"That's it for the morning. ”

In the studio, after Li Xiang arrived early in the morning, he called Xiao Xia to continue translating "The Old Man and the Sea". "Reading" for more than an hour, thirsty and tired, he asked Xiao Xia to go back. Today's translation work has come to an end.

Xiao Xia closed the computer, put away her pink mechanical keyboard, said goodbye to Li Xiang and left.

This girl, who is shy every time she sees Li Xiang, is much better now, and she doesn't blush at every turn.

He learned from Xiao Xia that the translation work of the tsundere Miss Zhou Jiayi had just begun. "Love Life" is a short story, but the translation work is cumbersome, and there is a lot of preparation, so when "The Old Man and the Sea" is progressing rapidly, she can't get up quickly when she wants to.

After Xiao Xia left, the door of the office meeting was also closed. Li wanted to fill the teacup and drank it in one gulp, wanting to pour another cup, but found that the teapot that had been boiled in the morning was empty, so he refilled it with water and boiled another one. The office soon resounded with the gurgling sound of boiling water.

Li Xiang sat back in his black pan chair, woke up his sleeping laptop, opened Weibo, the mailbox of the private message was full again, and Liu Jingyi, who was at the top, also jumped out.

Li Xiang hadn't read Weibo for a long time, and Liu Jingyi's message was still a week ago, and the content was to congratulate him on the release of his new book, and at the same time asked about some of the contents of the book.

I haven't replied for so long, I don't know if people will have opinions about him, Li Xiang thought to himself. In order to apologize, he replied with a long private message, the main content of which was to answer her doubts in the process of watching "The Old Man and the Sea".

After sending out the private message, Li Xiang browsed the full mailbox again. There are too many to read, and there are all kinds of letters. Some are fans, some are self-media people, and some may be insiders. For example, he saw no less than 10 messages asking him to sing. Most of the people who sent the messages had never met before, and most of them had never even heard their names, and occasionally they had seen their names on the news, but they were not familiar with each other, and this was the first time they had come into contact.

Li Xiang ignored all such information, and it was impossible to reply to the letter.

There are so many private messages every time, Li Xiang can't read them, so he sets up a mailbox, and non-friends can't send messages anymore and don't receive them.

After thinking about it, Li Xiang canceled Liu Jingyi's top again.

He thought to himself, anyway, he doesn't have a few Weibo friends, if Liu Jingyi sends a private message, he will definitely be able to see it for the first time, and he doesn't have to worry about sinking into the sea, and it doesn't make much practical sense to put it on top at this time.

Then, he backhanded Huang Youyi to the top.

A few days ago, Wang Sheng, an online writer, sent his new book, which was a brief outline and the first 50,000 words, saying that he asked Li Xiang to give some suggestions.

Li Xiang didn't have time at that time, and he didn't remember it until now.

He opened the folder and found Wang Sheng's new book. The name of the new book is "The Great Thief".

Wang Sheng, Xu Liye and Li Xiang joined the Shengjing Writers Association together, and after that, the three made friends, although they didn't meet often, but they often chatted on the Internet.

In recent years, the Internet has developed rapidly, and many "gods" have been born, among which Wang Sheng and Xu Liye are the best among the many gods. They are also the pioneers and guides of the Internet, earning the first pot of gold in their lives.

At first, they wrote for money and earned a lot of gold and silver, but after worrying about food and clothing, they found that their social status had not changed, and they were still in the point of being looked down upon.

One of their memorable moments was attending a symposium organized by the local writers' association, which discussed the social value of online literature. At that time, the two participated in high spirits, only to come back disgraced. They were devastated at the meeting, and were almost taught a lesson by the ears of a group of writers of traditional literature.

They also want to be like the one on the Internet, with a shock to the tiger's body, teach these old guys a lesson, turn against the customer, and then leave, but in fact, they are speechless.

Yes, although they don't want to admit it, they themselves understand that with what they write, it is difficult to get into the hall of elegance, and it can only be refreshing. Where is the social value? Not to mention the epochal nature of literature.

After that time, the two began to make changes. They still write about the Internet, but they no longer follow the routine, and begin to write deeper and more connotative.

