Chapter 156 Leave a way out for yourself (Month 4)
Kuang Longfei paused for a moment, but he did not look back. He just waved his hand and said with a smile: "Forget it! Now that the wingman's mission has been completed, it's time to return! I don't have money to go to the bar to spend the day and drink, and I'm meeting a beautiful woman!"
"
After saying that, he left without looking back. He really left.
Zhang Rui was left standing there alone, squinting at Kuang Longfei who was walking further and further away, "Interesting... are there really cats that don't eat fish?"
She whispered to herself with interest.
…
We haven't seen each other for a few days. After checking in and entering the theater, Sun Quan opened his right arm and patted Yuan Shuiqing on the shoulder. When Yuan Shuiqing looked over in confusion, he pointed to his arm and said softly: "Come here!"
In the dark theater, one could not see whether Yuan Shuiqing was blushing or not, but she hesitated for a moment and leaned into his arms obediently.
When the movie started, the two of them leaned against each other and couldn't help but whisper.
Sun Quan: "Have you missed me these days?"
Yuan Shuiqing: "No!"
"Do not believe!"
"hehe."
After a while, Yuan Shuiqing asked him, "What's going on with Kuang Longfei? Why did you bring him here tonight? Do you two have a good relationship?"
Sun Quan: "It's not bad! Hehe, if I hadn't brought him tonight, we would have had the opportunity to watch a movie here and enjoy such a warm and romantic time?"
"Ah……"
Yuan Shuiqing chuckled, "So you deliberately brought him to deal with Xiao Ari tonight?"
Sun Quan rubbed his head against hers, "The effect is great, isn't it?"
Yuan Shuiqing: "You! What about the future? Do you plan to take him with you every time in the future?"
Sun Quan: "If the situation requires it, the wingman should be dispatched!"
"Wingman?" Yuan Shuiqing was a little puzzled, but then he seemed to understand, "You treat others as your wingman? Is that what you do if they agree?"
"He has to agree even if he agrees, and he has to agree even if he doesn't agree. Who makes him my store manager now! Hehe."
"Store manager? What kind of store manager is he?"
…
When Yuan Shuiqing learned from Sun Quan that he had signed Kuang Longfei and planned to open a branch, Yuan Shuiqing was silent for a while and suddenly asked softly: "Sun Quan, you should be well paid for writing novels, right? Opening a braised chicken restaurant has already distracted your energy.
Well, why do you still open a branch? You can’t make enough money.”
The constantly changing images on the big screen in the theater caused the light in the theater to flicker. At this time, these flickering lights reflected on Sun Quan's face, making his face look uncertain.
And his voice when answering Yuan Shuiqing's question was also a little low, "Oh! Flowers are not as red as a thousand days, and people are not as good as a hundred days! Yes, my current book manuscript fee is okay, but... you don't know that we writers
A saying that was once very popular in the circle..."
Yuan Shuiqing turned her face slightly, looked at his face curiously, and asked, "What are you talking about?"
Sun Quan: "Writing novels is a dead end!"
Yuan Shuiqing: "..."
After a moment of silence, Yuan Shuiqing raised her hand and patted the back of his hand, comforting him softly: "Don't be afraid, I have money. If you don't make much money writing novels in the future, I can support you."
Sun Quan smiled, and of course he was a little moved.
At the same time, it still feels a bit unreal. Yuan Shuiqing, a beautiful and talented student, actually said that he can be raised in the future?
What did she see in me?
He didn't ask about the doubts in his heart, but said: "So, I have to prepare a way out for myself while I can still earn some royalties. People who don't have long-term worries must have short-term worries! There are no five insurances and one housing fund when writing novels.
, there is no guarantee, who knows when no one will read the novel I wrote? Right?
Hey, do you know what is the saddest thing?"
Yuan Shuiqing: "What?"
Sun Quan: “It’s when you waste your youth in this industry that you suddenly realize that you are going to be eliminated by this industry, and you have to change careers, but...a bad old man in his thirties or forties is out of touch with society because he writes online articles.
After many years, I have no other skills and no social connections. What can I change my career? I go out to sweep the streets. I guess my body, which is damaged by staying up late and coding for many years, can’t sweep the streets. So I have to prepare with both hands and learn to walk on two legs. In that case
, even if one day in the future, no one reads the novel I wrote, at least I will still have a few braised chicken shops that can support the two of us, hehe, don’t you think so?"
Yuan Shuiqing looked at him and said, "I agree with everything else you said, but as a rotten old man in his thirties or forties... can you speak more seriously?"
"ha……"
Sun Quan laughed and touched her head, "Why are you so serious? Are you tired? When you are not with me, I am either facing the computer or having guests all day long, or I am cooking in the kitchen.
My life is already very boring. It’s rare for me to come out and be serious, and it makes me feel miserable just thinking about it!”
Yuan Shuiqing did not refute him this time. After a few seconds of silence, she rubbed Sun Quan's head with her head and said softly: "What you said makes sense, okay! Since you like to talk nonsense, then you can say it! Oh, now
It's quite interesting to think about it. Maybe one day in the future, you suddenly stop talking like this, and I won't be used to it! Haha."
Sun Quan also laughed.
After a while, Yuan Shuiqing said: "Do you have enough money to open a branch? If not, can I get you some?"
