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From dawn to dusk.

When Wang Zhenghua walked out of the office again, it was already the time to get off work.

Looking at the busy subordinates, Wang Zhenghua came to the smoking area silently. He stood in front of the huge French windows, overlooking the busy traffic below, and silently took out a cigarette.

Just when he was about to light a cigarette, he heard a click in his ear, and then a cluster of flames appeared in front of his eyes.

He looked sideways, then poked his head and lit the cigarette.

"Thanks."

Wang Zhenghua took a deep breath, and after a while, he exhaled a puff of smoke from his mouth.

"Have you read An Zimu's "The Legend of Wukong"?"

Standing next to Wang Zhenghua is Yang Xing, the director of the marketing department of Zhonghua Bookstore, who is about the same age as him. The two joined Zhonghua Bookstore together at the beginning, and they have a deep friendship. They occasionally smoke together when they work, and occasionally drink a little wine together at night. Son.

Hearing Yang Xing's question, Wang Zhenghua raised his eyelids: "What? You read it too?"

Yang Xing lit a cigarette for himself, and then hummed.

"How does it feel?"

Hearing this, Yang Xing said with a smile: "If I knew who An Zimu was, I would definitely not let this book go. Huaxing offered 30% of the royalties, and I could give it, or even higher, and I could also give it promotional resources. It’s a pity, a pity, such a good book…”

When it came to the end, Yang Xing showed a look of annoyance on his face, but the matter was done, he could afford to let it go, and finally smiled.

"At first when I first read this "The Story of Wukong", I thought it was a mess, and I thought that An Zimu was just writing about Journey to the West, but as I read it more and more, I found that An Zimu actually used the skin of Journey to the West to recount it. A new story, a completely different Monkey King, a completely different Tang Seng, a completely different Zhu Bajie, and a completely different Drifting Monk."

"The whole story narrative is actually unfolded in two different time and space levels. The story five hundred years ago and the story five hundred years later are narrated cross-narratively, which incorporates love, Monkey King and Zixia, Zhu Bajie and Ah Yue, Tang Seng and Little Bailong, in the fragmentary dialogue and narrative, is full of humanity."

Wang Zhenghua folded his hands on his shoulders, the cigarette held between the fingers of his right hand was slowly burning, and his eyes were somewhat deep.

Listening to Wang Zhenghua's narration, Yang Xing was silent.

"This novel makes me a little sad."

Yang Xing said softly.

Hearing this, Wang Zhenghua raised his hand to take a puff of the cigarette, and then lightly exhaled it. He looked at Yang Xing with a half-smile, "Is it just sad? Can you wipe the tears from the corners of your eyes before you lie?"

Yang Xing subconsciously raised his hand to wipe the corner of his eyes, but he didn't wipe anything. However, his body froze slightly, and then he relaxed again.

"You are really boring..."

Yang Xing shook his head with a smile, but he didn't make much excuses, he just acquiesced.

"Old Yang, I haven't written a book review for a long time, and this time I'm a little itchy." Wang Zhenghua flicked the ash into the trash can in front of him: "But the book "Wukong Biography" was published by Huaxing Publishing House, so I'm posting a book review. Will it be bad?"

Hearing this, Yang Xing smiled lightly and said, "What's wrong? You are the editor-in-chief of Zhonghua Book Company, but at the same time you are also a visiting professor at the Chinese Department of Huaxia University. If you find a good book, there is nothing wrong with writing a serious book review. Our Zhonghua Book Company I haven't been petty to such an extent."

Speaking of this, Yang Xing paused, and continued: "Speaking of which, I haven't written a book review for a long time. Ever since I became the director of the marketing department, I almost don't know myself anymore. I talk to someone every day. Businessmen are no different, even my wenqing disease was cured."

Wang Zhenghua smiled, and he crushed the burnt cigarette butt on the ashtray above the trash can.

"Then you can show me before you post a book review, and I'll check it for you so that people won't laugh again."

Wang Zhenghua patted Yang Xing on the shoulder, and after speaking, he walked slowly to his office.

"Damn, you old boy, don't look down on people." Yang Xing scolded with a smile, "I'll let you know what it means to grow old and grow strong!"

Wang Zhenghua didn't look back, and waved his hand casually.

Looking at Wang Zhenghua's back, Yang Xing smiled, looked at the busy traffic outside the window, and remembered the final ending of the book "The Legend of Wukong", the smile on his face disappeared slowly, and he sighed softly.

He crushed the cigarette butt in the ashtray, turned around and left here too.

...

"The Legend of Wukong" is sold worldwide.

It sold 700,000 copies on the first day, which is an excellent result, but not too eye-catching;

1.8 million copies were sold the next day, doubling the sales volume, and related discussions gradually began to emerge on the Internet;

On the third day, 4 million copies were sold, and the sales doubled again. Related topics were hotly discussed by many netizens;

On the fourth day, 7 million copies were sold, and dealers in many places across the country began to run out of stock. Related topics were popularly searched, and many well-known writers or book reviewers spoke out one after another;

fifth day...

