Home.
After returning from the landlady's house in the morning, Zhang Ye fell into bed and pretended to sleep. There was no other way about it. He was still in a daze after being thrown by Rao Aimin. Indeed, it was not easy to take advantage of the landlady. This time, he had learned his lesson. A bloody lesson, my comrades!
Di di. A text message.
Zhang Ye twisted his arm in pain. He took out his cell phone and tapped on it. Suddenly, he could not calm down. His waist was no longer sore, and his legs were no longer hurting!
It was a bank notification!
The royalties had arrived! More than 5 million!
Excluding the relevant taxes, this was the income from selling "Ghost Blows Out the Light" and a few fairy tales!
His cell phone vibrated. A phone call came in. It was the head of the Beijing Education Publishing Firm whom Zhang Ye had contacted previously, "Hello, Teacher Little Zhang. Haha, have you received the royalties? Congratulations. Yesterday's sales of 'Ghost Blows Out the Light' was a huge success. No, it can be said to be an unprecedented success. Our publishing firm has been in the publishing business for so many years. Other than some non-commercial publications, we have never sold 90,000 copies on the first day! " He appeared very excited, "It is our honor to work with you. You have been a person who creates miracles all this way!"
Zhang Ye smiled, "You are flattering me too much. I'm not that great. It's your sales promotion that is done well."
"However, this sales will definitely drop. It's impossible for it to stay high. Our most conservative estimate is that 'Ghost Blows Out the Light' will sell at least 700,000 copies per copy this year. Next year, it might not increase by much, but we will still increase the print run. I believe that as long as there is time, breaking through a million copies per copy of [Legend] is not a problem." The middle-aged man said excitedly.
This sales figure was within Zhang Ye's expectations, so he was not surprised, "How are the fairy tales?"
The middle-aged man continued to report the good news, "We have already begun promoting them. When some bookstores and online distributors knew that we were going to publish 'Snow White' and 'The Wizard of Oz', there were already more than a dozen bookstores calling to pre-order them. The total number of pre-orders has already exceeded 30,000 copies. We are also placing great importance on this. The Leader has decided to speed up the publication of your fairy tales. They will be on sale soon!"
After hanging up.
Zhang Ye was still worried, so he switched on his computer to check online banking. Indeed, he had more than 5 million. This huge amount made Zhang Ye dizzy. When had he ever seen so much money?
He was rich!
He could buy a house and a car!
Zhang Ye's first thought was to buy a three-bedroom apartment in Beijing's inner Second Ring Road. And then buy what? Cough, cough, what else could he buy? Then, of course, he would slowly repay the loan! Five million for a Da San Residence on the Second Ring Road of Beijing? That was something that could only appear in the New York Times and the Washington Post!
The first thing Zhang Ye did was open Weibo to interact with his fans. This was something that he had been very fond of doing recently, as his fan count had increased to more than 89,000. He even realized that doing this could also increase his Reputation Points. By posting something interesting or something that would make people admire him, Zhang Ye would receive some Reputation Points. After all, this was just a small media outlet, not much different from a radio station or television station.
Post on Weibo: I've received the royalties, but after some calculations, I'm still far from being able to buy a better house. Forget it, I won't buy one.
It was unknown if ZhangYeNumber1Fan had been waiting for Zhang Ye the whole day. The moment the Weibo post was posted, he was the first to share and comment, "It can't be? Teacher Zhang can't even afford a house? "
"How much is the fee? Please reveal the truth! "
"It's definitely in the millions. 'Ghost Blows Out the Light' is too popular!"
"It's more than a million? It has to be at least a few million to be worthy of this groundbreaking work! "
"Haha, I'm seeing Teacher Zhang acting cute again. However, housing prices are really expensive. I won't be able to buy one in this lifetime. I can only rent."
Everyone was discussing.
Suddenly, a very discordant voice interjected, "This Zhang Ye must be retarded. Housing prices are expensive now? It's cheap enough. If you can't afford it, it's because you don't have the ability. Don't blame the heavens and others. Although I can't afford it, many people around me have bought a house in full, and they are all in first-tier cities! "
This person's nickname was "I'm the Biggest".
