Zhuochuan returned to the living room and saw Chuli's slippers next to the sofa. He kicked them under the sofa without changing his expression. The existence of the slippers reminded him of something. When Jiang Yucheng squatted in the toilet and begged "Achuan, give me paper", the man quickly cleaned the battlefield...
Chu Li stuffed the bag into the cupboard;
Chu Li's coat was tucked under the sofa cushion;
Chu Li wiped the water stains off the quilt after drinking water.
Chu Li also dug out the phone that had fallen on the sofa from behind the cushion, returned to the room, opened the closet door, and threw the phone to the person in the closet.
The moment Chu Li received the phone in her hands, her heart broke.
Just like when the plane is delayed, the most feared thing is the announcement at the boarding gate to collect the meal. Usually, such behavior means "you still have to wait, but I've given you food, please shut up and stop talking"... Chu Li grabbed Zhao Chuan's sleeve and said, "What do you mean by giving me a phone... playing with a phone when you're bored??? Teacher Jiang Yucheng is not going to stay tonight, right?!"
"Be optimistic," Zhuo Chuan glanced at the phone in Chu Li's hand, "at least he will go to the guest room to sleep before your phone runs out of battery."
“…”
Chu Li looked down at the battery level which was only 88% left, and felt hopeless. In the midst of despair, she was glad that she had an Apple phone and not an OPPO R9S camera phone which could be used for two hours of talk time after five minutes of charging…
At this time, Zhuochuan ruthlessly retracted his hand, grabbed the tissue in the room, turned around and walked to the toilet in the living room, opened the door and said to the person inside: "I recorded the sound of you wailing and wiping your butt with your hands just now. Think carefully and don't provoke me, otherwise I will post it on Weibo for those little fans who call you 'male god' all the time to listen to it..."
Jiang Yucheng: "They won't be disillusioned by this! Go away, leave the door open and watch me clean up my mess..."
Chuli: “………………………………”
No.
As one of "them", I have become disillusioned.
Hiding in the closet, Chu Li took out her phone and sent a message to Jiang Yucheng.
[The water army hired by Monkey: Teacher Jiang Yucheng, the pre-sale of Mr. Chu Chuan is out, the result is gratifying, you should have considered it as well! ]
After thinking about it, he added a sentence for some unknown reason -
[The monkey's hired navy: What is the teacher doing? ]
Just after sending it, I heard the sound of flushing from the toilet not far away. Jiang Yucheng said happily: "Look, I mentioned the devil. My little fan girl sent me a message on QQ to ask if she saw your sales record, and also asked me how the contract for "The Lost Amusement Park" was being considered. She also asked me what I was doing - I was with Chu Chuan, opening red wine, celebrating his big sale - sent, sent."
A line of words immediately popped up in the dialogue box on Chu Li’s phone:
【Jiang Yucheng: Sign, sign, sign tomorrow! Open a bottle of red wine in Hezhouchuan to celebrate his big sale! 】
Chu Li: "..."
Zhuo Chuan's voice of disgust came: "Who opened red wine with you in the toilet?"
Jiang Yucheng's voice also floated along: "Do you understand the idol burden? In the hearts of young readers and fans, the big names are all Harvard graduates, 1.8 meters tall, proficient in poetry and songwriting, and fairies who don't suffer from the cycle of life and death."
Chu Li: "..."
I admit that imagining my favorite author like this seems a bit stupid, but it was indeed like this in the past -
But now.
Not anymore.
I choose to face reality.
Chu Li hastily sent a message to Jiang Yucheng: "Then enjoy your drink and don't forget to submit your manuscript." Chu Li exited Q, rested her head on Zhu Chuan's clothes, and cushioned her butt with Zhu Chuan's quilt. She adjusted her sitting position and found a plastic box with her hands. She picked it up in the dark and took a look at it with the help of the light from her mobile phone screen. She found that it was a box of brand new men's underwear.
Unconsciously thinking about how the underwear would look on Chu Chuan, Chu Li put the underwear down with a blushing face, and felt that her life at this moment could be called an "adventure in the closet", which was as exciting as "The Chronicles of Narnia" (a classic fairy tale that tells the story of a few children who accidentally traveled to a foreign continent through a closet while playing hide-and-seek).
Rubbing his face, Chu Li saw on WeChat that Teacher Xia had sent a new message:
【Congratulations to "Luohe Divine Book" for exceeding 40,000 online pre-sales! 】
Chu Li: "..."
I clicked on the Taobao link and took a look. The total number is almost over 60,000 now. The number that exceeded 40,000 was at least ten minutes ago - that is to say, it took Teacher Xia ten minutes to type this line of words.
