Chapter 45 Sales Blowout
"Yes!" Zhao Chen took a book taken out of the briefcase by the reporter, looked at the cover, and found that this was Conan Doyle's masterpiece "Shelmes Detective Collection"!
This detective novel is so famous. He has read it in his previous life and naturally remembers every word in it. However, the versions may be different. He had to open the first page after the directory and find that this is the first chapter of "Study on Blood Words" in it. Sherlock Holmes!
This chapter is specially used to introduce Sherlock Holmes, and she portrays Sherlock Holmes in depth, but Zhao Chen doesn't care about these things. He just needs to finish reading this chapter.
Other reporters also saw the name of this book. Perhaps it was so famous that some reporters had read it and then stared at Zhao Chen. In fact, for them, as long as they could dig out news of enough weight, no matter whether Zhao Chen had this talent or not, this was a news that could be on the homepage.
Zhao Chen looked at the book with his head down. This chapter was actually only a few thousand words. Zhao Chen was not fast but not slow. It took him about five minutes to finish reading it and return it to the tabloid reporter.
The tabloid reporter quickly took the book, opened it to the first page, and started listening.
Several reporters around him quickly put down their things, approached the tabloid reporter, and focused their eyes on the books.
As soon as Zhao Chen's slightly magnetic voice sounded in the hall, the room immediately became audible. Everyone was listening carefully, and even Fang Yihua was no exception.
Zhao Chen's voice almost stopped, as if he was doing something very relaxed. It was quite painful for others to memorize, but it was simple for Zhao Chen, and it could not be simple. Just read it once and you will not forget it.
The tabloid reporter listened and carefully proofread it. As time passed, sweat began to flow from his forehead, and it fell on the books without realizing it.
When Zhao Chen finished memorizing it, the tabloid reporter finally realized it, but his eyes were still full of shock. It was so perfect. Zhao Chen didn't even miss a word during the recitation. These were thousands of words!
The tabloid reporter was convinced and raised his hands and applauded hard. It was Zhao Chen who made him completely convinced! There was no doubt that Zhao Chen did have the ability to remember everything he saw.
Driven by tabloid reporters, the rest of the reporters in the hall also applauded. Whether it was the reporter of Sing Tao Daily who asked key questions at the beginning, or Yang or the reporter of Oriental Daily, the main competitor of Ming Pao, he had no doubts at this time.
After the press conference, every reporter returned with satisfaction because they discovered the news hotspots they wanted most. As for Zhao Chen, he said goodbye to Ms. Fang Yihua directly and returned to his residence to continue the necessary work every day.
The next day, more than half of the newspapers in Xiangjiang published a similar piece of news. Although the scenes in a corner were big and small, they all used a childish boy who was still young but had a spirit, looking like he was guiding the country.
These contents were all produced by the reporters yesterday who rushed to work overnight. The contents may be similar, but they have increased Zhao Chen's popularity in Xiangjiang and indirectly promoted "Shanghai Bund" for free.
With so many newspapers working together, the impact is naturally far-reaching. Zhao Chen almost became a well-known figure in Xiangjiang in one day. Some people in Xiangjiang remembered that there was a genius like Zhao Chen on this day. This greatly promoted the popularity of "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty". The sales volume that was almost stable was suddenly boosted again, which made Jin Yong and Shangguan Xiaobao feel very good this day.
Originally, the sales of the comic version were stable at around 80,000, but on this day, the sales of comic magazines rose like a blowout, and suddenly exceeded 100,000, reaching nearly 120,000. Some previous magazines were even driven to sell a lot, which made the Holy Fire Publishing House work overtime on this day, and it hurt and happy.
As for Jin Yong's "Ming Pao", sales have increased significantly. The sales of newspapers that have been stable at 240,000 in the past few days have reached 300,000, which has suppressed their main competitors "Sing Tao Daily" and "Oriental Daily" in an instant, and the momentum is unparalleled.
