen in the hall also announced the new book plans of all the writers present in the next three months.

In the next three months, twelve writers have a total of seven new books to be released, among which Zhang Zhong's new book "A Clockwork Girl" is the representative, and the release date of the new book was also announced at the same time.

In addition to "A Clockwork Girl", what attracted the most readers' attention was Yu Dongyu's new book "Thousand Doors·Girl" and Qin Zhao's new book "Ban Yao".

These three books will meet readers in October, November and December respectively.

The release date of "A Clockwork Girl" is set for October [-]th.

I have to say that the book fans present were happy, because the release dates of these new books had not been announced in the media before, and they were also the first readers to get the news.

Of course, at the subsequent press conference, these matters will still be announced through the media.

……

"The release date of "A Clockwork Girl" is scheduled for October [-]th." Li Tianyi, who swiped his phone in his busy schedule, suddenly said to Zhang Junwei, who was cleaning.

"Oh? Is there an official news?"

Li Tianyi shook his head, "That's not true, it was a good friend of mine who posted on Weibo, and she said that the news was announced at the writer's meeting today."

"There is still this part of the meeting."

"Well, I heard that it's not just "A Clockwork Girl", but the release date of six other books was announced at the same time, namely Yu Dongyu's "Thousand Doors·Young Master", Qin Zhao's "Ban Yao", Fenghe's..."

"Tsk tsk, I'm looking forward to these books. But what I'm looking forward to more is whether the passage written in the book that the person picked up before is actually the content of a new book."

"Okay, I've heard you talking about this for two days. If it's a new book, it probably won't be long before it's announced."

"I'm just curious." Zhang Junwei shrugged.

"Hey, this year's national per capita book reading has reached [-] books, setting a historical record." Li Tianyi suddenly said with a look of surprise.

"Really or not?" Zhang Junwei put down the broom in his hand and walked over. The number surprised him. He remembered that the number was only about seven or eight books before. Why did it suddenly increase so much? ?

"Really, can the data released by the daily be false?"

"How did it increase so much?"

"It's a question, of course it has something to do with Zhang Zhong. Since Zhang Zhong's debut, the number has been increasing. Don't forget, "Zero and One" alone sells hundreds of millions of copies a year. This also analyzes the reasons for the increase in numbers, take a look."

Zhang Junwei took the phone.

The data has only been published for half an hour.

The reason for this data increase was analyzed in the announcement, which has a lot to do with Zhang Zhong.

According to statistics, the Chinese market for science fiction and detective suspense novels has grown a lot in the past two years. In addition to Zhang Zhong's best-selling books, it has also driven the sales of similar books.

It also specifically marked several time points, namely after the release of "Ten Little Indian Boys", after the announcement of the results of the Nebula Awards last year, the release of the movie "The Last Starfish" this year, and the announcement of the results of the Nebula Awards and Hugo Awards.

These points in time are the moments when domestic book sales have skyrocketed.

"Undoubtedly, Zhang Zhong's contribution to the domestic book market in the past two years is obvious to all. Now the word Zhang Zhong has become a cultural symbol, and the increase in the per capita reading volume of Chinese people is evidence. It is worth mentioning that because Zhang Zhong , and now serious literature is gradually entering the lives of ordinary people. For this statistics, this newspaper specially interviewed hundreds of readers, and many of them said that before they knew Zhang Zhong, they even read a traditional I have never read any literary works. After getting to know Zhang Zhong, because I like his science fiction novels and detective suspense novels, Ai Wu Ji Wu, I also fell in love with his other novels, such as "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood", "The Ordinary World ", "To Live". "To Live" is a work that has only been released recently, and it is also the only traditional literary work in China that is simultaneously online in the most languages."

"Looking back, we have gradually discovered that Zhang Zhong seems to have cultivated the reading habits of Chinese people invisibly in the past two years. The appreciation level of Chinese people has been continuously improved, and the quality and quantity of domestic writers have also been continuously improved, forming a virtuous circle. It is the root cause of the increase in the number of books read per capita..."

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