"Ding—"
The bank sent a text message.
Lin Chen took out his phone and looked at it. Six million in royalties had arrived.
The first print run of his third book was also one million copies.
Judging from the feedback from a large number of readers in the book review section, he estimated that these one million copies should sell out relatively quickly.
This book was of better quality, and many readers had been eagerly waiting to buy it.
Moreover, he had accumulated quite a few more readers.
"Beep beep!"
Not long after, Chen Xihan called.
"Mr. Lin, your royalties have just been transferred. The thousand books requiring signatures will likely arrive tomorrow morning. Should we send them to the original address?"
Chen Xihan asked.
Lin Chen laughed, "Editor-in-Chief, I'll be signing today, and the books will be delivered tomorrow. You guys are really fast."
"Mr. Lin, we can't help it."
"The website has been flooded with angry messages recently. Readers are urging for your third physical book, but you haven't finished writing it, and we didn't have a contract then."
"Do you think we're being wronged?"
"We've prepared everything long ago. Once the contract is signed, we'll notify the printing factory to start immediately."
Chen Xihan sounded a little helpless on the phone.
Readers were demanding updates, but what good would it do to pressure their website?
Lin Chen: "Chief Editor, really? Are there really that many blades?"
Chen Xihan: "Mr. Lin, of course it's true. Some people even brought them over in person, others sent them by courier."
"We can barely contain a basketful."
Lin Chen laughed, "I'm one of the shareholders of the Tongxin Website now, so they didn't send the blades to the wrong place."
Chen Xihan: "..."
That made a lot of sense.
"Editor-in-chief, put them in the usual place, the keys are in the usual place too."
The shop he bought was currently under renovation, and he hadn't given up the old one yet, so there was no problem delivering the books there.
"Okay."
The next day, Lin Chen brought Lin Xiaoxi to the shop.
Large cardboard boxes were arranged inside.
"Xiaoxi, you draw by yourself, Daddy has to work, okay?"
Lin Chen smiled gently.
"Mm-hmm."
"Dad, you work."
Lin Xiaoxi started drawing pictures obediently beside him.
Lin Chen took out the fountain pen Xu Mengyao had given him.
This kind of fountain pen was very suitable for signing.
"Shuah! Shuah!"
Lin Chen began to write.
"To my wife—"
"Hold your hand, and grow old with you."
"Lin Chen."
He set the first book he wrote aside. This one was for Xu Mengyao. Tongxin Website had sent over more than a thousand books, and he could handle some of them himself.
Soon, Lin Chen began signing others.
"Lin Yu!"
Lin Chen didn't deliberately conceal his abilities.
He signed according to his current level. He could hide his abilities, but it felt awkward to write that way. Besides, readers didn't know his true identity.
Swish, swish—
Book after book.
There were only a thousand copies in total, which was a better deal than the previous three thousand.
When Lin Chen was signing, Tongxin Website released a notice that there were only a thousand copies of the signed books for the third book.
"There were three thousand copies for the previous book, why are there fewer now?"
"Lin Yu is getting conceited, let's boycott him together."
"I was originally planning to buy a hundred copies or so, maybe I could get a signed book. Now I don't plan to buy any."
The news spread quickly, causing a commotion.
"Editor-in-chief, what do we do?"
"It seems like there are trolls deliberately stirring things up."
An editor from Tongxin Website approached Chen Xihan and said.
Chen Xihan frowned slightly.
Lin Yu's book was incredibly popular, which would inevitably affect the interests of some others, so it was normal for people to try and smear him. These trolls would definitely influence a lot of readers.
"You can go out first."
Chen Xihan waved his hand.
Soon, he dialed Lin Chen's phone: "President Lin, the website announced that there are only a thousand signed books. Now there's a lot of heated discussion online, saying you've become arrogant and the like."
"There are quite a few trolls deliberately stirring things up."
Lin Chen said calmly, "Let them be. I'm selling stories, not autographs. Those who like my stories will naturally still choose to buy my books."