【Flying Elephant: ...Teacher Xia, did you take a long time to find the quotation marks for the book title?】
[The navy hired by the monkey: ... Ah Xiang, you are so bold. ]
【Flying Elephant: Hehehe. 】
【Conghuaweilangweixian: Mr. Xia, according to preliminary statistics, the sales figures of the two major cooperating e-commerce companies are basically 50-50. I looked at the comments on Zhaochuan’s Weibo, and many readers said that they really bought both for the poster. The two e-commerce companies’ direct announcement of the poster content and selling it separately has effectively increased sales! 】
[Scallion Flavor Langweixian: Xiaohe, how did you come up with such a smart idea? 】
[Scallion Flavored Waves of Sinners: Another great battle by the Marketing Department! 】
Chu Li was watching happily at first, but her smile suddenly stopped when she saw the last sentence. She almost forgot that she was still in the closet. She said "hmm" and thought to herself: What does "Marketing Department" mean? Another beautiful battle?
This Scallion Flavored Wave Fairy is called Liang Chonglang, and he is the boss of the marketing department.
[Yamato: Yes, yes. When we first discussed this marketing strategy with Luohe Divine Book, we immediately contacted the two online merchants.]
[Yamato: In the end, they were still unwilling to do so, saying that if the content of the poster was released, it would reduce the possibility of readers buying multiple posters in order to complete the collection...]
【Yamato: Our marketing liaison colleagues spent a long time making tables and doing statistics before convincing them.】
【Conghuaweilangweixian: Hahahaha yes, this time "Luohe Divine Book" broke the traditional pattern and sold well. The marketing department has worked hard and deserves credit! 】
Yamato's name is Hejun, he is the main contact person between Chuli and the marketing department. When Chuli proposed online pre-sale, he was the first to respond "It's so troublesome, we can't sell it";
He was the one who finally agreed to the online pre-sale, but then said, "It might be difficult for the printing factory to ship the different versions of the posters to the two e-commerce companies separately."
At that time, Chu Li wanted to ride on his neck to get him to agree to communicate, so why is he credited with the task now?
Chu Li: "..."
Chu Li picked up the phone and squinted her eyes slightly, thinking that she was locked in a closet and was hallucinating.
He moved the phone closer and farther away until he had read the two great gods' words four or five times and was sure that he was not dazzled. Then Chu Li took the phone back and held it in front of him with a lot of question marks on his head. He switched to the "Moonlight" editorial group -
[The water army hired by the monkey: What's going on with the marketing department? 】
[The Monkey's hired navy: Are you just trying to take credit for the work? ]
【Yu Yao: Is Mr. He (*boss) from the company in that group?】
[The Monkey’s hired naval forces: Damn, so the editor deserves to be beaten? As for Teacher Xia, he knows best what I have done from beginning to end. I have to get his approval before discussing and doing many plans together! ]
[The water army hired by Monkey: During the promotional period, it was Teacher Xia who found author resources to help spread the word, which was why the number of reposts reached nearly 100,000! ]
As Chu Li was speaking, he saw Teacher Xia saying in the crowd:
【Lao Xia: The main credit should go to the editors of Moonlight magazine. Thank you all for your hard work.】
At this time, the chat content was already focused on the future sales trend and whether physical booksellers would increase the number of pre-orders after seeing such hot online pre-sales... The chat records in the large group were refreshed very quickly, and Teacher Xia's words were quickly covered by the marketing department's people, intentionally or unintentionally.
Chu Li was so angry that he wanted to beat his chest.
At this time, Yu Yao said:
[Yu Yao: You see, Teacher Xia is still on our side, but typing is too slow (……)]
In the "Moonlight" magazine group, except for Lao Miao who had been pretending to be dead since the first second of the pre-sale, everyone came out one after another to line up and type "...", saying that they found it difficult to face the marketing department's blatant attempt to steal credit from the editorial department.
And these editors, led by Teacher Xia, actually lost the battle.
——I lost to Teacher Xia because he types too slowly.
[The navy hired by Monkey: I will go to teach Teacher Xia how to use the voice function at the regular meeting on Monday.]
[The monkey's hired navy: No one can stop me. ]
【Yu Yao: ...Go ahead, Wukong.】
…
That night, after Jiang Yucheng suddenly came to borrow the restroom, he really did not leave as Zhaochuan said... Chu Li hid in the closet, tiptoeing around and not daring to move. When she was so angry that the marketing department took away her credit but she couldn't, she rolled around and pounded the wall. So they ordered barbecue takeout outside and really drank and talked while eating barbecue.
When the aroma of roasted meat wafted into the room and into the closet, Chu Li was filled with grief and anger.
