Su Yu actually had a completed "xiao ao jianghu" in his hands, but he didn't plan to release it at the same time.
"Teacher Su Yu! Has 'the heaven sword and dragon saber' been finished?" As soon as the call connected, Wu Yue's excited voice came through.
He had truly been counting the days during this period; "Gu Zhou Suo Li Weng," this highly influential author, hadn't released a new book, and the Dao Ke community was about to explode.
It was only because they didn't know the author was Su Yu; otherwise, they would have been urging for a new book online long ago.
As for "Gu Zhou Suo Li Weng"'s Tribe account? It had long been overrun by netizens during this time.
However, this guy never showed up, which left the Dao Ke and readers waiting for a new book feeling helpless.
"It's finished; I'll send it to you shortly. The reason for this call is to discuss the new book's release. I plan to continue releasing physical books. Is that okay with the website?"
Su Yu knew the website was already anxious, so he got straight to the point and stated his intention.
"Of course, no problem! Teacher Su Yu, you don't know this, but some booksellers have almost moved into our website recently; they're even more urgent than the readers! They made a huge profit from the last 'the return of the condor heroes' and are just waiting for your new book to hit the market!"
Wu Yue replied with a smile.
Now that he knew the new book was finished, he wasn't anxious anymore.
Anyway, there was still proofreading work for the new book, and they were definitely among the first readers to get a taste of it.
Physical books by other authors might not sell well, but Su Yu's were different!
"legend of the condor heroes," which was serialized online before getting a physical release, sold two million copies.
Of course, this was inextricably linked to the drama's immense popularity.
But a bestseller is a bestseller!
And "the return of the condor heroes," which was sold directly as a physical book, achieved an impressive sales record of over three million copies in the past few months.
This was even before the "the return of the condor heroes" drama aired; if it had aired, sales would have increased even more!
So, as the concluding work of the "legend of the condor heroes" trilogy, could its sales be poor?
Wu Yue, at least, didn't believe so.
"Then let's try to launch it before the end of June. I've already sent the book to you." Su Yu gave a final release date and was about to hang up the phone, but then...
"Teacher Su Yu, let's also do a batch of signed books this time! Book friends are really enthusiastic about signed books! If there aren't any, they'll probably be very disappointed. What do you think?"
By the end of his sentence, Wu Yue even used the honorific "You," which gave Su Yu a headache!
Last time after he signed, he felt completely drained, and now again?
However, after thinking about his adorable young readers, he still agreed!
"Alright! I'll sign a thousand copies this time. Once they're printed, notify me in advance so I can go over."
"Got it! You can rest assured!" Wu Yue nodded excitedly, then hung up the phone.
He seemed afraid that Su Yu would change his mind.
And at Shengshi Fenghua, from the top executives to the editors, everyone was restless that day.
Some were reading ahead under the guise of proofreading, some were discussing how many initial printing orders to place, and some were calling various booksellers to share the good news.
By the evening of May 31st, the most prominent spot on the Shengshi Fenghua Website's homepage featured a link for the online pre-sale of "Gu Zhou Suo Li Weng"'s new book, "the heaven sword and dragon saber."
The official release date was set for June 9th.
With the experience from last time, the enthusiasm of the major booksellers for ordering goes without saying; the first batch alone totaled millions of copies.
Shengshi Fenghua Website even found three printing factories and placed orders for 500,000 copies each.
After their collective sharing, they felt that an initial 1.5 million copies should be enough to meet the readers' enthusiasm, and they would place additional orders as appropriate for the second batch.
However, what the website never expected was that shortly after the pre-sale link opened, the pre-sale volume immediately exceeded ten thousand.
By midnight on June 1st, the pre-sale volume had already reached 370,000!
Such numbers made the people at Shengshi Fenghua both surprised and delighted.
It seemed their order quantity was still too low!
At this time, the hottest news online was not Gu Zhou Suo Li Weng's new book, but Su Yu's achievement of eleven consecutive championships!
It was well-known that the previous record holder for the longest consecutive championship was Lin Feng's ten consecutive wins.
In April, during the pure music showdown with Lin Feng, Su Yu had already tied the record of ten consecutive championships by defeating Lin Feng.
And now this record has been elevated to eleven consecutive championships by Su Yu!
For those in the music industry, this moment was long anticipated.
But when the day truly arrived, there was still a sense of unreality!
On June 1st, from early morning until late at night, while the news of Su Yu's eleven consecutive championships was being frantically spread, Su Yu uncharacteristically made an appearance and responded.
And the content of his reply was not even about music!
This made countless Chinese music lyricists and musicians feel angry and cold.
"Little friends, Happy Children's Day! I've written a fairytale story called 'Little Red Riding Hood' for you, and I hope you like it!"
"Once upon a time, there was a lovely little girl whom everyone loved, but her grandmother loved her the most, giving her whatever she wanted. One day, her grandmother gave the little girl a little red velvet cap that fit her perfectly. From then on, the girl never wanted to wear any other hat, so everyone called her 'Little Red Riding Hood.' One day, Little Red Riding Hood's mother said, 'Come, Little Red Riding Hood, here is a piece of cake and a bottle of wine. Take them to your grandmother quickly; she is ill and very weak, and these will make her feel better...'"
No one expected Su Yu to suddenly publish a fairytale story!
Although they knew Su Yu was a screenwriter, writing fairytales? That was a bit far-fetched, wasn't it?
However, this didn't stop them from checking out Su Yu's skill.
If the story was good enough, they wouldn't mind telling it to their own children.
The result was, they were convinced!
This was teaching children not to talk to strangers, and even more, not to easily trust strangers.
Moreover, the character settings were very interesting, and there were even several illustrations specially drawn by Su Yu!
Simply invincible.
Thus, the name "Little Red Riding Hood" began to spread wildly across the Chinese internet.
Countless children also learned the story of Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf grandmother, as their parents proudly recounted it.
Shengshi Fenghua Website was also speechless upon hearing this news.
They really hadn't expected Su Yu to be so childlike!
However, it was just a short fairytale story of about a thousand words, so there was no need to insist that Su Yu publish it on their website.
Perhaps Su Yu just wanted more people to see it?
They vividly remembered the lessons learned from the music platform.
And some domestic children's book publishers saw something different!