They’re all reborn, what’s wrong with being a little more almighty?

Chapter 290 Best-selling book
After seeing Zhang Wei off, Evans opened the manuscript of "Fifty Shades of Grey" and began to read it carefully.

Gradually, Evans began to immerse himself in the plot and his brows furrowed.

"What is this? Is such a disgusting thing suitable to be written directly into a novel? F**k! I'm not a pervert! This pile of garbage pollutes my eyes!" Evans subconsciously threw the manuscript aside.

Evans poured himself a half glass of whiskey, calmed himself down, and returned to his chair, but his mind was still filled with the contents of the novel.

"You know what, this kind of disgusting thing is quite exciting just thinking about it!"

The next second, Evans picked up the manuscript again and continued reading.

"Although this is a pile of garbage that taints my eyes, as a literary practitioner, I should look at it with a more critical eye!"

Evans muttered to himself, I am criticizing literary works, not wanting to see how fancy the protagonists in the books are, nor am I trying to learn from them.

Soon, Evans was immersed in the world of words woven by the novel. His eyes gradually became deeper, sometimes flashing with curiosity, sometimes revealing the color of expectation. Unconsciously, Evans finished reading the last page.

"That's all." Evans actually felt like he hadn't seen enough.

"Wait a minute, why do I feel like I'm not going to finish this? Why am I looking forward to the next story? What's going on? Why am I interested in this kind of thing?"

The next second, Evans suddenly realized another problem. Is he a pervert at heart?
"No, I'm definitely not a pervert. I'm a devout Christian, how could I be a pervert?"

Evans looked at the manuscript in his hand again. Since he was not a pervert, why could he still read this type of novel?

"If even a gentleman like me can stand it, then wouldn't it be a treasure for a person with dirty thoughts? Could it be that this type of guy has great market value?"

Evans scratched his head in confusion. After working as an editor for so many years, this was the first time he had seen this type of novel.

If it was an unknown contributor, Evans would have thrown the manuscript into the trash long ago, but Zhang Wei is a first-rate best-selling author after all, so it is impossible for him to reject the manuscript directly.

After a little hesitation, Evans decided to find a colleague to look over the manuscript together.

……

Fifty Shades of Grey tells the story of Anna, a young female college student who meets a 27-year-old handsome man named Grey and falls in love with him at first sight. After they started dating, Anna discovered that Grey had a hidden hobby, which is called sadomasochism, or SM in short.

It’s not the artist company in South Korea, it’s not the Shaman in World of Warcraft, it’s not the master in Fantasy Westward Journey, it’s the SM you are thinking of.

Then the two of them began to try this game and became addicted to it. Eventually, they completed their spiritual communication in the game, got together, and started a happy life.

On the surface, this is a love story about how two people fall in love, but in fact, the most attractive thing is the various SM plots. It can be said that the content of this book is very unhealthy even in the eyes of more open-minded Europeans and Americans.

Moreover, the novel lacks imagination and is poorly written, filled with repetitive descriptions. Even the description of features is only "handsome" and no other words can be thought of, which shows that the author has no literary skills.

There are even more holes in the logic. For example, the male protagonist is worth hundreds of millions, lives in a mansion and rides a private jet, but he actually wears Converse canvas shoes!
It's like writing an essay. You write that my family has assets worth tens of billions. My father took me to the most expensive buffet in the city to reward me for getting 128 points in the exam. It cost 500 yuan per person. I ate a lot of -gram prawns. After the meal, we went to a luxury store. My mother asked the waiter to pick down the most expensive bag from the wall and paid for it without bargaining.

Such a novel with little imagination, poor writing and logical loopholes is actually a top bestseller in the United States. The reason is that in the content of only 65 words, there are more than 200 SM scenes!

Even the fastest-paced online novel writers these days don’t dare to design 65 battles in 200 words.

So for this book, the plot, writing style, and logic are not important. What is important are the more than 200 battles and the various whips, pillars, ropes, boards, handcuffs and other magical tools used in it.

The reason why I bought this book is not for its literary elements. To put it bluntly, I bought this book to read as Liu Bei, and it is a relatively heavy-tasting book.

However, the work "Fifty Shades of Grey" has sold 1.5 million copies worldwide, even though the book has been banned in dozens of countries around the world.

Even in the United States, many conservative places have enacted laws to prohibit the sale of this book. However, this does not prevent the book from appearing on the American Book Association's annual book list. Ironically, the Bible is also on this list.

