Chapter 298

"Only when Mr. Ye Xuan makes a move do we know what true poetry is."

Experts and scholars from all walks of life read "Dream of the Red Chamber" over and over again.

Every time they read it, they could feel how much magic and deep metaphor were hidden in the details of "Dream of the Red Chamber."

Later, interpretations of "Dream of the Red Chamber" were released one after another.

"Red Chamber Revelation"

"Dream of the Red Chamber and Century-old China"

"Demystifying the Institutional Studies of Dream of the Red Chamber"

"Notes on the Maids of the Red Chamber"

"Economics of the Red Chamber"

"Architecture of the Red Chamber"

"Aesthetics of the Red Chamber"

Seeing these interpretations in different fields, countless netizens also followed to take stock of the labels on Ye Xuan.

Then they were blinded by this series of labels.

Great poet, great songwriter, great writer, great aesthetician, great folklorist, great institutional scholar, great landscape architect, great clothing expert, great medical scientist...

Finally, a discipline came into being.

Ye Studies!

When Ye Xuan knew the two words "Ye Studies," he was also dumbfounded.

He never expected that the Red Studies research of later generations would reappear in this lifetime.

And it became Ye Studies?!

Casually typing the two words "Ye Studies" into the search box, the corners of Ye Xuan's mouth twitched.

Yanjing Dream of the Red Chamber Ye Studies Academic Research Association.

Chinese Ye Studies Association.

Shanghai Ye Studies Research Institution...

Seeing one association organization after another named after Ye Studies appear, Ye Xuan subconsciously sighed.

This, this, this...

The speed is too fast, right?!

Just as "Dream of the Red Chamber" had just finished, the appeal of countless readers for the physical book of "Dream of the Red Chamber" reached its peak.

The electronic version is not enough to read at all!

Must have a physical book!

Under this craze, bookstores across the country were squeezed again.

However, unlike the previous waves, this wave was not here to grab books, but to urge for books!

There were students in school uniforms, begging the bookstore cashier eagerly.

"When the physical book of 'Dream of the Red Chamber' comes out, please tell me immediately! The Chinese teacher said that our whole class needs one copy each!"

There were also office workers in work clothes, who frowned immediately upon hearing that there was no physical book yet.

"You bookstore owner are not good, why haven't you stocked 'Dream of the Red Chamber' yet?! Do you understand the traffic password?!"

There were even old people with gray hair, who went straight to the point as soon as they opened their mouths, without any hesitation.

"I'll leave a phone number first, and when 'Dream of the Red Chamber' arrives, contact me immediately."

After a whole day, many bookstore owners felt that their ears had already developed calluses.

Only one voice continued to linger in their ears.

Besides "Dream of the Red Chamber," it's still "Dream of the Red Chamber"!

The exchange groups of various book wholesalers and bookstore owners reached 999+ in active content every minute.

[Xinhua Bookstore: I was dry-mouthed all day today, all of them were people coming to buy 'Dream of the Red Chamber'.]

[Friendship Bookstore: It's really a long time coming! I've lived for so long, and this is the first time I've seen readers urging for a book that hasn't been released yet!]

[Sisyphus Bookstore: It's simply outrageous, today there were even foreigners coming to ask for 'Dream of the Red Chamber'!]

[Zhongshuge: This is simply the first time in history!]

Bookstore owners across the country were shocked by this craze of demanding the publication of "Dream of the Red Chamber."

After counting the current pre-order volume of "Dream of the Red Chamber," the bookstore owners were stunned by this huge number.

It's not that they haven't seen popular works!

But they have never seen a work as popular as "Dream of the Red Chamber"!

After all, Ye Xuan's previous works, any one of them taken out, were existences that beat the literary world every minute.

But now that "Dream of the Red Chamber" is out, this heat has reached an unprecedented peak!

With this, more and more bookstore owners immediately put this pressure on the publisher cooperating with Ye Xuan—

Machine Industry Press.

Soon, the phone of the Machine Industry Press was blown up.

"Editor-in-Chief Hua, when will you publish 'Dream of the Red Chamber'?! The readers are already anxious!"

"Our Yanjing Xinhua Bookstore pre-orders 50,000 copies of 'Dream of the Red Chamber' in advance!"

"Shanghai Friendship Bookstore, 100,000 copies of 'Dream of the Red Chamber'!"

"Editor-in-Chief Hua, can you be more agile?! Don't be so dawdling!"

When Editor-in-Chief Hua received this series of bookstore pre-order lists, he was blinded by this unprecedented number.

Even though he already had a high psychological estimate for "Dream of the Red Chamber," now, he only felt that his psychological estimate was still low.

Hurriedly contacting Ye Xuan, Editor-in-Chief Hua's voice was trembling.

"Mr. Ye... we haven't opened the pre-sale of 'Dream of the Red Chamber' yet, but now the pre-order volume from bookstores alone has reached one million copies! Do you see if the printing plan originally scheduled for next month can be advanced?"

Hearing Editor-in-Chief Hua's voice, Ye Xuan was also startled by this number.

But thinking that this is the head of the Four Great Classics, "Dream of the Red Chamber," Ye Xuan was not surprised.

Gold will always shine, and good wine is not afraid of deep alleys.

Not refusing Editor-in-Chief Hua's proposal, Ye Xuan nodded quickly.

"Then do as you say."

With this, the printing factory of the Machine Industry Press began to run 24 hours a day, printing without stopping.

When the first batch of one million copies of "Dream of the Red Chamber" were printed and sent to major bookstores across the country, Editor-in-Chief Hua originally thought it would first satisfy part of the market demand.

Unexpectedly, after this part of the physical books of "Dream of the Red Chamber" flowed into the market, it caused a lot of envy, jealousy, and hatred.

"Tears streaming down my face, the bookstore downstairs is too incompetent, I still didn't buy 'Dream of the Red Chamber'!"

"My dad is a bookstore owner, I looked at him with accusing eyes for a whole day yesterday!"

"I ran to ten bookstores and finally grabbed one, Amitabha, thank God!"

"Upstairs, what kind of peerless good luck do you have to be able to grab one?! I'll pay ten times the price!"

"Front row, get lost, I'll pay twenty times the price!"

After the first batch of "Dream of the Red Chamber" was delivered to the readers, it stimulated the readers who didn't buy it even more.

After the bookstore owners increased their orders for "Dream of the Red Chamber" again, Editor-in-Chief Hua looked at the series of order lists and felt worried.

"Our printing factory is now at full capacity! Full capacity running 24 hours a day!"

"The previous books haven't been printed yet, and the remaining printing presses are all printing 'Dream of the Red Chamber'!"

"But it still can't satisfy everyone's demand gap, what should I do?!"

Editor-in-Chief Hua's words somehow spread, and then he received calls from cooperating authors one after another.

"Editor-in-Chief Hua, my new book 'Friday' is not in a hurry to print, why don't you print 'Dream of the Red Chamber' first? I'm also waiting for the physical book of 'Dream of the Red Chamber', I can't buy it at all!"