They did not completely give up online literature because others looked down on them, nor did they proudly close the door and become kings, but found a balance between the two.

They have tried for many years, and the results are not bad, but they can't compare to the previous results.

However, they have achieved financial freedom and have the power to pursue spiritual satisfaction.

Now, Wang Sheng has launched a new book "The Great Thief".

Again, this is not a network in the traditional sense, nor is it a traditional literary work. It is a combination of the two, his latest understanding of traditional literature and online literature.

Li Xiang quickly finished reading the 50,000 words sent over, which is really good, more like the reality of South American magicalism, but it is more down-to-earth, very national, and in line with the reading tastes of young people now.

He searched for this "Big Thief" on the station, and the current results are not good, and he can't see it at the top of the rankings.

In the past, every time Wang Sheng released a book, the new book was a frequent visitor on the major lists, but now it is different.

Since it is trying, there will definitely be gains and losses, and it is inevitable to lose some readers.

Li Xiang posted a Weibo @了王胜, recommending "The Great Thief" to more than 26 million fans.

……

Wang Sheng didn't know that Li Xiang had pushed him a book until that night.

He coded words during the day, and in order not to be distracted, he cut off the network. It wasn't until seven o'clock in the evening, when he uploaded new chapters at this time of day, that he reconnected to the Internet, logged in to the backstage and found that the collection of new books had become 300,000!

He suspected that he was dazzled, rubbed and rubbed, looked and looked, that's right, it was 300,000, and the first 5 zeros!

But he remembered that the collection was less than 100,000 this morning!

His first instinct was that something was wrong with the system.

To say, there are no major problems with this website system, small problems continue, and there are often some accidents.

Wang Sheng subconsciously thought that this was another system error, but when he came to the comment area, he found that this was not the case, and there were many new messages in the comment area. In the past, when I encountered this situation, it was basically black fans who came to attack in groups, especially after he began to transform, he was swiped by black powder from time to time, even if there were multiple administrators, he still couldn't prevent it. These people have a lot of opinions about his transformation, and many of them used to be his fans, and they turned from pink to black because of his transformation. This is a side effect of the rejuvenation of readers, love and hate in an instant.

After the release of "The Great Thief", in just one week, it has been tragically swept by two waves of black whitewash, and there is a miasma in the comment area. This time, there was a sudden comment on the screen, which made his heart tremble, and his first reaction was that the black fans were here again, which was really ghostly.

However, he soon discovered that this time it was clearly not. The freshly baked messages are not black, they are all positive messages.

"The book recommended by my brother is really not bad. ”

"It turns out that my brother also watches the Internet. ”

"I didn't expect Brother Sheng to know Li Xiang, cowhide. ”

……

Wang Sheng excitedly browsed these messages and gradually understood what happened.

It turned out that Li Xiang recommended his book!

The first 50,000 words of the book were sent to Li Xiang the day after he participated in the book launch of "The Old Man and the Sea", and humbly asked him to correct it, but he never received a response. I waited and waited, hesitated for a long time to call and ask, and finally held back, since people didn't want to comment, it was futile to call, but it was embarrassing for both parties.

After waiting for many days, he still didn't receive a response, and Wang Sheng thought that there would be no reply. He was quite depressed during that time. Li Xiang is a young man like him, but he is his idol and benchmark. He longs for Li Xiang's approval.

Wang Sheng is 7 years older than Li Xiang, but he already thinks that Li Xiang is his idol. "Love of Life" and "I Am a Cat" made him lovely, and the new "The Old Man and the Sea" is even more amazing - this is a book that he will never write in his life.

Although he is younger than him, Wang Sheng does not feel ashamed, and it is not ashamed to admit that he is worse than Li Xiang, on the contrary, it is an honor to be able to compare with Li Xiang.

The master is the teacher, and the ancients have taught us this truth.

didn't get feedback from idols, which made Wang Sheng depressed for a long time. There is no feedback, but he is not optimistic, Wang Sheng thought like this more than once, but at the same time, he was lucky, maybe Li Xiang was too busy to have time to watch.

