Chapter 7: Making Amends with Wine

  Waking up in the morning without being disturbed by an alarm clock, Li Minghui slept until he woke up naturally. He grabbed his phone and took a look: "Oh no, it's 6:30 already!"

  Li Minghui suddenly sat up, about to get dressed, but stopped halfway. He only then remembered that damn job he had already quit, and now he was a free man. However, the habit he had developed over the years made him not sleepy at all. Anyway, he couldn't sleep, so he got up and started preparing the electric rice cooker, rinsing the rice, and cooking porridge. Only then did Li Minghui leisurely start washing up.

  "It's so refreshing! No work pressure, no need to worry about time!"

  While brushing his teeth, Li Minghui muttered comfortably in his mouth.

  After finishing washing up, Li Minghui looked at the time and thought for a moment before opening his computer, starting his writing software, and transforming into a top-notch creative genius. Two hours flew by, and when Li Minghui checked his document again, he shouted in excitement - another 5,000 words were done!

  There was no need to modify it, the porridge at this time had been cooked to be extremely fragrant, the thick fragrance made Li Minghui's stomach almost rebel.

  Eating is the most important thing, people regard food as heaven, drinking porridge with steamed buns, gobbling it all up, it's really enjoyable. After finishing dinner and washing up, all the miscellaneous things were taken care of, Li Minghui looked at the time, exactly 9 o'clock.

  Sat down at the computer desk, hurriedly logged in to QQ first, then went online, logged in to the account, entered the author's special area, clicked into the background and took a look. Li Minghui was suddenly delighted, didn't expect that after one night had passed, the number of collections in the background had changed, now there were 13 people who had collected it.

  "Great, finally someone!"

  Li Minghui was overjoyed and immediately clicked on his book "Zhu Xian" to enter it, scanning the data of the book he cared about most.

  Total clicks: 58

  Member weekly clicks: 15

  Weekly recommendations: 3

  Total words: 6318

  "Not bad, there are already readers casting recommendation votes, it seems that web novel readers all think alike, the book quality is excellent, naturally there will be people supporting!"

  Li Minghui's mouth corners all curled up, and then he looked at the book review section again. Some of the comments that were actually advertising had a few real readers' reviews, which made Li Minghui even more excited.

  As an author, he naturally attaches great importance to the book review section. With various advertisements and a few comments from real readers, it gives him a kind of warm feeling. Li Minghui is very happy to browse through the book review section one by one.

  "Great, great book, it's just updated too infrequently, I'm sending a recommendation vote." - This is mine.

  "This book is a huge hit, and I've finished reading it!" - Please call me Brother Wanzun.

  "Please join the group xxxx" —— 24563346521

  ………

  Although there were not many posts, Li Minghui still read them very seriously and was filled with fighting spirit. He then entered the Word document and carefully checked and corrected the typos in the 5,000 words he had just typed.

  For every author, due to the nature of web novel updates, it's inevitable that typos exist. Although readers don't say anything, it undoubtedly still hurts their reading experience. Li Minghui, as an old veteran, naturally knows this point. Since he can't even type out words without opening his writing software, and has plenty of time to spare, why not make the reader more comfortable?

  After correcting the typos, he took a look at the time and immediately opened the draft in front of him. In one breath, he uploaded two chapters, totaling six thousand words. As a result, the total word count of his "Xian" suddenly exceeded 12,000.

  Satisfied with a glance, Li Minghui's heart moved, and he entered the new book rankings.

  Open the new book list below, Li Minghui took a look and found that his book value was 271, ranking after more than 100 people. Li Minghui didn't get discouraged, knowing it's a normal phenomenon, so he closed the list and continued to find a new book to read. Yesterday, he saw a new book that attracted him very much, so he went to take another look. The author's books were originally ranked second on the signed author's new book list, but today they had already jumped to the top spot. After paying attention, he found out that it was a divine-level author who had completed three books.

  "Oh, no wonder it looks so good!"

  Li Minghui sighed and wanted to write a comment, but he just found out that his account was new and didn't have enough points to post. He didn't think much of it.

  Re-entering the author's background, refreshing once, perhaps due to updating a chapter, unexpectedly increased by five collections, reaching eighteen in total. This moment filled Li Minghui's heart with confidence, "It seems that classic books will not be buried anywhere."

  The update has only four chapters, and it's a newcomer with no contract and no official recommendation. The rise in popularity is quite impressive. A smile flashed across his face as Li Minghui thought for a moment before arriving at a forum he often visited, where many authors gathered.

  Li Minghui used to go as a reader, just to see some of the elusive great authors, but now he is in the position of an author.

  Li Minghui went to recommend his own book, this forum as the country's largest web text forum, there are many sections inside, not only has a web text Jianghu section for passing on news from the web text world, but also has a push book section, if one's own book can be recognized here, then the promotional effect is even more than an official recommendation that is not too bad.

