Chapter 635: Forest Covered in Black Pine Trees

Chapter 635: Forest Covered in Black Pine Trees

The old man's speech made Robb laugh. "Wow, real art?"

"Yes!" the old man snorted and said, "profound, touching and thought-provoking literature is real art, of course, the drawing art should be the same. I think these things must have a soul, so that they can really be liked by the public."

"Yes, yes, sir, you are right." Robb said, "then go ahead with your creation. I am looking forward to it."

The old man was still stubborn. Last time, after he gave a hard review of Robb's children's paintings, he didn't expect that it would be sold out. He always felt that he had to take out something decent, or he would feel a little embarrassed, so he eagerly wanted to produce a manhua of his own, and took out a goose feather pen on the spot. "I'll write it here. After I finish, I'll go to your printing factory to print it."

Robb showed his support with a smile, and then stood behind the elf elder to watch him write it.

The book was named Forest Covered in Black Pine Trees

The old man was full of emotions. He wrote word by word, and Robb read it carefully. Not to mention, this old man was really good at literature. The words could be called beautiful, and every word made every scene beautiful, but... Such a beautiful price was that there was no plot.

He wrote thousands of words and was still sketching! It depicted the beauty of the forest over and over again.

Robb was speechless

After the scene was written with five thousand words, the old man finally asked the hero to appear. A melancholy middle-aged spirit, who was more than 400 years old, with a vicissitudes of life and an extremely awkward character, appeared on the stage and watched everything around from the perspective of the middle-aged spirit. He had feelings for a tree leaf, he had feelings for a tree, he had feelings for a bird... He had feelings for everything in the world.

Robb was speechless

The old man raised his head and chuckled, "what do you think? My book is profound, isn't it? It deeply analyzed the love, hatred, awe, and sadness of a poet for this forest."

Robb covered his face with his hand and asked, "where is the plot?"

A few days later, the first engravings for printing on "hard paper" was successfully made. The words on this type of engraving were very small and thin, because they were written with a goose feather pen. Many lines could be printed on a piece of paper.

It was impossible to print such words on rice paper, because the ink on it would easily spread. If the ink spread to the side, the whole word would become ugly.

However, the hard paper developed by the elf alchemists and the rabbit craftsman was different. The ink on this kind of paper wouldn't spread, and it could print very small words and wouldn't spread. The quality of this kind of paper was extremely superior. But of course, the cost was also higher.

The elf elder used more expensive paper to print five thousand copies. Both the paper workshop and the printing factory earned a lot, and the workers were very happy.

But

The elf elder was not that happy!

Forest Covered in Black Pine Trees, which he had done his best, was thrown into the street miserably. Although the whole elf clan had come out and tried their best to sell it for him, only a few hundred copies had been sold. His first batch had a total of five thousand copies, and more than four thousand copies are currently piled up at home.

The loss of blood had cost the coffin that the elf elder had worked so hard to save. In the end, only a few young men from the nobility and literature sector greeted him as well as the mountain of books in their house.

What happened?

After a deep self-criticism and crazy research, the elf elder concluded that this year's audience was too young! His book could only be read by the older generation.

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