Chapter Three Hundred and Fifty Eight: Flip the Brand
Pearl walked into the spacious and tall Xinhua Bookstore a little hesitantly.
To be honest, after she graduated from high school and stopped going to school, she never stepped through the door of a bookstore again.
There are a few books at home, but aren’t those pirated copies bought randomly from street stalls?
Moreover, if you have nothing to do, what kind of hobbies and pastimes are you doing? Isn’t the farm work at home heavy? With parents like her, she gets up early and works hard every day just to save more money, so that she can have a say, so that her parents will not give up everything just for three melons and two jujubes.
Marry yourself.
It took ten years to finally marry Dacheng, and the sadness of it cannot be described in detail. But after getting married, I was still under a lot of pressure, my younger brothers and sisters were all in school, the family was in debt, and my father-in-law was in poor health...
In short, life seems to be in hard mode all the time.
In this case, hobbies and leisure are luxuries.
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But now, the high-spirited Pearl has forgotten the previous hardships and hardships. She always feels that life is getting better day by day, and the future is becoming more and more hopeful.
She has already discussed with Dacheng that she will return to the village at the end of the year and pay off all her debts. Then she will bring her parents to the imperial capital and live in this big courtyard. There are so many rooms anyway, so they can be separated by the end of the year.
And his own son.
As a mother, how can you not want to have children?
Sometimes when I make a phone call, I feel like I hear my son crying on the other end. The child is weak and the conditions in the village are not good. They have been working in the imperial capital for only half a year, and their son has been admitted to the clinic twice.
It's not a big problem, but the smaller the problem is, the more worried she will be as a mother - if she hadn't been born prematurely...
Fortunately, her father-in-law and mother-in-law took care of the children, and Pearl felt relieved.
…
She sits and works with a group of aunts and ladies in the imperial capital every day, and knows a lot of news.
Especially I have more ideas about the quality of teaching. My younger brother Xiaohai is almost in the third grade of junior high school now.
Pearl thought, even if her grades were good, what would happen if she became the best in their small place and became a phoenix? Maybe she would not be among the top ten in the class if she really went to a big city to take the exam.
Therefore, Pearl also had the idea to bring her little brother over. Now they can make money. At worst, they can enroll in two cram schools so that their children can go to school well.
This younger brother is much more considerate than Lu Li.
Pearl had some things to say. She would rather throw all her money at Lu Hai than spend a dime on Lu Li.
Of course, she doesn't care if the parents-in-law save their own money.
She has been living such a comfortable life, but she will not imitate others and make herself uncomfortable by looking for trouble.
…
Another point is that the old Lu family doesn't know what's going on, but they feel that the children have a bright future in their studies.
Let’s talk about Dacheng. Who in the past ten miles and eight towns did as well as he did in the exam?
If not...
Besides, even if Lu Li and Pearl don't like each other anymore, their achievements are real.
For example, if students in poor areas are admitted with lower scores, then the scores will be lowered. Where is the base number?
And my younger brother Lu Hai is now going to school in the town, and his grades are among the best.
She was also holding back her anger.
——Didn’t my sister-in-law say that her brother’s grades were nothing special? Wasn’t he always proud that he was admitted to the University of Ming Dynasty?
She tried her best to cultivate Xiaohai no matter what!
If you go to college and show your ability, who do you look down on?
As a rural girl, she only washes clothes and brushes shoes at home. What else does she do? Xiaohai knows how to help in the fields at such a young age, so she is too embarrassed to be an older sister.
Of course.
She would not say this to Dacheng's face. Even if they were not siblings, Pearl would secretly mutter in her heart.
snort!
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The first floor of the bookstore is filled with teaching materials, and the second floor is filled with various novels and magazines. Pearl slowly walked upstairs and found many people sitting on the steps.
Almost everyone was holding a book and reading attentively.
Pearl knew that in a large bookstore like Imperial City, there would be no clerks from morning to night, so she became even more careful not to disturb the customers who were reading around her.
Look at the sign again and go directly to the magazine area.
