God please don't procrastinate

After the final draft of "This Road Is Nowhere" was handed over to Zheng Shuo, Zhong Jingyu devoted himself to the creation of the final volume of "The Next Exit" without stopping.

Zheng Shuo was very excited to receive the manuscript, and his work efficiency was surprisingly fast. It didn't take long for him to come to Zhong Jingyu with the typeset typed draft and promotion plan.

This time, Zhong Jingyu published a book after two years. Not long ago, there was a controversy about the deletion of the manuscript. Zheng Shuo wanted to use this to let Zhong Jingyu "do something", and arranged a lot of publicity schedules for him.Of course, all these arrangements for "making things happen" were all ruthlessly "shot|killed" by Zhong Jingyu in the end.

"Jingyu, why don't you think about this online interview? It's not long, and the fans of the show are all young people, which will help you increase your popularity." Zheng Shuo has always known that Zhong Jingyu doesn't like being in front of the public. Showing up, I understand his "uncooperative" behavior, but I still can't help but feel disappointed.

Zhong Jingyu frowned and then relaxed, his eyes fell on the crowded publicity plan, and he remained silent.

Sun Youxian put away her exuberant curiosity, put down the printed draft of the novel she saw for the first time, and also turned her attention to the publicity plan arranged by Zheng Shuo.

To be honest, Zheng Shuo's publicity plan is very good.Zhong Jingyu is a writer and not a star, so it is impossible to run around like an entertainer to make announcements, but writers also have ways and means for writers to publicize. Of course, it goes without saying that news releases on public platforms, as well as online variety shows that have become popular in recent years , online interviews, webcasts, and more.

The platforms and programs chosen by Zheng Shuo mainly target young people. It is indeed a good opportunity for the programs themselves and Zhong Jingyu to get involved and promote them.

But how could someone as low-key as Zhong Jingyu agree to participate?

Since entering the industry, he has rarely shown his face in public, not only because Zhong Jingyu knows he is not good at dealing with the media, but also because he does not want to overexpose himself and cause unnecessary troubles.

This was the case two years ago, how could Zhong Jingyu, who has lived in a dead house for two years, change easily?

Knowing this fact, Zheng Shuo still made a publicity plan very seriously. In the final analysis, there was nothing he could do—the times were changing too fast, and the current market was different from the past. Zhong Jingyu, who had been silent for two years, wanted to win in one fell swoop. The glory of the past must be changed.

When Sun Youxian was looking at the publicity plan, Zheng Shuo desperately gave him winks, hoping that he could help persuade Zhong Jingyu.

"Uncle Zheng, it's the same for Youxian to persuade me, I won't participate." Zhong Jingyu was not blind, Zheng Shuo winked and almost said it, how could he not see?

Zheng Shuo did not embarrass himself because of his petty actions, he just slumped his shoulders regretfully, and said earnestly, "Jingyu, I didn't force you, it's just the current situation, and there is nothing I can do about it.

For this publication, the director actually wants to halve your publication volume. As a writer, although the quality of the work is judged by the quality of the work and the strength of the individual, but the times are different now, the market is unpredictable, and the rules of the industry are also changing.

The publishing of the company's books is all about profit first. If it can make money for the company, the company is of course willing to work hard. On the other hand, if it can't make money or is not sure whether it can make money, then...

You also know your situation in the past two years. Although the name Zhong Jingyu has weight and strength, it has disappeared and been quiet for a long time, and many people have forgotten it. "

Zheng Shuo's words were subtle and righteous. Zhong Jingyu was not unimpressed when he heard it. He was silent for a while and reached for the paper full of promotional plans, and picked three out of the few activities that he "shot|killed" , One by one: "These three, you can participate."

Zheng Shuo's eyes lit up, and he looked down at the three promotions that Zhong Jingyu agreed to participate in.

One is an online interview on Weibo, the other is a micro-interview on a video website, and the other is an interaction with readers on a forum affiliated to the Biluo Literature Network.The three promotions are all live broadcast in real time, and the format of the program is question and answer. There is also the most important common feature, that is, there is no need to show his face or even his voice. Zhong Jingyu only needs to type to answer the questions of the host or readers. OK.

This is really... very good, very Zhong Jingyu.

"Jingyu, you really..." Zheng Shuo wanted to persuade him a few more words, but Zhong Jingyu said categorically, "This is the limit, we can't add more."

Zheng Shuo sighed, three or three, compared to not participating in any of them before, it is a big step forward now, and he still understands the principle of accepting as soon as it is good.

"That's okay..." He just opened his mouth to finalize the promotion, when he heard Sun Youxian ask in a low voice: "Young Master Zhong, why don't you like interacting with fans? From the time you published your first book to now, there have been one, two, three. Four, five, six... It's been seven years, but you've only held one fan meeting. Although I was lucky enough to attend, there are more readers who didn't attend.

Many people have been fans of your books for many years, but because you never show your face in public, and you never show a picture, many people even doubt whether you are a man or a woman. How many of you... Consider the feelings of your fans Well. "

Sun Youxian actually complained a little at the end. Thinking about how those cheating friends in the group have loved and hated Zhong Jingyu's "low-key" for so many years, he couldn't control his desire to "vomit". The heart of a male god.

