The light in front of Shopkeeper Yu's desk stayed on all night.
I don't know how long it took, but shopkeeper Yu put down "Legend of the Condor Heroes" and couldn't get back to his senses for a long time.
After a long time, a long sigh sounded in the room.
The sun rises in the east,
Until the third quarter of the hour,
Shopkeeper Yu picked up the transmission talisman on the desk and said, "All stewards, come to the third floor."
In the Qingxi Pavilion where Master Huang Qinshan was received last time, eighteen stewards from the Cong Bookstore arrived one after another.
"Why did Shopkeeper Yu call us here so early in the morning?"
"I don't know. I heard that the lights in shopkeeper Yu's study were not turned off last night."
“We also summoned dozens of people to come to the bookstore overnight.”
Only one steward had some vague suspicions in his mind. Could it be because of Qinglian's newsscript?
But he wasn't sure.
If it were just the martial arts script, it shouldn't be like this.
Two quarters of an hour later,
Shopkeeper Yu was followed by two people, who held the eighteen volumes of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" that had been copied urgently and placed them on the table.
"I have called you all here this morning. There is only one thing to do...to determine how many copies of Qinglian Newspeak will be printed."
Qinglian Newspaper?
Upon hearing these words, the eyes of all the stewards present lit up.
Qinglian's "Butterfly Lovers" became a hit in March and is still one of the best-selling storybooks in the bookstore.
Now there is actually another new version of the novel coming out.
As long as this level can be maintained, the sales volume will not be much worse than that of "Butterfly Lovers".
Only the steward who knew the situation had a strange look on his face.
That's the martial arts script.
Even if it is to stabilize Qinglian, printing two hundred thousand copies will be enough.
Why call all the stewards together?
Is it a bit too fussy?
Can flowers be written in martial arts scripts?
Although he was full of doubts, the steward did not speak directly, but picked up the "Legend of the Condor Heroes" in front of him.
In Qingxi Pavilion, the sound of turning pages soon sounded.
Shopkeeper Yu leaned on the back of his chair, closed his eyes and waited quietly.
"The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has a million words. It is an astonishing masterpiece in today's bookstores.
What was placed in front of the eighteen stewards was just an excerpt from the first volume, which contained more than 300,000 words.
There were thirty-six people who copied last night alone. These people were all scribes and were very good at writing. However, it still took more than three hours to copy out the first volume.
All the stewards here are at least eighth-grade scribes. One Eye and Ten Lines is just the most basic, and they can read very quickly.
However, the more everyone watched, the more frightened they became, and they took the initiative to slow down later.
More than an hour later, a steward turned to the last page and couldn't help but asked loudly, "What's next?"
The other stewards all frowned, but their eyes still fell on the script and they couldn't bear to look away.
More and more people, after reading "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" in their hands, can't help but exclaim, "What else is there? Is it gone now?"
Shopkeeper Yu opened his eyes and looked around everyone, "Those who have finished reading, please share your thoughts."
The steward who was the first to read the storybook said deeply: "After reading this book "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", I realized that martial arts storybooks can be written like this."
"Qinglian's writing power amazed me, creating a brand new but extremely real world."
"The struggle between the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom and the Mongolia reads as if it really existed in history."
Another steward nodded in agreement and then spoke,
"The scenes are complex and majestic...the characters in it are extremely weak in martial arts, and the strongest one is only a sixth-grade martial artist, but he has written the word martial to the extreme."
"The skills and moves in it are also well understood. The flying dragon in the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms is in the sky, and the dragon has regrets. Isn't it the hexagram in the "Book of Changes"?"
"Not bad!" A steward on the left side of Shopkeeper Yu stroked his beard.
"Qinglian's martial arts is completely different from what we think of as martial arts."
"It's no longer about fighting and killing. It seems that there is a spirit of energy infused into it. Even though he is a martial artist, he is awe-inspiring."
"The hatred of the country and the family is written so soul-stirringly, and it even pays attention to the poor people at the bottom. It is unprecedented for a martial arts novel to be written like this."
…
Shopkeeper Yu nodded from time to time. The stewards only read the first volume, but he read the whole thing last night.
The rest of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is even more exciting, especially the discussion at the end between Guo Jing and Genghis Khan, the eternal hero, about the true meaning of heroes.
