Chapter 9 (1/2)

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Never Have I Seen Such A Queue To Buy Books In 30 Years Of Opening My Bookstore

The night before the first two volumes of “The Coiling Dragon” were published.

The discussion on the website was getting more heated that it even led to a big social debate about whether a new book needed a protection period.

Judging from readers’ feedback and professional booksellers’ perspectives, the situation was very unfavorable for Rainforest Publishing.

The stock of Rainforest Publishing even fell a little due to it.

The distributors, which were the major bookstores in the United States were cautious about this matter.

That was because it caused a lot of negative news.

They did not even dare to get stocks of “The Coiling Dragon” anymore.

The employees of Rainforest Publishing were also quite anxious.

On the day their editor-in-chief, Lilith, signed the contract with the author, she had boldly decided on an astonishing number of 100,000 copies of the first print for Fang Yuan, a new writer.

The number itself was so exaggerated that it felt too risky.

Now, everything was happening all at once, and there was still negative news before the new book went on sale.

Although it was not a particularly serious problem, the internet seemed to be getting more heated due to a small group of people with ulterior motives.

It was a denunciation of the author and a boycott of the book.

The situation seemed bleak.

However, Lilith still pushed through and carried on with their plan to have 100,000 copies of the first print as scheduled.

On the other side, Penguin Publishing had arranged all the backups.

Their keyboard warrior army was at full power, and their team of hired rebels was on the move, waiting to stir up trouble on the day the new book was released the next day.

Late that night.

Students from every college campus in Iowa jumped over walls, took detours, and skipped classes.

In short, they were creative with their abilities in getting to the bookstore outside the school.

They had already begun to line up for the release of “The Coiling Dragon” the next day.

Many of them were classmates and knew each other, so they started chatting in the queue.

“Why did you come out?”

“Oh, I just wanted to buy some exam materials.”

“You came out to study in the middle of the night? Do you think I’ll believe your nonsense?”

“Hey, isn’t ‘The Coiling Dragon’ going to be released tomorrow? I’m planning to buy a copy to take a look.”

“You said you weren’t going to buy it yesterday!”

“Didn’t you also say that whoever bought it would be an idiot?”

“Hahahaha! That was just to prevent you guys from fighting me over it.”

“Me too, hehe.”

“It’s the second volume of ‘The Coiling Dragon’ man! Can you hold back? I can’t wait any longer.”

“It’s best if everyone doesn’t buy it. That way, the chances of me buying it will be higher!”

“I’m relieved to see that everyone’s so sneaky.”

“Sakazaka Rion?”

“Hades, you’re here too!”

“Hahaha!”

More familiar faces started to appear, and the queue for this book grew longer by the hour.

Those keyboard warriors and opinion leaders who clamored for everyone not to buy the book showed up there.

They were the definition of double-dealing.

Time flew by as they chatted.

Soon, it was daytime. It was time for the bookstore to open.

There was a long line of “The Coiling Dragon” readers on the University of Iowa’s intercollegiate avenue.

Every student and teacher from every dorm and college nearby had gone out to line up on the street.

Thinking about how the second volume of “The Coiling Dragon” was about to be published, what the rest of the plot would be, and whether or not Linley’s crisis would be resolved, every single reader who had read the first volume were itching to know what would happen next, so much so that they were unable to fall asleep.