Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 20 "Book of Life and Death" is on sale (4K -in-)

Shanghai National Bookstore.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Zhou Guomin leisurely opened the door of the bookstore.

He first went to the warehouse, used a knife to cut open the boxes of new books that had arrived yesterday, and took out the books one by one.

Smelling the familiar scent of a new book, Zhou Guomin brushed off the crumbs on the cover, shook it a few times, and stuffed it into the bookshelf in the popular fiction section.

Remembering that the publishing house also gave away a poster, Zhou Guoming shook his head and still put it on the promotional space on the outer wall.

After all, I was treated with respect, but I just cursed at him.

"They are just making a lot of trouble. I saw in the newspaper that the book was written by a kid. What good works can a young person write? Even if they brag about it loudly, what's the point."

“I hope all the books we import can be sold out.”

There was no one around at this time in the morning, and Zhou Guomin, as usual, picked up a book from the pile of books next to him and read it. It happened to be the new novel.

"Forget it, let's see what it's about. New Concept is so popular recently, maybe someone will come and ask about it. I have to know what the book is about."

However, less than half an hour later, Zhou Guomin put down the book and slapped himself lightly.
"It's really a money-making business. This book brought in too little."

He quickly found the purchase order and found that he had only purchased twenty books in total.

Zhou Guomin first took out a few new books and placed them in a prominent place on the first shelf at the entrance, together with this year's bestsellers such as "It Looks Beautiful" and "Frosty River".

Then make a call.

“Hello, I’m from the National Bookstore, and I’d like to order another 300 copies of The Book of Life and Death.

I'm not kidding, it's Chen Linfeng's new book. Yes, please send it to me as soon as possible."

Zhang Yuan has been short of books recently, so he went to a nearby bookstore to hang out. He looked at the conspicuous posters outside the bookstore.

There was only a black book on the poster, with the three characters "Book of Life and Death" written in a strange font. There was also a line of words written at the bottom of the book:

"Highly recommended by Yu Hua and other famous experts"

Zhang Yuan took a curious look and walked into the store. This book happened to be in the most conspicuous position on the bookshelf.
"The Book of Life and Death, that's a very catchy name," Zhang Yuan thought.

This position is usually recommended by the boss, and most of the content is good. He is an old customer of this store and still has some trust in the owner's vision.

So Zhang Yuan took the book and opened it to read.

Li Zhi is the head of a section of the National Bureau of Special Events. Although he is young, he has handled many difficult special events.

On this day, the director gave him new instructions.

There have been a number of inexplicable deaths of criminals across the country, and some in the police department suspect that this was caused by special forces.

The application was submitted to the Special Affairs Bureau, and the director hoped that Li Zhi would go and investigate and handle the matter.

Li Zhi felt quite interested as he read the descriptions of the deaths of each criminal in the case files.

Some people in society have noticed the abnormal death of the criminal, and some regard the person behind the scene as the messenger of justice.

Li Zhi didn't know whether the person behind the scenes was a true messenger of justice or just wanted to vent his emotions.

Judging from the description in the case files, not all of these criminals deserved to die. Some of them were convicted of minor crimes but still died inexplicably.

He hoped to catch it and verify it with his own hands.

Next, Li Zhi made the final appearance at an emergency meeting jointly held by Interpol and domestic police.

He took over the leadership with great vigor and announced at the meeting that the person behind the scenes would be arrested and brought to justice as soon as possible.

When Zhang Yuan saw this, he thought it was a pretty standard introduction, but the vision of people’s lives and work scenes in the future world was pretty good, so he continued to turn the pages.

At this point the novel's perspective shifts to another character.

In the eyes of the public, Ye Shen is a three-good student with excellent character and academic performance. He has been extremely intelligent since childhood, and even in the relaxed environment of the university, he still maintains a highly self-disciplined learning state.

However, due to his somewhat eccentric personality, he always felt that the people around him were stupid without realizing it.

The endless stream of cyber violence and the foolish netizens who live in information cocoons and go with the flow have made him gradually tired of this boring and decadent world.

Until one day, he found a black notebook that suddenly appeared.

The notebook is called the Book of Life and Death.

Slightly different from the magic weapon in myths and legends that records life and death, this notebook has no life, only death. As long as a person's name is written in this notebook, the person will die.

Ye Shen didn't take it seriously at first, thinking that it was a prank in this era. However, he couldn't suppress his curiosity and took the book home.

After returning home, he carefully studied the usage rules attached to the notebook.

1. When writing a name, you must remember the other person's appearance in your mind to avoid the possibility of mistakenly writing a name with the same surname.

40. If the cause of death is not marked, the target will die of cardiac arrest seconds after the cause of death is written.

6. If the cause of death is marked, you can continue to add content within minutes after writing it.

There is actually a detailed setting, and Ye Shen became interested in it.

He wanted to test the authenticity of the notebook, but was worried that if it was real and caused someone's death, he would be held criminally responsible.

