Chapter 224 Everyone is crazy!
The capital of eastern Shandong Province, Jicheng!
Early in the morning, Zhou Xiaojun hurried to the Xinhua Bookstore on Quancheng Road.

He wanted to see if there were any new books in the bookstore recently.

In recent years, with the reform slogans shouted from above, Zhou Xiaojun, as a worker, did not have much understanding.

His only feeling was that there were more and more types of books in the bookstore, and more and more new books could be seen.

Especially "Story Club", the stories in it are very interesting to read.

Unfortunately, the quantity is too small.

In January this year, "Story Club" changed its name from "Revolutionary Story Club" back to "Story Club", but it is now published bimonthly, that is, one issue is published every two months.

So for someone like Zhou Xiaojun who likes to read stories, just one story would not be enough.

When I arrived at the entrance of Xinhua Bookstore, I saw that there was a big newspaper posted on the display board at the door.

"Today's new book [The Rise of Great Powers], author: Peking University Alumni Press"

Zhou Xiaojun was still wondering what the Peking University Alumni Society was? A pen name?
Then I saw another line of big words below: "Editor-in-Chief: Ling Jue"

This line of words is written larger than the author's name.

"Ling Jue, is he the author of the novel?"

Zhou Xiaojun said thoughtfully that he loved reading storybooks, but was not particularly interested in novels and essays. However, he had also read Ling Jue's novels and thought they were just so-so.

It's too grand and not his cup of tea.

However, "The Rise of Great Powers" seems to be a very cool name.

Zhou Xiaojun then walked into the bookstore, which was already crowded with people.

Nowadays, people’s entertainment areas are limited, and department stores, cinemas, and bookstores are a few places people must visit when they hang out.

Zhou Xiaojun walked inside and then couldn't move anymore because there was a long queue of people in front of him.

There was a person next to him wearing a Xinhua Bookstore uniform and an armband, standing on a stool and shouting loudly.

"Everyone line up, don't crowd, there's plenty of stock in the warehouse, everyone can buy it!"

Seeing this, Zhou Xiaojun curiously poked a man standing in front of him.

Look at the man in front of him turning around to look at him

Zhou Xiaojun smiled and asked curiously: "Dude, what are you queuing up to buy?"

“Buy [Rise of a Great Power]!”

"Is this book good? Will you all buy it?"

Zhou Xiaojun continued to ask curiously.

The young man glanced at Zhou Xiaojun, then asked with a smile: "You are not a college student, right?"

Hearing what the other party said, Zhou Xiaojun was inexplicably unhappy: "I'm not a college student, I'm a worker in our city's textile factory, what's wrong?"

College students are amazing!
After hearing Zhou Xiaojun's words, the other party seemed to realize that there was something wrong with his tone, and immediately explained: "Brother, that's not what I meant."

"I mean, this book is very popular on university campuses. It was originally published by a magazine founded by the Economics Department of Peking University. Because it was so popular, they couldn't print enough copies, so they published it directly as a book."

"This book was written by Ling Jue, and it mainly talks about the rise of foreign countries."

“The rise of foreign countries?”

Zhou Xiaojun became interested after hearing this.

Then he saw someone coming over with a ticket, and he quickly paid for it and took away a copy of "The Rise of Great Powers".

"Hey, why can they just take it away? I think they also took "The Rise of Great Powers"!"

Zhou Xiaojun looked at the book in the man's hand and asked curiously.

"That was a pre-order. The new book store had taken pre-orders before, but unfortunately I was back home at that time, so I didn't know and missed it."

The man in front said regretfully.

And soon, the line came in front of them.

“I want five copies of The Rise of Great Powers”

The man in front of him started talking and listed five books at once, which surprised Zhou Xiaojun.

"You bought so much?"

"I bought it for my classmates. Some of them didn't have time, so I bought it for them as well."

At this moment, the other party took five books and hurried to pay.

As soon as he left, it was Zhou Xiaojun's turn.

"Comrade, how many copies do you want?"

The salesperson behind the counter asked.

"One book!"

Zhou Xiaojun hadn't planned to buy it originally, but since he was already lining up here, he decided to buy one.

"By the way, how much is one copy?"

Zhou Xiaojun suddenly remembered that he forgot to ask the price.

"One dollar and five cents"

"So expensive? The storytelling session is only 20 cents a copy!"

Zhou Xiaojun said subconsciously when he heard the price.

"How can it be compared? This is Ling Jue's book, and it was written by students from the Department of Economics at Peking University. Do you want to read it? There are many comrades waiting in line behind you!"

The waiter selling books said unhappily at this moment.