Now it seems that the one with the least probability is probably the real one. Didn't Li think about recommending his book? He also praised it on Weibo.

In the Shengjing Writers' Association, only Li Xiang treated him and Xu Liye with a cordial and equal attitude. This is really rare, Wang Sheng thought to himself, among the people in the association, Li Xiang is the most famous and has the most extensive influence, but he is the most peaceful, and he can't see the shelf of a big star at all. This made Wang Sheng and Xu Liye have a very good impression of Li Xiang, and even their perception of the entertainment industry has also improved greatly. However, they will not be naïve to think that there are people like Li Xiang in the entertainment industry. In Vanity Fair, there is never a shortage of deception, and even the online literature circles they come into contact with are full of truth, falsehood, lies and deception.

Because of this, they have a good impression of Li Xiang, because they know that people like Li Xiang are too scarce.

The other writers in the Shengjing Writers Association, although they didn't put on a face when they treated Wang Sheng and Xu Liye, their attitude was neither good nor bad. Wang Sheng was not angry, on the contrary, among the traditional literary writers they had come into contact with, the predecessors of the Shengjing Writers' Association were already very polite, and, as time went by, everyone's attitude towards them was quietly changing. This is a positive sign.

After Wang Sheng wrote "The Great Thief", in addition to sending it to Xu Liye for review as soon as possible, he also sent it to Li Xiang at the same time. Others, don't ask if the friendship has reached that level, maybe, even the friendship has not been established yet, everyone just nods and leaves. This is a big taboo in interpersonal communication.

Whether to send it to Li Xiang and listen to his suggestion, Wang Sheng hesitated for a long time, and discussed it with Xu Liye, and finally decided to send it with courage.

Now it seems that it is right, Li Xiang is not on top.

Wang Sheng found Li Xiang's Weibo and saw the text message recommending "The Great Thief", which had more than 800,000 likes, more than 500,000 comments, and more than 700,000 retweets.

Wang Sheng's mood was agitated, this kind of star effect is stronger than all the lists in the station combined.

He read everyone's comments with relish, and most of them affirmed "The Great Thief" positively, and of course there were some bad ones. It's inevitable, and he doesn't arrogantly think it's all good reviews.

If you can't say anything and make suggestions, the value to him is also high, and he can recognize his "blind spot" from it, so he opens another document, copies all of them, and writes them down so that he can remind himself in the future.

Unconsciously watched it for more than half an hour, and the short comments were full of attraction to him, and he couldn't stop. Until the mobile phone rang, it was Xu Liye's call.

"Hey, Liye. ”

"Ah Sheng, do you know? Li wants to push you the book, and now the group is boiling. Xu Liye said in an agitated tone on the other side of the phone. Wang Sheng couldn't see what he looked like at the moment, but he was definitely happy for him.

"The network was disconnected during the day, and those who uploaded new chapters at night knew that the collection had risen by more than 200,000. ”

"Huh~~ So fierce?"

There are more than 500,000 comments, and I estimate that the collection will rise sharply tomorrow morning. ”

"Congratulations, I'm going to surprise those who read the jokes. Hey, by the way, you go to the author group to respond to everyone. Everybody's crazy @ you. ”

After hanging up the phone, Wang Sheng immediately logged in to the instant messaging, and the dialog box popped up wildly.

"Is Brother Sheng here?"

"Brother Sheng, you sent it, Li Xiang is pushing the book to you. ”

"Brother Sheng, Brother Sheng! Come out, everyone is waiting for you to reply. ”

……

These people are crazy, Wang Sheng thought to himself. There are so many dialog boxes that pop up that he can't browse them all, so he ignores them all first, and then clicks on the author group. The group is "celebrating the New Year", and the topics are all around Li Xiang and "The Big Thief".

"Brother Sheng is here~~"

"Brother Sheng, please speak!"

"Brother Sheng is awesome, he actually leaned on the mountain of Li Xiang. ”

……

is the same author, some sincerely congratulate Wang Sheng, some are sour, and some just look at it and don't say it, they can't say whether it's good or bad.

