Chapter 108 The Beginning of Fame
December 2.
Luoyang was in class as usual.
Yesterday was the first day of the release of "Xia Ke Magazine". Luoyang didn't know the sales situation, and Luo Dashan didn't call Luoyang to tell him.
"I guess the sales are a flop." Luoyang thought so. If the sales were high, with his uncle's temper, he would probably tell him the good news.
The lecturer on the podium was lecturing.
Luoyang listened to the lecture and didn't think about the magazine's failure. Anyway, he had tried it, whether it was a success or a failure. If it really failed, he could just open a magazine company and let his uncle continue to be his editor-in-chief.
"Why are there so many people outside the door..." Ren Changjiang, who was sitting next to Luoyang, suddenly said.
Hearing this, Luoyang subconsciously turned his head to look out the window, and sure enough, he saw many people looking into the classroom through the window.
Many students in the class who were in class also noticed that there seemed to be many people at the window, and they all felt a little confused.
Tiandu University has a strict access control system, and it is difficult for non-schoolers to enter. So judging from the way these people are dressed, they should also be students of the school.
"I feel like these people are looking at me, and there is a beautiful woman waving at me." Ren Changjiang whispered, fiddling with his hairstyle without leaving any trace. After making sure that his image was in the best condition, he turned his face to the window again.
This time, he was smiling, with a side face angle of 45.82 degrees. Ren Changjiang had studied it and found that this was his most handsome angle.
Luoyang curled his lips, didn't care much, and continued to listen to the class.
Ring, ring, ring...
The bell for the end of class rang.
"Luoyang, should I go out now? I can feel that they are here to see me!" Ren Changjiang said with some excitement.
"Why are they here to see you?" Luoyang asked back.
"Maybe I accidentally made it to the school idol list or something like that. After all, although I am low-key, some things cannot be hidden, such as handsomeness..." Ren Changjiang analyzed seriously.
Luoyang almost burst out laughing: "Okay, then go out and take a look."
He wanted to say that it felt like this group of people were more like coming to see him, but there was no reason to think about it, so he didn't delve into it.
Ren Changjiang hesitated for a moment, and really stood up and walked out of the classroom.
He clearly saw that when the class just started, there was a beautiful girl in the group outside the door waving at him vigorously. Also, the eyes of those boys looking at him also had a hint of admiration and curiosity, he would not be wrong.
As soon as he walked out of the classroom, the group of more than a dozen students gathered outside the window surrounded Ren Changjiang in the middle.
Ren Changjiang showed an expression of "as expected", with a smile on his face and a gentle voice: "Classmates, what do you have to say?"
Hearing Ren Changjiang speak, the group of students were very excited——
"Brother, is the classmate sitting next to you in class just now called Luoyang?"
"I'm so envious that you can sit next to Luoyang as a classmate!"
"We read his novels published in "Xia Ke Magazine", "Eternal Sword" and "Peacock Feather"!"
"The books are very well written, so we came here to see our idol. Can you tell us that we are his fans!"
Listening to the chattering around him, Ren Changjiang's smile froze, and the whole person wilted like a frost-bitten eggplant in an instant.
He shook his head with a look of disappointment, and said: "You look for it... You look for Luoyang... I don't know him..."
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Luoyang became famous.
Even Luoyang didn't expect that he would suddenly become a star in the school.
There were four classes in the morning, and on average, there were different sightseeing groups lying at the window to visit Luoyang in class in each class.
Luoyang thought the words "tourism group" and "visit" were unpleasant to hear, but when Ren Changjiang gritted his teeth and said these two words, Luoyang did not dare to refute. After all, the embarrassment of the latter was too numerous to mention, and the dead are the greatest.
It was only after asking that Luoyang found out the reason-
It turned out that someone in the school read "The Sword of Immortality" and "The Peacock Feather" published in the magazine, and then successfully became a fan. As a fan of the book, he praised Luoyang in a very high-profile manner on the campus forum of Tiandu University.
Many students saw this post on the campus forum and couldn't help but be curious. They also bought a copy of "Xia Ke Magazine" to read, so Luoyang naturally had another group of fans.
Moreover, this group of fans was particularly restless. They even instigated to form a sightseeing group together, and ran to the classroom of the Art Department to look at him from the window...
"Maybe "Xia Ke Magazine" didn't flop?"
In the face of such momentum, Luoyang found it hard to believe that the sales of "Xia Ke Magazine" flopped, so he couldn't help but call his second uncle Luo Dashan.
As soon as the call was connected, Luoyang heard that the voice on the other end seemed very noisy, and there were vague words like "reprint" and "pre-order", which were not very clear.
"Second uncle, why is it so noisy on your end?" Luoyang frowned and asked.
"Luoyang!" Luo Dashan on the other end of the phone said excitedly: "It's my fault. I forgot to inform you. I was too busy yesterday and today. Do you know how much our "Xia Ke Magazine" sold yesterday!?"
It was so busy that he even forgot to inform himself. Luoyang resisted the urge to complain and asked: "How much?"
"A total of 8,000 copies! Our Tiandu alone has a full 5,000 copies sold!" Luo Dashan heard Luoyang's question and immediately said this number that made him extremely proud.
Luoyang's face was full of black lines. In Longguo, a magazine's first-day sales of only 8,000 copies is nothing to brag about. This is obviously a very low number. Why is his second uncle so excited, as if he won a 5 million lottery.
"Why aren't you excited at all? You know, our "Xia Ke Magazine" had the lowest sales in history last month. The sales of the entire Tiandu were only 131 copies. Compared with now, it is a world of difference!"
Luoyang was even more speechless. He finally understood why his second uncle was excited.
It seems that his second uncle is comparing this month's sales with the horrible number last month.
On the other end of the phone, Luo Dashan suddenly laughed when he heard Luoyang was silent.
Luoyang was startled by his uncle's excitement: "Uncle... what are you laughing at?"
Luo Dashan raised his voice and said: "Since you are not surprised, let me tell you another piece of news! That is... the reason why our "Xia Ke Magazine" sold 8,000 copies on the first day is because we only printed 8,000 copies on the first day! We started with the mentality that we would be satisfied with a circulation of more than 1,000..."
"That is to say, on the first day, our 8,000 sales were sold out directly on the first day! After selling out yesterday, the number of pre-orders we received today has reached 16,000 copies, and this number is still increasing! We have reprinted twice and are now reprinting for the third time!"
"Now our "Xia Ke Magazine" December issue has received rave reviews. The impact brought by your two novels is really too strong!"
"I see..." Luoyang was really surprised this time.
It was acceptable that 8,000 copies were sold out on the first day, after all, the print run was small, but at the same time, there were 16,000 pre-orders...
This number is still not comparable to those big magazines that are popular, but compared to magazines of the same type, this number is already very high.
However, thinking about the number of times he was visited this morning, Luoyang accepted it.
"No wonder so many people came to visit me..." Luoyang was a little helpless. He did not forget that his photos and basic personal information were used by the magazine for publicity and printed on the cover of "Xia Ke Magazine".
Once the magazine became popular, he would naturally be exposed to a large extent.
After all, it was his two works - "Eternal Life Sword" and "Peacock Feather" that made "Xia Ke Magazine" popular.
It's not the magazine that is popular.
It's actually Luoyang who is popular.
(Today, a bunch of little dirty monsters suddenly joined the book club, which scared the baby to death. The rewards are still very strong, and the recommendations are also very strong. I kneel down to the powerful dirty monsters!)