After this book became a hot seller, it triggered many social phenomena in the United States.

First of all, all kinds of small adult toys are hot-selling or even out of stock, such as swords, spears, swords, halberds, axes, hooks, forks, whips, maces, hammers, lances, sticks, crutches, meteors, with sharp points, blades, hooks, thorns, edges, Emei needles, and maces. The more fancy they are, the better the sales.

Those in Yiwu who are engaged in this kind of foreign trade have made a lot of money, big or small.

Secondly, the number of emergency cases at night increases. Some come as a single woman, some as a single man, some as a man and a woman together, and some as several men and women playing together. However, nine out of ten of them have small toys hanging on their bodies.

When it comes to having fun, we have to look to the Americans!

……

Although the book "Fifty Shades of Grey" has no literary value and no profound connotation, it has no advantages other than being able to stimulate the sales of adult toys.

But Amazon is still happy to publish this book, simply because this book has great market potential.

Evans gave the manuscript to several other editors, and they all came to the same conclusion: the writing was a complete mess, and perhaps even a middle school student could write a better essay than this.

But each editor read the entire book with a "critical" eye, and they remembered the battle scenes in particular very clearly, and could even roughly describe the content of the battles.

There are more than 200 battles in the three volumes of the book, and there must be at least 60 in the first volume. You can remember a lot of them after reading it once, which is enough to show that everyone is really reading the book carefully.

Not to mention anything else, many people have watched "Journey to the West" carefully several times, but cannot remember the eighty-one difficulties; many people have watched "Water Margin" carefully several times, but cannot pronounce the 108 names.

Although "Fifty Shades of Grey" is poorly written, it allows readers to read the entire book and still remember some of the plot, which is already of great commercial value and worth publishing.

What publishers care about most is sales. Literary value, profound connotation, or even morality are not important in the face of sales.

Since this is a work worthy of criticism, it must be published so that every American citizen can participate in the criticism.

It is better to criticize it with actual actions...

……

When Zhang Wei returned to China, the 48-hour breakout competition of "Almost Boys" had already ended, and thirteen contestants were finally selected to enter the national finals.

In order to cooperate with this talent show, the organizer set up a special "Boys College".

This boys' academy brings together thirteen contestants to study and live together, choreograph and design programs, and give each other opinions and suggestions. All of these processes will be recorded, similar to a reality show for the contestants.

At the same time, the program team will invite professional musicians to guide the contestants, and ask the judges to set questions and test the contestants. The contestants who are eliminated every week will also leave this boys' college.

The promotion rules for the national finals are also related to the weekly quizzes of the boys' college. The contestant who ranks first in the weekly quiz will receive an opening benefit and be the first to sing a song at the beginning of the show.

This is equivalent to giving an extra chance to perform. In a talent show like this where the results are decided by audience voting, one more chance to perform is equivalent to one more chance to canvass for votes.

The last contestant in the quiz will directly enter the mid-game competition, with only one chance left to sing a self-help song. Of course, the final decision is still in the hands of the audience. Even if they enter the mid-game competition, as long as the number of text messages is high enough, they can advance to the next round.

When Zhang Wei arrived at the boys' college, the camp had already been open for three days.

Zhang Wei had no choice but to adjust to the jet lag for two days after returning to China. Then he went to Tsinghua University to guide the experiment on graphene Hall effect. After that, he went to Weiguang Technology to try out the latest version of DOTA2. He was called by Principal Gu to listen to a lot of nagging. Only then did he have time to come to the recording site of the show.

At the same time, its twelve contestants have been getting to know each other for three days.

Although they are all competitors, it can still be seen that the twelve boys have a tendency to form cliques. If you are careful, you can tell who is closer to whom, or who dislikes whom.

As for Zhang Wei, since he arrived the latest and was not familiar with anyone, he seemed more like an outsider.

However, on the second day after Zhang Wei entered the camp, the program team arranged a quiz for this week.

Several judges came to the contestants, and one of the female judges said, "The topic of our quiz this week is, The Moon Represents My Heart. I think everyone is familiar with this song. What you need to do next is to sing this song well.

When I say sing this song well, I don’t mean you should imitate the singing style of a famous singer, but I mean you should understand the song deeply, and then play to your strengths and make full use of your own characteristics to sing this song! ”

The judges' words made the contestants eager to try, and everyone wanted to use this classic old song to express themselves.

Only Zhang Wei looked unhappy. He had no advantage in singing such classic old songs.

