Chapter 56: It turns out he wasn’t waiting for me
In the luxury car on the way to school, Zhai Da chatted enthusiastically with his pen pal in front of the other person's mother.
Lu Siwen: "There's another good news. They said the previous competition and news response were very good, and they want to ask you to write an article."
"Commissioned work?"
Lu Siwen was really serious. She talked to Xinglang on the phone for half an hour yesterday, and she recorded everything in her little notebook.
She herself was also a little excited. On the one hand, he was a man she recognized... It was true that she had gained recognition from more people. On the other hand, as a high school student, she could participate in this kind of thing, and she felt like she was playing an "adult game."
"I publish blogs in the form of micro-novels, poems, prose, and essays. There's no limit to the length. As long as the number of readers exceeds 2,000, they'll pay me 200 yuan. If it exceeds 10,000, it'll be 1,000 yuan. There's no upper limit."
Zhai Da curled his lips and said: "Two thousand readings is difficult, right? Let alone ten thousand."
He doesn't know what the blog traffic is like, but even in the era of short videos, it is not easy for an ordinary user to get 10,000 likes for something he posts.
No showing of legs? No shaking?
The Internet age had not yet fully arrived, and both the user base and reading habits were much more difficult than in later generations.
Zhai Da felt that the number given by Xing Lang was more like a carrot tied in front of him, as he wanted to get him to post blogs for free and exploit him.
After all, although "Han Han-style genius" is nonsense, it did arouse a wave of public emotion.
Simply put, this is currently a small hot topic on the Internet.
Lu Siwen stretched out a scallion-white finger and shook it in front of Zhai Da's eyes. "That's not true. Mr. Zhai, thanks to that news article, 'Bed Explorer' already has 2,872 followers, and that's with only one blog post."
"In other words?"
"I've inquired, and the follow-up and reading ratio is about 10%, which means 200 yuan for a blog is pretty safe."
Zhai Da curled his lips. What can 200 yuan do? Internet cafes don't even charge this much...
Besides, after this wave of popularity has passed, I guess no one will continue to read a high school student’s blog.
Lu Siwen was optimistic: "I'll help you run your blog. We'll work together and eventually make it better and better."
She didn't think 200 yuan was much, but she thought it was very interesting.
Zhai Da sighed...and his hands subconsciously played with the Joker Poker again.
Suddenly, a light bulb went off in my head...
"Spotlight": The Joker card always has a strong presence and can attract people's attention...
This thing...can I make use of it?
Well... now that my magic level has been recognized by the system, I can focus on improving it today!
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During the day, a magician appeared at the Woolen Textile Middle School.
Zhai Da is currently proficient in only three magic tricks: "Things Behind the Ear", "Flip Cards", and "Vanishing". The latter can be done with hands for small things, but requires the help of the [Nerd Glasses Cloth] for the big ones.
I don’t know much, but I have a lot of fun!
Zhai Da no longer worried about whether the same person could provide "progress" multiple times. He would show it off to everyone he knew during breaks, in the cafeteria, or whenever he caught one.
Only about one-third of them can pass the system's judgment and gain progress. Zhai Da estimates that those who failed have revealed their true colors. After all, he is still far from being a true close-up magician.
But there were so many people, and this trick in the school was so attractive. It only took a dozen seconds to perform a small magic trick. In just one morning, his progress had reached (9/10).
In the toilet, Zhai Da was running the toilet while thinking about where to make the last bit of progress.
Turning around, I saw Wu Yue squatting in a long snake formation.
"Wu Yue, what about the big one?"
"Don't stand next to me, I'm nervous."
"Do you have paper? Give it to me."
Wu Yue handed over the small package of Xiangyin tissues in a daze. Since there were a lot of them in stock, he didn't think much about it.
Zhai Da rolled up his sleeves to indicate that his hands were empty, and then waved his hand.
"You're out of tissues. Isn't that amazing?"
Wu Yue:?
Zhai Da turned and left.
I finally got my revenge for the fact that I read the news about him on the podium and made it known to everyone.
Amid Wu Yue's wailing of "Dad! Dad!", Zhai Da had already walked out of the bathroom.
Wu Yue was very considerate in providing the last bit of progress, but his own progress in expanding the game might have been stuck with a bug.
On the way back to the teaching building, Zhai Da took out the [Joker Poker], pulled out a card and looked at it in the sunlight.
There is no change in texture, material, or weight.
But when he raised it, two or three people around him immediately turned their heads.
Look at the playing card.
In order to test the effect, Zhai Da held it up like this for more than ten seconds. These people did not stop, but their necks kept twisting until they completely lost the angle, but then new people came over to look.
