Chapter 191 Chapter 177 "The Three-Body Problem" "Journey to the West" "Ma Xiaotiao" is sold out

When the news came, netizens were surprised:
"No, what's going on? Why are Cheng Cheng's three books selling so well? Does anyone know what's going on? Have you really bought any?"

"I guess it was bought by Cheng Cheng's crazy fans? Two million people, if each of them bought one, that would be two million copies."

"Online people are criticizing it, but offline it is sold out."

"I just checked the mini program of 'Myth Publishing House' and found that the three books have indeed been sold out. They are now in the pre-sale stage, so I can only wait for the next batch."

"Unbelievable, this situation is too weird!"

"I'm not a die-hard fan. I asked the bookstore owner, and he said that many of the people who bought the book were parents who brought their children, as well as some Chinese teachers. He said that the reservation list now has more than 100 people, and they are all waiting for the goods."

"Ah? So popular? Does that mean Cheng Cheng didn't fail this time?"

"'The Three-Body Problem' and 'Naughty Boy Ma Xiaotiao' have become bestsellers. The bookstore downstairs from me put up a large billboard overnight and removed all the previously popular books."

"Oh my god, I checked Douban and Zhihu, and the reviews are all very high!"

"No, didn't everyone laugh at the monkey being the protagonist? Also, many people said that the writing style of The Three-Body Problem was poor?"

"I asked around and found out that there are scalpers selling these three books now. They are selling them at several times the price, and there are still people buying them. And the demand is still far from meeting the supply!"

"What a shame! What on earth happened?"

"No, I want to buy a copy too. I'm so curious!"

Just like many female readers say they want to read novels that are not love-minded, have no men, and where the heroine focuses on her career and is decisive in killing people, and there are no house fights, many authors see the girls' cheers and believe them and write their novels, but when they finish writing the novels, they find that no one reads them at all, and the novels that are still popular are those in which the heroine has a domineering CEO, the whole world revolves around the heroine, and every man spends money on her.

All I can say is don't look at what they say, but look at what they do.

The group that likes to speak out online is inconsistent with the group that actually has purchasing power.

On the contrary, products that have bad online reputations may not necessarily sell poorly offline.

This is the case with the three books "The Three-Body Problem", "The Naughty Boy Ma Xiaotiao" and "Journey to the West".

These three books each sold 40 copies, and were basically distributed in first-tier cities, especially in Beijing. All major bookstores stocked a considerable portion of the inventory, but they were still sold out very quickly.

For a moment, they all regretted not going in a little deeper.

A primary school in Teikyo.

Only mathematics teacher Qin Haiou knows how popular "Naughty Boy Ma Xiaotiao" is among primary school students.

Just by collecting, she had already collected three books.

During the break, she couldn't resist her curiosity and opened the book. She found that the book was really well written, full of childish fun, and the wording and sentences were very simple, so even children could understand it.

In particular, she felt that "Naughty Boy Ma Xiaotiao" was very sincere.

There is a paragraph:
"Ma Xiaotiao can't stay like that forever. If he doesn't want to come out, there will always be a way to get him out. After obtaining the consent of his father, Mr. Ma Tianxiao, his mother was pushed onto the operating table. The doctors cut open her belly and took Ma Xiaotiao out of his mother's womb."

There is no cover-up at all. There is no saying that the child picked it up from the trash can, nor is there any nonsense like saying that the child got it for free when he recharged his phone bill. This is very rare in children's books.

The story is also very exciting. The naughty Ma Xiaotiao, the silly girl Angel, the snitch Lu Manman, the monkey Mao Chao, and the serious teacher Qin, each character has a vivid image, and she couldn't help but smile knowingly when she saw many places.

The most amazing thing is that she found that for every character in the book, she could find a corresponding character in her class.

During the last break after school in the afternoon, Qin Haiou called three boys to his office, one tall, one short, and one dark.

Hei grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, and asked first: "Teacher Qin, why did you call us here?"

Gao had a runny nose and a wise look in his eyes: "Teacher Qin, we didn't make any mistakes."

The shorter one nodded quickly: "Yes, we didn't make any mistakes, and we didn't bully the female students."

Qin Haiou took out a tissue and handed it to Gao, staring at him as he wiped his nose, and said, "Do you still want to bully female classmates?"

