I hear that a man has to be long before anyone will like him.-Climbing the Tech Ladder Is Really Tough(Napoleon's Wheel)

Tomorrow at noon, the book will go on sale.

I feel a little sudden, a little lost, and more than a little nervous.

To be honest, it is a very complicated feeling.

How should I put it?

It is just like those years ago, when I schemed and cajoled a girl into going with me to watch the goldfish.

That kind of unease, that kind of gnawing itch at the heart.

Thrilling, isn’t it?

Heh. It cannot really be described in words; it can only be understood in the heart.

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I read somewhere online that a launch speech is supposed to be all about pleading pitifully.

After thinking it over and over, I really could not find anywhere pitiable enough about my situation. A mosquito gave me a “red envelope” last night, I suppose that counts?

Hmm. Yes, that should count.

And with Chengdu being hammered by torrential rain these past two days, I forgot to bring in the two potted plants on the balcony, and they ended up soaked to the point of looking utterly miserable.

Sigh. I wonder if they can survive this ordeal.

Caught in such a sudden and unexpected disaster, even an already poor household is now worse off.

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So I sincerely beg everyone here:

Please give me a few subscriptions!

I am truly pitiful! Who could be more pitiful than me?

That cockroach...

Ahem, sorry, I drifted off into the wrong scene.

All right, seriously: this book currently has more than 7,200 saves. It is still a flop, of course, but it has already far exceeded my expectations when I posted the first chapter.

Thank you all for the favorites!

Thank you for every single recommendation vote!

Thank you for every comment!

Truly, whether your feedback is good or bad, I have read it carefully.

Many of the problems in the book were only things I discovered because you pointed them out.

Thank you all for being so forgiving toward a newcomer!

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So when it comes to the subscription numbers, I can accept however they turn out.

Of course, one thing is one thing and another thing is another; in the end, I still hope for a few more subscriptions.

After all, an extra fried egg in a bowl of noodles is never a bad thing.

I even heard on the forums that you can tell how things are going from the daily recommendation votes.

I studied that for quite a while.

Honestly? I couldn’t make heads or tails of it.

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As a complete beginner, I do not dare ask for rewards or for a master patron.

I do not even dare to ask for full support.

I can only humbly beg for one first-day subscription!

Just ten cents. Really, only ten cents—barely even a puff of smoke.

I also heard that the first-day and average subscription numbers can affect future recommendations. I do not know whether that is true.