When Zhao Zhongyang heard the news that Li Chencan would not go to university, he was truly overjoyed.
Because he felt that his opportunity had finally arrived.
The promotion for "The Great Song Empire Chronicles" was already in full swing, but Zhao Zhongyang always felt uneasy, believing that the sales of "The Great Song Empire Chronicles" were still far from enough to compete with "The Ming Dynasty Chronicles: The Devilish Palace"... However, now he felt that with Li Chencan not going to university, attacking "The Ming Dynasty Chronicles" had suddenly become much easier.
Even the situation had turned in their favor!
How could Zhao Zhongyang not be happy?
Soon, Zhao Zhongyang posted a Weibo update:
"Li Chencan's decision proves his youth, which is consistent with his historical books, carrying a sense of youthful recklessness. At this moment, I recommend everyone to read 'The Great Song Empire Chronicles,' as such a book is more stable and can offer more to everyone..."
Zhao Zhongyang's words hit the mark, shifting the concept, implying that Li Chencan was immature not only in his personal life but also in his writing...
At the same time, he promoted "The Great Song Empire Chronicles."
Now, those who were previously very confident about "The Ming Dynasty Chronicles 3: The Devilish Palace" began to waver.
Because people would doubt whether Li Chencan's decision would affect the book. Of course, most of those who had such doubts still wanted to buy "The Ming Dynasty Chronicles," as Li Chencan's books were still very good to read. Thinking about this, their confidence in Li Chencan increased somewhat.
The upcoming battle would be extremely fierce...
"The sales of 'The Ming Dynasty Chronicles' may very well be impacted by 'The Great Song Empire Chronicles.' After all, the casual news Li Chencan released has some effect on his fans."
"I will still buy 'The Devilish Palace' to read. I think Li Chencan's book is very good... but I also decided to check out 'The Great Song Empire Chronicles'... I wonder what everyone thinks?"
"I hope Li Chencan can get through this... I think it's his own business what he wants to do. The empire protects everyone's personal freedom, so why should he be required to go to university? However, no matter what, Li Chencan's news will have a significant impact on his books..."
Thus, the voices of doubt began to rise...
Zhao Zhongyang felt extremely invigorated...
And the author of "The Great Song Empire Chronicles," San Chuan Kaiyang, also breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that victory was almost certain! He believed that Li Chencan had destroyed his own defenses, losing the ability to compete with him. He thought to himself—Wow! Youth is great... but young people can easily make mistakes, giving opportunities to their enemies!
Such thoughts were widespread, and the skepticism towards Li Chencan grew.
The Rongcheng Literature and Art Publishing House seized this opportunity to attack Li Chencan, promoting "The Great Song Empire Chronicles" to defeat "The Ming Dynasty Chronicles."
They all felt that this was a heaven-sent opportunity!
Now, Shi Chuanfeng of Rongcheng Baihua Publishing House was somewhat uneasy... Since the news of Li Chencan's leave of absence was exposed, he had been worried about the impact on the sales of "The Ming Dynasty Chronicles." Indeed, Rongcheng Literature and Art Publishing House had already started using this news to attack.
Wu Gang asked Shi Chuanfeng a couple of times about his views on the future sales of "The Ming Dynasty Chronicles." Shi Chuanfeng knew that Wu Gang was also somewhat concerned about the impact on Li Chencan, so he quickly assured him that the sales would not be affected...
But in his heart, he was also very anxious, worried that something might go wrong with Li Chencan.
Moreover, for some reason, Yan Kangxiao had become confident again these days... It was as if he could already see the downfall of "The Ming Dynasty Chronicles." Although he was also from Baihua Publishing House, he had a strong sense of jealousy and would rather see Rongcheng Literature and Art Publishing House secretly laugh than see Shi Chuanfeng strut around because of discovering a good book.
"Read serious history! Don't read high school history!" This was the slogan Rongcheng Literature and Art Publishing House actually used.
Seeing such a slogan, many people were outraged, feeling that Rongcheng Literature and Art Publishing House had gone too far, as it was unnecessary... Moreover, their targeted attack could cause collateral damage...
Rongcheng Literature and Art Publishing House had to quietly withdraw the slogan, but they immediately launched other slogans and bribed some people to attack Li Chencan...
For a time, Li Chencan's "The Ming Dynasty Chronicles 3" seemed to be in a precarious position, surrounded on all sides...
Although it wasn't as severe as being condemned by everyone, under the influence of those who manipulated public opinion, the negative comments about Li Chencan increased...
These negative comments affected more people, creating a vicious cycle, so more and more people began to worry about Li Chencan...
The first battle focused on the struggle between Li Chencan's "The Ming Dynasty Chronicles 3: The Devilish Palace" and "The Great Song Empire Chronicles 1: The Founding of the Song Dynasty"... If Li Chencan lost this sales battle, many people would know that Li Chencan had suffered the consequences of his actions and might face a situation where everyone would turn against him...
Rongcheng Baihua Publishing House would also suffer significant losses.
But if Li Chencan's "The Ming Dynasty Chronicles" could maintain its sales, then many people's concerns would turn out to be groundless...
During this time, "The Great Song Empire Chronicles 1: The Founding of the Song Dynasty" was officially released nationwide!
The eager Rongcheng Literature and Art Publishing House gave the book a lot of promotional resources and high merchant treatment.
Thus, under such strong support, "The Great Song Empire Chronicles" sold 72,000 copies on its first day of release...
This sales figure made everyone feel that "The Ming Dynasty Chronicles" had met a strong rival! Due to the impact of Li Chencan, many people doubted that the sales of "The Ming Dynasty Chronicles 3" would shrink significantly, while the sales of "The Great Song Empire Chronicles" performed very well...
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Thank you to Somnus·Du for the 588 donation, and to Mo Ruo Aishang for another 1888 donation.
Thank you all!
Today... ahem, I confess, I went out to play after waking up... ahem.
That girl asked me to write her into the book, so Lao Zhong wrote her in. Today, I met a girl I like...