When another round of fighting was over, Deng Jiajia slumped in Li Mu's arms like an octopus, her face flushed. While drawing circles on Li Mu's chest, she asked carefully: "Brother Li, do you have a girlfriend?
"
Li Mu hesitated: "No."
Deng Jiajia's face lit up, she leaned closer and said shyly: "Brother Li, look at me..."
Before she could finish her sentence, Li Mu continued: "I haven't planned to find a girlfriend yet."
Deng Jiajia's face stiffened for a moment, and she said with a resentful expression: "I know, Brother Li, Jiajia doesn't expect to be your girlfriend. She is very satisfied as she is now." As she spoke, her body moved, and there was a spring light.
I have to say that she was very discerning. Knowing that Li Mu didn't want to talk about this topic, she turned to other aspects and started introducing her and her family.
My understanding is similar to that of Li Mu, but more detailed. His father left early, and his mother loved playing cards and gambling, and was very snobbish. Deng Jiajian was able to finish college by relying on student loans and working part-time jobs, without spending much money from the family.
The family has no money to support her.
My brother graduated from junior high school, but his grades were too poor to go to high school. Then he became a street gangster and didn't work. Instead of asking for money from home, he would ask for money every day.
The family didn't have much money, so everything was going crazy. Deng Jiajia grew up in such an environment.
She has just graduated this year and has a pretty good job, but she is just an ordinary employee. With the little salary she gets, she not only has to pay back her student loan and rent, but she also has to support her family.
It took me so long to graduate, and not only did I not have any savings in my hands, I was actually very tight.
It is simply an enhanced version of Panshengmei in this world.
Li Mu suddenly understood why she went to the bar to sell drinks in the future. If she hadn't met him today, it would have been hard to tell the outcome.
Probably out of desperation, I broke the jar and didn't care anymore.
Reality is sometimes so helpless and crueler than imagination.
This can also explain why when she met Duan Xifeng, who was honest, responsible and successful in his career, she held on to him desperately. She had no choice but to do so. This was the only possible turning point in her life.
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After introducing the situation, Deng Jiajia said with some shyness and low self-esteem: "Brother Li, I only dated one boyfriend. At that time, my brother came to me to ask for money. After he learned about our family's situation, his attitude changed drastically and we talked for a few times.
We broke up after a month."
"We haven't had a few times in total. I'm clean. This is also the first time I've been drinking there. If you don't believe me, you can check. I don't want to leave a bad impression on you. Brother Li, do you believe me?"
As he spoke, he looked over with a look of longing and apprehension.
Li Mu sighed. In such a family environment, there is no room for stupidity and sweetness. It is normal to have some scheming, and you should not be too demanding.
He hugged the soft body in his arms, leaned into her ear and said softly: "I believe you."
Deng Jiajia's eyes suddenly turned red, a few crystal tears fell down, and she threw herself into his arms and started crying.
It's touching, it's relief, it's trust, it's reliance... these are the things she has always longed for but is hard to get.
Li Mu felt a little pity and helplessness, caressing her tender and smooth skin, and said a few words of comfort.
Maybe she went to bed too late last night, exercised too much, and was too tired, so she fell into a deep sleep after a while.
Li Mu got up again, dressed and washed, had breakfast in the hotel restaurant, and went to the pharmacy downstairs.
When he returned to the guest room, Deng Jiajia was already up.
"Why don't you sleep a little longer? I see you are quite tired."
Deng Jiajia's face turned red: "No need, Brother Mu, I have to go to work soon!"
Li Mu said no more and handed the things over. I bought this for you.
Deng Jiajia suddenly became a little silent and took the medicine blankly, as if somewhat reluctantly.
Looking at her appearance, Li Mu said: "What? You're not afraid of getting pregnant!"
Deng Jiajia lowered her head shyly and said softly: "If Brother Mu is willing, I will listen to you."
Li Mu walked over and patted her perky buttocks: "What are you talking about! You are still young. Don't think you have met true love when you see someone. The consequences of pregnancy are not as good as you think."
"Yes." Deng Jiajia nodded lightly and then took the medicine obediently.
The two exchanged mobile phone numbers and sent Deng Jiajia to the hotel restaurant for breakfast. Li Mu checked the time, took a taxi and left. He also had to go to work today.
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A few days have passed, and Pixel Bird finally passed the review two days ago and was launched on major domestic and foreign platforms.
However, the imagined hot scene did not appear, and after two days, there were only sporadic downloads on major platforms.
This made Li Mu realize one thing, "The aroma of wine is also afraid of the depth of the alley", and early publicity is essential.
Once it has a certain popularity base, if the game has a good reputation, it will enter a virtuous cycle through spontaneous publicity from players.
The key is the popularity base.
Now, the popularity of Pixel Bird is basically zero. There are no players and no one even knows about this game, so there is no talk of spreading it.
Alas! Li Mu sighed, it seemed that the only option was to spend money.
His current total net worth is only more than 200,000 yuan, which is not much. It is enough for small-scale promotion.
I went to the bank and exchanged 25,000 US dollars, and found four or five game bloggers abroad.