I grabbed the clothes that Zhuchuan had hung in the closet, covered my nose with them, wiped my saliva, and sent a text message to Zhuchuan——
[The monkey’s hired soldiers: There’s someone in your closet who can’t even stretch his legs. Is it appropriate for you to drink and sing outside?]
【Zhuchuan: Don't brag, your legs are not that long. 】
[The navy hired by the monkey: …]
When Chu Li's phone battery was finally down to about 20%, their BBQ party was over outside. From the sound, it seemed that both of them had drunk a lot. Jiang Yucheng's voice was louder than when he came. He announced to Zhu Chuan that he would not drink and drive for the sake of his true love life, and he would not go home tonight.
The Chuchuan family still has guest rooms, so they naturally won't force him to leave.
The problem occurred in the next second. Jiang Yucheng stood up and said with a half-drunk smile: "But I didn't bring any change of clothes. Do you have any clean, unused underwear at home? Give me one and I'll return it to you tomorrow... Hehehe, a big boss who wants 350,000 for the first print run should be able to reward me with a pair of underwear, right?"
"I can afford it, but my first print run is limited to 340,000."
"Why?"
"No one will cook for me if I have 350,000 yuan."
"Hahahahahahahahaha, that's nonsense. You are drunk!"
“…”
Zhuochuan looked at the bottles on the floor, red, white and yellow, and turned over on the sofa. He glanced at Jiang Yucheng's back as he staggered to his room. He didn't think anything was wrong, so he just threw away the bottle in his hand and muttered, "Just wear the underwear you've worn, what's the point of that... The new underwear is in the closet, go by yourself--"
He stopped talking halfway.
The half-closed eyes suddenly widened.
A carp rolled over and sat up from the sofa, feeling as if he had forgotten something. At the same time, he heard a series of chaotic beeps from his cell phone, picked it up and saw -
[The navy hired by the monkey: I'm still in the closet! ! ! ! ! ! ]
[The navy hired by the monkey: I'm still here! ! ! ! ! ! ]
[The monkey’s hired navy: Are you crazy?! ! ! !]
Zhu Chuan threw his phone away and rushed to the room like a tornado. When he reached the door, the man standing in front of his closet had already opened the door. Zhu Chuan closed his eyes, unable to bear the sight.
The next second, nothing happened.
He opened his eyes and watched Jiang Yucheng bend down and fumble to take out a new box of underwear from the closet, then he straightened up... and looked back over Jiang Yucheng's shoulder in confusion, only to find that the neatly folded quilt on his bed had been shaken open, and an inconspicuous human figure was shivering underneath...
Zhuchuan: “…”
He let out a long sigh, his heart settled down, and he reached out to take away Jiang Yucheng, who was waving his underwear and shouting "350,000 prints of the underwear, long live Wuchuan", and before leaving, he gave Chu Li a look...
Chu Li shrank back into the quilt.
After a while, the phone, which still had 10% battery left, received a text message from the man:
【Actor teacher: Stay still.】
Chu Li lay on Zhuchuan's bed, hearing the loud noises outside and the occasional conversation between Jiang Yucheng and Zhuchuan. Jiang Yucheng was clamoring for a bath towel and then a toothbrush, and it took a while for him to calm down.
Then Chu Li's phone ran out of battery.
With my back to the door, holding the dark cell phone, I dared only lift a corner of the quilt to breathe carefully, and pricked up my ears to wait for the outside to quiet down——
As he waited, Chu Li felt a little sleepy. He yawned slightly and thought to himself, "I'll just close my eyes and rest for a while." He closed his eyes drowsily...
I don't know how much time has passed.
She closed her eyes and fell asleep, and did not even hear the door opening behind her... until the soft mattress behind her sank and Chu Li rolled backwards. She woke up in a daze and was startled. She was about to lift the quilt to take a look, at this moment, a hot chest pressed against her from behind.
It was pressed against her back through a thin layer of white nightgown.
His strong arms were placed on her waist, and his hot breath with the scent of alcohol sprayed on her neck, causing goose bumps...
In the darkness, Chu Li, who was hugged by the man along with the quilt, slowly widened her eyes: What's going on? What happened? Who is the person behind me? Why is he rubbing his nose against my neck? Ahh ...
"Teacher Chu, Chu Chuan?"
"…Don't move." The man's big hand slid down from her waist and patted her buttocks. He seemed not to feel the thing in his arms stiffen instantly. He closed his eyes and rubbed the person in his arms contentedly, "It's cold, hold me and sleep. Ergou, you smell a little bit good today. Did you take a shower secretly?"
“…”
Chu Li raised his head with great effort.
At this moment, Ergou was squatting at the door with an innocent look on his face: How could I take a shower on my own initiative and still smell so good?