I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 78. The Terrifying Fan Leader
Back home, Xu Qingfan turned on his computer as usual.

Xia Xiaoxiao sat down next to him, still fuming, clearly upset that Xu Chou Gou had broken his promise.

As soon as I logged into QQ, the speaker on the outside started making a constant coughing and beeping noises, as if it had been infected with a Trojan virus.

Xu Qingfan clicked on the icon and saw that, good heavens, more than twenty people suddenly appeared out of nowhere wanting to add him as a friend.

Two of them had invited him to join the group.

QQ's group chat function was only recently introduced, and only registered VIP QQ members could apply for two groups.

He first clicked on two messages inviting him to join a group. One was from a friend whose name was a bunch of random English letters.

Seeing the group name written above, Xu Qingfan smiled sheepishly.

"Experimental Primary School Fan Group? Xu Qingfan, you're shameless!" Xia Xiaoxiao said disdainfully, looking at the group name.

"It's not like I created it. If you want to say something, say it's the group owner!" Xu Qingfan clicked on another group invitation: Hilarious Daily Life Fan Exchange Group.

[This is more normal.] Xu Qingfan thought to himself.

The person who invited him to the group was none other than Zhao Wumian, whom he had met while guessing riddles that day.

After the first round of messages was finished, the chat box was still buzzing with messages. Xu Qingfan looked and saw that Zhao Wumian had sent him 99+ messages.

After clicking on his chat window, before I could even read the previous content, a long string of "Are you there? Are you there?" came into view.

Xu Qingfan thought to himself that he needed to maintain the aloof image of an idol, and using fewer words in his name would make him seem more sophisticated.

"What is it?" he replied in the chat box.

Zhao Wumian's profile picture was grayed out. Xu Qingfan scrolled up the messages and quickly saw what he had posted earlier.

8:32
[Brother Fan, I bought fifty comic books!]

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8:55
【Hahahahahaha】

[The comics in Fan Ge's book are absolutely hilarious!]

[Brother Fan, I told them that if they buy 25 or more copies of "Hilarious Daily Life" at once, they can ask you for an autograph!]

【Brother Fan, I've already verified and registered everything for you!】

[These are all people who bought more than twenty-five copies!]

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[Is Fan Ge there? Fan Ge!]

[Brother Fan, I just became a member, I'll add you to the group!]

Then came a long string of "Are you there?"

Xu Qingfan and Xia Xiaoxiao read the entire contents of the chat box with their heads close together, and the two little ones subconsciously turned to look at each other.

"boom!"

"Ouch!" Xia Xiaoxiao covered her head, which had just been bumped by the stinky dog, feeling wronged.

"Hahaha~ I was wondering why so many newsstands I asked couldn't find it, turns out it's all about fan economy!" Xu Qingfan laughed, covering the spot where he had just been bumped.

What is the fan economy?

"It's irrational consumption. For example, you really like listening to Zhou Binglun's 'Sunny Day,' so you spend money to buy a hundred copies of 'Sunny Day' CDs to take home," Xu Qingfan explained in what he thought was a simple and easy-to-understand way.

"Why would I buy a hundred copies? Can't I just listen to MP3s? Why would I spend money?" Xia Xiaoxiao couldn't understand.

"It's just irrational consumption."

"Who is this person?" Xia Xiaoxiao asked, pointing to the black avatar in the chat box.

"It's a boy, from Class 10 in the first grade, named Zhao Wumian. Last Friday, someone was promoting comics to me on the school radio, right? That's him!" Xu Qingfan said with a smile, pointing to the chat box.

"Oh!" Upon hearing that it was a man, Xia Xiaoxiao instantly lost interest.

Xu Qingfan opened two group chats. The large group of 500 people already had more than 100 people, making it quite large.

A few seconds later, the computer beeped again; it was Zhao Wumian calling him once more.

[Brother Fan, Brother Fan, you're finally online!]

[Brother Fan, remember to sign autographs for them! I already promised!]

[Brother Fan, many more people have agreed to buy more than 25 copies, but Licheng is out of stock. You'll have to wait until tomorrow!]

Xu Qingfan:
【.】

【==】

【strong. 】

Zhao Wumian:
[Fan-ge, remember to copy down the forms I sent out. I've already told them to bring their school cards to you for your signatures tomorrow!] [Fan-ge, you have to treat everyone equally; don't sign for anyone not on the list!]

Don't ruin my reputation!!!

Xu Qingfan:
【.】

【it is good】

"Is this the fan leader?" Xu Qingfan chuckled and closed the chat window.

"Isn't it a waste for them to buy so many identical comic books?" Xia Xiaoxiao still couldn't understand.

“How could it be a waste? Buying twenty-five copies comes with my autograph.” Xu Qingfan turned his head to look at Xia Xiaoxiao.

