Chapter 1598
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One day.
Five days.
Ten days.
Gone with the Wind was selling like hotcakes around the world.
The book market in every country had been ripped apart by this novel.
Five million copies!
Six million copies!
Seven million copies!
When the sales hit 7.23 million copies, Gone with the Wind officially broke the global sales record set by an American novel nine years ago and became the best-selling full-length novel in the world in the past decade. Gone with the Wind had only taken half a month to do so. Just based on the speed of sales, Gone with the Wind had even broken the sales records of countless other world-famous novels!
15 days!
More than 7 million copies!
This was something that had never happened before in the entire world!
But at this time, the sales bottleneck also appeared.
…
India.
"Bangalore's new novel has been released!"
"That's great!"
"It's a global debut!"
"It's being released in seven languages?"
"What's the novel called?"
"It's called Smoke of Humanity!"
…
Japan.
"Teacher Ito has released a new novel!"
"It should've been released a long time ago!"
"Yeah, it was delayed by the translation process."
"But it's not too late!"
"Right, there's still half a month before the Nobel Prize is awarded. That's enough!"
…
America.
One of the nominees for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
"Is there still time?"
"There's still time. We can't let Gone with the Wind continue selling like this."
"Yeah, the Chinese are too arrogant!"
"This is our territory. There's also the Indians and Japanese. They're stretching their hands too far."
…
On this day.
Three strong contenders for the Nobel Prize in literature released their new novels one after another. Some of them had intended to release their novels before the Nobel Prize was awarded, while others had no such intention. But when they saw the momentum of Gone with the Wind, they could no longer sit still and released their novels ahead of time. Even if some of the translations were not done perfectly, they still released their novels several months in advance!
They were all global debuts!
They were all in multiple languages!
The world was in an uproar!
This battle of the century was truly unprecedented!
Everyone had a feeling that this year's Nobel Prize fight would be a bloody one. This might be the most intense fight for the Nobel Prize in the past decade!
On the Web.
"It's starting!"
"The competition is too intense!"
"Who will win?"
"It's still too early to say!"
The sales results for the day were soon released.
That American author sold 200,000 copies!
The Japanese author sold the least, selling 150,000 copies!
Bangalore, India, sold the most copies, with 300,000 copies sold!
Although the three books might not be able to match the global sales figures of Gone with the Wind, the other authors were all well-known international literary powerhouses. They were well known and had many works that had shocked the world in the past. So even if their sales figures were not as good as Gone with the Wind, their chances of winning the Nobel Prize were still much higher than Zhang Ye's. Zhang Ye's novel had taken the world by storm, but it had only allowed him to enter the field of consideration for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
…
China.
On Weibo …
"Something bad is going to happen!"
"Gone with the Wind's sales have slowed down!"
"The main reason is that there's too much competition!"
"Gone with the Wind is still number one in terms of sales! And it's the undisputed number one! "
"But the sales of those authors aren't bad either. There's no obvious gap between them!"
"That's right. Zhang Ye is in danger. One book is not enough."
"But Gone with the Wind has already won. This is something that no Chinese writer has ever done before! Isn't it awesome that it has taken the top spot in the global literary scene? "
"But isn't Zhang Ye's goal the international celebrity rankings?"
"Has he gotten into it yet?"
"No, but I don't know how much more popularity points he's missing."
"Unless he wins a Nobel Prize, it'll be very difficult."
…
Elsewhere.
At Zhang Ye's Studio.
Little Wang said, "Bangalore's sales aren't as high as ours either!"
Ha Qiqi had a serious expression on her face. "But they have a lot of experience."
Zhang Zuo sighed. "Yeah, that's the worst part. If Director Zhang had written a few more books like Gone with the Wind in the past few years, he would've had a 50-60% chance of winning the Nobel Prize. But the problem is that this is the only book that Director Zhang has written that has gone global."
Tong Fu said anxiously, "Director Zhang, why don't you write another book?"
"It's too late." Zhang Ye shook his head.
He still had a lot of books.
Ten books?
Twenty books?
A hundred books?
He could produce them all!
But not now. There wasn't enough time!
Little Wang was also getting anxious. "The sales growth is getting lower and lower!"
Wu Yi said, "We can only leave it up to fate."
In the past, they were so far away from the Nobel Prize that they did not even look forward to it. Even when Zhang Ye mentioned that he wanted to fight for the award, the studio's staff did not think much of it because they did not believe it. But now, Zhang Ye's novel had really shocked the world's literary world. They were now closer to the Nobel Prize than ever before. Through the grapevine, they heard that the Nobel Prize Committee in Literature had already listed Director Zhang as one of the key nominees. At this moment, everyone started to worry.
However, Zhang Ye did not like to leave it to fate. Moreover, he believed in Gone with the Wind. He felt that this book's influence on the world and that its potential was still far from being realized. The reason why the sales had stagnated was because of the competition from the other Nobel Prize nominees. Since there was only enough time to produce this one book, Zhang Ye could only try his best to bring out the full potential of this book. Number one in sales among the same period? Number one in ten years? That was far from enough!
You guys have a lot of books?
You guys have a lot of experience?
Then I can only compete with you in terms of sales and influence!
7 million copies are not enough?
Then 10 million copies are not enough?
Then 15 million copies are not enough?
Zhang Ye said, "I'm going back to my office."
Little Wang said, "Ah?"
"Don't disturb me." Zhang Ye waved his hand and left.
…
Upstairs.
In the office.
Zhang Ye lit a cigarette to relax for a while. Then he focused his gaze and brought up the game ring. He wanted to do a lucky draw and see what the ring could bring him. This Nobel Prize was too important to his career, so he had to fight for it!
Holy Spirit!
Holy Spirit!
Give me something good!
The Lucky Halo (Ultimate) was activated!
Zhang Ye immediately activated the Lottery Draw of the Third Kind!
The lottery draw began!
The Virtual Console appeared!
One second …
Five seconds …
With a flash of light, a golden treasure chest appeared!
Zhang Ye hurriedly went forward and opened it to have a look. Immediately, he laughed heartily. This was not what he had imagined at all, but it was very much to his liking!
[Lucky Medal (Upgraded) 1]
Introduction: Greatly increases a player's luck.
Effective duration: 57 hours.
Zhang Ye understood that this was probably the Lucky Halo (Upgraded) from the previous version. However, this time, it was in the form of a Consumption Category prize. Although it was not as good as the current Lucky Halo (Ultimate), it was still a heavyweight move!
57 hours!
More than two days had passed!
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