Not only that, some readers and comic fans of "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" remember the name of the TV series "Shanghai Bund" and plan to support Zhao Chen when it is broadcast. As for those Xiangjiang people who have never seen Zhao Chen's works, they are also attracted by the overwhelming newspaper reports. Moreover, TVB has been favoring the beautiful TV station in recent years and is the well-deserved number one TV station in Xiangjiang. If these favorable conditions are combined, the ratings will probably not be low on the day of the broadcast.
All of these were as expected by Zhao Chen, but on that day, he received a call from Shangguan Xiaobao from the store manager of Xiaomouzi. What he didn't expect was that Shangguan Xiaobao took the initiative to raise his salary! This made him very excited, so he went to Chaiwan again and signed a new contract. From then on, each page of comics will be earned 300 Hong Kong dollars, which is a veritable remuneration for a well-known cartoonist.
Under such circumstances, Zhao Chen went to Jin Yong to find him, with the purpose of naturally increasing the royalties. After all, he has driven so much sales in Ming Pao, so it is unreasonable not to add the royalties.
Unfortunately, what disappointed him was that Jin Yong is worthy of being the most famous stingy in the novel world. This time, when facing Zhao Chen's request for a salary increase, he directly used the "magic power" with his pen. It was a pity that Zhao Chen was thrown away his armor and it was a terrible sight. In the end, the salary increase ended in vain. When Zhao Chen came out of Mingpao Group, he felt a little dizzy in his head. It was really that he was fooled by Jin Yong, and he was almost suffering from sequelae.
In the midst of the fire, the TV series "Shanghai Bund" that is destined to become a classic is finally aired in prime time at night.
Due to the media offensive before the broadcast, the ratings of "Shanghai Bund" have not dropped from the beginning. Instead, they have become more and more intense as time goes by. Some viewers who were originally planning to watch casually are out of control. As the plot of "Shanghai Bund" unfolds, they gradually become loyal audiences of "Shanghai Bund".
"Shanghai Bund" was originally a rare classic TV series, but the achievements made in this life are destined to be better. In addition to Zhao Chen's sudden appearance, the media collectively conducted a grand free publicity, and there is also the reason why director Wang Tianlin is a famous director in Xiangjiang after all, and his guidance ability is much stronger than most directors, which also leads to the quality of "Shanghai Bund" being higher than in previous lives.
"Zhao Chen! Zhao Chen!"
In Zhao Chen's room, he was originally drawing comics and suddenly heard a cry from downstairs. He quickly opened the window and looked down, and found that the person who called him was the bearded shop manager of the convenience store.
"What's up?"
"Come down quickly, someone called you again. This time I am a woman who is not in hand." The bearded store manager already knew Zhao Chen's identity when he reported it, which also made him very attentive to Zhao Chen. He firmly believed that Zhao Chen would be very developed in the future, and therefore, even if it was past ten o'clock in the evening, there was no impatient in his tone.
In fact, on the day Zhao Chen was published in the newspaper, many people who knew Zhao Chen were a little disbelief. If it weren't for the black and white photos published in the newspaper, they might have thought they were just a duplicate name like the last time.
That is why this news was a sensational to Zhao Chen's neighbors and relatives, and he couldn't help but feel regretful. But who could have thought that Zhao Chen, who was originally very difficult to live, would be so evil and proficient in so many specialties.
Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in the world. When Zhao Chen's family was in trouble, they treated each other coldly and never took the initiative to help him. Instead, it made him completely clear the indifference of human nature.
But even so, these few days are enough to make them particularly enthusiastic about Zhao Chen. Some relatives who are not very familiar with them emerge from some corner and often come to reminisce about the past. But Zhao Chen has long been used to seeing the faces of these relatives, so he naturally doesn't like them very much. Moreover, he still has so much work to deal with every day, so how can he get so much spare time?
Chapter completed!