Chapter 22 Unreasonable Demands
When Wu Xiaotian came to the dinner place, the time had not yet arrived, he got out of the car, and saw Hu Yidao standing at the door to greet the guests.
This is a small villa in the nature of a private clubhouse, which is more private. At the distance from getting off the taxi to the door, Wu Xiaotian saw 5 or 6 people walking in from the gate, and greeted Hu Yidao cordially.
Looking at the cars parked at the door, there are already more than twenty.
"Beibei, it's good to call Uncle Hu. After a while, Wu Xiaotian also walked in front of Hu Yidao and said to Beibei.
"Hello Uncle Hu!" Bei Bei shouted sweetly.
"Oh, Bei Bei is here too, so good!" said Bei Bei, who smiled with a smile.
Hu Yidao and Wu Xiaotian have been cooperating for so many days, and they already know about Beibei, but it is the first time they have met.
"So many people, didn't you say that there were only a dozen people?" After greeting him, Wu Xiaotian asked with some confusion.
Originally, there were more than a dozen people, but an old gentleman disagreed, saying that it was necessary to have more people to make it lively first, and it would be today. No, I specially hired a car to bring over artists from several other cities, and this casual dinner party became quite a formal cocktail party. ”
Hu Yidao smiled bitterly, in fact, he didn't want to, but that old gentleman couldn't afford to offend.
Wu Xiaotian patted him on the shoulder in understanding.
In these years, any industry will encounter some difficult but difficult customers.
"That's okay, you get busy first, I'll go in first!" Wu Xiaotian saw that someone was coming here again, so he went to the villa first.
The main hall of the villa is about 200 square meters, full of flowers, surrounded by several long tables connected together, which are already full of cakes, red wine, fruits and other delicacies.
There were about 30 people present, all familiar people gathered in twos and threes, whispering.
As soon as Wu Xiaotian entered the door, several people glanced at this place casually, and found that they were not acquaintances, so they continued their conversation.
Wu Xiaotian also smiled bitterly, there was no one he knew in the whole house, and it was estimated that the situation was similar throughout the night.
But it doesn't matter, when the drinking party officially starts, he will find another opportunity to say to Hu Yidao and leave early, so as not to be embarrassed.
Wu Xiaotian took a piece of fruit from the table, handed it to Beibei, took a piece of bread himself, and sat down in an inconspicuous corner.
I don't know how long it took, Wu Xiaotian's face was tired of eating, and the time of the drinking party had already passed, but the drinking party had not officially started.
Wu Xiaotian was thinking about whether to leave now, when he heard a commotion outside, Hu Yidao and a few people surrounded an old gentleman in his 50s and entered the door, and the old gentleman greeted the people passing by as he walked, and those people were all respectful.
It seems that this is the protagonist of the night, and Wu Xiaotian also stood up immediately.
When the old gentleman and the people around him had almost finished greeting, Hu Yidao walked to the stage and began his speech at the reception.
He had a fiery personality, and his speech ended in less than a minute, and then everyone resumed their free activities, and familiar people still stood together and whispered.
Wu Xiaotian was looking around for Hu Yidao's traces, ready to say goodbye to him, but saw Hu Yidao leading the old gentleman towards him.
"Brother Xiaobei, let me introduce to you, this old gentleman is Mr. Huang Longyu, a famous writer in my country's martial arts industry, a six-star artist, and also the vice president of your Xingbei City Artists Association. ”
Hu Yidao looked at Wu Xiaotian and introduced him kindly.
Wu Xiaotian hurriedly put Bei Bei down first, and said respectfully: "Hello Teacher Huang, it's a pleasure to meet you." ”
"Mr. Huang, this is the Xiaobei brother I mentioned to you, his current book is also published by our publishing house, you can give him more guidance in the future. Hu Yidao introduced Wu Xiaotian again.
"Humph!" Huang Longyu snorted coldly and did not reply to Hu Yidao and Wu Xiaotian's words.
