The world’s most slapping face event could be no other.
After so many little tricks, jumping up and down to provoke, the opponent finally reacted. He opened the opponent’s blog in excitement to watch. Yet the post was utterly unrelated news!
This insulted too much, right?
Even if Wen Ying’s blog only updated a “hello everyone”, it beat recommending some baffling book!
Bao Lixin fixed his eyes. “Elopement at Dawn”, the author he knew too. That hateful Song Fotang. Song Fotang proved too blind. When Bao Lixin served at Rongcheng Literature Press, Song Fotang often clashed with him as a small editor. He sniped Bao Lixin several times with yin-yang barbs!
Bao Lixin left Rongcheng Literature long ago. Still he tracked it. He knew since his exit, Ni Sisi rose from magazine chief editor to deputy chief. Song Fotang shifted from magazine small editor to publishing editor.
Song Fotang as publishing editor launched no new works for authors. Instead he used press resources to push his own book first?
Rongcheng Literature amounted to so little.
Bao Lixin eyed “Elopement at Dawn” not at all. He cursed Song Fotang a bootlicker straight.
Bao Lixin felt Wen Ying recommended Song Fotang’s new book on blog because Song Fotang licked her favour often!
Wen Ying’s readers felt a bit dazed too.
For the plagiarism, did Xiaoyu feel no anger at all?
Ah, why Xiaoyu so honest? It stirred real heartache.
Readers mulled half a day in group chat. They agreed no flood Wen Ying’s blog with comments. Feared it soured her mood. Then soured her final high school semester studies!
“Xiaoyu belongs to all. All must guard her together.”
“Yes. No comments to Xiaoyu. We comment the press. Comment Tianjiao company.”
“We can curse under Lan Jing’s blog too. After the variety show aired, she aped Xiaoyu to open a blog. This copycat mutt, always apes Xiaoyu everywhere!”
In the QQ group, readers’ chat scrolled at lightning speed.
Most netizens this year held no “cyberbullying” concept. They saw no wrong in cursing Lan Jing on her social spots. The wrong lay with Lan Jing clear!
Amid the “guard Xiaoyu” chat flood, one reader spoke weak. “I suggest you check the book Xiaoyu recommended. That ‘Elopement at Dawn’, not just the title teases. Content blasts too! I snuck through it alone like a thief. Keen to share with you all at once!”
Readers’ chat flood paused a beat.
What “Elopement at Dawn”?
How slipped in such odd thing… Oh right. Xiaoyu recommended it on blog.
The title too odd, mismatched Wen Ying’s usual image. Most readers felt Wen Ying forced to promo.
No help. Lived in a favour world. Xiaoyu held ties she could dodge not!
With such thoughts, most readers skipped Wen Ying’s latest blog content. Who thought a reader truly bought “Elopement at Dawn”. Read it through then ran to group to share afterthoughts.
Title teases. Content blasts. Keen to share?
These keywords strung together stirred odd heart move!
Some readers could not hold back. They bought “Elopement at Dawn” too. Sure enough content teased and blasted. Even a touch unfit for students… Overt depictions stayed few. Word choice, phrasing, and plots easy to flush face and quicken pulse.
No deny. Read on and it grew real engaging ha.
Those who tracked Wen Ying’s blog held not just Bao Lixin and readers. Many media reporters watched too.
Wen Ying’s blog shared daily life. Announced new book moves. Notified some sign events. Never lone recommended one book.
“Elopement at Dawn” this title snagged media reporters’ eyes at once.
Song Fotang held talent true. Before he just set talent on wrong paths.
He stood once on poems to foothold in literary circles. His word command outstripped normals!
Middle age now. Rich emotion paths turned Song Fotang’s life stock. And his write fodder.
Song Fotang’s new book through Wen Ying’s blog promo crashed into media sights. In two or three days, heaps of reviews surged. Most praised him too.
One critic called the book “scum man confession style”. Prose quite special. Intent quite deep. He lauded “Elopement at Dawn” as rare fine work in recent years!
Song Fotang dazed.
Editor Wan gathered the many reviews. He asked Song Fotang if Tianjiao bought them. Song Fotang raged big. “All real reviews. Buy what buy? I earned Tianjiao no coin yet!”
Editor Wan eased at once. He congratulated Song Fotang quick.
“Old Song, looks like you blaze big soon!”
Blaze what.
Song Fotang’s heart fluttered uneasy.
Critics proved harsh always. Most they lauded stayed serious lit. If one book won their full praise, likely prize bound.
Twenty years back, Song Fotang knew not how thrilled. Then he created just for prizes. Cared not for fee sums.
But now… He just keen for bestsellers!
Song Fotang’s heart panicked. Feared critics’ more praise for “Elopement at Dawn” meant sales more dismal.
“Elopement at Dawn” first print held low. Just fifty thousand copies. Clear the press felt it blazed not.
To press leads’ surprise, Wen Ying’s blog updated just a week. Book merchants country-wide pressed for more stock… Where any stock left? Fifty thousand copies spread to major shops nationwide left scant remainders.
Press out of stock. “Elopement at Dawn” reprint rushed to schedule.
This reprint, the press swapped the side seal. Printed “Fish Against the Current recommends”, “Many lit critics praise” and such.
The press stayed cautious. Feared the wind blew not long. First reprint just two hundred thousand copies.
Two hundred fifty thousand copies total print meant nothing to Wen Ying. Even fell short of Lan Jing who copied Wen Ying’s old book.
But to Song Fotang this print count truly no small.
“Elopement at Dawn” signed at eleven percent royalty. Priced twenty-eight yuan. Two hundred fifty thousand copies meant pre-tax royalty income seven hundred seventy thousand.
This coin, Tianjiao took a cut.
Yet even after tax, Tianjiao’s share, over three hundred thousand still fell to Song Fotang’s hand.
Over three hundred thousand RMB swapped to dollars meant over forty thousand USD.
Even sans scholarship at Yale, over forty thousand USD covered Song Chan’s abroad year spends full!
Success came so swift. Song Fotang scarce believed. Doubted he dreamed still.
Yuan Fenghui eyed Song Fotang’s new book sales data. She felt some content. She told Wen Ying, “Elopement at Dawn blazed. Your blog ad quote now fifty thousand per post. Many brands keen to tie with you.”