Zhai Da moved the poker around, and he could clearly feel the gazes of several people following him. They were really paying attention to the Joker Poker itself, not Zhai Da himself...
With a snap of his fingers, the poker turned diagonally upwards, then spun around and flew back into Zhai Da's hand. The few people who looked over followed the poker like puppets.
This move made them come to their senses and they began to be surprised at Zhai Da's technique.
"This effect... is quite strong... It's worthy of being a special ability that needs to be unlocked..."
Advanced equipment will have special abilities and unlock tasks. At the moment, it seems a bit surreal.
Next, it depends on... whether you can get the benefits of Xinglang.
After school in the afternoon, Zhai Da had become a well-known magician in the Woolen Textile Middle School. People who knew him and were familiar with him would nod when they saw him, hoping that he would show off his skills again.
Zhai Da responded to everyone's requests and bought a starch sausage at the school gate and waited for others.
In less than ten minutes, Lu Siwen walked out of the campus and came over with a bright look in his eyes?
"Student Zhai? Are you waiting for me?"
Zhai Da shook his head: "No, but you came at the right time. I have already thought about the content of the blog. I can put photos in the blog, right?"
“Yes, photos, links, URLs are all fine.”
Zhai Da nodded and took out the [Joker Poker] from his pocket. Lu Siwen was no longer surprised by this thing, but he still attracted his attention.
Willpower.
After careful selection, he found the colorful "King", the one with the love letter pattern, and then asked Lu Siwen to take a photo of it with his Nokia N96, which had a decent pixel count.
With the streetlights overhead as a backdrop, the card is a little dim and blurry, but still very special.
Apart from this, there are only three things in the picture: Zhai Da's fingers, poker, and the night sky.
After taking a look at the photo, Zhai Da nodded with satisfaction, then took out his copycat phone, edited a text message and sent it to Lu Siwen.
"I've sent you the content. Just match the text with this photo. You don't need to write anything else. Just give it a try."
Lu Siwen looked at his phone, the content on it was ridiculously short...
"The switch is the sunrise and sunset of the street light
Sunrise and sunset are the switches of street lights.”
When I first read it, I subconsciously skipped reading because there were a lot of repetitive words, but after reading it, I realized that something was not right. When I read it again, I felt that it was quite philosophical.
But for some reason, most of my attention is on that photo... It feels very atmospheric...
But...if I post this little bit of content on my blog...will anyone read it?!
You should know that the average length of a blog is over 500 words! Most people only write around 1,000 words!
"Mr. Zhai, is this suitable? Is it too short?"
Zhai Da shook his head. "Believe me, the shorter the future, the better. Give it a try. By the way, regarding the reading reward mechanism, I hope we can sign a contract. Please mention it to me next time you contact them."
Xinglang tried to fleece him, while he was trying to use [Joker Poker] to fleece Xinglang.
Two thousand views correspond to 200 yuan... In fact, the ratio proposed by the other party is not high according to common sense. Blogs have only been around for two and a half years, and because they are too professional, they did not develop very fast before.
Only some well-known people and senior bloggers can have reading volumes in the tens of thousands. If a blog has 100,000 readings, it is already considered the most popular one, but there are only a few of them in a year.
All we can say is that today’s Internet companies have not realized the power of traffic, or the scale of traffic.
They may have thought it was quite simple. Even if there were really 100,000 views, what would it matter if they gave Zhai Da 10,000 yuan? Internet companies are supposed to invest money in the market.
But... on average, ten readings can be exchanged for one dollar, which is a level that no platform in the future would dare to imagine.
Lu Siwen was about to say something else when Zhai Da's eyes suddenly lit up and he strode forward.
A middle-aged woman was riding a 28-inch bicycle with a girl on the back seat.
Thin, clean and good-looking, this was Lu Siwen's first impression.
Lu Siwen guessed the identity of the middle-aged woman, but he could not guess the identity of the girl.
Lu Siwen hesitated for a moment, then took the initiative to step forward and said, "Hello, Auntie. I'm Zhai Da's classmate."
Yu Xiaoli was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile, "Hello, hello."
Today she came to see the teacher and asked for leave for Zhai Da from evening self-study. From now on, Xiao Da can go home after school at six o'clock.
Lu Siwen was secretly looking at the girl, who was pretty and clean, like a blank sheet of paper.
But it seemed that there was only Zhai Da in the other person's eyes.
Suddenly, Lu Siwen felt a little uncomfortable.
It turned out that Zhai Da was not really waiting for him.
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