These bloggers don’t have many fans, but their stickiness is very high; they usually review unpopular niche games, which just fits Pixel Bird’s positioning.
After all, each blogger costs US$5,000 to publish several reviews and promotions about Pixel Bird. It’s not cheap, but it’s not expensive either.
Using the same routine in China, I spent 80,000 yuan to identify seven relatively unpopular mobile game bloggers and uploaders, and each posted several reviews and promotions of Pixel Bird.
This kind of transaction may seem complicated, but it is actually very simple. There are specialized processes online and professional intermediary platforms.
…
Things went very smoothly. Thanks to the small-scale promotion by bloggers and up owners, it aroused the curiosity of countless niche game enthusiasts, and the number of downloads of Pixel Bird increased steadily.
Half a month has passed since the round of promotion ended, and the number of downloads of Pixel Bird across all platforms has officially exceeded one million.
At this point, although the promotion was gone, the number of downloads of Pixel Bird increased instead of decreasing. Li Mu knew that the foundation of this game's popularity was already there.
Next, the number of downloads of the game will snowball, getting bigger and bigger, until it exceeds tens of millions, tens of millions or even hundreds of millions.
Seeing that the game was on track, Li Mu put all his thoughts back and went out early and came back late every day, staying at the training ground of Shangdong Club.
In addition to spending part of his time instructing students, he spends more time practicing Xingyiquan Kung Fu. Sometimes he also exchanges his experiences with the club's Tai Chi, Bagua, and Bajiquan head coaches to learn by analogy.
I gained a lot in a short period of time, and my skills became more and more integrated, like an arm and a finger.
Li Mu worked so hard that he wished he could practice from morning to night all day long. It wasn't because he was diligent, but because the temptation was great enough.
One of the rewards that must be given in the first two worlds is to bring the exercise effects of the film and television world to reality. In reality, Li Mu is too lazy, and he does not stay long at each time, so he does not have enough time to exercise.
If you train hard for two years in this world and bring the results of these two years of training into reality through rewards, the results will be simply beautiful.
Desire has always been the driving force for human development, and Li Mu agrees with this view.
It's just that desires come in different sizes. Some accomplished people have greater desires, while ordinary people have small desires.
Of course, desire can also be said to be ideals, ambitions and goals, which are the same thing, but in a different way, more pleasant, inspiring, and lofty.
If you have a very self-disciplined and hard-working person next to you, how much perseverance do you think it takes to persevere? How hard it is!
In fact, people enjoy it.
Because he has bigger goals and ambitions, sleeping in, reading novels, watching videos...these small desires of ordinary people are too little attractive to them.
Compared with the big desires they have, this small desire has long been covered up, not worth mentioning, and unattractive.
For example, some people are unable to lose weight and feel that they do not have the willpower to lose weight.
But, you just have too little motivation and desire to lose weight.
If your goddess told you that she would marry you if you lost as many pounds as you wanted, would you still find it difficult to lose weight?
very easy!
Because the desire to marry the goddess is greater than your desire not to exercise, you will no longer feel how hard it is to lose weight.
For example, some people like to sleep in late and would not get up early even if the sky fell.
It's just that the desire to get up is greater than the desire to sleep in.
At this time, if someone tells you that if you get up at six o'clock, you can receive a reward of 100,000 yuan every day.
Will you still sleep in? Will you still be unable to get up?
No, your desire for money has overshadowed your desire to sleep in. You are looking forward to getting up at six o'clock every day to receive a reward of 100,000 yuan! Why do you care about sleeping in?
In ancient times, why did some court officials defile themselves and act greedy for sex or money?
Just to reassure the emperor or superiors. Show him your desires. I am good at money, sex, and wine.
Usually, people whose performance is less than perfect are easier for the emperor to trust, promote and reuse.
On the contrary, it is difficult for those who are honest, fair, selfless, and seemingly perfect to be the most respected ministers.
Because the emperor doesn’t know where your desires lie, even if you are not tempted by beauty and wealth, there must be higher-level desires and pursuits. It would be bad if you have the desire to replace them!
There are many such examples, for example: Duke Zhou was afraid of the Rumor Day, but Wang Mang was humble and did not usurp the throne.
Before Wang Mang usurped the throne, he behaved like a perfect man, without any selfishness or desire.
But they usurped the throne.
Why did Wang Mang behave so perfectly before usurping the throne? Because money, beauty, all kinds of selfish desires, these small desires are nothing compared to the big desires and big goals in his heart.
These small desires were easily suppressed, not by perseverance, but by the larger desires and goals in my heart.
Therefore, when you see some very self-disciplined and hard-working people in reality, don’t think they are suffering or tired.
Because people have bigger goals and desires, this small pain and tiredness has already been covered up, and they can't feel it at all, and they even enjoy it.
So, how to succeed, find yourself a big goal, a big desire, and believe in it.
If an ordinary person sets big goals and ambitions for himself and starts taking action, then he is no longer ordinary.
If you can do this, you will become a self-disciplined and hard-working person in everyone's eyes.