  Li Minghui, full of enthusiasm, applied for a new account again, which will be used as an author in the forum in the future, and also went to the special area to hatch eggs with this account.

  New accounts on this forum are also not allowed to post immediately. Only after a three-day incubation period can they be considered approved and qualified to post.

  Li Minghui immediately logged out of his old account after hatching a new one, and went to the book promotion area, where he posted the four chapters of "Zhān Xiān" that he had previously published on Chuàng Shì.

  As a new author with an unyielding desire to succeed, I am naturally unwilling to give up any promotional channels. Since the resources of this forum are public, why not use them?

  Moreover, Li Minghui is confident in his book, a classic from his past life, which has been transformed into a work of genius through the use of creative software. It should be able to gain recognition from some discerning readers.

  Everything was settled, and Li Minghui finally breathed a sigh of relief. He then found another good online article and indulged in it with abandon.

  Although he is an author, online novels are still one of his hobbies. Li Minghui doesn't like to spend money on online games and playing single-player games is not interesting, so online novels have become his main pastime.

  It wasn't until noon that the phone ringtone brought him out of the online novel world. He picked up the phone and lazily said, "Hey, boss, what's up?"

  "Old Five!"

  Zhang Wei let out a loud roar.

  "What's wrong, boss?"

  Li Minghui was startled and said cautiously.

  "You asked me what's wrong, did you receive yesterday's noon message?"

  "Received?"

  Li Minghui was somewhat perplexed and didn't know what this had to do with anything.

  "You... you, I'm speechless, Old Five. I gave you Cheng Juan's phone number, can't you take the initiative to make a move?"

  Zhang Wei's tone was one of regret and frustration, with a hint of being defeated by you.

  "Big brother, I..."

  Li Minghui realized he seemed to have done something wrong and stuttered a bit.

  "Alright, don't say anything more, Old Five. I'll give you another chance. Come out at noon today, same place as before. I've arranged for the person to be there, it's up to you now!"

  Zhang Wei said lazily.

  "Boss, I... am alone?"

  Li Minghui said with some concern.

  "What nonsense, do you want me to accompany you?"

  Zhang Wei said.

  "But what did I and Cheng Juan say when we went?"

  Li Minghui said somewhat at a loss.

  "You... alright, alright, I'll go with your wife then. By the way, I heard you quit your job!"

  Zhang Wei was initially helpless, but suddenly he seemed to have thought of something, and his spirit shook.

  "Oh, boss, you'd better come, as for the resignation, I'll tell you slowly later, hang up first!"

  …………

  Lin's family wine house, at this time Li Minghui seemed to be aware of it later: "It seems that pursuing girls should be more proactive, but I have some feelings for Cheng Juan, however... there is still something about it!"

  Li Minghui booked a private room and sat alone in the outer hall, waiting for Zhang Wei, with thoughts running wildly in his mind.

  Not long after that, Zhang Wei brought his family and led Cheng Juan to Lin's wine house.

  "Lao Wu, have you booked the private room?"

  Zhang Wei hugged Li Minghui and asked in a low voice.

  "Hmm!"

  Seeing Li Minghui nodding, Zhang Wei felt relieved and said, "Let's go, Old Five will lead the way!"

  Four people entered the private room, Li Minghui gritted his teeth and first called over the waiter, taking a deep breath as he ordered several signature dishes from the menu before handing it to Zhang Wei: "Boss, you order now!"

  Zhang Wei glared at Li Minghui and didn't even respond, "Ladies first!"

  Li Minghui suddenly realized and scolded himself silently, then handed it to Xie Xiaowen: "If the boss doesn't mark it, then sister-in-law you mark!"

  Xie Xiaowen laughed happily and handed the menu to Cheng Juan, saying: "Cheng Juan, Li Minghui is being shy, you order!"

  Zhang Wei was also defeated by Li Minghui again, and he shouted in dissatisfaction: "Waiter, bring a box of beer!"

  "Li Minghui, just right, brother is off work today, your sister-in-law and Cheng Juan are also resting. Today, you little rascal won't be allowed to bleed easily, you don't know why the flowers are so red!"

  Glaring fiercely at Li Minghui, Zhang Wei had an expression that said "you'd better behave yourself today".

  Li Minghui gritted his teeth and thought to himself, "Forget it, let's just get this over with! If the big boss is willing to go to such lengths for me, I should end my single life too!"

  However, with a determined look on his face, Li Minghui's eyes fell upon his wallet, which seemed to be shrinking again, and he couldn't help but feel like crying.

  Beer came up, Li Minghui poured a full glass of wine and then seemed to have realized something, saying: "Cheng Juan, can I toast you with a cup?"

  "Hmm!"

  Cheng Juan also seemed to blush slightly and nodded softly.

  Looking at Li Minghui's enlightened expression, Zhang Wei and Xie Xiaowen exchanged a glance, with an expression that this kid still has hope.