Re-select the life system

Chapter 34 34 Yesterday’s Past

It was pure luck that "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" could be launched on the Xinhua Bookstore. The snow at the beginning of the year stopped several books that were originally planned to be published at the beginning of the year.

I don't know if the author was lazy or Qin He was lucky, but in the end the publishing house chose Qin He's book.

Perhaps this book is suitable for elementary and middle school students. It is not only a history book, but also a light-hearted and humorous novel. This is also luck. The first batch of [-] copies will soon be spread among the new books in the historical category of Xinhua Bookstore.

Even though the first batch of [-] copies of the book had all been shipped, Xiao Han still did not dare to continue reprinting, but prepared to wait for feedback from Xinhua Bookstore.

In this era, paper books are the mainstream. Although there are many pirated books, the sales of genuine books are also good, especially the national brand Xinhua Bookstore.

Because it is a book by a new author, the book "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" was launched on the Xinhua Bookstore without even doing any advertisements, and even classified this book in the history books.

Ordinary students, unless they particularly like historical books, generally rarely come to this category to find books. On the first day of its launch, the sales volume of the book "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" was mediocre, and it did not even cause the slightest disturbance.

But classics will never be buried, it's just that there is a lack of people who discover it.

Li Hao is a senior high school student in Nanjiang City. In his last semester, he is about to face the college entrance examination. Generally, senior high school students rarely go out to visit bookstores. However, Li Hao's history scores have always been average. His history teacher recommended that he choose a modern history book to read. See, that's why he came to the bookstore to have a look.

Li Hao's own goal is also to choose history books on modern history, books on XX thoughts, etc. When he walked to the history classification area, he searched for a long time, but couldn't find any suitable ones. Suddenly he saw a book with a strange name. The name of the book is "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty".

Originally, he thought it was a history book introducing the Ming Dynasty, but the title of the book is quite interesting. Generally, normal history books are mostly about a certain dynasty, a certain emperor, and a certain age. The name of this book is indeed interesting.

He looked at the electronic watch in his hand and found that it was still early. After thinking about it, he took out the book and prepared to read casually.

The first part of those things in the Ming Dynasty is to introduce Emperor Hongwu, that is, Zhu Yuanzhang.

Chapter 1 introduces Zhu Yuanzhang's identity and background, and describes Zhu Yuanzhang's life in a very humorous way as the story unfolds slowly.

Li Hao was quickly attracted by this book. He even forgot the purpose of his visit today. It was not until a long time later that he realized that the sun outside had shone in, and he woke up. He looked at the time, and it was already noon. .

He quickly put down the book and found the history book he wanted. But after taking a few steps, he gritted his teeth, turned around, took out the first volume of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" from the bookshelf, and put it together Got to the counter and paid.

In fact, genuine paper books have always been very expensive. This 28-word book was priced at almost [-] cents. This was in [-]. At this price, you could buy three or four pirated books. This is why domestic pirated books Such a crazy reason.

Li Hao finally bought this book because it really attracts young people.

Before this book, everyone's view of historical books were all old-fashioned and solemn. There might also be some books that introduced some interesting facts in history, but those historical books were often not popular and not recognized by everyone.

And "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", a not-so-serious historical book, immediately attracted many people.

There are many people like Li Hao who accidentally discovered this book. Although there is no advertisement or promotion, the sales of this book are quietly increasing.

At the end of March, the first and second volumes of this book, [-] volumes, were sold out silently. When many bookstores began to check the sales at the end of the month, they were surprised to find that a history book The sales volume of the novel book is very good, not only one Xinhua bookstore has sold out, but there are still many people who are planning to pre-order this book.

After receiving this notice, Xiao Han immediately called Qin He and informed him that the publishing house had decided to reprint, and the second reprint was 5000 copies. In addition, the first batch of [-] copies The royalties were more than [-], which had already been mailed to Qin He.

Finally, Xiao Han veiledly asked Qin He to send him the next manuscript so that he could contact the publishing house to publish it as soon as possible.

But Qin He could only say haha.

At this time, Qin He finally knew that he was about to succeed, and Xiao Han's tone made him clear that this book was going to be a hit soon!

Now that it’s popular, of course we have to talk about money!

But Xiao Han may think that Qin He is still a novice, and deliberately avoids this topic. Since he doesn't mention it, then Qin He doesn't care. After the second batch of sales comes out, he is naturally not the one who is anxious!

In fact, Xiao Han was not sure at this time. Although the sales of this book were not bad, it was not sold out at once, so Xiao Han did not know whether to mention the royalty price or not.