Someone below replied, "Is that true? Full payment? A first-tier city? "
I'm the Biggest said, "Of course. They are all houses in the city. It's not difficult!"
"What a joke." Someone retorted, "Do you know how expensive housing prices are now? Don't you watch the news? "
ZhangYeNumber1Fan was speechless, "It's not that this person doesn't watch the news. He probably grew up watching 'News Simulcast'!"
Those who followed Zhang Ye's Weibo were mostly "fighters". Now that a war had been provoked, everyone immediately started arguing!
These were all posted under Zhang Ye's Weibo. He was naturally helpless. Scolding me? Cheap housing prices? Hence, he posted, "Everyone, stop arguing. Actually, what 'I'm the Biggest' said makes sense. I also know a friend. He also bought a house in a first-tier city in full. It's not impossible. He can also buy those so-called mansions by working. This is not an impossible dream."
"Working can buy mansions?"
"How is that possible!?"
"Eh? Why is Teacher Zhang speaking up for that person? "
"That makes sense? Even a fool knows how high housing prices are! "
"Teacher Zhang's brain must be flooded with water today, right?"
Everyone began to question Zhang Ye. Some of them even said nasty things.
Zhang Ye did not mind. He typed, "Listen to my friend's story." He had coincidentally thought of a very popular joke from his world.
"Say it!"
"Isn't this bullsh * t!?"
"I want to see how you can buy it!"
A lot of people started to make a ruckus.
Zhang Ye posted, "Five years ago, my friend, Little Ke, ran into a wall when he was looking for a job. In the end, he ended up working at a small IT company in Beijing as a small programmer. After half a year, Little Ke felt that this was not the way to go. He decided to make a five-year plan to buy a house. He planned it step by step and implemented it thoroughly! 'At the beginning, it was really painful. I couldn't do any social activities or entertainment.' Little Ke recalled. 'I started to use my off-duty time to attend financial planning courses and programming courses to increase my strength.' Just like that, Little Ke used the various IT skills examinations to get the company to give him a 3% pay raise year after year. 'I also signed up for many management courses and got to know many outstanding people in the industry.' Through such exchanges, Little Ke gradually built up his own network. Finally, with the 50,000 yuan accumulated over the past five years and the 7.95 million yuan given by his parents, Little Ke bought his first house. It was even in Beijing's Second Ring Road area. 'Having a dream is the most beautiful. Building a dream is steady.' Little Ke said with determination in his eyes. "
At first, everyone was still watching seriously. They wanted to study and learn how Zhang Ye's friend achieved the miracle of working to buy a mansion. But when the story finished, everyone fainted!
"Pfft!"
"Hahaha!"
"What a godly twist!"
"It's indeed Teacher Zhang's style!"
"Teacher Zhang is too cute! It's too funny! "
"This is what a master is. A short story can be written with such sarcasm and depth!"
"So it's sarcasm! I thought Teacher Zhang's brain was flooded with water! Quickly apologize! I've let Teacher Zhang down! I'll definitely support you in the future! "
"This story has written out our hearts and cries!"
"This is what a writer is. At least it's the writer in my heart. Look at Teacher Zhang. He can write modern poems, ancient poems, novels, and fairy tales. He can even write thought-provoking and humorous short stories. The Beijing Writers' Association is really blind. Are you sure you won't let Teacher Zhang Ye join?"
Actually, this short story was already common in Zhang Ye's world. Anyone who often went online would have heard of this joke. However, it had never appeared in this world before. Hence, everyone found it novel and laughed. Then, they began to crazily repost and spread it!
At the end, the short story was pushed to the ninth position on the front page!
In a short period of time, it had gained explosive popularity!
This also made Zhang Ye secretly speechless. The power of the masses was indeed the greatest. His Weibo fan points and in-game Reputation were rising rapidly! He could not let go of any opportunity to become famous. His goal was to become the world's number one celebrity, so he naturally had to seize every opportunity. No matter how small a mosquito was, it was still meat. If he could appear on Weibo's front page or headlines a few more times, it would greatly increase his popularity. As for the poems, novels, short stories, and articles in Zhang Ye's mind, they were his greatest reliance. He was not lacking in knowledge!
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