LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 47
As soon as the door of Kaiyuan Bookstore opened, the crowd rushed over.
Some of them have already decided on the book, and some of them have not decided on it before, but got up early today to know the ending of the story "Legend of the Divine Eye".
Booked waving voucher.
"Hurry up and get me a copy. I want to see what happens to Li Lei later."
"Get it for me first, I've already decided."
"And me, and me!"
"What's going on with you guys? Why are you moving so slowly? I've been waiting at the door for a quarter of an hour. Hurry up and get the books I want, or I'll ask your shopkeeper for the theory."
Those who had not made a reservation before were eagerly urged.
"Why should we give it to them first?"
“Isn’t our silver money any more?”
"How do you do business? If you don't hurry up, can you afford to pay for delaying our important event? Get a copy quickly, we have to rush to Chen County."
Although shopkeeper Zhang had already transferred two clerks in advance, and Fu Wenshu and Fu Wenhe also helped, several people lined up at the temporary table at the entrance of Kaiyuan Bookstore to receive an endless stream of guests. But it still took nearly an hour to send away the first batch of guests.
Fu Wenyu was worried that he would be recognized when he went out, which would cause trouble, so he only helped move the books out, walking back and forth in the process. In the end, his hands started to tremble from exhaustion.
But the rewards are also huge.
After sending away the guests, several other people were packing their things, and shopkeeper Zhang invited Fu Wenyu into the inner room.
"The Legend of the Divine Eye" has been written for some time.
When it was first decided to print, Fu Wenyu and shopkeeper Zhang agreed to print 1,500 sets of the ordinary version, and 30 sets of the really profitable hardcover version. Both quantities were less than the first "The True and False Young Master".
Because at that time, the two felt that the sales model of "The True and False Young Master" could not be copied. Because it is supported by the story of Tang Yuan’s wife’s son-exchange, many people are curious about it regardless of whether they have seen it or not. It was impossible for them to ask Mr. Tang for details, so this curiosity affected the sales of the storybook.
As long as you have a lot of money, you will probably buy a copy and read it. If you don't buy it, you will go to places like Tea House and Tile Market to listen to the storytellers. So until now, when Mr. Feng talks about "The True and False Master", he always has the most customers.
But "Legend of the Eye of God" is different.
To put it bluntly, only real readers will buy "Legend of the Divine Eye", there is no "passerby popularity".
But who would have thought that there would be a ‘Wang Po’ in Chen County?
Moreover, the story of "I found jade in the stone of the pickle jar at home, and became rich overnight after selling it" is really dramatic, and it is more eye-catching than the incident of Tang Yuan's wife exchanging his son.
After all, no one can resist the temptation of getting rich suddenly.
So after the incident with 'Wang Po' happened, more and more people came to pre-order the storybooks day by day, and all the 1,500 sets were quickly ordered. Later, shopkeeper Zhang learned from the experience of selling the storybook "The True and False Young Master" and directly arranged for the printing house to print 2,000 more sets of the regular version. However, after the incident of "Li Si", the supply was still in short supply.
So shopkeeper Zhang printed another 1,500 sets.
"Wen Yu, so far, more than 4,600 sets of the storybook "Legend of the Divine Eye" have been ordered."
Although shopkeeper Zhang was also very tired, he was still happy from ear to ear, "I have never seen such a scene. The best seller in our bookstore before was "The Woodcutter" by Mr. Sanliu. Two thousand copies were printed at first, and then Dozens of copies were copied one after another.”
"But Mr. Sanliu has been writing scripts for seven or eight years."
"The next generation is to be feared, the next generation is to be feared, haha."
Fu Wenyu is also very happy. A total of 5,000 sets of the storybook "Legend of the Divine Eye" have been printed. According to the ratio of 2,000 sets and 30 taels, he can get 75 taels this time.
Seventy-five plus the one hundred and twenty-five who wrote wishes on behalf of others, the total is two hundred taels!
And that's not all, because there is also a hardcover version.
The hardcover edition is sold out!
The hardcover edition, which costs ten taels of silver, can be obtained two days in advance and is beautifully made, allowing people to show off in front of relatives and friends. Before Li Si's incident happened, forty units had been booked, and when Li Si's incident came out, the last ten units were also sold out.
There are many speculators who go straight to Chen County after buying, hoping to find jade according to the knowledge of identifying jade described above, so as to achieve the achievement of "picking up leaks" like "Li Lei" in the book.
But no matter what, if it’s sold out, it’s sold out.
Even the sample book Fu Wenyu wanted was not left, and every set was sold out.
Shopkeeper Zhang next to him seemed to notice Fu Wenyu's regret. He suddenly took out a wooden box that was exactly the same as the hardcover version of "The Legend of the Divine Eye".
"Wen Yu, this is for you."
Fu Wenyu was surprised, "For me? But Uncle Zhang, didn't you say they were all sold out?"
Shopkeeper Zhang smiled slightly and said: "The set of ten taels of silver is sold out, but the free ones are still there. I specially asked the printing house to leave this for you. You will definitely like it."
Fu Wenyu became even more confused, "Free of charge?"
Shopkeeper Zhang saw that he didn't understand, so he opened the wooden box, took out one of the books inside, handed it to Fu Wenyu and said, "Look, this is a sample book specially made for you."
