Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 1541 - 740: Literary Scholar_2

Chapter 1541: Chapter 740: Literary Scholar_2

While others pour their hearts out writing a book, his novel came way too easily, and it also contained a bit of a wicked sense of humor — he himself had been turned into a great demon king, and yet such significant deeds went unnoticed, it was truly more secretive than a sneaky night mission, only writing this novel could he amuse himself secretly.

Moreover, Boss Yan is filthy rich and had no intention of making money off this book, his only requirement was: the more copies sold, the better.

If it weren’t for the fear that if given out for free, others might use it to wrap fried dough sticks, he would have considered having hundreds of thousands of copies printed to distribute for free.

Professor He, seeing his casual attitude, also felt that he might be overthinking it. Fairly speaking, the novel was actually quite well-written, with a strong sense of realism; the content described gave one an immersive feeling. Just based on this, the sales of the novel probably wouldn’t be too bad.

As for the possibility of the book not selling, since Boss Yan was wealthy, what other young people his age were frantically doing was uncertain, but Boss Yan writing a book just for fun, was already considered better than best.

After thinking for a while, Professor He said, "How about I find a few people to write a foreword or a prequel for you?"

Yan Fei was taken aback for a moment: "Are you suggesting using the celebrity effect?"

"The child can indeed be taught!" Professor He smiled and nodded happily.

"Forget it, there’s no need to leverage someone else’s fame, I want to rely on my own strength." Yan Fei pondered for a while, and with that statement, Professor He’s smile froze on his face.

After sending Professor He away, Yan Fei happily waited and in less than a week, a colleague from the publishing house, Senior Brother Zhou, called him to say the book was printed.

Yan Fei chuckled: "Senior Brother Zhou, do you think it’d work if I advertise to sell more copies?"

Senior Brother Zhou had been in the job for more than a year or two, and after understanding Yan Fei’s situation, quickly suggested: "You could definitely advertise, like this and like so..."

After listening to Senior Brother Zhou, Yan Fei immediately called Heizi to start practicing with the newspaper and TV station.

It wasn’t long before the overwhelming advertisements appeared.

A refined, middle-aged man wearing glasses spoke while holding a book: "Read books, read good books! I recommend ’When Aircraft Carriers Meet Dinosaurs’, an adventure novel that immerses you, a scientific outreach book about ancient creatures..."

Once, twice, thrice and four times, five times, six times, and more...

In short, it was continuously broadcasted; during animations, during TV dramas, during advertising breaks... Any spare time on TV programs was used to praise this book in all possible ways, simply one word: hype!

As for the newspapers, it was pretty much the same routine.

There were straightforward advertisements, as well as sponsored articles written by journalists who had been paid, and advertisements throughout Wancheng City where the author was tremendously hailed...

Leading wealthy businessman, famous research scientist, extraordinary student admitted to Cambridge University from America, the author of a novel already published abroad in English...

The praises claimed this book to be unparalleled, suggesting that if you didn’t buy one to read, you’d be left behind by the times!

These days, many newspapers and TV stations, to attract advertisements, their diligent salespeople work to the bone, and to put it bluntly, as long as there’s payment, any advertisement can be published—even those selling medicines and health supplements disappear soon after making a fortune from overwhelming advertisements!

After all, Yan Fei was advertising his novel, and there was nothing forbidden in the content of the novel, maybe some descriptions of human nature a bit dark, but there were highlights too!

After a few days of relentless advertising, the effect was remarkably clear. Initially, many people who wanted to buy the book thought it would be expensive, but when they inquired at the bookstore, wow, the price was hardly more than a pirated copy.

The great writer Yan Fei was originally waiting for his book to become famous and then pirated, but his pricing was so low that even the pirates couldn’t make a profit, so who would bother pirating his book?

Therefore, he could only keep reprinting, and then reprinting again...

Senior Brother Zhou later called Yan Fei with almost a sense of admiration: "Junior Brother Yan, such a great novelist! Who would have thought that novel advertising could work so well! Why didn’t anyone think of advertising before?"

Nonsense, other authors have to rely on writing novels to make a living, spending so much money on advertising would be losing money to gain some shouts. Even those famous authors might not have that much money to squander!

Plus, it’s quite rare for TV and newspapers to advertise novels. At most, some novels get publicity when they win awards on newspapers and TV, but who would relentlessly advertise a book!

Not only do domestic novels sell well, but overseas ones sell even better.

Just think about how popular monster movies like Jurassic are abroad, Yan Fei’s novel provides detailed descriptions of those ancient creatures, from various Mosasaurs, gigantic sharks, Tylosaurus, Pliosaurus in the ocean to Tyrannosaurus Rex, Compsognathus on land, etc. Calling it a scientific popularization book is hardly an exaggeration.

The novel itself is based on the performances of the hard workers on those big ships, including their daily lives and speaking habits, which really suits the taste of foreigners. If domestic novels sold hundreds of thousands of copies because of advertising, overseas sales relied entirely on the novel’s content!

It’s truly booming!

In the last few days of the semester, even regular newspapers wrote reviews about the sensational success of this novel, comparing it to the mysterious incidents alongside the disappearance of aircraft carriers.

Normal novel sales start from a few thousand copies and gradually increase, but thanks to piracy, it’s generally not possible to increase printing by much.

When we talk about how much a novel sells, it’s through accumulation over time, unlike this novel ’When Carriers Meet Dinosaurs’, which, in a short period, explosively attracted a swarm of fans, and even led to the creation of a online forum for fans of ’When Aircraft Carriers Meet Dinosaurs’.

It’s only hot domestically, but it’s different abroad.

Will called again: "Dear Yan, you are simply China’s Superman, even more magical than Bruce Lee. Now your name, your fame is comparable to Steven Spielberg, his Jurassic was a hit for a time, and your novel will eventually surpass him. I have good news for you, someone contacted the publisher wanting to buy the movie rights. Guess who it is?"

Yan Fei was stunned: "Movie rights? Turn it into a movie?"

"Yes!" Will was very excited. "It’s really miraculous, my greatest honor is to have my name remain in this extraordinary event, and when the movie breaks box office records, maybe my name will also become known along with the movie, it’s really exciting to think about..."

"..." Listening to the excited Will on the other end, Yan Fei deeply regretted.

Making a movie!

Why didn’t he think of making a movie earlier!

Getting a camera, filming the big ships all around... that footage would be so realistic!

Fortunately, he only thought about it, because if he really made it, could it even be released?

That would simply start the third world war!

Will kept excitedly asking: "Dear Yan, haven’t you guessed which famous director is interested in your novel?"

Yan Fei was still quite calm: "Well, turning it into a movie, that would boost my novel’s sales even more, right?"

"Of course!" Will was very affirmative. "Do you know how many novels broke sales records again just because they were turned into movies? As long as the movie is successful, there’s absolutely no problem in a surge of sales for the novel..."

"So..." Yan Fei thought for a while. "If I sell the rights now, would it be the best timing? I feel like the novel just started selling not long ago, and if we start making a movie now, wouldn’t the effect be poor?"

"Of course not!" Will, the chef now transforming into an experienced film director, began persuading Yan Fei. "You know, it is precisely because it’s just starting to heat up, we should strike while the iron is hot... yes, strike while the iron is hot, adding fuel to the fire..."

Okay, adding fuel to the fire it is!