Ye Shen gave up temporarily and scrolled through his phone out of boredom, when he happened to see a news report about gangsters beating up others.

The news was a live broadcast of footage from inside a store, where a few gangsters first tried to molest several girls but failed, and then grabbed their hair and beat them.

The news has initially caused outrage online.

Looking at the information of several gangsters revealed on the Internet, Ye Shen wrote their names in his notebook with half belief and half doubt.

After finishing writing, he couldn't help but laugh at himself. He was so old, but still playing such childish games.

But the next day, when he opened his mobile phone to browse the news, he was shocked to find that several gangsters were actually dead. Ye Shen rushed back to the room to confirm and found that they were indeed these names.

But Ye Shen, who was extremely intelligent, quickly calmed down and realized that this was most likely just a coincidence and that more experiments were necessary.

He first ruled out looking for criminals, or big shots as targets, because information might be blocked for a period of time after the incident.

His eyes fell on the hooligans who often appeared in bars and nightclubs. Even if something happened to these guys, they could be regarded as eliminating harm to the people and their deaths were not worth it.

Soon Ye Shen witnessed the gangster die at the hands of his pen, and he finally believed that this was a true Death Note.

If the King of Hell orders people to die at the third watch, who dares to keep them alive until the fifth watch?

The Book of Life and Death lives up to its reputation.

Killing people did not scare Ye Shen. For the first time, he felt the meaning of life. He also doubted whether he had the right to judge others.

But this corrupt world is waiting for humans to judge and save it, just as God destroys humanity and creates a new world.

So Ye Shen kept writing down names to let those criminals know that there was a messenger of justice in the world who was punishing them, until no one did evil anymore.

A new world with only good people left is about to be born.

And he is the God of the new world, the new God!
Although the method of punishing scum through the Book of Life and Death is extremely covert, people still noticed this messenger of justice, and public opinion on the Internet became polarized.

At the same time, a large number of criminals died inexplicably, which also attracted the attention of the police. An emergency meeting was held for this purpose. In view of the difficulty of investigation and the inexplicable death of the criminals, the police applied to the Special Affairs Bureau for assistance in the investigation.

So we come to the scene at the beginning of the novel, where Li Zhi is assigned to investigate the case.

Zhang Yuan was a little excited when he saw this. As long as the opponent had a book of life and death that could kill anyone with a name written on it, he really didn't know how Li Zhi would fight against Ye Shen.

Li Zhi is an extremely mysterious person to the outside world, and he uses "L" as his code name.

Except for a few leaders of the Special Affairs Bureau, no one knew his true identity.

Under L's command, the police identified the person hiding behind as a criminal, codenamed "Murderer", and police across the country launched a joint operation.

The first step is to broadcast live worldwide.

L appeared in the news for the first time. He said that he could mobilize police forces around the world to arrest the murderer and declared that the murderer was not the savior.

Just like his code name, he is just a murderer and the police must arrest him personally.

This successfully angered Ye Shen, who was watching the live broadcast. He believed that he was the god who judged sin and created a new world.

L's words were undoubtedly a great insult to him.

Ye Shen immediately wrote L in the book of life and death. 40 seconds later, L in the live broadcast screen died of heart failure.

But before he could be happy for long, the L symbol filled the entire screen during the live broadcast.

L's voice was heard on the TV, "Murderer, I didn't expect you could really kill people from a distance. The person who just died was just a death row inmate."

The voice changer's voice was calm and indifferent. "You killed the person we announced to be called L, but I am still alive in this world. If you can, come and kill me now."

……

After a while, L's voice came again, "It seems that if you want to kill someone, you need certain conditions."

Zhang Yuan couldn't help but applaud. He was betting his life on his guess.

But the even more amazing thing is yet to come.

This special live broadcast claims to be synchronized globally, but in fact it is broadcast in different time periods and in different regions. Now it is only being broadcast in the central region of China.

In addition, when several gangsters were killed for the first time, the news was also spreading in the country, so it was determined that the killer's hiding place was in the central region of China.

At the end of the live broadcast, Li Zhi issued a challenge to the murderer, "I will personally send you to court for trial soon. Justice will eventually triumph over evil."

Ye Shen was completely enraged, "Justice? I am justice. Before you catch me, I will kill you first!"

Wonderful, the beginning is so good. How did the author come up with such a plot? Zhang Yuan's face turned red with excitement, the hand holding the book trembled slightly, and he almost jumped up.

In an age of slow reading, it is hard to imagine how much of a shock he must have felt when he suddenly came across a fast-paced novel of wit and wisdom.

Zhang Yuan quickly closed the book and put it away, then walked to the cashier at the front desk, "Boss, I want to buy this one, please pay me quickly."

He couldn't wait to go home and watch the sequel.

