"Xiao Cheng, is this week's new book here yet?”
In a bookstore in Chuan Du City, Cheng Ze, who had just opened his store for business, looked at his first customer and nodded happily."Brother Zhao, why are you here so early today? I've already helped you get the latest issue of Chuandu Daily.”
"Oh? Thank you, then. I just woke up early today and came out for a walk. Speaking of which, Xiao Cheng, do you have the latest issue of Story Painting?”
"Story painting?"
Cheng Ze was stunned when he heard that. Then, he nodded.""Of course, the latest issue only arrived last night!”
"That's great! Help me get one too!"
“... Deal!"
After seeing Little Zhao leave with the bag of books, Cheng Ze scratched his head in confusion. This Brother Zhao was almost thirty years old. He usually only read newspapers. Why did he buy a popular storybook among young people today?
Cheng Ze couldn't figure it out, but he didn't need to because he was destined not to have the chance to figure it out today!
That was because…
"Boss! Is there a story painting? Give me one."
"Boss, let me ask on behalf of my son, do you have story paintings here?”
"Boss! Give me the latest issue of story art!"
"Boss! Have you sold out the story paintings in your shop?”
'This…What's going on?
Seeing the latest issue of story paintings being sold out at an extremely strange speed, Cheng Ze was really a little confused.
As one of the top five works of Huisi Press, Story Painting was also one of the better books of its genre. Although most bookstores had stock of it, its content was mostly focused on school and fantasy stories. It was considered good for young people, but for most people over the age of 25 who had some social experience, this kind of reading material was no longer popular!
It was precisely because of this that Cheng Ze had only introduced about 300 copies per issue for sale in the past. Especially in the recent month, when the story drawing had gradually declined due to the suspension of the two pillar authors, these 300 copies were even sold every week.
But what was going on? The 300 copies of the story were sold out before 11 am on Monday morning?
"Haha! There are actually two chapters!"
Especially when the last book was sold, Cheng Ze couldn't sit still anymore when he saw the person who bought the book open the book impatiently and cry out in surprise!
"Handsome! May I ask if there are any good novels on this story painting recently?”
"Hmm? A novel?"
After being stopped, that person was clearly a little surprised. After a moment of shock, he shook his head and said,"Demon Illusions has been stopped, what good novel can there be! I bought this book to read Doraemon!”
“... What dream?"
Cheng Ze was confused. What was that thing? A certain brand of quilt?
"Boss, you're a bookseller, so you should at least know about this kind of godly work, right?”
The person was speechless when he saw Cheng Ze's confusion. Then, he opened the book and spread the last few pages in front of Cheng Ze!
"Divine work? A little comic?"
Cheng Ze made this judgment immediately, but his gaze was involuntarily attracted by the contents of the book.
The first thing he saw was a strange blue fatty without ears pulling out a door from a place on his stomach that looked like a kangaroo's pouch!
On the next small picture, the door was opened!
Welcome to... The underwater world!
The boundless blue sea floor in the picture was like a dream that existed in the real world. All kinds of beautiful fish and starfish and algae were shining in each other's eyes. The strange light of the sea water swimming above was something that could only be seen in fantasy!
'So beautiful! What amazing painting skills!
Cheng Ze instinctively wanted to continue reading, but that person had already closed the book in dissatisfaction after hearing Cheng Ze's muttering.""Boss! You can't go against your conscience and speak---can this be considered a picture-story?”
"Didn't you see what Master NAN said on the cover of the first chapter? This is called a manga!”
After saying that, the young man who seemed to like Doraemon very much left by himself. Cheng Ze, who stayed behind, muttered to himself,"The first chapter? Master NAN?"
In the next second, Cheng Ze seemed to have thought of something. He ran back to the shop and started rummaging!
"I got it!"
Not long after, Cheng Ze flipped to a magazine. It was the story painting that hadn't been sold out last week!
After that, Cheng Ze returned to his counter and flipped open the last additional issue of story painting. He started reading Doraemon's first chapter!
"Boss…"
"The books are on the shelves. If you don't have them, they're sold out!”
Cheng Ze didn't even have time to greet the guests. He quickly read the first chapter of Doraemon, and when he saw the big picture at the end, he gasped.
"This painting is simply amazing!"
After reading the first chapter, he roughly understood the background of the story and recalled the content of the second chapter. His heart felt like it was being scratched by a cat!
" What is that door? And that pocket…Wow, how could I be so stupid as to not keep one for myself!'
Opening a bookstore was not a very profitable business, and Cheng Ze was a person who loved books even more when he was running a bookstore alone. Therefore, at this moment, his heart was like a hundred claws scratching his heart!
"No! I have to buy the latest storybook!”
After a while, he finally couldn't take it anymore. After finishing a business, he closed the door and walked out. He actually went to another bookstore to buy story paintings!
However, he had never thought that his bookstore was already one of the bigger bookstores in the vicinity, and even his bookstore could not avoid the ending of running out of stock, let alone other small bookstores!
Therefore, when he searched through all the newspaper stands and bookstores around the area and found out that they were all sold out, he became even more anxious!
"Ahhhhhh! Where can I buy it?"
And Cheng Ze's situation was not limited to this place. In fact, there was a fixed number of print volumes for each issue of the story book, and this fixed number was evenly distributed across the country. The conclusion was…
The quota was completely insufficient!
"President! Jiangsu and Zhejiang requested to order another 30,000 copies of the new issue of story painting!”
With another phone call, the situation in the Hui Shi publishing house became more and more chaotic!
"Including the people from Guiyun and the Central Capital?”
"We've already ordered more than 120,000 copies!”
"Print! Inform all the manufacturers to do their best to reprint it for me!”
Xia Dong once again gave the order to print more at full force. He knew exactly why this was happening. He looked at the members who were busy but all had smiles on their faces, and his heart was especially complicated!
He originally thought that helping his old friend's son release a work was just a righteous decision. In fact, even if he saw Doraemon and knew that it was very good, his impression of this work was only that!
But now? Judging from the current situation, he had clearly gained a huge advantage, and Doraemon was definitely not just an 'excellent' work as he had thought!
According to the current development trend, this work was clearly…
A phenomenal work!
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