The first part of "Legends of Green Grassland" was put on sale without any warning.
In the past, whenever Lu Yuan released any work, he would promote it on Weibo to create a huge wave of popularity.
But this time…
Lu Yuan was surprisingly quiet. Apart from the publisher and various departments labelling the novel as "The Legend of Green Grassland War, produced by Lu Yuan", there was not even any promotional activity.
You can't even see any photos or text introduction on the author's introduction page.
On the first day you couldn’t even see any heat online.
Even after the new book was hung on the shelves of major Xinhua bookstores, readers who saw it for the first time thought that this was a book written by an author with the same name as Lu Yuan.
Why?
So low-key...
Even if you write "Lu Yuan's production" on the cover...
but……
Is this Lu Yuan?
Definitely not!
After all, isn’t every work of Lu Yuan’s ever released a huge success?
There is absolutely no publicity or news this time. Do you all think it is impossible?
And the name "Qingqing Grassland War"...
It really sounds a bit confusing, not even as vivid as "The Cuckold War on the Hulunbuir Prairie"!
Right?
The kids won't say anything about it, but at least some adults will give the name a second look...
Um.
Who knows, I might even read a copy to see what it's about.
…
"Mr. Lu, are you sure you don't want us to do any promotion? The sales on the first day were barely over 10,000 copies..."
"No, thanks."
"Mr. Lu, do you want to see the market's reaction to the quality of this book? Let the market test it?"
"Well... sort of... let's see."
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
On the first day, the sales performance of the book "War Chronicles of the Green Grassland" was very mediocre. Although it was not a flop compared to ordinary books, it was a book written by Lu Yuan!
"Lu Yuan's Fairy Tales Collection" has now sold over 10 million copies, and this book sold more than 10,000 copies on the first day.
This huge contrast is really hard to accept.
So, Yang Susu called Lu Yuan. She more or less hoped that Lu Yuan could promote it a little on the Internet, or that Lu Yuan could allow them to advertise with the organizer a little bit...
Otherwise, not many readers would buy it.
However, Lu Yuan refused.
Yang Susu thought for a long time but couldn't figure out why Lu Yuan, who had always been keen on publicity, would refuse. This was obviously very unreasonable.
final……
He could only come to the conclusion that Lu Yuan wanted to see the market response to this book without relying on his own name.
What’s next?
She felt that Lu Yuan would still come up with some fancy publicity.
After all, Lu Yuan’s works have never failed, right?
In fact, she had no idea that Lu Yuan was not trying to see the market response. Instead, when he thought of some of the rather fabricated stories in the book, he felt an embarrassment from the bottom of his heart.
Many stories start off well but end badly, and some are even changed so much that even Lu Yuan doesn't know what to do next.
Ahem, so many messed up stories mixed into one world, and so many bloody and messed up plots.
This is really...
Cough cough.
When he thought of this, Lu Yuan shuddered all over.
Then, I suddenly regretted publishing this book.
…
Ren He is a top-notch martial arts writer from the website “Tianxia”.
His pen name is "The Silent Elbow".
He was once famous in the entire online literature world for a humorous martial arts novel called "Kill a Thousand Knives", which has been adapted into a TV series and has a good viewership rating.
but……
As time went on, Ren He suddenly realized that traditional martial arts novels were gradually coming to an end, and data and subscriptions in all aspects began to decline uncontrollably.
He is not stupid, he understands that he needs to transform.
The routine of martial arts is basically to go out to the rivers and lakes with swords, do justice and retire to the rivers and lakes, and the better martial arts writers incorporate some philosophical colors...
However, no one felt impressed anymore.
After all, the single routine, coupled with the fatigue of aesthetics...
Everything indicates that change must occur.
But in which direction should the transformation go?
Ren He couldn't figure it out for a while. After all, the general environment was like this now. Although there were gradually some fairy-tale novels that were making so-called innovations, Ren He felt that something was still missing.
Ren Heting was at a loss.
That day, I passed by Xinhua Bookstore as usual, hesitated for a moment, and finally walked in.
He thought that his son Ren Xiaoli was already babbling, so he needed to prepare some children's books for him and teach him to read.
When he came to Xinhua Bookstore and was bored, he kept looking at some children's books, hoping to find a similar one. However, because he was a writer himself, when he saw those children's books, he felt inexplicably bored.
The routine is too simple, and there is basically no story or even any content in it.
never mind.
It seems like all children's books are like this, just buy one if you can make do with it.
Just as Ren He shook his head, he suddenly saw a novel on the bookshelf with a strange cover and an image of a puppet.
The name of this novel is "War Chronicles of the Green Grassland".
"The War of Green Grassland"?
What a strange name.
Ren He was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously opened the first page of the book.
The first story is called "Calabash Brothers and Seven Little Girls"...
Um?
