Chapter 5 (2/2)

In the publishing industry, the number of first prints represented the publishing company’s sales expectations for a book.

100,000 copies represented the top-selling work in the United States. Editors could do whatever they wanted in the industry.

Now, a rookie author who was a college student who had not even graduated had 100,000 copies booked for his first print?!

The editorial department was in a frenzy.

“This is f*cking ridiculous! Is Chief Editor Lilith crazy?”

The marketing department was also in an uproar.

“How can a rookie sell 100,000 copies? Just kill me now…”

Sales department: “According to our statistics, the average sales volume of a rookie’s first novel in the past few years was only…3,000 copies. The input-output ratio was always negative.”

Budget department: “Unmarketable books require the company to bear large costs in terms of logistics, storage, and turnover. It’s a huge risk!”

“I remember that the governor’s speech last time was only had 50,000 copies printed.”

“Didn’t that autobiography of that famous popstar only sold for 30,000 copies a few years ago?”

Everyone was in a heated discussion. Thousands of words converged into one idea, which was hoping that editor-in-chief Lilith would think twice about her decision.

However, Lilith did not care about the discussion at all.

In the company, she was a bossy president who would not back down. “When I say 100,000 copies, I mean 100,000 copies. No more, no less. All of it will definitely sell. If there are any leftover copies, I will personally fork out the difference and make up for the losses.”

“That…that’s not what we meant. It’s just that he’s a newbie, I’m afraid…”

“He’s not a newbie.”

Lilith watched Fang Yuan walk out of the office door and stared at his departing back. “He’s the author of ‘The Coiling Dragon’, a real eccentric.”

“What? The author of ‘The Coiling Dragon’? Oh, that’s fine then.”

“He’s so young?! Looking at his writing skills, I thought he was a white-bearded old man!”

“Boss, why didn’t you say so earlier? I should’ve asked for his autograph…”

“I don’t want his autograph. I just want him to hand over the manuscript for the second volume of ‘The Coiling Dragon’ to me.”

“Do any of you know his address? I don’t mean anything by it. I just want to send him some gifts.”

Since the publication of the novel yesterday, “The Coiling dragon” had already surpassed the fantasy novel rankings and was now in the top ten of fiction novel rankings. It was ranked first on the rookie list.

It even broke Amazon’s single-day sales record for e-books.

Although everyone still had doubts in their hearts, at this moment, they had a little more confidence than before.

Since it was him, he might really be able to sell the first 100,000 copies.

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Fang Yuan walked out of the Rainforest Publishing office building with a publishing contract and a sample copy of “The Coiling Dragon”.

With proof of his publication, it was time for him to hand in his thesis to his tutor, Hades.