Chapter 418: "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" Is in Great Demand

The publication of "Tianlong Babu" is a set of five books, and the total price of 150 is actually not expensive.

With the great success of "Zhetian", and the serialization of "Tianlong Babu" on the Qiyue website has continuously broken the record of martial arts novels, the conditions given by major publishing houses are very favorable.

In the end, it was the Modu Publishing House, which Qiyue officially contacted, that offered a 12% royalty, and only then did it win the publishing rights.

For general book publishing, the author's royalties are between 3% and 8%.

However, the royalties also depend on the person, such as the literary giant Su Xinghai, 15% of the royalties is the basic, and there are a lot of conditions.

Promising to get 12% is already a very sincere offer.

After all, the audience of online literature is very different from that of physical books.

There have been online literature publications in the past, but they are all thunder and thunder with little rain, basically losing money to gain publicity.

That is to say, only by promise can people give 12% royalties. According to the price of 150, he can get 18 yuan in royalties for every set of "Tian Long Ba Bu" sold. The first batch of 500,000 sets will get 9 million yuan in royalties.

As soon as the Weibo message was released, countless netizens forwarded it. One thousand sets is not a small amount. According to the price, this is 150,000 yuan.

"This wave of promises is really generous!"

"150,000! Don't even blink!"

"Awesome, forward it quickly."

Netizens forwarded it and rushed to the bookstore to buy it.

The first batch of 500,000 sets may seem like a lot, but with so many martial arts fans, there may not be enough to share.

Lao Zhang is a martial arts fan. He is quite picky. He only listens to Zhou Hongyuan's songs because he is synonymous with martial arts songs.

When watching TV, he only watches martial arts TV.

When reading novels, he only reads "Tian Long Ba Bu" because this novel is a serious martial arts masterpiece.

He even learned how to use Qiyue.com to read novels for Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils.

Now that he heard that the novel was published, he ran to the bookstore as soon as he entered.

As soon as he entered the door, Lao Zhang shouted, "Give me a set of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils!"

"Sorry, it's out of stock?"

? ? ?

Lao Zhang was confused, "Isn't it just published? How come it's out of stock?"

The waiter looked helpless and pointed to the long queue in the bookstore: "They are all here to buy Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils."

Lao Zhang then noticed that there was a group of people queuing in the bookstore.

"What a crappy bookstore, I'll go to another store to buy!" Lao Zhang left a sentence and ran out of the bookstore in a hurry.

However, before he entered the next bookstore, he saw a group of people walking out dejectedly: "What a crappy bookstore, there's no Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils!"

Lao Zhang grabbed someone: "Dude, doesn't this store have Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils either?"

"Hey, they said they're sold out!"

Lao Zhang was confused, this is their biggest bookstore!

No, I have to change bookstores.

Lao Zhang went to seven or eight bookstores in a row before he got a set, and the boss said it was the last set.

Lao Zhang was very lucky. Fortunately, he knew this relatively remote bookstore, otherwise he really couldn't buy "Tianlong Babu" today.

Back home, Lao Zhang happily opened the book and couldn't wait to read it.

It is convenient to read books on mobile phones, but I always feel that it is not as good as paper books.

The texture and fragrance of ink of paper books are incomparable to e-books, and paper books are better in terms of experience.

After reading for a while, Lao Zhang opened his mobile phone to watch short videos.

"Urgent, urgent, brothers, which bookstore still has "Tianlong Babu"?"

"It's speechless. We have run all the bookstores in our small city, but we can't buy a set of "Tianlong Babu"."

"It's outrageous. Didn't they say that there are 500,000 sets? Why can't I buy it anywhere?"

The Internet is full of complaints about not being able to buy books.

Lao Zhang was happy. Fortunately, he was smart, otherwise he would have joined the army of complainers.

"Hehe, I got a set. It is said that this is our last set."

"Fuck, I'm jealous!"

"I want it too!"

"I give up. I went to every store and they were out of stock. What are you doing!"

The discussion on the Internet was very heated and even became a hot search.

# "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" is hard to find. Is it a real-life version of "paper shortage in Luoyang"?

# Is it hunger marketing or is it really so popular?

Netizens complained everywhere, and many book fans had to find other ways.

"Brothers, there is a lottery on Nuoyan's Weibo. One thousand sets. Go and try your luck!"

Since you can't buy it, you might as well try your luck. So the number of reposts and comments on Xu Nuo's Weibo soared, and it didn't take long for tens of thousands of reposts.

If it was just a few or dozens of sets, netizens would not be so enthusiastic. The winning rate was too low to arouse interest in the lottery. But it was different for one thousand sets. The winning rate was not low.

However, as the number of participants increased, the winning rate was gradually lowered to 1%.

Netizens started to complain again: "Why are there so many people participating? Please give me the chance! Please!"

"I am a die-hard fan of "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils". Please let me win a set!"

Xu Nuo also saw the news and felt a little puzzled. 500,000 sets should not be sold out all at once.

He called the publishing house, and the publishing house said that they supply bookstores based on the reader allocation provided by Qiyue.com. The readers are mainly in first- and second-tier cities, and the allocation to third- and fourth-tier cities is relatively small. And it is only the first batch. The second batch of books is still on the way and will arrive in a few days.

