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"The author uses delicate brushwork, vivid descriptions and rhythmic narrative to tell the story of Van Gogh in a gripping way, making readers feel sad and happy about Van Gogh's fate during the reading process.

The novel's portrayal of Van Gogh's emotional world and description of his artistic creation process demonstrate superb literary skills and profound artistic skills, making this work of extremely high literary value and artistic charm."

The quality of "The Death of Van Gogh" is good, worthy of these novel awards and high praise from critics, and it has easily aroused considerable repercussions among readers who are mainly young readers. And as time goes by,

This response is still growing.

In the 6th week after its release, "The Death of Van Gogh" officially appeared on the New York Times bestseller list, staying on the list for 68 consecutive weeks from May last year to September this year.

In the American book industry, the New York Times bestseller list is an important bestseller index, and both publishers and readers have great trust in it.

This also creates the unique influence of the New York Times bestseller list in the book industry.

Works on the list are often blessed by the list, forming a situation where the strong will always be strong.

Moreover, this "strongness" will gradually solidify as the time on the list prolongs, turning into a powerful word-of-mouth effect.

Form a real sales rainbow.

A novel with a serious theme such as "The Death of Van Gogh", as a fictional work, can easily generate word-of-mouth. Coupled with the influence of the list, this novel has been on the list for a long time.

More than a year after its publication, "The Death of Van Gogh" has sold 512,000 copies.

According to Random House’s experience, the more than half-year exposure of the list is just the beginning for “The Death of Van Gogh.” This novel is likely to become the most popular foreign literary work in the U.S. book market in recent years.

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It is inevitable that sales will exceed one million copies in the future. As for the final sales volume, even Random House cannot say yet.

Two consecutive works were introduced to the United States, and both created extremely impressive sales, allowing Lin Chaoyang to gain a certain reputation in the United States.

This nomination for the Newstat International Literary Award also proves this point. Lin Chaoyang has entered the mainstream American literary circle.

The above sentence was said by Luan Walter to Lin Chaoyang. He is Lin Chaoyang's editor, and it was he who notified Lin Chaoyang of the nomination for the Neustadt International Literary Award.

"Keep calm. Many people are nominated for the Neustadt Award every time. This year there are 11 nominees.

people.

Most of them are creators from English-speaking countries. You are the only writer who writes in Chinese. It is not easy to win the award.

I checked and found that another Chinese writer, Ba Jin, was nominated for the Neustadt Prize before.

He should be very famous in China, and it was only a nomination at that time."

Luan Walter is very rigorous in doing things and does not have the bombastic character of Americans. Lin Chaoyang admires his character very much.

"I understand. Winning an award is just the icing on the cake."

"That's a good point." Luan Walter praised, and then said: "But there is a tradition of the Neustater Prize, which you may not know."

"What tradition?"

"I like upsets!"

Lin Chaoyang was stunned for a moment, and then heard Luan Walter's laughter on the other end of the phone.

When honest people play with dry humor, it is always easy to lose the humor, leaving only a cold scene.

Luan Walter laughed a few times, but when Lin Chaoyang didn't respond, he had no choice but to stop and talk to Lin Chaoyang about the introduction of his new works.

The introduction of the two works "The Truman Show" and "The Death of Van Gogh" has been a success, so Random House will naturally not let go of Lin Chaoyang's other works.

This time they chose "Crossing the Guandong". As a rare tome in Lin Chaoyang's list of works, "Crossing the Guandong" has always been highly rated in the Chinese literature area, and Random House also took a fancy to this.

However, because it is a large book and the novel is set in Northeast China in the early 20th century, the translation of this novel was extremely difficult and the workload was huge.

The translation work has been going on for more than half a year, but the progress is not yet half complete.

Lin Chaoyang couldn't help complaining when he heard this situation, "How come your translation is slower than my writing!"

Luan Walter knew how long it took Lin Chaoyang to write "Enter Guandong", and he felt heartbroken when he heard this complaint.

Do you think everyone is a quick shooter like you?

"What do you think of the novel's promotional slogan being 'Chinese version of One Hundred Years of Solitude'?" Lu An·

Walter asked, changing the subject.

"Not so good, look at the dull and barren imagination of you Americans." Lin Chaoyang said sarcastically.

