Chapter 114: The Ivory Press

When the blessing of the goddess of art meets the creative outline of a classic work, what will be the result?

The answer is – unscrupulous publishers!

Just a month later, Lin Taiping, who was full of scum, walked out of the manor after the retreat, and in the disbelief of a large group of aristocratic businessmen, he threw out dozens of new books in one go, and by the way, he did not forget to spit blood: "Everyone, this is what you want, don't forget your promise!"

Well, since he really did it, the stunned nobles would not break their promise, and Speaker Federer accepted the "Twelve Rules of the Love Master" with a condemning face, and then directly and generously auctioned out a large stack of golden tickets, saying that Lin You can print as many copies as you want, provided that every new set is sent to me first.

Since someone is willing to pay for it, Lin Taiping will certainly not let go of this opportunity, so the dark creatures who had just buried themselves in writing until they were dizzy began to work very busy again, and it was only overnight that many people were suddenly surprised to find that there was actually another signboard with black letters on a white background in front of the Ivory Evening News Office, which read: Ivory Publishing House.

Immediately afterwards, the rumbling sound of printing rang for three days and three nights, causing the nearby residents to collectively demonstrate and protest, and when the fourth day dawned, dozens of books that had been serialized in the evening newspaper were collectively listed and distributed, and the content spanned the novel, fashion, workplace, health education, and science, and the span was unbelievably large.

Have you ever seen a spectacle of selling books and selling Chinese cabbage? If you've never seen it, you've seen it now!

The Marquis of Grandet, who was lying at home with two broken legs, was almost so angry that he crashed to his death in bed the moment he heard the news, even the most famous writer in Contès often takes a long time of a year or two to put out a book that sells well, but that damn little white face. But in a month, dozens of works were written in one go?

Well, forget it, after all, there are always geniuses in this world, but what makes Marquis Grande vomit blood even more is that even those savage monsters such as pig-headed monsters and dark elves have written a book or two as if they were making a fuss, especially the minotaur patriarch who is known as a foodie, this guy actually wrote "Successology" in one go, and shamelessly replaced Carnegie with Tulu......

Curse you! Curse your books that don't sell. Curse your books only as firewood!

The Marquis de Grande cursed viciously, but he was doomed to disappointment, because the works that had just been released by the Ivory Press were snapped up by avid readers only three days after their official release, and the first copy of the most popular "Lord of the Rings" was sold for two thousand copies in the first printing, and the price was as high as two gold coins, but even then it was still in short supply.

And that's just the beginning. Seeing that these works were sold out of stock, the Ivory Publishing House began to work overnight and rumbled, continuing to launch the second, third and fourth editions...... By the way, the one with the best sales. is not the highest-rated "Lord of the Rings", but the "Twelve Rules of Love Masters" that is not on the counter at all, from this point of view, the readers of Ivory Island really love literature.

Finally, a month has passed. The book-selling boom had finally cooled down a bit, and Grande finally breathed a sigh of relief, but before he could finish it. The Ivory Publishing House shamelessly threw out dozens of new works, the main one being a very bloody novel, called "Princess Huanzhu".

In fact, the new book published in the second issue has caused a greater sensation than before, especially the "Princess Huanzhu", which is despised by many men, has swept the entire Ivory Island in just a few days, and women from eight to eighty years old have one in their hands, crying and laughing like fascinated, I don't know how many people go out The first sentence is - Majesty, do you remember Louise on the shore of Lake Bega?

Then, Lin Taiping suddenly realized with tears in his eyes that he really shouldn't have had a bad taste and wrote his name on the author column of many works, but with the sensational spread of these works, he, who had never written a word at all, became popular all over Ivory Island overnight.

Let's put it this way, just the love letters he received, which can add up to a circle around Ivory Island, the aristocratic girls with little stars in their eyes swear that they will not marry him, and Speaker Federer's favorite only daughter even directly abducted her father's safe and slipped into the evening newspaper office, strongly asking to elope with him.

That's not all, the readers who watched the first part of "The Lord of the Rings" and "Princess Huanzhu" even surrounded the evening newspaper with three layers inside and three layers outside, forcing him to hurry up and write out the rest of the content, and a guy with deep pockets rushed in directly, slapped the astronomical gold ticket on the table, and said viciously: "Write, write now, I'll give you ten gold coins for 10,000 words, write as much as you want!"

