When a newborn baby is put on the scaffold, it is like a baby falling to the ground, it cannot fall down by itself.
Jian Jing didn't think too much about the cancellation. Instead, she wondered several times whether the scarred man would buy her product.
The answer is of course yes.
Then, he must be able to understand the hidden meaning behind this.
There are so many flowers and materials in the world, why is the heroine's blood feud metaphorically a rose? The blood rose is naturally the bleeding rose sent to the book signing event!
Yes, she did it on purpose.
The moment she put pen to paper, all kinds of consequences had already emerged in Jian Jing's mind, but she still decided to do it, as if a person standing on a tall building would inexplicably have the urge to jump down.
It's risky, it's crazy, it's irrational.
Jian Jing was very puzzled as to why she did this, as if there was some kind of connection between the two of them that made her involuntarily want to respond to his provocation at that time.
He used the evil doctor as a hint, and she fought back with rose gold.
It was as if they were lurking in the jungle, aware of each other's existence. He was hunting her, but she was no longer willing to be toyed with by him, so she was waiting for an opportunity to test him, intending to kill him back.
What a strange mental state.
Jian Jing seemed to be split into two, half of her personality followed her heart to provoke, while the other half was distressed by this and had no idea why she did this.
But just do it, there's nothing to regret.
It is impolite to have any contact with others.
Now that things have come to this, what will he do
Jian Jing took a deep breath and exhaled slowly to calm her turbulent thoughts.
There was no point in thinking more. The enemy was in the dark and she was in the light. She could only wait.
Anyway, she was not in a hurry at all. The longer the time was, the more room there would be for growth. What mattered was the time she spent with him.
She was just thinking about it when Kang Mucheng's WeChat message came. She didn't need to read it to know that it was good news - if the products were not selling well, he would have come to comfort her a long time ago. How could there be no news for several days and then suddenly there was news
Sure enough, within a few days, sales easily exceeded 500,000.
This is the result of little publicity.
And at this point, Kang Mucheng could only push it forward without leaving any trace.
The reputation that had been brewing for a long time slowly fermented, and the real readers and the fake readers were mixed together. Who could tell them apart? The money spent on publicity was splashed one after another, and the wonderful thing was that it was slow and powerful, and did not seem too anxious.
Even Mr. Tao admires Kang Mucheng's "stability".
After all, Jian Jing's release this time is not without risk. The interval between new releases is only 5 months, and Devil 2 has broken through one million, but Rose has not. It's a bit embarrassing, as if the last time it was a best-seller was just good luck and the popularity created by marketing operations.
Therefore, if it was President Tao, the opening promotion would definitely not be so bland.
He would choose to hype up the product to make it a huge hit, giving people the impression that it is selling extremely well, even at a loss, to maintain the aura of millions of sales.
To be honest, who would really pay attention to sales? It only feels good if the product is selling well.
But Kang Mucheng was not in a hurry at all and was very restrained in his publicity.
In other words, reading this book is not like receiving an overwhelming message push with a lot of flowers, but just seeing the name of this book many times without realizing it.
For example, this book reading up host introduced the books he had read in the first half of the year. When talking about the devil, he mentioned new books. The public account counted the new books, and 10 new books ranked first.
A strange post appeared on the Internet, arguing whether Roses, Gold and the Killer was a suspense novel or a romance novel. The post was highly popular, and the debate between the two sides was fierce, attracting many spectators to join in.
People are very strange, they have a herd mentality and a rebellious mentality. Sometimes, the more popular something is, the less likely they are to buy it. But many people like it, but they don't see much popularity, and they will be indignant. Such a good thing has no one to read it, and the recommended thing on the homepage is garbage. No, I have to recommend it.
The strategy was very successful.
The sales of "Rose, Gold and Killer" are steadily climbing towards 1 million.
Only Jinwu was scolded by Jian Jing's fans, who felt that they had a huge business but were doing nothing and that their publicity was rubbish.
Of course, this is of no use.
Kang Mucheng knew what was going on and just waited patiently.
By early June, sales had indeed steadily reached seven figures and were growing steadily. At the same time, word of mouth inevitably dropped a little - many people thought that her new book was not suspenseful enough, the adventure elements were greatly increased, and it had lost some of the meticulousness and seriousness of the reasoning.
This shows Kang Mucheng's experience. If he had mentioned "love" in the promotion, there would have been a big quarrel.
However, the rating on .com dropped to 8.2, but sales volume and ratings are two different things.
The killer's death brought tears to too many people's eyes.
Jian Jing's readers were originally seldom fans of romance novels, but this time there were too many comments about "absolute love" and many romance novel lovers were deceived into falling into the trap.
You know, this audience group supports Morning Star Publishing House, how can it be underestimated
Later on, the growth momentum was even stronger than that of the Devil 2, and it kept growing.
Jian Jing immediately felt what it meant to be "hot".
In the writers' group she joined, there was an endless stream of flattery and sarcastic comments, some trying to make friends with her, some asking her to recommend them, and some helping her to introduce them to other people. Her cell phone had become a time bomb, and every time she heard the news, she had a headache.
Screenwriter Xu came to sound out the situation again, saying that many people were optimistic about rose gold and asked her what she thought.
To be honest, the entertainment industry is the most glamorous of all industries. At first, Jian Jing was indeed a little curious, but since Shao Meng was killed, Tao Tao went crazy, and Xie Wei committed suicide, she understood the helplessness and cruelty of the industry and inevitably became bored.
