Chapter 283 The Silver Hand Trilogy (Part )
From the experience accumulated from Liu Hongjun and Liu Hongying, Liu Hongmin knew that children should not be spoiled too much, nor should they be neglected too much. It is necessary to grasp the right balance. Too much spoiling will make children spoiled, and too much neglect will make children lack a sense of security.
Therefore, Liu Hongmin has always been keeping an eye on Liu Guoqiang's education. No matter whether it is Liu's father, Liu's mother or Li Lizhen, once he finds that they are too doting on Liu Guoqiang, Liu Hongmin will come forward to warn them.
During the writing period, apart from spending the New Year with his family, Liu Hongmin has been in seclusion.
Because he had to include some personal thoughts on family education, Liu Hongmin wrote slowly, and it was not until May 90 that he finished the Silver Hand trilogy.
When Liu Hongmin came out of the study, he saw Li Lizhen holding her big belly and chatting with Gong Li. Gong Li had gained a lot of weight recently, and Liu Hongmin was very puzzled, "Have you taken on a role that requires you to gain weight recently?"
Gong Li glanced at Li Lizhen with a guilty look, and Li Lizhen said depressedly: "Yes! In a few days, Ali will go to shoot a movie, and it will take more than half a year for her to come back."
Liu Hongmin didn't care, thinking that the company had found a big investment for Gong Li, "Then you should do your best."
Gong Li nodded, "I will."
After Liu Hongmin left, the two women immediately leaned together and whispered to each other, laughing secretly behind Liu Hongmin's back.
Liu Hongmin walked downstairs to the living room, picked up the phone and called Richard.
"Richard, the Silver Hand trilogy is finished."
Richard was very happy, "I will fly to Hong Kong right now."
The next day, Richard arrived in Hong Kong. After arriving at the Clearwater Bay Villa, Richard happily hugged Liu Hongmin and said, "Mr. Liu, long time no see. I missed you so much."
Liu Hongmin joked: "You are thinking about my manuscript!"
"You wrote the manuscript, so it's the same thing!"
The two sat down, and Richard immediately took out the contract. After Liu Hongmin signed it, he handed the manuscript of "Silver Hand" to Richard. Richard carefully put the manuscript into his briefcase, and then said: "Mr. Liu, if you can publish an Azeroth trilogy every year, you will be the richest writer in the world."
Liu Hongmin signaled the nanny to pour two glasses of red wine and clinked glasses with Richard, "I am now the richest writer."
Richard took a sip and tasted the wine. Then he nodded in agreement, "Yes, you have received more than $500 million in royalties from Random House. Even the most famous authors in the world don't receive as much as you do."
Liu Hongmin raised his eyebrows. Has it exceeded 500 million US dollars?
“Now it’s $600 million!”
Richard laughed, "Yes, it's $600 million now." As long as the quality of the "Silver Hand" trilogy is good, even if the sales volume is not as high as the "Frozen Throne" trilogy, it can at least reach 30 million copies, and the trilogy will at least get $100 million in royalties.
Richard took the manuscript back to the United States and began to recruit translators. After the translation was completed, Richard couldn't wait to read it.
Unlike The Frozen Throne, which was full of undefeatable fate, The Silver Hand’s exploration of family education made Richard silent. He originally thought that Liu Hongmin would write a magnificent epic like The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. However, except for the first Dark Portal, the sequels all incorporated a lot of life stories.
The Frozen Throne was okay, describing Arthas's situation, the education he received since childhood, the choices he faced, and the final struggle. In The Silver Hand, it directly describes the education methods of two families, and through the fate of these two families, it shows the fate of the war. The ending is also in line with the war. Of the five people in the two families, only Tirion survived.
If the context was slowed down, The Silver Hand could become an extremely shocking piece of serious literature and a classic.
Richard is not praising Liu Hongmin, he really likes the story in "Silver Hand". Family affection and redemption, love and family, these most simple human emotions in the midst of war are enough to make people cry.
Unfortunately, this is a Western fantasy work. With the magical background, the touching degree is instantly reduced by several degrees.
Western fantasy readers will see an amazing magical world. Liu Hongmin also writes in this way, and his description of magic is the most attractive part.
In Dark Portal, Medivh cast powerful magic many times, and there was a magnificent scene of Karazhan exploding. In Frozen Throne, Archimonde used magic to destroy Dalaran, and there was a scene of the destruction of the World Tree. In Silver Hand, there are also such scenes, the mysterious magic fortress Naxxramas, and the Ashbringer led out tens of millions of holy spirits, purifying and clearing the army of the undead.
Liu Hongmin also takes shortcuts. He often separates the emotional scenes from the big scenes to reduce the impact of the big scenes on the emotional plot. For example, in "Frozen Throne", he wrote most of the emotional scenes in the first part. The big scenes of Archimonde destroying Dalaran and the explosion of the World Tree were written in the second part.
But sometimes, he would combine the two. When Darion purified the Ashbringer, which triggered the Heroic Spirits to purify the Undead Army, it strengthened Darion's feelings for his father and made it easier for people to see his love for his father.
This writing technique is very common, but many people fall for it.
The Silver Hand trilogy was released in the United States in June, and immediately caused a buying frenzy. After the foreshadowing of Dark Portal and Frozen Throne, the story of Azeroth has gained a large number of fans. So after the Silver Hand was released, there was no need for much publicity. There were endless fans rushing to bookstores to buy the Silver Hand.
In two days, the first batch of 5 million copies prepared by Random House was sold out, forcing Random House to sign contracts with several more printing houses to provide supply.
Although this will increase costs, Random House is very happy because it will allow Random House to quickly recover funds and earn more profits in a short period of time.
When reporting on sales, Richard even said, "The executives are now eager for you to continue the story of Azeroth, because they want to make tens of millions of dollars every day."
Liu Hongmin did not pick up his words, although he could continue writing and it would definitely sell after he finished it. But doing so would inevitably lead to readers' reading fatigue and easily kill Azeroth.
Doing this is completely like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. How can you make much money in the long run by doing it steadily?
(End of this chapter)
