Chapter 948 Jerry and Tom

In order to commemorate the Lidice massacre on June 10, 1942 and all the children who died in wars around the world, to oppose the killing and poisoning of children, and to protect children's rights, the International Democratic Women's Federation held a board meeting in Moscow in November 1949 , representatives of China and other countries angrily exposed the crimes of imperialists and reactionaries in various countries that killed and poisoned children.

This meeting decided to take June 1st of each year as International Children's Day.

It is a festival established to protect children's rights to survival, health care, education and custody around the world, to improve children's lives, and to oppose child abuse and poisoning. Over the years, many people have forgotten the reason for the establishment of Children's Day, but the meaning of this festival has been well inherited. Every year on Children's Day, children are the only protagonists, and most adults will put down their busy work. , accompany your children wholeheartedly and meet their various requirements——

Toys are selling well today.

On this day, the playground was very lively.

On this day, the air was filled with the sweet smell of lollipops.

There was constant laughter and laughter on this day. Even the fairy tales in major bookstores were more popular than usual. Especially one of the new works called "The Little Prince" was snapped up by countless adults and bought as gifts. Children's Day gift for kids.

It was like this at first——

The adults bought "The Little Prince" as Children's Day gifts for their children.

In the eyes of adults, Luoyang, who wrote "The King of Fairy Tales" and was rated as "the world's number one fairy tale writer" by the World Fairy Tale Association, the new book will not disappoint. Well, children will definitely like it. Like "The Fairy Tale King", there are countless adults who give "The Little Prince" to their children as gifts with this view.

This also resulted in very tight sales on the first day of "The Little Prince"!

Some bookstores even had to face shortages and urgently requested additional orders from publishing companies.

In fact, children do like this "The Little Prince". It has stories and illustrations, which coincide with some of the characteristics of children. However, the degree of this kind of liking is far less than that of "The Little Prince". Fairy Tale King》——

"It's not as good as "The Fairy Tale King"."

Jerry's son dropped the half-read "The Little Prince" and re-opened "The Fairy Tale King" which he had watched three times.

Jerry looked at his son's reaction, thought for a moment, and then dialed Tom's phone: "Hey, man, I'm sorry to tell you that my son doesn't like "The Little Prince". It's your turn to treat him this time, but Don’t deny it!”

As mentioned before, Jerry and Tom are a pair of good friends who love and kill each other.

Last time, Jerry and Tom made a bet around "The King of Fairy Tales". As a result, the sales of "The King of Fairy Tales" exploded. As a result, Luoyang became the number one person in fairy tales in the world, and even suppressed Jerry's favorite teacher Theking. Bo and Jerry failed miserably and ended up treating guests to dinner.

Although he lost, Jerry was not convinced.

It happened that Luoyang Liuyi released a new work "The Little Prince", and Jerry made a bet with Tom again.

The content of the bet this time was whether the popularity of "The Little Prince" could rival "The Fairy Tale King". It happened that Random House was still the company responsible for publishing "The Little Prince", so Tom agreed without much hesitation - Tom's love for Luoyang The level of trust is comparable to Jerry's love for Teacher Theking.

"Do you really think so?"

On the other end of the phone, Tom's tone was unhurried.

Jerry, who wanted to win the game, could no longer control the impact of the success or failure of "The Little Prince" on the company. He firmly said: "Children's aesthetics are almost the same. My son doesn't like fairy tales, and other children don't like them either." Will like it.”

The rationale seems impeccable.

Children's aesthetics are basically the same. They all like lollipops, toys, amusement parks, and "The Fairy Tale King", so...

My own children don't like "The Little Prince", and most other children don't like it either.

On the other end of the phone, Tom sighed: "Jerry, you have once again violated a taboo in our industry."

Jerry was stunned when he heard this, and soon he understood what Tom meant. Indeed, the most taboo thing for an editor is to jump to conclusions without reading the story. He had already committed this taboo once last time, and now he has done it before. After watching "The King of Fairy Tales", he threatened that the introduction of "The King of Fairy Tales" would be a loss, but Tomdin...

Oh, he was slapped in the face by Tom.

With a blush on his face, Jerry snorted: "How do you know I haven't read "The Little Prince"? Let me tell you, I have already read this book, and the writing is indeed not good..."

"Have you really seen it?"

There was an elusive smile in Tom's tone.

Jerry gritted his teeth and said: "Of course I have read it. This fairy tale is not long and its quality can only be said to be average. Although there are occasionally some parts that are quite eye-catching, it cannot hide the shortcomings of its overall quality, especially the Comparing it with "The Fairy Tale King", its boringness will be highlighted, and the level of decline will be obvious as a reader..."

As a professional editor, Jerry is very good at this kind of snake oil comment.

At first glance, it seems that the review is comprehensive, meticulous, and serious, as if the author has really read the book and even done some research. However, Jerry is an editor, and Tom is also an editor. Naturally, they are very familiar with this set of panacea reviews. After all, this panacea review is a must-have skill for every editor.

Therefore, Tom said seriously: "Jerry, I'm sure you haven't read it."

Jerry touched his head and couldn't pretend anymore: "Okay, I haven't read it. Why are you so sure that I haven't read "The Little Prince"? "

Tom said confidently: "Because people who have really read "The Little Prince" will not react so blandly. They also say that "The Little Prince" is a work that has regressed in Luoyang's level. Jerry, I have to tell you that this statement is really ridiculous. I suggest that you read "The Little Prince" first, and then prepare to treat everyone to dinner. It's a pity not to read such a work."

After that, Tom hung up the phone with a "beep".

Jerry, who was hung up, murmured and repeated Tom's words: It's a pity not to read it?

As a friend who loves and hates each other, Jerry rarely hears Tom give such a high evaluation of a work, and what's more, the evaluation is about a fairy tale.

Turning his eyes to the "Little Prince" thrown aside by his son, Jerry finally reached out and picked it up. He wanted to see what made Tom so confident in this "Little Prince".