In terms of interacting with fans, after promising Sun Youxian, Zhong Jingyu has actually improved a lot.After publishing a new chapter, I occasionally reply to a message or two, and usually post two landscape photos on Weibo with some literary copywriting. Compared with the half-dead state before, it is not a star.

But thinking of facing a group of strangers as writer Zhong Jingyu, there is always a hurdle in his heart that he can't get over.

"Forget it, Jingyu's personality is just like that, and there are fans who like him like that." Seeing that the atmosphere was subtly quiet, Zheng Shuo hurried out to smooth things over.He has seen Zhong Jingyu's change, and he also knows that it is all thanks to Sun Youxian, so he doesn't want the two to have a estrangement because of a little disagreement, so that Zhong Jingyu "returns to Xielong once in a while." | put before".

Zhong Jingyu looked at the publicity plan in his hand, then at Sun Youxian, and said slowly, "I... am not very good at communicating with strangers."

"But you've been very good at replying to readers' messages and comments recently." Especially when you first took care of Weibo by yourself, your skills in flirting with girls are very good.

"The feeling of typing is better." This is why he agreed to participate in the three promotions - the three programs are the only projects that can be participated in by typing in all promotion plans.

"But you were not like this before. At the book fan meeting five years ago, you...on stage, you spoke so well...you answered seven live questions, and each answer exceeded at least three sentences!" That day You don't seem to be bad at communicating at all. You even gave me the signed book yourself. You hugged me and said thank you for my support. From the beginning to the end, a nearly one-hour book fan meeting, but It doesn't look like you're unwilling to interact with your fans at all.

Sun Youxian only dared to think about the following words in his heart. Zhong Jingyu must not remember what happened five years ago. .

When Zhong Jingyu heard him talk about the meeting five years ago, he was taken aback for a moment, then his brows slowly frowned as he remembered something.

He closed his eyes and rubbed his forehead, wiped his face with both hands, and looked at Sun Youxian after his expression became less solemn: "You actually remember it all, you..."

Zhong Jingyu wanted to say something but seemed unable to continue, chuckled after the word "you", reached out and rubbed the top of Sun Youxian's head vigorously.

Sun Youxian obediently was rubbed twice by him without resisting, lowered his head, lowered his eyes, and whispered: "I am your book fan, 100% pure gold."

"Well, if I have a book fan club, I will send you a membership card made of diamonds, and this is the only one, unique." Of course, Zhong Jingyu did not doubt the authenticity of Sun Youxian as a book fan, but in Unprepared, he poked the cute spot fiercely, and his heart softened for a moment.

He tapped twice on the publicity plan, then moved to the online interview that Zheng Shuo persuaded him to participate in, and asked, "Uncle Zheng, what is this program like?"

Just now, Zheng Shuo felt that he was a little blinded by the sudden harmonious atmosphere of the two people sitting opposite him. When Zhong Jingyu asked him, he immediately realized that Zhong Jingyu's decision meant to be loose, so he explained it to him immediately. : "This online interview is a program that a friend of mine is doing. It used to be a talk show for complaining about some bad movies at the moment.

Recently, the program is slowly transforming, and I want to add something in-depth.After each issue of Tucao is over, there will be more than ten minutes of interviews or street interviews with people related to the topic of the current issue.

Recently, he is planning a program related to science fiction suspense. You know, there have been a lot of films of this type in China recently, but they only have technology but no content. program.

The content of domestic science fiction suspense, to be honest, is relatively poor, and your novels are very important in this area, so I thought, let's see if you are willing to appear on this program. "

"Mr. Zheng, is the program you're talking about "Did You Talk About It Today?" Zheng Shuo just finished speaking, and Sun Youxian looked at him eagerly.

Zheng Shuo nodded. It was not surprising that Sun Youxian could guess this program. Firstly, this program is indeed very popular among young people. Secondly, the format of the program he explained just now is actually very obvious.

And he did not clearly write the name of the program in the publicity plan, mainly because he was not sure, Zhong Jingyu probably would not agree to participate, and he has not mentioned this matter with his friends, there are too many uncertainties, so just write The title of the show is inappropriate.

"Do you like this show very much?" Zhong Jingyu saw Sun Youxian mentioning "Did you complain about it today", his eyes were full of sparkles, and the answer was almost self-evident.

Sun Youxian nodded vigorously: "Dr. Tu's complaints are really interesting, and the sentences are reasonable, and the three views are also correct. The interviews at the end of the last few episodes also have a lot of thought-provoking content. To be honest, I think compared to now There are some shows on TV that are too good to watch."

The Dr. Tu in Sun Youxian's mouth is the producer and host of "Did you complain about it today", and also Zheng Shuo's friend, a fat uncle who is nearly forty years old, and has always been a postdoctoral fellow of Tufei Circle , hence the name "Dr. Soil".

"Then trouble Uncle Zheng to arrange it, I..." Zhong Jingyu paused, took a deep breath, and said with determination, "I'll go to... the Internet interview."

The author has something to say: I want to apologize to the little angels, there is no way to update tomorrow.

The manuscript has disappeared a few days ago, and my coding speed is too old to keep up with the updating speed, and these two days I have a cold + bronchitis, poor energy, lack of energy, and extremely poor coding efficiency, so there is no way to do it for a while Do daily updates.

In the future, I will try my best to keep changing every three days, and I hope that the cold and bronchitis will go away quickly. After I recover, my small universe will explode _(:з"∠)_