I am a literary giant in Europe

Chapter 680 Tribulation

Yes, it's very unfair!
But in this world, how much fairness is there?
It's unfair for Rowling to use the ten years of experience she spent creating the final chapter of "Harry Potter" to compete with Liu Jin's first new work.

Conversely, it is equally unfair for Liu Jin to gather the world's five top publishing companies to attack Harry Potter.

Random House, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and the Hachette Group, plus a third of the academic groups.

His opponents were two-thirds of the academic community.

Rowling collaborated with the group of scholars for ten years.

Richard Dick Robinson even attempted to create a miracle using Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

He succeeded!

But it failed...

At this stage, the academic group attaches far more importance to Rowling than to Liu Jin.

But they cannot ignore Liu Jin, because 'Amos' will be their new trump card after Rowling.

Therefore, the company's publicity resources are allocated 2:1, with a focus on Harry Potter.

However, it's impossible to completely ignore Halo.

result……

Liu Jin launched a blitzkrieg against Bright Peak, with the six major sects surrounding it.

They completely broke through the advantages that Rowling had built up over ten years, and with the help of Harry Potter's momentum, they soared to new heights.

Rowling didn't lose out either!

This competition between her and Liu Jin is something she cannot give up.

Whenever the Big Four accounting firms and a third of the academic groups promote 'Amos,' they inevitably have to mention Rowling.

Similarly, Rowling inevitably had to mention Liu Jin while promoting the product.

They complement each other and interact with each other...

Therefore, on July 24, after the sales figures for the previous week were released, it caused a stir in the entire America Books market.

From the release of Liu Jin's "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" on July 14th to midnight on Sunday, July 22nd, a total of 147,832,159 copies were sold worldwide in nine days...

Stephenie Meyer, the bestselling author of "Twilight," couldn't help but complain in a media interview: "These two are monsters!"

Of course she had to complain.

In 2005, the first Twilight movie, Twilight, was originally scheduled for release in August.

As a result of the epic battle between Liu Jin and Luo Lin, the event had to be postponed until October.

Although it didn't have a significant impact on sales, Mel was definitely unhappy.

In 2006, the second Twilight movie, New Moon, was published.

At the time, Liu Jin was busy traveling at sea with Monica, and Rowling was busy taking care of the children, so they did not participate.

Therefore, "New Moon" won the award for the most popular book among teenagers that year and became the number one bestseller on the New York Times bestseller list.

This year, Mel Gibson returns with the third installment of the Twilight series, Eclipse.

After its publication in May, it topped the New York Times bestseller list for eight consecutive weeks and the Amazon bestseller list for seven consecutive weeks. She was riding high, but then... in July, Twilight was utterly humiliated.

Not only did it drop out of the top ten bestseller list, but it also...

She wasn't even in the top fifteen...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows tops the list, a position even Liu Jin cannot shake.

In nine days, a total of 32 million copies have been sold.

This is higher than the total sales of the first two Twilight books, Twilight and New Moon, since 05.

Second on the list is the sixth Harry Potter book, The Half-Blood Prince, with 1400 million copies sold.

The third place goes to Liu Jin's "The Hunger Games: A Wildfire," with 1369 million copies sold.

Fourth place: Liu Jin's Shadow of the Wind.

Fifth place: Halo: Relics, 870 million copies.

Sixth place: Assassin's Creed 2, Brotherhood, 790 million copies sold.

Seventh place: Assassin's Creed 1, Renaissance, 750 million copies sold.

8th place: The Shadow of the Wind 2, Angel Game, 5.8 million copies sold.

Ninth place: The Da Vinci Code, 320 million copies
1th place: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 270 million copies sold.

Stephanie's "Eclipse" is the sixteenth best-selling film, with 160 million copies sold.

……

Sales haven't decreased much, but the rankings...

The sales figures for these two are simply astonishing!

The top four combined account for approximately 70 million copies sold.

The eleventh to fifteenth places are Inception, Nemo, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter and the Forgotten Days, and The Museum.

The seventeenth place is Liu Jin's "Amos's Fantastic Journey 1".

This book made the list because of the impact of "I Am Legend" a few months ago, and because "The Chorus" won an award.

The eighteenth place is Notre Dame de Paris.

Nineteenth place is Harry Potter 2.
The twentieth place goes to "Amos's Paris Trilogy," which was revised and edited and published by Random House at the beginning of the year: Amélie, The Father Trapped in Time, and Childhood Sweethearts.

