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This is a reserved item after the Supernova results are announced every year. There are always some pretentious but unsuccessful authors who feel that the Supernova awards are unfair, especially the selection of "Net King" this year has stimulated the nerves of many losers.

"Why?"

"Qinzhou has never had a precedent for the explosion of sports and competitive themes, let alone a novel about tennis. In order to make such a work not only have a single theme, Yinlan Bookstore forced such a work to rank fifth, which is really disappointing. People are disappointed."

The top four are all popular themes.

The fifth naturally became the target.

However, Yinlan Shuku would not pay attention to these protests. From the editorial department's point of view, even if "The King of the Internet" is indeed a niche subject matter, the quality of the novel itself is definitely not as bad as the outside world judges.

"It's a pity for He Mingxuan."

An editor suddenly shook his head and said.

He Mingxuan is a novelist who has already debuted. He put on a vest to contribute to Supernova this time, and his work has received good reviews. After reading his work, many editors suggested that He Mingxuan's work be the No. .5.

But it is a pity that he met "The King of Net".

The reasons of the editor-in-chief convinced everyone: "Firstly, the market needs diversified guidance, and secondly, He Mingxuan is an old man after all. Although there are old people wearing vests every year, I think this is not a good phenomenon. We should give more Opportunities for newcomers."

He Mingxuan lost the election.

The editor who has a good relationship with He Mingxuan specially comforted He Mingxuan: "If it wasn't for enriching the market themes, you should be able to rank No. 5 this time, so the reason why you lost this time is not because you are not strong enough, but because your luck is a little bit unlucky." a bit."

……

Although He Mingxuan is the so-called supernova No.6, he did not participate in the protests against "Net King" by some losers, because when he first debuted, there were similar protests against his works, so he knew very well that he was rejected What kind of mood is the protester? He will never become the kind of person he once hated the most.

The editor is right.

He also felt that he was a bit unlucky this time. After all, he encountered a special situation, not to mention that he was not a newcomer, and it would be disgraceful to snatch a newcomer's opportunity in a vest, so it was understandable to give in to the newcomer in the end.

"Maybe I'm not suitable for writing books."

He Mingxuan had some self-doubt. He debuted as a novelist five years ago, and his novel sales even won the quarterly championship. But after that book was finished, he wrote several books in a row and they hit the street, so that few publishing houses are willing to do so. publish his work.

This made He Mingxuan very painful.

If it wasn't for this reason, he wouldn't have the cheek to participate in the Supernova Newcomer Awards. For every novelist, competing for opportunities with newcomers is proof that they have failed.

That night He Mingxuan couldn't sleep.

The next morning, He Mingxuan walked into the bookstore closest to his home in a daze, and subconsciously looked at the first row of bookshelves in the bookstore.

Once upon a time, this bookshelf was also filled with his works.

But today, all the top five supernova works are displayed on it.

His No.6 has no medal of merit.

There are a lot of people reading books in the bookstore, most of them are young readers, and everyone is rushing to this bookshelf——

As in previous years, readers are full of expectations for Supernova's award-winning works.

But getting them to pay for books is not an easy task.

Few people buy books directly. Most of them pick up the book first, look through it, find a quiet corner, and read tens of thousands of words first.

Make sure it is a story you like, and readers will honestly pay for it.

Watch this scene.

He Mingxuan recalled that he had done something stupid in retrospect.

At that time, his novel had just been published, and he sat alone in a corner of the bookstore for a whole day, doing nothing but observing the readers who bought books.

Whenever someone buys his book by He Mingxuan, he will be secretly excited and ecstatic.

Nowadays.

Enter the bookstore.

He Mingxuan also observed subconsciously.

No surprises, the first ones everyone picked up were the bookstore's heavy recommendations, that is, the works that won the top three supernovas.

However, to He Mingxuan's surprise, everyone's paying rate today was not high. Many people picked up the book and read it for a while before putting it back. It seems that the performance of this year's supernova is slightly worse than in previous years.

However, there was a book whose payment rate exceeded He Mingxuan's expectations.

This book is the competitive novel "Net King" that made He Mingxuan the No.6.

In fact, there are very few readers who picked up "The King of the Internet" and read it. Compared with the top four, the number of people who are interested in this novel is so pitifully small.

And in stark contrast to this pity——

Readers who picked up "The King of the Internet" and watched it, basically bought the book in the end!

For this reason, He Mingxuan specially counted them.

From the moment they entered the bookstore, there were only [-] readers who were willing to pick up "The King of Net" and read it.

But to his surprise:

There are a total of fifteen people who have finished watching "The King of the Internet" and are willing to buy it!

"This……"

Chapter 43 A True Supernova

While He Mingxuan was observing.

A few boys dressed as students walked into the bookstore in groups, and asked as soon as they entered, "Boss, do you have the book on Supernova?"

"welcome."

The boss replied with a smile: "Of course there are supernovas this year. They just arrived in the morning. They are in the first row on the right, and all five books are there."

