The publisher could only call the factory again and ask them to print another run.
This time, the new run was smaller.
They printed only 100 million copies.
The publisher estimated that this batch would take much longer to sell out.
It was like a movie's box office: most of the time, the first three days brought in the most revenue.
After those three days, daily box office earnings gradually declined, and after a week, the drop became significant.
Books sold the same way.
Even so, Wang Yi's autobiography had already achieved astonishing sales.
The complete Harry Potter series had nine books. Over nearly thirty years, the books had sold only 700 million copies in total.
Wang Yi had just one book.
It was on track to sell 300 million copies in a single month.
That showed just how wildly popular Wang's autobiography was.
Once all 300 million copies had sold, Wang Yi would receive $300 million in royalties.
To make a long story short, a month passed.
Wang's Autobiography had sold out across China.
In two months, the book had sold nearly 100 million copies in China.
It was fair to say that nearly one in every ten people in the country owned a copy.
Its popularity was unprecedented.
What did it mean to sell 100 million copies in China?
Since Dream of the Red Chamber was first published, all its editions combined had sold only 100 million copies.
Dream of the Red Chamber had been around for how many years?
Wang Yi had sold 100 million copies in just two months. It was nothing short of astonishing.
Overseas, sales had also reached nearly 200 million copies by now.
Although daily sales were declining, some countries and regions had already sold out and were requesting more copies.
So the