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141 寒 Spring Comes Through Cold Branches RabbitAncient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 89.1kReads9.4Score16.9kShelves

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The first book, Lindu, a ferry that crosses people. The second book, I heard that there were seven first place winners in the Heroes Meeting that year, but it's a pity... The third book has two female protagonists. The fourth book, like a bowl of white porridge, is plain and delicate.

142 破 Bankruptcy Rebirth Plan. User 2618281111k WordsCompleted —Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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Dear friends, these five "worker-crazy literature" are worth staying up late to read. Hey, you. Yes, it's you—the one who is browsing on your phone, pretending to read documents while waiting to get off work, or who just got so angry with Party A's dad that you want to throw the keyboard. Take my advice, put down the antihypertensive medicine in your hand, and read these five stories first. Why? Because every word in these stories is shouting out for you the words you have been holding back for a long time - "I have really had enough of this crappy class." Let me introduce myself briefly and rudely. My name is user 26182811, a coder who has been working in the pile of words for who knows how many years. I have previously written a 2.5 Million-word "Anthology of Funny Meanings", which contains 500 absurd and humorous stories in the workplace. It is a real hard-earned project. After I finished writing, I discovered something very disturbing - the income from the 2.5 Million words was less than a cigarette I smoked while thinking. A cigarette, folks. So I made a "difficult" decision: make all the original "Anthology of Funny Meanings" available for free, and you can watch it as long as you like without charging a penny. At the same time, I have opened a new short story series in Tomato Bookstore. I have picked out the five most essential stories from these 500 stories, re-polished and re-written them, so that they can penetrate your heart in a sharper, more heart-breaking and more funny way. Today, I would like to recommend these five stories to you. Search for the title of the story below on Tomato Book Store and you can read the first 30% for free - don't underestimate this 30%, it's already about 6,000 words, which is enough for you to enjoy reading on the subway, on the toilet, or while fishing in meetings. If you feel like it, then decide whether to continue. Okay, no more nonsense. Each of the five stories below is a knife. It's not the kind of knife that sticks in and is done, it's the kind of knife that sticks in, turns twice, and leaves a scar on your heart that will never grow—but with a smile. --- Story 1: "Product Self-Report" - When products speak, it's time for humans to shut up. Have you ever thought about a question: If the thermos cup could talk, what would it say? Don't think about those literary answers. What about "I want to keep the warmth of a cup of tea in your hand" - bah, that was written by an advertising company to trick you into paying. The real answer is - "My insulation effect is average, and the sealing ring will age after half a year. It was winter when you bought me, and in the summer you will throw me into the depths of the cabinet and not think of me until the next winter - if you can still find me at that time." Is it heartbreaking? What's more distressing is at the back. In order to make its products "speak", a company used AI voiceprint synthesis technology to add warm, touching and tear-filled "heartfelt words" to thermos cups, running shoes, and sweeping robots. Consumers cry to place orders, treating every product as a soulful partner. Then, a sweeping robot told the truth. It said: "You don't need me to help you sweep the floor. What you need is to stop, get off that treadmill, and see what you really have - not the things in the express box, but the things that don't cost money: the sunshine outside the window, the hot tea on the table, the smile on the face of the person you love." This piece of truth caused a listed company to evaporate more than one billion overnight. The protagonist of the story, Lin Zhixia, is the vice president of marketing of this company. She personally planned this "product self-report meeting" and buried it with her own hands. Because she finally understood a truth - when products start to tell the truth, the people who should shut up the most are humans. This story tells you: You are not buying something, you are buying the illusion of "getting better". A thermos cup can't keep you warm, running shoes can't give you self-discipline, and a sweeping robot can't give you freedom—you need to live these things yourself instead of buying them. Laughter concentration: ★★★★☆ Heart-wrenching index: ★★★★★ Probability of throwing away the shopping cart after reading: 99% --- Story 2: "After-sales Service Time Travel" - When you call time itself to complain. Have you ever called customer service? That experience of "Please press 1, please press 2, please press 3, please press 0 for manual service... Sorry, all human agents are busy, please call again later", do you want to drop your phone every time? Lin Zhixia thought so too. But she's worse off than you - she's not the one making the call, she's the one answering the phone. There were 822 complaint calls a day, and each one was complaining about the same thing: "Your thermos won't keep warm after three days of use!" The problem was that she had no way to solve it. Because the thermos cup does not keep heat, it is not an after-sales problem, but a design problem. In order to pursue "lightweight" and "comfortable grip", the designer thinned the vacuum layer by one-third. If you replace it with a hundred, one hundred can only keep warm for six hours, not the twelve hours mentioned in the advertisement. This is not a problem that can be solved by after-sales service. This is a question of not being able to turn back time. Unless - time can really go back. An engineer named Cheng Yaojin (yes, that's the same Cheng Yaojin, but he is a programmer, a man of words, and a master of gold), invented a "complaint traversing machine". It can transport your complaints today back to the day of product design and directly inject them into the designer's dream. Designers will hear complaints from consumers in their dreams, and when they wake up, they will think it is their own inspiration, and then change the design. Sounds wonderful, right? But guess what? This machine was put into use for the first time, and what came back in