Xinhua Bookstore has more than 1 sales outlets across the country. This time, [-] copies were printed, and there were two copies, each of which was only [-] copies. Due to the previous sales situation, this batch of [-] copies Books were quickly distributed to major bookstores.

In fact, Qin He knew this book well. It has been among the top best-selling books of the year for several consecutive years. Qin He certainly believed that this book would be popular.

Moreover, Qin He is not planning to continue writing other books for the time being. After the book "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is completely published, he will find a way to publish the book Three-Body Problem by himself. .

Sure enough, by the beginning of May, Xiao Han had already called Qin He three times, hoping to get the rest of the manuscript as soon as possible, sort it out and publish it, and he also started bidding, with the royalties rising from 12.00% to [-]%.

But Qin He's bottom line is above 15.00%, and the two are still negotiating.

Finally, at the end of May, the third reprint of 20 copies made Xiao Han unable to sit still, and finally went to Qin He's small county in person to negotiate with Qin He to make love.

When Xiao Han saw a thin man riding a second-hand motorcycle to pick him up at the station, he was surprised to find that this man turned out to be Teacher Li Yuncong.

Qin He's thin body was wearing a half-worn T-shirt, which was still dirty. He had just been working in the wholesale department, and hurriedly received a call from Xiao Han, and rushed over on his motorcycle.

The meeting between the two was no surprise, Qin He arranged him to a hotel, and took him to a small restaurant for a meal. The first meal, except for Xiao Han's compliment and the familiarity of the two, there was nothing to say.

Xiao Han came here with a mission this time, and he had to talk about this cooperation. He brought all his contracts, and the bottom line given to him was 15.00%, which is already the royalty standard for a well-known writer.

Qin He didn't agree, nor refused, but deliberately took Xiao Han to play nearby for two days, without talking about work at all, just like a friend, taking him to visit the mountains and rivers.

To be honest, Qin He was reborn in this world for almost two years, and he didn't take a serious trip. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qin He took four children and Xiao Han to play in a nearby scenic spot for two days during the holiday.

Two days later, Qin He handed his manuscript of the Three-Body Problem to Xiao Han.

It's okay to sign the contract, but Qin He's request is to sign the Three-Body Problem series together.

Xiao Han was stunned on the spot. When he saw that it was a science fiction novel, Xiao Han's face turned green. Science fiction novels in this era are really niche novels. Except for adolescent children, there are a few people who pay attention to science fiction novels. Most of the most popular novels in recent years are realistic novels, and people prefer to read more realistic things.

Moreover, Xiao Han secretly reported this book to his boss. After checking, he found that the first volume of The Three-Body Problem had already been published, but the sales volume was not even low, so he did not dare to agree to it so happily.

Qin He's attitude was firm, and Xiao Han had no choice but to call his boss, who told him to deal with it according to his discretion, leaving the three-body problem alone, but he must get the next few books of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty".

The reason Xiao Han is in such a hurry is naturally that with the increase in sales, this book has gradually become the best-selling historical novel in [-]. Once a certain trend is formed, it cannot be stopped. A bookseller is inquiring about the author of this book.

Not only the booksellers were inquiring, even Lao Cui, who Qin He had been cooperating with for the past two months, knew about it. On the phone, Lao Cui wanted to slap himself and apologize to Qin He several times, but what he got was perfunctory manner.

In the end, Qin He still signed a contract with Xiao Han, and gave him the complete book "Things of the Ming Dynasty" with a royalty of 15.00%.

In addition, the trilogy of the Three-Body Problem series has also signed a contract, the royalties are [-]%, and the contract for the first print of no less than [-] copies within two years!
When Qin He saw the two contracts, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Lin Yiqing's task can finally be completed now, and there is still a year and a half to ferment. Lin Yiqing's name will definitely become a well-known writer.

In fact, the name of the author, Lin Yiqing, is already well-known in the circle. After all, a new author can reprint three times in just a few months, and the sales volume of each time is higher than that of the first time. Some people pay attention.

But among the readers, 10,000+ copies of the novel are scattered across the country. Except for a small number of readers who will pay attention to the author's name, who else will pay attention to the author's name. The sales volume of 10,000+ copies can only be said to have just caused a little stir.

Qin He breathed a sigh of relief after handing the two books to Xiao Han. It was already the beginning of June. Qin He calculated the time and found that he had less than [-] days left.

I only hope that within [-] days, these two novels will cause a sensation, so that the name Lin Yiqing will be familiar to the people of the whole country.

