The next day, Huo Yaowen got up early, washed up in the dormitory toilet, went back to the dormitory to change clothes, and took out the Standard Chartered Bank passbook hidden under the bed. Since the opening of this bank passbook, Huo Yaowen has not used it much, except for occasionally going to the bank to see how much money is in it, it has basically been hidden under the bed.

Huo Yaowen really doesn't know how much money is in it, but it is roughly estimated that there are more than 800,000 yuan, and the two times the money from the British Times Publishing Company was stored in it, and he used a sum of money in it at the beginning.

Taking advantage of the lack of class this morning, Huo Yaowen drove to Standard Chartered Bank first, and after checking out that there was a total of 830,000 yuan in the account, he turned around and returned home, handed over the passbook to his mother, and asked her to go to Kowloon Tong with Huo Chengcai and the others at noon to buy the villa she fancied, and as for the rest of the money, it was used to renovate the house and buy some new furniture.

Originally, Huo Yaowen wanted to accompany his family to see the Kowloon Tong mansion, but considering that there was a class in the afternoon, he was afraid that taking the ferry might delay time, so after handing over the passbook to his mother, he went back to school, began to fill in the pit in the dormitory, and wrote a little more "Tang Heavenly Demon Chronicles".

After the afternoon class was over, when Huo Yaowen returned to the dormitory, Wang Bo, the administrator downstairs, ran up and knocked on the door, saying that there was a phone to find him, and hurriedly went downstairs to pick up the phone, it was Yao Wenjie who called, saying that the content of the first issue of the "Youth Books" weekly had been selected and typeset, and was currently being printed, and the number of first printed copies was small, only 5,000 copies, and they had already contacted the owners of various newsstands on Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.

The theme of "Books for Young People" published by Huo Yaowen Company is mainly teenagers, in line with the reading habits and hobbies of serving teenagers, most of the staff of the editorial department of the weekly are young people, many of whom have just graduated from various schools.

Two days later, Huo Yaowen received a sample book sent by Yao Wenjie, the cover is the back of a young man and woman, looking at the green mountains and green waters in the distance, using the style of ink painting, very beautiful and attractive, in addition to the top five big characters "Youth Books", there are also many words with a lot of smaller font size next to them.

One of the most attractive words: the well-known Hong Kong writer Fu Sheng's column "A Thousand Little Stories That Can Make You Successful". Of course, one thousand is just an imaginary number, as for how much can be written, it depends on Huo Yaowen's mood, but the title of this column has been changed to the current statement, that is, a thousand bowls of chicken soup, which is enough for these young people to drink.

The number of pages in the weekly magazine is not much, only 34 pages, and the price is four yuan and five cents, which is not high but not low, the retail price of Huo Yaowen's "Sweet Honey" in Hong Kong is five yuan, and the price is so high, mainly because many pages of the weekly magazine are printed in color, and the paper material and ink are much better than those of published books.

In particular, the material of the cover is the best, different from the thin paper of other magazines, the cover of this magazine is made of hard paper, not only very thick, but also very textured to the touch, in general, the price of four pieces of five is a bit high, but it is not impossible to sell, it depends on whether young readers in Hong Kong like it.

The day before New Year's Day, the printing house finally sorted out all the 5,000 copies printed for the first time, sent people to send them to various kiosks on Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, and officially distributed them on New Year's Day.

New Year's Day is the grandest Chinese festival in Hong Kong except for Chinese New Year's Eve, and every New Year's Day Tin Hau Temple Street is basically surrounded by dense blockage, plus all primary schools, middle schools and universities are on holiday, countless students take advantage of the holiday to take to the streets.

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Inside the Tin Hau Temple in Kowloon.

A pair of brothers took the long incense and lined up in turn into the Tianhou Temple, the younger brother honestly knelt in front of the Queen of Heaven, closed his eyes and prayed silently a few times, just stood up, he noticed that the elder brother was kneeling on the futon with an impatient face, and couldn't help but open his mouth and said: "Brother, before going out, my mother asked you to burn incense well, and asked the Queen of Heaven to bless you to find a good job smoothly this year." ”

"Alright, I got it. Li Xiaoqian said a few perfunctory words, but he still knelt down three times honestly, and silently recited in his heart words such as asking for the blessing of the queen of heaven.

When the brothers came out of the Tin Hau Temple and were about to go to see the various folk activities held in Temple Street, Li Xiaoqian said: "You go to see it first, I'll go around." ”

"Oh. The younger brother didn't doubt him, nodded, turned around and ran happily to watch the show.

Li Xiaoqian walked boringly on the overcrowded road, looking at the pedestrians' faces showing enthusiastic joy, his heart was inexplicably a little irritable, it has been almost half a year since he graduated from the academy, and he has not found his favorite job, and he is still eating and drinking his parents at home, which makes him headache and annoyance.

Going around, Li Xiaoqian passed by a newsstand, and walked over to find a few martial arts books to read, and as soon as he arrived at the newsstand, he asked the busy boss inside: "Does the boss have any good martial arts recently?"

