Chapter 69: Signing (1)
"Hehe, you ranked 'Three-Body Problem' as number one, and there are many scolding voices online." Qian Ling said with a smile to Su Jian.
"There's no way, even the worst book will have a few loyal readers. Not to mention this kind of originally pretty good book. It's hard to please everyone, and it's impossible to satisfy all people with this kind of thing." Su Zhen said calmly.
The day before yesterday, the results of the online competition were officially announced. Han Han's "Three Doors" won first place, while "Farewell Vivian" and "Love Lost in the Internet and Reality" tied for second. As Qian Ling said, there are many different opinions on the internet. There is no shortage of praise, nor is there a shortage of criticism. But Su Wei didn't take it too seriously, as he had already prepared himself to be scolded when he made this decision.
Set "Three-Body Problem" as the first, after all, it is for its commercial value. The future of the Internet will eventually go to market. Writers also need to eat, this is a historical inevitable choice. Su Jin chose to start with small white literature at the beginning, and this is the reason why. In the future, if Dream Net wants to follow a certain path in later generations, small white literature is an inevitable choice!
If we insist on literariness, then the "Banyan Tree" of later generations will be a model for today's Dream Net. But if it really becomes like later generations, and commercialized books fill all markets, it is undoubtedly another very sad phenomenon. Su Jin has always insisted that literature must maintain its necessary literariness! Otherwise, this world will no longer have any clean places.
Su Jin has always been committed to finding a balance point, hoping that the Dream Net can go further on the basis of some point in the future. Truly achieving compatibility and inclusiveness, truly carrying the great banner of future network literature. Rather than like the previous generation, when people mention network literature, they only think of those small white texts, those fantasy novels.
"Alright, get ready, we're going out this afternoon!" Su Zhan said.
"Where are you going?" Qian Ling exclaimed loudly.
Su Jinyi was taken aback, seemingly not expecting Qian Ling's reaction to be so big, and hesitated for a moment before saying: "I've made an appointment with Han Han, Annie Baby, and Lu Jinbao to meet at the coffee shop this afternoon. At that time, I will hand over the prize money to them and discuss contract matters with them."
"Okay, I see. Then I'll go prepare the contract." Qian Ling's expression was slightly disappointed, but she soon regained her spirit and said.
As he watched Qian Ling turn and walk away, Su Jin's eyes revealed a hint of apology. He wasn't a foolish person, on the contrary, even in his past life, people around him had evaluated him as quite intelligent, and after being reborn with the experience of his past life, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he was extremely clever.
Qian Ling wondered what was on his mind, how could he not see it, this period of time was indeed too cold to her. In memory, since his rebirth, unless there was something going on, he rarely spent time with her. To know that in the past, although they didn't reach the level of "a day without seeing each other is like a year", at least once a week they would see each other's face.
At that time, the two were still in different schools. Until Su went to join the army, they maintained at least one letter per month. Now that the two have a common career and work together, it's ironic that they don't spend as much time together as before.
"Hehe, is it that I'm too busy with my own work, or is it that people are all the same, not paying enough attention to those around them?" Su Jin muttered to herself.
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Su Jin found that he had a predestined relationship with this coffee shop. When discussing the establishment of Dream Net with Qian Ling, it was here; when meeting Xing Shantiger, it was also in this cafe. Today, he would sign contracts with Han Han, Annie Baby, and Lu Jinbao, who would all become famous in the future. Su Jin felt that if he became successful one day, this coffee shop would definitely be a historic location worth recording.
Although today is not just the two of us, but being able to do something with Su Jing seems like a good choice too. Qian Ling is obviously very good at comforting herself, or rather she really cares about Su Jing too much.
Although she was still a bit angry in the morning, by the afternoon her face had put on an extremely sunny smile. Today she dressed up very beautifully, it's clear that she made an effort to dress up specially. To the extent that when Su Jing looked at Qian Ling, he was somewhat stunned.
Looking at Su Jian's dazed eyes, Qian Ling proudly raised her head and asked with a confident face: "How is it? Does it look good?"
"Beautiful, of course beautiful, it's really the most beautiful thing in the world!" Su Zhan suddenly came back to his senses, with a smile all over his face, and kept flattering. Su Zhen felt that the greatest gain since his rebirth was the obvious increase in the thickness of his skin.
"Hmm!" Looking at Su Jian's dog legs, Qian Lingjiao hummed a sound, walked over, and naturally stretched out her arm to hold Su Jian's arm, walking forward together. Under the sunlight, they looked like a perfect couple.
Han Han is 17 years old this year, Annie Baby, originally named Li Jie, is 24 years old, and Lu Jinbao is 23 years old. All three are young people, and none of them are locals in the ancient city, not even from Tianhua Province. But a prize of over 10,000 yuan is absolutely worth their trip. So after Su Jian sent them a notice, hoping they could come to the ancient city in person, all three did not refuse.
Although the three men came from afar as guests, when Su Zhan arrived at the coffee shop, the three were already waiting there. The humble and unknown them were far from their proud demeanor after achieving success in the future.
Seeing the three people, Su Jin quickly walked up and stretched out his hand warmly, shaking hands with each of them one by one, repeatedly expressing his welcome, and apologizing for his tardiness. In fact, he had arrived exactly on time, as there were still ten minutes before the agreed-upon hour! These three people were very important to Su Jin, how could he be late?
After exchanging a few pleasantries, the several people took their seats. Su Zhan first asked Qian Ling to take out the envelopes that had been prepared in advance and handed them over to the three of them separately. "Here, this is the prize money for each of you, Han Han's is 30,000, Li Jie and Lu Ge's are both 10,000, you can check if it's correct."
Lu Jinbo took the envelope, patted it a few times with his hand, and then put it aside. Smiling, he said: "General Su is someone who does big business, can he still shortchange us this little bit of money? I trust General Su."
Lixue and Hanhan were about to take a look, but when they heard Lu Jinbo say that, they also put it aside and didn't move. Su Jin took in the actions of the three people and sighed in his heart: "Lu Jinbo is indeed a person who will specialize in being a manager in the future, and in terms of getting along with others and dealing with things, he is indeed more mature than Lixue and Hanhan."
Of course, Li Yuchun and Han Han will take a look at the prize money, it doesn't mean they are more greedy than Lu Jinbo, this is just human nature. After all, they are still young people, facing such a huge sum of money, showing some concern is normal. When they become famous in the future, maybe they will be even more generous than Lu Jinbo.
"The reason for inviting the three of you to come to the old city is not just about the prize money. This small amount of prize money, the company can simply transfer it to the three of you, if this requires a trip, it's too much fuss. The main purpose of inviting the three of you here is to discuss the contract issues with you!" Anyway, the three of them have already received the prize money, and Su Jin began today's topic.