"No, no!" The three of them hurriedly shook their heads like rattles.

Qin Haiou glared at them and said, "It's better not to let me catch you."

As she spoke, she took out three copies of "Ma Xiaotiao" from the drawer and placed them on the table. The three little guys' eyes lit up immediately. Qin Haiou said, "I'll let you go this time. Take them back. Don't read them in class in the future. Do you hear me?"

"I heard it," the tall, short and dark-skinned people said in unison.

Qin Haiou waved his hand and drove them out of the office so as not to delay the next class.

"Teacher Qin is more serious than the teacher Qin in the book."

"Teacher Qin is scary when he laughs."

"But Mr. Qin in the book teaches Chinese."

As soon as they walked out the door, the three of them couldn't wait to start discussing.

Only then did Qin Haiou realize that she also had a corresponding character in the book, and their surname was Qin.

After returning to the classroom, Gaoaihei became very proud, like a victorious rooster, he puffed out his chest and raised his head, holding the book in his hand high.

Someone asked:
"Teacher Qin gave it back to you?"

"Shao Fei, can you lend it to me to have a look?"

Gao said: "I haven't finished reading it myself."

"Then I'll be the first one. Lend it to me after you finish watching it, and I'll buy you some spicy noodles."

"Okay, I'll take a look at it while I'm in class, and I'll give it to you after school. Bring it back to me tomorrow. There's also spicy noodles. I want to eat the oxtail for three yuan a pack."

At this time, a little girl stood up arrogantly and said, "Shao Fei, you can't read books in class."

Shao Fei: "Lu Manman, sit down!"

Of course, the girl knew that Lu Manman was the female squad leader in "Ma Xiaotiao". She said angrily, "I'm not Lu Manman." Shao Fei: "You are Lu Manman. You are both squad leaders and you love to tell tales!"

At this time, the bell for getting on the bus rang, and "Lu Manman" could only sit down angrily, but she planned to monitor Shao Fei's every move. As long as Shao Fei reads in class, she would raise her hand and tell the teacher.

At night, many primary school students who failed to borrow books went home and acted like a spoiled brat to their parents:
Many people in the class are watching Ma Xiaotiao, and they also want to buy Ma Xiaotiao.

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A certain university.

"How about I give you the Dharma name 'Sun Wukong'?" The Monkey King said with a smile: "Good! Good! Good! From now on, you will be called Sun Wukong!" It is just as it is: When the universe was first created, there was no surname. To break the stubborn void, Wukong is needed."

A professor of literature, wearing reading glasses, was reading the passage where Sun Wukong was given a name by the master Subhuti.

He was not aware of the pace of the Internet, nor did he know that some people on the Internet said that "Journey to the West" was incomprehensible, and he did not know that some people commented that "Journey to the West" was a work of piling up words. He just thought that the book was wonderfully written.

The first chapter was only about six or seven thousand words long, but it made him salivate with joy, as if he had found a treasure.

Especially the naming part.

Subhuti asked: "Since you are coming here gradually, that's fine. What's your last name?"

The Monkey King said, "I have no sex. If someone scolds me, I will not be angry; if someone hits me, I will not be angry, I will just respond with courtesy. I have no sex in my life."

"Surname" and "gender" have the same pronunciation, but their meanings are very different. Usually, it can be understood that the monkey did not understand the question. However, the monkey has actually traveled in the human world for many years, so how could he not know what the surname is and what the question is about?

The old professor believes that the monkeys did not fail to understand, but understood it more thoroughly.

When it comes to practicing Taoism, names are meaningless, but temperament is crucial. A stubborn character is not good, and a too kind character is not good either. The most perfect state for practicing Taoism is a blank slate, so this is equivalent to the monkey directly telling Subhuti: I have no gender in my life, so you can teach me with confidence.

Next, we come to the most exciting part of the first chapter.

Subhuti decided to accept the monkey and named him:
I will give you a surname based on your body. I mean, you should have the surname "猢". The character 猢 without the animal character is Gu Yue. Gu means old; Yue means Yin. Old Yin cannot nurture, so it would be better to give you the surname "狲". The character 狲 without the animal character is Zi Xi. Zi means a boy; Xi means a baby. It fits the basic theory of infants. I will give you the surname "Sun".