"want!"

Zhou Xiaojun had already lined up here, so he gritted his teeth and spoke.

It's just one dollar and fifty cents. It's not like he can't afford it.

He wanted to see what was so good about this book.

If it's not good, he will never buy Ling Jue's book again.

"Here, the book and the receipt."

After paying the money, the salesperson gave him the book and the receipt.

Zhou Xiaojun was too lazy to read other books. He walked to the door holding the book "The Rise of Great Powers" with a red cover and then left the Xinhua Bookstore.

As soon as he walked out of the door, he saw that the steps on both sides of the door were full of people, all of whom were reading books, almost all of which were "The Rise of Great Powers".

"Is this really that good?"

Zhou Xiaojun subconsciously opened the book and read the introduction.

"The great geographical discoveries around 1500 AD opened the historical curtain for dialogue and competition between different countries, and thus the path of the rise of great powers had global coordinates."

"Historical text?"

Zhou Xiaojun read the introduction and thought curiously.

If it is a historical story, it should be pretty good. At least the introduction is interesting.

Zhou Xiaojun thought about it, and then turned another page.

"Dude, don't block the road when reading. Find a roadside spot to read!"

At this moment, someone spoke to Zhou Xiaojun with dissatisfaction.

Zhou Xiaojun reacted immediately and found himself still standing at the door.

"sorry!"

Zhou Xiaojun apologized, then looked around and saw that the steps on both sides of the door were full of people.

There happened to be a piece of rotten wood not far away, so Zhou Xiaojun walked over, sat on it and continued watching.

Portugal, Spain, Netherlands
Zhou Xiaojun had heard of some of these countries, but not others. He also went to junior high school, and some things were briefly mentioned in history textbooks.

And now it seems that Zhou Xiaojun has connected all of these together.

"Damn, it turns out that Magellan's voyages were such a rubbish."

"My goodness, the rise of the Soviet Union was due to the help of the United States?"

"I was wondering how the hell the Japanese had developed so fast. It turns out they didn't have any war reparations. They just plundered our resources."

At this moment, every time Zhou Xiaojun saw the content in it, he felt a sense of emotion.

It turns out that all these countries in the world rose to prominence in this way. The American imperialists and the Soviet revisionists, it turns out they were also poor and destitute in the past.

What about Britain and France? They are all fucking robbers. No wonder they sold us opium back then. What the hell is that?

This book is great! Zhou Xiaojun sighed in his heart and slapped himself in the face.

mosquito.

"Comrade, you've finished reading the book, right?"

At this moment, someone came to Zhou Xiaojun and asked anxiously.

Zhou Xiaojun was interrupted and looked up, seeing two delicate little girls in front of him.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"If you have finished reading it, can you sell it to us?"

One of the lesbians with big braids said softly.

"Sell it to you? Don't they still have some in the bookstore?"

Zhou Xiaojun asked in surprise.

He just saw that there was a huge pile of books, and the salesperson also said that there were a lot of them in the warehouse.

"We're late, and the bookstore closes at noon."

The girl said anxiously.

Zhou Xiaojun took a look and saw that it was already noon and the bookstore was closed for lunch.

There is no nationwide unified opening hours for bookstores these days. It all depends on the rules of each bookstore.

Unfortunately, the bookstore on Quancheng Road has to have a lunch break at noon.

The two girls arrived late and the bookstore was closed. If they wanted to buy anything, they had to wait until it opened in the afternoon, but that would take more than an hour.

At this moment, there were many people asking the same question as the two girls. Many people who arrived late and missed the opportunity were asking people watching on the roadside if they could buy directly from them.

"Brother, please be kind. We took a bus here as soon as we knew the book was on sale, but we were still a step too late."

"Now that you've finished watching them, just sell them to us. We've watched two issues before, and we want to watch the ones from other countries later on."

A big-eyed girl on the other side said in a tender voice.

That voice made Zhou Xiaojun subconsciously want to give away the book in his hand.

He had finished reading it anyway.

But just when he was about to agree, Zhou Xiaojun suddenly felt that he couldn't send it.

This book opened the door to a new world for him, and he could definitely go back and read it a second and third time.

Looking at the expectant eyes of the two girls, Zhou Xiaojun made up his mind.

Beauty is like a floating cloud to me. Even if he sold the books to the two girls, they would not marry him.

But he keeps the book in his mind, and the knowledge stays with him throughout his life.

Which one is more important is clear at a glance!
"Sorry, I like this book too, I can't sell it to you!"

Girls, I admit that you are very beautiful, but in my heart, only the Party and the people can test me.

