Reborn: I'll Never Fail My Childhood Sweetheart Again

Nanaz unabashedly hooked her jade arm around his neck.

"Geez, I was just joking!"

"A gentleman never goes back on his word. Help me over there to rest, you hopeless jerk. Can’t you be a little gentlemanly? I’m almost exhausted!"

Ding Linna rolled her eyes at him, seemingly a bit annoyed.

"OK, my bad!"

Su Zelin raised his hands in surrender.

Helping Ding Linna off the field, he felt a little flutter in his heart.

His gaze drifted into the distance, where the mountains rose and fell, majestic and spectacular.

They rested outside the field for quite a while before Ding Linna’s breath finally stabilized, though she still felt a bit weak.

The sprint at the end was quite intense, and she was physically drained.

Experience dictated that after intense exercise, it’s necessary to engage in some light activities rather than letting the body suddenly return to a calm state. Otherwise, the soreness would be worse the next day.

So Nanaz stood up, slowly lifted her right leg, raised it overhead, straight as a compass, forming a straight line with her left leg, and just like that, she did a split on the bar in front.

This was just basic yoga, but it captivated the nearby boys, leaving them staring.

Having a girlfriend like that, you’d probably live a brief life!

Once Nanaz had rested enough, they parted ways.

There were important things to do tonight.

The competition was also officially opening on New Year’s Day.

With only a few days left until the New Year, it was time to stir things up on the Polytechnic BBS.

...

Returning to the dorm, everyone else had already eaten dinner and gone to study, only Zeng Kaiping was there playing Legend. Recently, this kid seemed a bit obsessed with slashing people in the game, dreaming of being a big boss.

This spirited young man was your typical otaku, introverted yet craved attention. In reality, he wasn’t very noticeable, so he sought to be impressive online. Later, when he became a Hed tycoon, he started a guild and became the leader, even spending a lot of money to buy a Dragon Slayer Sword.

"Third Brother, you’re back. You had a few calls earlier!"

Zeng Kaiping, now Kato Hei, swiftly operated his game, took a glance, saw it was Su Zelin, and turned his focus back to the computer screen.

"Oh, got it!"

During morning and evening runs, Su Zelin left his phone in the dorm.

It was probably either Brother Xiao Yang or Kang Baohong calling, as they were supposed to stir things up later. Reporting to him made sense.

Not rushing to return the call, Su Zelin first went to the back balcony, took off his shirt, tossed it into the metal bin, and used the towel hanging on the drying rod to wipe his body, preventing a post-exercise sweat from causing a cold. Only then did he return to the dorm.

He opened the drawer, took out his phone, and as he turned on the screen, he saw calls not only from Kang Baohong but also another one — Wu Songyan, the editor.

This was the private number of a publisher’s editor.

Su Zelin was suddenly full of spirit.

It seemed like there was good news from the publisher, so he quickly returned the call.

Soon, a middle-aged man’s voice came through the receiver: "Hello, there!"

"Hello, Editor Wu, sorry, I was out exercising earlier and didn’t have my phone with me."

"Haha, no worries, President Su. I just wanted to tell you that the book being self-published under your company’s name has been scheduled for release on New Year’s Day."

The publisher’s editor got straight to the point.

Just as expected, Su Zelin was overjoyed.

"Haha, thanks, Editor Wu. Your publishing house is really fast with the release!"

"Our president thinks highly of this book, so we expedited it!"

Wu Songyan responded with a smile.

While it’s one thing for the president to appreciate it, what’s more important is that this President Su is tactful.

Otherwise, it might take a year or even longer to get published, and the scheduled date wouldn’t be as favorable.

The saying "money makes the world go round" fits well here.

With a generous investor, the publisher naturally has to reciprocate, otherwise, what would be the point of the client’s expenditure?

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Wu Yansong continued, "By the way, your company ordered one hundred sample books. Would you like us to ship them to one address, or ship them separately?"

With the book being published, Su Zelin naturally wanted a few copies to show off.

Also, several copies should be displayed in each digital store, as this was part of New Era’s brand culture.

"Hmm, no need to ship them. Everyone’s in Lin’an anyway, I’ll just have someone drive over to pick them up later!"

Even with local mail, postal service would take several days. Su Zelin wasn’t that patient.

"That works, then it’s trouble for President Su!"

Wu Songyan naturally wouldn’t object. If the client is picking it up, it saves the publisher effort and postage costs.

After chatting with the editor for a bit and hanging up the phone, a smile crept up on Su Zelin’s mouth.

The timing of this book’s release couldn’t be better!

It coincided perfectly with the opening of the three new stores, serving as an excellent promotional gimmick.

If anyone dares to shamelessly market with those phrases, once this book is out, there will be a good show to watch, haha.

But logically, that person wouldn’t be that foolish, right?

If it were me, I’d definitely never do such a thing.

If you only copy the shell and operational mode of New Era, you could still claim it as inspiration; but if you outright copy those phrases, you’d be labeled as a plagiarist and a knockoff, and never shake that off.

Many cases in later years show that consumers don’t support these almost 100% high imitation enterprises because it’s too low-grade, and using that brand doesn’t feel prestigious.

Just like with American fast food chains, why did Wallace emerge later, but not Kenmai, Kentucky, Kenders, or any of the AFG, BFG, CFG, or any other alphabet soup names?