The atmosphere was suddenly a little embarrassing, but Wu Xiaotian thought that people with high status had a bit of a strange temper, so he didn't care.
At this time, there happened to be a person next to him who came over to say hello to Huang Longyu, and Wu Xiaotian also took the opportunity to say goodbye to Hu Yidao.
Hu Yidao also knew Wu Xiaotian's embarrassment, nodded, and told him to be careful on the road after a few words.
Wu Xiaotian took Bei Bei and prepared to go out.
"Why, leave now? ”
A gloomy voice came from behind him, and Wu Xiaotian turned his head to see that it was Huang Longyu just now.
"Mr. Huang, Brother Xiaobei's daughter is a little uncomfortable, so she has to go back first. Hu Yidao hurriedly played the round.
"I heard that you recently wrote a "Legend of the Condor Heroes"?" Huang Longyu ignored Hu Yidao and asked
"Well, yes. Wu Xiaotian also heard it, this senior Huang Longyu is not good.
"I heard that you still claim to be a subversive of martial arts novels, and you want to overturn all the previous incorrect writing of martial arts novels?
"That, Mr. Huang, this is all blamed on me, these are all advertisements, all for sales!" Hu Yidao was a little anxious, wiped his sweat, and hurriedly explained.
"Really, since you have this subversive novel, my novel will have to go to another publishing house in the future. Huang Longyu glanced at Hu Yidao and said lightly.
"Huh?" Hu Yidao's face suddenly turned ugly.
The subversive of martial arts novels? This advertising slogan is the highlight of the book that Hu Yidao asked Wu Xiaotian when the cover was about to be published.
Wu Xiaotian didn't think about it at the time, so he said this.
Now someone is still talking about this?
Wu Xiaotian looked at Hu Yidao and knew that this pot couldn't let him carry it, if he lost Huang Longyu's customer because of this, it was estimated that it would be very miserable.
"Yes, I said it, do you have an opinion?"
Wu Xiaotian looked at Huang Longyu with his eyes, and he was not polite at the beginning of his speech, his temper was like this.
Others deceive me by a foot, and I repay others by ten feet.
Are you still afraid that you won't make it?
"Hehe, it's a good thing for young people to be aggressive, but sometimes don't talk too much?" Huang Longyu looked at Wu Xiaotian with a smile.
"Well, youth is capital, it's better than being like some people who are a lot older and don't know how to cherish time, and it's better to be half a day late for a drinking party. Wu Xiaotian said teasingly.
What Wu Xiaotian said was that he was just half a day late.
"You, you quickly remove that advertising slogan, don't just write a novel, and then the tail will rise to the sky, and you can't live forever. ”
Huang Longyu was furious by Wu Xiaotian's heart, usually others are respectful when they see him, and they respond to his requests, where will Wu Xiaotian look like you.
If you continue to talk about it, it is estimated that you will be angry and have a heart attack, but Huang Longyu still directly said the real purpose.
He knew that this book was because Legendary Press wanted him to help recommend it, so he sent a sample book. When he saw this sentence, he rejected it directly without reading a word of the content, and remembered Xiaobei as a person.
is also a subversive of martial arts novels, and he Huang Longyu is a predecessor who writes martial arts novels. Isn't subversion just subverting him Huang Longyu? Isn't this just a naked slap in the face?
I happened to meet the author today, and he immediately made a request.
"What?"
"Take down that slogan. Huang Longyu said it again.
Wu Xiaotian listened to this unreasonable and ridiculous request, looked Huang Longyu up and down, left and right, ignored him, rolled his eyes and walked directly to the side.
"You ......"
"Today is a cocktail party, don't talk about business, don't talk about business. Seeing that the two of them were getting stiffer and stiffer the more they talked, Hu Yidao came out to play a round again.
"Hmph!" Huang Longyu snorted coldly again.