Sun Quan tilted his head to look at her and asked curiously: "How much can you get me?"
Really just out of curiosity.
Yuan Shuiqing thought for a moment, "Is tens of thousands of dollars enough?"
Sun Quan blinked and asked again: "You only have tens of thousands on hand?"
This time Yuan Shuiqing also looked at him and looked at him at close range. Sun Quan saw the smile in her eyes, and then heard her say: "There is still a little more, how much do you want?"
From the smile in her eyes, Sun Quan estimated that she must have seen that he wanted to test her little coffers, so he laughed, stopped asking, put his right hand on her shoulder and patted her, saying: "Not yet.
You need to use your funds, but... I estimate that banknotes may depreciate significantly in the next two years. If you have a lot of funds on hand, I suggest you buy something to preserve value. It is best not to keep too much funds on hand.
In the bank account!”
After all, it was his daughter. Sun Quan suddenly thought of the currency devaluation in the next two years. He hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but remind Yuan Shuiqing.
Yuan Shuiqing smiled and said, "Do you still understand this?"
Sun Quan: "It's just too much to think about. In recent years, the country has repeatedly emphasized that the economy must have a soft landing and not a hard landing. So how can we achieve a soft landing? You are a top student at the University of Science and Technology. You should think more about it.
You can figure it out!"
Yuan Shuiqing was silent for a little longer this time.
After a while, she nodded slightly, "Okay! I will carefully consider your suggestion when I get back. What you said seems to make sense. I will wait until I go back to collect some economic data in recent years and analyze it in detail!"
When Yuan Shuiqing said these words calmly, Sun Quan suddenly felt the aura of a top student in her, and he suddenly realized the gap in their IQs.
She is a top female student who was admitted to the University of Science and Technology.
In comparison, his college degree was not enough in front of her.
This hurt his self-esteem a little, so he suddenly slapped her in the face.
"Yeah, what are you doing?"
Yuan Shuiqing was caught off guard and was startled.
Sun Quan: "You are mine!"
"puff……"
Yuan Shuiqing was amused.
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After returning from the date, 99 Braised Chicken had closed. Sun Quan went upstairs after washing up, turned on the computer, and prepared to code.
Tonight's appointment was delayed for several hours, but it was only 9 o'clock now, and he still had enough time to code two chapters. At worst, he would have to sleep a little longer tomorrow morning. Anyway, the business of the store has been handed over to Kuang Longfei, and he has already finished it.
I completely detach myself from specific business matters.
There are only two days in this month, and in two more days, February will end.
Sun Quan was afraid that in the last two days, his boat would capsize in the gutter and someone would blow him up, so the first thing he did when he turned on his computer was to check Qidian's monthly vote list.
At a glance, "My Decathlon" was still ranked fourth. He smiled and felt relieved.
But the next second, the smile froze on his face.
Because he suddenly noticed that the total number of monthly votes for Tomato's "Legend of the Flying Knife" was only about a hundred votes behind his "My Decathlon".
At that time, Sun Quan's heart sank.
He knew that it was terrible. It was not the middle of February, but the end of the month. If it were the middle of February, most of the readers would have already voted out their monthly votes and would not have any votes, so the growth rate of monthly votes for each book would be very slow.
But things are different at the end of the month. After nearly a month of paid reading, many readers have already consumed one or two monthly passes. There are many such readers. Therefore, under normal circumstances, in the last few days at the end of the month, the growth rate of monthly passes for most books from the starting point will change.
It should be about the same as at the beginning of the month, and it can increase by hundreds of votes every minute.
And a popular work like "Legend of the Flying Knife" can increase hundreds or even thousands of votes every minute.
Therefore, the gap between "Legend of the Flying Knife" and his "My Decathlon" is now only a hundred votes, which immediately set off alarm bells in Sun Quan's heart.
No! Not a wake-up call! It should be a death knell.
He remembered that this evening, Tomato's "Legend of the Flying Knife" had more than 500 votes less than his "My Decathlon". He went out to eat at a buffet and watched a movie, and he got more than 400 votes.
Votes, do you still have any doubts about the next ending?
After being ranked fourth on the overall list for more than half a month, you were demoted in the last two days?
Sun Quan's face looked a little ugly.
He clicked on "Legend of Flying Knives" and saw at a glance that the title of the latest chapter of "Legend of Flying Knives" was - "Please vote for me at the end of the month!"
I have been posting about Tomato Buddha for nearly a month, and at the end of the month I finally posted a single chapter asking for monthly votes.
But the power of a single chapter of his monthly ticket is so fierce.
Can you stop him?
Sun Quan frowned, feeling unsure. Then, slowly, he moved his gaze upwards and stared at the currently ranked third "Storm Mecha", the work of the Great Holy Skeleton.
Currently, the total number of monthly votes for "Storm Mecha" is more than 600 more than his "My Decathlon". Hesitatingly, he clicked on the page of "Storm Mecha" and then clicked on the catalog of "Storm Mecha"
page to view updates to this book in recent days.
As a result, as he looked at it, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
The Holy Skeleton, who was as fierce as a tiger some time ago... has actually been ill these past few days.
The latest updates for "Storm Mecha" for two consecutive days only have one chapter...