I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 85. Controlling the Two Little Ones

After "Hilarious Daily Life" opened up the market in Hong Kong, Zhang Chunxue no longer needed to put in any effort for subsequent sales and promotion.

A work that has withstood the test of the market attracted orders from agents all over the country in just a few days. Without promising a refund if it doesn't sell, the publisher received orders for over a million copies in just over a week.

Of course, this is the upper limit. Even if there are further increases later, it is estimated that it will not exceed 200,000 copies, after all, China does not have much copyright awareness.

Xu Qingfan didn't think piracy was a big problem. After all, he had frequented pirated comic books in his previous life. "Hilarious Daily Life" was priced at eight yuan, which few students could afford at the moment.

People who buy genuine books and people who buy pirated books are not in the same pool, so even if there are many pirated copies, it will not have much impact on the sales of the Three Little Ones comics.

He remembered that when the A-Shuai comic was a hit in his previous life, many pirated comic books, only slightly larger than a matchbox, appeared at the small shops near the school gate. They cost five cents a book, and if you bought one, you would be the coolest kid in the class.

Xu Qingfan had a clear idea: the real money in comics comes from the IP. As long as more people can see it, even if you get it for free, I will never lose out.

"Don't be nervous, it's just the final exam. You did well last semester, it's not difficult." On the school bus, Xu Qingfan gently patted Wu Lingyu's trembling hand.

"Mm." Wu Lingyu nodded gratefully, her gaze never leaving the test paper in her hand.

Because the fried food stall moved to Lianyuan Road, Li Meijuan changed her rented house from her previous location to one near Lianhua Courtyard in order to make it easier for her to set up her stall. As a result, Wu Lingyu took the same school bus as them.

Because the little girl dropped out of the top 20 in the grade in the midterm exam, if she wants to continue to receive tuition waivers next semester, Wu Lingyu's ranking in the final exam this time must be at least in the top 12 in the grade. In order not to increase the burden on her family, Wu Lingyu has been studying like crazy for the past few weeks.

Xiao Ruanwen was equally nervous. She was lucky enough to rank in the top 20 of her grade in the midterm exams. In order to win a tuition waiver for the next semester, the little girl was also studying hard.

"Brother Fan, I don't understand this question!"

"I see a class of students going boating. If they add one boat, each boat can hold 6 people. If they remove one boat, each boat can hold 9 people. How many students are in the class?"

Xu Qingfan was stunned after reading the question: [Good heavens, what kind of monster is this? I can't even figure out the answer at a glance!]
"Well, you have to think of it this way: one more boat means 6 people, one less boat means 9 people, right?"

"Hmm, and then?" Xiao Ruanwen blinked in confusion.

"What does this mean?" Xu Qingfan began to use tactics to stall for time.

Xiao Ruanwen indeed fell into thought, quickly calculating in his mind: [What does this mean?! It means three people will disembark from each boat and board the two new boats!!]
[Thank goodness, I figured it out!] Xu Qingfan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"I don't know," Xiao Ruanwen said, shaking her head after a long pause.

"Let's say there were originally 5 boats. If there's one more, there are 6 boats, and if there's one less, there are 4 boats, right?" Xu Qingfan paused, looked at Xiao Ruanwen, and continued after she nodded. "When there are 4 boats, there are 9 people. When there are 6 boats, there are 6 people. You see, four times nine is thirty-six, and six times six is ​​thirty-six. Isn't that enough?"

"Huh?" Xiao Ruanwen was completely confused. "Brother Fan, what are you talking about? Why do you assume there were originally 5 boats?"

"Well, because he originally really did have 5 boats." Xu Qingfan hadn't learned the equation yet, and he really didn't know how to explain it for the moment.

"Don't listen to his nonsense, let me tell you!" Xia Xiaoxiao glared at Xu Qingfan and began her performance, "Comparing one more boat with one smaller boat, isn't it the same as having two more boats?"

"Mmmmmmm!"

“If each boat needs to seat 6 people, then the two boats need to seat 12 people in total?” Xia Xiaoxiao continued.

"Mmmmmmm!"

"9-6=3, does that mean three people have to get off each boat?"

"Ok?"

“12/3=4, which means there are four boats if one is missing. Four times nine is thirty-six, so there are 36 people in total. It’s very simple, right?” Xia Xiaoxiao smiled as she looked at Xiao Ruanwen.

"Hehehe~ Let me think about it some more." Xiao Ruanwen smiled politely but awkwardly, taking her test paper back from Xia Xiaoxiao. [I guessed right on the midterm exam, I'll definitely do it this time too, 5555~]
"Great!!!"

"Exams are over, summer vacation is here!!"

"My older sister is a college student, and I want to go to the college to play during the summer vacation!"

"What's so great about that? My sister is a graduate student!!"

"None of you are as good as me. My sister works outside!!!"

"My sister dares to eat shit!"

"My sister dares to do that too!"

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Stepping out of the examination hall, the elementary school students, having finished all their exams, were like wild horses, loudly sharing their plans for the long summer vacation with their friends.

"Finally, the exams are over~" Xiao Ruanwen walked between the two, her expression a mix of exhaustion and surprise.

"When are we going to record the song?" Xia Xiaoxiao asked.

"Hehehe, I even dreamt that our song was performed on the Spring Festival Gala stage when I was taking a nap at noon!" Xiao Ruanwen said with a silly smile.

"You really dare to dream about anything."

Xiao Ruanwen pouted and glared at Xu Qingfan: "Maybe! Brother Fan, didn't you tell Wan Ning that anything is possible as long as you persevere? Why are you treating her differently?"

"Hmph, that's just how he is. Lin Wanning and the others are already drawing the second volume of the comic book, but he hasn't written a second song for us!" Xia Xiaoxiao pulled Xiao Ruanwen away from Xu Chougou.

Xu Qingfan thought to himself, "[Is this even comparable? Our daily comedy routine is generating tens of millions in revenue, while releasing songs is purely for our own amusement!]"
But he couldn't say that out loud. "Tsk tsk tsk, true heartbreak isn't about making a scene~ I already wrote the second song, I didn't expect you guys to think of me like this, eh~ forget it, it's pointless." Xu Qingfan shook his head and didn't look at the two of them again.

"what?"

The innocent little girl, who had not yet been poisoned by the internet, did not understand that Xu Qingfan was being sarcastic. The two children thought that Xu Qingfan was really sad and disappointed, so they quickly chased after him and each took one of his arms.

"Interesting!"

"Brother Fan, we were wrong, please don't be angry, we were just joking!"

Xu Qingfan felt a secret sense of satisfaction. [Is this what it feels like to easily control a "fishpond" (a term used to describe a situation where someone is easily manipulated)?]
"And you, do you know you're wrong?" Xu Qingfan looked at Xia Xiaoxiao expressionlessly.

Xia Xiaoxiao clenched her fists secretly and reluctantly said, "I'm sorry."

"Huh? I can't hear you."

"sorry!!!"

Xu Qingfan bumped the little girl's head, "Why are you talking so loudly? Will you do it again next time?"

"I won't do that anymore." Xia Xiaoxiao pouted, looking aggrieved.

[You're clearly being biased, Xu Qingfan, you're the worst!]
Thank you, Brother Linzhongshu, for the 500 Qidian coins.

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