The 23rd place goes to Harry Potter 3.
The 26th place is The Old Man and the Sea.

27th: Pirates of the Caribbean Deluxe Edition.

30th place: Life Is Beautiful.

……

Stephanie Meyer said with a wry smile: How am I supposed to fight like this?
It was indeed impossible to compete, not only with Mel, but also with other works published at the same time; there was absolutely no impact whatsoever.

On July 24th, Les Misérables was officially launched worldwide.

In just three days, sales exceeded three million units.

Because it was a three-book set, actual sales exceeded 1000 million copies, sparking heated discussions throughout the North American book market.

On July 27, Rowling was all smiles during her interview with Jeremy Renault on NBC's "The Tonight Show".

The Tonight Show is a late-night talk show that was first launched by NBC in 1954.

Host Gerald Noel has been hosting the show since 92, becoming its fourth host. Guests have included film and television stars, writers, entrepreneurs, and politicians.

For example, last month, the future Black President appeared on the show as a guest.

In the future, the show will change hosts and will be renamed from "The Tonight Show with Jeremy Lin" to "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon," which is the well-known "The Jimmy Fallon Show." Yes, that's the Jimmy Fallon that Nicole Kidman liked and visited his home, only to find him sitting in the living room playing video games with other people.

……

"It is well known that you and Amos have a good relationship."

"Very, very, very good!"

"How good is it?"

"Haha, he became Jessica's godfather three days ago."

A gasp of surprise came from the audience.

"I remember Amos wasn't religious."

"But he is a very good person..."

Is he better than Neil?

"Haha, he and Neil are brothers. They even made plans to go hunting together in Great Britain in October."

Neil, sitting in the audience, wore a gentle smile.

"Then why didn't he come today?"

"He wanted to come."

Rowling explained, "But he flew to Warsaw Vora yesterday, and he asked me to convey his apologies to you."

"Warsaw Wola? Poland?"

"Yes."

"Oh, I remember now, Alizee is going to have a concert tour there soon, haha, he's such a good man."

"The main reason is that he will be performing at the concert that day."

"He's going to sing?"

"Didn't you know? He has a band with his friends, and Alizee is one of them."

"Ha, this is the first time I've heard of this."

“Leslie Chueng, you should know him, right?”

"Beautiful Life, Akui?"

"Ha, that's him, he's also a member of the band."

“Well, that makes me a little interested. I like his version of What a Wonderful World. It has a different feel from Louis Armstrong's version; it's more dreamlike and full of hope…”

"I like it too!" ...

Alizée's concert in Warsaw has been confirmed to be held at the 10th Anniversary Stadium.

Located on the banks of the Vistula River, the stadium is Warsaw's most famous football stadium and the home ground of Legion Warsaw and Pole Warsaw.

However, starting in September, both clubs will be changing their home stadiums.

The reason is simple: this stadium, which was built seventy years ago, will be demolished to make way for a larger stadium.

Alizée's concert was also the last large-scale performance at the stadium during its tenth anniversary celebration.

Liu Jin arrived at Warsaw's Derik Chopin Airport in the early hours of the 28th, Polish time.

After successfully passing through customs, he saw Martha, who was Alizee's assistant.

She drove up to greet me in a Polonaise.

Since both are in Europe, Alizee is quite popular in Poland as well.

All 30,000 tickets for the 10th Anniversary Stadium have already been sold out, and fans are eagerly awaiting the grand concert.

"Leslie and Sissi have arrived, along with Maggie."

"Why are they here?"

Liu Jin sat in the car, lit a cigarette, and asked with a frown.

Leslie Cheung is now indifferent to worldly desires and has no interest in his career.

If you're happy, sing a song!
Even in a bar on the streets of Gruysand, you can sing happily.

He doesn't take on acting roles and has no particular ambitions; his main goal is to live a carefree and unrestrained life.

This is something that people on Hong Kong Island cannot accept. In the eyes of many, he should return to Hong Kong Island and take up the mantle of Hong Kong entertainment.

You're a Palme d'Or winner and an Oscar winner!

How could you do this?
But no matter what they said, Leslie Cheung simply refused to return to the public eye.

Back in Hong Kong Island, he would reunite with some old friends, linger at roadside stalls, have a few drinks, and if the mood struck, sing a couple of songs at a bar before leaving in a carefree manner. No wonder, his aura is too dazzling—the only Chinese Oscar-winning actor!
Therefore, Liu Jin had no objection to him coming over.

But Fairy and Maggie...