Qin He is also thinking about whether to write a book or not, and treat it as a posthumous work. Generally, whether it is a writer or a painter, the last work in life is often the most valuable.

But Qin He hasn't decided what book to write yet. Anyway, since it is a posthumous work, there is still plenty of time, so he is not in a hurry.

In mid-August, Xiao Han called Qin He, and the sales volume of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" officially exceeded 50 copies, and the market response was very good. At present, the publishing house also plans to promote this book in major universities. Carry out promotion and let this book completely detonate the market.

Qin He was also very happy when he heard the news, but he was more concerned about the publication of the Three-Body Problem series.

Xiao Han faltered, and finally said that by the end of September at the latest, the first [-] copies would be published, and the next [-] copies would be published within two years. Only then did Qin He remember the contract, which indeed said that [-] copies would be published within two years. shook his head.

Now that the book "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" has become popular, Qin He can only wait patiently. Seeing that the time is getting closer, Qin He has also begun to prepare for his own affairs.

Lin Yifeng also passed the senior high school entrance examination in July, and ranked No. 9 in the county high school. Now he is a first-year high school student.

In fact, Qin He was not too worried about the children. Even if he left, the copyright and royalties of the two books would be enough for them to live comfortably for the rest of their lives.

But Qin He didn't think about the future. They caused conflicts over this huge amount of wealth, so he had to deal with it before he left!

So Qin He chose to find a law firm to prepare the will and distribute all his property!
This matter is not urgent, Qin He will take care of it within this year!
Fast forward to the beginning of October, Qin He received the sample booklet of the Three-Body Problem, and at the same time, there was a royalty income of 50 yuan. This was already the third royalty income Qin He had received, and there would be more to come!

With the increasing sales of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", Qin He no longer needs to worry about money. At the end of August, he also completely canceled the draft cooperation with Zhiyin magazine, and completely gave up the pen name of Li Yuncong. Old Cui learned that After that, I also called several times to persuade them, but in the end they could only break up peacefully.

Because in the following days, with the promotion of the publishing house, Qin He also went to several provincial capital cities to sign sales, and his reputation was slowly rising.

Fast forward to the end of the year, and the author Lin Yiqing finally gained some fame among the student community, and the Three-Body Problem series of books gradually attracted the attention of some science fiction fans. However, as far as the attention in the science fiction circle is concerned, the popularity is far from enough. .

The Spring Festival of [-] was the third Spring Festival that Qin He came to this world to spend. It has been more than two years since he came to this world in a blink of an eye. Think about it.

Although he knew that he was just leaving this world, as time passed, Qin He felt more and more panic in his heart.

After more than two years of getting along, he has even engraved some of Lin Yiqing's marks. As his reputation grows, when others call Lin Yiqing's name outside, he will subconsciously nod in response.

Every time he gets along with a few children, Qin He tries his best to return to his family and his identity as a cook. Every time he is on vacation, Qin He takes time to go home and cook a sumptuous dinner, waiting for the children to come home.

Although Qin He is already a well-known writer outside, he seldom talks about his identity as a writer in this house. Last time, Yanzi even took out a book about things in the Ming Dynasty to read, but he didn't notice that. The author's name is my second brother.

Because in the eyes of the children of Yanzi, his second brother seems to have been writing magazines, and he is still a bosom friend.

In addition, there was no Internet in this era, and Qin He was not on TV, so the identity of this well-known author has always remained mysterious.

There are less than [-] days left in a thousand days, and Qin He has already forgotten about his posthumous work, because he is really not in the mood to copy any books, and he is not in the mood to take care of those things in the supermarket. He tries to avoid reality, and the two Within a month, I visited more than thirty bookstores to sign books.

In fact, as he became more and more proficient in business, Hu Xingwang could handle things like supermarkets and wholesale departments by himself. In addition, the business circle was only in the county town and a few towns. Qin He deliberately did not let Hu Xingwang continue to expand the supermarket and market.

Qin He told Hu Xingwang to use the money he earned to buy the real estate of the supermarket and wholesale department as much as possible, taking advantage of the fact that the housing prices are not expensive now.

Hu Xingwang's weight has gradually increased with his wealth. He also talked about a girlfriend. She is not too beautiful, but she can speak well. She is a powerful character. Qin He is a little worried that he will entrust his funeral to him. This woman will come to block.

But Qin He thought about it and felt that Hu Xingwang was not that kind of person, not to mention that Qin He's current wealth, even without Hu Xingwang's help to take care of it, was enough to support a few children.

