A healing writer? No, it's a depressing writer!

Chapter 212: Eri's Death! I Could Have Tolerated the Darkness If I Had Never Seen the Light! (5k)

Chu Tianjiao's dominance in the cinema is no less than that of James in basketball or Bolt in sprinting.

Wherever he is, the eyes and gazes of others will be focused on him.

Inside the movie theater with the lights turned off.

Chu Tianjiao held two large buckets of popcorn in his hands, sat down next to Jiang Hai, and shouted at the top of his voice:

"No wonder you ignored me when I called you in the dorm. It turns out you were here to watch a movie with a pretty girl."

In this world, there is a word called sudden intuition.

The general meaning is that in interpersonal relationships, one will not be depressed by trivial matters, but treat life with a positive, cheerful and calm attitude.

People with high insensitivity often have a hard time sensing embarrassment.

Chu Tianjiao is such a typical example.

Even though their voices were very loud, the sound of their conversation with Jiang Hai even drowned out the advertisements on the screen, which caused the audience watching the movie to cast strange glances in their direction, as if to say:
"In public, can you please keep your voice down and pay attention to your manners?"

But Chu Tianjiao didn't care at all.

While stuffing popcorn into his mouth, he shouted to Jiang Hai beside him:
"As a brother, I have to support my brother Hai's movie."

The movie is about to start.

You can't escape.

I was a little afraid that Chu Tianjiao would get too excited and do something strange again.

Jiang Hai put down the Starbucks in his hand and looked at Chu Tianjiao beside him seriously:
"As an adult, you have to learn to control your emotions."

"Promise me, no matter what happens later--"

"Remain calm. Remember to remain calm."

It was at a time when the movie was being released in full swing.

Youth Foreword Magazine.

At this moment, the house is decorated with lights and filled with guests.

Not to mention the loud gongs and drums and the blast of firecrackers.

At least there were red flags flying and huge crowds of people.

The entire magazine, from the editor-in-chief to the review editor, plus the security guards on duty and the cleaning lady, has a total of about 80 employees.

They all lined up neatly and stood at the door of the magazine with excited looks.

Editor-in-Chief Mo was a little nervous. He adjusted his tie and looked at the assistant beside him:

"Please check if my tie is crooked."

Today is an important day.

Deputy Director Zheng of the General Administration of Press and Publication will personally visit the Youth Preface magazine with his colleagues from the bureau and reporters from local TV stations.

Guidance work is certainly an indispensable link.

Most importantly, the city wants to promote the "Youth Foreword" magazine as a model unit in the city.

Before coming, the TV station's reporter had already thought of the topic for this interview:

"In the era of the rapid rise of the Internet and the decline of paper media, how did "Youth Preface" take advantage of the situation and rise against the tide to become the most popular traditional literary paper journal in China today?"

“Let us take a closer look at Youth Preface, a literary journal that has risen from adversity.”

Thanks to the release of Dragon Tribe III: Tide of the Black Moon, in the past month and a half, the sales share of Youth Preface in the domestic literature market has increased significantly.

It can only be described with these four words: "so horrible"!

What is Yilin, what is Reader, what is Youth Digest, what is Story Club.
Even though these four old-brand magazines have a very great reputation in China, do we really want to let these old-brand magazines compete with "Youth Preface" in sales?
There is simply no one who can fight!
There is no doubt that "Youth Preface" is the biggest dark horse of this year. It rose from adversity, from magazine sales to unsalable, and employees had to rely on layoffs to make a living, to becoming the sales king in the market today.
This story is so inspiring!

This gimmick is really over the top!
While everyone was amazed at the changes in "Youth Preface", they couldn't help but feel curious——

What kind of things did this magazine go through to enable "Youth Preface", which was originally in decline, to undergo such a revolutionary change?

"Relax and keep calm."

Editor-in-Chief Mo took a deep breath and continued to comfort himself mentally.

"It's just an interview. I've seen all kinds of storms and waves. How can this scare me?"

"It's just a small scene."

However, Editor-in-Chief Mo was already trying his best to regulate his breathing and calm himself down.

But his slightly trembling right hand as he picked up the teacup revealed his inner nervousness at the moment.