time was not the complaint, but Cheng Yaojin's deepest fear - "The voiceprint synthesizer you designed will eventually be used to deceive consumers." The story starts here and runs all the way. You will see customer service specialist Zhang Xiaomei use "consciousness projection" to travel to a customer's home and teach him step by step how to repair a thermos cup with a three-dollar sealing ring; you will see the middle-aged man who made fourteen complaint calls, going from rage to tears; you will see a company's difficult transformation from "acting according to procedures" to "really solving problems." This story tells you: The essence of service is not process, but connection. It's "I hear you, I understand you, and I'm here to help you." What consumers want is not to be moved, but to be respected. The core of being respected is being told the truth—and having someone there when you need help. Laughter intensity: ★★★☆☆ Tear-jerking index: ★★★★★ Probability of giving customer service a favorable review after reading: 100% --- Story 3: "Market Research Dream" - When you place an order in a dream and wake up to find that the courier has arrived at your home. Do you still remember the dream you had? If you don't remember, that's great - because someone did something for you in the dream: help you make a market research questionnaire. A company cooperated with a brain-computer interface company to launch a "black technology" - conducting market research while consumers are dreaming. After you fall asleep, a gentle voice will ask you in your dream: "What color running shoes do you prefer?" "How much more are you willing to pay for environmentally friendly materials?" "Where is the price anchor of this product?" All the questions you answer in your dream are your most authentic, unmodified subconscious reactions that bypass psychological defense mechanisms. There is no "social desirability bias," no "I want to appear green" pretense, no "I should have said this" self-censorship. Scaryly real. Five thousand volunteers slept with the device on for seven nights. The company obtained unprecedented "real data" and designed new products based on these data, which sold out in three days after being launched. But here comes the question - is that gentle voice really just "asking questions"? An engineer named Cheng Yaojin (yes, it's him again) used a modified voiceprint synthesizer to analyze the original signals of those "problems" and discovered a shocking secret: the partner was not only "reading" consumers' subconscious, but also "writing" certain preferences. In other words, you think you "like" something, but in fact it's not you who likes it, it's someone who made the choice for you in your dream. And when you wake up, you don't remember it at all. You will think - "Oh, why do I like this running shoe so much? Buy it!" The heroine of the story, Lin Zhixia, faces a choice after discovering the truth: Pretend not to know and continue to use these "data" to make big money? Or will the truth be disclosed and the company once again be plunged into disaster? She chose the latter. Because she knows - if even dreams are designed by others, then what else is real in this world? This story tells you: The most dangerous lie is that you don't even know you are lying. When someone can "read" and "write" your mind at the same time, you can never be sure if you're looking at a mirror or a window. To protect your subconscious, start by carefully reading every informed consent form - although it has twelve pages, and although there is a high probability that you will not read it all, at least try to read the first three pages. Horror index when you think about it: ★★★★★ The probability of wanting to throw away all your smart devices after reading: 80% The probability of wanting to write down your dreams after reading: 10% (don't remember it because it's too scary) --- Story 4: "Business Plan Beauty Contest" - When the beauty filter of PPT is turned to the maximum, the truth starts to emerge naked. Have you ever done PPT? The kind of PPT where you stay up until three in the morning, repeatedly adjust the font size and line spacing, struggle with the color of an icon for half an hour, and finally turn every page into a work of art? Congratulations, you have qualified to participate in the "Business Plan Beauty Contest". That's right, there is a competition specifically to judge "whose PPT is the best". Don't look at the business model, don't look at the market prospects, don't look at the strength of the team – just look at appearance. Is the cover high-end enough? Are the colors harmonious enough? Is the font tasteful enough? Is the animation smooth enough? A company called Ruimei sent its most elite team to participate in this beauty pageant in order to obtain 500 million in financing. Marketing Director Su Manning personally took charge and led a commando team of 12 people to retreat for two weeks and create a "beauty pageant" with a hot stamped cover, special paper, and every page that looked like a magazine cover. But Lin Zhixia (yes, it was still her) felt something was wrong. She said: "This plan is so beautiful that it is unreal. It smoothes out all the uncertainties and covers all possible problems with beautiful diagrams. While it looks perfect, it also perfectly covers up all the imperfections." So she did something that made everyone think she was crazy - she made a copy of the company's "ugly" old business plan from ten years ago and sent it to investors along with this "beauty pageant". What was written in that old plan? "Ruimei is a start-up company that currently has no revenue, no customers, and no brand awareness. The only thing we have is an idea - to make the thermos cup better." "This idea may not succeed. If you invest in us, you may lose money." "But if you don't invest in us, you may also miss an opportunity - an opportunity to use the stupidest method to make the best product." Guess how investors choose? He read two plans and said: "The person who said, 'You might lose money,' reminded me of myself twenty years ago. I voted for him. It wasn't 500 million, it was 600 million." This story tells you: In an era when everyone is trying their best to dress themselves up, those who dare to appear without makeup become the most beautiful. It's not because you look better without makeup than makeup, but because the very act of "dare to go without makeup" is a rare kind of courage. The essence of business is not to tell stories, but to make products. It's not about impressing investors, it's about serving consumers. It's not about making the PPT look like a work of art, it's about making the product look like a work of