As the date of departure got closer, Qin He felt that his body, whether it was a psychological function or a real problem, was getting weaker and weaker, and he had been suffering from colds for several days.

The time gradually came to the beginning of July, and at this time, there were only 30 days left in the thousand days.

As early as two months ago, Qin He received a notification from the system that the two tasks of Lin Yiqing's last wish had been completed.

The rest of the time should have been happy and relaxed, but Qin He didn't feel relaxed and happy at all, only felt extremely depressed and panicked.

Recently, he felt that he was a little distracted. When the children were on vacation, he got up very early every day, cooked three meals for the children, and talked with them heart-to-heart, and the talk lasted for an hour or two.

The sensitive Yanzi also noticed that something was wrong with the second brother during this period, as if he was confessing his last words, and he also seemed to have arranged everything for the future of the couple.

But whenever Yanzi asked, Qin He always tried to avoid the topic.

On this day, Qin He rode a motorcycle and drove towards Hujia Village alone. He was going to meet his third uncle, and then take a look at the place he came from, and look at his experience in the past two years.

With the popularity of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", the writer Lin Yiqing finally appeared in a certain People's Daily, became a phenomenon-level writer, and his fame skyrocketed.

As his fame skyrocketed, Lin Yiqing's other science fiction novel The Three-Body Problem series was also hyped by booksellers. Moreover, the book itself was indeed a classic. Soon some authors who liked "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" also bought the three-body series. body series.

The Three-Body Problem series did not disappoint them either. With the pursuit of some elites, the Three-Body Problem Series began to gradually enter Xinhua Bookstores and some school reading libraries. Lin Yiqing's fame slowly fermented again, and finally fulfilled the last wish of a great writer.

Qin He no longer had any thoughts of writing a posthumous work. He stopped going to book signings last month. He just wanted to go home quietly, spend two months with his children, and then leave quietly.

It was the rice harvest season at this time. When Qin He came to Hujia Village, he saw the third uncle and the third aunt bending over on the side of the road, cutting the rice in the field, even though Hu Xingwang had told them many times , don't farm anymore, but they still grow fields and vegetables.

Lifelong habits are not so easy to change.

Qin He parked his motorcycle on the side of the road, went to the field barefoot, took the sickle from his third aunt, and started cutting the rice side by side with his third uncle.

Sweat quickly wet the collar, and small bugs jumped around on the shoulders, which soon became red and swollen.

"Yiqing, you should eat more, why do I feel that you are getting thinner?"

"How can there be? Third uncle, I can eat three bowls of rice in one meal, how can I lose weight?"

While the third uncle was cutting the rice, he chatted with Qin He. The third uncle talked a lot like an elder. Qin He wiped his sweat and listened with a smile.

Although it was only a little over two years since he came to this world, he realized that there were some things in life that he had never experienced before. Here, he experienced hunger, poverty, overnight fame, and the benefits brought by money. Happiness, but also the responsibility and reluctance brought by the family.

Everything has a beginning and an end. After all, I am not a person of this world, and all this is just experienced on behalf of Lin Yiqing. Perhaps this is Lin Yiqing's regret.

After a busy morning, Qin He ate lunch at his third uncle's house. Although Hu Xingwang gave his parents hundreds of dollars every month, the third uncle's family was very frugal. Three dishes and one soup were simple, and Qin He ate well. very comfortable.

After helping the third uncle at 04:30 in the afternoon, Qin He dragged his exhausted body and used the key to open the door of the old house of the Lin family.

No one has lived in it for more than a year, the roof leaked a little, and no one repaired it, Qin He walked in barefoot, looked at the dilapidated dining table in the living room, and the past events still appeared in his mind.

For countless nights, I and a few children gathered around this dining table, simply eating sweet potatoes and rice porridge. The children sat around the table and wrote their homework under the kerosene lamp. Swallow explained math problems to Lin Yifeng, and Lin Qing Pointing to Lin Jun's question and saying that the question is wrong.

As soon as I opened my eyes, there was only the kerosene lamp covered with cobwebs on the dining table.

Qin He walked into his bedroom and saw that there were still a few drafts on the desk, which were the manuscripts he had written for several magazines.

Qin He smiled knowingly and put down the manuscript.

Looking at the bed that was already covered with spider webs, Qin He couldn't help but feel filled with emotion as he thought about the days when he was lying on it in a vegetative state.

Suddenly, he remembered something, bent down and pulled out a large box from under the bed.