It is indeed a big bookstore. It has all kinds of magazines and takes up three shelves.
Pearl was picking through the sections of decoration magazines, reading this one or that one, but she didn't know which one to buy at the moment.
Seeing that the pictures printed on the coated paper were so beautiful, she couldn't help but fantasize about her future house... Now she just gritted her teeth and picked up five copies.
What do you do to make money? Don’t you have to be able to spend it when you make money?
She searched around and picked out a book that taught how to make home-cooked meals.
There are several ways to make buns and dumplings, including wrapping the dumplings into hedgehogs and wrapping the buns into gourds.
This pearl is really not good at it.
No wonder everyone talks about reading more.
She quickly hugged the magazine in her arms, turned around again, and almost bumped into the young man reading next to her, so she quickly turned sideways.
Seeing the young man frowning, he was not affected at all at the moment and was concentrating on a magazine in his hand.
"youth"
Pearl gradually put down the "Reader" in her hand.
This, this magazine is read so seriously, it must be very interesting, right?
She dug through it twice and found that a story could be serialized for many issues, and it was hard to choose any one at the moment... You couldn't just buy it from the first issue, right?
Even if she wanted to buy it, this bookstore didn’t have it.
But if you read it half-heartedly, she won’t be able to adapt to it at all, as she has never followed the series.
While he was flipping around and hesitating, two girls suddenly came over. Seeing him looking everywhere, they quickly lowered their voices and asked:
"Sister, which issue of the magazine are you looking for?"
"ah……"
Pearl was a little embarrassed, her cheeks slightly red: "I...I just..."
The girl looked at her and smiled thoughtfully at this moment: "Do you want to read the book "The Best Sister-in-law"? I have read every issue. Which story do you want to read? I will tell you which issue it is in.
Yeah? If you haven’t read it, you can start from the March issue.”
The girls were a little extra enthusiastic. Pearl didn't know that this was the excitement of the readers who followed the series and found the same people, nor did she know that it was the sense of joy that being successful in Amway brought to people.
The other party thought for a while, then suddenly smiled evilly and took out another pink magazine from the side of the bookshelf.
"Sister, if you really like reading, I suggest you hold this magazine and compare the two. It's very interesting!"
If it wasn't for this reason, who would be willing to spend money to buy this hot chick "Girls"?
…
Pearl opened it and took a look - it cost five yuan a copy!
From March to now, it would cost dozens of dollars... She was inevitably hesitant.
"It doesn't matter."
Seemingly sensing her mood, the other party said: "Back issues of the magazine are available at a discount and don't cost much, but Xiao Bailian's story is really well written. You must read it!"
One of them was holding a copy of "The Floating World" in their hands: "If you can, you can even start from her first serialization in October last year."
It's a pity that there are only this year's journals on the bookshelf now.
Pearl also breathed a sigh of relief - she really wanted to buy it from last year, but she couldn't bear to part with so many copies.
The two girls were talking about sex, and now the plot was revealed. Pearl was holding a lot of books and felt dizzy.
It took me a long time to walk to the cashier in confusion.
When she checked out, she found that she had taken ten copies of the expired magazines. Five copies of "Youth" and five copies of "Girls". Fortunately, after the discount, she only spent thirty yuan, which made her feel a little better.
so far so good……
In contrast, Dacheng's decoration magazines are more expensive.
A copy costs nineteen yuan, but after looking at the pictures of coated paper and various introductions inside, Pearl gritted her teeth and paid the price.
I went out to the bookstore and easily lost one or two hundred yuan.
When she walked out, Pearl couldn't help but shake her head: No wonder everyone said that studying costs money.
Fortunately, there weren't many tutoring materials in Xiaocheng, otherwise she couldn't help but feel a little nervous when she looked at the densely packed tutoring materials on the first floor.
Just now I was thinking about putting in all the effort to cultivate Xiaohai... I didn't expect that it would be so difficult to cultivate students in big cities...
This pressure is too much!
…
It took her a long time to return home, carrying a heavy stack of books.
Dacheng was still cleaning up the shed in the corner of the yard, and Pearl didn't say much, just shouted:
"I bought the magazine for you."