So they gave him the surname Sun, and according to the seniority in the sect, he was finally named Sun Wukong.

But the characters "Sun" and "Wu" both have their origins, so how did the character "Kong" come about?
Among the ten great Buddhist figures, there is one named Subhuti. The old professor believes that this Subhuti should be the prototype of Subhuti Patriarch. Subhuti is known as the best at "understanding emptiness", and emptiness is a description of the essence of the world in Buddhism. They believe that emptiness is not nothingness, nor is it non-existence, but is omnipresent and all-encompassing.

Therefore, it is quite reasonable for Subhuti, who is the best at "understanding emptiness", to name the monkey Sun Wukong.

This is also the ending of the first chapter: When the universe was first created, there was no name, and to break the stubborn void, one must be Wukong.

This not only reflects Cheng Cheng's exaggerated knowledge reserves, but also reflects his great wisdom.

If he hadn't known in advance that the book was written by Cheng Cheng, he would have thought that it was an old book unearthed by an archaeological team from a tomb.

This is real literature. The novel is beautifully written, with a lot of wonderful ideas and the writing is very vivid and interesting. It is definitely a super masterpiece.

The next day, during class, the old professor walked into the classroom with a copy of Journey to the West under his arm and said:
"Classmates, today we are not going to talk about "Encore". We are going to talk about a new book, "Journey to the West". Has anyone read it yet?"

At this time, three or four people in the classroom raised their hands.

The old professor smiled, asked them to put their hands down, and then started today's class.

He wrote on the blackboard:
"Journey to the West", a masterpiece of classical literature.

Subtitle: Tianxia’s first classic on political philosophy.

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Wu He is the number one science fiction writer in China.

Born on March 1984, 3 in Yulong City, Xueyu Province, he is a senior engineer and a member of the Tianxia Writers Association. He has published 12 short stories and more than 47 novels, totaling more than 15 million words. He won the Galaxy Award and the Global Chinese Science Fiction Nebula Award at the 700 International Science Fiction Conference.

The status of science fiction in Tianxia is very awkward. In the literary circle, it is not serious enough and not literary enough. In the online literature circle, it is not entertaining enough.

Therefore, Wuhe's title of being ranked number one in the field of science fiction is only limited to the science fiction circle.

Because there is no Liu Cixin in this time and space, the science fiction circle is not well known to the public.

Moreover, even if there is Liu Cixin, let me ask you, does anyone know if there are any other famous science fiction writers in China besides Liu Cixin in the past?

This time, Cheng Cheng published a book "The Three-Body Problem", and the media commissioned him, the "first person in science fiction", to write a review article and talk about his views. He did not agree at first, because he had also read the reviews on the Internet and had preconceived ideas that "The Three-Body Problem" was a clumsy work, but unfortunately, the client offered too much.

Fortunately, "The Three-Body Problem" is not long, only about 20 words, and Wu He finished reading it in just 7 hours.

After reading it, he was deeply shocked:
This novel is so awesome!

The book begins with a detective case, then throws out a series of thought-provoking suspense such as the boundaries of science and war, using Wang Miao's subtle feelings for Yang Dong as an introduction to push Wang Miao to explore.

Then, Wang Miao found the main character Ye Wenjie, and Ye Wenjie's memories opened the prelude to The Three-Body Problem.

The book also involves that special era.

Friends who have written novels know that the more realistic a work is, the harder it is to write, and the more fantasy a work is, the easier it is to control. Cheng Cheng accurately grasps the context and characteristics of that era.

When Wu He read it, he felt as if he had experienced that era himself.

The "Three-Body Game", "Contact Symbol Theory", and the view that monopolizing the right to contact extraterrestrial civilizations is equivalent to economic and military strength are all highlights of the book.

Finally, through Ye Wenjie's recollections, the whole story gradually becomes clear, and many foreshadowings in the text are revealed one by one. Wang Miao uses nanotechnology to intercept the Three-Body information, and the climax of the whole novel: "The Three-Body Invasion" begins.

After reading it, Wu He sighed deeply:

He just felt that he would never be able to write a novel of this level in his lifetime.

Cheng Cheng is too strong!

He opened his notebook and began to write a review, which he gave a high evaluation. He wrote:
"The Three-Body Problem" is a milestone work in Tianxia science fiction literature! "

(End of this chapter)