Chapter Twenty-Seven: Popularity
My name is Wang Xiaohammer, and I am a young boy who has just graduated from college, and I am lucky to have found a job at the company in my hometown.
Today, my colleague Xiaomei invited everyone to her home to celebrate the successful completion of a project. Colleagues responded enthusiastically, because Xiaomei is the most beautiful girl in the company and the goddess of everyone, including me.
I happily went to Xiaomei's house, after all, this is a good opportunity to get close to Xiaomei. I must seize the opportunity at the party and behave well, so that Xiaomei will respect me, worship me, fall in love with me, and be addicted to me.
Before leaving, I asked my cousin, who had more than a dozen girlfriends, what kind of boys girls liked. My cousin told me that most girls like boys who have connotation, a sense of humor, and a common topic.
I think I've captured the essence of pursuing girls.
Because I asked my cousin for advice, I came a little late. When she arrived at Xiaomei's house, Xiaomei was already surrounded by several male colleagues. Damn, it didn't leave me a close vacancy.
Finally, several people snatched all the work from Xiaomei's hands and let Xiaomei sit on the sofa to rest. Haha, my chance has finally come. Pretending to sit casually on the sofa next to Mei, and sure enough, Mei's attention was noticed and she smiled sweetly at me.
"Xiaomei, I'm very tired during this time. I said in a concerned tone.
"It's okay, I was a little tired some time ago. But I haven't taken a few days off lately, I just read books every day, do exercises, and I've rested. ”
My heart lit up. Xiaomei is so cooperative, just to show my connotative side.
"Oh, you like to read, too. Like us, I love to read. I tried my best to pretend to be breezy and said, "I basically don't have any popular books that I haven't read." Things like James Joyce's "Ulysses" and Thomas Pynchon's "The Rainbow of Gravity" are some of my favorites lately. ”
"Ah...... These are all very good books. Xiaomei seemed to be shocked by my connotation, and said with some hesitation: "The books I read are not so deep, they are just some simple novels." Eh, by the way, I recently like a novel called "Soul Ferry", have you read it?"
Soul...... Baidu: What the hell is this name? Looking at Xiaomei's expression, I should like this book very much, and I praised Haikou before, but I really haven't read it, what should I do?
Oh, and I have a sense of humor! I think of the second key point that my cousin gave me. At this time, making a joke by yourself, isn't that not only to resolve the embarrassment in front of you, but also to reflect your sense of humor. Haha, I'm such a genius.
"Soul Baidu. This has become the soul, and it has to be Baidu, this is Baidu's promotional brochure. Hahahaha!"Huh, why wasn't Mei amused by my sense of humor?
"Eh, Xiaomei, you've also seen Soul Baidu. A hateful male voice interjected, and I turned my head to look at another male colleague in the company and one of Xiaomei's suitors. Damn, he dared to sit next to Xiaomei, and Xiaomei didn't even object, but chatted happily with him, and the conversation was about that "soul Baidu".
Oh, by the way, the common topic, this most crucial point was actually preempted by him. No, I also have to have a common topic with Xiaomei.
"Xiaomei, is the book you said beautiful? Can you borrow it from me. ”
"I've got a stack of books on the coffee table on the left, so look for it yourself. ”
Xiaomei replied to me perfunctorily, and then continued to chat with the annoying person about the plot in the book. No, I have to read this book as soon as possible to find a common topic with Xiaomei.
Oh, it turned out to be this "ferry". I looked at the book in my hand and opened the first chapter. Hmph, when I finish reading the book and find a common topic with Xiaomei, I must make Xiaomei respect me, worship me, fall in love with me, and can't stop wanting me.
"The five eyes of life, the eye of heaven, the eye of wisdom, the eye of the law, the eye of the Buddha, the eye of the flesh, and the eye of the flesh, are obscure, seeing near but not far, seeing before but not after, seeing light but not dark. What you see, what you believe, really exists?"
Hey, this book is quite interesting. Suddenly, I forgot the original intention of looking for a common topic with Xiaomei, and read it chapter by chapter.
"There are even civil servants in the prefecture...... Can rhino horn incense really channel...... Haha, no, Xiaoya is really cute......"
"Little hammer, little hammer. "yes, who's calling me? I looked up and found that it was Xiaomei standing in front of me.
"Little Hammer, don't look at it yet, let's play with everyone. "No, I haven't finished reading it yet. This book is so interesting. ”
“…… Well, let's eat first, how about it. "No, I said, can you please not keep disturbing me from reading." ”
My name is Wang Xiaohammer, and I never expected that I would really receive Xiaomei's love.
"Hehe, since you like this book so much, I'll lend it to you, and you can take it home and read it slowly." ”
"Really?" I looked at Mei excitedly, and Mei actually lent me the book, so that I could get close to Mei again when I returned the book. It seems that this is the opportunity that Xiaomei gave me.
Don't worry, Xiaomei, I'll buy a copy when I go back, read it well, and find a common topic with you. I will definitely make Xiaomei respect me, worship me, fall in love with me, and can't stop wanting me.
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Although Lin Caiwen was full of confidence in "Soul Ferry" before, and prepared 200,000 copies in the first printing, he still underestimated the potential of this book.
On July 30th, "Soul Ferry" began to be officially released. On the first day, 180,000 copies were sold, and more than eighty percent of bookstores were out of stock at the same time, so the first reprint had to be started on the second day of the sale.
On August 20, "Soul Ferry" was released only 20 days ago, and the sales exceeded 800,000 copies, and the second reprint began in the glory of glory. At the same time, Mu Ming started the signing of eight cities: Jingbei, Qinan, Zhonghai, Shudu, Suzhou and Hangzhou, Jinling, Chang'an and Xiangsha.
On August 29th, "Soul Ferry" was officially released for one month. After the beginning of Weibo promotion, to the cover trend of "Silk Play", and then to the word of mouth in the past month, the sales of "Soul Ferry" finally exceeded the million mark.
Not only is it the success of sales, but also the level of topicality and discussion on the Internet is also high. The content of the story itself is topical and discussing, one of the few supernatural novels that have sold more than one million, and the post-90s teenager author who is only eighteen years old...... All kinds of topics inside and outside the book attract the attention of the public.
And Mu Ming, as the author, was also known to everyone almost overnight. Although it is far from those "god" level novel authors, it is also a popular best-selling author among young people.
With popularity, there are naturally fans, and there is a need for media attention. Lin Caiwen suggested that Mu Ming accept a few interviews, or activities or something, but Mu Ming refused.
Mu Ming's reason for refusing is very convincing, September is coming, and Mu Ming is about to start school.