Then he went back to the room.
Dacheng responded casually and now stepped up to do the work in hand.
Pearl originally planned to take some time to bring all the aunts who were helping over to identify the place, and they would start working here tomorrow.
After all, after the group rental house was no longer rented, the landlord across the street kept asking about it. They had a lot of people making buns today.
At this moment, Pearl was just glad that she had moved in time.
But the sun is quite bright outside, so I guess I haven't finished working over there yet, and will probably have to work until about eight o'clock in the evening.
There was still time, so she opened the book "Youth" with great interest.
The two little girls talked so well, and the name was "The Best Sister-in-law". When she heard this name, Pearl's heart skipped a beat, wasn't she just a sister-in-law?
Now I couldn’t wait to open the magazine and read it——
How do you call it the best?
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Lu Li was still staring at the screen in the Internet cafe, constantly refreshing the page.
Her novel has been reviewed and successfully published.
A total of 30,000 words, I put them all in one go. Then I took advantage of this time to type out 10,000 words non-stop to keep the manuscript.
However, from the time the review was passed until now, it has been refreshing for more than ten minutes, and there is not a single click.
This made her feel a little anxious.
But it was already the afternoon of the second day, and she had already spent dozens of dollars in the Internet cafe, not to mention eating and drinking.
In two days, the school will ask students on vacation to leave the campus.
Before that, she had to find a way to arrange her own place to live... She couldn't stay in this Internet cafe for a long time!
After refreshing again, there were still zero clicks. Lu Li couldn't help but hammer the table in frustration.
The next moment, the familiar penguin jumped up.
She hesitated, but finally clicked it.
The person who sent the message was her former magazine editor, who was urging her:
"Where's the new novel? Why haven't you written it yet?"
After this period of struggle, Lu Li had to admit that the other party really planned to default on the royalties.
After all, the royalties for her first novel have not been settled until now.
The total amount was only 1,700 yuan. Obviously, Ding Wei’s first book cost 6,000 yuan, and it was paid as soon as it was announced.
As for the publication that the editor promised before, even if she has no life experience, she can no longer let go of the pie drawn by others...
After such a long time, you should know something.
Especially during this period of time when I was wandering around the forum, I became aware of the magazine’s notoriety and the denunciations of several authors.
Lu Li made up her mind at this moment and typed a few words in the dialog box: I won't write anymore.
But then, the entered characters were erased one by one, and she wrote again: "I have no money and can't enter the Internet cafe."
The other party was indeed anxious, but still refused to pay.
"What's going on with you? You don't even have the money to enter an Internet cafe. You can find other part-time jobs during this period. If you have manuscripts, give them to me immediately. Don't delay the magazine serialization... The manuscripts you saved before can still last for a while.
Expect."
…
The message notification stopped ringing. Lu Li thought of Ding Wei's previous reminder and felt unspeakably blocked and bloated inside.
She was unwilling to admit that she had been deceived by the magazine again and again, but she was unwilling to be a fool again.
After thinking about it for a long time, I angrily closed the page, took my ID card and went to the boss to refund the money.
——No matter what, let’s settle down first.
She now has more than 700 yuan left in her hand. This is what she has saved and saved, plus some royalties from the follow-up. She has hardly communicated with her family this semester, and even her mother's transfer was silent.
of.
Without the 400 yuan for living expenses at home, she would definitely not have 700 yuan left now.
This made Lu Li, who lost her part-time job, unable to even be strong-willed.
It also made her heart even more tormented.
But seven hundred dollars...
She looked at the housing prices in the surrounding area. There were numerous rental information on the advertising wall, and the minimum starting price was 800 yuan.
She had never rented a house before, so she didn't know that there was room for bargaining, and she didn't know that there would be cheaper places, but those were generally not posted on the rental wall.
At the moment I just feel embarrassed.
Even if she could bargain with others to 700 a month, would they be willing to rent it to students?
For two months, she couldn't even pay for the deposit and payment.
