Chapter 224: The Japanese are under great pressure
"Mr. Liu, congratulations." Richard called Liu Hongmin, "As of ten minutes ago, 'Turbulent Waves' has sold 100 million copies."
Liu Hongmin laughed, "Not bad! But I still have to congratulate you, after all, you made more money."
"This is all thanks to you." Richard said happily, "I called you this time because I have good news. Someone has already redeemed "The Forgotten Catastrophe". Although the number is small, it is a good start."
Liu Hongmin was very happy. "Really? That's great. Richard, I still hope to hear more news about this."
Richard: "Don't worry, if there is any good news like this next time, I will tell you the first time."
"Thank you!"
After hanging up the phone, Liu Hongmin walked out of the study and went to accompany Li Lizhen. Li Lizhen was about to give birth, and Liu Hongmin basically accompanied her except for going to Jinpeng Hotel.
"Are you done with your work?" Li Lizhen asked with a smile.
"I received a transatlantic call." Liu Hongmin looked at the female doctor beside him, "What's the situation now?"
"Ah Zhen has been exercising very well, and her body is now capable of giving birth. The fetus is also developing very well, and if nothing goes wrong, it will be a normal birth."
This female doctor was specially invited by Liu Hongmin to help Li Lizhen with the birth. She was a famous doctor who was proficient in both Chinese and Western medicine. She had an exercise method that could help with a smooth birth. Under her care, Liu Hongmin dared to work outside without any worries.
"That's good!"
As long as Li Lizhen and her child are safe, he will be satisfied.
In the following days, the sales of On Strange Tides continued to rise, with millions of copies sold almost every day. On Strange Tides is the final chapter of the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, and many readers who have not bought the first two novels squeezed out some money to buy a copy to see what is inside.
The content of Strange Tides did not disappoint them. Mermaids, the Holy Grail, and other things are all from Western legends, which naturally suit the tastes of Western readers. In addition, the newly appeared Queen Anne's Revenge has added another magic ship to the pirate world. The legendary figure "Blackbeard" is powerful and mysterious. If Jack and Barbossa had not cooperated, they would not have been able to kill him.
The return of Will Turner brings the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series to a perfect ending. He and Elizabeth reunite and have their own children.
Captain Jack continues his adventure at sea, and whether his story with Angelica can continue to unfold has become something that readers always wonder.
But it is obvious that Liu Hongmin can no longer give readers an accurate answer. This blank space gives readers room for imagination.
As more and more readers finished reading "The Turbulent Sea", they were attracted by the prize bookmarks in the book. According to the introduction on the bookmark, this book is called "The Forgotten Catastrophe" and is also written by Liu Hongmin. It also reminds people that this book is very bloody and is not recommended for those who are not mentally strong enough. For readers of "Pirates of the Caribbean" who are full of adventure genes, this is a naked provocation. They don't believe it. How bloody can it be? Is it as bloody as a blood plasma film?
Unwilling to admit defeat, readers began to redeem a large number of copies of The Forgotten Catastrophe. Ten days after the release of The Storm, one million copies of The Forgotten Catastrophe were redeemed. It was not that readers did not want to redeem, but that Random House did not prepare too many copies of The Forgotten Catastrophe.
According to their market forecasts, the sales volume of "The Forgotten Catastrophe" will be just over one million copies, no more.
Unexpectedly, they underestimated the effect of free book exchange and provocation. The one million copies printed in advance were quickly sold out. Random House immediately printed two million more copies, but many of the books were exchanged by American readers before they were shipped abroad.
When readers opened The Forgotten Catastrophe, they were shocked by the shocking descriptions. They once doubted whether this was fake.
The incident of Liu Hongmin and the Japanese attacking each other had not yet subsided. It was not impossible for Liu Hongmin to write a book to discredit the Japanese at this time.
But when they read the contents of the book carefully, they were immediately convinced by the evidence. The evidence was so detailed that even if they had not personally verified it, it would take many days to compile so many correct facts, right? It had only been less than two months since Liu Hongmin and the Japanese attacked each other. These two months were too short to compile all the evidence.
There are also textual research parties who verify the evidence in the book against each other and find that these evidences are mentioned repeatedly in the book without any mistakes or omissions. This shows that these evidences are true.
After learning this, the readers were horrified by the contents of the book. It was hard for them to imagine that such cruel things could still happen after so many years of civilization.
Ordinary Western readers, who have received a happy education, still look at things very simply. Once they find something bad, they will immediately take to the streets to protest.
At one time, protests broke out in many Western countries. This time, they were all blond and blue-eyed foreigners who went to the Japanese embassies in various countries and continued to speak out for us.
The Japanese began to panic. If it was just one or two countries, they could still deal with it. But when dozens of countries encountered such a situation at the same time, their diplomatic pressure was very great.
They contacted the Western media again, trying to divert people's attention. However, as the supply of "The Forgotten Catastrophe" caught up, more and more people saw this bloody history. Although many readers were very uncomfortable after reading it, they were still willing to make their own voices for this disaster.
For a time, the Japanese were condemned by everyone in the world. The Japanese had no choice but to ask their American father for help.
The United States still supports the Japanese in terms of strategy, but just like Richard, the United States advocates freedom and democracy, but it cannot suppress the voices at home. Although someone interviewed the top management of Random House, in view of the benefits of tens of millions of dollars, Random House still withstood the pressure and continued to send "The Forgotten Catastrophe" to countries around the world.
Protests in various countries have not only not subsided, but have increased. This has put a lot of pressure on the Japanese, and the parliamentarians have been wiping their sweat during the meeting.
They already knew that all this was Liu Hongmin's plan. They wanted to kill Liu Hongmin immediately, but they had no idea what to do with him. Liu Hongmin was a coward now, staying in the capital and not coming out. No one could do anything to him.
(End of this chapter)