"Editor-in-Chief Mo." The assistant stepped forward and straightened the crooked tie for Editor-in-Chief Mo. "Be careful with your words and actions."

"Please remember to be careful with your words and actions later."

If it was just an ordinary interview, Editor-in-Chief Mo wouldn't be so nervous.

But the key this time comes from the inspection by the leaders of the General Administration of Press and Publication, which is related to Editor-in-Chief Mo's personal career advancement and the rating of their entire magazine.

Generally speaking, magazines like "Youth Preface" are all under the management of the Press and Publication Bureau. Above the Press and Publication Bureau is the Press and Publication Administration, which are collectively referred to as management units.

From the perspective of administrative level:

General Administration of Press and Publication > Publishing Bureau > major magazines in the market.

This time, the media interviews and news reports were a special interview activity specially organized by the senior leaders of the General Administration of Press and Publication.

What Editor-in-Chief Mo and "Youth Preface" will face is the leader of their leader, the so-called big leader.

If they could serve the General Administration of Press and Publication well this time, "Youth Preface" would be used as a typical example by the above-mentioned people and widely publicized in the national publishing industry.
Not only Editor-in-Chief Mo will have the opportunity for promotion.

Even "Youth Preface" will be transformed from a second-rate journal into a provincial priority journal with special attention from the General Administration of Press and Publication.

"Everything is ready, except for this finishing touch!"

The young assistant stood in front of Editor-in-Chief Mo, cheering him on.

"Hold on, you must hold on for a moment."

"It's a small scene." The goal that he had been striving for for a long time was finally going to be realized. Editor-in-Chief Mo was very excited and closed his eyes, constantly hypnotizing himself, "It's a small scene, it's all a small scene."

Just as Editor-in-Chief Mo was cheering himself up.

"Dingling~"

The elevator bell rang as we reached our floor.

I saw a middle-aged man wearing a white shirt, black trousers, and the system's signature black-framed glasses. He looked very gentle, surrounded by media reporters and officials of all ranks, walking towards the direction of the "Youth Preface" magazine.

Editor-in-Chief Mo saw his immediate superior, Zhong Jianye, walking in front of the leader from the General Administration of Press and Publication with a flattering look on his face:

"Director Zheng, this is the city-level excellent publication "Youth Foreword" that our Publishing Bureau pays special attention to."

Seeing that the leaders had already walked to the gate of the publishing house, Editor-in-Chief Mo was still standing there stupidly.

His immediate superior, Zhong Jianye, quickly gave Editor-in-Chief Mo a look:

"Lao Mo, what are you still standing there for?"

"Why don't you come over here and introduce your "Youth Preface" to Deputy Director Zheng."

If you ask Editor-in-Chief Mo:

"Why has Youth Foreword been able to go from being a second-rate magazine to surpassing many established magazines such as Yilin and Reader in less than half a year and become the most dazzling presence in today's publishing industry?"

When there are no outsiders around, Editor-in-Chief Mo will answer you like this:
"Just hug your thighs!"

"Whoever possesses the Dragon Clan will possess the world!"

"With authors like Jiang Hai, there is no need to worry about sales."

But when there are outsiders, especially media reporters and one's immediate superiors present.

At this time, you should put away your modesty and appropriately demonstrate your leadership skills:

"All of this is due to my wise command."

"I also have the potential to become a good general in the world."

Editor-in-Chief Mo led Deputy Director Zheng to visit every corner of the publishing house:
"This is the review and scriptwriting department. Usually, it takes a long time for our review editors to communicate with the authors. The editors need to help the authors revise their manuscripts."

"This is the reader mailbox. We will collect readers' opinions and feedback in a timely manner. All reasonable opinions and requests will be adopted, and we will strive to do our best when publishing an issue." "This is"

When talking about "Preface to Youth", one serialized novel that cannot be avoided is "Dragon Clan".

"Long Yi" marked the beginning of the serialization of fantasy adventure novels in the country.

"Dragon II" has made the reputation of Kassel Academy continue to grow among young people.

"Dragon Three" brings the whole book to a real climax. Not only will the real leader of the dragon clan, the White King, appear in this volume, but the growth characteristics of the bad boy Lu Mingfei will also usher in an epic growth in the plot of this volume.
In the conference room.