Those who can enter the national finals can reach the level of professional singers. Among them are very distinctive singers such as "Little Prince of High Notes", "Voice Rogue" and "Natural Clip Voice". They are a group of guys who are blessed by God.

Industries such as literature, art, and sports still rely heavily on talent. If one’s talent is strong enough, one can be invincible even without working hard. However, if one’s talent is insufficient, one will be stuck at a certain limit no matter how hard one works.

Zhang Wei has no talent in music. Now, when competing with a group of talented contestants in singing classic old songs, he is inherently at a disadvantage.

……

Several judges returned to the lounge, only to see Xiaoxiang Entertainment's music director Hu Li standing at the entrance, seemingly waiting for them.

"Dear judges, I have prepared some tea and snacks, please come and enjoy them." Hu Li said with a smile.

The judges looked at each other. They all knew that Hu Li invited them to tea, which must be the program team's plan to arrange new tasks for them.

The judges all received their notice fees from the program team, which was like the sponsor. When the sponsor invited them, how could they refuse? So several judges followed Hu Li to the conference room.

After a brief greeting, Hu Li got straight to the point and said, "Let me make it short. I invited you all here for the first week's quiz. I heard that the quiz topic is "The Moon Represents My Heart." Regardless of the contestants' scores, we already have suitable candidates for the first and last place in the quiz."

The judges all showed expressions of sudden enlightenment. They all understood that the program team was planning to decide the results of the contestants' quizzes.

The one who was chosen as the first place winner probably has some connections, so even if he is not supported by the program team in the future, his career will definitely be smooth.

As for the last person who has been selected, it is very likely that he has no background or connections, and he may even be at odds with the production team, so the production team is eager to send him away at the very beginning.

Although the judges did not agree directly to the program team's request, they expressed their consent through silence.

After all, he is the financial sponsor. How dare I refuse his request?

These judges are not top musicians. If they dare to go against the program team, they will be replaced directly and the judges will be helpless.

Seeing that the judges all agreed by default, Hu Li continued, "We hope that the first place in the quiz will be contestant number 11."

The judges nodded slightly, indicating that they had taken note of it.

"And the last place we hope for in the quiz is contestant No. 13," Hu Li continued.

"Contestant number 13 is Zhang Wei, right?" one of the judges said immediately.

"Zhang Wei? The original singer from the Beijing competition area? I've heard his songs. His songs are really well written!" said another judge.

Zhang Wei was the last one to arrive at the boys' college, so he also had the last number.

When Zhang Wei was mentioned, several judges showed a trace of regret on their faces. Original singers are rare, and the songs they write are so good. It would be a pity if he was eliminated in the first round.

But it's a pity, since the sponsor has made the request, the judges have no choice but to do as they say.

……

In the quiz two days later, everyone sang "The Moon Represents My Heart" once, and Zhang Wei personally experienced the terrifying power of those talented contestants.

For example, the one who was known as the "voice rogue", as soon as he opened his mouth, Zhang Wei couldn't help but exclaim in his heart, "It's so beautiful."

For example, the "Little Prince of High Note" managed to sing "The Moon Represents My Heart" in the key of D5, even though Teresa Teng only sang in the key of C back then.

After listening to these people's performances, Zhang Wei couldn't help but shaking his head. Such amazing talents are incomparable, really incomparable!

However, Zhang Wei still has the level of an ordinary singer. He performed normally and completed the song relatively successfully.

According to Zhang Wei's own assessment, he will definitely not be in the top five, but he shouldn't be in the bottom three, probably just in the middle!
The judge looked at the form in his hand and said, "Next, I will announce the contestant who performed the worst in this quiz."

The judges looked at everyone and said slowly, "Number 13, Zhang Wei!"

The other contestants breathed a sigh of relief, but Zhang Wei frowned.

"Not really. Although I don't have the talent of those guys, I shouldn't be the last one. How did the judges judge?"

Zhang Wei subconsciously looked at several judges, but found that their eyes were flickering and no one dared to look him in the eye. Even if someone met Zhang Wei's eyes, they would immediately dodge away.

Obviously, this is a sign of guilty conscience.

"There is another shady deal!" Zhang Wei realized this instantly.

"The one who dared to let the judges do something shady is most likely the production team. If you rank last in the quiz, you will only have one last song to save yourself. If you fail to save yourself, you will be eliminated directly."

Zhang Wei took a deep breath, but his eyes were full of fighting spirit.

"There's only one song left. This is forcing me to come up with my best song to fight back!"

(End of this chapter)