Chapter 25 The Turn of the Century
1999 was destined to be an extraordinary year. Before Millennium Eve, there were all kinds of rumors, such as the millennium bug, the chaos of the century, the end of the world... There were a lot of discussions in the streets. , making many people panic.
As the two centuries approach the intersection, students at the school are fascinated by this topic.
However, this cannot completely cover up the popularity brought by Chen Linfeng's novels.
It only took half a month for the new book to be rolled out to this small county in the mainland.
As locals, everyone spares no effort to support us.
According to statistics from the publishing house, the two places where the most products are sold in the northern market are Yanjing and Central Plains Province.
Yanjing is the capital of a country, with many rich people, so it is reasonable for sales to be high.
The high sales volume in Zhongyuan Province is simply due to the sincere support of the family.
Zhongyuan Province has had few glorious moments in modern times, but now it has finally come out with a decent writer. As long as there is a habit of reading, most people will buy a copy to support it.
Not only that, the Heda newspaper in this province often reprinted or published reports that were favorable to Chen Linfeng, which made people in his hometown have a good impression of him.
The book "Book of Life and Death" has also spread among the students.
Every class in Dengfeng No. 6 Middle School has several copies, and everyone passes them around to read.
Because some people were peeping in class, several teachers in each class confiscated several books.
Of course, the teachers would not miss the opportunity to criticize the idle books they received, and read them all in private.
It was not long after I finished reading the novel, and I happened to catch up with Chen Linfeng's return, so I didn't have to go around to ask.
Zhao Yuming picked up Chen Linfeng's head and shook it hard, "We are all human beings, why do you have so many ideas in your head?"
Chen Linfeng did not resist and let him wander, Just wait until their enthusiasm wears off.
"Chen Linfeng, why did you write Li Zhi to death? You are so cruel!"
The classmates from the next class also came over to join in the fun. He felt unhappy after reading the novel. My friends all have great resentment towards Chen Linfeng for writing the protagonist to death.
As a representative, he came to convey the collective will,
“You need to apologize to the masses!”
“That’s right, I’ve been waiting to see how Li Zhi catches the villain, who knows? In the end, we all died together. "This is the study committee member of the class.
"Li Zhi is so smart, can't he think of other ways to defeat the villain?" Chen Linfeng's deskmate also joined the battlefield.
Zhao Yuming was not happy, "Ye Shencai is the smartest, okay? Didn't you see his god-level operation to clear the suspicion after being suspected by the police?"
"That's right, if Li Zhi hadn't expected to risk his life, Ye Shen would have killed them all sooner or later."
The tablemates sneered, not bothering to argue with such people who couldn't distinguish between right and wrong.
Other students couldn't hear this and immediately refuted it.
Then some supporters of Ye Shen also joined the debate.
Chen Linfeng listened happily.
This is the best feedback for him!
The students love this book!
Moreover, there is no one-sided love for Ye Shen.
He writes from dual perspectives so that most readers will not think that Ye Shen is also just.
In this way, works will not be banned like in the previous life.
Everyone saw that the discussion was still as fruitless as before.
So they all turned to look at the original author and asked him to be the referee.
Chen Linfeng was dumbfounded when he saw that the finger was pointed at him.
He rolled his eyes, "I'm just a writer of novels, and I know nothing about the original novel. Li Zhi and Ye Shen are both dead, so I don't know which one of them is smart."
Of course everyone doesn't Accepting this judgment, they continued to ask for explanations from him.
At this time, the Chinese teacher walked into the classroom.
Chen Linfeng seemed to have seen a savior, pointing to the teacher and saying, "Class is about to begin, don't ask, it's time to go back."
Unexpectedly, the teacher also asked with interest, "I I have been listening to your discussion for a long time, so who is better between the two?"
The class suddenly burst into laughter.
In the past few months, when the crew had nothing to do, Chen Linfeng also took the time to write a few short stories.
He slightly changed the story of the Resident Evil movie, removed the settings related to the game, and changed the zombies to the types in "World War of the Dead".
