play

Chapter 1 Reprinted Preface
Time flies so fast, in a blink of an eye, it has been five years since the book "Play" was published.What I thought before was just to record my own experience and share it with friends who love to play.After all, this kind of hobby can be regarded as a minority, and if it falls on writing, not many people will be interested in reading it.But the fact is beyond my expectation, the sales volume of the book is very good, even won the Best Book Sales Award of CITIC Publishing House that year.This makes me so happy!The main reason for my happiness is not just because of the sales volume, but because the ideas I want to express in the book can be recognized by more people.

To tell you the truth, before writing the book, I always thought that my experience was a maverick, and my ideas were almost heresy in the eyes of the public.This kind of thinking was formed during my rebellion since I was a child. Although I have experienced endless fun from it, it will not be accepted by many people after all.But the reality tells me that everyone has the same nature in their personalities, that is, being close to nature and animals, especially in today's tense work life, cruel competition and pressure, this kind of mentality can Bring yourself ease and happiness.However, under the pressure of work and life, many people suppress their nature and forget that people should live like this.Many friends leave messages to me, saying that they envy and yearn for this kind of life.I am more than happy to remind you that life is not just work and giving, but also enjoyment and rewards.There are also some friends who think that this kind of life depends on a solid economic foundation.I'm not going to argue with this, only with money can I play better.But what I want to say in the book really has little to do with money.What I want to say is that if you have money or not, you have to play, and if you have fun or not, you have to make your life rich and colorful!In fact, what I call playing is a state of mind!With this mentality, no matter what the situation, you can let yourself live authentically and chicly.real.If you don't believe me, buy another copy, read it again, and experience it.If you don't understand it any more, buy another copy, repeat the cycle, I believe you will always understand it.

Most of the messages you have sent me recently are: the book is no longer available, both in physical stores and online.I was quite surprised, at first I thought there were some sensitive words involved in the book, but when I thought about it carefully, there wasn’t any, the stories were all about animals!And I didn't even describe the mating of animals!After I asked, I found out that it was sold out, and the copyright had expired, so I couldn't reprint it, so I felt relieved!
The problem that followed was that the publisher contacted me to request a reprint, and this time they wanted to make a hardcover edition.Their reasoning was that classic books should be published in hardcover.I don’t think so, my understanding is: you have read what you want to read before, and you can keep a hardcover version for friends who really like it. The experience of keeping pets.Of course, if you don’t like it, you can also buy a copy. If you want to kill me with a book when you see me, the hardcover will hurt even more!

Yu Qian
(End of this chapter)