Chapter 35: Popularity
At half past eleven o'clock in the evening, Lu Chong, who had recuperated his energy, entered the city slow train on time, but found that the atmosphere in the bar seemed to be a little different, how to say, there were more people!
Since the European Cup, the business of slow trains in the city has been very hot, and almost all of them are full. But today, in addition to the original seats, a few more seats have been added next to almost every table. This is not bad, Lu Chong even saw that some countertops were added to the side of the simple plastic table that was incompatible with the bar grade.
Coming in from the door, as long as Lu Chong passed by, it was full of people who greeted him warmly, which made Lu Chong feel as if he had become a star.
"Brother Chong, you were originally a star, seeing today's popularity, these newcomers are all coming to you after hearing your friends talk about your magic. Now in this bar, even Brother Feng doesn't have as many fans as yours!" Hearing Lu Chong sigh that he seemed to have become a star, Zhou Dan immediately pointed out that it was not as if he had become a star at all.
Because almost all the regulars in the bar have become his fans, Lu Chong turned off the True Eye effect when he came in, otherwise he wouldn't have to watch the ball, and his eyes would be shook.
Hearing Zhou Dan say this, he hurriedly used the True Vision Eye. Only then did I find out that, indeed, there were so many people next to each table who had the light of worship shining on their bodies, and those who did not have the light on their bodies must have been brought over by a friend today to see his magic.
[a] [Ben read] novel xstxt
"I'm sorry, I'm late, I've been busy all day today, and I didn't even wake up the alarm clock at night, and then my wife kicked me out of bed by the ear!" Lu Chongzheng wondered why he didn't see the sullen uncle Zhong Dajun, so he saw him hurriedly walking in from the door. Zhong Dajun seemed to be in a hurry, and sat down and drank a glass of warm water before explaining the reason why he was late.
"Aren't you in charge of the European Cup recently, what are you busy with during the day? Anyway, it's really okay for you to help Brother Chong write that column, especially when you put the ring at the end, I don't know how big a problem will be in two days!" Lin Feng and Zhong Dajun knew each other the most, and they followed his topic to the day's draft.
In this bar, Lu Chong is the center, and the topic will revolve around him, which not only respects Lu Chong, but also arouses everyone's interest, which is the most basic social skill.
"Speaking of this, I really should have punished myself with three cups, because it was a temporary revision, and the time was too tight, I didn't have time to discuss it with Brother Lu and sent the manuscript on my own initiative, Brother Lu, you won't blame me, right?" Zhong Dajun's mental state today is much more confident than the day before, and he picked up the cup and went down to make amends.
However, looking at the high-spirited look in his expression, he didn't see that he was worried that Lu Chong would blame him, and he was obviously still very confident in his article.
"Haha, how can I blame you, I won't tell you, I immediately stole your trick during the day, and I went to the forum of other people's Omi and posted a similar post to accept the challenge. They Europeans don't pay attention to chivalry, I have this challenge book, it depends on whether any knights dare to come to take it. Lu Chong also picked up the cup and touched Zhong Dajun three times, and spoke highly of his hype, and then he wanted to see how far Zhong Dajun could go.
Looking at Lu Chong with a smug face, even as his fans, Lin Feng, Zhou Dan and others had to secretly sigh that they were crazy when they wanted to be in the limelight, and they even killed the hometown of other Europeans.
Zhong Dajun already fully understood Lu Chong's mentality of wanting to be famous, so he dared to help him set up such a ring. He didn't shy away from Lu Chong's plagiarism of his creativity, but after asking him about the content posted by Lu Chong, he helped him come up with a few ideas in order to achieve better results.
"By the way, Brother Lu, there is one more ...... Forget it, I'll call you Brother Chong too! Lao Lin is also older than you, and Brother Chong is also quite easy to call. Zhong Dajun called Brother Lu, maybe he didn't feel kind enough, so he decisively followed after Lin Feng, and also called Brother Chong.
"Brother Chong, there is another thing, I think you have also seen it, it was mentioned in the column that you were hired with a high salary. That salary is indeed there, but when I fought for the layout, it was given to some people as a condition, so please don't mind. ”
If Zhong Dajun didn't mention it, Lu Chong had forgotten about it a little, the little manuscript fee given by the newspaper or something, whether in the previous life or this life, how could he get into Brother Chong's eyes.
