Chapter 4

At this time, the sky of the dragon was bustling online.

When Wang Peng's novel was updated that day, it stated it would be serialized in the unfamiliar magazine 《Jin Gu Chuan Qi》, and immediately he sought help online.

Can 《Jin Gu Chuan Qi》 magazine even be bought? Sky-high price, need help!

Below the title, the reason for the plea was posted; some had never heard of it, but seeing someone constantly praising the novel 《Fo Ben Shi Dao》, curiosity arose, and they found 《Fo Ben Shi Dao》 on Long's Sky and began to appreciate it carefully.

Not long after, the post below had "Same request!" and "Same request!" attached, and clicks rose straight up.

Later, a netizen from Wuhan saw it and posted incredulously online: It might be a same-named magazine; there's one here in Wuhan, I don't know if it's...

"Let's ask tomorrow, maybe it really is a same-named magazine; how could a divine book be buried in such a small publisher?" a netizen replied above.

"Or maybe the magazine found a divine-level author to save this small magazine?" another replied.

"I don't know, Henan Zhengzhou doesn't have this magazine. By then we might still have to subscribe, plus postage..." a netizen replied above.

"Sichuan doesn't have it!" came the reply below.

"xx doesn't have!"

"xxx doesn't have!"

"xxxx doesn't have!"

A string of "no"s just fell like that; later, after the original poster tallied it against a map, one by one, they posted inside: "Wuhan, not said!"

Instantly, everyone's gaze turned again to the one who first mentioned the same-named magazine.

"Ask for a clear answer."

"Big Brother, be kind, give an answer."

The Wuhan netizen helplessly posted above: Wuhan really does have this magazine, but it's really not big; tomorrow I'll go to the magazine office to inquire, give everyone a clear answer, okay?

"No good!" downstairs decisively replied.

"Now get up, run over to take a look."

"No clear answer, I can't sleep at night!"

"Everyone's already off work! I can't either, I can't sleep, let's chat! Chat all night!" the Wuhan netizen helplessly replied.

"Chat about what? Nothing good to chat about, reread 《Fo Ben Shi Dao》!"

Countless people couldn't sleep that night, many chatted on Long's Sky all night, causing a surge in traffic, the server nearly crashed from overload.

The next day, 《Jin Gu Chuan Qi》 magazine finally published.

《Jin Gu Chuan Qi》 was originally Wuhan's magazine, its launch originally unnoticed, but this time it was different; since announcing the serialization of 《Fo Ben Shi Dao》, it became a hot magazine.

The newsstand owners heard some rumors, ordered more this time, but didn't expect that upon returning, they'd be sold out immediately; later, when calling the magazine office, there were none left.

"I can't help it, really none left," the newsstand owner again explained to the young person before him.

"Call and urge them!"

Again this line, the newsstand owner clutched his head and sighed long, "I really can't help it!"

"Beep beep beep." At this moment, the newsstand's phone rang; he waved at those around, meaning don't disturb, answered and said: "Chief Editor Xu, can your 《Jin Gu Chuan Qi》 be reprinted? Here it's all in an uproar!"

"Haha," came Xu Qiang's laughter from the other end, saying: "Xiao Wang, this time I'm just notifying you, we've already prepared to reprint 10,000 copies, come quickly." Being able to turn 《Jin Gu Chuan Qi》's decline around and bring forth a second spring, Xu Qiang's mood was naturally excited too.

"Good, good, I'll go right away!" the newsstand owner said, hung up, and told those around: "It's been reprinted, I'll go get it back right away, you wait a moment!"

"I said so!" the surrounding crowd breathed a sigh of relief, made way, and the newsstand owner rode off on his motorcycle, dust rising, even forgetting to lock the newsstand gate.

If before 《Fo Ben Shi Dao》's popularity was online, now it has gained a batch of book lovers in the real world; they come because they see many people buying it, just to join the look, and once they look, they can't stop. Quick hands get it, slow hands don't; those who lag behind and act slowly also give up, crowding the publisher shouting loudly, the publisher only does one imprint after another nonstop.

The frenzy of buying lasted three days; three days later, most people had obtained the publication, so they stopped causing a fuss; Xu Qiang also breathed a sigh of relief. Although still printing, at least the initial frenzy was gone.

Xu Qiang picked up the sales statistics, saw the black-and-white text before him: 200,000 copies! Xu Qiang and Wang Peng's contract gave mainland China's publishing rights to 《Jin Gu Chuan Qi》 magazine; according to the discussed plan, the entire 《Fo Ben Shi Dao》 would first be serialized in 《Jin Gu Chuan Qi》, then divided into ten volumes for publication; if over 200,000 copies, additional payment would go to Wang Peng.

On May 8th, when Wang Peng was between classes, he noticed his classmates were talking about the novel 《Fo Ben Shi Dao》.

"Has everyone read 《Fo Ben Shi Dao》? It's really great; looks like we'll wait a bit, then we need to buy a copy of 《Jin Gu Chuan Qi》 to see the later content." Xu Qiang said after class, talking with classmates in the dormitory.

"Of course I've read it, very exciting; I wonder how Zhou Qing will turn out? Seems that author is also called Wang Peng; could it be our class's Wang Peng?" another classmate said.

"Is 《Fo Ben Shi Dao》 written by you?" Xu Qiang asked Wang Peng.

"Yes, I wrote it; later everyone will see the even more exciting content after 《Fo Ben Shi Dao》," Wang Peng replied while writing 《Fo Ben Shi Dao》.

"That's great; you're not writing 《Fo Ben Shi Dao》 now, right? I can read it, then you can publish your novel, okay?" Xu Qiang said.

"No problem, but you can't let others see it, otherwise I'll have trouble." Peng said.

Wang Peng handed the manuscript to Xu Qiang; after dinner, Wang Peng rested at night, and noticed Xu Qiang was still reading 《Fo Ben Shi Dao》.

"Have you eaten dinner? Aren't you resting?" Wang Peng asked Xu Qiang.

"I ate; I'll finish reading 《Fo Ben Shi Dao》 first, then give it to you tomorrow." Xu Qiang said.

"Do as you like, just don't make yourself too tired for tomorrow's class." Wang Peng said.

"Got it, you go to sleep early." Xu Qiang said.

The next day, when Wang Peng woke up, he found Xu Qiang still reading.

"Class is starting, don't read." Wang Peng told Xu Qiang.

"It's really too exciting; I didn't expect my classmate's 《Fo Ben Shi Dao》 manuscript to be this good; give it to me, tonight you give me the rest of the manuscript to finish reading," Xu Qiang said while walking with Wang Peng to the classroom, talking with Wang Peng.

"No problem, you read it first first," Wang Peng laughed.

Before the college entrance exam, Wang Peng continued writing 《Fo Ben Shi Dao》 to completion; after giving the full manuscript to Xu Qiang to read, he submitted it to 《Jin Gu Chuan Qi》 magazine; the magazine paid the remaining royalties and dividends to Wang Peng, who received a total of 300,000.

After the college entrance exam, Wang Peng enrolled in Shanghai Drama Academy.

Wang Peng bought a laptop in total, so he no longer needed to go to the internet cafe to publish novels; he could directly publish on the laptop.