127: There is nothing shameful about daydreaming. What if it comes true?
Tang Chen turned around, saw no one else nearby, and muttered to the window in the same format: "Why not just win Best Actor? Why not go to the three major film festivals and win Best Actor? Why not win a Golden Melody Awards..."
Sticking to the principle of 'no harm in asking,' Tang Chen's chanting grew more and more exaggerated: "Why not win the Palme d'Or, the Golden Lion, the Golden Bear? Why not be selected as one of the world's most influential people? Why not win a Nobel Prize in Literature? Why not open a big company and let me be a high-level executive?"
The daydream grew bigger and bigger, and by the end of his chanting, he himself found it ridiculous.
"?" Chen Fang looked at him doubtfully. "So Jiang Haotian was right, you really do chant scriptures."
[Tang Chen negative emotional value + 166]
Tang Chen pulled his thoughts back.
What was he doing? It seemed he had been infected by the Three Idiots.
Forget it, daydreaming isn't shameful; what if it comes true?
...
The sun gradually moved west; it was afternoon.
Xie Yunxuan sat in the lounge backstage at the dance variety show, leaning against a table, and said to his agent on the phone: "Okay, the second season of the adventures is in September, right? I'll go then. Have the other people been confirmed?"
"Not yet. Pan Pengpeng has a comedy variety show, so he can't make it. As for Chen Fang, I'm not sure, but it seems he might come."
"Chen Fang transitioned, didn't he? Why is he still doing variety shows? Never mind, let's not talk about it for now." Xie Yunxuan hung up the phone and immediately started his daily habit of checking the charts.
Let him see who became famous today.
As soon as he opened his social media platform, a piece of entertainment news about Chen Fang popped up.
Xie Yunxuan snorted coldly.
Did this phone eavesdrop on him again? As soon as he mentioned Chen Fang, it pushed him news about Chen Fang. Did it have to be so obvious?
But the next moment, he gradually straightened up, staring intently at the screen.
Chen Fang reading the Wenxing Cup's winning work?
Damn it? What does he want to do? Is he trying to establish a 'top student' persona?!
It was enough for Chen Fang to establish a 'musical genius' persona; why did he have to encroach on his?
Xie Yunxuan gripped his phone tightly and clicked on the comments section.
Sure enough, some of Chen Fang's fans were already praising him as a top student.
What if Chen Fang really goes to the adventures... he couldn't let him push him out!
Xie Yunxuan immediately called his assistant, "Xiao Qi."
"Brother, what's wrong?"
"Go buy me a copy of all the winning works from this year's Wenxing Cup."
"Oh, okay."
"Go now."
Xie Yunxuan snorted coldly.
Chen Fang only read the third-prize work. He was going to read all of the first, second, and third-prize works!
The sun gradually set, and night fell.
Seven in the evening.
Xie Yunxuan returned to his small villa, and in the end, couldn't resist the temptation of competition. He first picked up ghost blows out the light 1: the ancient city of精绝.
He snorted coldly and tore open the plastic seal.
A third prize, it shouldn't be very good, right?
He would first look at this one with a critical eye, and then look at the others. Later, when the media asked him which one he liked best, he would say the first-prize one.
Five hours later.
Xie Yunxuan reluctantly turned to the last page, feeling an uncomfortable itch in his heart, like a cat's paw scratching.
Where's the second part? Why is there only one part?
It was really good! He would put it away for a month, wait until he had mostly forgotten the plot, and then reread it to quench his thirst.
Xie Yunxuan put the book back on the table, and his peripheral vision caught the other five books. Only then did he remember that he had intended to read it with a critical eye.
Hiss—he messed up.
Xie Yunxuan frowned, rubbing his chin.
This book really resonated with him; he didn't want to pretend he liked other books more.
But Chen Fang had already publicly declared himself a fan of this book.
So what to do?
Xie Yunxuan thought for a moment, and his eyes lit up.
Then he would read it multiple times!
What if Chen Fang also went to the second season of the adventures, and when the topic came up, he performed better than Chen Fang, showing he understood the book more? Wouldn't that solidify his 'top student' persona?
Ah, he was so clever.
He would read it a few more times.
Even if Chen Fang had a good memory, he was so busy; he couldn't possibly be as familiar with it as if he had copied it once, could he? He definitely couldn't understand this book as well as he did!
...
Over the next few days, the stock of ghost blows out the light in various bookstores rapidly decreased.
Some bookstores near middle schools and universities even put up signs limiting purchases to two copies per person, and Wenyuan Bookstore also moved its reprinting plan to the forefront.
But by Friday, July 18th, under the onslaught of Chen Fang's fans and curious netizens, bookstores everywhere sold out.
Ordinary readers didn't care; they could just wait for a reprint or buy the e-book.
But fans were not ordinary readers; rather than wanting to read the book, they wanted to read the same book as their idol, the exact same physical book.
Because this was their connection and bond!
As a result, scalpers even appeared online, selling books at high prices.
That evening, Chen Fang's team urgently contacted Wenyuan Bookstore, confirmed the publication time of the second batch of reprinted copies, and quickly issued a statement urging fans to wait for Wenyuan Bookstore's reprint and to purchase rationally.
So, this matter was suppressed before it could even make a splash.
Another three days passed.
July 21st, Monday afternoon, 2:30 PM.
Qin Miaomiao had taken the morning off due to a stomach ache. At home, wearing light blue big-mouthed fish pajamas, she lay weakly on the bed, biting the straw of her water cup, staring at the computer screen, a lovesick smile on her pale face.
On the screen, a variety show featuring Xie Yunxuan was playing.
Xie Yunxuan slightly lowered his head, smiling modestly, "My favorite book? I have many favorite books; it's hard to say which is the best. Recently, I've been reading ghost blows out the light, and I really like this one."
Qin Miaomiao's eyes widened. She raised her hand to cover her mouth, her eyes blinking rapidly.
Xie Yunxuan likes ghost blows out the light?!
"Ah ah ah ah!" Qin Miaomiao's pale face even gained some color from excitement.
Ah! So happy, she felt like she was flying!
Just then, her phone chimed with a notification.
She picked it up and saw it was a message from the author Oriental Teacher, asking about recent sales.
As soon as she saw a work message, Qin Miaomiao instantly wilted.
Although Oriental Teacher was her big support, she really didn't want to see him when she was sick.
Qin Miaomiao reluctantly typed quickly, and also put in a good word for her company.
"Hello, Oriental Teacher. On the day Teacher Chen Fang posted the picture, our company saw the online public opinion and urgently reprinted your book."
"Your luck is super good. Tianji Entertainment contacted us because Chen Fang's fans might buy books from scalpers at high prices. So, we discussed with the printing factory and activated a fast printing special line, using the extra paper reserved for other books for yours first. Yesterday, the Capital already started selling it. Other regions will also start selling today or tomorrow."
"But I'm not feeling well today and took the day off to rest at home. I'll tell you the detailed situation after I check the data at the company tomorrow. Is that okay? [Pleading emoji]"
The other side quickly replied: "Okay, thank you."
Qin Miaomiao breathed a sigh of relief.
That was great; she was still quite weak and really didn't want to work overtime.
Oriental Teacher was a good person, but please don't talk to her again today, thank you.
She was going to continue dreaming. The feeling of establishing a connection with a big star was really good, hehe.