Chapter 181: Gentle Encouragement
In the evening, the Golden Leopard cafeteria, as usual, was bustling and lively.
Although the price of 220 yuan per person is not cheap, it still attracts a lot of customers to come to eat.
HΓ€agen-Dazs, in particular, has a long queue.
"An An, I don't eat ice cream, why did you ask me to come?" Ji Ran looked at the long line and asked with a headache.
"I want to eat two, but if you have one person, you have to queue up twice, so you can get two if you come and queue once." Cheyenne said with a grin.
After queuing for more than ten minutes, Xia An'an finally got her wish and received two HΓ€agen-Dazs ice creams, so happy that she held one in her left and right hands and ate it greedily.
When Ji Ran and Xia An'an returned to their seats, Li Chaonan was eating a steak, a palm-sized steak, almost the thickness of a thumb, which was actually stuffed into Li Chaonan's mouth in one bite, and after chewing a few bites, he swallowed it whole.
Ji Ran and Xia An'an were stunned for a while, Li Chaonan took a large Coke cup, drank half a cup of Coke, and then picked up the abalone on the plate next to him, ate it in one bite, and looked at the oyster shells piled up like a hill on the dining seat, and the two were stunned again.
Two salmon, a pound of black beef steak, three abalones, two bowls of shark fin soup, half a roast suckling pig, plus a lot of desserts and drinks, Li Chaonan ate much more alone than Ji Ran and Xia An combined.
"Huh? Ji Ran, what are you? Li Chaonan wiped his mouth, looked at the French foie gras on Ji Ran's plate and asked.
"Foie gras?" Ji Ran said.
"Is it delicious?" Li Chaonan smacked his lips and asked.
Ji Ran nodded. "It's okay, it's not bad."
"Well, I'll get a taste too." Li Chaonan got up. I went to the cooking area.
Seeing Li Chaonan's big belly and poop away, Xia An'an's eyes widened in surprise, "Is Chaonan's belly a bottomless pit?" Eating so much isn't enough? β
Ji Ran smiled and shook his head, "Is it a buffet, and it's unlimited, not to mention that Superman has a large amount of food, so it doesn't matter if you eat more." β
After a while, Li Chaonan came back with a large plate of dishes. There is not only foie gras but also curry crab, grilled eel and a piece of cake.
The three of them ate from eight o'clock in the evening until ten o'clock in the evening. When the restaurant was about to close, Xia An'an and Li Chaonan walked out of the restaurant with each other's arms.
"It's the first time I've eaten so much, and it's so refreshing." Xia An'an rubbed her round little belly and said meaningfully.
"Ji Ran. You eat so little. Didn't eat back at all. Li Chaonan looked at Ji Ran and said.
Ji Ran smiled and shook his head, "I don't eat much at night, and besides, it's easy to gain weight if I eat too much at night, so it's better to eat less." β
Xia An'an said disapprerovantly: "What are you afraid of once in a while?" I don't eat it very often. β
"You're happy eating, and my goal has been achieved, okay, it's not too early. Let's go back to school. Ji Ran took a taxi, and the three of them returned to school together.
Since it's a weekend. Therefore, the dormitory closed for half an hour, and the three of them returned to the dormitory smoothly.
Late at night, after Xia An'an and Li Chaonan fell asleep, Ji Ran's bedside lamp was still on, and with the faint light, Ji Ran's smart ten fingers elegantly tapped the keyboard, turning the whimsical stories in his head into words and expressing them one by one.
Xia An'an, who woke up, looked at Ji Ran's bedside with the light still on, and rubbed her eyes strangely, "Ji Ran, are you still coding words?" β
Ji Ran nodded, "En." β
Xia An'an pursed her lips, "It's so late, why are you working so hard?" Can't you code it again tomorrow? Why take it so seriously? β
Ji Ran said with a smile, "The things promised to readers must be done, otherwise I won't be able to sleep." β
Xia An'an shook her head, "If you were with Wang Le at the beginning, why did you work so hard to write a novel?" There are obvious shortcuts, but you have to take a detour, I really don't know how to say that you are good. β
"An An, it's better to rely on others than on yourself, especially girls, if you pin everything on a man, you will lose yourself, do you think as a girl, is it better to be a man's vassal or to be a real self?" Ji Ran looked at Xia An'an and asked.
Xia An'an thought for a while and nodded, "Although that's what I said, haven't you heard of it?" It's better for a woman to learn well than to marry well, marry a good man, you can work hard for many years, if you are with Wang Le, it won't be as hard as now? β
Ji Ran smiled and shook his head, "Even if I am with Wang Le, I will not give up writing, because this is my dream all along, to be a real writer." β
"A real writer? Aren't you already now? You've written so many novels, each of which is a classic, and it's not an exaggeration to call you a great writer now. Cheyenne yawned and said.
Ji Ran shook his head, "I'm only an online writer at best, and I'm still a long way from a real writer, let alone a great writer?" can afford the word writer, I'm afraid there are only a few people in the entire history, maybe I won't be able to reach that level in my life. β
"Okay, don't be modest, now in the entertainment industry, any woman calls herself a goddess, what's wrong with being called a writer like you as a famous Internet god?" Xia An'an said disapprerovantly.