Maggie fared better; after "Clean," she faded out of the film industry and the entertainment circle, focusing only on charitable causes.

He's rarely in China; he's mostly in France.

To put it simply, he doesn't have much ambition.

But a celestial being...

Martha said, "She asked to come on her own initiative. Leslie seemed to have talked to her about it, but she didn't seem to care."

"Alright then, whatever she wants!"

It feels like even celestial beings in this time and space can do whatever they want.

Aunt Liu cared about her a lot, but she didn't really care.

However, hasn't she already accepted the role of "Playing Dragon and Phoenix"?

Why did you find the mood to come to Warsaw?
Liu Jin couldn't help but feel puzzled.

Alizee's team of nearly two hundred people booked the entire rooftop of the InterContinental Warsaw Hotel.

When Liu Jin and Masa arrived, Alizee and Leslie Cheung had just returned from a stadium practice session.

Upon seeing Liu Jin, she happily rushed over and clung to him like a koala. The team members were already used to this.

"How about it?"

"It's so tiring!"

Liu Jin smiled and ruffled her hair, then greeted Leslie Cheung and Maggie before frowning and looking at the fairy.

"Sisi, instead of studying your script and preparing to join the crew, what are you doing here causing trouble?"

"Hehe, it doesn't matter... Besides, this kind of Hong Kong script is actually very simple! Much simpler than the Bélier family script."

Maggie and her brother can give me guidance.

Andy Lau is currently still on the set of "Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon" and won't be able to start filming until the end of September, so I came to help you.

"help me?"

Liu Jin sighed and said, "Xixi, do you know that if you show up this time, you can forget about ever entering the Xiao Rizi market again? Just like me... Leslie and Maggie are basically semi-retired and don't have any ambitions anymore, so they don't care. But it's different for you. If you're blacklisted by Xiao Rizi, you'll suffer huge losses."

"It doesn't matter, you'll help me anyway, right?"

"Forehead……"

Maggie laughed and said, "I tried to persuade her, but she said that, so there was nothing I could do."

But thinking about it, it doesn't seem like a bad idea. The small-scale market is important, but if she succeeds, she'll have a golden reputation in the Chinese market. In the past two years, when dealing with people in China, my stance has been a crucial criterion.

Is it important?
important!

But it's not that important!

Under the manipulation of capital, even if your position is skewed, you can still eat your fill of delicious food.

Just wait and see how those big directors will fleece the Chinese people in a decade or two.

However, Liu Jin thought it was a good idea for her to have this thought.

"Have you thought about it?"

"Ok!"

"I hope your mom won't scold me then."

Upon hearing this, the celestial being couldn't help but giggle.

……

In the book market, Liu Jin and Rowling continue to dominate.

However, the momentum wasn't as strong as in the first week, and it gradually began to stabilize.

Even so, the combined sales of their works in the second week still reached 71 million copies.

Sales of some older books have begun to decline slowly.

But the new book's momentum remains strong.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows sold 46 million copies in two weeks.

The combined sales of Liu Jin's six new works reached a staggering 43 million.

This frenzied momentum has attracted the attention of major media outlets worldwide, further stimulating readers' desire to consume.

So cruel!

So much so that on the second day after Liu Jin arrived in Warsaw, the Polish Ministry of Culture sent people to visit him and invited him to participate in a program.

However, Liu Jin declined, citing rehearsals as the reason.

"why are you not going?"

"There's no need... I don't think the Polish government would agree to us singing that song."

"why?"

Maggie couldn't help but ask, "They also experienced the horrors of the Vora massacre in 1944, so why did they refuse to let us perform that song?"

why?
Because of politics!

But Liu Jin didn't know how to explain it to her.

"Ali, I'm sorry."

"what?"

"I expect you will also be affected after my performance."

Alizee smiled.

Her smile was just like it was on that night seven years ago, slowly becoming innocent and radiant.

"It doesn't matter, I never planned to hold a concert at Little Life anyway."

"But those guys might cause trouble at your later concerts."

"It's okay, I'll just not open it then...hehe, anyway, you'll write songs for me, right?"

Liu Jin looked at her and couldn't help but smile.

Meanwhile, the people nearby were a little bloated from this unexpected display of affection.

A hint of sadness flashed in the celestial being's eyes.

Maggie sighed inwardly and reached out to hug her.

Amos, you've done something terrible!
When Anita Mui was alive, she gave a reminder to the Heavenly Fairy.

Maggie had also warned her.

But it seems she still couldn't escape it.

……

(End of this chapter)