A sample book specially made for him?
Fu Wenyu started flipping through the pages curiously, and suddenly he exclaimed.
Because this storybook printed on fine paper has no difference from other hardcover editions in the first few pages, but the illustrations in the middle have changed and are different from those in the hardcover editions.
That is Mr. Murong's original picture!
Murong Bo, known as 'Mr. Murong', is a good painter, especially good at drawing illustrations in storybooks.
The first time Fu Wenyu saw his paintings was in Mr. Sanliu's storybook "The Woodcutter". As soon as he opened "The Woodcutter", he was fascinated. In addition to being attracted by Mr. Sanliu's strange, gorgeous, concise and refined words, he couldn't take his eyes away from Mr. Murong's illustrations.
As for painting, neither Fu Wenyu nor the original body can do it.
But they still have basic appreciation ability.
Compared with the unkempt scholar in the printing room who paints whatever he is told to paint and has no opinion, Murong Bo's paintings have a kind of aura that Fu Wenyu can see.
When drawing strange stones, you get "strangeness".
When drawing ghosts, you get "ghost" and "scary".
When drawing monsters, you get "powerful", "terrible" and "vicious".
And when drawing "woodcutter", you get "ordinary", "fear", "perseverance" and "courage"...
Who can not like such paintings?
Fu Wenyu liked it very much, so when his first story book "True and False Young Master" was to be printed, he wanted to ask this "Mr. Murong" to help draw illustrations, but unfortunately he was not free at that time.
Fortunately, he was free for the second book "Legend of the Divine Eye".
So Fu Wenyu asked him for help without hesitation.
Although Mr. Murong was not in Liuzhou, it took a lot of energy and time to communicate in the middle, but the final result was good.
He got ten beautiful illustrations, and they were in color, although the color was very simple.
For example, the one you opened.
That was the first piece of jade that appeared in the story book "Legend of the Divine Eye", and it was the appearance after being cut. In Murong Bo's writing, this jade is just like what Fu Wenyu described in the storybook: it is full of light, green and white interweave, black and brown gather together, and its shape is like a pine tree.
He was shocked by this painting when he first saw it, and it is still the same now.
Fu Wenyu even couldn't help but recite it.
"This jade has no cracks or fluff, it is warm and transparent. The green is like pine, the white is like cloud, the black is soil, and the brown is swirling upwards, just like an old tree..."
Shopkeeper Zhang looked at his expression and laughed, "You really like his paintings."
"Mr. Murong also likes your storybook, so when he asked someone to send the paintings, he specifically said that these paintings are for you. You know, when he painted "The Woodcutter", he specifically asked us to return it after copying it."
"I don't think the copy is good-looking."
Fu Wenyu said as he closed the book. He had seen the remaining illustrations several times before, and he knew what each one was about, so there was no need to open it again. However, when he put the book back into the wooden box, he hesitated for a moment, and still opened the two large scrolls to confirm again.
One was a scene in which Li Lei discovered Li Cha's true face after being pointed out by the old man, and then questioned Li Cha, who was "cha-talking" again, in front of everyone at home, and made him speechless, which made him lose face. Not only that, he also peeled off the skin of his stepmother, letting people know that she was sweet on the outside but bitter on the inside.
In this picture, Li Lei questioned angrily and Li Cha was frightened and dodged. The two brothers stood in the light and half of their bodies fell into the shadow, just like their future fate, clear and distinct.
And the others were not idle either.
The kind grandmother had a serious expression and leaned sideways to the stepmother, as if she was going to scold her in the next moment, asking her why she taught Li Cha like this, and whether she was harboring evil intentions as the eldest grandson said.
Mr. Li was both confused and sad, and seemed to not understand how a good family could become like this.
As for the stepmother who was not mentioned much in the story book "Legend of the Divine Eyes", but whose shadow appeared everywhere at critical moments, and who had always been known as "loving stepson" and "strict with biological son", tears were in her eyes.
She left her seat and half stood up.
At the same time, she covered her chest with one hand and reached out to the two brothers who were confronting each other with an anxious expression on her face. She seemed to want to rush over to mediate, scolding her biological son and comforting her stepson as usual.
But if you look closely, you can see that she was heading towards Li Lei's back.
If she rushed over at this angle, she would only knock Li Lei down and let his face touch the broken and sharp dishes that the brothers accidentally broke when they just quarreled.
And if you look closely from an angle where no one is in the painting, the stepmother's face seems to be distorted and her eyes are poisonous.
Their costumes are also very interesting.
The stepmother's dress was the most gorgeous, with gold and silver threads mixed on it, as well as some flowers and patterns that Fu Wenyu was not very familiar with. The whole set of clothes was extremely exquisite and worth a lot of money.
Li Cha's dress was second, but not much inferior.
Grandmother came next, then Master Li, and finally Li Lei. This seemed to represent some meaning, and it was worth savoring as carefully as the surrounding environment.
Fu Wenyu felt more than once that Murong Bo had perfectly painted the content of his storybook.
Is this the aura that can be painted by copying?
Fu Wenyu thought so, so he said so.
Shopkeeper Zhang shook his head, "Not everyone is Murong Bo, just like not everyone who writes storybooks is like you, Fu Wenyu. Some people are just blessed by God."
"Is that the truth?"