"The entertainment industry is the entertainment industry, and it is for entertainment, but literature is very serious and rigorous, and since ancient times, literati have been very humble, how can anyone wear a high hat for themselves? In short, the purpose of writing online novels is to make some money and make a living, and after that, I definitely want to write something of my own, hoping that the text can carry the Tao and use my own thoughts to let people read something useful. Ji Ran said with an oath.
"Okay, great writer, you slowly realize your dreams, I'm going to dream of Zhou Gong." Xia An stretched lazily, turned around, and hugged the quilt Meng Zhou Gong.
The next day, when the sun was three poles. Ji Ran was awakened by a rapid ringing of her mobile phone, opened her sleepy eyes, and took out her mobile phone from under the pillow. There were a lot of missed calls on it, and they were all from Ah Zhi.
Ji Ran frowned, and secretly screamed that it was not good, today is Sunday, it is the day she went on a date with Senior A Zhi, and she actually forgot about this matter, looking at the more than a dozen missed calls in her mobile phone. Ji Ran's head instantly became bigger, and the earliest caller ID showed the time at 6:30 in the morning. It's been two hours now.
"Oh no, Senior Ah Zhi won't wait, right?" Ji Ran quickly answered the phone.
"Hello? Senior Azhi? Ji Ran asked.
"Lazy little pig, did you get up so late?" Ah Zhi asked with a smile.
Listening to Ah Zhi's relaxed tone, Ji Ran breathed a sigh of relief. Smiled awkwardly. "yes, overslept."
"Try not to stay up late in the future, it's not good for your health, especially for your skin, it's easy to accumulate melanin." Ah Zhi said with concern.
Ji Ran was stunned and asked strangely, "How do you know that I stayed up late?" β
"Look at your Dou Breaking the Sky this morning, the update time shows that it is two o'clock in the morning." Ah Zhi explained.
Ji Ranqiao's face flushed. Awkwardly nodded.
"Senior Zhi, you wait a moment. I'll pack up and go to you. Ji Ran said.
"Hehe, don't be in a hurry, you clean up slowly, just call me when you're okay." Ah Zhi said.
"Yes." Ji Ran hung up the phone, and after a brief tidying up, he left the apartment in a hurry.
At noon, in Kyoto's Happy Valley, on an elegant green space, Ji Ran and Ah Zhi sat on the lawn to rest.
"Xiao Ran, I'll discuss something with you." Ah Zhi said suddenly.
"What's the matter?" Ji Ran asked.
"Now the 18K website has offered me an annual salary of 100,000 yuan, and you want me to go to 18K for development, what do you think?" As soon as Ah Zhi said this, Ji Ran's eyes widened in surprise.
"The editor of the Eighteen K website has approached you?" Ji Ran asked in surprise.
"Well, I'm still an editor-in-chief." Ah Zhi nodded seriously.
It seems that the eighteen-K action is really big enough, and even Senior Ah Zhi, who has just entered the Tao, has to poach it, perhaps because he is currently famous.
"And what do you think?" Ji Ran asked.
"I'm a little hesitant, the salary given by Eighteen K is okay, but I don't want to leave you, so I don't know what choice to make." Ah Zhi looked at Ji Ran and asked.
"My factors aside, which site do you prefer?" Ji Ran asked.
"Eighteen K." Ah Zhi said.
"Is it just because of an annual salary of 100,000?" Ji Ran asked.
"It's not just an annual salary of 100,000 yuan, but more importantly, the editor-in-chief of Eighteen K is very sincere, saying that the website will focus on cultivating me, and I feel that I have not been valued enough, so, instead of being a phoenix here, it is better to go to Eighteen K to be a chicken head, and moreover, many authors of Dian Niang have gone, I think you should also consider it? If you go to Eighteen K, they will definitely pay more attention. Ah Zhi asked.
Ji Ran shook his head, "Someone came to me before, but, I didn't agree, Senior Azhi, if you want to go long on this road, you shouldn't be blinded by the immediate interests, with your talent, it's a matter of time before you get ahead in Dianniang, the reason why you are not valued now is because you have just entered the industry, and the editor has not yet discovered your strengths, and after you persist for a while and emerge, I think the website will definitely pay attention to you."
Moreover, Dadian Niang is the leader in the industry, and she will not collapse because she has been poached a few authors, on the contrary, Dadian Niang is the fairest and most just platform in the industry, and it is not a few big bosses behind the scenes who pay a few dollars and open a few new websites to shake its status in the online literature industry, so I advise you to stay. β
"However, if you have an annual salary of 100,000 yuan, if you are a big girl, when will you be able to earn so much?" Ah Zhi asked with some embarrassment.
"Senior Ah Zhi, don't be blinded by the immediate interests, as long as you persevere, what is the annual salary of 100,000? A million annual salary is not a dream, I believe that the tomato senior who can become the supreme god in the previous life, can recreate the glory in this life, I will support you. Ji Ran looked at Senior A Zhi and encouraged gently. (To be continued......)