In addition, there is the love theme of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", which he also began to try to write. Towards the end of the month, Chen's mother learned that Shi Xiaolong would continue to film with the crew, and her husband was still busy with the crew at the Wuxi Film and Television Base.
She and Chen Linfeng discussed spending New Year's Day with the two of them to play together for a few days, and their families would get together to celebrate the festival.
Of course Chen Linfeng agreed.
He heard that Shenhai held a relatively large-scale New Year's Eve event, so he suggested that the whole family spend the New Year's Eve in Shanghai together.
That place is very close to Wuxi, and Shi Xiaolong is also much closer from Foshan to Shenhai.
That’s how the plan was decided.
Shen Hai, Chen Linfeng and their mother arrived two days in advance, and Chen's father and Shi Xiaolong reunited with them yesterday.
As soon as Shi Xiaolong met him, he punched him.
"You are so lively this year. I see you in the newspaper every day."
Chen Linfeng instinctively defended himself.
"Stop making trouble, you two." Wang Yanping stopped her.
"Xiao Feng, how much money can you make from a book now?" Shi Xiaolong asked curiously.
“A book costs 20 yuan, and it has sold about one million copies so far. I can get 10% of the money for each book, and you can calculate the rest by yourself.”
Shi Xiaolong counted on his fingers for a long time, "Wow, you can get 200,000 yuan for a novel!"
Chen Linfeng said angrily, "It's 2 million yuan. Brother Long, your math was taught by your physical education teacher. Let’s go.”
Shi Xiaolong ignored his brother’s slander and only focused on the number he just heard.
“Two million, I have been working for so many years, but I still don’t have that much money!”
“It’s not in my hands, it’s all in my father’s care.” Chen Linfeng secretly raised his eyebrows medicine.
Mother Chen slapped him on the head and said, "What are you kiddoing with so much money? I will give it to you when you grow up."
Of course Chen Linfeng knew that at his current age, it was really difficult to manage money. wishful thinking.
It’s not that he cares about the money, he just loosens the soil on a daily basis. If he talks about it many times, he may agree to let him manage the money one day.
December 31, 1999.
In the morning, their family spent a day exploring Shenhai.
Hearing that there would be a parade on Zhongshan East Road in the evening, and that fireworks would be set off on the Bund at midnight, Chen Linfeng's family of four decided to go together to join in the fun.
In the evening, the streets are already crowded with people.
The family took a car to a place 2 kilometers away, and the vehicle traffic was restricted. Many people in the same group also came to participate in the event.
After getting off the bus, Chen Shantong held Shi Xiaolong and Wang Yanping held Chen Linfeng to prevent them from getting separated.
When more and more people came to Zhongshan East Road, he was shocked. In his memory, he had never seen so many people gathering on one street.
Every street radiated by Zhongshan Road is also filled with people.
The shops on the roadside were full of business. Chen Linfeng and the others lined up for a long time. After finishing their meal in a restaurant, they continued towards the Bund.
There is a huge countdown sign at the intersection. Some people stop here, waiting to participate in the countdown to the new millennium.
They continued to walk forward, almost step by step. Chen Linfeng was so short that he couldn't see the direction clearly, so he could only hold his mother's hand tightly.
When we reached the place where we could see the Bund, we couldn’t walk any further.
The neon lights of the surrounding buildings gave off a hazy glow.
I don’t know if it was because he was a little dizzy from being squeezed, but in this most noisy occasion, Chen Linfeng felt extremely peaceful inside, and for a moment he doubted whether he was really reborn.
It’s all the fault of the recent news!
There were all kinds of rumors that were horrifying to think about, making him a little suspicious.
I don’t know how long it took.
Everyone suddenly started counting down in unison, and Chen Linfeng also shouted excitedly along with him.
15
14
13
……
3
2
1
As the last count was completed, fireworks all around rose, and the tanker on the river lit up the words "2000".
Everyone cheered to welcome the arrival of the new millennium.
Chen Linfeng silently greeted the future.
In the twenty-first century, I am here again.
(End of this chapter)