…
Lu Li stood under the advertising column for too long. The men playing chess beside her were all ready to pack up their benches and go home. Seeing that she was still standing there with a frown on her face, they asked curiously:
"Girl, what are you doing?"
Lu Li's cheeks instantly turned red.
She hesitated for a long time, then whispered: "I, I want to find a cheap house to live in for two months."
"Oh." The uncle understood immediately.
"Are you coming to the Imperial City to find a job? It's hard to find a job at this time. It's a holiday and there are many students. You are a little girl, so you should find a better community and be safer."
Lu Li's ears turned red.
Not shy, but angry - she is obviously a student, how can she look like she is here to work?
So he quickly said: "I am a student at Mingda University."
…
Mingda’s signboard is really useful. The uncle was immediately stunned and quickly tapped his forehead with a cattail leaf fan:
"Look at me, I look so old!"
He thought: "Girl, if you really have no money and no place to go, I know that there are several garages in our community that are rented out. There is a faucet at the door of the garage, which is the toilet. You have to use the public toilet in the community."
"But..."
The uncle said with all his heart: "Many people from out of town are willing to rent a garage like this. They can just put up a bed and live in it. And it's cheap, only more than 100 yuan a month."
The uncle can see very clearly that the little girl has been here for a long time and has not even thought of going to see what the house is like. She must be short of money.
He mentioned this because he was a student at Ming University.
Otherwise, everyone in the old family home would be united, and no one would like outsiders to stay in the community.
…
Lu Li really never thought about this possibility. She was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said:
"Thank you, I...can I go and have a look?"
"Go on, go on," the uncle pointed at the cattail leaf fan in the distance: "Go through the iron gate in front. You can tell the guard. You can show him your student ID card. We don't like people in the society.
It’s not safe to stay in the community...”
As he said that, the old man shook his cattail leaf fan, held the horse in one hand, and walked back slowly.
Lu Li looked carefully at the location where she was staying, and then at the two Internet cafes next to her. She couldn't help but feel excited.
It's really hard to find summer jobs now, and there are even fewer that include accommodation, unless you work as a waiter in a hotel.
But when she was a college student, she always felt that she was overqualified for her talents... Lu Lisi thought about it, maybe she might as well rent a garage by herself and write novels in an Internet cafe every day.
It's a pity that no one will find her as a tutor this semester. Otherwise, how would she live in the garage? She can even afford to rent an apartment.
She looked at the sky, then hurried forward and decided to pick a place to live.
…
At the same time, Ding Wei and Chen Siyu were already paralyzed on the big sofa in Bai Shanshan's house.
"So comfortable, so comfortable..." Chen Siyu was lying on the sofa with ice cream in her mouth and didn't want to move.
On the opposite wall, a large 75-inch TV was playing foreign movies, all of which she had never seen.
The air conditioner is blowing cold air...this is a magical day!
Looking around again, there is a spacious living room, a cleverly designed dining room, and several bedrooms...
"I really hate you white, rich and beautiful people for calling this house a small flat... If I can have one in my life, I won't have any requirements in this life."
At this moment, her heart always felt filled with lemons.
Ding Wei also nodded: "Yes, a small flat floor. A small flat floor of more than 170 square meters."
Woohoo, so sour.
Chen Siyu was even more speechless.
Why are you, a person with a house, upset here?
Thinking about it, the house I rented during the winter vacation was Weiwei's, and now I'm renting Shanshan's house... Oh my god, why is this character so good?
Since Weiwei only lived in that house for about ten days, Weiwei refused to pay the rent.
But this summer vacation, I must live here all the time. Chen Siyu mentioned the rent before, but Bai Shanshan didn't answer at all.
At this moment, she could only pat her chest and solemnly promise: "Shanshan, don't worry, I won't live in vain! I will take care of the hygiene and housework."
Bai Shanshan:......
Ding Wei was holding back laughter beside her.
Chen Siyu was stunned for a while, and then said depressedly: "What's that look in your eyes? Do I know how to keep my words? And even if my cooking isn't very delicious, it's still pretty good."
