With money to burn and no thought of a return, Heaven Origin Press moved fast.
The royalties went out that very day. The Grand Confucians who received them wept with joy, and their admiration for Heaven Origin Press and Chen Yu soared through the roof.
Unbeknownst to them, the Mohist's power had begun to show in them as well.
These men had been at death's door, yet they were now learning techniques they had once looked down on, hoping to give their writing a fresher style.
A withered tree putting out new shoots was only a metaphor, but Chen Yu truly saw the hope of rebirth in these Grand Confucians.
Soon afterward, a new magazine, Heaven Origin Miscellany, went on sale.
The first issue had a print run of just one hundred thousand copies and cost five yuan. It contained forty articles, chiefly introducing the gameplay and major strategies of Classics Auto Chess.
Besides Classics Auto Chess, it covered some Dreamscape Games previously made by Heaven Origin Morning Light. The disc included with the magazine contained trial versions of the games featured in that issue.
When the bookseller learned that Heaven Origin Press wanted to launch a magazine, he was puzzled. He had worked with Editor-in-Chief Lei many times before.
Leafing through the sample copy, he found that the entire first issue was printed in color. The paper was high quality and gleamed under the light.
The illustrations were beautiful, too, and the font size and layout were just right. Someone had clearly put care into it.
The disc included with the magazine contained an update patch for Classics Auto Chess, along with demos of several Dreamscape Games.
Every game had been tested by Ye Wuxia and Ma Daqiang to ensure it was free of contamination.
Hefting it in his