Opening the box, there was a box of paper, the top paper, and the traces of insect bites, Qin He picked it up and looked at it with some distress.

He had never seriously read some of the things written by the real Lin Yiqing, Qin He carefully looked at the words on the paper in the box.

Suddenly Qin He found something very interesting. Most of the words on these papers seemed to be drafts, some names of people and places, and some introductions of historical figures. In short, the writing was very messy, like a draft.

Suddenly, Qin He saw a small box inside the big wooden box, and Qin He suddenly remembered that he had never opened this small box.

Qin He suddenly became curious, found a brick, knocked on the small iron lock on it, and it opened.

Opening the small box, the inside was neat and tidy, and a thick stack of manuscripts appeared in front of Qin He's eyes.

Qin He carefully took out the manuscript, it was very thick, judging from the handwriting and paper, the manuscript in this small box must have at least a million words.

The manuscript has been sorted out, and the cover of the first page has four characters written on it.

"Yesterday"

Qin He was a little curious. Looking at the name, it looked like the name of a novel. Qin He took the manuscript to the desk. Anyway, he was also dirty, so it didn’t matter. He moved a chair and sat down. He opened the first page of the manuscript. Qin He Started to look up.

"In the spring of 1877, in the alleys of the capital city, a little bald man stuck out most of his head from the alley..."

Qin He unconsciously forgot the time and where he was. It was not until the sky outside gradually darkened that Qin He suddenly woke up. Where was he? Just hugged and left the earthen house.

After locking the door again, Qin He looked back at the earthen house and couldn't help but sigh, this might be the last time he came here.

Qin He rode his motorcycle and drove towards the town with the small suitcase tied behind him with a belt. Qin He looked back at the suitcase with a solemn expression.

Inside the small box was indeed a novel, and it was written by the real Lin Yiqing, a novel he had been writing for seven years.

After Lin Yiqing graduated from junior high school, he planned to write a novel, and he wrote it with his Lin family, an outsider, as the main character.

This novel is unfolded from the perspective of a child in a poor family surnamed Lin in Beijing at the end of the Qing Dynasty. The child is named Lin Fusheng, the ninth child in the family, with six older brothers and two older sisters. When he was born, his six older brothers were only one. There are only two left, and the two older sisters have also been sold to other families as maids. As for the reason, there is only one word, "Poor!"

Lin Yiqing's writing is very concise, and the description of poverty is very vivid, as if he has also substituted his own real experience into it.

Because of time constraints, Qin He didn't read any more. When he returned to the town, Qin He took a shower, lay on the bed, and began to savor the novel written by Lin Yiqing carefully.

From Lin Fusheng's tragic experience in childhood to his struggle and luck in his youth, this novel gradually allowed him to gain a firm foothold in the troubled times, and finally became a wealthy businessman with many wives and children.

When he saw this, Qin He was still a little emotional, thinking that this was almost the end, but after looking at the manuscript, he realized that it seemed that it was not even a quarter of the way.

It took Qin He a full week to finish reading Lin Yiqing's novel seriously. It was not until the end that Qin He felt empty in his heart.

The ending of this novel is a sad ending, because Lin Yiqing included his own family in it. This book tells about the ups and downs of the Lin family for a hundred years. In the generation of Lin Yiqing's father, he is the great-grandson of Lin Fusheng.

And why did Lin Yiqing's father settle down in this remote mountain village? It also became the ending of this book, because all the efforts and struggles of generations in the book were completely shattered the moment Father Lin fell into the mine disaster.

The whole book is full of sadness, joy, struggle, and life, making Qin He suspect that this is the truth, but how could Lin Yiqing, a young man, know his family history?
Perhaps there is truth and falsehood in this, or perhaps it is all a story imagined by Lin Yiqing in his difficult life.

But Qin He has to admit that this story is awesome, this novel is no less than any classic novel, even if it is used to adapt a TV series, it will definitely become a hit.

Looking at the manuscript in his hand, Qin He couldn't help thinking, is this his posthumous work?
Ten days, my last days in this world are only ten days away!

(Tomorrow, this story will end. I would like to thank Lin Yiqing for his appearance. The last book promised you to be the protagonist. This book has fulfilled its promise. Depending on the situation, the results of this book are still a mess. It is now [-] words. Now, I don’t have a hundred collections, and I doubt myself. Maybe I’m really not suitable for writing a book! Alas! But this book is composed of short stories one after another. I don’t know how to eunuch, I just write slowly. , as long as there is a real reader, I will continue to write, thank you for your support.)
(End of this chapter)