Wang Sheng's status and coffee position are there, so no one will taunt or scold him without opening his eyes, so the group is quite peaceful.

Wang Sheng chatted with everyone for a while, and then clicked on the readership. It's even more lively here, everyone is speculating about how he met Li Xiang, it can't be unrelated and Li Xiang pushes him a book.

There are all guesses, some say that they are relatives, distant cousins or something, Wang Sheng couldn't cry or laugh, and responded: "Li Xiang and I met at the Shengjing Writers Association, don't guess, we are friends, not relatives." ”

At the same time, Wang Sheng took the time to browse through the messages sent when he was away, picked up an important reply or two, and ignored the past irrelevantly.

After tossing like this for more than an hour, Wang Sheng was about to turn off the impromptu communication, when suddenly his editor in charge jumped out.

"Ah Sheng, tell you something. ”

"I'm about to go down, you say. ”

"That's it, next week's closure has "The Big Thief", you prepare to save the manuscript, don't expect you to explode, just don't break the update. ”

Wang Sheng happily replied: "Then don't worry, I will never stop the update, and there are still 50,000 manuscripts in reserve." ”

"Well, there's one more thing here. Li Xiang pushed the book for you, you know. ”

"You know, I gave him a review before I released 'The Great Thief'. ”

"It turns out that you still have this relationship, why didn't you use it earlier. If you use it early, you won't be hacked one after another. ”

"It's not good to always trouble people, he's so busy. ”

“…… That's the same, that's the case, change the introduction of your new book, and say that Li wants to recommend it ceremoniously. ”

"Ahh ”

"What's wrong, I didn't talk nonsense, it was indeed recommended by Li Xiang. Don't be embarrassed, Li Xiangken posted on Weibo to support you, that is, to affirm you and your book. If you write like that, he will definitely not have an opinion. For him, it's a trivial matter, and a big star wouldn't care about that. You're right to listen to me, it's only good for you, no harm. ”

……

Under the persuasion of the editor-in-charge, Wang Sheng finally agreed. He logged in to the author's background and, according to the editor-in-charge's suggestion, changed the introduction of the new book "The Great Thief" and added the sentence "Brother Li wants to recommend it solemnly".

He was thin-skinned and embarrassed, thinking that Li wanted to push you a book, but you endorsed him, but he was lucky enough to think that Li Xiang would not mind. This is a trivial matter for Li Xiang, but it is very important to him. This "Great Thief" is too important to him, and he can't afford to lose it.

After thinking about it again and again, Wang Sheng was still not at ease, and sent a thank-you text message to Li Xiang, mentioning that there was such a thing by the way. While waiting for a reply, he reposted Li Xiang's Weibo again, and thanked him again.

He has noticed that his Weibo followers have risen by more than 500,000 and now has 600,000 followers.

At the same time, a large number of news about Li Xiang and "The Great Thief" appeared in the Internet search.

"Reveal the secret brother personally promoted "The Great Thief""

"Li wants to solemnly recommend the network "Big Thief""

"What is the charm of "The Great Thief" that makes Li Xiang personally recommend it?"

……

The effect of celebrities is really immeasurable, it is not comparable to online writers, Wang Sheng sighed, picked up his mobile phone and looked at it, there was no reply from Li Xiang, and he felt a little uneasy. But not long after, there was a ding-dong sound, and Li Xiang finally replied and told him that it didn't matter.

Wang Sheng finally relaxed, leaned back in the chair, and then felt very thirsty, and hurriedly poured a glass of boiled water, hugged the big orange cat sleeping on the desk and rubbed it in his arms.

Li Xiang's push book caught him off guard, but he liked this kind of surprise too much.

Some things are casual for some, but for others, they are like a moat.

Wang Sheng was grateful to Li Xiang in his heart. Compared with the skyrocketing collection and the hot topic, he is more grateful to Li Xiang for his encouragement and affirmation. For him, who is in the midst of a period of transition, this is too precious.

Should you invite someone to have a meal to express your gratitude in person, Wang Sheng thought to himself, and then became distressed again, will inviting someone to eat trouble Li Xiang instead?

He fell into the troubles of bliss.