...

Fire!

The book "The Legend of Wukong" has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide in just one week since its release.

From the fourth day onwards, there was a wave of discussions about "The Legend of Wukong" on the Internet.

Wang Zhenghua, visiting professor of the Chinese Department of Huaxia University and editor-in-chief of Zhonghua Book Company, commented: "Wukong Biography" is an epic poem with no restraints and self-created rhythms, a naked cry of an innocent soul struggling in the world, sincere, true, straightforward, and directly reaching people A cry from the depths of the soul.

The famous writer Xiao Yan commented: We used to be such lawless monkeys, but fate will eventually make us put on the magic spell, and when we smile, we may still see the bouncing monkey from the eyebrows.

Gao Baisong, a famous book reviewer and second-tier star, commented: At the finale of "The Legend of Wukong", A Yao found the stone in the waste and buried it in the scorched Huaguo Mountain. This is just the beginning of the story of learning from the scriptures , the whole story is like a circle, there is no beginning and no end, the beginning is the end, and the end is the beginning of the story, giving people a sense of absurdity of time and space, a very good book, worth reading repeatedly!

...

From sales to word-of-mouth, in just a few days, "Wukong Biography" became popular throughout China and even overseas.

At the same time, as the author of "Wukong Biography", An Zimu once again broke into people's attention.

Who is An Zimu?

Ordinary book fans are curious, seniors in the industry are curious, and colleagues in the publishing house are also curious.

There was even gossip that a certain publishing house offered a reward of one million yuan for An Zimu's personal information.

The big sale of "A River of Sadness" had already made many publishing houses jealous at that time, but many publishing houses were jealous, but they didn't take any substantive measures.

Because the first book sells well, it doesn't necessarily mean that the second book will also sell well.

However, An Zimu's second book "The Legend of Wukong" swept the whole world with even more popularity. The terrifying sales volume and huge profits made these publishing houses really unable to sit still.

Many publishing houses are looking for An Zimu like crazy.

However, despite these people's frantic searches, very few people knew An Zimu's true identity, either people close to Li Zian or senior executives of Huaxing Publishing House.

These people have signed non-disclosure agreements, and the rewards outside are really high, but if they violate the non-disclosure agreement, they will be sued.

...

When "Wukong Biography" became popular, the creator of the book was still filming in Yangcheng step by step.

Regarding the success of "Wukong Biography", it can be said that there are accidental factors, but it is also an inevitable result. Li Zian was pleasantly surprised, but not shocked.

Compared with the previous world, this world has flourishing entertainment, and the overall level of development is much higher than that of the previous world.

However, the reason why a classic is called a classic is because it can withstand the polishing of time and the progress of the times, so it is called a classic.

Take "The Legend of Wukong" as an example. It was popular in the 1990s in the last world, but until the 2020s, it was still loved by countless people, and it was still regarded as a classic by countless people.

In the past thirty years, has the level of cultural and entertainment development in the last world remained unchanged? Has there never been progress?

Not!

In the past thirty years, the speed of world development has even far exceeded the development process of the last century!

Can withstand the polishing and baptism of time, this is called a classic!

Therefore, the success of "Wukong Biography" is reasonable, and it is also expected by Li Zian.

...

"Finish!"

August 26, 2021.

Li Zian faced the entire crew of "Perfect Strangers" with a loudspeaker, and shouted the word "Finish".

There was a wave of applause at the scene, and everyone was very happy.

That night, the crew of "Perfect Strangers" gathered in a high-end restaurant in Yangcheng, and everyone had a hearty wrap-up banquet.

At the wrap-up banquet, Li Zian was drunk without exception by Luo Qiguang and Du Ze, which made Li Zian sleep until noon the next day.

...

"Boom boom boom..."

Li Zian, who was hungover, answered twice in succession, but he was still thinking about the knock on the door. In desperation, he had no choice but to get up from the bed sleepily.

"Auntie, what are you doing..."

Li Zian came to the room with an afro on her head, reached out to open the door, and then it was not her aunt standing outside the door, but her cousin Han Yiyao.

"Brother, you can sleep too well, it's almost twelve o'clock, and you haven't woken up yet!"

Looking at the pretty Han Yiyao, Li Zian was confused for a while, and then vaguely remembered something.

correct!

Today seems to be the day to pick up grandma, grandpa, uncle and aunt to see the house!

Li Zian suddenly became energetic.

"Yiyao, are grandparents, uncles, aunts, and my mother all here?" Li Zian asked.

Han Yiyao nodded: "That's right, your driver Pei Xiong came to pick us up, don't you know?"

"I know I know..."

Li Zian patted his head. This matter was what he explained to Han Qian before the finale banquet last night, but he drank too much last night and it was a bit fragmented.

"Go out first, I'll come out right away after changing clothes."

"Understood, you open the window to ventilate, it smells like wine!"

"I know, you are so annoying..."

"slightly……!"