His mind was shaken and shocked, and he couldn't help but worship Qinglian.
master!
No, only Zong Zheng, who is above the master of Hua Ben, has such strength.
"Everyone, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has more than one million words in total. It is not an exaggeration to call it a masterpiece."
"Now, there is an issue that we need to discuss together."
"How many copies of this book are printed?"
Shopkeeper Yu looked at the eighteen stewards present.
As soon as this question came out, the stewards frowned.
With more than a million words, this is no ordinary storybook.
A copy of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" would cost at least one hundred copies.
Are there so many people willing to spend so much money just to buy a storybook?
"Shopkeeper, judging from the quality of "Legend of the Condor Heroes", two million copies are too few, but..."
"But the whole volume will cost at least a hundred cents. It's too expensive, so I'm afraid I won't be able to sell that much."
A steward expressed his thoughts.
This idea is basically what other people think.
With over a million words, the bookstore has only published ten volumes so far, nine of which were written by Zongzheng-level figures.
The remaining one was also written by a top storyteller.
The sales volume of these ten storybooks ranged from a minimum of 300,000 copies to a maximum of 1.2 million copies.
Of course, a million-word storybook is worth five Mandarin Chinese books, so it’s not bad. The one with the highest sales even topped the list of storybooks that year.
But for bookstores, printing basically starts at 100,000 copies, and with every jump, there is the possibility of stocking up on a batch of unsold story books.
No one dares to guarantee it.
Shopkeeper Yu tapped his fingertips on the table and pondered for a moment, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes is an unprecedented martial arts script."
"Even if it is a martial arts storybook, I think it can be famous all over the world. If there are too few copies, it may not be able to stabilize Qinglian."
The stewards looked at each other and expressed their opinions.
"Four hundred thousand volumes?"
"Will there be less?"
"Why is there less? This is a million-word storybook. Four hundred thousand volumes is equivalent to two million volumes in Mandarin. And it is also a martial arts storybook."
"Can you imagine the martial arts storybook selling two million copies? This is already a great deal of importance to Qinglian."
There are also stewards who disagree,
"You can't just think about it in terms of martial arts. You've also read "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". Does it deserve the evaluation of a masterpiece?"
"Since you can afford it, you should be more decisive. Being petty is not advisable!"
"In my opinion, this "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is no worse than those scripts written by Zong Zong."
"But after all, Qinglian only has one "Butterfly Lovers" to her name. Can she really sustain it?"
…
There are more and more voices discussing in Qingxi Pavilion, and everyone has their own reasons.
The storybook "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is so special.
It's so special that people can't help it.
Firstly, it is a martial arts storybook, and secondly, it is a huge work with a million words.
Originally, looking at these two items alone, one could basically declare that there was no hope.
But Qinglian just happened to write such a soul-stirring and shocking work.
No one has any confidence.
Finally, shopkeeper Yu knocked on the table to stop everyone from continuing the discussion.
"Send Qinglian the sound transmission talisman from the bookstore. You can contact the manager directly in the future."
"The first printing of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is 600,000 copies!"
There was a sudden silence in Qingxi Pavilion.
All the stewards couldn't help but widen their eyes.
The bookstore's communication system consists of the initial sound transmission symbols of the headquarters bookstore and the sound transmission sub-characters of various locations.
Each sound transmission talisman represents a bookstore and is extremely precious.
Within the bookstore, being able to possess the sound transmission talisman alone represents a very high status.
In addition to the three storyteller Zongzheng who stand like pillars in the sky, only the two top storyteller masters possess the sound transmission talisman.
It can basically be regarded as exclusive to the storybook sect.
Not even Huang Qinshan has this qualification.
Now shopkeeper Yu actually wants to give the sixth sound transmission talisman to Qinglian.
That's just a new person.
Compared with this, the first printing of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was 600,000 copies, which is not so unacceptable.
"Hurry up and get started, mobilize all the engraving craftsmen in the bookstore, and carve out the engraving plates for "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" first."
Shopkeeper Yu made the final decision.
A Zongzheng-level masterpiece with a million words is worthy of his determination!
If "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" becomes popular again, it may even compete for the top spot on this year's story list!
How can such a newcomer be regarded as a newcomer?