Editor-in-Chief Mo was standing in front of the LED screen, introducing the sales of "Youth Preface" in the past two quarters to Director Zheng:
"'Dragon Clan' is the first domestic fantasy adventure dragon-slaying novel created by our 'Youth Foreword' magazine and writer Yanyu Rujiangnan. Since 'Dragon Clan' was published in 'Youth Foreword', our magazine's sales have taken a cliff-like lead in the domestic literary market for two consecutive quarters."

During this period, what surprised readers was that after the start of the [Tokyo Chapter] of "Dragon Tribe III: Tide of Black Moon", the author Yan Yu Ru Jiangnan actually acted out of character -

Became a writer of the cozy genre?

What knife?
What a torturer.
All the plots that were suspected of abusing the protagonist and were not conducive to the growth of the protagonist Lu Mingfei were cut out?

Perhaps out of a change of heart, after handing over Senior Sister Nuonuo to the third male student of Kassel College, Caesar, [Yanyu Rujiangnan] unexpectedly arranged a match for the protagonist Lu Mingfei, which was unprecedented in history.

From her background, to her abilities, to her looks, she is an impeccable and perfect girlfriend?
The name of this perfect girlfriend in the book is——

Uesugi Eriya!
Ever since Eri appeared, "Dragon Tribe III: Tides of Black Moon", which was originally famous for its adventure stories, has directly changed from a thrilling adventure story to a warm and healing show?
This made countless readers feel completely unbelievable when reading "Long San"
[Eri is one of the heads of three of the eight families in the Snake Family. She possesses a super powerful high-level word spirit "Judgment". The so-called "Judgment" is to cut off all unauthorized lives in the field. In other words, within the field, Eri is a god who dominates the fate of others.]

[Since she was regarded as the main force of the Snake Eight Clan, Eri was confined by her family since she was a child and kept away from society. Because Eri possessed the ultimate word spirit of "Judgment" which could be called the level of destruction, others were afraid of her power and dared not approach her, so she was treated as a monster by those around her since she was a child.]

[Despite having an unfortunate childhood, Eri always has good intentions towards the world. She has extremely powerful strength and a very sweet appearance, but her mind is as simple as that of an elementary school student. As long as someone treats her well, she will treat others without reservation.]

[During a mission, Eri rescued Lu Mingfei who was in life-and-death danger. When Lu Mingfei fainted, he mistook the red-haired Eri for Senior Sister Nuonuo. When she was completely unprepared, he gave her a warm hug. It was this hug that made Eri fall in love with him at first sight.]

It is precisely because of the appearance of a character like [Uesugi Eriya] that among the readers——

The voices denouncing the bastard Jiangnan have become even quieter!
After all, compared to the previous Senior Sister Nono, the Eri who appeared in "Ryuzo" this time is compared to Nono——

More powerful!
More gentle!
And kinder!

The most important thing is that Eri's love for Lu Mingfei is unreserved.

Unlike Senior Nono, who is fickle, Lu Mingfei is more fickle than Eri——

He is the whole world!
He is her only one!

There is an old saying that goes well:
"The reason why men miss their ex is simply because they haven't met the right current partner."

"If your current partner is compared to your ex-partner——"

"Fuller, more beautiful, and more loyal"

"Do you still miss your ex?"

The answer is definitely no.

It is precisely because of the appearance of a character like [Eri] that the readers who were still cursing the author Jiangnan for being a "girl-sending maniac" and "cuckold" at the end of "Ryuji" have changed their faces to "I really like this".

"Luckily, Nuonuo married Caesar, otherwise how could Lu Mingfei meet my Eri"

Among the readers, there are fewer readers who denounce Jiangnan.

It was as if he had a change of heart, perhaps because he felt that the stimulation he gave to readers in his previous two works was too strong, so this time in the plot of "Ryuzo" -

Jiangnan also specially arranged a passionate love story for Eri and Lu Mingfei during the "Seven-Day Tour in Tokyo".

There is nothing about the knife.

Sprinkle sugar, handful after handful
The cute and silly girl Eri and the cheerful boy Lu Mingfei are in love, which makes the readers smile so much that they can't help but sigh in their dreams:
"sweet!"

