House Dad’s Literary Life

Chapter 252 – Children All Over The Country Want To Be Xixi

The new card depicted a little girl with a bun hairstyle, carrying a backpack. Then there was a creepy uncle wearing a fisherman’s hat and round-framed sunglasses, holding a lollipop. The caption read: “Good girl, little sister, come with uncle, and I’ll give you candy!”

Mo Fei still has to explain this in details. She first asked, “Xixi, if someone wants to take you to a remote place, how would you respond?”

“What are we going to do there?” Xixi asked curiously.

“No, no, no, you can’t do that. If someone you don’t know says, ‘Little friend, Uncle or Auntie will take you to a really fun place,’ you must refuse them, no matter what they want to do,” Mo Fei educated.

“Mama, mama, I know this!” Xixi’s eyes lit up, and she raised her little arm happily, saying, “Papa told me that I shouldn’t listen to others and shouldn’t go with them to play!”

“Yes! You must never agree, and it’s not just strangers!” Mo Fei said seriously. “Teachers are not allowed, familiar uncles or aunts, if they want to take you somewhere, it is not allowed. Xixi must not go with them, and you must tell Papa or Mama!”

Xixi nodded vigorously.

“In short!” Mo Fei was almost finished. She flipped the last two cards and said, “Xixi, you must remember this point in particular. When something strange happens, you must tell Papa and Mama, no matter who it is, whether they’re strangers or people you know, whether they’re adults or children, no matter what strange things they say to you or do, or show you, you must tell Papa and Mama.”

For example, this card right now was very strange. It depicted a wretched little boy wearing pants that looked like an elephant’s head, swinging a long trunk around…

There was no Crayon Shin-chan in this world. Obviously, neither Mo Fei nor Xixi knew about this reference, but it was enough to create an image.1

Xixi also obediently nodded to her mother.

Mo Fei affectionately rubbed the little girl’s head with relief and said, “That’s right, tell Papa and Mama, Papa and Mama will definitely protect you.”

“Hehe, I know!” The little girl smiled sweetly. She hugged her mom’s waist and said, “Papa told me that he will protect Xixi just like Sun Wukong protects Tang Sanzang, and won’t let the monsters eat Xixi!”

“Good child, go to sleep!” Mo Fei smiled happily.

After coaxing Xixi to sleep, she put away the small cards carefully made by Yang Yi. Although this stack of small cards has completed their mission, they were drawn by Yang Yi after checking a lot of information and designing with a lot of thought. Mo Fei liked them very much and wanted to keep them as her own collection.

……

“Hands-off Shopkeeper2, do you know your books have sold out?” Fu Jun, who has been hesitant to face Yang Yi for a while, finally called and proudly reported the good news.

“Isn’t it still on the bestseller list?” Yang Yi asked puzzledly.

He happened to have learned about this matter a few days ago with his editor, Qiang Zi, during their communication on SNS. Qiang Zi told him that although it had been several months, the physical book sales of these two books were still strong, and could rank in the top 20 on the monthly list!

“Not those two books! ‘Xixi’s Bedtime Stories’ is a hit! Do you know your daughter is famous?” Fu Jun laughed proudly. “Now children all over China are envious of that little girl named Xixi. They all want to be your daughter! Haha!”

Was this the rhythm of becoming a national father?

“Is there such a thing?” Yang Yi was already indifferent to honor and disgrace3, but he was curious. “Didn’t it not sell well before? How did they suddenly become popular?”

“Uh…” Fu Jun was a bit embarrassed. He was too embarrassed to say that it was due to the incompetence of his publishing house’s marketing team, so he had to pick some things to talk about. “Not many people saw it before. Later, a columnist named Yu Qian in Yangcheng recommended your book in the newspaper. After that, word-of-mouth gradually spread. We also promoted it on the online shop and ran a lot of advertisements that attracted many customers. Now, not only do children enjoy reading it, but many adults with childlike hearts have also started reading your fairy tales.”

“You ran a lot of advertisements? So, the business on the online shop is doing well now?” Yang Yi pondered.

“Yes, listen to me first and let me tell you a particularly interesting story!” Fu Jun thought happily and said with a chuckle. “Didn’t many readers enjoy ‘Xixi’s Bedtime Stories’? They actually searched for your name and ended up finding about your two military novels. But when they bought them and read them, some of them called customer service to complain.

What did they complain about?

This isn’t the kindergarten bus! Wuwuwu, you lie to me, I want to get off!4

Of course, this was just a joke, but it was almost the same. Some readers who didn’t like violence and killing complained that these books were not suitable for their children to read. They even asked if there was a mistake and if the Yang Yi who wrote fairy tales was the same person as the one who wrote “Drawing Sword.”

As he talked about these things, Fu Jun seemed even more proud than Yang Yi, as if he himself, rather than Yang Yi, had written these books.

“Since you called, I have a new idea about the development of the Sahara Online Shop. Are you interested in hearing it?” Yang Yi didn’t beat around the bush and went straight to his topic.

“What new idea?” Fu Jun became interested.

Over the past few months, Fu Jun could be said to have been sincerely convinced by Yang Yi. Almost all the development strategies that Yang Yi taught him had proven to be effective in practical operations.

For example, the new operational logic of the online bookstore’s web page significantly reduced the learning curve for new customers, thereby promoting an increase in sales.

Another example, renaming the online bookstore as the online shop and transitioning from solely selling books to a diversified development path was clearly the right choice. After adding sales of various products such as clothing, bags, and infant and toddler products, the website traffic and profits of the online shop could be said to have skyrocketed. The various product lines even complemented each other, boosting their respective sales!

What Fu Jun admired the most was the new online banking model introduced by Yang Yi, in which Fu Jun served as the intermediary to collaborate with multiple banks. It directly put the network economy on a new trajectory. More people were willing to make online purchases through internet banking. Not only was online shopping more convenient on the Sahara Online Shop, but other internet companies, except for third-party payment companies, could basically benefit from this wave!

This allowed Fu Jun to unexpectedly enjoy a good reputation in the industry.

Now that Yang Yi had a new idea, how could Fu Jun, who had tasted success, not be overjoyed?

“Open up a sales channel for various types of music albums,” Yang Yi said casually, “Currently, there are only a few music websites that offer single song downloads, and no website allows purchase of physical albums. Our Sahara Online Shop can fill this gap perfectly.”