"Your arrogant signature isn't even worth two hundred yuan!" Xia Xiaoxiao silently calculated the answer in her mind and retorted to Xu Qingfan.

"Two hundred yuan?" Xia Xiaoxiao's reminder made Xu Qingfan realize that his autograph was actually worth so much!

Two hundred yuan is not a small amount at this time. His favorite fast food restaurant only costs four yuan for three meat dishes, one vegetable dish, and a bowl of soup.

"Two hundred yuan can buy more than a hundred Wuyang ice creams!"

"Why do you care so much about other people? It's just a hundred or so Wuyang ice creams. Maybe in ten years a comic book with my autograph will be worth ten thousand Wuyang ice creams!" Xu Qingfan thought to himself that students who can afford to attend Experimental Primary School wouldn't be short of two hundred yuan, so there's no way they would steal money from their families to buy comic books.

"Shit!"

Neither of them could have imagined that more than ten years later, in a winter, a recent college graduate who had not found a suitable job actually managed to earn more than 10,000 yuan by using this book, "Hilarious Daily Life," which was signed by the three members of TFBOYS, and successfully got through the most difficult few months.

Xu Qingfan was about to say something more when the landline phone outside the living room suddenly rang.

"Answer the phone."

Xu Qingfan got up and went out, and Xia Xiaoxiao followed him out.

"Hello? This is Xu Qingfan!"

"Brother Qingfan! Aunt Zhang said our comics sold over 15,000 copies this morning!!" Lin Wanning's excited voice came through the microphone.

"So many!?" Xu Qingfan thought he could sell at most three thousand books in a morning, but the result was five times the original amount!
"Okay, okay! I'll have Aunt Zhang tell you!!"

Just by listening to her voice, Xu Qingfan could imagine Xiao Wanning nodding adorably on the other end of the phone.

"Oh, it's Xiaofan! Congratulations! I called you as soon as I got the first news."

"Thank you, Auntie. We wouldn't have been able to publish the book without your help!" Xu Qingfan put the phone on speakerphone and shared his joy with Xia Xiaoxiao.

"You silly child, I already said there's no need to thank me. The publisher told me that the comic books are sold out in Licheng. They sold more than 3,000 copies this morning. It seems that the huge poster promotion was very effective. Auntie will get one for you in other districts!"

"Auntie, it's not like that, it's like this," Xu Qingfan explained to Zhang Chunxue with a smile, explaining that a fan leader had called on everyone to buy books in bulk.

"Hahaha~ You already have fans! You'll be big stars from now on! Auntie will have to keep the books you gave me safe!"

"Brother Qingfan~ Hurry up and add Ningning and Yiyi to the fan group too!"

"What are you doing~" Xu Qingfan slapped away Xia Xiaoxiao's hand that was pinching his arm mischievously, and then said, "Auntie, you must have spent a lot of money on advertising. We'll pay you back the money from this comic sale first, and you can pay back the rest after the next batch of comics is sold!"

"Yes! Give it back to the auntie first!!"

"Mom, give it back!"

The two little ones each grabbed one of Zhang Chunxue's arms and acted coquettishly.

“Why do we need so much money? Auntie spent tens of thousands of yuan on advertising. If you sell 100,000 comic books, you’ll make 300,000 yuan. Auntie can just take 30,000 yuan from that.” Zhang Chunxue affectionately rubbed the two little heads.

"Auntie, stop lying! I've checked online, advertising on bus stop signs costs more than 30,000 yuan!!"

"Auntie, you're lying!!" Lin Wanning also voiced his support for Xu Qingfan on the other end of the phone.

"Okay, okay, then Auntie can have 100,000 yuan, right?" Zhang Chunxue feigned a helpless expression.

"No way! Auntie, you take 290,000 yuan, and we'll split the remaining 10,000 yuan equally among the three of us. Consider it a reward for drawing comics during this time!" Xu Qingfan said decisively.

"Yes! Auntie took 290,000."
"You're being disobedient, aren't you? If you're not good, don't ask your aunt for help next time!" Zhang Chunxue pretended to be stern, but she was secretly overjoyed.

"Okay~" Xu Qingfan raised the white flag and surrendered.

"That's a good girl! I'm inviting Xiaoxiao and Ruanwen to my house this afternoon. I've prepared Children's Day gifts for you!"

"Brother Qingfan, come play!"

"it is good!"

Long after hanging up the phone, Xu Qingfan still had a smile on his face.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Xia Xiaoxiao looking sullen, he nudged the little girl with his arm in confusion.

"It's nothing!" Xia Xiaoxiao got up, went out, and returned to her home.

[Woman.] Xu Qingfan shook his head helplessly.

[Xu Qingfan, you're such a big idiot! I also want to have a career like yours.]
(End of this chapter)