After thinking about it, I really didn't have confidence in my cooking skills, so I quickly added: "Isn't it okay if I can eat enough without getting sick? The worst case... the worst case is that I invite you to go to a restaurant to eat together."
Bai Shanshan said carefully:
“Housekeeping will come to clean the house every day, and three meals a day will be delivered to the hotel nearby...”
She was a little embarrassed: "After all, we made a temporary decision to live here, and I thought you might not like other people coming over, so my brother and sister-in-law didn't arrange regular staff and nannies..."
"No no no no no!"
Chen Siyu quickly took a breath and swallowed the ball of ice cream stuck in her throat. At this moment, she frantically waved her hands to intercept Bai Shanshan's unfinished words.
"It's enough, it's enough."
She pressed her chest tightly: "I still know nothing about the life of the rich."
"So..." She turned around and thought again: "Actually, as long as I control the quality of the clothes well, if they are more expensive, there shouldn't be a shortage of people to buy them."
"Just find the right location."
Ding Wei casually flipped through the channels with the remote control. She hadn't watched TV for a long time and found it very interesting to flip through hundreds of channels.
"Chanel and Dior are so expensive, but sales have never been low in any year. Even if you don't have a brand, you can start from scratch and slowly build a reputation."
"There is only a heart that cannot be moved, and there is no money that cannot be spent."
This is what I said...
——It’s just too much for the capitalist Chen Siyu!
Capital Siyu immediately decided, ran back to the bedroom, and calculated the costs with a calculator.
She had been optimistic about a batch of goods for a long time, but unfortunately the purchase price was a little high. If she wanted to sell it, the price might not be able to come down.
So I hesitated.
Seeing that she was about to make a decision in the next two days, after listening to Ding Wei's words, she decided to give it a try.
Pinfensiyu's ambitions have grown. It no longer only wants customers to become repeat customers, but also wants them to think of quality first when they mention their store!
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"By the way, Weiwei..."
Bai Shanshan came over and said, "Have you read that "Girls" magazine? The heroine in it had a fierce conflict with her sister-in-law and her family, so she left home angrily..."
"Do you think Lu Li also had a falling out with her family?"
Chen Siyu went back to the room, and Bai Shanshan dared to ask her about the story written by Xiao Bailian - well, it is so difficult to hide secrets between two sisters.
Ding Wei nodded: "Probably."
"I haven't heard from her about buying tickets this year. The class monitor asked us to sign up and buy tickets, but she didn't make any move... I guess she doesn't plan to go back."
"As for the breakup...it broke up last year, but after all, she is still in school, and her mother can't say that she has completely broken off the relationship now, and they are just living in a neutral relationship."
Bai Shanshan has her own opinion on this point:
"As for her, if you want to say she is a treacherous person, from a legal perspective, she is not."
"But she is always biased. She can still be beautiful by herself. Once there are others around her, she will immediately find a control group. She will not give in until she puts others down... But in this world, capable people
There are so many, who can overwhelm whom?"
"No one who is a great leader in scientific research dares to say that he is the best in the world. I really don't know where the fighting spirit comes from... The reincarnation of a big rooster."
Bai Shanshan usually looks down on her, but now her analysis is clear.
…
This metaphor...Ding Wei suddenly laughed.
"Actually, it's not easy for her."
"It's hard to have a good son from a poor family. Going all the way from a small mountain village to the University of Ming Dynasty requires a lot of hard work."
That's why Ding Wei always wanted to say more at the beginning.
Bai Shanshan was unconvinced and said: "Didn't my score come from a real test? So many tutors bombarded me intensively, I almost died."
"It's different." Ding Wei looked at her and smiled tolerantly.
When she first went to school, she couldn't afford to buy the materials for Level 4 and Level 6. I'm afraid Shanshan wouldn't understand the difficulty and embarrassment of studying.
"We are all from the same school, what's so great about it?"
Bai Shanshan doesn't think this is an excuse: "Originally, I saw her telling you how to save money and live a life, and I thought she was very enthusiastic and not coy. It felt good! Who knew that she was looking for a sense of presence here."
