Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 254 Sand Ping
Helping Pengpeng peel a rice dumpling, Zhang Chong washed his hands and did not write any more, but took Pengpeng to watch TV on the sofa.

After stuttering lunch, the old couple went to Zhang Chong's third uncle's house. On the Dragon Boat Festival, the third uncle's house called for dinner, and they also called Zhang Chong, but Zhang Chong didn't go.

Originally, the third uncle and the others knew that the second child's house had changed to a new house, so they wanted to come and have a look.During the Spring Festival, they were not invited home, but they just found a hotel to have a meal.

However, Hu Huifang firmly disagreed, saying that even if it was just a treat, it was fine, just find a hotel, and there was no need to come home.

Now, for most young people, there is nothing special about the Dragon Boat Festival except for the holidays. If they like to eat rice dumplings, they will usually eat them, and they will not wait until the Dragon Boat Festival to eat them.

Zhang Zhong used to eat salted duck eggs during the Dragon Boat Festival when he was a child, but now he doesn’t have this special habit anymore. Just like zongzi, he can eat whenever he wants, and he doesn’t have to wait until the Dragon Boat Festival.

If it is not deliberately maintained, some customs will gradually disappear with economic development.Among other things, diet is particularly obvious.

Most of the festivals in China are also related to food. The food is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Almost every festival has a food as a symbol of the festival.

In a sense, the weakening of the festive atmosphere has something to do with people not lacking in food.

Before lunch, Zhao Re sent a video.

This guy went to Chadong again without making a sound. Unlike the previous days, Chadong on the day of Dragon Boat Festival was very lively. The video Zhao Re sent was the scene of the boat race.

I don't know where Chadong found so many half-grown children. The boats are all new. The children don't seem to have rowed a boat much, and they are all unfamiliar.

However, judging from the video, the scene is very lively. Although these novices can’t figure out the speed, no one will be demanding. The audience gathers around the river and keeps cheering for the sailors. It really feels like they are in a "border town". .

Chadong’s boat race has long since disappeared, and this re-organization is also because of the book "Border Town". It seems that the local government wants to pick up these features again to attract more tourists.

……

Mark Corden looked at the recent sales data report and sighed deeply.

The vice president, James, sat beside him without saying a word.

Last month, in order to overwhelm the sales of "The Snowman", they almost mobilized the power of the entire guild, and finally made the sales of "Tribe to the West" steadily exceed that of "The Snowman".

And according to this momentum, this year's new book sales list, "The Tribes of the West" should also be able to take the top spot.

However, another "Dune" came out now, and it only took more than ten days to completely destroy their hopes.

"West Side Tribes" has sold 690 million copies so far, but now "Dune" has sold 200 million copies. There is an insurmountable gap between the two.

"What did President Thomas say? Are they willing to make a move?" James finally spoke first.

Mark shook his head, "This guy has been frightened by "Dune", and he is not willing to make a move at all."

"Science fiction is a big category. There are many more best-selling authors there than here. What about Linde? Does he know about this? If he makes a move, will he..."

"It's impossible for him to make a move. It's too risky to publish a book suddenly at this time. It's okay if the sales can surpass "Dune", but if "Dune" surpasses it, Linde's reputation may be damaged."

James nodded. From Linde's point of view, this battle didn't do him much good. As a writer with the number one sales list all year round, he couldn't stand up for this matter. If so, it would be tantamount to helping "Dune" to create momentum.

"We don't care about this matter, just keep the first place in the detective novel category. We can't and can't control other categories. Thomas and his group are not afraid of losing face, so why should we worry about them?"

Mark waved his hand, and now he can only think so, at least to keep the first place in the detective novel category.

……

In fact, it's not just that the science fiction guild didn't make a move. Some of the new books originally planned to be released in late June have postponed the release date.

As for July, I'm afraid there will be fewer science fiction novels on the market too.

The books that will be released as scheduled or rush to release are basically books by unknown authors.

Of course, they don't worry that sales will be crushed by "Dune", but they want to take advantage of the popularity of "Dune".

One of the writers is quite funny. His book was originally called "511 Fleet", which tells the story of a star fleet numbered 511.

But after "Dune" came out, he changed the title of the book to "Dune Fleet".

Changing the title of a book is not a simple matter. Once the book number is down, the title cannot be changed.

However, people have many ways to do it. The physical version is directly stranded, and then the novel is published on the novel website under the name "Dune Fleet".

In fact, after "Dune" came out, there were many popular science fiction novels, but only this one was a famous writer, and his operation of changing the title of the book before it was released was also very dramatic.

Whether it is China or North America, there are a lot of popular novels on the novel platform, such as "Dune Star", "Desert Dune", "Dune: Vengeance", there are countless titles.

Huaxia not only has book titles that are gaining popularity, but also many counterfeit author names.

For example, "Zhang Chong", "Fifth Grade Vegetative New", "Zhang Zhongquan", "Zhang Chongyuan", and "Zhang Chongju".

Some readers who didn't know the inside story suddenly saw the names "Zhang Zhong's work", "Zhang Zhong's original work", and "Zhang Zhong's great work", and subconsciously thought it was Zhang Zhong's new book, so they clicked in and read it first.

The worst thing is the author who used the pseudonym "Fifth Grade Vegetable New". This guy was originally a well-known writer. In order to gain popularity, he opened a "Fifth Grade Vegetable New" trumpet in February, writing a total of Wrote two detective novels.

The most important thing is that this guy's level is not bad. Many netizens haven't realized it after reading the book, thinking that these two books are the novels of fifth-grade vegetative people.

And even if he was exposed by netizens, he didn't care, and discussed the plot with the book friends who scolded him.

It is said that he is preparing to publish a new book recently, and he is still soliciting titles from his fans on Weiyu.

Many of the people who paid attention knew this copycat version of the fifth-grade vegetative person, so they all played tricks.

[Do you still need to ask, it must be called "Shaqiu". 】

[I think it's not bad to call it "Chaoqiu". 】

[Is "Sand Ping" not good? 】

["Sand Pong" is also good. 】

[How about a trilogy, "Sand Ping", "Sand Pong", "Sand Soldier"]

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