Chapter 12 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The next day.

Tolkien published a literary review in every major newspaper and magazine in the country.

Rainforest Literature attached this review to “The Coiling Dragon” as a foreword written by Tolkien the author of “The Hobbit”.

The book sales increased several fold.

The foreword read: “Empires rise and fall on the Yulan continent. Saints, immortals, beings with unimaginable power, used spells and swords to fight, leaving behind vast destruction. Magical beasts rule the mountains. Brave people, or rather foolish souls, would go there to test their strength. Even the most powerful people would fall and be eaten by the beasts. The strong lived like nobles, and the weak struggled to live. This was the world Linley was born to. Linley grew up in Wushan Town and was a descendant of the Baruch clan. This clan had once been the legendary Dragonblood Warriors. Their name had once shaken the world, but now they were in decline, so much so that they sold off their family heirlooms. Linley’s mission was to reclaim his clan’s past glory. He would experience countless trials and tribulations, make powerful friends, but also have fatal enemies. Read this book to witness a new legend that is currently still in formation. The story of Linley Baruch will be the legacy of the author, Fang Yuan.”

The comments section was filled with Fang Yuan’s question and answer session with the reporter from the Iowa Journal of Literature.

Everyone knew that Fang Yuan was a young man who had been chosen by Tolkien.

No media would dare to act rashly in front of such a major public figure.

Thus, all of the fabricated negative articles naturally vanished.

..

At the Rainforest Publishing Company.

“The statistics are out! Yesterday, the sales of ‘The Coiling Dragon’ in online bookstores and offline channels totaled 158,000 copies! It far exceeds the number of first prints. Moreover, the number of pre-orders is still rising. The warehouse already called several times last night to rush us asking when will the new batch arrive.”

“What did the printers say? Increase it to the maximum production capacity as soon as possible.”

“They’ve already stopped all the other product lines. Now, 90% of their machines are printing ‘The Coiling Dragon’.”

“What’s the other 10%?”

“It’s the school exam season, so some are still printing the school’s exam papers…”

“Double the price and ask them to stop printing exam papers for the moment and finish printing ‘The Coiling Dragon’ as soon as possible. We need to print another 300,000 copies as soon as possible!”

“Yes, editor-in-chief!”

The whole company was excited and full of energy. They knew that “The Coiling Dragon” had completely blown up.

..

Everything in the world was always so, with some happy while others were sad.

Penguin Publishing Corporation.

Editor-in-chief Jeffrey sat at his desk. There was a newspaper on the table with the front-page headlines showing that “The Coiling Dragon” was out of stock.