Seeing this kind of rude behavior of smashing people with money, Lin Taiping suddenly trembled with anger: "How can this be reasonable, I am a professional author, do you think that if you take out a large stack of golden tickets, I will let go of the dignity of literature...... What's that, "Princess Huanzhu" hasn't come out yet, why don't you make do with "Love and Rain" first?"

In fact, it was not only Lin Taiping who was tossed to the point of anxiety, Christine, who randomly found a few books to sign at that time, and they were also in dire straits-

With the book "A Good Mother is Better Than a Good Teacher", Christine suddenly became a parenting expert, and a large group of mothers came to visit her every day with their children in their arms to ask her how to conduct early education, and they paid by the hour;

After the publication of "My 100 Dates with Beauty", night songs have become a fashion vane on Ivory Island, basically what she wears when she goes out, those loyal female readers will wear it, even if she just casually wears a broken straw hat and runs out, the next day the street will be full of broken straw hats, and the beautiful name is to return to nature;

As for Tulu, since this guy finished writing "Tulu Success", he has now become a guest of those businessmen, according to Lin Taiping's unscrupulous teaching, this guy is gnawing on roast lamb legs, while squirting out those terms that he doesn't even understand...... All in all, our goal is to make it unintelligible!

And so on, after another month, the craze was not confined to Ivory Island, and with the caravans' voyages to trade, these works gradually spread, first only on the islands near Ivory Island, and then throughout the Horn Sea, and it is said that on the distant island of Tren, a princess even offered a high price of 5,000 gold coins for the second part of "Princess Huanzhu".

The booksellers who smelled the smell of gold coins immediately came from all directions, their faces were flushed with sweat, and they rushed into Lin Taiping's manor with gold tickets, but a group of minotaurs stopped at the door of the study very ruthlessly, saying that Lin was conceiving a new work, so even if Speaker Federer came, he had to wait honestly in the reception room.

What can be done? Dozens of resentful booksellers can only sit honestly in the reception room, drinking coffee with a dry mouth, while staring at each other viciously, everyone knows very well how much profit these works can bring, and whoever Mr. Lin chooses to cooperate with will be able to make a lot of money in the next few years.

"Listen, I want the copyright to those novels, and it's a perpetual copyright. Mr. Des, from the island of Tren, was the most famous bookseller in the Horn Sea, so after less than two minutes of sitting down, he put on a look of wealth and slapped a large stack of golden tickets on the table, "Everyone, give up, you better think about how to get the copyright of other books." ”

"Is it just your word?" Mr. Kede, who was sitting next to him, snorted coldly and retorted unceremoniously, "Mr. Des, you seem to have forgotten about it, I am not much worse than you in terms of strength, and in order to get the authorization of that Mr. Lin, I have brought all my net worth, are you sure that you are sure to defeat me?"

"That's right, the one who bids higher will of course win. The red-haired Mr. Vicky also joined the fray, not forgetting to strike at the small booksellers around him, "Guys, if you don't have enough strength, it's better to leave early, like the one who is still wearing last year's outdated evening dress...... Hey, don't look at it, I'm talking about you!"

Following Mr. Vicky's disdainful gaze, everyone turned their heads neatly, looking at the corner with mocking faces, the big fat man sitting there, although it was decent, but compared with the surrounding wealthy businessmen, it looked very shabby, the most speechless, this guy was obviously here to negotiate the publication of books, and he actually brought three beautiful chicks over, do you think this is a vacation trip?

I was collectively despised by a group of people, the big fat man was stunned at first, and then his face was red and thunderous, so that the three beauties next to him couldn't hold it back: "Damn bastard, don't look down on people, I can tell you very clearly, I will definitely get the copyright of these books, I will!"

A large crowd couldn't help but sneer, and Mr. Des stood up even more sarcastically, holding his coffee with an arrogant face: "Yes, this shabby gentleman, can you tell me why you have such inexplicable self-confidence, you must not tell me that you are Mr. Lin's father." ”

The joke was not funny at all, but the crowd of booksellers laughed so happily that they were so stimulated that they were going to smoke above their heads, and the big fat man waved his arms angrily and slapped his chest with a thump.

", how could I be Lin's father, but...... But...... I'm his father-in-law!" (to be continued......)