She is the most picky about people. Regardless of various reasons, she only looks at the other person's behavior and style.
After Bai Shanshan muttered, she asked enthusiastically:
"Sigh... I think she plans to publish her novel online, so she should go to your website, right? You said that if I find out later that you are the owner of the website... wow, that would be a lot of fun."
She was still thinking: "Then do you have to ask the editor for advice? Look at her name from the backstage and don't let her become famous, otherwise she will be criticized when the time comes, and you will be criticized for this kind of problem and that kind of problem.
Readers of the website will be taken to other platforms...that would be bad."
Bai Shanshan objectively commented: "Although there are traces of plagiarism and blending in her books, it is undeniable that the conflicts are intensive and the book is straightforward, which is actually very popular with young readers."
"That won't work," Ding Wei waved her hand: "I didn't intend to make a profit from the beginning of this website. Since I don't even consider making a profit, why should I abandon my principles in this regard? Leave everything to the editor, I don't think so.
I’ll ask more questions.”
Bai Shanshan just made a suggestion. In fact, she didn't care much, she just wanted to gossip.
Seeing that Ding Wei was not interested at this moment, it was okay. Instead, she patted her chest and promised: "Don't worry, I have a lot of fans now, and I can support you. If she throws dirty water on you again in the future, I will hire ten or eight trolls."
The team holds her down!”
It can be described as extremely heroic.
Ding Wei:……
She suddenly regretted it, because after buying fans on Weibo, Bai Fushan seemed to have opened the door to a new world.
…
But no matter what, the sisterhood must be affirmed. Ding Wei laughed: "Okay, okay, you are my biggest support."
"Ah, by the way," she finally wanted to reveal a little secret to her good sister:
“Read more novels on the website when you have nothing to do!”
Bai Shanshan quickly took out her mobile phone: "You have to tell me, the novel above is very good. I'm following it every day."
Ding Wei looked at the books in the bookshelf on her mobile phone and smiled meaningfully:
"Little girl, you have good taste! There is a novel by Lao Wang in your bookshelf."
Bai Shanshan:......!!!
She immediately recalled the various reviews she had written before. It seemed that there were good reviews and bad reviews, some with many words and some with few words.
Oh my god, did you accidentally bump into Lao Wang’s head?
You must know that this website is all about real-name authentication, and if you are well-educated, you may not necessarily be good at writing novels. Maybe you have been criticized by yourself!
What's more, she spends money generously. She rewards any novel she thinks is well written. In the whole of June, she spent almost hundreds of thousands on the website.
Wouldn't that be more eye-catching?
Bai Shanshan hurriedly opened the bookshelf and looked at Ding Wei eagerly.
It's a pity that Ding Wei gave such a hint through the back door. Now she is smiling and refuses to say a word.
Bai Shanshan gritted her teeth and prepared to recharge again.
——Since you can’t find it, cast your net widely and get a big reward for each one!
But after thinking about it - no, even if it is real-name authentication, it is my real-name in the background. How can the author know the true identity of his readers?
I was so nervous just now.
She breathed a sigh of relief.
"Don't scare me. I'm a pure reader. I definitely have the right to evaluate whether his writing is good or not."
"I'm just reminding you..."
Ding Wei smiled maliciously: "You can read more in the new book section and search for some outstanding books. Maybe you can even check out the brands for Professor Wu from the History Department."
Bai Shanshan:......
She immediately opened the mobile app.
"I'm going to recharge right now..."
Isn't that right? If the money is in place, then the will will be in place, right? If Lao Wu and Lao Wang become famous later, as a big fan, she won't have such a difficult time studying, right?
Hey, are your days as professors so free now? Why don’t you write online articles if you have nothing to do? Can’t you write your own manuscripts and find a publishing house to publish them?
Wait a minute!
Bai Shanshan suddenly realized - she didn't make up classes like Ding Wei. What does Professor Wu from the History Department write novels have to do with her?
Turning around again, Ding Wei was already lying on the sofa laughing.
"Big money, don't stop, the new website needs fans like you!"
