A few days later, since the announcement of the publication, nearly half a month of pure love - "Friends of the Week" finally ushered in the official sale.

The pre-sale results of "Friends of the Week" were finally fixed at more than 2,000 copies. On the first day, 1,300 copies were sold.

Compared with the works on sale in the same period, this result is not at the bottom but it is not very good, ranking at the bottom.

For this slightly dismal result, which is more than half less than the expected goal, Black Cat has expected it and is mentally prepared, so it is not too disappointed. On the contrary, everyone couldn't let go, and the atmosphere of the community was delicate for a while.

Especially Xia You, who always muttered, 'Hey, I really don't know the goods', 'Trolls are too hateful', and cheered her on and said that next time it will be better.

This made the black cat both funny and moving, and at the same time a little helpless.

Ah, senior, big idiot, can you stop talking about it! Doesn't you make me more and more unable to pretend not to care?

But.

Forget it.

Black Cat does lack self-confidence in the field, after all, it has failed miserably for three consecutive years of submission, which has seriously hit confidence. But the most important thing she lacks is perseverance, otherwise it would be impossible to persist for three years without giving up.

Just one small defeat is not enough to discourage the black cat, it will only make her more and more frustrated.

- Let's just write better!

She made up her mind so silently.

But the subtle thing is that not long after the black cat's determination was made, things suddenly took a turn for the better - it was in a good direction.

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Rii Ikawa is a freelancer — and that might give the illusion that she's unemployed, so it's more accurate to say that Ikawa is a critic.

As a critic, Rii Ikawa's job is to read all kinds of books every day, including famous books, miscellaneous talks, scripts, etc., and then select the best works worthy of Amway to write a recommended draft and push it to Twitter, which she runs personally.

In the seven or eight years since graduating from university, Rii Ikawa has been engaged in such a job. At first, it was very hard, because there was no salary = no money = so poor that there was no food, and I could only rely on love to generate electricity.

After several years of doing this, things started to get better. Her Twitter is becoming more and more known.

Up to now, there have been more than 600,000 fans.

And the rapidly expanding number of fans has also made Ikawa Rii more and more influential. Sales that she referrals tend to see a significant increase.

For this reason, many well-known libraries and authors in the industry will take the initiative to cooperate with her.

Well, not to mention these vulgar topics, all in all, relying on this job to solve the problem of food and clothing is no longer a problem for Ikawa Riyi. In this way, she finally doesn't have to go to the supermarket to do odd jobs because she has no money, and she can live at home as a salted fish writing manuscripts with peace of mind.

To be honest, being a critic is not a very interesting job, and I look at all kinds of things every day, and I guess it will soon find it boring if I change someone else.

However, this is very sweet for Ikawa Riyi. Because she loves it deeply, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is love.

And like this, she is naturally a pan-reader, never picking and choosing. But when it comes to work, it's a different story.

Compared with those who are very famous and have high sales, Ikawa Rii wants to always be more willing to see some controversial or relatively unpopular works. After all, the former's fame is big enough, and she doesn't need to go to the fans to Amway at all.

And what she wants to see today is a book called "Friends of the Week" about pure love.

In fact, this book has been heard of by Ikawa Riyi long ago. There is no other reason, precisely because its original author is 'Qingkong Summer'.

As a person who often follows the industry online at home, Ikawa Rii certainly won't have heard of the controversial Natsu Aokong. It's just that since she's not very interested in light, she doesn't pay much attention to him.

Whether it's "Sword Art Online" or "RE0", she only watched it once and put it away, and she didn't feel the need to write any recommendations for this.

However, for this "Friend of the Week", Ikawa Riyi is a little interested. Because it was hacked badly and its grades were very dismal - she had always liked to watch it.

"Just looking at the introduction,This book is mostly about the sweet and sour campus love between the hero and heroine, right?But considering the title of the book,Maybe there will be some more unique settings.,For example, the memory of a week will be erased or something.。 ”

Affected by an occupational disease, Rii Maekawa habitually speculated on the plot for a while before starting to read.

The first time she reads it, she takes a 'speed read' approach – a rough skimming to catch the main points to see if the book is worth reading.

If it's not worth it, then just reading it once is enough, so there's no need to waste time by replacing it with one early.

After all, he is a professional, and soon, Rii Ikawa quickly finished reading "Friends of the Week". And her conclusion was-

It's a great book to read a second time.

The full text of the story is very different from the popular style in the market, no slap in the face, no blood and no stomach medicine, and some are just a faint warmth - and this happens to be very much to Ikawa Riyi's appetite.

In her opinion, today's industry is too impetuous, and authors are reluctant to bother writing and only think about shortcuts. And this has also led to the mass production of routines one after another.

Thinking about it this way, a work like "Friends of the Week" that is not pretentious at all seems to be more and more rare and valuable, and it can be called a clear stream in the industry.

"Okay, I'm going to take a look at it this time. ”

With anticipation in her tone, Rii Ikawa began to read it a second time.

The more she watched it, the more she liked it. Who made the plot of the story too warm! It makes people's hearts itch, as if they have also returned to the age of youth, ignorance, and ignorance.

As for the writing, although it is still green, it is precisely this greenness that can see that the author is really serious about writing. Her mood and feelings are infiltrated into every word of the story.

"No, I must publish this book so that more people can see it!"

Rii Ikawa's tone became excited. She felt as if she had inadvertently unearthed a treasure.

And now she really wants to talk to others about this book - it is precisely because she likes this feeling and can't extricate herself from it that Rii Ikawa became a critic without hesitation.

Suppressing the excitement that overflowed in her chest, Rii Ikawa opened her Twitter and took a deep breath to start typing on the keyboard.

"—Mina-san, I have found a rare and valuable book......"