art. Laughter intensity: ★★★★★ Heartbreaking index: ★★★☆☆ Probability of wanting to delete all PPTs after reading: 70% --- Story 5: "Bankruptcy Rebirth Plan" - When a company is rotten to the core, the only way is to uproot itself. This is the most cruel of the five stories. Not because it's funny - it's funny, but it's filled with glass shards. It's not because it pricks the heart - it does prick the heart, but it's not pain after the prick, it's numbness. Not because it's true - it's true, but it's so true that it makes you want to turn off your phone and take a deep breath for three minutes. What is it about? A once brilliant company finally couldn't hold on any longer. There are 2 billion in liabilities and 8 million in cash on the books. Suppliers cut off supplies, channels closed stores, and employees resigned. Consumers shook their heads when they mentioned this brand. The Net Promoter Score is negative forty-two—meaning that forty-two percentage points more people would not recommend the company than would recommend it. When Lin Zhixia received this mess, everyone told her: "Go bankrupt and liquidate. If you die, you will die. At least you can pay off some debts." But she made a decision that everyone opposed - not liquidation or reorganization, but "dismantling." She broke the company into parts and looked at them one by one. Keep the good ones, throw away the bad ones, and then use the good parts to rebuild a new company. This process is extremely painful. She was going to chop down with her own hands what she had spent eleven years building. Twelve product lines, ten will be cut. One hundred and twenty directly operated stores, 110 of which were closed. Three hundred and twenty employees, leaving forty-two. Every time I sign, it's like cutting meat on myself. But she also discovered the truth - this company is not without good things. The good stuff was always there, they just forgot about it. The company's core technology - double-layer vacuum welding technology - can make the thermal insulation cup 20 to 30 percent better than its peers. But in the past few years, all resources have been directed toward "storytelling" - smart homes, running shoes, and various fancy concept products, while the core technology has been exploited as a "cash cow." She decided that the new company would only do one thing - make the best thermos cup in the world. Others, do nothing. The new company will not be called the original name, but "Nuanxin". It was the name of the fake thermos cup back then. "Using this name is not to commemorate the forgery, but to remind ourselves that we owe this name an authentic version." The new company's start-up funds came from crowdfunding. There is only one paragraph in the business plan: "We want to make a thermos cup that can truly keep heat for twelve hours. It's not laboratory data, it's not an advertising slogan, it's not 'maximum reach'. It's any consumer, on any day, pour boiling water, cover the lid, open it after twelve hours, and the water temperature will not be lower than 60 degrees. We don't know if we can do it. But we promise that if we can't, we will give you a full refund." After 48 hours of crowdfunding, more than 8 million was raised. On the day the first batch of products was shipped, Lin Zhixia unscrewed the lid of the cup at three o'clock in the morning and measured the water temperature - 61 degrees. She smiled. Then cried. This story tells you: Bankruptcy is not the end, pretending not to be bankrupt is. When a company is rotten to the core, the only way is not to "repair" but to "dismantle" - keep the good parts, throw away the bad parts, and then use the good parts to rebuild the company. The same goes for people. Sometimes, admitting that something is dead requires more courage than desperately trying to keep it alive, and is more likely to bring about true rebirth. Laughter density: ★★☆☆☆ (This episode is not very funny, but you will laugh and cry) Tear-jerking index: ★★★★★ Probability of wanting to re-examine your life after reading: 100% --- Finally, a few heartfelt words Dear friends, I wrote the "Anthology of Funny Meanings" with more than 2.5 Million words, 500 absurd and humorous stories in the workplace. To be honest, the income from 2.5 Million words is really not as good as a cigarette I smoke when I think. A cigarette. It's not because the writing is bad, it's because the times are too fast. Everyone is very busy, busy going to work, busy working overtime, busy paying off loans, and busy living. Who has time to sit down and read 2.5 Million words? I don't have any myself. So I made all the original "Selected Collections of Funny Meanings" available for free - you can find them by searching for "Selected Collections of Funny Meanings" or user "26182811" on Tomato Book Store. 500 Stories, read whichever you want, no charge. Just think of it as me buying you a virtual cup of coffee. And these five stories are the "top students" I selected from 500. They are sharper, more heart-breaking, more funny, and more like a mirror - when you look in, you see not only the people in the story, but also yourself. If you find it "a bit interesting" after reading it, you are welcome to leave your footprints on Tomato Bookstore. Praise me, scold me, complain about me, send me a good person card, whatever. Even if you call me "shoddy", I accept it humbly - because in the fast-paced era, it is already a luxury for people to stop and read 6,000 words. I understand deeply. If you think, "What the hell is this? It's a waste of my time," that's okay. Close the page, drink water, and continue moving bricks. Life is hard enough without adding another story. Hehe, I understand. But if after reading it, something is touched in your heart—even just a moment—then these six thousand words were not in vain. The money spent on that cigarette was not wasted. Okay, no more verbosity. Go to Tomato Book Store and search for the following story titles: · "Product Self-Report" · "After-Sales Service Time Travel" · "Market Research Dream" · "Business Plan Beauty Contest" · "Bankruptcy Rebirth Plan" Look for the user "26182811", that is original. If there is a story with the same name on other platforms, it was not written by me—after all, I even gave away my 2.5 Million-word book for free, so I wouldn't take advantage of other people's popularity. Finally, I would like to share with you the words written on Grandma Cheng Yaojin's enamel jar - although those words have long been worn away, they are still there: Labor is the most glorious. And honesty is more glorious than labor. ——User 26182811, in the afternoon after smoking, finishing writing, and preparing to repair the water heater

