"The Kite Runner" is the first novel by Afghan writer Khaled Hosseini, published in 2003. The story revolves around kites and two Afghan boys, a tale of a rich boy and his servant's story about kites, about human betrayal and redemption.
How lucrative is this book? Why did Ren He choose to include it in the Qinghe Fund?
Since 2005, "The Kite Runner" has been a global bestseller, topping literary book sales charts in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China, and many other countries. In China alone, sales had already exceeded 4 million copies, and that was during the time when pirated editions were rampant.
Moreover, there were profits to be gained from the film and television rights, making the earnings from "The Kite Runner" definitely far exceed those of the Three Character Classic.
After all, the Three Character Classic couldn't be a bestseller abroad, as it had greater limitations, and classical literature did not have a large market in this era.