Chapter 267 Foreigners are stunned
The economy is the blood of a country, and the endogenous force of a country's strength depends entirely on the economy. Lao Su had problems with the economy, and in the end, it was like he had "scurvy", and the entire country quickly collapsed.
If we had not learned from Lao Su's experience and lessons, we would probably have followed in his footsteps.
Liu Hongmin can't do anything about it. What he can do is to set an example and install a brake for society to slow down the time of crisis. In this way, we have more time to respond and minimize the losses.
Before university started, Liu Hongmin finally translated the English version.
The Traditional Chinese version was published first, and the manuscript was given to Yang Guiren. With Liu Hongmin's manuscript, Yang Guiren immediately gained a firm foothold in Ming Pao Publishing House. At the same time, there were also works reviewed by Chen Jiangong and others. Although it was icing on the cake, it also made Ming Pao Publishing House see the role of Yang Guiren.
Hong Kong people also love to watch political intrigues, and there is a certain market for novels, movies, and TV series. However, they are more entertaining, and no matter what political intrigue it is, they like to add gags and comedies to complete the battle of wits and courage in laughter.
This is the reason why "Let the Bullets Fly" was able to achieve high box office in Hong Kong.
As soon as Star Wars was released, it was immediately welcomed by Hong Kong people. The writing was not old-fashioned, and it also revealed a lot of American secrets. Hong Kong people loved reading it.
A large number of them are foreign readers who have read Liu Hongmin's "Ghost Ship", "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, "Dark Gate" trilogy, "Frozen Throne" trilogy, and some have even read Liu Hongmin's science fiction novels and other works.
Now that I heard that Liu Hongmin wrote a novel revealing America's secrets, I immediately became interested.
However, after watching part of it, everyone was stunned.
They had never thought that the game between the United States and the Soviet Union would be so thrilling. This kind of battle of wits and courage was something they had never heard of. The West also had political novels, but compared with "Star Wars", it looked like a child's play.
Foreigners immediately regarded "Star Wars" as a masterpiece, and even made overseas calls to recommend it to their friends.
When Ming Pao Publishing House distributed "Star Wars" to Southeast Asia, many foreigners specifically asked to buy "Star Wars".
In just one month, Star Wars sold 8 million copies in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, including million in Hong Kong and 5 million in Green Island.
Green Island has been protected by the Americans for many years, and they like articles that reveal American secrets. In addition, many people who have come down from the battlefield are still alive, and they are very fond of political novels. When "The Ming Dynasty 1566" was sold on Green Island, they were the main buyers.
The key is that these people's purchases will influence a large group of people to buy. As the saying goes, if the leader likes something, the subordinates will follow. Those who are close to them and curry favor with them will buy a book as well, so that they can have a common topic with them.
Of the remaining one million copies, at least one-third were bought by foreigners who understand traditional Chinese.
Ming Pao Publishing is very optimistic and believes that the final sales volume will reach 10 million copies.
Richard received the manuscript and spent three days reading it. Then he excitedly called Liu Hongmin and said, "Mr. Liu, this work is amazing!"
Liu Hongmin was startled by his shout, "Richard, calm down! What happened?"
Richard knew he was too excited, so he lowered his voice. But he still couldn't control his excitement, "Star Wars, I mean Star Wars! This novel is simply amazing. I never thought that the game between countries would be so exciting. Compared with this book, all the political novels I read before can be thrown into the trash." Liu Hongmin: "Is it really that good?"
"Of course!" Richard said with great admiration, "This is a true battle of wits and courage, using wisdom to calculate the opponent. Sometimes, even if the enemy knows that this is a trap, he still has to jump into it. But the political novels I have read before do not use the brain at all. They are all conspiracies and tricks, and they only think about tricking people and then killing them."
Liu Hongmin smiled and said, "These are just two different types!"
Richard didn't think so. "Not really! It's all about the author. The authors of those political intrigue novels have no wisdom at all, so they can't write wise political intrigue novels. But you are different, Mr. Liu. You are a wise man, so you can write such a wonderful political intrigue novel."
Liu Hongmin shook his head helplessly. "Okay! Richard, if this book is published, there should be no problem, right?"
"Of course!" Richard said, "Such a wonderful work will be very popular."
"But didn't you say that I would be scolded by many people?" Liu Hongmin said doubtfully.
Richard: "Mr. Liu, you didn't say before that this is a novel about political intrigue! It seems to reveal the secrets of the Star Wars plan and deny many technologies. But this is based on serving political intrigue. People who really understand this book will not care about these. They will only cheer for the wonderful game between the two countries."
Liu Hongmin felt relieved when he heard this. "That's good. I thought I would offend a lot of people!"
"Of course you will offend people!" Richard laughed, "But you won't offend the readers, but those who publish new books at the same time as you. Their sales will be far surpassed by you."
"I'll lend you some good words!"
“I will find translations into other languages as soon as possible, and the English version will also be proofread and released immediately.”
Richard acted quickly, and the translators were all people he had worked with before. The proofreading was also very fast, with dozens of people working together, and the proofreading was completed in less than a day. Then the manuscript was sent to the printing factory for printing, and shipped to the United States a few days later.
On September 9, "Lies: A Star Wars Story" was released.
Random House promoted it extensively, telling readers directly that this was a masterpiece of political fiction written by Liu Hongmin, a true contest of wits, and a true portrayal of the game between two superpowers.
Readers across the United States immediately rushed into bookstores to buy Star Wars. When they opened the book, they were immediately attracted by the content. As expected, just as the advertisement said, this was a true battle of wits.
However, some readers who had undergone the Happy Education did not understand Star Wars at all. Fortunately, articles interpreting Star Wars continued to appear, and they read them together and finally figured out a little bit.
Some impatient readers simply throw the book aside. Those who cherish the book will treat it as a treasure, while those who do not understand will discard it like a worn-out shoe.
(End of this chapter)
