Chapter 5

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Fang Yuan did not speak as his fingers danced on the keyboard.

His typing speed was very fast. Lilith wanted to stop him, but she could not say a word.

As long as the author was fully immersed in the world of creation, he would not pay attention to any changes around him.

That was because he had already entered the realm of imagination.

As the words on the screen became more visible to her, Lilith gradually dispelled all her doubts and was completely immersed in the fantasy world of “The Coiling Dragon.” until Fang Yuan typed the last word.

Fang Yuan started a new page and wrote the second chapter of the second volume.

Lilith felt as if she had just woken up from a dream. She felt lost.

She could no longer see the rest of the story.

When she turned around to look at the time, less than twenty minutes had passed.

Two thousand words in twenty minutes.

Naturally, this was not the limit for typing speed.

However, such an exciting and smooth story actually appeared in front of her out of the blue within twenty minutes.

It was simply incredible!

Lilith had been in the publishing industry for so long and had seen at least 800 young geniuses.

However, the only one who gave her such a huge shock was none other than Fang Yuan.

After writing these 2,000 words, Fang Yuan did not stop. While Lilith’s mind was blank from shock, he had completed the outline of the second volume.

“Amazing! Amazing!”

Lilith clapped her hands. “There’s no need to show me anymore, Mr. Fang Yuan. You’re more interesting than I thought. I have complete faith in your capabilities and I hope that you’ll continue to surprise us in the future.”

Then, they began to discuss the terms of the publishing contract. Lilith’s arrangement for this was very thoughtful.

They were only allowed to buy the right to print and distribute printed works.

The contract was signed for five years, and the payment of royalties was the highest-tiered with the most generous upfront payment.

Aside from the one-time upfront payment of 30,000 dollars, royalties fluctuated between 13% and 30% based on the number of copies printed.

Generally speaking, there were not many new authors who could get royalties. Even if they did, they would only get 6% to 8%.

If they could get more than 10%, they were considered a rising star and the strongest newcomer that everyone looked up to.

Lilith gave Fang Yuan the treatment of a famous author, with a starting of 13% gradually increasing up to 30%.

Excluding the paper, printing, editing, proofreading, and other expenses of the printed book itself, almost all proceeds were given to Fang Yuan.

The two of them walked out of the office. Lilith said to the secretary, “Arrange for ‘The Coiling Dragon’ to be printed as soon as possible. I want 100,000 copies for the first print!”

There were already a bunch of curious editors around the door.

Hearing 100,000 copies for the first print, everyone’s eyes almost popped out.

In the publishing industry, the number of first prints represented the publishing company’s sales expectations for a book.

100,000 copies represented the top-selling work in the United States. Editors could do whatever they wanted in the industry.

Now, a rookie author who was a college student who had not even graduated had 100,000 copies booked for his first print?!

The editorial department was in a frenzy. 

“This is f*cking ridiculous! Is Chief Editor Lilith crazy?”

The marketing department was also in an uproar. 

“How can a rookie sell 100,000 copies? Just kill me now…”

Sales department: “According to our statistics, the average sales volume of a rookie’s first novel in the past few years was only…3,000 copies. The input-output ratio was always negative.”

Budget department: “Unmarketable books require the company to bear large costs in terms of logistics, storage, and turnover. It’s a huge risk!”

“I remember that the governor’s speech last time was only had 50,000 copies printed.”

“Didn’t that autobiography of that famous popstar only sold for 30,000 copies a few years ago?”

Everyone was in a heated discussion. Thousands of words converged into one idea, which was hoping that editor-in-chief Lilith would think twice about her decision.

However, Lilith did not care about the discussion at all.

In the company, she was a bossy president who would not back down. “When I say 100,000 copies, I mean 100,000 copies. No more, no less. All of it will definitely sell. If there are any leftover copies, I will personally fork out the difference and make up for the losses.”

“That…that’s not what we meant. It’s just that he’s a newbie, I’m afraid…”

“He’s not a newbie.”

Lilith watched Fang Yuan walk out of the office door and stared at his departing back. “He’s the author of ‘The Coiling Dragon’, a real eccentric.”

“What? The author of ‘The Coiling Dragon’? Oh, that’s fine then.”

“He’s so young?! Looking at his writing skills, I thought he was a white-bearded old man!”

“Boss, why didn’t you say so earlier? I should’ve asked for his autograph…”

“I don’t want his autograph. I just want him to hand over the manuscript for the second volume of ‘The Coiling Dragon’ to me.”

“Do any of you know his address? I don’t mean anything by it. I just want to send him some gifts.”

Since the publication of the novel yesterday, “The Coiling dragon” had already surpassed the fantasy novel rankings and was now in the top ten of fiction novel rankings. It was ranked first on the rookie list.

It even broke Amazon’s single-day sales record for e-books.

Although everyone still had doubts in their hearts, at this moment, they had a little more confidence than before.

Since it was him, he might really be able to sell the first 100,000 copies.

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Fang Yuan walked out of the Rainforest Publishing office building with a publishing contract and a sample copy of “The Coiling Dragon”.

With proof of his publication, it was time for him to hand in his thesis to his tutor, Hades.