When Fang Xingkai saw the title of the book, he was a little surprised. When Duan Qiao told him that Zhang Zhong had published a new book, he thought it was still a mystery novel.
Maybe he guessed wrong? Even with this title, it is a mystery novel?
However, after reading the first chapter, Fang Xingkai has determined that this is not a mystery novel, but a revealing novel, which seems to be dedicated to the secrets of "Xiangmen".
Nothing can be seen from the first chapter.
And Zhang Zhong seems to have no intention of continuing to update.
Fang Xingkai leaned back and stretched his stiff body.
He was not sure whether it was a good thing or a bad thing that Zhang Zhong did not continue writing mystery novels. After the two previous novels "Ten Little Indian Boys" and "Murder on the Orient Express" came out, many readers must have given Zhang Zhong a thumbs up in their hearts.
Rebrand yourself as a "mystery novelist".
Now that this "mystery novelist" has written a novel that is not a mystery novel, will readers buy it?
Fang Xingkai was a little worried, but he knew that his worries were not important. What was important was the feedback from readers after reading this book.
This will take some time, and we will not be able to truly see it until some chapters of this book are released.
As an editor, you need to have a keen grasp of the market, but you must not think that you have insight into the market.
In the editor's mind, one thing must always be remembered: market matters must be left to the market.
…
After Zhang Zhong finished posting the first chapter of "I am a Fortune Teller", he did not go back to sleep immediately, but started whispering again.
He usually doesn't promote his new books on Weibo, and this time is certainly no exception.
I found the photos I took for Peng Peng's album on my phone, selected the six pictures of the ugly duckling, edited them into a tweet and posted them.
At this time, many readers had just read the first chapter of "I am a Fortune Teller" and were still confused when they saw Zhang Zhong's Weiyu message.
Subconsciously, readers thought that Zhang Zhong’s latest news must be related to the new book.
But after clicking in, they were a little dumbfounded.
What catches the eye are six eye-catching pictures, which seem to be paintings.
Is this a fifth-grade vegetative painting?
This painting skill - I really can't praise it.
"Look at the pictures and talk. It's time for a short composition. Write down what you see in these six paintings. There is no limit to the length. I will select one before four o'clock tomorrow afternoon and give the creator an autographed copy.
Book."
When they saw the words written on the picture, the readers became excited, and it turned out that they were receiving benefits.
[I am in a vegetative state, can you choose a few more articles? One article is a bit stressful.]
【Yes, yes, choose a few more.】
[Choose a hundred articles, so I will have some confidence.]
【I don’t think it’s as good as those who see it, so everyone has a copy.】
[The brother above is right!]
[Oops, I haven’t written any composition since the college entrance examination. This really stumps me.]
[Contestants with perfect scores in college entrance examination essays request to compete.]
[Come on, you know how many points you will get in the essay test?]
[Ask a question, is the animal in this painting a duck? 】
[Shabi, have you seen the last painting? Can ducks fly? 】
[If it’s not a duck, what is it? A wild goose?]
【It seems to be a swan.】
[It seems like a duck turns into a swan? 】
[A duck turns into a swan? Brother, your imagination is good.]
【I realized it, now I’m going to write it!】
[Don’t leave upstairs, share it with everyone.]
…
While many people are bragging in the comment area, some readers have already begun to write short essays.
Although Peng Peng's paintings are very abstract, there are so many people who can always see the meaning they want to express in the paintings. They may not necessarily think the same as the story of the ugly duckling, and they all get the idea.
Of course, there are also some players with great ideas.
When Zhang Zhong got up the next morning, he almost spat out the porridge he had just eaten when he saw the second most popular essay.
[This is a story about evolution. Because of some unknown force, the big yellow duck that was supposed to stay peacefully among the ducks became an alternative. It mutated and became stronger! It got rid of adulthood.
The fate of being sent to a roast duck restaurant...]
What is this, a science fiction novel or a supernatural novel?
Zhang Zhong also knew that most of the netizen's intentions were to make a joke, and those netizens who liked it also liked it in a bad taste.
Fortunately, the first hot comment was much more normal. It was a long short story, probably similar to the story of the ugly duckling.
Zhang Zhong thinks this is quite interesting, and it is quite interesting to share his pleasure in looking at Peng Peng’s paintings with netizens.
However, netizens didn’t know that this was Peng Peng’s painting, and many people in the book review area were making fun of Zhang Zhong’s painting skills.
[Not even as good as my son who is in elementary school.]
[It seems that the vegetative pen can only write novels and does not have the function of drawing.]
[I just hope that next time the title will be more similar, nnd I saw the title last night and thought it was a chicken. I just finished writing the article "Chicken, you are so beautiful" and read the book review and realized it was a duck. Do you know my despair?]
【Are you upstairs laughing at me to death?】
…
In the afternoon, Zhang Zhong looked at the book review area again.
He mainly reads the hot reviews because there are so many.
The account "Writer Zhang Qianli" now has just over 8 million fans. Yesterday, there were more than 50,000 comments on this post. If he read them one by one, he would not be able to finish them all in a day.
In fact, he didn’t have to choose. The first hot comment with the most likes from book friends was the one that was most similar to the story of The Ugly Duckling.
The name of the netizen who posted the comment is "The Sunny Day After the Rain", and Zhang Zhong replied below this comment.
"Hello, I will send you a private message later. Please give me your address and I will send the book to you."
【Congratulations to the original poster!】
【Spread flowers!】
【Envy, jealousy and hatred.】
[The original poster can give my address to Vegetarian Dada. I live in XXXXX]
【It’s so fast, I haven’t started writing yet.】
After Zhang Zhong replied, he sent a private message to "The Sunny After the Rain", asking him which book he wanted and if he had any special requirements.
The other party responded quickly, saying that he wanted "Ten Little Indian Boys" and that a normal signature would be enough, with no special requirements.
However, after working for a long time, the other party did not send the address or contact information.
Zhang Zhong could only ask him again. After a while, the other party sent his address and mobile phone number.
When Zhang Zhong saw the address and mobile phone number, he rubbed his eyes in disbelief.
"Meng Mu Xiaozhu Studio, No. XX, Guogou Building, Changjiang Road, Jiangyang City, Nanhuai Province"
He was very familiar with this address because he went there almost every day.
I entered the above mobile phone number into my phone again, and sure enough, Xu Yuhan's name was displayed.