“Elopement at Dawn” blazed.
Critics gave the book high praise.
Brands saw the chance.
Wen Ying just recommended a book on her blog. This book gained such huge attention at once. What if she advertised goods on her blog?
The “online sales” idea had not spread wide yet. Still it hindered no keen brands from trying.
Wen Ying felt surprise too. “Ad quote fifty thousand per post?”
“Yes, one ad post quotes fifty thousand. No need for you to appear. Wastes no time. Just post on blog. Do you feel a bit tempted?”
Wen Ying felt tempted true.
One ad fifty thousand. Just one blog post. This outearned house buys waiting for value rise!
Before, for Tianjiao’s “Princess’s New Clothes” script, Tianjiao quoted Wen Ying fifty thousand too.
Craft one script killed brain cells aplenty. Plus after handoff, Wen Ying followed to Modu shoot site for tweaks. That fifty thousand earned no easy!
Compared, one blog ad post netted fifty thousand. Truly too simple.
Fine, Wen Ying felt quite shameful tempted. She held no swift refuse. “If the brand fits right. And they hold few demands. I can try.”
Straight promo felt too stiff. Wen Ying keen to test soft ads.
Yuan Fenghui asked not what “fits right” meant. For Wen Ying’s image, Yuan Fenghui cared more than Wen Ying herself. How could she let Wen Ying take unfit ads for fifty thousand fee!
On ad takes, Yuan Fenghui mentioned no cut. Wen Ying took lead. “Treat it like royalties. Give you ten percent.”
“You fear not I chase coin and line up heaps of ads for you?”
One ad cut five thousand. Ten posts fifty thousand. Twenty posts one hundred thousand.
Yuan Fenghui joked. Wen Ying spoke no joke. “If take so many ads at once, then my blog promo loses value!”
Blog traffic came from read worth. Space one or two months for a soft ad held fine. Daily soft ads, netizens who read Wen Ying’s blog bore it not.
Yuan Fenghui gave a proud hum. “Take two first. Test the effect. No rush to give me the coin. Wait till ‘Searching for Yong’ sales top two million copies. Settle all then! I have one more thing to tell you. Ding chief editor and I talked. The ‘treasure map’ event for ‘Searching for Yong’ publishes in two days.”
All thought Wen Ying would roar to sue “Crown of Thorns” plagiarism. Wen Ying held no rush.
Blog’s first update recommended “Elopement at Dawn”. Second update announced “Searching for Yong” event. Just ignored Bao Lixin’s taunts. No word on “Crown of Thorns”.
Wen Ying thought it funny too. “Fine. I feel it time to publish.”
Not just readers keen. After term start, even class mates keen. They asked Wen Ying. Wen Ying kept lips sealed tight.
Some asked Li Mengjiao. Li Mengjiao said she kept secret for Wen Ying. Truth this daft knew not. Daft Li knew herself well. Once she knew, sure no hold. So she chose ask not even!
Xie Qian thought press and Yuan Fenghui would publish event before term start. Never dreamed waited so long.
Though Xie Qian felt no win for himself, after school home, Xie Qian could not hold back. He flipped the “Searching for Yong” he bought in capital.
This book, Xie Qian bought at capital’s shop. He carried it to Modu. Then back with him to Rongcheng.
Compared “Boy Idol” and “With the Galaxy”, Xie Qian liked “Searching for Yong” themes more. After buy, he read it three full times. Compared to first “Boy Idol”, Wen Ying’s growth showed no small.
Xie Qian flipped “Searching for Yong” again. Found no “treasure” clues.
Not simple bookmark or such… If bookmark, readers found long ago.
In end, Xie Qian’s gaze stopped on the inside cover’s serial number.
Each “Searching for Yong” held its own gold-stamped digit code. Xie Qian’s copy read “No.000961”.
“I found the treasure map.”
Xie Qian sent Wen Ying a text. Wen Ying felt no surprise.
Xie Qian so sharp. Strange if he guessed not!
“Found is found. But you likely no win.”
Wen Ying’s blunt truth drew Xie Qian’s laugh. He knew sure no win for him. If code picked winners, sure the special numbers.
Xie Qian guessed right. Not two days passed. Wen Ying’s blog updated again. It unveiled the so-called “treasure map”. Sure enough six lucky codes. Any who bought books numbered 6, 60, 600, 6000, 60000, and 600000 won!
Not just Wen Ying’s blog updated the news. Latest “Spark” issue held notice too.
Modu Literature Press’s site. And Tianjiao’s site posted it too. Feared any reader missed.
Modu Literature Press proved generous true. For the six lucky winners, press gifted each “luxury cruise full Japan tour”. Claim time between July first to August first this year. Cruise left from Modu. Full trip seven days. Covered food lodge. Plus reimbursed travel from anywhere nationwide to Modu.
If self-bought this luxury cruise trip, agency quoted over twenty thousand per person!
Plus before the six readers set from Modu, a small reader meet held. The six could stay alone with Wen Ying two hours. Quite like Wen Ying sent the six lucky readers aboard… To Wen Ying’s diehard fans, the small meet outvalued the “seven-day luxury cruise”. Close touch to their favoured author.
Sign events let see Wen Ying. But sign events held crowds. Sign time flew past faces. Wen Ying recalled no each reader.
Small meet differed. Close range. Few folk. Long time. Wen Ying sure recalled them!
News published at once. Wen Ying’s reader groups fell silent on “Crown of Thorns” plagiarism. All first dug out “Searching for Yong” to check codes.
Win chance slim true. Each keen to stand as lucky one.
Wen Ying’s blog updated less than twenty-four hours. Already found “No.006000” and “No.000060”. These two verified true. Other claims of wins proved lies by the press.
Press knew not which readers held the six code books exact. But the six code books shipped to which six cities. Which shops stocked them held records.
“No.000600 shipped to Rongcheng then.”
Wen Ying surprised. “To Rongcheng?”
Ding Chao replied firm. “Rongcheng is Teacher Xiaoyu’s hometown. We sure gave Rongcheng readers some special favour.”
“Wonder which Rongcheng reader wins!”
Wen Ying took Ding chief editor’s kind intent.
Office.
Wen Dongrong’s computer hung QQ.
He eyed the open blog page. Then glanced the book splayed on desk. He rubbed his eyes hard.