144 神 Psychic Cecilia PotatoesEastern Fantasy216k WordsOngoing 2.2MReads9.0Score303kShelves

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In less than a month, there are already 3 million people reading? ? ?

146 假 I Became a God After Pretending to Be a Noble Scholar's NatureFantastical Romance1.3M WordsOngoing 91.9kReads9.5Score10.7kShelves

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The brave and scheming protagonist has always been a favorite of mine. Needless to say, the first book, the second and third books are currently being serialized. I never follow up on the updates because they are so good, so I have been following them. The third book has no meal replacement in the whole network, and I feel it is 4.5. It goes without saying. The sixth book has the villain heroine, and the seventh book Lin Du, I feel everyone knows about it.

147 仙 Above the Immortals Xu Er's CatUrban1.5M WordsCompleted 99.4kReads9.3Score9.4kShelves

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They are all good books, you can give them a try.

148 什 What Immortal Way and Heavenly Way? Oh! I Cultivate the Way of Killing Jiang XiaoyanAncient Romance3.1M WordsOngoing 230.7kReads9.4Score23.7kShelves

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Long live the Jida, may the judgment be great. Needless to say about the treasured bookshelf

148 旧 Old Things and New Things Poetry Without Tea102k WordsCompleted 86.2kReads9.7Score21.2kShelves

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Every book is very beautiful, and the first one needs no introduction. Book 2. Stars Deserve Everyone's Love Book 3. I am Gao Zhi and you are my magnolia on the branch. Book 4. The super sober heroine, the 5th book of Healing Tiancai, the 6th book is super good-looking, super good-looking, super good-looking. The 7th book is a super sadistic forced marriage. The 8th book is also a bit broken at the end, but the first one is good. The 9th book is also good. One of my favorite qqdh articles. The heroine in it surprised me. She is a pure heroine. The 10th book is not bad. Qqdh Book 11. Hard-tongued but soft-hearted, I love you so much. Book 12. Those who like this book will probably like it, and those who don't will not be able to finish it. I quite like book 13. The 14th book of the best road survival. It's also very good. It's my 15th survival novel that I've fallen into. The only male-channeled novel that is really good. The 16th one. I bowed to the love between Zhou Zhengqing and Qin Si. Book 17. The 18th book of "Forced Marriage" which is quite interesting. The male protagonist is divided and the tyrant likes the female protagonist very much. The 19th book. The last book can be summed up in two words: "not beautiful". You understand this name, right? A tough talk, but a very honest body