The power of the Book of Life and Death to kill people from a distance, the monster Luke named Death who is actually a slave of the Book of Life and Death, and his father who is a police officer in the task force and can obtain information, the villain Ye Shen has too great an advantage.

However, the tone of the novel is very clear: justice must prevail. He really can't imagine how Li Zhi can catch Ye Shen.

Three days later, Fat Chen was also thinking about this question.

Ever since Zhang Yuan promoted "The Book of Life and Death" in the office, he only borrowed it to read the beginning, and the book was taken away by his leader.

Hearing Zhang Yuan say that the later part is even more exciting, he tried hard not to spoil the plot as he was almost attracted by the subsequent plot.

So he quickly went to a nearby bookstore to buy books, but the books were sold out. Is this something a human would do?
"Boss, do you know how to run a business? You only buy a few of these wonderful books?"

Lao Wang was very upset. He became alert the day after the new book was put on sale and called the publishing house.

Unexpectedly, big agents in other provinces also had a keen sense of smell and had already heard the news. They contacted the publishing house to increase orders on the first day of sales.

The remaining share of the publishing house was left to the big agents, and a small shop like his could only wait for the second printing.

However, everything is afraid of comparison. The National Bookstore, which is also a small shop not far away, called in advance and ordered books. Seeing the neighbor making money is more painful than letting him lose money.

Seeing that the boss’s face was flushed, Chen Xiaopang didn’t say anything else and had to go search other bookstores. He found the National Bookstore.

There were people queuing in front of the store, so Fat Chen quickly stepped forward and asked, "Boss, do you have a book of life and death here?"

Chen Xiaopang felt awkward as soon as he finished speaking. Fortunately, the people who bought the books, including the boss, knew that he was buying the latest popular novel, otherwise, if they were in other places, they would have regarded him as a lunatic.

Zhou Guomin has been in a very good mood these past two days. He said with a smile, "Yes, but it may not be available tomorrow. Fortunately, I called the publishing house early and bought more money."

Chen Xiaopang was relieved at once, "Boss, it's time for you to make money. I asked a few stores near my home, but they were all out of stock."

There was a festive atmosphere at Mengya Magazine.

In the absence of Chief Editor Zhao, the deputy chief editor presided over the daily meeting.

Zheng Yuling praised her leader highly. "How can we say that the leader has a keen eye for talent? You insisted on signing the contract with the most sincere terms. Now the new book is selling like hot cakes. It's all thanks to you and Editor-in-Chief Zhao."

Zhu Guiming leaned back in her chair with a smile on her face. She suppressed her joy and asked Lao Wang, who was in charge of publishing matters, "Xiao Zheng has already communicated with Chen Linfeng, and the publishing house needs you to follow up. The reprint must be implemented as soon as possible."

"We have already communicated with the publishing house and the factory. I just called them and they said there is no problem reprinting 30 copies. We will start work today."

Zhu Guiming sighed, "We are still a bit conservative. We only printed 10 copies for the first edition. This is a bit tight."

Zheng Yuling has been discussing this topic with her colleagues recently. She said, "Who would have thought that we value Chen Linfeng's first novel so much."

"Yes," Lao Wang took over the conversation, "He is just a newcomer, not a famous artist, and has no foundation. I thought that even if the sales volume exploded, it would take time. Who could have thought that the start would be so hot."

Zhu Guiming said with some distress, "Editor-in-Chief Zhao hasn't been home for a few days, and is still negotiating channels with bookstores and agents in various places.

The sales of the book are picking up, and if the supply can’t keep up, he’ll curse.”

Zheng Yuming consoled him, "Don't worry, these two printings total 40 copies, which should be enough to sell for a while."

"You must keep in touch with Xiaofeng frequently. If he has a new book, you must report to me immediately. We have a good relationship now, and we can't let other companies take over later." Zhu Guiming reminded.

"Oh, yes, one more thing," Zhu Guiming slapped his head and added to Editor Li who was in charge of publicity, "Don't worry about whether our inventory is tight or not, we still have to follow up with the subsequent publicity.

Contact the newspapers. The novel "Book of Life and Death" is a big hit, with 100,000 copies sold in the first week. Use this statement to publish it in newspapers and send it to more newspapers. I don't believe that bookstores and agents around the world will not be tempted."

In fact, Shenhai’s newspapers were the first to notice the popularity of “The Book of Life and Death”.

As the first region to release the book and also the region with the most publicity in newspapers, the news of "Book of Life and Death"'s exciting plot and hot sales has spread among local book lovers.

Even in some small bookstores, some book lovers quarrel over the small number of books.

Reporters naturally would not miss such news.

This time, Xu Huilin from Wenhui Daily acted the fastest. Ever since the newspaper published the news that Chen Linfeng's new novel would be released soon, she has been paying attention to the relevant news.

When other newspapers wanted to publish news about the hot sales of novels, she had already set off to Wuxi to get first-hand information.

　This chapter is a bit watery, so I’ll post more. There will be another update in the evening.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)