So, sorry!
Zhou Xiaojun made up his mind, then stood up and left in a hurry.

If he stayed any longer, he was afraid that he would really sell the book to the two girls.

Zhou Xiaojun's experience is just a microcosm of the situation in front of bookstores in this city. In fact, with the release of "The Rise of Great Powers", educated young people across the country are flocking to Xinhua Bookstore.

That evening, in the office of the Xinhua Bookstore headquarters in Beijing.

Liu Hongtu was sitting in an office in the head office with two editors.

"Old Liu, I think you are too anxious. We have distributed 500,000 copies nationwide this time."

“Even if it sells well, it won’t be sold out in a short time.”

"Old Zhao, I'm just looking at the data. If nothing else, we can always compile statistics on the data of our major branches in Beijing."

"Besides, if 500,000 copies are distributed across the country's major bookstores, there will only be tens of thousands of copies in one province, which is not a lot."

Liu Hongtu shook his head and said.

Just at this moment, someone hurried to Director Zhao's office and knocked on the door.

"Director, the Xinhua Bookstore in Jicheng called and asked us to prepare to restock the stock of The Rise of Great Powers. They have already published more than 12,000 copies today."

"According to estimates, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow may be the peak purchasing period, and the 30,000 books in stock will not last a week."

Director Zhao's expression was slightly moved when he heard his subordinate's words.

"How many Xinhua bookstores are there in Jicheng? There are three in the entire city, right? On average, each of them has published 4,000 books? That's a lot?"

"Director, Green Island City."

"Director, over in Tsu City"

Soon, subordinates came to report to Director Zhao one after another.

The books haven’t been sold out yet, but everyone is asking for restocking because at this rate of consumption, they won’t last many more days.

After all, it’s the first day of sale and the news is still in the spreading stage. The next week or even two weeks will be the peak sales period.

"Director, our Beijing sales data has been compiled."

Just then, another subordinate walked in.

"How much did you sell?"

Director Zhao asked hurriedly.

"We have sold 32,000 copies, and all major bookstores have requested to restock their stocks."

Beijing is Li Changhe’s base camp. His reputation has long spread in Beijing and he has a large readership base.

In addition, there are many universities here, and the book "The Rise of Great Powers" is also very famous.

As the most recent sales location, Xinhua Bookstore preheated the book in advance, which directly led to the miracle of first-day sales.

"How many copies of the library did you keep in the capital?"

Liu Hongtu stood up at this time and asked Director Zhao with surprise.

Director Zhao smiled bitterly and shook his head: "One hundred thousand copies, I thought it would sell for half a month to a month."

"Now it seems that even a week is difficult!"

"Hurry up and print more. Otherwise, judging by the situation, the product will be out of stock across the country in a week."

Liu Hongtu was completely relieved at this time. With such sales enthusiasm, 500,000 copies would not last long.

There is no piracy these days. After all, everything from paper mills to printing houses to publishing houses are state-owned.

If you dare to pirate books at this time, you will be arrested and charged with a serious crime.

Therefore, the nation’s enthusiasm for reading in the future will depend on sales at Xinhua Bookstore.

"More printing, must be more printing!"

"I will notify the printing factory below and ask them to print another 500,000 copies!"

Director Zhao said decisively at this time.

Xinhua Bookstore has its own printing factory, and many of the books published in cooperation with Xinhua Bookstore and distributed across the country are printed in the Xinhua Bookstore Printing Factory, which also facilitates distribution.

"Five hundred thousand copies? Lao Zhao, I think you are still conservative."

Liu Hongtu shook his head at him at this time.

Director Zhao was a little surprised when he heard this.

"Is half a million copies not enough? Lao Liu, that adds up to a million copies. Normally, other books can sell over a million copies a year, which means they are popular all over the country."

"You think this is not enough?"

Liu Hongtu shook his head: "You underestimate the book "The Rise of Great Powers"."

"This book can now be regarded as the first book to open our eyes to the world. The content and writing style are suitable for all ages. Most importantly, it shows the development status of countries around the world for the first time."

"Don't forget, another batch of college students will be enrolled soon. The number of college students admitted in the past three years alone is close to one million. Even if not everyone will have a copy, I think there will be no shortage of buyers."

"Besides, today's high sales volume proves that this book is definitely not just circulated among students."

"Add to that ordinary readers, and Ling Jue's own readership. If you believe in me, just print a million copies and they will definitely sell out."

Liu Hongtu said confidently at this time.

Director Zhao was shocked when he heard Liu Hongtu's words.

Just print another million copies?
Old Liu, this is too crazy!

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