"So sweet!"

“This is how the book should be written.”

While some readers were immersed in the beautiful dreams woven for them by the writer Jiang Nan, a small number of readers noticed something was wrong.

"At the end of the "Dragon One" chapter, Jiangnan first created a loyal buddy, Lao Tang, for Lu Mingfei, and then killed him at the end."

"At the end of Dragon II, Jiangnan created a nearly perfect Xia Mi for Chu Zihang, and then killed her at the end."

"In the book "Ryuzo", there suddenly appeared a perfect girlfriend named Eri who beats Nono and Xia Mi in all aspects. Eri is so perfect that even a beast like me thinks she is a good girl. How could Jiangnan be so stupid?"

This is also the time when a small number of readers began to feel an ominous premonition.

"Youth Preface" magazine, in the conference room.

Editor-in-Chief Mo pointed at the screen with a ruler in his hand, his expression solemn, and then he resolutely announced in front of everyone present:

"Our next goal for "Youth Preface" is only one--"

"Kill Eri!"

Why do you want to kill Eri?
What did Eri do wrong?
She is such a good girl, beautiful, kind, and a well-deserved pure love female warrior.
Why do you want to kill someone for no reason?
What did they do wrong?
Feeling the puzzled looks of the crowd.

In front of the leaders sitting in the audience and the media cameras interviewing on the spot, Editor-in-Chief Mo's tone became solemn.

Then he slowly explained the reason for arranging the plot like this:

"When Long Yi killed Lao Tang, the sales of our Youth Preface increased from the normal sales of 200,000 copies to 450,000 copies."

"When Dragon II killed off Little Dragon Girl Xia Mi, the sales of our Youth Preface soared from the regular sales of 400,000 copies to 700,000 copies. This sales volume is absolutely unprecedented among domestic literary magazines."

"If Dragon 3 wants to surpass the sales of Dragon 2, which reached 700,000 copies, it has to do something big! It has to write plots that readers will never forget, even in this life!"

"So, there is only one way for our "Youth Preface" to break through the sales of one million copies -"

"Kill Eri!"

The words fell.

The whole audience burst into thunderous applause.

Deputy Director Zheng from the General Administration of Press and Publication took the lead in standing up and applauding Editor-in-Chief Mo's idea:

“If the sales of Preface to Youth can really exceed one million copies in the same period, it can really leave such a record in the history of literary journals.”

"I am Zheng Hua——"

"I'll be the first one to ask for credit for you!"

In fact, for the General Administration of Press and Publication.

No matter whether you are Uesugi Eriya or Shimosugi Eriya.

Who do you want to kill?

How do you want to operate it.

That's all your magazine's business.

As the leader of the General Administration of Press and Publication, there is only one thing that everyone cares about -

Can you break the record?

There is no doubt that "Dragon Tribe II: Eyes of the Mourners" has indeed set an unattainable sales record in the current sluggish publishing market. The sales of 700,000 copies in the same period are indeed enough to make "Preface to Youth" stand out from the crowd.

If "Youth Prologue" can really break the record of "Dragon Tribe II: Eyes of the Mourner" in the next period of time, it will make "Youth Prologue" reach a higher level.
I’ll give you, Editor-in-Chief Mo, a promotion and a raise.

Let me select an advanced collective for your magazine.

So what?
See off the leaders of the General Administration of Press and Publication.

Editor-in-Chief Mo was sitting in his office, fantasizing about the huge sales of Dragon Tribe III: Tide of the Black Moon, and about the Youth Foreword magazine leaving a strong mark in the history of literary journals, and was foolishly happy:
"From now on, when you see me, you should call me editor-in-chief instead of editor-in-chief"

Same time period.

University Town Business District, Wanda Cinema.

The moment when the screening of the movie "Hachiko: A Dog's Story" ended and the lights on the venue came on.

A scream that was so heart-wrenching that it could even be called inhumane.

It immediately tore the eardrums of everyone present:

"I sacrifice my blood for the Xuanyuan clan, and leave my loyalty to shine in history!"

"Hachi!!!!!"

"You are not allowed to die. Come back to life."

(End of this chapter)