Chapter 65

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The next day, Tong Yan found time to visit his cousin's Five Flavors Bookstore. Fortunately, Tang Jiao wasn't there.

"Brother Ming, is Sister Jiao not here?"

"Oh, she's working overtime today."

"Oh, I wanted to use the computer." Tong Yan finally explained his purpose.

"Go ahead, go ahead. Yesterday, I heard from Auntie that you ranked second in the grade. Not bad, it seems you've really settled down."

Tong Yan understood his cousin's meaning. It seemed he didn't want Tong Yan to write novels anymore. In the past, his cousin had been on his side, but after his mother fell ill, his cousin's thoughts became more conservative, hoping that Tong Yan would focus on his studies and follow a conventional path in the future, rather than taking a risky route through online literature.

Tong Yan silently opened the webpage and found "The Little Soldier's Wild History." He saw many comments, mostly critical and regretful. Tong Yan understood. Just like when he read "The Little Soldier's Legend," he was so engrossed that he couldn't stop, but when it suddenly ended, it was very frustrating. Today's readers of "The Little Soldier's Wild History" felt the same way, and Tong Yan empathized with them.

Tong Yan didn't have a masochistic tendency, but he still patiently read through each comment, no matter how harsh they were. This lesson taught him that he couldn't let down his readers. If he decided to write, he had to do it well and finish it!

** is the mainstream, but there were still some who spoke up for Tong Yan. The most obvious was the deputy moderator, Iben Xiaozhang, who, despite the novel being abandoned, still strongly defended the author, Dian Xia'er. This made Tong Yan, who had been worried about not being able to remain friends, resolve to keep Zhang Xiao as a lifelong friend!

Just then, Liu Ming mentioned Zhang Xiao, "Zhang Xiao came here to look for you yesterday. He said to let you know that he would help you calm your readers."

"I know, he did it." Tong Yan clicked into the comments criticizing him and saw Iben Xiaozhang's explanations behind each one. What moved him even more was that not only Zhang Xiao, but also a reader named "Speak Fairly" was tirelessly speaking up for him, appearing in multiple threads with sincere and passionate words. With such understanding readers, Tong Yan felt that if he didn't return to the scene, he would really be letting them down!

Tong Yan was already planning in his mind. The key was to write a novel and figure out how to do it without being discovered. Writing all night by climbing over the wall like before was definitely not a good strategy.

"Liu Ming, what do you think about starting a chain of bookstores and making book rentals a specialty? The profit from this is really substantial," Liu Ming chatted with Tong Yan, and it seemed his business was doing well.

Tong Yan thought for a moment, "I don't think it's a good idea," he wasn't trying to discourage his cousin; it was his honest opinion. "All the novels in your bookstore can be found online, and even those not in the store can be found online. Not only is the selection wider, but it's also free. How can you compete with that?"

"You're wrong. Internet fees are much higher than book rental fees. Unless you have your own computer, who would be foolish enough to read novels online?"

"The world is developing. It's hard to go online now, but it might become very easy in the future. Not just reading on computers, but even on mobile phones. Who will rent your books then?" After saying this, not only was Liu Ming stunned, but even Tong Yan himself was a bit surprised. Could what he said really become reality soon? How could someone without a mobile phone have such forward-thinking ideas?

"Mobile phones aren't something everyone can afford, right?"

"I think it won't be hard for everyone to have a mobile phone in the future. Haven't you noticed that these communication devices are getting cheaper and more powerful?" Tong Yan continued to discourage his cousin. After hearing this, Liu Ming, who had thought his industry was golden, realized how fragile it was and how easily it could be impacted by the internet and mobile phones!

However, Liu Ming wasn't going to be scared off by Tong Yan's words. His business was on the rise, and he had the confidence and determination to make a name for himself in the bookstore industry.

It was time to return to school. Tong Yan's mother gave him six crisp hundred-yuan bills as living expenses. Adding the 1640 yuan in royalties, the 200 yuan he had saved over the past few months, and the 350 yuan in New Year's money he had saved as a child, Tong Yan had a total of 2800 yuan. But he still needed to eat, so even if he only ate steamed buns and pickles and didn't buy any other items, he needed to reserve 300 yuan for meals. Therefore, Tong Yan could only use up to 2500 yuan.

This was the total amount of money Tong Yan could mobilize, and he wasn't sure if it was enough to buy a laptop.

That's right, Tong Yan planned to buy a computer, and it had to be a laptop. After a month of silence, he finally decided to return to the scene and fight again at起点 (Qidian). The Tang Jia San Shao he saw in the newspaper was his goal. He felt that he wasn't far from Tang San, and several times he saw that "The Little Soldier's Wild History" ranked higher on the click list than "The Kind Death God." Of course, if you looked closely, one was not yet published, and the other was already published, so they weren't comparable. But Tong Yan had to use this naive method to convince himself, to convince himself to make a last stand, to fight with his back against the wall!

He needed to find hope from successful people like Tang San to dare to hide a laptop in the dormitory and write online novels, defying the world.

Although he had studied in this city for nearly five years, Tong Yan wasn't familiar with it. He needed to find a trustworthy local to help him complete a transaction for a second-hand laptop. The best choice was Dong Mian.

Dong Mian was not only a local but also a computer expert. Tong Yan automatically categorized game experts as computer experts. He believed that Dong Mian definitely knew where to buy a good and cheap second-hand laptop. If necessary, he could reveal his identity as a network writer to him, and it would be easy to keep it a secret.

However, on the first day of school, Tong Yan waited and waited but couldn't find this guy. He had planned to take care of this matter on the first day of school, but without Dong Mian, Tong Yan, who was clueless, didn't even know where to buy a computer.

Just as Tong Yan was worrying, Senior Song Rao suddenly appeared outside Class 2. Tong Yan, like a man grasping at a lifeline, rushed out, "Senior, do you have time?"

"What?"

"Ah, no, I mean, are you free?" As a local, Song Rao might be able to help Tong Yan, and she was someone he trusted.

Song Rao smiled mischievously, "Of course I'm free, I'm just afraid you're not."

"I'm free, how could I not be free!"

"Really?" Song Rao pointed out the window, "But when I came up, someone was looking for you downstairs."

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