Chapter 949 Jerry Lost Again

"The sales volume of the work on the first day was very high, but the factors involved are quite complicated. One is because the boss is the world's first fairy tale writer, and the other is because the work was released on Children's Day. The holiday bonus gave the work a good bonus, and it was combined with the promotion of the boss's new book launch conference, so this effect was achieved."

At the meeting of Shuimu Culture, Hua Qi said so.

Midsummer Night nodded: "The sales volume of the work on the first day is determined by these factors, and the sales trend of "The Little Prince" in the future will still be determined by the story itself."

"In short, just do your best."

"Leave the story content to me, and leave everything other than quality to everyone."

The meeting of Shuimu Culture ended, and everyone went back to the office to work. Hua Qi followed Luoyang and said with a little worry: "Boss, it is said that children are not very interested in "The Little Prince"..."

Luoyang stopped and glanced at Hua Qi: "You can take a look when you have time."

Hua Qi nodded. She also felt that this "The Little Prince" that the boss was looking forward to would not be that simple, so she would go and take a look tonight.

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At this moment, it was still evening in the west.

Jerry has started reading The Little Prince.

The first story tells about a pilot who was very talented in drawing when he was a child. He drew a picture of a snake swallowing an elephant and showed it to the adults. But the adults said, "What's so scary about a hat?"

Jerry looked at the picture below.

He looked at it and thought it was just a hat, just like the adults in the book. So Jerry said to his son who was reading The Fairy Tale King, "Hey, baby, look at this picture. What is it about?"

"A snake ate a monster!"

The son who was reading The Fairy Tale King looked up and said without thinking.

Jerry was stunned for a moment, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses and continue reading: [When I see an adult with a slightly clear mind, I take out my No. 1 work that I have kept to test him. I want to know if he really has the ability to understand. However, the answer I get is always, "This is a hat." I don't talk to them about giant pythons, primeval forests, or stars. I just cater to their level and talk to them about bridge, golf, formality, and ties. So the adults are very happy to know a reasonable person like me...]

Why do I suddenly feel a prick in my heart?

Jerry smiled bitterly. At this time, he already understood the purpose of the first plot. This is to satirize that adults have lost their imagination in the process of growing up, while children's imagination is infinite.

He exhaled and continued to read.

At this time, Jerry had put away his contempt.

He realized that although this work is a fairy tale, it is more for adults than for children. Children will not understand the irony in it, but adults will understand it. It is precisely because they understand it that they will be embarrassed and ashamed...

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There is moonlight outside the house, but there is only light inside the house.

Under the light, Tom is writing a book review in the study, a book review about "The Little Prince".

Compared with the bet with Jerry, this matter is obviously more important, because he really likes "The Little Prince" too much. This fairy tale has greatly shocked his soul. If he doesn't do something for this excellent work, he always feels that it is not perfect, so he chooses to write a book review. As an editor, this is a job he is good at.

At this moment, more than half of the book review has been written:

After reading "The Little Prince" for the first time, I, an old man who has worked as an editor for many years, actually shed tears. I don't know why I cried, but I just felt warm and crystal clear in my heart. Maybe this is a book worth savoring repeatedly, which will make our hearts pure.

First of all, thank "The Little Prince" for reminding me of my childhood.

I used to be a person with imagination and could distinguish between "snake swallowing elephant" and "hat". When I grew up, I left my hometown, left my parents, and lived in another strange place. After that, every year I spent a lot of time running around in two or even more different places, huddled together. As for "snake swallowing elephant", it has long become a common "hat" in my eyes.

When we adults hear someone say something, we must think about it before we dare to conclude that the sentence has no other meaning.

Our existence as adults needs many different numbers to prove it, and we are proud of occupying many different numbers.

We also simplify many very complicated things by taking it for granted. Oh, yes, we have long lost our sense of freshness and curiosity about this world, and we are accustomed to everything.

But in fact, there are too many things in this world that we don’t understand at all!

There are too many things that are not as simple as we think, but we are no longer interested and have no time to stop!

A child said that there is a kind of car that he likes the most. So the adults began to guess, Mercedes-Benz, Faraday, Lamborghini, and the child said that he likes garbage trucks the most.

Because when garbage trucks come, there is music.

Look at what the so-called adults care about!

Most of us seem to have forgotten that we were once children, that we still have eyes and ears, and can perceive all the natural and beautiful things created by heaven and earth. Our eyes are blocked by the colorful light, and we cannot see the changing seasons and the colors of the monsoon; many ears are blocked by the hustle and bustle of the universe, and cannot hear the rustling of falling leaves and the silent singing.

A friend said:

One day, he saw two children running, and there was no referee, so they threw a small stone up, and ran when the stone fell. This is the way to start the game. Smart, right?

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Here, Tom paused.

As if thinking about the wording, a few minutes later, Tom started typing again, officially ending his book review:

"We grow up, so we become stupid."

After writing, Tom named the book review [Growing Up Makes You Stupid] and clicked to publish.

Not long after he clicked publish, his phone suddenly rang. Tom looked down at the caller ID and saw that it was Jerry calling. It seemed that the other party had finished reading The Little Prince...

With a smile on his face, Tom answered the call.

"Tom, listen, I will treat everyone to dinner this weekend, not only because I lost the bet to you again, but also because I want to thank you, thank you for letting me see such a wonderful fairy tale."

Jerry's voice came from the other end of the phone, and Tom's smile deepened.