Xu Nuo hung up the phone and found that most of the netizens who complained were from third- and fourth-tier cities, with very few netizens from first- and second-tier cities. It seemed that it was indeed the same as what the publisher said.

At this time, some netizens commented.

"The Xinhua Bookstore in the Magic City still has stock, come quickly!"

"The bookstore in Beijing has the goods!"

"Jiangcheng Bookstore has the goods! There are not many goods left!"

"Brother, please purchase on my behalf. I'll pay for the freight!"

"I also want!"

"I'll pay 200! I'll pay for the shipping!"

"Add me one!"

For a time, many netizens asked netizens for help in purchasing, and even purchasing scalpers were born.

There's nothing we can do about this.

Where there is profit, there are scalpers.

The publisher was also confused.

There are scalpers who buy concert tickets, there are scalpers who buy hospital registrations, and there are scalpers who buy autographed books by some famous authors.

But "Dragon" is different.

You must know that this time there are 500,000 sets, without any signatures, and there is no limit on the number of sets to purchase. Even if the books are temporarily out of stock, the second batch of books is already on the way. Are these readers so anxious?

Xu Nuo was also greatly puzzled, and there were voices on the Internet saying that he had teamed up with publishing houses to engage in "hunger marketing."

This made him speechless and hungry for marketing. He had no choice but to send out another scarf: "The first batch of "Dragon Babu" is mainly concentrated in first- and second-tier cities, and the volume in other places is relatively small, but don't worry, wait. Just wait, the second batch will arrive in up to three days.”

Readers were unhappy, “We want to see it now!”

"Wait three days? Impossible. I have already driven to Jiangcheng. I have to buy one today."

Readers are very stubborn. Some people drive hundreds of kilometers just to get a set of "Dragon Babu". Some people are willing to pay an extra 100 yuan just to see this set of books for the first time.

However, what shocked them was that when they arrived at the address provided by netizens, the bookstore said that they were late and all the books were sold out.

“Damn it, it’s only been an hour and you’ve already sold out?”

Some readers did not believe it and suspected that they were trying to raise the price.

"Can I add some money?"

"There really aren't any anymore. Today we are all buying "Dragon Movie"."

"Where's the next batch? I'll book the next batch!"

The clerk said: "Sorry, the next batch has been reserved."

"impossible!"

"Look, this is the appointment list." The clerk took out an appointment registration book with ease.

The reader flipped through it casually and felt numb. All the books in the register were filled with people who had made reservations for "The Eight Parts of the Dragon".

And this kind of thing is happening all over the country.

For the first time, the publishing house has experienced the influence of top-notch + top-notch works.

According to rough statistics, nearly 200,000 units were sold on the first day. This was the amount sold even though most areas were out of stock.

According to feedback from major dealers, more people have made reservations than expected, and this batch of books may not last two days.

The publisher said it was completely incomprehensible and was greatly shocked.

The publishing house was confused and called Xu Nuo: "500,000 sets of "Dragon" may not be enough!"

For ordinary book publishing, even if the sales are very optimistic, the first printing is only about 100,000 copies. The first printing of "Dragon Babu" is 500,000 copies. After many evaluations, I felt that I had the strength, so I boldly tried it.

No one expected that 500,000 units would not last three days!

"Then add the seal!"

"It takes time to print more copies." The publisher was a little troubled.

Xu Nuo consoled him, "It's okay. Qiyue.com also has an electronic version that you can read."

When the publishing house heard this, he thought, good guys, for every additional reader on Qiyue.com, the publishing house may sell one less set of books. Can this be tolerated?

Although the publishing house cooperates with Qiyue.com, they are also in a competitive relationship.

Many readers may not read the physical book after reading the electronic version.

Must go all out to print!

"We will print another 500,000 sets!" the publisher gritted his teeth.

Xu Nuo didn't think there was anything wrong with it. This was "Dragon Babu", Jin Yong's most awesome book. Over the years, its cumulative sales had already exceeded tens of millions. Now it's easy to sell one million copies.

After deciding to print more copies, Xu Nuo updated his scarf: "The latest news is that Modu Publishing House has decided to print 500,000 more copies of "Dragon Babu". Readers who can't wait can go to Yueyue.com."

Qiyue.com was extremely happy.

The most successful thing they have done in the past two years is the signing of the contract. "Shading the Sky" has continuously broken records. Making money is still a trivial matter. The important thing is that he has improved the status of Internet article authors a lot.

In the past, many people mentioned Internet article authors and subconsciously thought that they were "not popular" and "not doing their jobs properly." However, Nuoyan writes Internet articles as a master composer, which has reversed this view to a certain extent.

"Dragon Babu" has been praised by many professors, and online articles have begun to be taken seriously.

Qiyue.com has also organized activities here. Readers who have fully subscribed to "Dragon Babu" can participate in the lottery for peripherals and physical books. Many readers who cannot buy the book specially go to Qiyue.com to subscribe and try out the electronic version while reading it. Trying your luck, it was very lively.

The 500,000 sets of books were sold out in three days, and it was Saturday again.

The final episode of the regular season of "The Masked Singer" begins.