I found a cell phone from ten years ago.

Chapter 53: Fighting

After Singles’ Day, more than a week passed in a blink of an eye, and it was already late November.

During these ten days, Li Xu found excuses to ask Xiao Yu out two or three times, but the relationship between the two did not make any progress, and was even worse than the "first" date.

Unlike Luo Jiahui who could easily see through things, he was a little confused about Xiao Yu's thoughts.

According to the scumbag's article, his current rank is not high enough, and it is difficult for him to win over a girl of a high rank like Xiao Yu.

However, there were two things he was certain of.

First, Xiao Yu must have a good impression of him, otherwise he wouldn't be able to ask her out every time.

Another point is that Xiao Yu is most likely testing him. As long as he can persist in pursuing her for more than half a year, which is one month's semester, the possibility of success is very high.

If it were in the past, if Li Xu had the chance to pursue a girl as beautiful as Xiao Yu, he would be willing to persist for a year, let alone half a year.

But now, for him, let alone half a year, even two months feels too long.

What's more, even if he spent half a year to pursue Xiao Yu, he couldn't go further and have a substantial relationship with her.

Given Xiao Yu's personality, he would definitely have to be tested for another year or two, or even one or two years. He wouldn't have that kind of patience.

Therefore, it is better to find a girlfriend first to practice and improve your skills. After breaking up, it will be much easier to pursue Xiao Yu.

The essence of a relationship between a man and a woman is a game. If he shows his affection first, he has actually lost the first step and is at a disadvantage.

Give Xiao Yu some time to relax and let her know that she is not indispensable to him. This is the only way to turn the situation around.

Also, girls are jealous, especially beautiful girls.

If you pursue her first and then suddenly give up and turn to pursue another beautiful girl, she will definitely feel unbalanced, especially if she still has feelings for you.

Once you arouse a girl's competitive spirit and let her take the initiative, you have won half the battle.

Li Xu already had a plan in mind for the strategy goals for training.

However, this matter needs to be put aside for the time being. He currently has more important things to do, which is to compete for the monthly ticket list.

It’s not the new book monthly ticket list, but the total monthly ticket list.

"Mystery" has already firmly taken first place in the monthly new book ticket list, far ahead of the second place by more than 4,000 votes. It is a foregone conclusion that it will take first place in the new book list this month.

At present, the total collection of "Mystery" is about to exceed 200,000, the average subscription has reached more than 20,000, and the monthly votes have exceeded 9,000, temporarily ranking second in the monthly ticket list.

"Fights Break Sphere" is still ranked first. Tudou is planning to compete for the top spot this month and will update more frequently.

The third is "The Evil Lord of Another World", the fourth is "Swallowing the Starry Sky", the fifth is "Immortal Rebellion", the sixth is "Mortal's Journey to Immortality", and the seventh is "Martial God"...

Li Xu intends to compete for the first place in the overall list. If he wins the first place in the monthly ticket list in the first month after the new book is put on the shelves, he will be directly deified.

In 2007, "Infinite Horror" won the first place in the monthly ticket list in June, the month it was released, and it continued to hold the first place in July, becoming a classic.

Li Xu also wanted to follow suit.

However, it is extremely difficult to compete with Tudou's "Fights Break Sphere" for the first place.

Tudou had just become a Platinum Master and was full of energy. How could he easily let a newcomer outshine him? Did he even have any respect left? He would definitely fight him to the bitter end.

Li Xu’s biggest advantage at the moment is that he has a lot of manuscripts saved. Even Tudou can’t code as well as him even if he works himself to death. He is a real “plagiarist” who can copy and paste.

But this alone was not enough to guarantee victory, so he prepared a "surrounding tactic".

Tuesday, October 11nd.

It was past 7 o'clock in the morning when He Weichen, Xu Haoyang, Shen Qiang and others went to do morning exercises before Li Xu got out of bed.

Two weeks ago, after a chat with counselor Jiang Yong, Li Xu was tacitly allowed to skip the playground and morning and evening self-study classes. As long as he didn't skip classes too frequently, he wouldn't be questioned. However, if he failed too many courses, he would still be held back and wouldn't receive his diploma. There was no room for compromise on this matter of principle.

Don’t expect the school to give much care to a student who writes novels. Even if you earn over a million a year and are a platinum god, it will be useless.

Back then, when Fanqie was writing novels in school, he was already a famous writer earning millions a year. His second novel, Inch of Light, became a hit even though he was only a sophomore at that time.

In the end, he dropped out of school in the first semester of his junior year because he failed too many courses, and the school didn't give him any special treatment.

In fact, counselor Jiang Yong, like most people, was only half-believing and half-doubting the fact that Li Xu's novels earned a million yuan a year, and did not take it particularly seriously. At most, he just looked up to Li Xu.

If you want the teachers and leaders of the school to truly value you and give you the green light, you must be able to bring benefits and honor to the school.

For example, increasing the school's influence and visibility, and helping the school recruit students.

It is obviously not enough to just make some money by writing novels and gain a little fame online.

Li Xu went to the bathroom to wash up briefly, then sat down at the desk and opened his laptop.

He created a new document and wrote a description of the explosive update first.

The current number of monthly tickets is 9567. From now on, for every 100 additional monthly tickets, one more chapter will be added, with no upper limit.

Li Xu did not directly mention the matter of competing for the rankings. If he, a newcomer, openly challenged a famous platinum star like Tu Dou, it would seem too arrogant and offensive, which was really unnecessary.

As the saying goes: To fight is not to fight, and not to fight is to fight.

Then, Li Xu created another document and wrote an announcement for the monthly ticket lottery.

In the first month of the new book being on the shelves, we will hold a lucky draw to give back to everyone's support.

One first prize: a big red envelope of 1 yuan.

5 second prizes: 1000 yuan red envelope, 4 yuan mobile phone, branded MP, Bluetooth speaker, and wireless headphones.

There are 10 third prizes: 100 yuan red envelope, keyboard, music box, mug, etc.

30 consolation prizes: one autographed photo of the applicant.

Anyone who has voted for a monthly ticket can participate in the lottery next month. The more monthly tickets you vote for, the higher the probability of winning.

……

Li Xu also learned the trick of organizing lucky draws from authors more than ten years later. At that time, it seemed that no author had organized such an activity. Competing for the top of the list and winning monthly votes usually relied on adding more chapters or updating more frequently.

Most people are greedy for small profits, so the lottery trick will definitely work and attract many people who have never watched "The Secret" to vote.

In order to compete for the rankings, Li Xu was willing to spend a lot of money, spending 10,000 to 20,000 yuan to organize activities.

The reward for the first place in the monthly ticket list is only 10,000 yuan, and taxes have to be deducted.

Even if Tudou and other big names competing for the rankings follow his example and hold a lottery, it is unlikely that they will spend more money than him, otherwise it would be too costly.

Moreover, this can also give Potato a way out. Since he used "outside tactics", his victory would not be a fair one, and Potato may not fight him to the end.

For Li Xu, all he wants is to win, and it doesn’t matter whether it is fair or not.

If he wins the monthly ticket championship, Qidian will probably give him a big contract soon, and then he will be more confident when negotiating publishing conditions in Taiwan.

……

　The monthly ticket ranking is not made up by me, but found by looking up information. If you remove "The Mysterious", the order will be the real order of that year. The monthly ticket champion in November 2010 is "Fights Break Sphere".

　　
　
(End of this chapter)