The newsstand owner poked his head out and glanced at Li Xiaoqian, nodded and said: "There are several, there are Gu Long's new work "Bat Legend", as well as Wo Longsheng's "Twelve Demon Orders" and "Dart Flag", Jin Yong's "Smiling Proud Jianghu" collection and so on. ”

"Xiaoao Jianghu has read it in the newspaper a long time ago, and give me Ben Gulong's "Bat Legend". "Li Xiaoqian is a senior martial arts fan, there are not hundreds of martial arts books that he has read, but also a hundred, Xiaoao Jianghu has been serialized in Ming Pao for more than two years, and it just ended in the middle of last year, and he has already finished reading it before graduation.

"Okay. The newsstand owner rummaged through it and finally found Gu Long's "Bat Legend", this book is actually the legend of Chu Liuxiang, but like Lu Xiaofeng written by Gu Long, it is a story for a book.

Li Xiaoqian took "The Legend of the Bat" and turned a few pages, and after seeing that the content in it was Chu Liuxiang, he nodded and asked the price, and after giving the money, while preparing to leave, he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked: "Boss, is there any new content in Ming Pao's "Tang Heavenly Demon Chronicles"?"

"Nope. The newspaper owner shook his head, he is also a fan of martial arts, and he also likes to watch "Datang" very much, so he said bitterly: "It's been broken for a month or two, and it was re-serialized not long ago, I thought it would be serialized for a long time, but who knows if it will be broken again." ”

"Alas. Li Xiaoqian sighed, the book "Tang Dynasty" is the most enjoyable martial arts book he has read, the grandmaster in it is to split mountains and rocks at every turn, breaking thousands of armies, how cool it is, but it is a pity that this author is too pitiful, and he wrote a little content and broke it, but he was stuck at the critical juncture of the protagonist's cultivation of "The Secret of Longevity", which may not be able to stand it on anyone, so he also wrote a letter and mailed it to Ming Pao, urging the people of Ming Pao to update it quickly.

The people who urged the manuscript were not only Li Xiaoqian, but also many fans of "The Tang Dynasty", dozens of letters were mailed to Ming Pao every day, and in the past two months, the storage room of Ming Pao was almost piled up by these letters.

Seeing that Li Xiaoqian was about to leave, the newsstand boss suddenly remembered the new batch of weekly magazines he got last night, and hurriedly said: "By the way, Hou Shengzi, I received a new batch of weekly magazines last night, and it seems that there are new books written by Huo Yaowen in them." ”

As he spoke, the newsstand owner handed out a weekly magazine from the small window.

"Books for young adults?"

After taking over the weekly, Li Xiaoqian raised his eyebrows, this magazine didn't seem to have heard of it.

The newsstand owner said casually: "This is a new weekly magazine, you can see that Huo Yaowen has opened a column in this magazine on the cover." ”

Hearing this, Li Xiaoqian lowered his head and looked at the cover, which indeed had "A Famous Hong Kong Writer's Floating Column "A Thousand Little Stories That Can Make You Successful".

A thousand short stories that will make you successful??

Li Xiaoqian frowned, he thought it was a martial arts column, but he didn't expect it to be such a strange title, but strange is strange, he still decided to buy a copy and take a look, if the writing is not good, he thinks it is necessary to write another letter to Ming Pao, and ask Huo Yaowen not to write some messy content, just concentrate on writing "Datang".

"How much?"

"Four pieces of five. ”

"So expensive?" Li Xiaoqian was surprised.

"If you look at the material of this weekly, it's much better than the average published book. ”

"Okay. ”

Although Li Xiaoqian felt that the price was a bit expensive, he still paid the money, and as soon as he walked out of the newsstand a few meters away, he couldn't wait to open the "Young People's Books", turning page by page, he found that the paper inside was indeed very good, and there were actually more than a dozen pages in color, which was rare.

Turning the pages one by one, without looking at the contents, I soon found Huo Yaowen's column, only on the eighteenth page, the title on which is not only "A Thousand Stories That Can Make You Successful", but also the books and personal profiles that describe the author's previous creations.

"The Story of Waste Paper"

"A company is recruiting employees in the newspaper, Xiao Ming wants to apply, he passed the telephone preliminary examination, went to the company to participate in the interview, found that there are three other competitors, and the three people who applied with him are more educated than him, after the interview with the first few people, he felt that he had no hope.

As soon as he entered the office, he found a piece of paper on the ground at the door, bent down to pick it up, and found that it was a discarded paper ball......"

This chicken soup article has been widely circulated in later generations, and almost many people have read this story and scoffed at it, feeling that it is not of much use.

Especially at the end of the story, Huo Yaowen swayed all kinds of chicken soup, what is not swept in a house, how to sweep the world; those who have no small things in their eyes are difficult to become big; all big things often start from small things; and great deeds, details start......

There are more than 10,000 words of laxative, except for the beginning of the short story of less than 1,000 words, the rest of the words are all chicken soup with various flavors, which makes people indulge in the fragrance of chicken soup, and at the same time, they are drunk in the endless ocean of chicken soup irrigation, as if they have drunk the chicken soup for the soul given by Huo Yaowen, and they can become a successful person and reach the peak of life.

This series of chicken soup golden sentences, in Li Xiaoqian's eyes, seemed to light up his brain like an enlightenment, making this young man who has not found a good job for more than half a year after graduation feel like a beggar in martial arts, suddenly obtained a peerless cheat, and has great confidence in the future to travel the rivers and lakes and the end of the world.

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