"Dajun, you know what my purpose is, as long as you don't ruin my reputation, everything else is easy to say! You must have spent a lot to open this column this time, and the first note for today is mine!" Zhong Dajun was able to apply for the column so smoothly, even Lu Chong was a little surprised, even if he thought about it with his heels, he also understood that Zhong Dajun must have spent a lot of effort in it.
"Thank you Brother Chong, this time I will be cheeky and accept it again, next time I really don't have to be polite. In fact, you have helped me much more than I have helped you, do you know how much our Tiandu Daily sells today?"
Zhong Dajun knows Lu Chong's character, and he no longer refuses, it is refreshing to do things with such a person, he spent nearly 20,000 yuan on his errands yesterday, and he must be able to return all of them tonight.
The most important thing is that he seized this rare opportunity and made a leap forward in his career, which is the biggest gain. After all, the time of the European Cup is only more than 20 days, and Lu Chong has already stated that his prediction is only for world competitions, and some small leagues or something, Brother Chong is not in the mood to study it in detail.
"In addition to the usual sales, we reprinted twice, 80,000 copies! This basically met the demand of various places, which has not happened in our Tiandu Daily for several years. Zhong Dajun didn't wait for them to guess, and automatically reported the answer, his face full of pride.
"The reason why I didn't sleep well during the day is that I have been paying attention to this matter, and the market survey results have also come out, and these new distribution needs are basically coming to our column, and this time my old clock can be regarded as a big limelight!" It seems that the powerful power of the Internet has begun to emerge, which is clearly the result of Lu Chong's call on everyone to buy the newspaper on the forum.
But 80,000 copies? Nima was willing to spend so much money to buy newspapers, but he only added less than 800 admirers to Lu Chong, which made him a little unhappy. It seems that it is not so easy to turn ordinary supporters into admirers, and this conversion ratio seems to be a little worse than the subscription ratio of some street writers in later generations.
When it comes to the Internet, of course, several people will inevitably talk about the Haikou that Lu Chong praised on the Internet, which is what he called the cooperation with Jiang Xiaoxiao to launch a new song.
Like those guys on the Internet who watch the excitement, even Lin Feng and others, who are brainless fans of Lu Chong, don't take it seriously about what new single will be released, they only regard this as another means for Lu Chong to hype.
Lin Feng gave Lu Chong a thumbs up and said, "Brother Chong, when we first met, you kept emphasizing that you like to be in the limelight or something, I didn't believe it at first." But this time, I really believe it, and I'm really convinced, you dare to take out anything and hype it! But why did you choose Jiang Xiaoxiao? This woman is beautiful, in fact, she can be seen or eaten, you don't know, right? Be careful to spread it and ruin Brother Chong's reputation!"
Zhong Dajun obviously also saw Lu Chong's post, and he also knew what kind of person Jiang Xiaoxiao was, but he didn't agree with Lin Feng's point of view, but thought that Lu Chong's move was very good.
"Lao Lin, you are thinking wrong, Brother Chong is a great candidate. In a few days, it was announced directly, because Jiang Xiaoxiao was a little different from what she imagined, and gave up the plan to cooperate with her, which is another topic!"
Lu Chong listened secretly, Zhong Dajun seems to have changed since he opened his mind last night, and he can bring out a hype topic with a casual word, what a talent. Such a talent, of course, Lu Chong will have some ideas, but for now, he has to rely on him to brag about himself in the newspaper, and let's wait for the European Cup to be over.
As for the cooperation with Jiang Xiaoxiao, he didn't think to explain, anyway, the results would come out in two or three days, he wanted to see how wonderful the expressions on the faces of these people would be at that time, which could be regarded as a bad taste of his.
In the first match of the evening, Denmark and Italy, the score of 0-0 looked boring, but in fact the game was quite exciting. It's just that, as Lu Chong analyzed before the game, Italy's slow heat is an old problem, and their forwards seem to have forgotten to bring shooting boots, so that they didn't even poke a ball into it when they had the advantage.
So far, Lu Chong has guessed five games in a row, but because of the foundation of the previous four games, everyone will not be as surprised as before.
But this will not affect people's admiration for Lu Chong, like this kind of prediction, it is extremely difficult to keep it continuous and correct, so the later you go, the more people will change from admiration to admiration for him.
After this game, Lu Chong's popularity has increased by a thousand, although it is not as much as the last game in which France beat England, but the last game was a special situation. At that time, Zidane's amazing performance made too many people feel agitated, and it was easier to change their emotions under that uncalm situation.
In between the two matches, Lu Chong was speculating whether he would be able to gather five thousand prestige at the end of the next match, but a quarrel from the door of the bar attracted his attention.