"Ok."

Five people went straight to Supernova's five books, and one of them said with great anticipation: "Let me take a look at this book "The Demon King of Another World", this year's Supernova No.1!"

"I read No.2's book."

"Then I'll take a look at No.3."

Several boys deliberately chose different books, which can be regarded as a tacit cooperation, because in this way, everyone can recommend each other after seeing good-looking works.

Only the last boy did not speak.

He was carrying a schoolbag, wearing glasses, and looked like a good student. He sat down directly in the bookstore and waited for his companions who were about to buy books.

"Hua Zi."

A companion persuaded: "Don't bother studying all day long, the teacher said we should combine work and rest, find a novel to read."

"Look."

The boy named Huazi waved his hand and said, "I'm not interested in novels."

"You don't seem to have read the novel."

Other companions also persuaded: "How do you know if you don't like it if you don't try it?"

"Ok."

Huazi didn't want to look too out of place, so he picked up "The King of the Net" casually, and sat on the seat on He Mingxuan's right to read it.

10 minute later.

The boy who was reading "The Devil in Another World" put down the book, frowned and said, "I feel that this novel is very ordinary. The protagonist is obviously a devil, but he is not domineering at all. It still can't change the nature of the trash before time travel."

"My book is fine."

The boy who spoke was reading No.2 of the Supernova novel, titled "The Summoned Beast I Became a Princess": "It's the character of the protagonist that I don't like. I feel like I'm surrounded by women all day long."

"This year's supernova is not good."

The companions put down the books in their hands one after another and came to a common conclusion. They looked very disappointed: "Huazi, let's go."

Hua Zi didn't speak.

The companions shouted again: "Huazi, let's go."

Hua Zi still did not speak.

The companions felt strange and looked at Huazi one after another, but they were surprised to find that Huazi was holding "The King of the Net" and watching it so intently that he didn't hear everyone's call.

For a while, everyone was happy.

One of them said with emotion: "Hua Zi is really a noob, just like when I first read novels, I can read any book and be fascinated. Now that I read more books, I become more and more picky."

"Just now I said I'm not interested in novels."

"The novel that Hua Zi read seems to be the work of this supernova, but it is the last one of the supernova. It writes about the niche subjects of tennis competition, which is very unfriendly to us readers who don't understand tennis."

"what?"

Hearing his companion talking about him, Hua Zi came back to his senses as if he had just woken up from a dream, and reluctantly said: "I still want to read it again, this novel is really good!"

"You can buy it and watch it directly."

Someone teased the suggestion, and then everyone laughed and said in a very loyal way: "I'm just kidding, don't worry, why don't we also see how the taste of Huazi, a college bully."

"Row."

A few people put down the books in their hands, then picked up "The King of the Internet" and read them. Anyway, they were idle, even though the subject matter of this book was really not their taste.

"Ok!"

Huazi's eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to continue watching "The King of the Net". He felt that he had opened the door to a new world!

About half an hour passed.

One of the boys suddenly said: "Damn it, the novel Hua Zi read is really good, it's completely different from what I imagined!"

"exactly!"

This sentence immediately aroused the sympathy of several other people: "I just wanted to say that I obviously don't understand tennis at all, but I still watch it with gusto. The protagonist, Ryoma, is really handsome!"

"I like Zhou Zhu."

"Ryoma is actually left-handed!"

"The part of the snake ball is too hot!"

Several boys whispered to each other, because the voice was too loud, which caused many people around to glare: "Can you keep your voice down?"

"Excuse me."

Several boys quickly silenced, then dragged Huazi in a desperate manner, bought a copy of "Net King" and left, and walked out of the bookstore.

……

This time, He Mingxuan witnessed with his own eyes the whole process of several boys from being uninterested to finally buying "Net King".

Nothing to start with.

But when the group of students had a lively discussion at the end and bought a copy of "Net King" and left, his eyes were staring straight!

"Is it really so beautiful?"

He Mingxuan couldn't help but also picked up a copy of "The King of the Internet". He had countless questions in his mind now, and the book might have the answers.

It is still the corner of the bookstore.

The sun shines on the writing.

From this point of view, it was an hour, but He Mingxuan himself didn't realize that during the whole hour of continuous reading, his posture was like a freeze frame, except for almost instinctively turning pages, his footsteps hardly moved half a step.

"Ah!"

Someone in the bookstore sneezed.

He Mingxuan was taken aback, and only then did he realize that his buttocks were numb as if he had just woken up from a dream, but at this moment his eyes were shining brightly, and his whole body was trembling slightly: "It turns out that competitive novels can still Write it like this!"

All doubts were immediately cleared.

He seemed to realize something.

In He Mingxuan's initial imagination, an unpopular competitive novel like "The King of the Net" should be obscure and lacking in sense of substitution for readers who don't understand tennis. It wasn't until he opened it and read it that he realized how wrong he was. !

He really doesn't know tennis.

But this is a novel you don't need to know tennis to enjoy!