This is just like the title of the book, what a strange name!
For some unknown reason, Ren He started reading the story of "Calabash Brothers and the Seven Little Girls", and then...
He found that things were out of control.
Time passes by little by little.
Three hours later, Ren He was in a trance when he saw the chapter "A gray sheep in the sheep village was looked down upon and roared out angrily: Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west, don't bully the poor little sheep!" After this chapter, he suddenly felt his blood boiling.
Then……
When he turned to the next page expectantly to see what would happen next, he discovered that the last chapter had already been written.
Next page?
The next page is gone.
This book "War Chronicles of Green Grassland" actually only has the first part.
He dazedly turned the first page again, and at that moment, he felt as if he had opened the door to a new world.
Then!
His eyes lit up, and he suddenly realized that martial arts novels could indeed change in the future, and even the routines could change!
This book "War Chronicles of the Green Grassland" is a living template textbook!
Then he looked around again...
It was really hard for him to believe that this book, "War Chronicles of the Green Grassland" which was full of various tricks and exciting points, was actually a children's book.
This is really too unbelievable!
Then, he saw the words "Lu Yuan's production"...
He was also stunned, but he didn't think much about it, thinking that it was just a coincidence of a pen name.
"No, a book like this can't be buried!"
“I want to spread the word.”
"Yes! Promote it..."
…
There's a lot of bullshit in this world.
At least Lu Yuan felt that many things and their results were beyond his expectations.
When Yang Susu told him in a very excited voice two days later that the book "War Chronicles of Green Grassland" sold 100,000 copies in one day, Lu Yuan was stunned.
One hundred thousand copies!
This is a piece of data that even Lu Yuan himself finds incredible.
After all, there was no publicity for this book from beginning to end, not even his own advertising...
but……
From 10,000 copies on the first day to 100,000 copies on the third day.
How did this happen?
Even counterfeiting is not done this way?
"Mr. Lu... Chronicles of the Green Grassland is different from Lu Yuan's Fairy Tales. This book is not only a children's book, but also an adult book. Moreover, all the online writers are spontaneously advertising and recommending this book... Many readers know about this book, Chronicles of the Green Grassland."
"ah?"
When he heard this, Lu Yuan was stunned again, then he opened Weibo.
I didn’t expect that the most searched book on Weibo’s book section would be “Qingqing Grassland War Chronicles”…
He clicked in and took a look.
…
“‘The War Chronicles of Green Grassland’ is not just a children’s book. I didn’t think it was anything special at first, but when I opened the first page, I couldn’t help but be attracted to it. I read to the end in one breath. Then, when the words ‘Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west’ popped up, I instantly felt my blood boiling… I really hope to see what kind of counterattack plot will be in the sequel. Well, I can’t sleep with anticipation… So, recommend this book. It’s a good book!” The well-known online martial arts writer Elbow wrote a long article very seriously on his Weibo to recommend “The War Chronicles of Green Grassland”.
After the recommendation, there was a series of likes and various approving comments urging for more updates.
"I seem to have seen a new path for future martial arts novels. I admit that my new book is, in a sense, inspired by the novel "Chronicles of the Green Grassland War". It is like a key that opens the door to a new world..." The famous online writer "Qingshan Quzui" also posted a Weibo without saying anything. While promoting his new book, he couldn't help but @ this novel "Chronicles of the Green Grassland War"...
"I have also started a new book, and the name of my new book is "Horse Breaks the Sky"! The first chapter is, ten years in the east, ten years in the west!" The famous online writer Wu Niu Buxing also followed suit.
"The strong rise up against the sky, and my novel "Invincible Crushing" is also online..."
“…”
“…”
On this day, as if it was pre-arranged, a series of well-known writers in the online novel circle all launched new books.
Two days later!
The Chinese website "Tianxia" which originally only published martial arts novels suddenly became popular like mushrooms after rain, and instantly published a series of novels of various types...
There are those who pretend to be cool and get slapped in the face!
There is the school of passionate and roaring people who follow the old ways.
There are strong people who are reborn and crush the others all the way...
There is a trend of traveling back in time to pretend...
Readers were instantly dazzled by the sudden appearance of various routines, as if they saw a huge spiritual wealth suddenly appear!
Then……
So cool!
And they suddenly realized that the book "Green Grassland War Chronicles" covers almost all of these tricks that have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.
Then……
The book "War Chronicles of the Green Grassland" is selling like hot cakes!
…
"Mr. Lu..."
"What's wrong?"
"The Legend of Green Grassland has become a big hit overseas!"
"ah?"
"I heard a piece of news that a drug addict in a foreign country has not taken drugs for a week after reading our book "The Chronicles of the Green Grassland War"..."
"What the hell?"
An unexpected result leads to a great harvest.
Lu Yuan scratched his head.
What the hell?
Is it still possible?