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Chapter 17: I don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are

Li Taixiao was wearing a suit with a book on his arm. He had just walked out of the bookstore in Myeongdong, and he looked up habitually, and knew that the sky had added crimson because of the setting sun. The white clouds were rendered and colored like white paper, and they were like waves blooming. He was lonely. He walked to a coffee shop and sat in the corner by the window, quietly putting down his newly bought book.

"Time: Recalling Youth"!

As one of the three major newspapers in South Korea and the second largest sales volume in Korea, the editorial editor of the Dongya Ilbo, he was recently criticized by the responsible editor. Since his publication of the novel "Time" and the author, his originally peaceful life was like a stream, like a huge stone thrown into it.

His articles have recently been circulating on the Internet. His views on his disregard for facts, are not rigorous enough, and are biased, have caused criticism from many netizens. The East Asian Ilbo is the newspaper with the highest negative review rate in the three major newspapers recently. Among them, Li Taixiao contributed nearly half of the reasons, which can be said to be a great contribution!

This criticism has continued to be among the many reputations he wrote in the future. Li Taixiao wanted to ignore these fierce online comments, but obviously his boss cared about it, so he published an apology statement in the newspaper not long ago. This post-70s editor who loves the novels of traditional literary writers really did not expect to come to this point.

Li Taixiao was just a little dissatisfied with the recent popularity of "Time", especially when he was published physically, he was clamored by the brainless Fan. He was the best work this year. An unknown newcomer wrote his first novel and was praised so highly. He was a little angry, but at that time he was mainly curious.

But not long after, one literary senior after another made a comment on "Time", with few positive comments. Evil comments like "not very high literary value" or even "not seeing literary value", especially those who had interviewed Li Taixiao and had excellent articles rarely spoke to deny this work. He immediately followed his butt.

Although he is just one of the fighters gathered under this group of old seniors, he is known as a pioneer officer and his response moves are different. They are all quarrels online, so he moved this contradiction to the physical newspaper! Even the reader of "Time" Fan felt incredible about his seemingly crazy way of jumping around. Hey, don't you know if your signature is in the newspaper?

So, on the first day of his post, his CY blog page, which only dozens of people followed, was blown up by hundreds of angry readers. Immediately afterwards, with the release of data from "Time", his existence became more and more like a jumping clown, and this hustle and bustle reached its highest level in early October.

The first week sales statistics for non-Seoul areas finally came to an end on October 3rd - 80,000!

How difficult is it to sell books? It will be removed from the shelves in just two or three months, and the record career that has been greatly affected by the Internet's audio source! In the 1990s, there were many genuine records with sales of over one million, such as the love song emperor Shin Seung-hoon, who was the only singer whose sales of each record exceeded one million after his debut, and was called a national singer! Not only did this person sing well, but he was also talented. Not to mention all his songs, he released six albums, the total sales of more than ten million! It is comparable to the status of the Chinese singer Jacky Cheung. Of course, the latter's genuine records sold over one million, and Michael Jackson is even more amazing in the world.

There was no such thing as a music source in that era, and there was no such thing as singles and A-version B-version. Those numbers were real. For example, singers today sell a record, A-version B-version and C-version can hardly achieve 500,000 genuine sales. If you are willing to pay for ABC three versions, it is mostly a meal, and it is very fanatical.

Although the impact of the Internet on physical books is not as exaggerated as the record industry, the data recently recorded will not be faked. The average annual cost of purchasing books per family per family is less than in previous years. This is an era of Internet rampantness. Any word can be found by typing the keyboard on the Internet. Although fast is its advantage, it has many disadvantages. You may not be able to write words recognized by typing the keyboard when you turn on the computer. So in the face of such a decline, government departments have been promoting the purchase of books in the past two years, and a few books do make profits from such policies.

The government recommends that the people buy books and will not deliberately distinguish between traditional literature and youth literature. Those are nonsense. Books with potential are the hard truth! A teaching English vocabulary book not only sells over one million in China, but also sells well overseas, such as China, Singapore, etc.

Now the performance of "Time" has such potential! The national sales volume is close to 120,000 in the first week, with online pre-orders of more than 80,000, and online orders of more than 20,000 copies in the first week, totaling more than 220,000 copies! Books and records are similar in sales trends, and the sales volume is lower as the future goes. Of course, this is to rule out the possibility of abnormal phenomena caused by some stimulus measures. After all, some works with annual sales of over 10,000 in Korea can be released every year. The difference between selling books and records is in terms of time. This is somewhat similar to the records sold in Europe and the United States. It keeps selling, and the numbers will be reported at the end of the year.

But for a new author, the national sales of over 200,000 in the first week was particularly excellent. Compared with the works of the same period, it has a unique taste. Although the book "Time" became famous before it was published. It is really rare to promote books in the entertainment industry.

This hot data came to Li Taixiao. How ugly is his face? Isn’t this a slap in the face? What is the recent economic situation? The financial crisis in the United States in September has caused considerable turmoil to South Korea. The number of unemployed people has risen sharply recently. The exchange is in darkness. Everyone is in danger. There are still more than 200,000 people who bought this novel that cannot fill their stomachs in the first week!

Li Tai Xiaoxin knew that the situation was coming, and the most difficult and unforgettable September this book brought him to his life. His job now seems shaking unsteady. However, his feelings for this work have changed from the beginning, the disgust of the previous ones to ninety degrees, and he is curious. What is the book with increasingly strong sales situation? The reader said it well, and he has never read this book at all.

The price of 60 won in that section has been closed on the Internet for a long time. Now I have to read the book "Time". People who did not subscribe at the beginning could only buy it by paying 8,000 won. Before publication, they would cost only 6,000 won to read the book online.

Li Taixiao never thought that he was the first person to be a sarcastic person. Now he also wants to provide him with a sales volume. His life is indeed thirty years from Hedong to Hexi.

Li Taixiao ordered a cappuccino, sat quietly in his position, slowly opening the beautifully packaged book - Chapter 1, Section 1...

The twilight outside the glass window became deeper unconsciously. At some point, two figures walked happily past here. One man and one woman, the girl pulled a tall man, and the joy on her face filled the curve of her smile.

Su Yinghe received his first copyright income in October, 100 million won! The whole family expressed his shock. The novel has only been published for a week and his income is so high? Do you make money by writing novels now? The parents of the Su family can only tell a little about computers, and they don’t know what hype and hot discussions are.

People say that famous artists in the entertainment industry have been hyping up their books, but for Su Yinghe, this is just the help provided by fresh friends with ordinary feelings, which is very warm. Then there is such a big controversy on the Internet, both quarrels and quarrels, and sometimes they are bad and sometimes they are good. If you don’t want to hype it up, it will start to hype it up.

Now that the results are there, and if you care about these statements, it is just a trouble for me. Recently, Su Yinghe's actions on the Internet have had a very practical effect. He is very satisfied with his creative ideas. If he hadn't been impulsive, he might have begun to write and draw the picture in his mind.

With an income of 100 million won, plus the remaining work during the summer vacation, he now has more than 140 million in his hand! A real rich man! Su Xiaomei said she was very jealous and pulled Su Yinghe to the street. When I wrote it, I provided a lot of help to the girl. Of course, I can't forget me when I make money! When my parents expressed their love, the Su brother and sister took to the street.

Not only did the two change their phones, but the brother also bought a few sets of clothes for the girl, silently. After all, the one who cares about the girl is his biological brother!

These things cost more than five million won, which is impossible in terms of the original family income, so even parents who like to see close brothers and sisters can't help but become fierce after learning about the expenses. Alas, if you don't be a leader, you don't know how expensive it is!
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