Chapter 25 Sold Out

Due to the world's highly developed popular fiction industry, various offline bookstores, bookstores, newsstands, etc. are almost spread throughout China.

People who like to relax and entertain themselves by reading popular novels can naturally easily buy the works they want to read.

The pricing of popular novels is also much lower than that of other types of books. For example, Gu Qingge's "Who Can Compete", a physical book of 200,000 words, only costs ten yuan.

Five cents per thousand words, this price is equivalent to the price of the original world's online novel after it is put on the shelves.

For the same price, readers will certainly buy physical books. At least they don’t have to worry about not being able to review the work after it is 404-ed.

There is no doubt that in this world, popular novels win by quantity, taking the route of small profits but quick turnover.

Therefore, the paper and packaging used in printing popular novels are made to keep costs as low as possible, and there will be no prefaces or waistbands written by celebrities.

These are the profit-maximizing models that have been formed over the years of development of popular novels.

The covers of popular novels are usually very flashy. Apart from the title, there is also an extremely exaggerated and eye-catching introduction.

At this time, in a bookstore opposite Handong City Senior High School, three male high school students saw "Who Can Compete" on the "New Book Express" bookshelf.

Its introduction is very exaggerated, saying things like "the most popular e-sports novel of the year", "a pioneering e-sports novel", and "a must-see for players of "Heroes of Glory"..."

These three male high school students are, of course, students of "Provincial Hanzhong". Unlike Gu Qingge's siblings who are day students, they are boarding students.

As a key middle school in the province, Hanzhong is very strict in terms of learning. Eighty percent of the students are boarders. They only have one holiday a month, which is called "monthly holiday". They can only leave the school on Sunday afternoon and have to return to school before 3:30.

Today is an ordinary Sunday in April. After lunch, Tang Chengbin, a freshman at Hanzhong High School, and his two roommates Huang Meng and Xu Xiaofei came to the "Morning Light Bookstore" opposite the school, ready to buy some popular novels to read and relax.

Tang Chengbin and the other two all liked to read popular novels, and they happened to live in the same dormitory, so they were very close and had a good relationship.

If they come across a novel they like, the three of them will each contribute some money to buy it and take turns reading it. This way, they can naturally save a lot of money.

Tang Chengbin is also very financially savvy. He would rent out the book that the three of them bought together for one dollar a day after they had all finished reading it. It wouldn't take long before he could make back the money he spent.

In addition, this can also prevent some annoying freeloaders from borrowing books shamelessly. Sometimes the rented books may encounter unexpected situations and be confiscated by the teacher.

Popular novels are full of entertainment, which leads to many students becoming addicted to them, affecting their studies, so the Hanzhong Province has issued a clear ban on them.

But this is just like the school's ban on premature love and mobile phones. No matter how hard they try, it is impossible to completely ban them.

Cautious students will just watch it in the dormitory and won't bring it to the classroom. Unless the teacher goes to the dormitory for a surprise raid, it is really difficult to catch them in the act.

Apart from secretly reading popular novels, Tang Chengbin and the other two strictly abided by school rules and regulations in other aspects.

None of them had their cell phones with them, so naturally they didn't know that "Who Can Compete" was already a little famous on the Internet, and many readers were waiting for it to be released today so that they could buy it as soon as possible.

As an old bookworm, Tang Chengbin has read almost all kinds of popular novels, so when he saw the cover of "Who Can Compete", which praised the book as "the pioneering work of e-sports novels", he naturally became interested.

Tang Chengbin certainly knows a lot about e-sports. After all, "Honor of Kings" is very popular now. Every month when they go home for the holidays, they will play e-sports with classmates they are close to for an entire afternoon.

Tang Chengbin’s own account has reached diamond level, and he is already a recognized celebrity in the class.

However, he knew that his level was far inferior to that of the day student in the same class - Gu Wenzhou.

Tang Chengbin and Gu Wenzhou have a pretty good relationship because they are deskmates. In addition, Gu Wenzhou also likes to read popular novels, so they have a common language.

Unfortunately, Gu Wenzhou is the shameless freeloader in Tang Chengbin's eyes.

Fortunately, Gu Wenzhou didn't ask him to borrow books, but went directly to the bookstore and shamelessly bought them for free.

Of course, Tang Chengbin had played "Heroes of Glory" with Gu Wenzhou, but he, a diamond-ranked player, turned out to be a loser. Before he could even put in much effort, Gu Wenzhou had already killed the opponent.

Tang Chengbin vaguely knew that Gu Wenzhou had the idea of ​​becoming a professional gamer, but he felt that the possibility of his success was slim. The competition in the e-sports circle was too cruel, and it was not easy to stand out.

While Tang Chengbin was reading "Who Can Compete", his other two roommates each picked up a new book and started reading.

Huang Meng was reading the book "Fighting the World" and Xu Xiaofei was reading "The Light in Youth".

When Tang Chengbin was already attracted by "Who Can Compete", Huang Meng and Xu Xiaofei couldn't help but complain.

Huang Meng said rudely, "Is a veteran fantasy author like Beihai still living in the past five years? His fantasy novels are too clichéd. After reading the beginning, there's no need to read the rest. I can guess what he's going to say. And he still spends three years sharpening his sword?"

Having said this, Huang Meng had already put "Wu Dou Tian Xia" back to its original place. It was impossible for him to spend money to buy it.

When Xu Xiaofei heard Huang Meng's complaints, he also flicked the book "The Light of Youth" in his hand and commented: "This youth romance novel is also very difficult to read. The male protagonist is a bootlicker and just licks the girl. Why doesn't there exist any stories about tall, rich and handsome male protagonists picking up girls? It's really difficult for old bookworms like us. If the book drought continues, I'm going to want to write my own!"

At this time, Huang Meng saw Tang Chengbin was engrossed in reading. He couldn't help but move over and asked curiously, "Brother Bin, how is your new book?"

Tang Chengbin was now so attracted by "Who's the Champion" that he didn't even bother to reply to his roommate.

At this moment, several customers arrived at the bookstore, exhausted and anxiously asking the clerk, "Do you still have 'Who's the Contender'?"

The clerk said there were only five books, including the one in Tang Chengbin's hand.

The customer happily paid for the purchase, muttering, "What's going on with Qidian Publishing House? They only have so few copies of a masterpiece like 'Who Can Compete?' I went to two big bookstores and couldn't find it, so I had to come to this little bookstore across from the school..."

The clerk came up to Tang Chengbin and said, "Hey, classmate, do you want to buy this copy of 'Who Can Compete?' If you don't, that customer will."

Tang Chengbin closed the book and said decisively: "Of course I have to buy this book!"

As a result, the bookstore's copy of "Who Can Compete" was sold out!

You know, "Who's the One" has only been on the market for two hours!

The key point is that many customers came to buy it afterwards, and specifically asked for "Who Can Compete"!

The clerk was quite surprised by this. This "Who Can Compete" was obviously a new work by a new author, but it had the aura of a new book by a great author.

In this case, the clerk could only quickly contact the store manager, and the store manager of course immediately called Qidian Publishing House and said two words -

Urge for delivery!