Literary men all have their own pride. It is normal for Lin Chaoyang to be unhappy when he is called "XXX second" and "Chinese version of xXX".

Luan Walter understands Lin Chaoyang's psychology very well, but this will not prevent them from using this slogan when the time comes.

As for publicity, how can it be successful without hot words and hot spots?

Marquez is now well-known, so what does it matter if he touches the porcelain?

The news that Lin Chaoyang was nominated for the Neustadt International Literature Prize made Tao Yushu very happy.

Lin Chaoyang has already won domestic literary awards, and now he has begun to win foreign literary awards.

This is undoubtedly the best proof of his international influence.

Director Tao was very proud of this, so he left work early one day to celebrate his husband. As a result, Lin Chaoyang felt weak in his waist and knees the next day.

Tao Yushu himself walked out the door in high spirits and radiant.

As the old saying goes, there are only tired cows and no bad plowing land. After thirty years, Lin Chaoyang deeply understood this truth.

When I was making tea for myself, I sprinkled a handful of wolfberry on it.

After another week has passed, the opening time of the Yanjing Asian Games is getting closer and closer.

Tao Yumo was so preoccupied with returning to Yanjing to watch the opening ceremony of the Asian Games that he didn't even care about work.

"Mr. Tao, the sales volume of "Xuanyuan Sword" is out!" He Jiali burst into the door with a happy face.

Tao Yumo was stunned and asked instinctively: "How much did you sell?"

"Including those from Bay Island, 48,000 copies."

"Xuanyuan Sword" does not have the influence of the original work like "The Swordsman". Tao Yumo thought that it would be good to sell more than 10,000 copies in Hong Kong and Wandao within one month of its release.

When she heard the number "48,000 copies," she couldn't help but stand up with a look of surprise on her face.

"To seize the young master? You mean to seize the young master?"

"4. 80,000 copies."

He Jiali was startled by Tao Yumo's reaction and replied timidly.

Tao Yumo slapped his thigh and said, "Ouch," and gritted his teeth. It was too hard.

"Why did you sell so many?" she asked.

He Jiali looked confused. If you ask me, who should I ask? How could I know?

Realizing that he was too happy to speak, Tao Yumo waved his hand towards He Jiali, who was just about to go out.

But she called her back again.

"Have you told everyone?"

"No. The data just came out, I will come to your office immediately."

Tao Yumo didn't talk to her anymore and walked straight out of the office.

Compared with half a year ago, the number of people at Sugar Games has grown a lot, with 22 employees.

This 500-square-meter office in the Prince's Building has become stretched to accommodate so many employees.

However, the crowded office environment did not affect everyone's enthusiasm for work. The office was busy, and the sound of chewing could be heard from time to time, as someone was chewing potato chips and fruit.

There is no fixed time for afternoon tea at Sugar Game. Everyone can have whatever they want.

Some people have already gained 20 or 30 pounds in less than half a year after joining the job, and they look like pigs and sheep waiting to be slaughtered in a pen.

"Bah, bang, bang!" A clear clapping sound rang out, attracting everyone's attention. Looking up, they saw the wise and wise Mr. Tao standing in front of her office door, looking excited.

"Let me tell you some good news. In the first month of its release, "Xuanyuan Sword" sold 48,000 copies, with sales exceeding 10 million Hong Kong dollars!"

Tao Yumo announced the good news loudly, adding the second half of the sentence herself. "Xuanyuan Sword" is priced at HK$200.

Rounding it off is reasonable.

As soon as these words came out, there was a sudden roar in the office.

"marvelous!"

The cows and horses, which had been working hard, were delighted, their faces were full of joy, they high-fived each other and hugged each other in celebration.

After everyone celebrated excitedly, they couldn't help but cast their eyes on Tao Yumo.

New games are selling like hotcakes, the boss can’t just announce good news, right?

Tao Yumo looked at everyone's expressions and smiled, and then said: "Tomorrow, each member of the project team will receive a bonus of 100,000. Tonight, there will be a one-stop shop for food, drinks and entertainment in Tsim Sha Tsui, and the company will foot the bill!"

"Oh ho!"

The loud cheers almost tore off the roof of the Prince's Building. The sales figures of seven and eight figures at every turn have nothing to do with the workers. Bonuses are the most real thing.
To be continued...