"Mr. Lin, won't this affect sales—" Chen Xihan was a little worried.
Lin Chen said, "I believe the impact won't be that great. Real readers don't care that much about signatures."
"Also... when readers get the signed books, they'll be surprised."
Chen Xihan was puzzled, surprised?
"Just like that."
Lin Chen continued to sign, and he was done by noon.
The driver from Tongxin Website, Li Lin, woke up. He packed the signed books into boxes and rushed them to the Tongxin Website headquarters.
He finally arrived, a little after nine in the evening.
Chen Xihan was still at the company, waiting and hadn't gone home.
The boxes of books were quickly delivered to the company's warehouse.
Chen Xihan took out one of them.
"Hmm?"
Chen Xihan's eyes lit up when he saw Lin Chen's signature.
He felt that Lin Chen's signature was better than the second batch.
And this improvement was obvious.
The second batch was better than the first, but most ordinary people couldn't tell the difference. This time, even they could, the difference was very obvious.
Could it be the change of pens?
Chen Xihan thought to himself.
For the first and second batches, Lin Chen had used ordinary signature pens. This time, he was using a fountain pen.
Soon, Chen Xihan looked at the other books.
The signatures on this batch were all the same, and the level was higher.
"Old Master Jiang, I'd like to visit you tomorrow. Lin Yu's books have arrived, and I'd like to ask you to appreciate his signature."
"Is that alright with you?"
Chen Xihan sent a message to Jiang Xuesong.
"Send over the photo to take a look."
Chen Xihan soon received a reply.
"Okay."
Chen Xihan quickly took a photo and sent it to Jiang Xuesong.
Jiang Xuesong put on his reading glasses.
He was stunned when he saw the photo Chen Xihan had sent.
"This—"
Jiang Xuesong's heart surged with excitement.
He judged that Lin Chen's calligraphy had improved again. Lin Chen's calligraphy had reached an unbelievable level.
"Xiao Chen, can I send this to others for discussion?"
Jiang Xuesong sent a message to ask.
"Of course."
Jiang Xuesong sent it to a small group.
There were only a dozen people in this small group, but each of them had extraordinary calligraphy skills. They had all seen the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Poems at Jiang Xuesong's place last time.
"This is Master Lin Yu's new signature."
"How do you all feel?"
Jiang Xuesong tagged everyone.
Some of the dozen or so people in the group were still awake.
"Am I seeing things? I feel like this calligraphy is even more impressive than the Old Wang Family's Calligraphy Saint's work?"
A master with the surname Wang spoke up in the group.
"Old Wang, have some shame, what do you mean 'your's'? This calligraphy has an indescribable charm. If only it wasn't a photo."
"I feel like I've entered a forest, with birds singing in the trees. Brother Jiang, this calligraphy is amazing."
Jiang Xuesong: "I thought it was just me. This is just a photo, the actual thing should feel even more striking."
He quickly called Chen Xihan.
"Little Chen, could you come over right now?"
Chen Xihan looked at the time, it was half past nine. It wasn't early, but he was willing to go since Jiang Xuesong wanted to see him.
"I'll set off immediately."
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About an hour later, Chen Xihan arrived at the Jiang family's residence.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Jiang, for disturbing you so late."
Jiang Xuesong waved his hand, "I'm the one who should be sorry, making you come over so late. Where's Master Lin Yu's book?"
Chen Xihan took out the book.
Jiang Xuesong didn't immediately open the book; he calmed himself first, then slowly opened it.
Gazing at Lin Chen's signature, Jiang Xuesong's eyes gradually became unfocused.
He seemed to be in a forest.
There was birdsong in the forest.
The trees in the forest seemed to be whispering.
The two words, Lin Yu, seemed to come alive.
"Calligraphy can actually reach such a realm."
"It's truly unbelievable."
Jiang Xuesong muttered to himself.
Chen Xihan couldn't help but ask, "Old Jiang, just what level has Master Lin Yu's calligraphy reached?"
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