Of course it's good to make money, but to be honest, she has no worries about food and clothing, so she doesn't need too much money.
So he pushed the whole thing to Kang Mucheng: "Ask Mr. Kang, if it's suitable, then do it. If it's not suitable, then forget it."
Screenwriter Xu has mixed feelings: "It's really unique to have such a collaboration between the two of you."
Jian Jing smiled, feeling that it was rare.
Ordinary cooperation, of course, is not as good as that between her and Kang Mucheng, and there are certainly coincidences: for example, "Jian Jing" was lonely and helpless, and had no ideas, so she wanted someone to make decisions for her. Kang Mucheng just returned home to take over the family business, facing the elders in the society, and needed to train writers himself...
But after all, it was their fate.
She is an orphan in this world. Kang Mucheng is half relative and half friend. Because of his life-saving and nurturing, if you think carefully, she is already the most important person in the world.
It's not easy, how can I bear to ruin our relationship because of money, so I naturally trust him to the end.
Kang Mucheng never let her down and told her directly: "Several companies have approached me and the prices they offered are pretty good." The prices and companies he quoted were indeed fair.
But he changed the subject and said, "You can pick one from the following, and you can... give it to me."
Jian Jing: “Oh”: “Jinwu wants to take a photo?”
"The water is almost wet, we should try to cross the river." Kang Mucheng said, "You don't have to worry about me, think about it carefully first."
Jian Jing only thought about it for a few minutes before affirming, "Then give it to Jin Wu. I don't need the money for the copyright, how about giving me a share of the profits when the time comes?"
Kang Mucheng shook his head: "No, it's too risky."
"I won't take risks. If you give me the money, I have to find a place to run the business. I'd better save some trouble." She didn't care and even showed a little annoyance. "You can use the money for financial management. It's not right. If you ask me to spend it, I don't have so much expenses."
Once income goes up, how to manage savings becomes a problem.
Jian Jing's mind was not on this. It was impossible for the manager to be in full control of the family assets. It was ok to use some cash to buy funds and stocks, and the rest would be decided by the general manager.
This matter was not a big deal, but it was not a small one either. She was very annoyed, so she decided to just hand it over to Kang Mucheng so as not to bother two people with one thing.
Kang Mucheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing her words: "You only have this little money, don't waste it. You lose a lot from making movies and earn little. How can you afford a villa?"
"How can I afford two houses as a single person?" She shook her head calmly. "No matter how much money you have, you can't bring it with you when you are born, and you can't take it with you when you die. It's just a loss."
Kang Mucheng believed what she said sincerely. But who in the world would really complain about having too much money? He knew in his heart that she just wanted to help him.
A year ago, if she had proposed this idea, he would have definitely rejected it outright - why would she need to worry about it? But now, he no longer treated her as a child, and after thinking for a moment, he actually agreed.
"The finances have been tight lately." Kang Mucheng accepted her kindness and said, "I won't be polite to you."
Jian Jing was genuinely happy.
But the corners of his lips didn't even rise, and he followed up with another sentence: "When you lose money, you'll learn your lesson."
Jian Jing: “…”
If she loses money, doesn't he lose much? What a bad mouth!
However, although Kang Mucheng was not optimistic verbally, his actions were as decisive as ever. Before long, he found a well-known female director, and with the help of Jinwu Investment, he prepared to shoot a movie.
This female director is not very good at making commercial films, but she has won awards for her art films. Her personal style is very prominent and her artistry is very strong. She was willing to take on this film because she wanted to do it herself and had discussed cooperation with Jinwu before. She also wanted to make some profitable films so as to attract investment in the future.
Once the news came out, it naturally caused some ripples, but this had nothing to do with Jian Jing.
She is considering whether to participate in the recording of the third season of "Haunted Mansion".
The invitation was sent to Kang Mucheng about a month later.
He himself is not keen on this, and believes that writers should let their works speak for themselves, and readers should engage in spiritual communication, rather than the writers themselves appearing in front of the public and becoming idols to be sought after.
But Jian Jing is different.
She has always loved staying at home, and the better she writes stories, the more introverted she becomes. Now that she has finally developed a hobby, he can't bear to persuade her if he thinks it's inappropriate.
To put it bluntly, what's wrong with a little girl loving to play and make trouble
In this case, even if he is really involved in the case, he will not appear on the variety show. At least it is arranged by the program team and there is no danger.
Therefore, without any hesitation, he handed the plan to her: "Do you want to go?"
The last time she participated in a haunted house show, she caused a seven-star coffin sealing incident, so this time Jian Jing was not in a good mood. But she took a look at the plan and was tempted.
This issue is called "Murder Hospital".
Unlike the previous shows, this is a newly opened haunted house abroad. The original site was a hospital. In the 1970s and 1980s, the director and doctors started to engage in organ trading. On the surface, they were doing charity and taking in homeless people who had no money to treat their illnesses, but in fact, they killed the powerless poor and sold their organs to dignitaries to make huge profits.
Over the past decade, the hospital has buried countless dead souls.
One day, a patient was put into a state of suspended animation after his kidney was removed. The hospital considered him dead and put him in a body bag and sent him away. Unexpectedly, a passerby woke up and ran to report the case, which made the truth known to the world.
But unexpectedly, when the police arrived at the hospital and prepared to arrest the director, the director, doctors, and nurses all disappeared completely, as if they had never existed at all.
This has become an unsolved case.
The hospital was abandoned. People nearby said that on foggy days, they could occasionally see white shadows coming and going, as if white coats were floating in the air, which was extremely creepy.