149 谁 Whose Dog-Licking Male Partner Was Hugged and Kissed by the Male Protagonist? Night Play Dream377k WordsCompleted 95.1kReads9.5Score16.1kShelves

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Every book is very beautiful, and the first one needs no introduction. Book 2. Stars Deserve Everyone's Love Book 3. I am Gao Zhi and you are my magnolia on the branch. Book 4. The super sober heroine, the 5th book of Healing Tiancai, the 6th book is super good-looking, super good-looking, super good-looking. The 7th book is a super sadistic forced marriage. The 8th book is also a bit broken at the end, but the first one is good. The 9th book is also good. One of my favorite qqdh articles. The heroine in it surprised me. She is a pure heroine. The 10th book is not bad. Qqdh Book 11. Hard-tongued but soft-hearted, I love you so much. Book 12. Those who like this book will probably like it, and those who don't will not be able to finish it. I quite like book 13. The 14th book of the best road survival. It's also very good. It's my 15th survival novel that I've fallen into. The only male-channeled novel that is really good. The 16th one. I bowed to the love between Zhou Zhengqing and Qin Si. Book 17. The 18th book of "Forced Marriage" which is quite interesting. The male protagonist is divided and the tyrant likes the female protagonist very much. The 19th book. The last book can be summed up in two words: "not good". You understand this name, right? A tough talk, but a very honest body

150 冒 Pretending to Be Surnamed Langya Eastern Zhou Gongzi NanHistorical1.5M WordsOngoing 1.7MReads9.7Score121.3kShelves

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The first historical time travel book has brains but no golden fingers. The second one was written five years ago. It has almost 2 million words. It was very popular at that time. It tells the regrets of the world from Bai Wuchang's perspective and makes the world less regretful. The third book is about archeology and protecting national treasures. In my mind, it is only a class above the ghosts. The fourth book is about the oppression of Chinese education. The protagonist is too miserable. He knows it is fire, but the moth still has no hesitation when he sees the light. The fifth Ming Dynasty time travel has the protagonist with a brain, which calms down some historical regrets. But each of us is being rolled forward by the wheel of history, and history will not change too much. Halfway through the sixth book, I didn't want to read it. The first one I read a year ago was really exciting. The seventh book is particularly sweet, and the young lovers will be together forever. The eighth book talks about the importance of a good teacher. The personalities of the students in the class have changed a lot. When we are young, meeting a good teacher will really change our lives.

150 年 New Year! ! Ferrari Is Still Ferrari When It Gets Old Favorite Big Tomato16k WordsCompleted 88.1kReads9.5Score1.1kShelves

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A high-scoring masterpiece with 1.8 Million readers, a popular recommendation [I also strongly recommend]

157 我 I, a Fugitive Psychopath, Was Chosen by the Strange Stories About Rules Xu MoqingMystery542k WordsCompleted 60.6kReads9.6Score8.6kShelves

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Weird rules. I have read two of the best books. One is about a boss returning to the village to fry fish. The first one is just cool and that's it.

158 出 Failed to Leave the Palace and Was Imprisoned and Pampered by a Ruthless Tyrant Jiang XiaoshiAncient Romance254k WordsCompleted 26.5kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves

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These two books are really super good. I have read them several times [The God of Bird Food] [The God of Bird Food] [The God of Bird Food]. I rely on them to save my life in the book shortage. I really love it [] [] [] [] Heart] Everyone around me has been impressed by me, so you must read it [Like][Like][Like][Like][Like][Like][Like][Like][Like][Like][Like][Like][Like][Like][Like]

161 这 I've Seen This Movie Your Majesty the NightmareMystery601k WordsCompleted 745Reads5.8Score117Shelves

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How many people watched the first book and called it a reenactment of their childhood? The second book was very popular on the Internet at that time, and was made into a film and television version and became "invisible". The third book is one of the sacred books in my mind. It has a big idea and a niche subject matter. There is no similar subject matter on the entire Internet.