Saturday, July 31, 2010, the weather was fine. It is advisable to sacrifice and bury, and the rest is taboo.

Mu Ming thought that he was a traditional person, so he fully complied with the advice of the yellow calendar, and spent another day at home doing nothing.

Of course, this is Mu's mother's opinion, Mu Ming doesn't think that she has nothing to do at home. In fact, he spent the whole day searching and browsing the Internet for reviews about Soul Ferry, which was very hard.

Yesterday was the official release day of "Soul Ferry", although Mu Ming wanted to know the specific first-day sales as soon as possible, but Haiwei and Qi Nan were still a little far away, and Mu Ming had no channels of her own, so she could only wait for the statistics of the glorious year to be counted before telling him.

Although it takes time to count sales, when Lin Caiwen called yesterday, he told him that bookstores in many places have asked to step up supply, so it is estimated that sales should still be very good.

In fact, Mu Ming is not too worried about the sales at the beginning stage, after all, there is so much publicity and pre-sales. Just like a movie, the publicity and trailer are done, and the box office of the first weekend is generally not too bad.

The next thing to look at is the quality of the work itself. As long as the quality is good enough and the content is attractive enough, then there is no need to worry about sales at all. But if the quality doesn't meet the reader's expectations, then sales don't have to worry – it's certainly not going to be good.

So Mu Ming couldn't understand the sales, so he focused on the readers' comments. Weibo, Tieba, Tianya Forum...... Even the comments on Douban, Mu Ming browsed them one by one.

"It's about the soul, and it's all about the world. ”

"I was wrong, I always thought that Mu Ming was like a movie trailer, and selected the best six stories as publicity. Unexpectedly, these six stories are just the six most ordinary stories in the book. ”

"I only have one evaluation, I didn't-have-bought-get!"

“……”

Although it has only just started to go on sale, the comments on the Internet are quite enthusiastic. Mu Ming was a little surprised, she was excited to buy a book, and she was excited to get a ball of yarn if she didn't buy a book.

However, generally speaking, readers who have already read the whole book still have a very high evaluation of "Soul Ferry", especially for the six new stories, most of them are very satisfied. Mu Ming looked at these comments one by one, and there were many of them that he couldn't help but shout wonderful in his heart.

"Through the mouth of ghosts, write the hearts of the world. This is the first comment at the top of the latest Weibo post posted by Mu Ming asking for comments. Weibo's comments can also be liked and re-commented, and this comment alone has tens of thousands of likes and thousands of replies.

The second comment followed by also tens of thousands of likes and nearly 1,000 comments. Compared to the first comment, which was only one sentence, this one is a few lines long.

"I've heard about this book for a long time, and because I heard that the author is not very old, I started to think it was a collection of supernatural stories for teenagers. ”

"When I was on pre-sale, I bought a copy with the mood of reading a story to relieve my boredom. I got the book yesterday, and I wanted to read two paragraphs first to pass the time, but I didn't expect it to take a day to finish the whole book. ”

"To be honest, my first reaction after reading it was, can such a story really be written by a young man?"

But after closing the book, I confirmed to myself that only young people can write such stories. ”

Finally, share a favorite quote from the book. 'All life is bitter, but if you live, one day, the flowers will bloom again, and the migratory birds will turn back, and if you live, the moon will rise again, and one day, the spring solstice' - from the chapter "Old Things". ”

This comment was posted by a well-known blogger with the ID of "Interesting Skin" on Weibo, and his usual Weibo is basically based on reviews of various books or movies, so there is still some weight in the fan group who likes these topics.

Mu Ming roughly counted it, as he thought before, the most popular stories were really "Eternal Life" and "Old Things". In the comment message, as long as it is a good review, there is no mention of these two stories.

In Mu Ming's previous life, the story of these two chapters is also the most praised chapter. In particular, the chapter "Old Things" draws on the superficial technique of the "Trinity Law" of traditional drama, which is very difficult to write, and it is easy to make the story boring if it is slightly insufficient.

The so-called "Trinity Law", that is, the creative technique of "the same time, the same place, and the same contradictory theme", is the usual method of traditional dramas and novels. For example, Mr. Cao Yu's "Thunderstorm" is the most typical follower of the "Trinity Law", and Mr. Lao She's "Teahouse" also has the shadow of "Trinity Law".

In fact, the story of the chapter "Old Things" has some shadows of "Teahouse". Mu Ming didn't know how the original screenwriter of "Soul Ferry" created the script, anyway, when he wrote it, he felt that his pen power was insufficient, and he re-read the book "Teahouse" many times, and only after having some feelings did he dare to put it down.

However, Mu Ming felt that what she wrote was still a little worse than the original plot of "Soul Ferry". After all, this work was originally a film and television drama, with the dual guarantee of the screenwriter's story structure and the actors' acting skills, and the expressiveness is definitely much stronger than Mu Ming's simple words.

But even so, fans and ordinary readers on the Internet have a very high evaluation of Mu Ming. After all, among the authors of modern popular novels, there are many good writers, but those with strong writing power are really rare.

To borrow a sentence from Mr. Guo, it is good to be foiled by peers.

"Hey, Mu Ming. It's me, your best brother Bingbing. As soon as Mu Ming answered the phone, Lao Gao's slightly obscene voice came from the mobile phone.

"If you have something to say, don't disgust me if you have nothing to do. Mu Ming replied in disgust, and at the same time secretly vigilant in her heart. Every time Lao Gao speaks in this tone, nothing good happens.

"Ha, what you said really hurts my heart. Lao Gao pretended to be complaining, and then kept his previous tone and said, "Didn't you say last time that you gave me your basic book." I thought about it and thought I should support you. Let's just have a few dozen copies first. ”

"I'll squirt you to death with a mouthful of Huoxiang Zhengqi water. Mu Ming said frantically: "There are dozens of copies, you can use them to pad the table enough for four legs." Nope!"

"Don't mind, brother. The rivers and lakes are in emergency. Hearing Mu Ming's refusal, Gao Yubing suddenly became anxious, and hurriedly begged: "Dozens of books are my jokes, four or five books are fine." ”

"What do you want so many books for? And didn't you say last time that when my books can't be sold, I'll buy two more to support me? Mu Ming deliberately said well.

"If I could buy it, what would I do with you? Gao Yubing said angrily: "I was delayed for a day yesterday, but when I went to the bookstore today, I said it was out of stock." ”

"Then you change bookstores and ask. Mu Ming said casually.

"Big brother, do you know what it means to be out of stock. Out of stock means that it's gone, it's sold out. I went through most of our bookstores today, and I didn't buy a single one. ”

"Really? so quickly. Mu Ming said in surprise: "Okay, you wait for me to help you ask." But you should have to wait a day or two. ”

Hanging up the phone, Mu Ming casually called Lin Caiwen. He has two sample books, and if he wants more, he has to find Lin Caiwen to express them.

"Want a book?" Lin Caiwen just finished listening to Mu Ming's words, so he vetoed: "No, wait." ”

"Hey, Sister Lin. I'm the author anyway, and I don't have any benefits. Mu Ming said excitedly with her mobile phone.

"It's not that I don't give it to you, it's really gone. Lin Caiwen said helplessly: "It's not just you, more than eighty percent of bookstores today have called to say that they are out of stock, and all the inventory has been shipped out, and now they are hurrying up to print it." If you want it, you have to wait for a new batch to be printed. ”